Week 1, 2030

played in Fargo (ND), ND

78 degrees, fair, 12 mph wind

Champaign Thunder	3	0	3	0	-	6
Fargo (ND) Freeze	0	7	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:31 CHM - Daryl Riley 20 field goal
2Q: 05:27 FAR - Walt Chandler 4 pass from Kenyon Gabree (Trent Halama extra point)
3Q: 05:08 CHM - Daryl Riley 40 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:31 CHM - Daryl Riley 20 field goal
2Q: 05:27 FAR - Walt Chandler 4 pass from Kenyon Gabree (Trent Halama extra point)
3Q: 05:08 CHM - Daryl Riley 40 field goal

Team Statistics CHM FAR
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 14 15
- by Rushing 7 3
- by Passing 6 11
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 275 312
- Offensive Plays 58 58
- Yards per Play 4.74 5.38
Net Rushing Yards 127 112
- Rushing Attempts 37 32
- Yards per Rush 3.43 3.50
Net Passing Yards 148 200
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 21 - 9 - 0 25 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 148 205
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 7.05 7.69
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.2 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/34 10/62
Punt Returns/Yards 3/23 4/17
Kick Returns/Yards 1/27 3/47
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 21
Time of Possession 30:51 29:09

Team Statistics	CHM	FAR
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	14	15
- by Rushing	7	3
- by Passing	6	11
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	275	312
- Offensive Plays	58	58
- Yards per Play	4.74	5.38
Net Rushing Yards	127	112
- Rushing Attempts	37	32
- Yards per Rush	3.43	3.50
Net Passing Yards	148	200
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	21 - 9 - 0	25 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	148	205
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	7.05	7.69
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.2	8.5
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/34	10/62
Punt Returns/Yards	3/23	4/17
Kick Returns/Yards	1/27	3/47
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 21
Time of Possession	30:51	29:09

Drive Charts

Champaign Thunder
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:36	OWN 20	7	34	Punt
1	8:41	7:17	OWN 20	12	77	Field Goal
2	14:18	1:25	OWN 28	3	4	Punt
2	8:42	1:32	OWN 20	4	12	Fumble
2	5:18	2:58	OWN 22	4	28	Punt
3	13:01	1:33	OWN 31	3	2	Punt
3	9:27	4:24	OWN 29	9	48	Field Goal
3	1:31	3:28	OWN 2	6	39	Punt
4	9:02	1:41	OWN 37	3	0	Punt
4	4:41	1:39	OWN 32	3	8	Punt
4	0:41	0:41	OWN 40	4	2	Downs

Fargo (ND) Freeze
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:24	2:43	OWN 20	8	37	Punt
1	1:24	2:06	OWN 15	3	9	Punt
2	12:53	4:11	OWN 14	7	31	Punt
2	7:10	1:52	OPP 32	7	32	Touchdown
2	2:20	2:20	OWN 15	6	48	Half
3	15:00	1:59	OWN 23	3	4	Punt
3	11:28	2:01	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
3	5:03	3:32	OWN 18	5	30	Punt
4	13:03	4:01	OWN 27	7	46	Fumble
4	7:21	2:40	OWN 7	4	13	Punt
4	3:02	2:21	OWN 6	6	25	Punt

Game MVP: Kenyon Gabree, Fargo (ND) Freeze

Rushing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Irv Dupre	30	103	3.43	18	6	0
Desmond Baerg	7	24	3.43	11	1	0

Fargo (ND)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Thomas Howe	24	85	3.54	16	3
Cedric Reeves	6	19	3.17	6	0
Kenyon Gabree	2	8	4.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rusty Crownover	21	9	148	0/0	0	35	0	67.1

Fargo (ND)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kenyon Gabree	25	17	205	1/5	1	22	0	106.3

Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Erik Cooper	4	7	86	21.50	3	35
WR Butch Bostic	2	7	36	18.00	24	20
TE Sedrick Blunt	2	2	22	11.00	5	23
RB Desmond Baerg	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
WR Bennie Sandlin	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Fargo (ND)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dale Wang	6	7	71	11.83	9	21	0
TE Walt Chandler	5	6	58	11.60	17	22	1
WR Harvey Lindblad	4	9	48	12.00	17	15	0
TE Joel Conerty	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0
RB Thomas Howe	1	1	19	19.00	12	19	0
WR Tyrone Watkins	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Champaign	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fargo (ND)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Champaign	Fumb	Recov	Force
Irv Dupre	1	0	0
Rod Rockett	0	1	0
Rich Westbrook	0	0	1
Tom Meier	0	0	1

