Week 1, 2035

played in Champaign (IL), IL

61 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Denver Death	7	0	7	7	-	21
Champaign (IL) Thunder	3	14	7	7	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:08 CHM - Daryl Riley 29 field goal
1Q: 01:02 DEN - Marlon Chustz 80 run (Ethan Compton extra point)
2Q: 05:41 CHM - Butch Bostic 30 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
2Q: 03:02 CHM - Glenn Cornish 5 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
3Q: 11:57 DEN - Dean Turnbull 6 pass from Vincent Becker (Ethan Compton extra point)
3Q: 07:09 CHM - Irv Dupre 10 run (Daryl Riley extra point)
4Q: 11:15 CHM - Bernard Knutzen 11 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
4Q: 03:02 DEN - Fred Lohr 6 pass from Claude Newhart (Ethan Compton extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:08 CHM - Daryl Riley 29 field goal
1Q: 01:02 DEN - Marlon Chustz 80 run (Ethan Compton extra point)
2Q: 05:41 CHM - Butch Bostic 30 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
2Q: 03:02 CHM - Glenn Cornish 5 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
3Q: 11:57 DEN - Dean Turnbull 6 pass from Vincent Becker (Ethan Compton extra point)
3Q: 07:09 CHM - Irv Dupre 10 run (Daryl Riley extra point)
4Q: 11:15 CHM - Bernard Knutzen 11 pass from Rusty Crownover (Daryl Riley extra point)
4Q: 03:02 DEN - Fred Lohr 6 pass from Claude Newhart (Ethan Compton extra point)

Team Statistics DEN CHM
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 20 19
- by Rushing 6 12
- by Passing 14 7
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 434 394
- Offensive Plays 65 59
- Yards per Play 6.68 6.68
Net Rushing Yards 158 235
- Rushing Attempts 26 41
- Yards per Rush 6.08 5.73
Net Passing Yards 276 159
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 21 - 1 17 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 291 172
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/15 1/13
- Yards per Pass Play 7.08 8.83
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 2/12 5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.0 6.5
4th Down Conversions 1/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/44 0/0
Punt Returns/Yards 1/9 2/10
Kick Returns/Yards 2/52 1/20
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/21
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 36
Time of Possession 28:59 31:01

Team Statistics	DEN	CHM
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	20	19
- by Rushing	6	12
- by Passing	14	7
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	434	394
- Offensive Plays	65	59
- Yards per Play	6.68	6.68
Net Rushing Yards	158	235
- Rushing Attempts	26	41
- Yards per Rush	6.08	5.73
Net Passing Yards	276	159
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 21 - 1	17 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	291	172
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/15	1/13
- Yards per Pass Play	7.08	8.83
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	2/12	5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.0	6.5
4th Down Conversions	1/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/44	0/0
Punt Returns/Yards	1/9	2/10
Kick Returns/Yards	2/52	1/20
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/21
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 36
Time of Possession	28:59	31:01

Drive Charts

Denver Death
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:23	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
1	11:35	7:17	OWN 14	13	52	Missed FG
1	1:02	0:22	OWN 20	1	80	Touchdown
2	11:43	3:36	OWN 27	6	58	Missed FG
2	5:29	1:29	OWN 34	3	3	Punt
2	2:52	1:39	OWN 20	5	16	Punt
3	13:53	2:03	OWN 43	5	57	Touchdown
3	7:00	2:04	OWN 20	4	8	Punt
3	1:57	1:57	OWN 4	3	4	Punt
4	11:08	3:02	OWN 31	5	4	Downs
4	5:56	3:04	OWN 5	10	95	Touchdown
4	2:05	1:25	OWN 5	7	40	Interception

Champaign (IL) Thunder
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:37	2:02	OWN 40	3	-7	Punt
1	4:18	3:16	OWN 41	6	47	Field Goal
1	0:40	3:57	OWN 19	6	17	Punt
2	8:07	2:38	OWN 22	5	78	Touchdown
2	4:00	1:08	OWN 29	3	71	Touchdown
2	1:13	1:13	OWN 13	3	16	Half
3	15:00	1:07	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
3	11:50	4:50	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
3	4:56	2:59	OWN 30	6	25	Punt
4	15:00	3:52	OPP 46	7	46	Touchdown
4	8:06	2:10	OPP 35	4	30	Fumble
4	2:52	0:47	50	3	3	Punt
4	0:40	0:40	OPP 32	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Rusty Crownover, Champaign (IL) Thunder

