Week 11, 2023

played in Chicago, IL

37 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

West Virginia Beasts	0	14	0	0	-	14
Chicago Crusaders	3	0	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:44 CHI - Harvey Flynn 29 field goal
2Q: 07:20 WVA - Howard Thelwell 13 pass from Peter Van Verth (Wayne Curie extra point)
2Q: 00:36 WVA - Bernard Strong 5 pass from Peter Van Verth (Wayne Curie extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:44 CHI - Harvey Flynn 29 field goal
2Q: 07:20 WVA - Howard Thelwell 13 pass from Peter Van Verth (Wayne Curie extra point)
2Q: 00:36 WVA - Bernard Strong 5 pass from Peter Van Verth (Wayne Curie extra point)

Team Statistics WVA CHI
Record 5-5 1-9
First Downs 17 14
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 10 9
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 309 239
- Offensive Plays 56 59
- Yards per Play 5.52 4.05
Net Rushing Yards 145 65
- Rushing Attempts 35 25
- Yards per Rush 4.14 2.60
Net Passing Yards 164 174
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 15 - 0 33 - 20 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 176 182
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 7.81 5.12
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 7/13 7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/1
Penalties/Yards 3/20 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 2/26 2/11
Kick Returns/Yards 2/55 2/29
Interception Ret./Yards 2/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 24
Time of Possession 30:22 29:38

Team Statistics	WVA	CHI
Record	5-5	1-9
First Downs	17	14
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	10	9
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	309	239
- Offensive Plays	56	59
- Yards per Play	5.52	4.05
Net Rushing Yards	145	65
- Rushing Attempts	35	25
- Yards per Rush	4.14	2.60
Net Passing Yards	164	174
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 15 - 0	33 - 20 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	176	182
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	7.81	5.12
Fumbles/Lost	3/2	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/13	7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	5.8
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/1
Penalties/Yards	3/20	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	2/26	2/11
Kick Returns/Yards	2/55	2/29
Interception Ret./Yards	2/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 39	OWN 24
Time of Possession	30:22	29:38

Drive Charts

West Virginia Beasts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	5:39	2:40	OWN 32	3	6	Punt
1	1:01	3:47	OWN 27	7	71	Fumble
2	10:26	3:16	OPP 33	6	33	Touchdown
2	3:34	3:05	OWN 24	9	76	Touchdown
3	15:00	3:41	OWN 37	6	28	Fumble
3	10:26	1:38	OPP 39	3	0	Punt
3	6:59	2:20	OWN 8	3	9	Punt
4	14:14	3:57	OWN 20	8	44	Downs
4	7:11	4:42	OWN 35	6	21	Punt
4	1:32	1:32	OPP 20	5	11	Game

Chicago Crusaders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	9:21	OWN 20	18	68	Field Goal
1	2:59	1:58	OWN 29	3	9	Punt
2	12:14	1:48	OWN 2	3	3	Punt
2	7:10	3:36	OWN 24	6	24	Punt
2	0:29	0:29	OWN 24	2	-2	Half
3	11:19	0:53	OWN 35	2	0	Interception
3	8:48	1:49	OWN 20	4	36	Punt
3	4:39	5:25	OWN 35	10	62	Interception
4	10:17	3:06	OWN 36	7	29	Fumble
4	2:29	0:57	OWN 20	4	0	Downs

Game MVP: Peter Van Verth, West Virginia Beasts

Rushing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Greg Galloway	21	114	5.43	35	4
Peter Van Verth	7	22	3.14	5	0
Richie Tanner	5	6	1.20	3	0
Bryce Burgess	1	2	2.00	2	0
Willie Malone	1	1	1.00	1	0

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
R.J. Key	9	19	2.11	6
R.J. Collins	6	24	4.00	8
Oliver Morris	6	15	2.50	5
Phil Singleton	4	7	1.75	6

Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Peter Van Verth	19	15	176	2/12	2	39	0	140.3

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Phil Singleton	33	20	182	1/8	0	32	2	50.3

Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bernard Strong	3	5	30	10.00	22	23	1
WR Burt Terry	3	5	19	6.33	0	9	0
WR Andre Thomason	2	2	23	11.50	0	12	0
RB Richie Tanner	2	2	16	8.00	4	14	0
TE Tito Dabbs	2	2	14	7.00	5	11	0
FB Bryce Burgess	1	1	22	22.00	15	22	0
RB Greg Galloway	1	1	39	39.00	25	39	0
WR Howard Thelwell	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	1

