Week 1, 2023

played in Hartford, CT

46 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Norfolk Vipers	0	0	3	0	-	3
Hartford Whalers	7	10	0	14	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:54 HAR - Omar Couture 29 fumble return (Kendall Bailey extra point)
2Q: 11:47 HAR - Kendall Bailey 26 field goal
2Q: 10:40 HAR - Courtney Poliska 15 pass from Donnie Johnston (Kendall Bailey extra point)
3Q: 01:11 NFK - Chuck Morris 49 field goal
4Q: 07:30 HAR - Edgar Page 10 run (Kendall Bailey extra point)
4Q: 01:10 HAR - Edgar Page 1 run (Kendall Bailey extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:54 HAR - Omar Couture 29 fumble return (Kendall Bailey extra point)
2Q: 11:47 HAR - Kendall Bailey 26 field goal
2Q: 10:40 HAR - Courtney Poliska 15 pass from Donnie Johnston (Kendall Bailey extra point)
3Q: 01:11 NFK - Chuck Morris 49 field goal
4Q: 07:30 HAR - Edgar Page 10 run (Kendall Bailey extra point)
4Q: 01:10 HAR - Edgar Page 1 run (Kendall Bailey extra point)

Team Statistics NFK HAR
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 15 21
- by Rushing 1 9
- by Passing 12 12
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 257 381
- Offensive Plays 59 70
- Yards per Play 4.36 5.44
Net Rushing Yards 48 144
- Rushing Attempts 17 34
- Yards per Rush 2.82 4.24
Net Passing Yards 209 237
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 40 - 24 - 3 34 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 218 249
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/9 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 4.98 6.58
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/15 13/87
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/27
Kick Returns/Yards 5/85 1/33
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/37
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 29
Time of Possession 24:31 35:29

Team Statistics	NFK	HAR
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	15	21
- by Rushing	1	9
- by Passing	12	12
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	257	381
- Offensive Plays	59	70
- Yards per Play	4.36	5.44
Net Rushing Yards	48	144
- Rushing Attempts	17	34
- Yards per Rush	2.82	4.24
Net Passing Yards	209	237
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	40 - 24 - 3	34 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	218	249
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/9	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	4.98	6.58
Fumbles/Lost	3/2	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/15	13/87
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/27
Kick Returns/Yards	5/85	1/33
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/37
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 29
Time of Possession	24:31	35:29

Drive Charts

Norfolk Vipers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:14	OWN 20	3	9	Fumble
1	13:46	6:03	OWN 18	12	81	Fumble
1	4:50	1:35	OWN 33	3	8	Punt
2	11:39	0:28	OWN 26	1	0	Interception
2	10:33	2:46	OWN 17	5	24	Punt
2	2:13	1:05	OWN 20	5	34	Punt
2	0:17	0:17	OWN 49	2	5	Half
3	13:15	1:28	OPP 48	3	-1	Punt
3	10:12	0:08	OPP 35	1	0	Interception
3	5:42	4:38	OWN 20	8	48	Field Goal
4	14:20	2:29	OWN 20	5	30	Punt
4	7:23	1:36	OWN 32	5	28	Interception
4	3:21	0:51	OWN 26	4	3	Downs
4	1:03	1:03	OWN 24	2	-7	Game

Hartford Whalers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	7:43	2:53	OWN 11	5	8	Punt
1	3:15	6:36	OWN 26	13	65	Field Goal
2	11:11	0:38	OPP 15	2	15	Touchdown
2	7:47	5:34	OWN 22	10	44	Punt
2	1:08	0:51	OWN 5	3	9	Punt
3	15:00	1:45	OWN 13	3	0	Punt
3	11:47	1:35	OWN 19	4	16	Fumble
3	10:04	4:22	OWN 15	9	50	Punt
3	1:04	1:44	OWN 38	3	6	Punt
4	11:51	4:28	OWN 24	9	76	Touchdown
4	5:47	2:26	OWN 28	3	8	Punt
4	2:30	1:27	OPP 29	6	29	Touchdown

