Week 1, 2023

played in West Virginia, WV

52 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Chicago Crusaders	0	0	0	0	-	0
West Virginia Beasts	3	10	7	3	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:41 WVA - Wayne Curie 45 field goal
2Q: 07:33 WVA - Bernard Strong 4 pass from Peter Van Verth (Wayne Curie extra point)
2Q: 02:36 WVA - Wayne Curie 21 field goal
3Q: 05:47 WVA - Greg Galloway 2 run (Wayne Curie extra point)
4Q: 02:05 WVA - Wayne Curie 18 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:41 WVA - Wayne Curie 45 field goal
2Q: 07:33 WVA - Bernard Strong 4 pass from Peter Van Verth (Wayne Curie extra point)
2Q: 02:36 WVA - Wayne Curie 21 field goal
3Q: 05:47 WVA - Greg Galloway 2 run (Wayne Curie extra point)
4Q: 02:05 WVA - Wayne Curie 18 field goal

Team Statistics CHI WVA
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 10 15
- by Rushing 2 8
- by Passing 8 7
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 179 285
- Offensive Plays 57 69
- Yards per Play 3.14 4.13
Net Rushing Yards 65 141
- Rushing Attempts 17 39
- Yards per Rush 3.82 3.62
Net Passing Yards 114 144
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 16 - 7 29 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 132 148
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/18 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 2.85 4.80
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/14 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.6 5.4
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/15 2/15
Punt Returns/Yards 3/22 2/27
Kick Returns/Yards 6/94 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 1/13 7/89
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 42
Time of Possession 22:58 37:02

Team Statistics	CHI	WVA
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	10	15
- by Rushing	2	8
- by Passing	8	7
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	179	285
- Offensive Plays	57	69
- Yards per Play	3.14	4.13
Net Rushing Yards	65	141
- Rushing Attempts	17	39
- Yards per Rush	3.82	3.62
Net Passing Yards	114	144
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 16 - 7	29 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	132	148
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/18	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	2.85	4.80
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/14	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.6	5.4
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/15	2/15
Punt Returns/Yards	3/22	2/27
Kick Returns/Yards	6/94	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	1/13	7/89
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 42
Time of Possession	22:58	37:02

Drive Charts

Chicago Crusaders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:07	OWN 14	3	-3	Interception
1	9:35	3:10	OWN 34	6	22	Punt
1	0:56	0:48	OWN 32	2	3	Interception
2	14:14	1:58	OWN 6	5	28	Punt
2	7:24	2:27	OWN 11	3	1	Punt
2	2:31	1:29	OWN 36	4	11	Punt
3	11:50	1:04	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
3	8:19	0:49	OWN 38	2	14	Interception
3	5:37	1:54	OWN 46	3	-3	Punt
3	2:05	1:32	OWN 41	3	5	Punt
4	14:18	4:49	OWN 33	9	45	Interception
4	8:35	0:55	OPP 32	4	23	Interception
4	3:43	0:29	OWN 35	3	0	Interception
4	1:59	1:38	OWN 17	7	13	Interception

West Virginia Beasts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:53	3:18	OPP 42	5	14	Field Goal
1	6:25	5:29	OWN 20	8	55	Missed FG
1	0:08	0:54	50	3	8	Punt
2	12:16	4:52	OWN 40	9	60	Touchdown
2	4:57	2:26	OPP 48	8	44	Field Goal
2	1:02	1:02	OWN 10	2	1	Half
3	15:00	3:10	OWN 20	5	25	Punt
3	10:46	2:27	OWN 44	5	18	Fumble
3	7:30	1:39	OWN 37	3	9	Punt
3	5:51	0:14	OPP 2	2	2	Touchdown
3	3:43	1:38	OWN 13	3	2	Punt
3	0:33	1:15	OWN 17	3	7	Punt
4	9:29	0:54	OWN 29	2	0	Interception
4	7:40	3:57	OWN 10	5	12	Punt
4	3:14	1:15	OPP 17	4	16	Field Goal
4	0:21	0:21	OPP 4	2	-3	Game

Game MVP: Erik Smith, West Virginia Beasts

Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
R.J. Collins	10	49	4.90	14	3
R.J. Key	5	17	3.40	6	0
Kevin Cornyn	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0
Antoine Grbac	1	2	2.00	2	0

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Greg Galloway	26	117	4.50	28	4	1
Edgar Haller	6	9	1.50	4	0	0
Peter Van Verth	5	6	1.20	4	0	0
Bernard Strong	1	8	8.00	8	0	0
Burt Terry	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Antoine Grbac	23	11	91	3/18	0	18	4	18.8
Tyrus Clark	14	5	41	0/0	0	12	3	4.8

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Peter Van Verth	29	22	148	1/4	1	28	1	83.7

Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Nolan Gray	5	10	40	8.00	1	17
WR Derek Curtis	3	5	28	9.33	2	18
TE Juan Dabbs	2	4	17	8.50	0	12
RB Oliver Morris	2	2	14	7.00	0	14
WR Lester Grant	2	6	22	11.00	7	14
RB R.J. Collins	1	2	4	4.00	6	4
WR Junior Haight	1	4	7	7.00	1	7
FB Kevin Cornyn	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Jesse Dosoo	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Jessie McGee	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

West Virginia	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bernard Strong	8	10	55	6.88	22	28	1
WR Burt Terry	5	9	44	8.80	0	19	0
WR Andre Thomason	4	4	32	8.00	5	17	0
RB Greg Galloway	4	4	9	2.25	7	10	0
WR Nicky Rickman	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
TE Willie Malone	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Mercury Sheldon	1	13	13.00	0

West Virginia	Ints	Yards	Avg
CB Dominic Strong	2	53	26.50
CB Robert Moss	2	0	0.00
OLB Jerome Watkins	1	7	7.00
CB Kevin Stanton	1	29	29.00
S Nathan Lowe	1	0	0.00

Fumble Statistics

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force
R.J. Collins	2	0	0
Levon Leak	0	1	1
Nolan Gray	0	1	0

West Virginia	Fumb	Recov	Force
Nicky Rickman	1	0	0
Tito Dabbs	0	1	0
Don Streets	0	0	1
Robert Moss	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Randall Blake	7	288	41.1	34.4	49	3

West Virginia	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Melvin Schulz	6	288	48.0	41.0	55	2

Kicking Statistics

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT

West Virginia	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wayne Curie	3/4	1/2	0/0	45	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
R.J. Collins	3	22	7.3	0

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Streets	2	27	13.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mercury Sheldon	5	80	16.0	0
Derek Curtis	1	14	14.0	0

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kyle Beisel	8	2	0.0	32	18
S Luke Lynch	7	2	0.0	35	26
DT Cornelius Blake	6	2	1.0	32	20
DE Bennie Milnes	6	2	0.0	34	28
DT Willard Peters	5	1	0.0	22	14
S O.J. Hou	4	3	0.0	24	21
CB Kyle Battle	3	0	0.0	32	17
CB Bennie Kramer	3	0	0.0	23	26
ILB Mike Tyler	2	4	0.0	28	20
CB Mercury Sheldon	2	1	0.0	28	20
WR Junior Haight	2	0	---	---	---
ILB Marvin Ammons	2	0	0.0	11	10
S Zack Diaz	2	0	0.0	14	11
S Levon Leak	2	0	0.0	5	9
OLB Phil Culver	1	1	0.0	6	6
T Shaun Cunningham	1	0	---	---	---
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	0	---	---	---
DE Emmanuel Floyd	1	0	0.0	21	18
WR Nolan Gray	1	0	---	---	---
DE Rickey Lyle	1	0	0.0	9	6
TE Jesse Dosoo	1	0	---	---	---
WR Lester Grant	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Otis Linquist	1	0	0.0	5	8
DT Ronald Corbett	1	0	0.0	13	13
OLB Brenden Paxson	0	1	0.0	20	6
DT Frank Sims	0	1	0.0	25	17

West Virginia	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Robert Moss	5	2	0.0	15	25
ILB Dominic Buchanan	4	0	0.0	13	21
CB Dominic Strong	4	0	0.0	15	32
S Harvey Ingle	3	1	0.0	12	33
CB Kevin Stanton	3	1	0.0	8	28
S Don Streets	3	0	0.0	7	28
OLB Erik Smith	2	0	2.0	5	9
DT Shawn Coronado	2	0	1.0	10	26
OLB Jerome Watkins	2	2	0.0	12	27
DT Mario Bell	2	1	0.0	13	15
S Jack Dobler	2	0	0.0	13	28
DE Benjamin Flora	1	0	0.0	9	28
DE Luther Farley	1	0	0.0	16	40
TE Willie Malone	1	0	---	---	---
DE Jonathan Fehr	1	0	0.0	8	12
CB Steve Griffin	1	0	0.0	9	19
OLB Howard Clemons	0	1	0.0	2	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Chicago	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT Cornelius Blake	1.0	0	20
DE Emmanuel Floyd	0.0	1	18
DT Willard Peters	0.0	1	14
DT Ronald Corbett	0.0	1	13

West Virginia	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Erik Smith	2.0	0	0	9
DT Shawn Coronado	1.0	0	0	26
ILB Dominic Buchanan	0.0	1	0	21
DE Luther Farley	0.0	0	1	40
S Jack Dobler	0.0	0	1	28
DE Jonathan Fehr	0.0	0	1	12
CB Steve Griffin	0.0	0	1	19
DT Mario Bell	0.0	0	1	15