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Nolan Gray	5	8	78	15.60	18	32
WR Derek Curtis	4	6	33	8.25	0	15
WR Junior Haight	3	8	11	3.67	7	9
WR Lester Grant	3	5	14	4.67	0	7
TE Herman Cameron	2	2	19	9.50	2	13
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
RB Oliver Morris	1	1	8	8.00	8	8
WR Jessie McGee	1	2	15	15.00	7	15

Interception Statistics

West Virginia	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Dominic Buchanan	1	0	0.00	0
S Nathan Lowe	1	0	0.00	0

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

West Virginia	Fumb	Recov	Force
Peter Van Verth	2	0	0
Greg Galloway	1	0	0
Vernon Lynnwood	0	1	0
Luther Farley	0	1	0
Don Streets	0	0	1
Todd Warren	0	0	1
Howard Clemons	0	0	1

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force
Oliver Morris	1	1	0
Phil Singleton	1	0	0
R.J. Key	1	0	0
Willard Peters	0	1	1
Bennie Milnes	0	1	1
Gino Newsome	0	1	0
Mike Tyler	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

West Virginia	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Melvin Schulz	4	175	43.8	31.0	54	0

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Randall Blake	4	153	38.3	31.8	42	2

Kicking Statistics

West Virginia	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wayne Curie	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Harvey Flynn	1/1	0/0	0/0	29	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jack Dobler	1	14	14.0	0
Howard Thelwell	1	12	12.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
R.J. Collins	2	11	5.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Andre Thomason	2	55	27.5	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Derek Curtis	1	16	16.0	0
Mercury Sheldon	1	13	13.0	0

Defensive Statistics

West Virginia	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Robert Moss	7	1	0.0	18	32
CB Dominic Strong	6	0	0.0	17	22
ILB Dominic Buchanan	5	2	0.0	20	25
S Don Streets	4	0	0.0	15	20
DT Todd Warren	3	0	1.0	14	14
S Nathan Lowe	3	2	0.0	20	27
DT Fernando Greer	3	0	0.0	16	21
CB Kevin Stanton	2	2	0.0	19	23
S Jack Dobler	2	1	0.0	20	27
OLB Michael Cibella	2	0	0.0	5	9
DT Shawn Coronado	2	0	0.0	9	13
OLB Jerome Watkins	2	0	0.0	25	33
ILB Alex Henson	1	1	0.0	8	7
OLB Howard Clemons	1	0	0.0	2	1
CB Steve Griffin	1	0	0.0	7	19
DT Mario Bell	1	0	0.0	9	12

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kyle Beisel	6	1	0.0	27	13
CB Mercury Sheldon	6	0	0.0	24	18
DT Willard Peters	5	2	1.5	22	11
S Luke Lynch	5	2	0.0	31	19
S O.J. Hou	5	1	0.0	22	12
DE Bennie Milnes	3	1	0.5	28	20
ILB Mike Tyler	3	1	0.0	32	15
CB Bennie Kramer	3	0	0.0	22	12
CB Dominic Van Hoose	3	0	0.0	20	17
DT Ronald Corbett	2	2	0.0	21	15
S Levon Leak	2	0	0.0	8	9
OLB Phil Culver	2	0	0.0	10	8
WR Nolan Gray	1	0	---	---	---
DE Rickey Lyle	1	0	0.0	7	1
CB Kyle Battle	1	0	0.0	31	18
QB Phil Singleton	1	0	---	---	---
DE Randal Meyer	1	0	0.0	27	16
OLB Otis Linquist	1	0	0.0	4	3
DT Cornelius Blake	0	3	0.0	13	5
ILB Marvin Ammons	0	1	0.0	3	6
DT Frank Sims	0	1	0.0	19	9

Pass Rush Statistics

West Virginia	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Todd Warren	1.0	0	0	14
DE Luther Farley	0.0	1	0	22
DE Benjamin Flora	0.0	0	2	24
DT Shawn Coronado	0.0	0	1	13
DT Fernando Greer	0.0	0	1	21

Chicago	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Willard Peters	1.5	0	0	11
DE Bennie Milnes	0.5	0	0	20
DT Frank Sims	0.0	1	0	9
DT Ronald Corbett	0.0	0	1	15

