Week 1, 2033

played in Fargo (ND), ND

43 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

Champaign Thunder	7	9	0	3	-	19
Fargo (ND) Freeze	0	0	6	7	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:42 CHM - Butch Bostic 28 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
2Q: 12:30 CHM - Daryl Riley 43 field goal
2Q: 05:07 CHM - Daryl Riley 21 field goal
2Q: 00:09 CHM - Daryl Riley 23 field goal
3Q: 08:52 FAR - Trent Halama 34 field goal
3Q: 02:53 FAR - Trent Halama 33 field goal
4Q: 09:17 FAR - Thomas Howe 1 run (Trent Halama extra point)
4Q: 03:30 CHM - Daryl Riley 27 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:42 CHM - Butch Bostic 28 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
2Q: 12:30 CHM - Daryl Riley 43 field goal
2Q: 05:07 CHM - Daryl Riley 21 field goal
2Q: 00:09 CHM - Daryl Riley 23 field goal
3Q: 08:52 FAR - Trent Halama 34 field goal
3Q: 02:53 FAR - Trent Halama 33 field goal
4Q: 09:17 FAR - Thomas Howe 1 run (Trent Halama extra point)
4Q: 03:30 CHM - Daryl Riley 27 field goal

Team Statistics CHM FAR
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 18 18
- by Rushing 11 5
- by Passing 7 13
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 421 307
- Offensive Plays 55 65
- Yards per Play 7.65 4.72
Net Rushing Yards 229 124
- Rushing Attempts 40 27
- Yards per Rush 5.73 4.59
Net Passing Yards 192 183
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 15 - 11 - 1 34 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 192 204
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 4/21
- Yards per Pass Play 12.80 4.82
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.1 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 5/35 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 1/-2
Kick Returns/Yards 2/29 4/114
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/20
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/3 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 37
Time of Possession 31:05 28:55

Team Statistics	CHM	FAR
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	18	18
- by Rushing	11	5
- by Passing	7	13
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	421	307
- Offensive Plays	55	65
- Yards per Play	7.65	4.72
Net Rushing Yards	229	124
- Rushing Attempts	40	27
- Yards per Rush	5.73	4.59
Net Passing Yards	192	183
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	15 - 11 - 1	34 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	192	204
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	4/21
- Yards per Pass Play	12.80	4.82
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.1	6.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	5/35	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	1/-2
Kick Returns/Yards	2/29	4/114
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/20
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/3	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 37
Time of Possession	31:05	28:55

Drive Charts

Champaign Thunder
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:33	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
1	5:33	1:24	OWN 8	3	28	Fumble
1	2:09	4:46	OWN 40	8	34	Field Goal
2	7:59	2:58	OWN 20	5	76	Field Goal
2	2:27	2:23	OWN 43	5	51	Field Goal
3	8:45	2:14	OWN 14	3	5	Punt
3	2:46	2:51	OWN 20	5	44	Punt
4	12:05	1:24	OWN 12	3	11	Interception
4	9:10	5:45	OWN 17	8	73	Field Goal
4	0:55	0:55	OWN 33	3	-1	Game

Fargo (ND) Freeze
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:27	2:54	OWN 30	5	18	Punt
1	4:09	2:00	OPP 36	3	3	Missed FG
2	12:23	4:24	OWN 20	8	40	Punt
2	5:01	2:34	OWN 36	9	28	Missed FG
3	15:00	6:15	OWN 20	11	63	Field Goal
3	6:31	3:45	OWN 40	9	44	Field Goal
4	14:55	2:50	OWN 20	6	23	Punt
4	10:41	1:31	OPP 15	3	15	Touchdown
4	3:25	2:30	OWN 24	11	43	Downs

Game MVP: Irv Dupre, Champaign Thunder

Rushing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Irv Dupre	31	175	5.65	28	6
Lester La Rosa	6	21	3.50	10	1
Rusty Crownover	2	-2	-1.00	-1	0
Gabe Barker	1	35	35.00	35	1

Fargo (ND)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Thomas Howe	17	63	3.71	9	0	1
Tony Sheriff	5	32	6.40	11	2	0
Howard McGee	2	10	5.00	8	0	0
Roger Crawford	2	15	7.50	10	1	0
Kenyon Gabree	1	4	4.00	4	0	0

Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rusty Crownover	15	11	192	0/0	1	39	1	109.7

Fargo (ND)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kenyon Gabree	34	19	204	4/21	0	36	0	73.7

Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bernard Knutzen	4	4	68	17.00	19	33	0
WR Butch Bostic	3	4	52	17.33	11	28	1
WR Gabe Barker	2	4	47	23.50	3	39	0
WR Junior Krykhtine	1	1	13	13.00	6	13	0
RB Irv Dupre	1	1	12	12.00	7	12	0
TE Sedrick Blunt	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Fargo (ND)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Harvey Becker	7	9	101	14.43	30	36
WR Geoff Roberson	3	5	25	8.33	1	12
RB Thomas Howe	2	3	10	5.00	0	7
TE Irv O'Donnell	2	2	18	9.00	3	9
WR Glenn Irwin	2	4	10	5.00	0	5
FB Howard McGee	1	2	14	14.00	4	14
TE Walt Chandler	1	2	13	13.00	0	13
WR Frank Harvey	1	3	13	13.00	0	13
WR Jermaine Tripplehorn	0	4	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Champaign	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fargo (ND)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Ryan Beyer	1	20	20.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Champaign	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Irv Dupre	1	0	0	0
Dean Turnbull	0	0	1	0

Fargo (ND)	Fumb	Recov	Force
Glenn Irwin	1	0	0
Tony Sheriff	0	1	0
Donald Lane	0	1	0
Bob Gibson	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Champaign	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Louis Beleford	2	75	37.5	28.5	39	0

Fargo (ND)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rod Small	3	121	40.3	33.7	44	1

Kicking Statistics

Champaign	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Daryl Riley	4/4	1/1	0/0	43	1/1

Fargo (ND)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Trent Halama	2/4	0/2	0/2	34	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Champaign	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Fargo (ND)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Frank Harvey	1	-2	-2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Champaign	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Emmitt Alexander	2	29	14.5	0

Fargo (ND)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tony Sheriff	4	114	28.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Champaign	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	8	5	0.0	23	28
CB Dean Turnbull	7	0	0.0	19	31
DE Reggie Baugh	4	1	1.5	16	26
OLB Kendrick Snider	4	3	0.0	26	34
S Clarence Lowe	4	0	0.0	21	25
CB Everett Bratzke	4	0	0.0	23	34
DT Rich Westbrook	2	0	1.0	21	28
S Rod Rockett	2	2	0.0	18	28
DT Burt Demers	2	2	0.0	18	24
ILB J.C. Lucero	2	1	0.0	4	10
CB Mitch Brown	2	1	0.0	9	16
OLB Dustin Thomas	2	0	0.0	4	1
DE Ed Levesque	1	0	1.0	18	33
DE Alan Herndon	1	2	0.5	17	16
S Erik Wolf	1	3	0.0	9	11
DT Kim Poulin	1	3	0.0	12	20
OLB Randal Thomas	1	1	0.0	1	4
CB Emmitt Alexander	1	0	0.0	26	30
FB Rodney Bauer	1	0	---	---	---

Fargo (ND)	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Gary Scott	7	4	35	11
S Bob Gibson	7	0	31	12
ILB Alfred Davison	5	1	29	9
S Hugh Such	4	2	29	7
CB Leo Hampton	4	0	27	12
S Donovan Nutter	3	2	19	8
DE Vernon Watson	3	1	34	9
CB Ryan Beyer	3	0	26	12
ILB Dean Caton	3	0	12	3
S Hugh Lyons	2	1	29	9
ILB Ty Duran	2	1	25	14
OLB Jason Dusek	2	1	22	10
DT Claude Stokes	1	1	14	3
CB Nick Posavec	1	1	22	7
OLB Earnest De Jongh	1	1	14	6
DE Donald Lane	0	2	28	8
DT Bruce Peterson	0	1	26	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Champaign	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Reggie Baugh	1.5	0	2	0	26
DE Ed Levesque	1.0	3	4	1	33
DT Rich Westbrook	1.0	0	0	1	28
DE Alan Herndon	0.5	0	0	0	16

Fargo (ND)	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay

Pass Defense Statistics

Champaign	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dean Turnbull	5	0	31
CB Everett Bratzke	3	0	34
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	2	1	28
OLB Kendrick Snider	2	0	34
CB Mitch Brown	2	0	16
S Clarence Lowe	1	2	25
S Rod Rockett	1	0	28
CB Emmitt Alexander	1	0	30
OLB Randal Thomas	1	0	4
ILB J.C. Lucero	1	0	10
DE Ed Levesque	0	1	33

Fargo (ND)	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Gary Scott	3	0	0	11
ILB Dean Caton	2	0	0	3
ILB Ty Duran	2	0	0	14
CB Leo Hampton	1	1	0	12
S Hugh Lyons	1	1	0	9
CB Nick Posavec	1	0	0	7
S Hugh Such	1	0	0	7
CB Ryan Beyer	0	0	1	12