Pass Defense Statistics

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Bennie Kramer	3	1	0	26
S O.J. Hou	3	0	0	21
CB Mercury Sheldon	2	1	1	20
ILB Kyle Beisel	2	1	0	18
CB Kyle Battle	2	0	0	17
OLB Otis Linquist	2	0	0	8
S Levon Leak	2	0	0	9
DE Bennie Milnes	2	0	0	28
S Luke Lynch	1	0	0	26
DT Willard Peters	1	0	0	14
S Zack Diaz	1	0	0	11
OLB Phil Culver	1	0	0	6

West Virginia	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kevin Stanton	3	2	1	28
CB Dominic Strong	3	1	2	32
CB Robert Moss	2	0	2	25
OLB Jerome Watkins	2	0	1	27
S Jack Dobler	2	0	0	28
S Don Streets	1	0	0	28
S Harvey Ingle	1	0	0	33
DE Luther Farley	1	0	0	40
CB Steve Griffin	1	0	0	19
OLB Erik Smith	0	1	0	9
S Nathan Lowe	0	0	1	31

Blocking Statistics

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gino Newsome	1	5	12	0	31
Brock Colon	1	4	17	1	40
Ted Dunsmore	1	3	16	0	38
Brett Burks	1	1	14	1	23
Shaun Cunningham	0	2	16	0	40
Howard Witt	0	1	7	0	11
Vernon Muyers	0	0	3	1	17

West Virginia	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Vernon Lynnwood	3	8	36	0	29
Harvey Durham	3	7	28	0	21
Lamar Todd	2	2	35	0	22
Hardy Stephens	1	7	28	0	23
Dave Bates	1	1	14	1	14
Bryce Burgess	1	1	23	0	14
Randy Ellard	0	4	30	0	26
Graham Woods	0	2	11	0	9
Marlon Staton	0	1	9	0	4
Chester Rhodes	0	1	4	0	2
Tito Dabbs	0	1	25	0	17

Special Teams Tackles

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Gino Newsome	2	7
Oliver Morris	1	18

West Virginia	Tackles	STPlays
Erik Smith	4	24
Don Streets	3	20
Bernard Strong	1	11
Nathan Lowe	1	6

Participation

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Luke Lynch	---	---	35	26	4	65
Bennie Milnes	---	---	34	28	3	65
Brock Colon	17	40	---	---	7	64
Ted Dunsmore	16	38	---	---	7	61
Mercury Sheldon	---	---	28	20	9	57
Bennie Kramer	---	---	23	26	8	57
Shaun Cunningham	16	40	---	---	---	56
Cornelius Blake	---	---	32	20	4	56
Kyle Beisel	---	---	32	18	6	56
Kyle Battle	---	---	32	17	5	54
Mike Tyler	---	---	28	20	4	52
Frank Sims	---	---	25	17	9	51
Gino Newsome	12	31	---	---	7	50
O.J. Hou	---	---	24	21	5	50
Nolan Gray	8	28	---	---	12	48
Derek Curtis	13	26	---	---	6	45
Brett Burks	14	23	---	---	7	44
Antoine Grbac	17	26	---	---	---	43
Emmanuel Floyd	---	---	21	18	3	42
Juan Dabbs	10	26	---	---	6	42
Willard Peters	---	---	22	14	4	40
Junior Haight	10	27	---	---	1	38
Lester Grant	8	21	---	---	9	38
Kevin Cornyn	9	19	---	---	8	36
R.J. Collins	11	18	---	---	7	36
Oliver Morris	3	13	---	---	18	34
Zack Diaz	---	---	14	11	7	32
Dominic Van Hoose	---	---	10	16	6	32
Brenden Paxson	---	---	20	6	5	31
Ronald Corbett	---	---	13	13	2	28
Marvin Ammons	---	---	11	10	6	27
Phil Culver	---	---	6	6	14	26
Howard Witt	7	11	---	---	6	24
Otis Linquist	---	---	5	8	10	23
Vernon Muyers	3	17	---	---	1	21
Rickey Lyle	---	---	9	6	2	17
Levon Leak	---	---	5	9	3	17
Jessie McGee	2	8	---	---	7	17
Herman Cameron	1	1	---	---	14	16
Jesse Dosoo	4	5	---	---	6	15
R.J. Key	6	8	---	---	1	15
Tyrus Clark	0	14	---	---	---	14
Randall Blake	0	0	---	---	7	7
Juan Seeley	---	---	0	0	7	7
Harvey Flynn	0	0	---	---	1	1
Stephen Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0