Fargo (ND)	Fumb	Recov	Force
Joel Conerty	1	0	0
Kenyon Gabree	1	0	0
Howard McGee	0	1	0
Jamie Perles	0	1	0
Quentin LeBlond	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Champaign	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dexter Norris	7	324	46.3	41.0	52	5

Fargo (ND)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gabe Farley	8	384	48.0	40.1	55	1

Kicking Statistics

Champaign	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Daryl Riley	2/2	1/1	0/0	40	0/0

Fargo (ND)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Trent Halama	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Champaign	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Erik Cooper	3	23	7.7	0

Fargo (ND)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Harvey Becker	4	17	4.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Champaign	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Drew Copeland	1	27	27.0	0

Fargo (ND)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tyrone Watkins	2	26	13.0	0
Harvey Becker	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Champaign	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Tom Meier	8	0	0.0	20	17
DT Rich Westbrook	6	1	1.0	23	19
CB Dean Turnbull	6	0	0.0	27	20
S Rod Rockett	5	3	0.0	28	26
S Erik Wolf	3	3	0.0	32	25
DT Burt Demers	3	0	0.0	19	18
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	2	2	0.0	25	19
CB Emmitt Alexander	2	2	0.0	7	12
S Leo DeGrasse	2	1	0.0	30	22
DE Heath Warren	2	0	0.0	26	19
OLB Jared Shimada	2	0	0.0	20	16
DE Alan Herndon	2	0	0.0	19	14
OLB Kendrick Snider	1	2	0.0	16	15
ILB Dustin Thongchanh	1	0	0.0	11	5
DT Kim Poulin	1	0	0.0	21	14
DT Van Monroe	1	0	0.0	5	4
S Lester Ramirez	1	0	0.0	4	1
DE Walt Borders	0	1	0.0	15	16

Fargo (ND)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Ellis Owens	8	2	0.0	24	17
S Bob Gibson	6	2	0.0	25	17
ILB Lenny Austin	4	5	0.0	32	15
S Donovan Nutter	4	3	0.0	29	15
DE Joseph Hitchcock	4	1	0.0	20	13
DT Bubba Carlton	3	3	0.0	25	9
CB Bennie Meyer	3	0	0.0	22	17
DT Karl Peterson	2	2	0.0	10	3
DE Quentin LeBlond	2	1	0.0	28	10
S Preston Virgadamo	2	0	0.0	10	6
CB Matt Marshall	2	0	0.0	23	12
OLB Jamie Perles	1	3	0.0	31	18
DT Rex Pollard	1	1	0.0	32	20
CB J.R. Hicks	1	1	0.0	14	11
OLB Joel Speed	1	0	0.0	1	2
TE Joel Conerty	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Ross Schneider	1	0	0.0	15	3
OLB Jerome Alvarado	1	0	0.0	6	3
CB Nick Posavec	0	1	0.0	23	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Champaign	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Rich Westbrook	1.0	0	0	19
DE Heath Warren	0.0	1	1	19
DE Walt Borders	0.0	1	0	16
DE Alan Herndon	0.0	1	0	14
DT Van Monroe	0.0	1	0	4

Fargo (ND)	Hurry	PPlay
DT Ellis Owens	3	17
DE Joseph Hitchcock	1	13
DE Quentin LeBlond	1	10

Pass Defense Statistics

Champaign	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dean Turnbull	5	0	20
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	2	1	19
OLB Tom Meier	2	0	17
S Leo DeGrasse	2	0	22
CB Emmitt Alexander	1	1	12
DE Heath Warren	1	0	19
OLB Jared Shimada	1	0	16
S Rod Rockett	1	0	26
S Erik Wolf	1	0	25
S Lester Ramirez	1	0	1
CB Marcus Reese	0	1	4

Fargo (ND)	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Bennie Meyer	3	0	17
S Donovan Nutter	1	1	15
S Preston Virgadamo	1	0	6
OLB Joel Speed	1	0	2
S Bob Gibson	1	0	17
ILB Lenny Austin	1	0	15
OLB Jamie Perles	1	0	18
CB Jesse McKeefry	0	1	15
CB J.R. Hicks	0	1	11

