Week 1, 2032

played in Champaign, IL

60 degrees, rain, 17 mph wind

Denver Death	0	0	7	3	-	10
Champaign Thunder	10	6	0	3	-	19

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:56 CHM - Daryl Riley 32 field goal
1Q: 01:37 CHM - Irv Dupre 6 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
2Q: 11:22 CHM - Daryl Riley 25 field goal
2Q: 00:09 CHM - Daryl Riley 39 field goal
3Q: 06:34 DEN - Mickey Upshaw 62 fumble return (Jimmy O'Neill extra point)
4Q: 08:48 DEN - Jimmy O'Neill 41 field goal
4Q: 01:17 CHM - Daryl Riley 26 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:56 CHM - Daryl Riley 32 field goal
1Q: 01:37 CHM - Irv Dupre 6 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
2Q: 11:22 CHM - Daryl Riley 25 field goal
2Q: 00:09 CHM - Daryl Riley 39 field goal
3Q: 06:34 DEN - Mickey Upshaw 62 fumble return (Jimmy O'Neill extra point)
4Q: 08:48 DEN - Jimmy O'Neill 41 field goal
4Q: 01:17 CHM - Daryl Riley 26 field goal

Team Statistics DEN CHM
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 10 23
- by Rushing 3 10
- by Passing 6 12
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 211 398
- Offensive Plays 53 74
- Yards per Play 3.98 5.38
Net Rushing Yards 69 190
- Rushing Attempts 24 46
- Yards per Rush 2.88 4.13
Net Passing Yards 142 208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 11 - 2 28 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 156 208
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/14 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.90 7.43
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 1/12 7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.4 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/16 7/50
Punt Returns/Yards 2/18 7/59
Kick Returns/Yards 1/13 3/60
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/28
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 35
Time of Possession 24:05 35:55

Team Statistics	DEN	CHM
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	10	23
- by Rushing	3	10
- by Passing	6	12
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	211	398
- Offensive Plays	53	74
- Yards per Play	3.98	5.38
Net Rushing Yards	69	190
- Rushing Attempts	24	46
- Yards per Rush	2.88	4.13
Net Passing Yards	142	208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 11 - 2	28 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	156	208
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/14	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.90	7.43
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	1/12	7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.4	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/16	7/50
Punt Returns/Yards	2/18	7/59
Kick Returns/Yards	1/13	3/60
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/28
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 19	OWN 35
Time of Possession	24:05	35:55

Drive Charts

Denver Death
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:50	2:08	OWN 20	4	14	Punt
1	5:14	1:24	OWN 25	4	30	Interception
1	1:28	1:36	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
2	11:14	3:44	OWN 21	6	32	Punt
2	4:57	1:31	OWN 2	3	2	Punt
2	1:25	0:46	OWN 34	3	5	Punt
2	0:03	0:03	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	1:16	OWN 20	5	25	Punt
3	7:40	1:17	OWN 20	3	-19	Punt
3	3:27	1:21	OWN 5	3	8	Punt
3	0:23	6:40	OWN 22	11	54	Field Goal
4	2:21	0:41	OWN 20	3	0	Interception
4	1:12	0:54	OWN 20	5	61	Downs

Champaign Thunder
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:10	OWN 31	10	54	Field Goal
1	7:42	2:28	OWN 26	6	10	Punt
1	3:50	2:22	OWN 27	6	73	Touchdown
2	14:52	3:38	OWN 30	7	62	Field Goal
2	7:30	2:33	OWN 25	4	15	Punt
2	3:26	2:01	OWN 40	6	26	Fumble
2	0:39	0:36	OWN 34	4	44	Field Goal
3	13:44	6:04	OWN 17	10	41	Punt
3	6:23	2:56	OWN 30	5	21	Punt
3	2:06	1:43	OPP 49	3	3	Punt
4	8:43	6:22	OWN 36	9	24	Punt
4	1:40	0:28	OPP 10	3	1	Field Goal
4	0:18	0:18	OWN 19	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Rusty Crownover, Champaign Thunder

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Burt Evans	13	41	3.15	11	3
Mario Gordon	5	9	1.80	4	0
Pat Wynn	4	13	3.25	9	0
Vincent Becker	2	6	3.00	7	0

Champaign	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Irv Dupre	33	134	4.06	18	4
Lester La Rosa	8	28	3.50	9	0
Rusty Crownover	5	28	5.60	11	1

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Vincent Becker	28	11	156	1/14	0	58	2	28.3

Champaign	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rusty Crownover	28	17	208	0/0	1	31	0	95.5

