Exhibition Week 4, 2048

played in Champaign (IL), IL

57 degrees, rain, 13 mph wind

Northern Crusaders	3	0	0	0	-	3
Champaign (IL) Flames	7	0	3	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:06 CHM - Hayden Gruber 2 run (Roger Oliver extra point)
1Q: 06:07 NOR - Vince Rowe 37 field goal
3Q: 02:03 CHM - Roger Oliver 23 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:06 CHM - Hayden Gruber 2 run (Roger Oliver extra point)
1Q: 06:07 NOR - Vince Rowe 37 field goal
3Q: 02:03 CHM - Roger Oliver 23 field goal

Team Statistics NOR CHM
Record 2-1 3-0
First Downs 9 15
- by Rushing 2 9
- by Passing 7 5
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 158 320
- Offensive Plays 60 64
- Yards per Play 2.63 5.00
Net Rushing Yards 62 184
- Rushing Attempts 30 42
- Yards per Rush 2.07 4.38
Net Passing Yards 96 136
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 12 - 0 20 - 11 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 100 151
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 2/15
- Yards per Pass Play 3.20 6.18
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/16 3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.6 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/38 5/48
Punt Returns/Yards 4/50 4/15
Kick Returns/Yards 2/49 2/63
Interception Ret./Yards 1/1 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 23
Time of Possession 29:40 30:20

Team Statistics	NOR	CHM
Record	2-1	3-0
First Downs	9	15
- by Rushing	2	9
- by Passing	7	5
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	158	320
- Offensive Plays	60	64
- Yards per Play	2.63	5.00
Net Rushing Yards	62	184
- Rushing Attempts	30	42
- Yards per Rush	2.07	4.38
Net Passing Yards	96	136
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 12 - 0	20 - 11 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	100	151
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	2/15
- Yards per Pass Play	3.20	6.18
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/16	3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.6	7.3
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/38	5/48
Punt Returns/Yards	4/50	4/15
Kick Returns/Yards	2/49	2/63
Interception Ret./Yards	1/1	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 23
Time of Possession	29:40	30:20

Drive Charts

Northern Crusaders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:56	3:54	OWN 25	8	55	Field Goal
1	3:42	3:51	OWN 20	8	30	Punt
2	13:24	1:34	OWN 43	3	2	Punt
2	9:42	1:41	OWN 6	3	3	Punt
2	7:09	1:33	OWN 27	3	9	Punt
2	4:09	1:23	OWN 45	3	-8	Punt
2	0:32	0:32	OWN 2	1	2	Half
3	15:00	3:50	OWN 27	6	24	Punt
3	8:48	1:39	OWN 24	3	-6	Punt
3	5:32	1:13	OWN 3	3	0	Punt
3	1:56	1:01	OWN 36	3	0	Punt
4	13:00	2:06	OWN 20	4	9	Punt
4	9:32	4:40	OWN 41	8	19	Punt
4	1:42	0:53	OWN 42	4	-4	Downs

Champaign (IL) Flames
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:04	OWN 30	9	70	Touchdown
1	6:02	2:20	OWN 42	3	6	Punt
2	14:51	1:27	OWN 5	3	-3	Punt
2	11:50	2:08	OWN 2	5	43	Punt
2	8:01	0:52	OWN 25	2	31	Interception
2	5:36	1:27	OWN 2	3	6	Punt
2	2:46	2:14	OWN 4	9	53	Punt
3	11:10	2:22	OWN 18	5	10	Punt
3	7:09	1:37	OWN 41	3	0	Punt
3	4:19	2:23	OPP 46	5	40	Field Goal
3	0:55	2:55	OWN 12	5	42	Punt
4	10:54	1:22	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	4:52	3:10	OWN 10	9	9	Punt
4	0:49	0:49	OPP 38	2	-2	Game

Game MVP: Eduardo Dennis, Champaign (IL) Flames

Rushing Statistics

Northern	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Bernie Howen	17	27	1.59	14	1
Unknown	6	11	1.83	9	0
Unknown	3	6	2.00	5	0
RB Ken Meacham	2	11	5.50	6	0
QB J.J. Marsh	1	6	6.00	6	0
WR Dwight Brady	1	1	1.00	1	0

Champaign (IL)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Carl Briel	19	45	2.37	12	1	0
RB Hayden Gruber	13	98	7.54	24	3	1
RB Chance Hoye	6	26	4.33	16	1	0
QB Denzel Copeland	4	15	3.75	11	1	0

Passing Statistics

Northern	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Unknown	17	4	34	1/4	0	17	0	39.6
J.J. Marsh	12	8	66	0/0	0	21	0	80.6