Blocking Statistics

Champaign	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Brenden Jamison	5	8	35	20
Leslie Kalu	2	6	32	17
R.J. Oliver	1	7	29	17
Mitch Howe	1	6	28	20
Scottie Hitchcock	1	5	37	21
Trevor Ayala	1	4	19	8
Sedrick Blunt	0	1	34	21

Fargo (ND)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Wesley Rounds	1	6	30	0	21
Winston Van Pelt	1	6	25	0	20
Brock Kennedy	1	6	16	0	11
Wally Lynn	1	4	17	0	18
Howard McGee	1	1	18	0	19
Corwin Schultz	0	4	29	0	22
Danny Tiessen	0	1	12	1	12
Graham Barnes	0	1	5	0	7
Cary Buchholz	0	1	26	0	19

Special Teams Tackles

Champaign	Tackles	STPlays
Jared Shimada	3	11
Amos Gaylor	2	13
Desmond Baerg	1	22
Drew Copeland	1	9

Fargo (ND)	Tackles	STPlays
Bennie Meyer	2	19
Charlie Boyd	1	20
Joel Conerty	1	13

Participation

Champaign	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sedrick Blunt	34	21	---	---	18	73
Scottie Hitchcock	37	21	---	---	9	67
Erik Cooper	34	21	---	---	5	60
Dean Turnbull	---	---	27	20	13	60
Rod Rockett	---	---	28	26	5	59
Rusty Crownover	37	21	---	---	---	58
Mitch Howe	28	20	---	---	9	57
Erik Wolf	---	---	32	25	---	57
Brenden Jamison	35	20	---	---	1	56
Leo DeGrasse	---	---	30	22	4	56
Leslie Kalu	32	17	---	---	---	49
Irv Dupre	30	18	---	---	---	48
Kendrick Snider	---	---	16	15	17	48
Jared Shimada	---	---	20	16	11	47
Butch Bostic	27	19	---	---	1	47
R.J. Oliver	29	17	---	---	---	46
Ellis Pomeroy	---	---	25	19	2	46
Rodney Bauer	22	10	---	---	14	46
Heath Warren	---	---	26	19	---	45
Rich Westbrook	---	---	23	19	2	44
Tom Meier	---	---	20	17	6	43
Alan Herndon	---	---	19	14	8	41
Burt Demers	---	---	19	18	4	41
Trevor Ayala	19	8	---	---	9	36
Kim Poulin	---	---	21	14	---	35
Bennie Sandlin	16	11	---	---	7	34
Walt Borders	---	---	15	16	2	33
Desmond Baerg	8	3	---	---	22	33
Emmitt Alexander	---	---	7	12	5	24
Dustin Thongchanh	---	---	11	5	5	21
Amos Gaylor	5	1	---	---	13	19
Warren Stevens	0	0	---	---	14	14
Howard Tyler	2	1	---	---	9	12
Courtney Meadows	9	1	---	---	1	11
Drew Copeland	0	0	---	---	9	9
Van Monroe	---	---	5	4	---	9
Marcus Reese	---	---	4	4	---	8
Dexter Norris	0	0	---	---	7	7
Lester Ramirez	---	---	4	1	1	6
Daryl Riley	0	0	---	---	5	5
Butch Athanas	3	1	---	---	---	4
Myron Dupree	---	---	0	0	2	2
Wayne Clancy	0	0	---	---	2	2
Rondell Otten	0	0	---	---	---	0
Anthony Zimmerman	0	0	---	---	---	0
Roman Andersen	---	---	0	0	---	0