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Marlon Chustz	21	148	7.05	80	3	1
Jason Bruce	4	10	2.50	7	0	0
Vincent Becker	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Champaign (IL)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Irv Dupre	28	181	6.46	27	8	1
Lester La Rosa	6	33	5.50	12	1	0
Rodney Bauer	4	4	1.00	2	0	0
Rusty Crownover	3	17	5.67	10	1	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Vincent Becker	24	15	193	1/6	1	46	0	101.5
Claude Newhart	12	6	98	2/9	1	29	1	70.8

Champaign (IL)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rusty Crownover	17	14	172	1/13	3	60	0	148.4

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Fred Lohr	6	7	46	7.67	29	13	1
WR Dean Turnbull	5	7	134	26.80	56	46	1
WR Gerald Spain	4	8	67	16.75	24	21	0
WR J.J. Ondes	2	7	16	8.00	0	12	0
RB Marlon Chustz	2	2	6	3.00	3	10	0
TE Mo Lysne	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
RB Jason Bruce	1	1	23	23.00	18	23	0
WR Kirk Nobles	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Malcolm Inmon	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Champaign (IL)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bernard Knutzen	5	6	27	5.40	1	11	1
RB Irv Dupre	3	4	15	5.00	2	15	0
WR Butch Bostic	2	2	36	18.00	12	30	1
WR Harvey Meier	2	2	71	35.50	31	60	0
WR Earl Jordan	1	2	18	18.00	1	18	0
WR Glenn Cornish	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	1

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Champaign (IL)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	1	21	21.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Al Jamison	0	1	0	0
Frederic Moynihan	0	0	2	0

Champaign (IL)	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Irv Dupre	2	0	0	0
Bryant Cunningham	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Clay Yockey	5	218	43.6	41.6	56	1

Champaign (IL)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Renaldo Devine	5	206	41.2	39.4	47	2

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ethan Compton	0/2	0/1	0/1	0	3/3

Champaign (IL)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Daryl Riley	1/1	0/0	0/0	29	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kirk Nobles	1	9	9.0	0

Champaign (IL)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Emmitt Alexander	2	10	5.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.J. Ondes	2	52	26.0	0

Champaign (IL)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Emmitt Alexander	1	20	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Duane Carlson	9	3	0.0	41	18
OLB Frederic Moynihan	7	0	0.0	36	16
DE Jackie Castillo	6	1	0.0	31	12
ILB Scottie Harmon	4	2	0.0	25	9
S Kennedy McWilliams	3	2	0.0	36	16
DT Al Jamison	3	0	0.0	29	12
CB Kendrick Myers	3	0	0.0	39	18
OLB Lionel Jizmejian	2	1	0.0	37	15
OLB Duane Arnold	2	0	0.0	4	3
DE Brian Raymond	2	0	0.0	10	6
S Lamont Raymond	2	0	0.0	5	4
DE Ben O'Neill	2	0	0.0	16	7
DE Buddy McElroy	1	2	1.0	25	11
ILB Eugene Tollefson	1	1	0.0	40	16
CB Gino Forbes	1	1	0.0	32	13
CB Ronald Buchanan	1	1	0.0	16	8
DT Tommie Berdys	1	0	0.0	12	6
RB Lester Saffitz	1	0	---	---	---
CB Austin Barber	1	0	0.0	10	6

Champaign (IL)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Kyle Jeffries	12	0	0.0	26	29
S K.C. Athanas	9	3	0.0	26	33
OLB Kendrick Snider	5	5	0.5	22	29
CB Emmitt Alexander	3	1	0.0	17	31
CB Everett Bratzke	3	0	0.0	26	35
OLB Joe Zgonina	2	2	0.5	4	13
DE Reggie Baugh	2	2	0.0	18	28
ILB J.C. Lucero	2	1	0.0	10	10
S Luis Herndon	2	1	0.0	25	36
DT Kim Poulin	2	0	0.0	13	21
S Asher Hernandez	2	0	0.0	1	13
DE Tyrell Garland	1	0	1.0	14	20
DT Hunter Hayakawa	1	1	0.5	17	19
CB Alan Seamster	1	0	0.0	25	37
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	0	2	0.5	21	29

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Buddy McElroy	1.0	0	11
OLB Frederic Moynihan	0.0	1	16
DE Ben O'Neill	0.0	1	7

Champaign (IL)	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Tyrell Garland	1.0	0	1	1	20
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	0.5	0	2	0	29
OLB Kendrick Snider	0.5	0	0	0	29
OLB Joe Zgonina	0.5	0	0	0	13
DT Hunter Hayakawa	0.5	0	0	0	19
DE Reggie Baugh	0.0	1	1	0	28
DE Alan Herndon	0.0	0	1	0	29

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	PPlay
CB Kendrick Myers	4	18
CB Gino Forbes	2	13
OLB Lionel Jizmejian	1	15
OLB Frederic Moynihan	1	16
ILB Eugene Tollefson	1	16
OLB Duane Arnold	1	3
S Lamont Raymond	1	4
DE Jackie Castillo	1	12
CB Ronald Buchanan	1	8
DE Ben O'Neill	1	7