Game MVP: Donnie Johnston, Hartford Whalers

Rushing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Leslie McFarlane	8	15	1.88	4
Marvin Cable	4	18	4.50	7
Russell Hutchins	2	3	1.50	2
Grant Bechtel	2	9	4.50	5
Devin Gray	1	3	3.00	3

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Everett Levine	21	106	5.05	19	3	0
Edgar Page	11	33	3.00	10	1	2
Donnie Johnston	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
Richard Particelli	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grant Bechtel	33	22	190	2/9	0	24	2	56.3
Russell Hutchins	7	2	28	0/0	0	17	1	4.2

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Donnie Johnston	34	24	249	2/12	1	29	0	101.2

Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Kim Newman	7	8	76	10.86	14	24
WR Martin King	5	7	55	11.00	9	17
TE Arnie Hagood	3	5	28	9.33	13	20
WR Scott Maru	3	8	47	15.67	6	19
TE Shannon Mathis	2	3	4	2.00	0	2
RB Leslie McFarlane	2	2	5	2.50	0	7
WR Corey Washington	2	4	3	1.50	0	2
RB Marvin Cable	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Ronald Kramer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Hartford	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Earnest Goldberg	5	10	57	11.40	22	29	0
WR William Meier	5	5	43	8.60	5	21	0
TE Courtney Poliska	5	7	61	12.20	19	24	1
TE Oliver Wuerffel	4	4	39	9.75	19	14	0
WR Ron Reeves	3	4	41	13.67	10	23	0
FB Monty Burnett	1	1	5	5.00	4	5	0
WR Kerry Fleischer	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Everett Levine	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Norfolk	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Hartford	Ints	Yards	Avg
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	1	0	0.00
S Dusty Franz	1	0	0.00
S Orlando Brisset	1	37	37.00

Fumble Statistics

Norfolk	Fumb	Recov	Force
Marvin Cable	1	0	0
Leslie McFarlane	1	0	0
Corey Washington	1	0	0
Zach McMeel	0	1	0
Carl Platt	0	1	0
Cory Yates	0	0	1

Hartford	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Kerry Fleischer	1	0	0	0
Omar Couture	0	1	1	1
Harvey Gonzalez	0	1	0	0
Spencer Ellwood	0	0	1	0
Pat Foley	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Norfolk	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joe Kramer	5	194	38.8	33.4	46	4

Hartford	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Barry Folse	7	283	40.4	31.9	56	0

Kicking Statistics

Norfolk	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chuck Morris	1/1	1/1	0/0	49	0/0

Hartford	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kendall Bailey	1/1	0/0	0/0	26	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Norfolk	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
William Meier	2	16	8.0	0
Ron Reeves	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Norfolk	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Corey Washington	3	47	15.7	0
Wendell Ferguson	2	38	19.0	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ron Reeves	1	33	33.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Norfolk	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Rob Dawson	8	1	0.0	28	28
OLB Rob Peterson	7	0	1.0	15	21
S Cory Yates	6	5	0.0	29	33
OLB Vince Champion	5	1	0.0	15	12
CB Junior Beustring	5	0	0.0	20	18
CB Bruce Williams	4	1	0.0	30	26
CB Wendell Ferguson	4	0	0.0	21	22
ILB Zach McMeel	3	4	0.0	21	23
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	3	2	0.0	27	25
DE Randy Reeves	2	2	0.0	23	16
ILB Ben Long	2	0	0.0	4	7
DT Marcus Barker	2	0	0.0	21	19
OLB Mel Leagra	1	1	0.5	7	11
S Gilbert Pote	1	1	0.0	12	8
CB Bryant Stevenson	1	1	0.0	19	23
WR Martin King	1	0	---	---	---
TE Shannon Mathis	1	0	---	---	---
TE Arnie Hagood	1	0	---	---	---
S Lamont Rattay	1	0	0.0	22	31
T Randy Hernandez	1	0	---	---	---
DE Terry Mahoney	1	0	0.0	11	20
DT Kelvin Tchoukaleff	0	1	0.5	15	17
DE Jumbo Winslett	0	2	0.0	28	26