Champaign (IL)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Denzel Copeland	12	6	72	1/9	0	43	0	68.8
Dixon Kerr	8	5	79	1/6	0	31	1	55.7

Receiving Statistics

Northern	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Horace Tremmel	5	9	31	6.20	1	14
TE Calvin Austin	3	8	41	13.67	10	21
WR Shannon Elliott	1	5	8	8.00	0	8
RB Bernie Howen	1	2	0	0.00	0	0
FB Jim Palmer	1	1	11	11.00	0	11
WR Axel Beach	1	1	9	9.00	0	9
WR Dwight Brady	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Champaign (IL)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Adam Evans	4	6	105	26.25	61	43
RB Mel Wilcox	2	2	1	0.50	5	5
RB Carl Briel	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1
TE Arnold Kurzeja	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
WR Levon Patterson	1	5	10	10.00	0	10
RB Chance Hoye	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
WR Lincoln Tepper	1	1	30	30.00	25	30
RB Hayden Gruber	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Northern	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Raul Goodwin	1	1	1.00	0

Champaign (IL)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Northern	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
TE Calvin Austin	0	0	1	0
ILB Everett McKnight	0	0	1	0

Champaign (IL)	Fumb	Recov
RB Hayden Gruber	1	0
WR Omar Gaines	1	0
G Eduardo Dennis	0	1
WR Jesse Rasmussen	0	1

Punting Statistics

Northern	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Elliot Velasco	11	529	48.1	46.7	62	7

Champaign (IL)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Demetrius Vance	10	518	51.8	42.8	64	4

Kicking Statistics

Northern	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Vince Rowe	1/1	0/0	0/0	37	0/0

Champaign (IL)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Roger Oliver	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Northern	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cole Mardeusz	4	50	12.5	0

Champaign (IL)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Omar Gaines	4	15	3.8	0

Kick Return Statistics

Northern	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Leslie Shields	2	49	24.5	0

Champaign (IL)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Levon Patterson	2	63	31.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Northern	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Everett McKnight	11	3	0.0	41	22
CB Raul Goodwin	7	3	0.0	41	22
S Tucker Thompson	5	3	0.0	41	20
DT Cary Anthony	5	2	0.0	35	21
OLB Adam Gunn	5	1	0.0	32	21
DE Butch Pritchett	3	2	1.0	42	22
DT Donald Carter	3	1	0.0	33	16
S Cole Mardeusz	3	1	0.0	33	18
S Weston Shreiber	3	0	0.0	38	13
OLB Hector Wilkerson	2	1	1.0	10	5
S Leslie Shields	1	2	0.0	17	17
CB Lamont Hardy	1	0	0.0	26	7
OLB Larry DeLaune	1	0	0.0	11	9
DE Miguel Scott	1	0	0.0	33	18
OLB Cole Hoag	1	0	0.0	11	4

Champaign (IL)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Noah Wight	6	3	0.0	24	28
ILB C.J. Bates	4	4	0.0	22	17
CB Cooper Meidinger	4	3	0.0	30	30
CB Deron Weaver	4	3	0.0	30	30
ILB Don Sullivan	4	0	0.0	12	12
CB Lamont Fulcher	4	0	0.0	30	30
OLB Ezra Bernstein	4	0	0.0	15	17
DE Joel Irwin	2	1	1.0	22	20
S Tom Martin	2	2	0.0	30	30
DT Leonardo Tate	2	1	0.0	24	18
DE Lincoln Davis	2	1	0.0	12	11
OLB Rodney Chodzinski	1	0	0.0	19	19
WR Levon Patterson	1	0	---	---	---
DT Stephen Toomer	1	0	0.0	6	12
CB Seth Giles	1	0	0.0	8	12
DE Jeremiah Lindsay	1	0	0.0	14	13
OLB Brock Mathews	1	0	0.0	15	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Northern	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Butch Pritchett	1.0	1	0	1	22
OLB Hector Wilkerson	1.0	0	0	0	5
DE Miguel Scott	0.0	0	2	0	18
DT Donald Carter	0.0	0	1	0	16
DT Cary Anthony	0.0	0	1	0	21

Champaign (IL)	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Joel Irwin	1.0	0	3	1	20
DT Leonardo Tate	0.0	1	2	0	18
DE Jeremiah Lindsay	0.0	1	0	0	13
OLB Rodney Chodzinski	0.0	0	1	0	19
OLB Ezra Bernstein	0.0	0	1	0	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Northern	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Raul Goodwin	3	1	22
ILB Everett McKnight	3	0	22
S Tucker Thompson	2	0	20
S Cole Mardeusz	1	0	18
DE Butch Pritchett	1	0	22
OLB Adam Gunn	1	0	21