Champaign (IL)	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Kyle Jeffries	6	0	0	29
OLB Kendrick Snider	4	1	0	29
S K.C. Athanas	3	0	0	33
CB Everett Bratzke	2	0	0	35
S Luis Herndon	2	0	0	36
DE Reggie Baugh	1	0	0	28
CB Alan Seamster	1	0	0	37
ILB J.C. Lucero	1	0	0	10
S Asher Hernandez	1	0	0	13
OLB Joe Zgonina	0	1	0	13
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	0	0	1	29

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tyrus Kirkaldie	3	7	26	1	34
Harvey Barker	3	4	26	1	35
Richard Tatum	2	4	26	0	36
Rusty Lester	1	6	26	0	37
Rod Francis	0	2	16	0	15
Mickey Upshaw	0	2	26	0	39
Fred Lohr	0	1	22	0	26
Brayden Followay	0	0	0	1	5

Champaign (IL)	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Anthony Zimmerman	5	8	1	41	0	18
Butch Athanas	3	12	0	41	0	18
Leslie Kalu	2	6	0	41	0	18
Bernard Knutzen	2	2	0	33	0	17
Scottie Hitchcock	1	5	0	41	1	18
Bryant Cunningham	0	4	0	41	0	18
Rodney Bauer	0	1	0	29	0	11

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Mo Lysne	2	16
Fred Lohr	1	16

Champaign (IL)	Tackles	STPlays
Lester La Rosa	2	20
Emmitt Alexander	1	22

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dean Turnbull	20	35	---	---	12	67
Tyrus Kirkaldie	26	34	---	---	7	67
Mickey Upshaw	26	39	---	---	---	65
Fred Lohr	22	26	---	---	16	64
Kennedy McWilliams	---	---	36	16	11	63
Rusty Lester	26	37	---	---	---	63
Richard Tatum	26	36	---	---	---	62
Harvey Barker	26	35	---	---	---	61
Kendrick Myers	---	---	39	18	3	60
Duane Carlson	---	---	41	18	1	60
Gerald Spain	22	30	---	---	6	58
Eugene Tollefson	---	---	40	16	1	57
Lionel Jizmejian	---	---	37	15	2	54
Frederic Moynihan	---	---	36	16	1	53
Vincent Becker	26	25	---	---	---	51
Jackie Castillo	---	---	31	12	4	47
Gino Forbes	---	---	32	13	---	45
Al Jamison	---	---	29	12	2	43
Marlon Chustz	22	16	---	---	5	43
Jason Bruce	4	17	---	---	21	42
Buddy McElroy	---	---	25	11	2	38
Scottie Harmon	---	---	25	9	4	38
Rod Francis	16	15	---	---	7	38
Mo Lysne	8	12	---	---	16	36
Austin Barber	---	---	10	6	19	35
J.J. Ondes	8	19	---	---	7	34
Ronald Buchanan	---	---	16	8	---	24
Ben O'Neill	---	---	16	7	---	23
Kirk Nobles	0	5	---	---	17	22
Brian Raymond	---	---	10	6	5	21
K.C. Cuviello	---	---	6	0	14	20
Duane Arnold	---	---	4	3	12	19
Lester Saffitz	4	12	---	---	3	19
Tommie Berdys	---	---	12	6	---	18
Claude Newhart	0	14	---	---	---	14
Steve Unverzagt	0	5	---	---	7	12
Malcolm Inmon	4	8	---	---	---	12
Abraham Brinsfield	---	---	1	2	9	12
Brayden Followay	0	5	---	---	7	12
Scott Sims	0	4	---	---	7	11
Lamont Raymond	---	---	5	4	1	10
Clay Yockey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Vince Lane	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ethan Compton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Nolan Davidds	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jared Knaga	0	0	---	---	---	0