Pass Defense Statistics

West Virginia	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Robert Moss	6	1	0	32
CB Dominic Strong	5	0	0	22
CB Kevin Stanton	2	2	0	23
ILB Dominic Buchanan	2	0	1	25
S Jack Dobler	2	0	0	27
S Nathan Lowe	1	0	1	27
ILB Alex Henson	1	0	0	7
CB Steve Griffin	1	0	0	19
S Don Streets	0	1	0	20

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Mercury Sheldon	4	0	18
ILB Kyle Beisel	3	0	13
ILB Mike Tyler	2	0	15
S Luke Lynch	1	1	19
OLB Brenden Paxson	1	0	4
CB Kyle Battle	1	0	18
CB Bennie Kramer	1	0	12
CB Dominic Van Hoose	1	0	17
S O.J. Hou	1	0	12

Blocking Statistics

West Virginia	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Randy Ellard	2	6	0	24	0	18
Tito Dabbs	2	2	0	26	0	12
Harvey Durham	1	4	1	32	1	16
Dave Bates	1	4	0	29	1	14
Chuck Maurer	1	2	0	7	0	2
Chester Rhodes	1	1	0	1	0	0
Hardy Stephens	0	4	0	18	0	10
Vernon Lynnwood	0	3	0	33	0	21
Lamar Todd	0	2	0	28	0	19
Graham Woods	0	1	0	3	0	5

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gino Newsome	4	8	19	0	29
Shaun Cunningham	2	2	25	1	33
Ted Dunsmore	1	5	24	0	33
Vernon Muyers	0	2	20	0	33
Howard Witt	0	2	19	0	21
Kevin Cornyn	0	1	15	0	15
Brett Burks	0	1	18	0	21

Special Teams Tackles

West Virginia	Tackles	STPlays
Erik Smith	2	15
Don Streets	1	10
Robert Moss	1	5

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Lester Grant	2	11
Oliver Morris	1	9
Brett Burks	1	5

Participation

West Virginia	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jerome Watkins	---	---	25	33	2	60
Bernard Strong	30	18	---	---	9	57
Vernon Lynnwood	33	21	---	---	3	57
Peter Van Verth	35	21	---	---	---	56
Robert Moss	---	---	18	32	5	55
Willie Malone	27	14	---	---	9	50
Jack Dobler	---	---	20	27	3	50
Nathan Lowe	---	---	20	27	2	49
Harvey Durham	32	16	---	---	---	48
Tito Dabbs	26	12	---	---	10	48
Lamar Todd	28	19	---	---	---	47
Greg Galloway	27	16	---	---	3	46
Dominic Buchanan	---	---	20	25	1	46
Randy Ellard	24	18	---	---	3	45
Don Streets	---	---	15	20	10	45
Benjamin Flora	---	---	19	24	1	44
Luther Farley	---	---	20	22	1	43
Kevin Stanton	---	---	19	23	1	43
Dave Bates	29	14	---	---	---	43
Dominic Strong	---	---	17	22	3	42
Fernando Greer	---	---	16	21	1	38
Todd Warren	---	---	14	14	4	32
Hardy Stephens	18	10	---	---	4	32
Steve Griffin	---	---	7	19	5	31
Andre Thomason	16	10	---	---	2	28
Richie Tanner	13	7	---	---	7	27
Burt Terry	13	11	---	---	2	26
Bryce Burgess	11	5	---	---	7	23
Mario Bell	---	---	9	12	2	23
Shawn Coronado	---	---	9	13	---	22
Howard Thelwell	10	9	---	---	3	22
Barry Mendenhall	---	---	6	11	3	20
Jonathan Fehr	---	---	6	11	1	18
Alex Henson	---	---	8	7	2	17
Erik Smith	---	---	0	1	15	16
Michael Cibella	---	---	5	9	1	15
Graham Woods	3	5	---	---	4	12
Nicky Rickman	2	3	---	---	5	10
Chuck Maurer	7	2	---	---	1	10
Howard Clemons	---	---	2	1	4	7
Chester Rhodes	1	0	---	---	4	5
Melvin Schulz	0	0	---	---	4	4
Bryan Blades	---	---	0	0	4	4
Wayne Curie	0	0	---	---	3	3
Devin Freeman	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dean Dole	0	0	---	---	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ted Dunsmore	24	33	---	---	5	62
Phil Singleton	25	34	---	---	---	59
Shaun Cunningham	25	33	---	---	---	58
Gino Newsome	19	29	---	---	5	53
Vernon Muyers	20	33	---	---	---	53
Luke Lynch	---	---	31	19	2	52
Kyle Battle	---	---	31	18	2	51
Mike Tyler	---	---	32	15	3	50
Bennie Milnes	---	---	28	20	1	49
Mercury Sheldon	---	---	24	18	5	47
Junior Haight	19	26	---	---	1	46
Howard Witt	19	21	---	---	5	45
Brett Burks	18	21	---	---	5	44
Randal Meyer	---	---	27	16	1	44
Dominic Van Hoose	---	---	20	17	7	44
Derek Curtis	14	24	---	---	5	43
Kyle Beisel	---	---	27	13	3	43
Nolan Gray	16	24	---	---	1	41
Jesse Dosoo	13	23	---	---	5	41
Kevin Cornyn	15	15	---	---	10	40
Ronald Corbett	---	---	21	15	---	36
O.J. Hou	---	---	22	12	1	35
Bennie Kramer	---	---	22	12	---	34
R.J. Collins	11	17	---	---	5	33
Willard Peters	---	---	22	11	---	33
Frank Sims	---	---	19	9	5	33
Herman Cameron	11	11	---	---	9	31
Oliver Morris	8	11	---	---	9	28
Phil Culver	---	---	10	8	10	28
Lester Grant	6	6	---	---	11	23
R.J. Key	9	11	---	---	---	20
Cornelius Blake	---	---	13	5	---	18
Brenden Paxson	---	---	14	4	---	18
Levon Leak	---	---	8	9	---	17
Otis Linquist	---	---	4	3	9	16
Jessie McGee	3	2	---	---	7	12
Marvin Ammons	---	---	3	6	---	9
Rickey Lyle	---	---	7	1	---	8
Randall Blake	0	0	---	---	5	5
Juan Seeley	---	---	0	0	5	5
Horace Obedoza	0	0	---	---	5	5
Vernon Erickson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Harvey Flynn	0	0	---	---	3	3
Stephen Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tyrus Clark	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	6	2.0
Middle	28	121	4.3
Right	3	20	6.7
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	11	5.5
Middle	14	25	1.8
Right	8	31	3.9
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Peter Van Verth	19	15	3	0	1	1	1	0	0