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Leland Whiting	3	9	68	22.67	25	58
FB Monty Basinger	2	3	8	4.00	2	5
WR Dean Turnbull	2	5	30	15.00	0	21
RB Burt Evans	1	1	11	11.00	7	11
TE Tommie Fannon	1	2	16	16.00	8	16
TE Mo Lysne	1	1	2	2.00	0	2
WR Nicky Sanders	1	2	21	21.00	0	21
WR Bennie Sandlin	0	4	0	0.00	0	0

Champaign	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Gabe Barker	6	11	101	16.83	19	31	0
WR Butch Bostic	4	8	56	14.00	10	17	0
RB Irv Dupre	3	4	28	9.33	13	18	1
WR Junior Krykhtine	1	1	16	16.00	0	16	0
RB Lester La Rosa	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
FB Rodney Bauer	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Glenn Cornish	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Champaign	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Emmitt Alexander	1	28	28.00	0
CB Alan Seamster	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Recov	Force	TD
Mickey Upshaw	1	0	1
Marshall Lewis	1	0	0
Lincoln Perkins	0	1	0
Nolan Barton	0	1	0

Champaign	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Emmitt Alexander	1	0	0	0
Irv Dupre	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ricky Roberson	8	356	44.5	37.1	63	4

Champaign	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Louis Beleford	6	265	44.2	34.5	58	4

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jimmy O'Neill	1/1	1/1	0/0	41	1/1

Champaign	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Daryl Riley	4/4	0/0	0/0	39	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Leland Whiting	2	18	9.0	0

Champaign	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Emmitt Alexander	6	40	6.7	0
Erik Wolf	1	19	19.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Pat Wynn	1	13	13.0	0

Champaign	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Junior Krykhtine	2	49	24.5	0
Emmitt Alexander	1	11	11.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Marshall Lewis	8	3	0.0	38	21
ILB K.C. Cuviello	5	1	0.0	37	24
OLB Frederic Moynihan	5	1	0.0	41	25
S Duane Carlson	4	4	0.0	40	25
S Michael Simmons	4	1	0.0	21	11
DE Orlando Jamison	4	1	0.0	36	23
S Kennedy McWilliams	4	0	0.0	28	19
CB Mack Briggs	4	0	0.0	25	17
CB Nolan Barton	4	0	0.0	34	21
DT Jamie Lyon	3	1	0.0	29	15
DE Joel Johann	3	1	0.0	27	17
DE Jack Wagener	3	0	0.0	29	16
ILB Scottie Harmon	2	4	0.0	35	17
CB Alan Davison	2	1	0.0	28	17
S Andre Gomez	2	0	0.0	21	10
ILB Lincoln Perkins	2	0	0.0	2	0
DT Hugh O'Donnell	1	1	0.0	18	13
WR Bennie Sandlin	1	0	---	---	---
WR Dean Turnbull	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Eugene Tollefson	1	0	0.0	10	12

Champaign	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Kendrick Snider	9	2	0.0	20	24
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	5	2	0.0	23	25
CB Everett Bratzke	4	0	0.0	22	29
S Erik Wolf	3	1	0.0	18	23
S Rod Rockett	3	0	0.0	23	27
DE Alan Herndon	2	1	1.0	19	24
DE Ed Levesque	2	0	0.0	21	25
DT Burt Demers	2	0	0.0	10	17
S Lester Ramirez	2	0	0.0	5	8
DT Rich Westbrook	1	3	0.0	21	21
CB Emmitt Alexander	1	0	0.0	21	29
OLB Dustin Thomas	1	0	0.0	2	2
DT Kim Poulin	0	1	0.0	8	9
OLB Josh Hanks	0	1	0.0	7	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Hurry	PPlay
DE Jack Wagener	2	16
DE Joel Johann	2	17
DE Orlando Jamison	1	23
OLB Frederic Moynihan	1	25

Champaign	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Alan Herndon	1.0	0	0	0	24
DE Ed Levesque	0.0	1	2	0	25
DE Ty Bennett	0.0	1	1	0	9
DT Kim Poulin	0.0	0	1	0	9
DT Burt Demers	0.0	0	1	0	17
DT Rich Westbrook	0.0	0	0	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Mack Briggs	3	1	17
CB Nolan Barton	3	1	21
ILB Marshall Lewis	2	1	21
S Duane Carlson	2	1	25
OLB Frederic Moynihan	2	0	25
S Michael Simmons	1	0	11
ILB K.C. Cuviello	1	0	24
S Kennedy McWilliams	1	0	19
DE Joel Johann	1	0	17
ILB Eugene Tollefson	1	0	12