Hartford	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dana Ellison	7	2	0.0	16	41
ILB Craig Ligeski	4	3	0.0	8	36
CB Harry Crane	4	1	0.0	16	41
OLB Gus Hammond	4	0	0.0	9	16
CB Tom Kerr	4	0	0.0	12	39
ILB Pat Foley	3	0	0.0	7	5
S Dusty Franz	3	0	0.0	9	30
CB Omar Couture	2	1	0.0	11	30
DE Derek McKinley	2	0	0.0	13	29
DT Nick Baerg	2	0	0.0	10	28
OLB Marc Rogers	2	0	0.0	9	6
DE Mickey Atkins	1	1	1.0	11	24
OLB Spencer Ellwood	1	0	1.0	6	13
S Orlando Brisset	1	2	0.0	14	35
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	1	0	0.0	6	12
DT Blake Devine	1	0	0.0	7	14
DE Harvey Gonzalez	0	1	0.0	6	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Norfolk	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Rob Peterson	1.0	0	0	21
OLB Mel Leagra	0.5	0	0	11
DT Kelvin Tchoukaleff	0.5	0	0	17
DE Terry Mahoney	0.0	1	0	20
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	0.0	0	2	25

Hartford	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Mickey Atkins	1.0	0	1	1	24
OLB Spencer Ellwood	1.0	0	1	0	13
DE Roderick Urbanski	0.0	1	0	1	13
DT Nick Baerg	0.0	0	1	0	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Norfolk	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Wendell Ferguson	5	0	22
OLB Rob Dawson	4	0	28
CB Junior Beustring	3	0	18
ILB Ben Long	2	0	7
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	2	0	25
OLB Vince Champion	2	0	12
CB Bruce Williams	1	2	26
S Cory Yates	1	1	33
OLB Rob Peterson	1	1	21
S Gilbert Pote	1	0	8
CB Bryant Stevenson	1	0	23
S Lamont Rattay	1	0	31
OLB Mel Leagra	0	1	11

Hartford	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Craig Ligeski	4	0	0	36
CB Harry Crane	4	0	0	41
S Dana Ellison	4	0	0	41
S Dusty Franz	2	1	1	30
OLB Gus Hammond	2	0	0	16
CB Omar Couture	2	0	0	30
CB Tom Kerr	2	0	0	39
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	1	0	1	12
DT Nick Baerg	1	0	0	28
OLB Spencer Ellwood	1	0	0	13
ILB Pat Foley	1	0	0	5
S Orlando Brisset	0	1	1	35
DE Derek McKinley	0	1	0	29

Blocking Statistics

Norfolk	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Donald Fletcher	1	2	14	0	30
Richie Ballard	1	2	7	0	19
Arnold Willis	0	3	16	0	36
William Schultz	0	2	11	1	36
Shawn Hanks	0	2	16	0	38
Wade Stitt	0	2	13	0	31
Randy Hernandez	0	0	1	1	10

Hartford	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Earnest Leathers	3	7	30	0	30
William Swift	3	6	29	1	30
Rex O'Connor	2	6	33	1	34
Shannon Bonnette	1	6	30	0	28
Graham Donovan	1	3	26	0	30
Craig Codeke	1	2	8	0	7
Harvey Barge	0	2	6	0	7
Monty Burnett	0	1	10	0	19
Artie Keating	0	1	4	0	8

Special Teams Tackles

Norfolk	Tackles	STPlays
Vince Champion	2	8
Corey Washington	1	18
Leslie McFarlane	1	17