Blocking Statistics

Champaign	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Butch Athanas	3	8	1	40	15
Bryant Cunningham	3	6	0	29	12
Anthony Zimmerman	2	5	1	36	12
Scottie Hitchcock	1	8	0	39	15
Leslie Kalu	1	4	1	36	11
Sedrick Blunt	1	1	0	17	9
Bernard Knutzen	1	1	0	23	6
Brenden Jamison	0	2	0	12	3
Rodney Bauer	0	2	0	34	13
Jumbo Baer	0	1	0	4	4

Fargo (ND)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brock Kennedy	4	8	26	0	36
Winston Van Pelt	4	5	23	1	33
Howard McGee	2	3	17	0	21
Maurice Johnstone	1	4	19	0	30
Cary Buchholz	1	2	25	1	29
Clay Ramsey	1	1	8	0	8
Geoff Rogers	0	2	26	1	30
K.C. Kooistra	0	1	1	1	8

Special Teams Tackles

Champaign	Tackles	STPlays
Lester La Rosa	1	19
Rodney Bauer	1	16
Emmitt Alexander	1	15
Bernard Knutzen	1	14
Sedrick Blunt	1	13

Fargo (ND)	Tackles	STPlays
Mercury Hibbs	1	17
Glenn Irwin	1	15

Participation

Champaign	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Emmitt Alexander	---	---	26	30	15	71
Kendrick Snider	---	---	26	34	5	65
Everett Bratzke	---	---	23	34	8	65
Rodney Bauer	34	13	---	---	16	63
Butch Athanas	40	15	---	---	3	58
Dean Turnbull	---	---	19	31	8	58
Ellis Pomeroy	---	---	23	28	4	55
Rusty Crownover	40	15	---	---	---	55
Gabe Barker	40	15	---	---	---	55
Rich Westbrook	---	---	21	28	5	54
Scottie Hitchcock	39	15	---	---	---	54
Ed Levesque	---	---	18	33	3	54
Irv Dupre	33	13	---	---	8	54
Rod Rockett	---	---	18	28	6	52
Butch Bostic	34	14	---	---	---	48
Anthony Zimmerman	36	12	---	---	---	48
Leslie Kalu	36	11	---	---	---	47
Clarence Lowe	---	---	21	25	1	47
Reggie Baugh	---	---	16	26	5	47
Bryant Cunningham	29	12	---	---	5	46
Burt Demers	---	---	18	24	3	45
Bernard Knutzen	23	6	---	---	14	43
Sedrick Blunt	17	9	---	---	13	39
Alan Herndon	---	---	17	16	3	36
Mitch Brown	---	---	9	16	10	35
Kim Poulin	---	---	12	20	2	34
Lester La Rosa	7	2	---	---	19	28
Junior Krykhtine	6	2	---	---	16	24
Erik Wolf	---	---	9	11	2	22
Lester Ramirez	---	---	6	13	3	22
Brenden Jamison	12	3	---	---	1	16
J.C. Lucero	---	---	4	10	2	16
Dan Senter	0	0	---	---	14	14
Jumbo Baer	4	4	---	---	6	14
Ryan Darby	4	3	---	---	6	13
Randal Thomas	---	---	1	4	8	13
Brock Wolin	---	---	0	2	10	12
Harvey Meier	6	1	---	---	4	11
Daryl Riley	0	0	---	---	10	10
Dustin Thomas	---	---	4	1	3	8
Monty Glendon	---	---	3	3	---	6
Danny Castillo	0	0	---	---	6	6
Louis Beleford	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ty Bennett	---	---	3	1	---	4
Dexter Poliska	0	0	---	---	---	0
Toby Small	0	0	---	---	---	0