Champaign (IL)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Emmitt Alexander	---	---	17	31	22	70
Bryant Cunningham	41	18	---	---	6	65
Alan Seamster	---	---	25	37	1	63
Everett Bratzke	---	---	26	35	2	63
Luis Herndon	---	---	25	36	2	63
K.C. Athanas	---	---	26	33	2	61
Scottie Hitchcock	41	18	---	---	---	59
Leslie Kalu	41	18	---	---	---	59
Butch Athanas	41	18	---	---	---	59
Rusty Crownover	41	18	---	---	---	59
Anthony Zimmerman	41	18	---	---	---	59
Earl Jordan	39	18	---	---	1	58
Kyle Jeffries	---	---	26	29	2	57
Bernard Knutzen	33	17	---	---	5	55
Kendrick Snider	---	---	22	29	2	53
Rodney Bauer	29	11	---	---	12	52
Ellis Pomeroy	---	---	21	29	1	51
Irv Dupre	35	15	---	---	---	50
Reggie Baugh	---	---	18	28	2	48
Butch Bostic	32	13	---	---	2	47
Alan Herndon	---	---	16	29	1	46
Hunter Hayakawa	---	---	17	19	5	41
Tyrell Garland	---	---	14	20	6	40
Kim Poulin	---	---	13	21	2	36
Joe Zgonina	---	---	4	13	19	36
Morris Weed	18	4	---	---	11	33
Lester La Rosa	6	3	---	---	20	29
Harvey Meier	10	6	---	---	13	29
Asher Hernandez	---	---	1	13	14	28
Walter Barela	---	---	0	7	20	27
J.C. Lucero	---	---	10	10	5	25
Tommy Hanks	1	0	---	---	17	18
Glenn Cornish	2	3	---	---	11	16
Silas Bronson	---	---	5	10	1	16
Daryl Riley	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ryan Darby	0	0	---	---	6	6
Lonnie Flannery	0	0	---	---	6	6
Austin Hutton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Wayne Brock	0	0	---	---	6	6
Renaldo Devine	0	0	---	---	5	5
Zane Dilday	0	0	---	---	4	4
Keith Harvey	0	0	---	---	3	3
Deon Myers	---	---	0	0	2	2
Dusty DiBlasio	0	0	---	---	1	1
Toby Small	0	0	---	---	---	0
Shannon Van Pelt	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	18	3.6
Middle	13	30	2.3
Right	8	110	13.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	115	8.2
Middle	23	102	4.4
Right	3	19	6.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Vincent Becker	24	15	4	1	1	2	5	0	0
Claude Newhart	12	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	1

Champaign (IL)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rusty Crownover	17	14	2	1	0	0	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	57	9.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	84	7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	3	45	4.5
Long (19+ Yds)	9	4	105	11.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-3	-3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	8	41	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	44	11.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	90	45.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Gerald Spain	8	4	1	67	1	30
TE Fred Lohr	7	6	0	46	0	26
WR J.J. Ondes	7	2	0	16	0	19
WR Dean Turnbull	7	5	0	134	4	35
TE Mo Lysne	2	1	0	-1	0	12
RB Marlon Chustz	2	2	0	6	0	16
WR Kirk Nobles	1	0	0	0	0	5
WR Malcolm Inmon	1	0	0	0	0	8
RB Jason Bruce	1	1	0	23	1	17

Champaign (IL)	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Bernard Knutzen	6	5	27	0	17
RB Irv Dupre	4	3	15	0	15
WR Earl Jordan	2	1	18	0	18
WR Butch Bostic	2	2	36	1	13
WR Harvey Meier	2	2	71	1	6
WR Glenn Cornish	1	1	5	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Marlon Chustz	1	6	6.00	7.05

Champaign (IL)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Irv Dupre	5	11	2.20	6.46
Lester La Rosa	1	6	6.00	5.50
Rodney Bauer	1	1	1.00	1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Vincent Becker	4	4	6	1.50	8.04
Claude Newhart	3	2	18	6.00	8.17

Champaign (IL)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rusty Crownover	2	2	16	8.00	10.12

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Fred Lohr	3	3	23	7.67	6.57
WR J.J. Ondes	1	0	0	0.00	2.29
TE Mo Lysne	1	1	-1	-1.00	-0.50
RB Marlon Chustz	1	1	-4	-4.00	3.00
WR Dean Turnbull	1	1	6	6.00	19.14

Champaign (IL)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Bernard Knutzen	1	1	11	11.00	4.50
WR Glenn Cornish	1	1	5	5.00	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Marlon Chustz	4	2

Champaign (IL)	Rushes	Conversions
Irv Dupre	4	2
Rusty Crownover	2	2
Rodney Bauer	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Vincent Becker	6	1	0
Claude Newhart	2	0	0

Champaign (IL)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rusty Crownover	3	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch
WR J.J. Ondes	3	0
TE Mo Lysne	2	1
WR Gerald Spain	2	0
WR Dean Turnbull	1	0

Champaign (IL)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Irv Dupre	1	1	0
TE Bernard Knutzen	1	1	0
WR Harvey Meier	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 72,600 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,700 (21,800)
End Zone 14,900 (15,600)
Mezzanine 8,700 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,500 (13,800)
Club Seats 8,600 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes 6,200 (6,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	72,600 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,700 (21,800)
End Zone	14,900 (15,600)
Mezzanine	8,700 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,500 (13,800)
Club Seats	8,600 (8,600)
Luxury Boxes	6,200 (6,200)