Hartford	Tackles	STPlays
Richard Particelli	1	21
Arnold Sinclair	1	16
Jeffrey Russell	1	11
Earnest Goldberg	1	8
Monty Burnett	1	6

Participation

Norfolk	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cory Yates	---	---	29	33	3	65
Bruce Williams	---	---	30	26	9	65
Shawn Hanks	16	38	---	---	5	59
Junior Beustring	---	---	20	18	21	59
Rob Dawson	---	---	28	28	2	58
Jumbo Winslett	---	---	28	26	3	57
Scott Maru	11	31	---	---	14	56
Russell Thamilarasan	---	---	27	25	2	54
Lamont Rattay	---	---	22	31	---	53
Arnold Willis	16	36	---	---	---	52
Rob Peterson	---	---	15	21	16	52
William Schultz	11	36	---	---	5	52
Wendell Ferguson	---	---	21	22	8	51
Grant Bechtel	13	35	---	---	---	48
Corey Washington	7	23	---	---	18	48
Zach McMeel	---	---	21	23	3	47
Wade Stitt	13	31	---	---	3	47
Donald Fletcher	14	30	---	---	2	46
Marcus Barker	---	---	21	19	4	44
Leslie McFarlane	9	18	---	---	17	44
Bryant Stevenson	---	---	19	23	1	43
Martin King	11	28	---	---	1	40
Shannon Mathis	6	20	---	---	14	40
Randy Reeves	---	---	23	16	---	39
Vince Champion	---	---	15	12	8	35
Arnie Hagood	10	16	---	---	7	33
Terry Mahoney	---	---	11	20	1	32
Kelvin Tchoukaleff	---	---	15	17	---	32
Kim Newman	10	21	---	---	---	31
Carl Platt	5	12	---	---	14	31
Richie Ballard	7	19	---	---	3	29
Johnnie Lincoln	---	---	6	10	9	25
Mel Leagra	---	---	7	11	6	24
Devin Gray	6	14	---	---	4	24
Ronald Kramer	2	12	---	---	9	23
Stephen Lynch	7	10	---	---	6	23
Gilbert Pote	---	---	12	8	1	21
Ben Long	---	---	4	7	8	19
Marvin Cable	7	11	---	---	---	18
Randy Hernandez	1	10	---	---	6	17
Russell Hutchins	4	7	---	---	1	12
J.C. Shields	1	4	---	---	---	5
Joe Kramer	0	0	---	---	5	5
Cornell Burgess	0	0	---	---	2	2
Chuck Morris	0	0	---	---	1	1
Tom Rohr	0	0	---	---	---	0

Hartford	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Donnie Johnston	34	36	---	---	---	70
Rex O'Connor	33	34	---	---	---	67
Shannon Bonnette	30	28	---	---	6	64
Harry Crane	---	---	16	41	4	61
Earnest Leathers	30	30	---	---	---	60
William Swift	29	30	---	---	1	60
Tom Kerr	---	---	12	39	8	59
Earnest Goldberg	21	29	---	---	8	58
Dana Ellison	---	---	16	41	1	58
Graham Donovan	26	30	---	---	---	56
Dusty Franz	---	---	9	30	16	55
William Meier	23	25	---	---	2	50
Orlando Brisset	---	---	14	35	---	49
Courtney Poliska	22	16	---	---	10	48
Derek McKinley	---	---	13	29	3	45
Craig Ligeski	---	---	8	36	---	44
Everett Levine	22	22	---	---	---	44
Oliver Wuerffel	17	19	---	---	7	43
Omar Couture	---	---	11	30	1	42
Richard Particelli	12	7	---	---	21	40
Nick Baerg	---	---	10	28	2	40
Ron Reeves	6	14	---	---	16	36
Donnie Cortez	---	---	8	16	11	35
Monty Burnett	10	19	---	---	6	35
Arnold Sinclair	13	6	---	---	16	35
Mickey Atkins	---	---	11	24	---	35
Kerry Fleischer	12	8	---	---	13	33
Edgar Page	11	14	---	---	6	31
Eugene Liszkiewicz	---	---	6	12	10	28
Spencer Ellwood	---	---	6	13	8	27
Gus Hammond	---	---	9	16	1	26
Harvey Gonzalez	---	---	6	18	1	25
Blake Devine	---	---	7	14	3	24
Roderick Urbanski	---	---	4	13	5	22
Nick Olivo	---	---	5	16	1	22
Harvey Barge	6	7	---	---	7	20
Artie Keating	4	8	---	---	8	20
Brady Sluiter	4	6	---	---	8	18
Craig Codeke	8	7	---	---	2	17
Marc Rogers	---	---	9	6	1	16
Pat Foley	---	---	7	5	3	15
Jeffrey Russell	1	1	---	---	11	13
Barry Folse	0	0	---	---	7	7
Kendall Bailey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Deion Owens	0	0	---	---	1	1
Chad Harding	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	14	3.5
Middle	10	25	2.5
Right	3	9	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	49	4.9
Middle	13	57	4.4
Right	11	38	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grant Bechtel	33	22	3	3	1	3	1	2	2
Russell Hutchins	7	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1