Champaign (IL)	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Lamont Fulcher	3	1	30
ILB Noah Wight	2	2	28
CB Cooper Meidinger	1	0	30
DT Leonardo Tate	1	0	18
DE Lincoln Davis	1	0	11
OLB Ezra Bernstein	1	0	17
ILB C.J. Bates	1	0	17
CB Seth Giles	1	0	12
DE Jeremiah Lindsay	1	0	13

Blocking Statistics

Northern	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Lamar Hudson	1	7	30	0	30
C Leland Francis	1	4	15	1	16
T K.C. Bean	1	3	30	0	30
G Benjamin Rodgers	1	2	30	0	30
TE Phil Cobb	1	2	19	0	15
C Manuel Felz	1	2	15	0	14
T George Barlow	0	3	15	0	14
G Theodore Bronson	0	2	8	0	9
FB Jim Palmer	0	1	13	0	9

Champaign (IL)	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Eduardo Dennis	5	11	3	42	0	22
G Chance Kredell	5	10	0	42	1	22
T Grant Besmer	2	4	0	42	1	22
T Bob Craig	1	5	1	42	0	22
C Rickey Davidson	1	4	0	21	0	10
C Dakota Zwillinger	0	4	0	21	0	12

Special Teams Tackles

Northern	Tackles	STPlays
Calvin Austin	3	14
Vince Boyd	1	26
Weston Shreiber	1	19
Leslie Shields	1	13

Champaign (IL)	Tackles	STPlays
Marco Baker	3	25
Mel Wilcox	2	27
Lamont Fulcher	1	15

Participation

Northern	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
RB Bernie Howen	23	26	---	---	27	76
G Benjamin Rodgers	30	30	---	---	12	72
G Lamar Hudson	30	30	---	---	12	72
T K.C. Bean	30	30	---	---	12	72
S Weston Shreiber	---	---	38	13	19	70
DT Cary Anthony	---	---	35	21	11	67
DE Butch Pritchett	---	---	42	22	1	65
CB Raul Goodwin	---	---	41	22	1	64
ILB Everett McKnight	---	---	41	22	1	64
TE Calvin Austin	24	25	---	---	14	63
S Tucker Thompson	---	---	41	20	2	63
DE Miguel Scott	---	---	33	18	11	62
S Cole Mardeusz	---	---	33	18	11	62
WR Shannon Elliott	23	19	---	---	16	58
WR Horace Tremmel	23	29	---	---	2	54
OLB Adam Gunn	---	---	32	21	1	54
DT Donald Carter	---	---	33	16	1	50
CB Lamont Hardy	---	---	26	7	14	47
S Leslie Shields	---	---	17	17	13	47
T George Barlow	15	14	---	---	12	41
Unknown	20	18	---	---	---	38
TE Phil Cobb	19	15	---	---	---	34
C Leland Francis	15	16	---	---	---	31
TE Vince Boyd	3	1	---	---	26	30
C Manuel Felz	15	14	---	---	---	29
OLB Gage West	---	---	0	0	26	26
QB J.J. Marsh	10	12	---	---	---	22
FB Jim Palmer	13	9	---	---	---	22
WR Axel Beach	9	13	---	---	---	22
WR Dwight Brady	9	12	---	---	---	21
OLB Larry DeLaune	---	---	11	9	---	20
G Theodore Bronson	8	9	---	---	---	17
CB Gavin Herr	---	---	1	1	14	16
RB Ken Meacham	5	4	---	---	6	15
OLB Hector Wilkerson	---	---	10	5	---	15
OLB Cole Hoag	---	---	11	4	---	15
ILB Bryant Gaylor	---	---	1	0	13	14
DE Giovanni Beyer	---	---	9	4	---	13
P Elliot Velasco	0	0	---	---	12	12
C Tanner Watson	0	0	---	---	12	12
WR Lamont Ginn	3	4	---	---	3	10
DT Doug Barton	---	---	7	2	---	9
K Vince Rowe	0	0	---	---	3	3
Unknown	3	0	---	---	---	3
DE Marcus Cheng	---	---	0	0	---	0
DT Kennedy Coles	---	---	0	0	---	0