Fargo (ND)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kenyon Gabree	27	38	---	---	---	65
Brock Kennedy	26	36	---	---	---	62
Cary Buchholz	25	29	---	---	7	61
Geoff Rogers	26	30	---	---	3	59
Harvey Becker	22	34	---	---	1	57
Winston Van Pelt	23	33	---	---	---	56
Ryan Beyer	---	---	26	12	14	52
Hugh Lyons	---	---	29	9	14	52
Maurice Johnstone	19	30	---	---	2	51
Bob Gibson	---	---	31	12	8	51
Ty Duran	---	---	25	14	12	51
Gary Scott	---	---	35	11	4	50
Vernon Watson	---	---	34	9	5	48
Howard McGee	17	21	---	---	8	46
Bruce Peterson	---	---	26	12	5	43
Alfred Davison	---	---	29	9	5	43
Leo Hampton	---	---	27	12	3	42
Jason Dusek	---	---	22	10	10	42
Walt Chandler	21	20	---	---	---	41
Tony Sheriff	6	15	---	---	19	40
Donald Lane	---	---	28	8	4	40
Glenn Irwin	10	14	---	---	15	39
Jermaine Tripplehorn	16	22	---	---	---	38
Hugh Such	---	---	29	7	2	38
Geoff Roberson	7	17	---	---	13	37
Thomas Howe	19	17	---	---	---	36
Irv O'Donnell	10	12	---	---	10	32
Donovan Nutter	---	---	19	8	4	31
Nick Posavec	---	---	22	7	1	30
Frank Harvey	2	7	---	---	16	25
Oliver Sheldon	6	14	---	---	5	25
Roger Crawford	4	8	---	---	10	22
Mercury Hibbs	1	3	---	---	17	21
Wes Hamilton	---	---	12	7	2	21
Clay Ramsey	8	8	---	---	4	20
Earnest De Jongh	---	---	14	6	---	20
Claude Stokes	---	---	14	3	---	17
K.C. Kooistra	1	8	---	---	7	16
Dean Caton	---	---	12	3	---	15
Gino McWilliams	---	---	6	6	1	13
Sean Burgess	1	2	---	---	7	10
Trent Halama	0	0	---	---	8	8
Rod Small	0	0	---	---	7	7
Nathan Cortez	0	0	---	---	---	0
Alan Wile	---	---	0	0	---	0
Rusty Lemmon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	78	6.5
Middle	18	105	5.8
Right	8	48	6.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	54	6.8
Middle	15	60	4.0
Right	4	10	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rusty Crownover	15	11	5	0	1	2	0	0	1

Fargo (ND)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kenyon Gabree	34	19	2	2	0	4	6	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	14	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	4	4	32	8.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	2	46	15.3
Long (19+ Yds)	6	3	100	16.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	13	112	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	61	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	31	7.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Butch Bostic	4	3	1	52	2	14
TE Bernard Knutzen	4	4	0	68	2	6
WR Gabe Barker	4	2	0	47	1	15
WR Junior Krykhtine	1	1	0	13	0	2
TE Sedrick Blunt	1	0	0	0	0	9
RB Irv Dupre	1	1	0	12	0	13

Fargo (ND)	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Harvey Becker	9	7	101	2	34
WR Geoff Roberson	5	3	25	0	17
WR Jermaine Tripplehorn	4	0	0	0	22
WR Glenn Irwin	4	2	10	0	14
RB Thomas Howe	3	2	10	0	17
WR Frank Harvey	3	1	13	0	7
FB Howard McGee	2	1	14	0	21
TE Walt Chandler	2	1	13	0	20
TE Irv O'Donnell	2	2	18	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Irv Dupre	4	-1	-0.25	5.65
Lester La Rosa	1	2	2.00	3.50

Fargo (ND)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Thomas Howe	3	4	1.33	3.71
Howard McGee	1	2	2.00	5.00
Roger Crawford	1	10	10.00	7.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rusty Crownover	1	1	8	8.00	12.80

Fargo (ND)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kenyon Gabree	2	1	12	6.00	6.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Gabe Barker	1	1	8	8.00	11.75

Fargo (ND)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Thomas Howe	1	0	0	0.00	3.33
WR Geoff Roberson	1	1	12	12.00	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Champaign	Rushes	Conversions
Irv Dupre	6	3
Lester La Rosa	4	1
Rusty Crownover	1	0

Fargo (ND)	Rushes	Conversions
Thomas Howe	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rusty Crownover	1	1	1

Fargo (ND)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kenyon Gabree	12	7	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Irv Dupre	1	1	1

Fargo (ND)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Glenn Irwin	4	2	1
WR Harvey Becker	2	2	2
WR Jermaine Tripplehorn	2	0	0
RB Thomas Howe	1	1	1
TE Walt Chandler	1	1	1
TE Irv O'Donnell	1	1	1
WR Frank Harvey	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,600 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,500 (19,600)
End Zone 10,500 (14,200)
Mezzanine 6,100 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 9,800 (12,500)
Club Seats 5,100 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,600 (3,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,600 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,500 (19,600)
End Zone	10,500 (14,200)
Mezzanine	6,100 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	9,800 (12,500)
Club Seats	5,100 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,600 (3,000)