West Virginia	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Vernon Lynnwood	36	29	---	---	10	75
Bernard Strong	32	29	---	---	11	72
Peter Van Verth	39	30	---	---	---	69
Greg Galloway	34	26	---	---	1	61
Randy Ellard	30	26	---	---	1	57
Lamar Todd	35	22	---	---	---	57
Luther Farley	---	---	16	40	---	56
Tito Dabbs	25	17	---	---	14	56
Don Streets	---	---	7	28	20	55
Bryce Burgess	23	14	---	---	17	54
Dominic Strong	---	---	15	32	7	54
Willie Malone	22	14	---	---	16	52
Hardy Stephens	28	23	---	---	---	51
Harvey Durham	28	21	---	---	---	49
Harvey Ingle	---	---	12	33	2	47
Nicky Rickman	18	14	---	---	15	47
Nathan Lowe	---	---	7	31	6	44
Burt Terry	24	19	---	---	---	43
Jack Dobler	---	---	13	28	---	41
Jerome Watkins	---	---	12	27	1	40
Robert Moss	---	---	15	25	---	40
Benjamin Flora	---	---	9	28	2	39
Shawn Coronado	---	---	10	26	3	39
Erik Smith	---	---	5	9	24	38
Edgar Haller	7	7	---	---	23	37
Kevin Stanton	---	---	8	28	---	36
Dominic Buchanan	---	---	13	21	2	36
Steve Griffin	---	---	9	19	7	35
Graham Woods	11	9	---	---	10	30
Dave Bates	14	14	---	---	---	28
Mario Bell	---	---	13	15	---	28
Jonathan Fehr	---	---	8	12	5	25
Michael Cibella	---	---	4	17	2	23
Fernando Greer	---	---	8	14	---	22
Andre Thomason	10	10	---	---	---	20
Chester Rhodes	4	2	---	---	10	16
Marlon Staton	9	4	---	---	2	15
Alex Henson	---	---	0	4	6	10
Howard Clemons	---	---	2	3	5	10
Chuck Maurer	0	0	---	---	10	10
Wayne Curie	0	0	---	---	10	10
Bryan Blades	---	---	0	0	7	7
Barry Mendenhall	---	---	1	0	5	6
Melvin Schulz	0	0	---	---	6	6
Dean Dole	0	0	---	---	4	4
Devin Freeman	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	7	1.8
Middle	9	33	3.7
Right	4	25	6.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	12	6.0
Middle	18	106	5.9
Right	17	26	1.5
None	2	-3	-1.5

Detailed Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Antoine Grbac	23	11	0	2	0	2	3	0	4
Tyrus Clark	14	5	0	2	0	2	2	0	3

West Virginia	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Peter Van Verth	29	22	1	0	0	3	3	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	4	28	3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	9	104	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	8	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	12	1.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	50	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	67	9.6
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	19	6.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Nolan Gray	10	5	40	28
WR Lester Grant	6	2	22	21
WR Derek Curtis	5	3	28	26
WR Junior Haight	4	1	7	27
TE Juan Dabbs	4	2	17	26
RB R.J. Collins	2	1	4	18
RB Oliver Morris	2	2	14	13
WR Jessie McGee	2	0	0	8
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	0	0	19
TE Jesse Dosoo	1	0	0	5

West Virginia	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bernard Strong	10	8	55	1	29
WR Burt Terry	9	5	44	0	19
WR Andre Thomason	4	4	32	0	10
RB Greg Galloway	4	4	9	0	26
TE Willie Malone	1	0	0	0	14
WR Nicky Rickman	1	1	8	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Greg Galloway	7	25	3.57	4.50
Peter Van Verth	4	2	0.50	1.20
Edgar Haller	2	1	0.50	1.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tyrus Clark	1	0	0	0.00	2.93

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Peter Van Verth	4	2	14	3.50	5.10

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

West Virginia	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bernard Strong	2	1	4	2.00	5.50
WR Burt Terry	1	0	0	0.00	4.89
RB Greg Galloway	1	1	10	10.00	2.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
R.J. Collins	1	0
Antoine Grbac	1	0

West Virginia	Rushes	Conversions
Edgar Haller	2	0
Peter Van Verth	1	1
Greg Galloway	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Antoine Grbac	9	5	3
Tyrus Clark	3	0	0

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Conversions
Peter Van Verth	10	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Derek Curtis	4	3	2
WR Junior Haight	2	0	0
WR Lester Grant	2	0	0
WR Nolan Gray	1	1	1
RB Oliver Morris	1	1	0
TE Jesse Dosoo	1	0	0
WR Jessie McGee	1	0	0

West Virginia	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Burt Terry	5	2	0
WR Andre Thomason	2	2	1
WR Bernard Strong	2	1	1
RB Greg Galloway	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,000 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,500 (15,500)
End Zone 11,200 (11,200)
Mezzanine 6,500 (6,500)
Sideline Seats 9,900 (9,900)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,000 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,500 (15,500)
End Zone	11,200 (11,200)
Mezzanine	6,500 (6,500)
Sideline Seats	9,900 (9,900)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)