Champaign (IL)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Tom Martin	---	---	30	30	17	77
CB Lamont Fulcher	---	---	30	30	15	75
T Bob Craig	42	22	---	---	11	75
G Chance Kredell	42	22	---	---	11	75
WR Levon Patterson	38	21	---	---	15	74
T Grant Besmer	42	22	---	---	---	64
G Eduardo Dennis	42	22	---	---	---	64
WR Adam Evans	40	22	---	---	---	62
CB Cooper Meidinger	---	---	30	30	1	61
TE Marco Baker	22	14	---	---	25	61
CB Deron Weaver	---	---	30	30	1	61
DE Jeremiah Lindsay	---	---	14	13	27	54
ILB Noah Wight	---	---	24	28	1	53
DE Joel Irwin	---	---	22	20	11	53
WR Lincoln Tepper	35	8	---	---	5	48
C Rickey Davidson	21	10	---	---	11	42
RB Carl Briel	25	17	---	---	---	42
DT Leonardo Tate	---	---	24	18	---	42
ILB C.J. Bates	---	---	22	17	1	40
OLB Rodney Chodzinski	---	---	19	19	---	38
ILB Don Sullivan	---	---	12	12	13	37
CB Seth Giles	---	---	8	12	15	35
QB Denzel Copeland	21	13	---	---	---	34
C Dakota Zwillinger	21	12	---	---	---	33
RB Mel Wilcox	2	3	---	---	27	32
TE Arnold Kurzeja	19	13	---	---	---	32
OLB Ezra Bernstein	---	---	15	17	---	32
QB Dixon Kerr	21	9	---	---	---	30
OLB Brock Mathews	---	---	15	13	1	29
CB Nicolas Herndon	---	---	9	7	11	27
DE Lincoln Davis	---	---	12	11	1	24
RB Hayden Gruber	13	6	---	---	5	24
DE Lewis Lynn	---	---	8	11	1	20
DT Stephen Toomer	---	---	6	12	1	19
WR Jesse Rasmussen	0	0	---	---	17	17
TE Lamar Lincoln	10	4	---	---	2	16
WR Omar Gaines	0	0	---	---	13	13
C Leonard Fox	0	0	---	---	11	11
DT Evan Floyd	---	---	0	0	11	11
T Mitch Selander	0	0	---	---	11	11
P Demetrius Vance	0	0	---	---	11	11
RB Chance Hoye	6	2	---	---	1	9
K Roger Oliver	0	0	---	---	4	4
DE Demetrius Loper	---	---	0	0	---	0
ILB Ashton Clawson	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	4	1.3
Middle	21	46	2.2
Right	6	12	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	69	6.9
Middle	17	79	4.6
Right	13	38	2.9
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Northern	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Unknown	17	4	0	3	1	1	7	1	0
J.J. Marsh	12	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	0

Champaign (IL)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Denzel Copeland	12	6	2	1	1	0	4	0	0
Dixon Kerr	8	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	8	37	2.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	63	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	1	0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	58	8.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	92	15.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Northern	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Horace Tremmel	9	5	0	31	0	29
TE Calvin Austin	8	3	0	41	1	25
WR Shannon Elliott	5	1	1	8	0	19
WR Dwight Brady	3	0	0	0	0	12
RB Bernie Howen	2	1	0	0	0	26
FB Jim Palmer	1	1	0	11	0	9
WR Axel Beach	1	1	0	9	0	13

Champaign (IL)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Adam Evans	6	4	0	105	3	22
WR Levon Patterson	5	1	1	10	0	21
RB Carl Briel	2	1	0	-1	0	17
RB Mel Wilcox	2	2	0	1	0	3
RB Hayden Gruber	2	0	0	0	0	6
TE Arnold Kurzeja	1	1	0	3	0	13
RB Chance Hoye	1	1	0	3	0	2
WR Lincoln Tepper	1	1	0	30	1	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Northern	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Champaign (IL)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Hayden Gruber	4	17	4.25	7.54
RB Carl Briel	1	3	3.00	2.37
RB Chance Hoye	1	1	1.00	4.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Northern	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Marsh	1	0	0	0.00	5.50

Champaign (IL)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Denzel Copeland	2	1	8	4.00	6.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Northern	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Bernie Howen	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Champaign (IL)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Adam Evans	2	1	8	4.00	17.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Northern	Rushes	Conversions
QB J.J. Marsh	1	0
RB Bernie Howen	1	0
Unknown	1	0

Champaign (IL)	Rushes	Conversions
RB Carl Briel	3	1
RB Hayden Gruber	3	2
RB Chance Hoye	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Northern	Att	Comp	Conversions
Unknown	9	2	2
J.J. Marsh	4	2	1

Champaign (IL)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Denzel Copeland	5	2	0
Dixon Kerr	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Northern	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Horace Tremmel	4	2	1
WR Shannon Elliott	4	1	1
TE Calvin Austin	2	1	1
WR Dwight Brady	2	0	0
RB Bernie Howen	1	0	0

Champaign (IL)	Targ	Catch
WR Adam Evans	2	1
RB Hayden Gruber	2	0
TE Arnold Kurzeja	1	1
WR Levon Patterson	1	0

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

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