Fargo (ND)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Walt Chandler	25	22	---	---	12	59
Kenyon Gabree	32	26	---	---	---	58
Bennie Meyer	---	---	22	17	19	58
Wesley Rounds	30	21	---	---	5	56
Corwin Schultz	29	22	---	---	5	56
Rex Pollard	---	---	32	20	2	54
Harvey Lindblad	29	23	---	---	---	52
Lenny Austin	---	---	32	15	4	51
Jamie Perles	---	---	31	18	2	51
Howard McGee	18	19	---	---	12	49
Cary Buchholz	26	19	---	---	3	48
Nick Posavec	---	---	23	10	14	47
Donovan Nutter	---	---	29	15	3	47
Harvey Becker	23	13	---	---	9	45
Winston Van Pelt	25	20	---	---	---	45
Wally Lynn	17	18	---	---	8	43
Dale Wang	16	15	---	---	12	43
Bob Gibson	---	---	25	17	1	43
Thomas Howe	26	17	---	---	---	43
Ellis Owens	---	---	24	17	2	43
Quentin LeBlond	---	---	28	10	4	42
Matt Marshall	---	---	23	12	5	40
Jesse McKeefry	---	---	21	15	3	39
Bubba Carlton	---	---	25	9	2	36
Joel Conerty	13	7	---	---	13	33
Joseph Hitchcock	---	---	20	13	---	33
Danny Tiessen	12	12	---	---	8	32
J.R. Hicks	---	---	14	11	6	31
Gene Lynch	---	---	11	11	8	30
Brock Kennedy	16	11	---	---	---	27
Jerome Alvarado	---	---	6	3	14	23
Ross Schneider	---	---	15	3	3	21
Preston Virgadamo	---	---	10	6	4	20
Charlie Boyd	0	0	---	---	20	20
Graham Barnes	5	7	---	---	6	18
Cedric Reeves	6	9	---	---	1	16
Karl Peterson	---	---	10	3	2	15
Junior Bush	---	---	5	4	3	12
Tyrone Watkins	3	4	---	---	4	11
Joel Speed	---	---	1	2	5	8
Gabe Farley	0	0	---	---	8	8
Luther Clemons	1	1	---	---	5	7
Sean Burroughs	---	---	0	0	3	3
Trent Halama	0	0	---	---	2	2
Harry Palmer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Donny Kemp	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	18	40	2.2
Middle	8	57	7.1
Right	11	30	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	15	45	3.0
Middle	9	32	3.6
Right	8	35	4.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rusty Crownover	21	9	5	0	3	3	5	0	0

Fargo (ND)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kenyon Gabree	25	17	2	0	1	3	4	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	4	39	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	2	1	7	3.5
Long (19+ Yds)	10	4	102	10.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	11	11.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	95	7.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	99	9.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Butch Bostic	7	2	1	36	1	19
WR Erik Cooper	7	4	0	86	3	21
WR Bennie Sandlin	3	0	2	0	0	11
TE Sedrick Blunt	2	2	0	22	1	21
RB Desmond Baerg	1	1	0	4	0	3

Fargo (ND)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Harvey Lindblad	9	4	0	48	0	23
WR Dale Wang	7	6	0	71	1	15
TE Walt Chandler	6	5	1	58	1	22
TE Joel Conerty	1	1	0	9	0	7
WR Tyrone Watkins	1	0	0	0	0	4
RB Thomas Howe	1	1	0	19	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Irv Dupre	5	3	0.60	3.43
Desmond Baerg	1	4	4.00	3.43

Fargo (ND)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Thomas Howe	1	7	7.00	3.54

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rusty Crownover	1	0	0	0.00	7.05

Fargo (ND)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kenyon Gabree	1	1	4	4.00	8.20

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bennie Sandlin	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Fargo (ND)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Walt Chandler	1	1	4	4.00	9.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Champaign	Rushes	Conversions
Irv Dupre	2	0
Desmond Baerg	1	0

Fargo (ND)	Rushes	Conversions
Kenyon Gabree	2	0
Thomas Howe	1	1
Cedric Reeves	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rusty Crownover	10	5	3

Fargo (ND)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kenyon Gabree	10	7	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Butch Bostic	4	2	2
WR Erik Cooper	2	1	1
WR Bennie Sandlin	1	0	0
TE Sedrick Blunt	1	1	0
RB Desmond Baerg	1	1	0

Fargo (ND)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dale Wang	4	4	2
WR Harvey Lindblad	3	1	1
TE Walt Chandler	2	1	1
RB Thomas Howe	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,400 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,100 (19,600)
End Zone 10,200 (14,200)
Mezzanine 6,000 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 10,100 (12,500)
Club Seats 5,300 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,700 (3,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,400 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,100 (19,600)
End Zone	10,200 (14,200)
Mezzanine	6,000 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	10,100 (12,500)
Club Seats	5,300 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,700 (3,000)