Champaign	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Kendrick Snider	6	0	0	24
CB Everett Bratzke	2	0	0	29
CB Emmitt Alexander	1	0	1	29
S Lester Ramirez	1	0	0	8
OLB Dustin Thomas	1	0	0	2
CB Alan Seamster	0	1	1	23
S Rod Rockett	0	1	0	27
S Erik Wolf	0	1	0	23

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rusty Lester	2	6	16	0	23
Richard Tatum	2	4	19	1	26
Mickey Upshaw	1	4	18	0	23
Eugene Harwell	1	2	21	0	24
Nicky Dunlap	1	1	20	0	24
Preston Brady	0	2	9	0	8
Darrell Nixon	0	2	9	0	11
Tommie Fannon	0	1	18	0	15

Champaign	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Bryant Cunningham	5	6	0	30	20
Butch Athanas	3	8	2	46	28
Scottie Hitchcock	2	8	1	44	25
R.J. Oliver	2	5	0	31	24
Anthony Zimmerman	1	3	0	25	12
Danny Castillo	1	1	0	4	2
Leslie Kalu	0	5	0	32	19
Brenden Jamison	0	2	0	18	10
Bernard Knutzen	0	2	0	30	16
Rodney Bauer	0	1	0	30	21

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Mo Lysne	3	17
Nolan Barton	3	16
Jeremy Masucci	1	17
Bennie Sandlin	1	12
Monty Basinger	1	12
Eugene Tollefson	1	9

Champaign	Tackles	STPlays
Lester La Rosa	1	27
Rodney Bauer	1	19
Everett Bratzke	1	15

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Duane Carlson	---	---	40	25	15	80
K.C. Cuviello	---	---	37	24	16	77
Marshall Lewis	---	---	38	21	13	72
Nolan Barton	---	---	34	21	16	71
Frederic Moynihan	---	---	41	25	3	69
Orlando Jamison	---	---	36	23	9	68
Leland Whiting	20	23	---	---	15	58
Scottie Harmon	---	---	35	17	3	55
Vincent Becker	24	29	---	---	---	53
Mack Briggs	---	---	25	17	10	52
Kennedy McWilliams	---	---	28	19	4	51
Nicky Dunlap	20	24	---	---	7	51
Mickey Upshaw	18	23	---	---	9	50
Alan Davison	---	---	28	17	4	49
Richard Tatum	19	26	---	---	3	48
Bennie Sandlin	20	15	---	---	12	47
Jack Wagener	---	---	29	16	2	47
Joel Johann	---	---	27	17	3	47
Jamie Lyon	---	---	29	15	2	46
Eugene Harwell	21	24	---	---	---	45
Tommie Fannon	18	15	---	---	10	43
Hugh O'Donnell	---	---	18	13	8	39
Rusty Lester	16	23	---	---	---	39
Andre Gomez	---	---	21	10	7	38
Michael Simmons	---	---	21	11	3	35
Mo Lysne	6	11	---	---	17	34
Monty Basinger	5	14	---	---	12	31
Eugene Tollefson	---	---	10	12	9	31
Burt Evans	15	14	---	---	1	30
Dean Turnbull	12	18	---	---	---	30
Pat Wynn	4	2	---	---	24	30
Jeremy Masucci	3	8	---	---	17	28
Mario Gordon	5	13	---	---	8	26
Preston Brady	9	8	---	---	6	23
Nicky Sanders	10	12	---	---	---	22
Darrell Nixon	9	11	---	---	---	20
Myron Martinez	8	6	---	---	3	17
J.J. Ondes	2	0	---	---	12	14
Quinn Pinkerton	---	---	7	5	2	14
Ricky Roberson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Irving Gossett	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jimmy O'Neill	0	0	---	---	4	4
Lincoln Perkins	---	---	2	0	1	3
Billy Cowsette	0	0	---	---	---	0
Edwin Witt	0	0	---	---	---	0