Hartford	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Donnie Johnston	34	24	4	0	2	5	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	8	1.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	10	67	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	9	100	7.1
Long (19+ Yds)	11	2	43	3.9

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	16	130	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	7	98	12.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	21	5.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kim Newman	8	7	1	76	2	21
WR Scott Maru	8	3	0	47	0	31
WR Martin King	7	5	0	55	0	28
TE Arnie Hagood	5	3	0	28	1	16
WR Corey Washington	4	2	1	3	0	23
TE Shannon Mathis	3	2	0	4	0	20
RB Marvin Cable	2	0	0	0	0	11
RB Leslie McFarlane	2	2	0	5	0	18
WR Ronald Kramer	1	0	0	0	0	12

Hartford	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Earnest Goldberg	10	5	1	57	1	29
TE Courtney Poliska	7	5	1	61	1	16
WR William Meier	5	5	0	43	1	25
TE Oliver Wuerffel	4	4	0	39	0	19
WR Ron Reeves	4	3	0	41	1	14
WR Kerry Fleischer	2	1	0	3	0	8
FB Monty Burnett	1	1	0	5	0	19
RB Everett Levine	1	0	0	0	0	22

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Marvin Cable	1	4	4.00	4.50

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Edgar Page	4	16	4.00	3.00
Everett Levine	2	3	1.50	5.05

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grant Bechtel	1	0	0	0.00	5.76

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Donnie Johnston	7	4	29	4.14	7.32

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Marvin Cable	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Hartford	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Earnest Goldberg	2	1	6	3.00	5.70
TE Courtney Poliska	2	1	15	7.50	8.71
TE Oliver Wuerffel	1	1	7	7.00	9.75
RB Everett Levine	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR William Meier	1	1	1	1.00	8.60

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Norfolk	Rushes	Conversions
Russell Hutchins	1	0

Hartford	Rushes	Conversions
Edgar Page	3	2
Richard Particelli	1	1
Everett Levine	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grant Bechtel	8	6	3
Russell Hutchins	1	0	0

Hartford	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donnie Johnston	9	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kim Newman	3	3	1
WR Martin King	2	1	1
TE Shannon Mathis	1	0	0
TE Arnie Hagood	1	1	1
WR Ronald Kramer	1	0	0
WR Corey Washington	1	1	0

Hartford	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Oliver Wuerffel	3	3	2
WR Earnest Goldberg	2	0	0
WR Ron Reeves	2	1	1
WR Kerry Fleischer	1	0	0
WR William Meier	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 57,200 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,500 (21,500)
End Zone 12,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine 7,200 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (13,800)
Club Seats 7,400 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,200 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,500 (21,500)
End Zone	12,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine	7,200 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (13,800)
Club Seats	7,400 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (4,800)