Champaign	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Scottie Hitchcock	44	25	---	---	10	79
Rusty Crownover	46	28	---	---	4	78
Butch Athanas	46	28	---	---	2	76
Alan Seamster	---	---	21	23	31	75
Gabe Barker	46	28	---	---	---	74
Rodney Bauer	30	21	---	---	19	70
Bernard Knutzen	30	16	---	---	22	68
Emmitt Alexander	---	---	21	29	17	67
Butch Bostic	41	25	---	---	---	66
Everett Bratzke	---	---	22	29	15	66
Bryant Cunningham	30	20	---	---	10	60
Irv Dupre	35	23	---	---	---	58
R.J. Oliver	31	24	---	---	---	55
Rod Rockett	---	---	23	27	3	53
Leslie Kalu	32	19	---	---	---	51
Ed Levesque	---	---	21	25	3	49
Ellis Pomeroy	---	---	23	25	---	48
Kendrick Snider	---	---	20	24	4	48
Sedrick Blunt	16	13	---	---	17	46
Rich Westbrook	---	---	21	21	3	45
Alan Herndon	---	---	19	24	1	44
Erik Wolf	---	---	18	23	2	43
Lester La Rosa	11	5	---	---	27	43
Brock Wolin	---	---	5	9	25	39
Brenden Jamison	18	10	---	---	10	38
Anthony Zimmerman	25	12	---	---	---	37
Burt Demers	---	---	10	17	4	31
Junior Krykhtine	16	6	---	---	3	25
Lester Ramirez	---	---	5	8	8	21
Van Monroe	---	---	6	6	7	19
Kim Poulin	---	---	8	9	1	18
Ty Bennett	---	---	8	9	1	18
Dan Senter	0	0	---	---	17	17
Danny Castillo	4	2	---	---	10	16
Leroy Stoffers	0	0	---	---	13	13
Josh Hanks	---	---	7	5	---	12
Daryl Riley	0	0	---	---	10	10
Dean Turnbull	---	---	4	4	1	9
Glenn Cornish	5	3	---	---	---	8
Louis Beleford	0	0	---	---	6	6
Dustin Thomas	---	---	2	2	---	4
Vernon Feazell	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dexter Poliska	0	0	---	---	---	0
Drew Copeland	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kenny Herndon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Cary Ellis	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	19	1.5
Middle	5	17	3.4
Right	5	34	6.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	17	70	4.1
Middle	18	80	4.4
Right	10	41	4.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Vincent Becker	28	11	3	2	2	3	5	1	2

Champaign	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rusty Crownover	28	17	3	0	1	4	6	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	14	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	4	23	2.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	2	19	2.7
Long (19+ Yds)	9	3	100	11.1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	6	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	60	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	43	7.2
Long (19+ Yds)	9	4	99	11.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Leland Whiting	9	3	0	68	1	23
WR Dean Turnbull	5	2	0	30	1	18
WR Bennie Sandlin	4	0	1	0	0	15
FB Monty Basinger	3	2	1	8	0	14
TE Tommie Fannon	2	1	0	16	0	15
WR Nicky Sanders	2	1	0	21	1	12
RB Burt Evans	1	1	0	11	0	14
TE Mo Lysne	1	1	0	2	0	11

Champaign	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Gabe Barker	11	6	1	101	3	28
WR Butch Bostic	8	4	0	56	0	25
RB Irv Dupre	4	3	0	28	0	23
WR Glenn Cornish	2	1	0	4	0	3
WR Junior Krykhtine	1	1	0	16	0	6
RB Lester La Rosa	1	1	0	4	0	5
FB Rodney Bauer	1	1	0	-1	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Champaign	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Irv Dupre	2	1	0.50	4.06
Lester La Rosa	1	2	2.00	3.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Vincent Becker	2	0	0	0.00	5.57

Champaign	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rusty Crownover	7	4	23	3.29	7.43

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Leland Whiting	1	0	0	0.00	7.56

Champaign	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Butch Bostic	2	1	10	5.00	7.00
RB Irv Dupre	2	1	6	3.00	7.00
WR Gabe Barker	2	1	3	1.50	9.18
WR Glenn Cornish	1	1	4	4.00	2.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Mario Gordon	2	0
Burt Evans	1	0

Champaign	Rushes	Conversions
Irv Dupre	7	3
Rusty Crownover	1	1
Lester La Rosa	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Vincent Becker	8	2	1

Champaign	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rusty Crownover	7	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Leland Whiting	2	1	1
FB Monty Basinger	2	1	0
WR Dean Turnbull	2	0	0
WR Nicky Sanders	1	0	0

Champaign	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Irv Dupre	2	1	1
WR Gabe Barker	2	2	1
WR Glenn Cornish	2	1	0
FB Rodney Bauer	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,000 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,300 (21,800)
End Zone 15,100 (15,600)
Mezzanine 9,000 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,100 (13,800)
Club Seats 8,500 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (6,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,000 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,300 (21,800)
End Zone	15,100 (15,600)
Mezzanine	9,000 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,100 (13,800)
Club Seats	8,500 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (6,200)