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Phil Singleton	33	20	2	1	1	4	4	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	2	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	90	8.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	84	14.0
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	8	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	52	4.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	6	69	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	53	13.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bernard Strong	5	3	1	30	1	18
WR Burt Terry	5	3	0	19	0	11
WR Andre Thomason	2	2	0	23	0	10
RB Richie Tanner	2	2	0	16	0	7
TE Tito Dabbs	2	2	0	14	0	12
FB Bryce Burgess	1	1	0	22	1	5
RB Greg Galloway	1	1	0	39	1	16
WR Howard Thelwell	1	1	0	13	0	9

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Junior Haight	8	3	1	11	0	26
WR Nolan Gray	8	5	0	78	2	24
WR Derek Curtis	6	4	0	33	0	24
WR Lester Grant	5	3	0	14	0	6
TE Herman Cameron	2	2	0	19	0	11
WR Jessie McGee	2	1	0	15	0	2
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	1	0	4	0	15
RB Oliver Morris	1	1	0	8	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Greg Galloway	7	14	2.00	5.43
Peter Van Verth	1	-2	-2.00	3.14
Richie Tanner	1	3	3.00	1.20

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
R.J. Key	4	11	2.75	2.11

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Peter Van Verth	4	4	22	5.50	9.26

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Phil Singleton	4	2	13	3.25	5.52

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bernard Strong	2	2	7	3.50	6.00
RB Richie Tanner	1	1	2	2.00	8.00
WR Howard Thelwell	1	1	13	13.00	13.00

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Nolan Gray	2	1	9	4.50	9.75
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	1	4	4.00	4.00
WR Junior Haight	1	0	0	0.00	1.38

Third Down Rushing Statistics

West Virginia	Rushes	Conversions
Greg Galloway	3	2
Richie Tanner	2	0
Bryce Burgess	1	1

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
R.J. Key	3	2
R.J. Collins	1	1
Oliver Morris	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Conversions
Peter Van Verth	7	6	4

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Phil Singleton	8	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Burt Terry	3	2	0
WR Andre Thomason	1	1	1
WR Bernard Strong	1	1	1
FB Bryce Burgess	1	1	1
WR Howard Thelwell	1	1	1

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Junior Haight	2	0	0
WR Lester Grant	2	1	0
WR Derek Curtis	1	1	1
WR Nolan Gray	1	1	1
RB Oliver Morris	1	1	1
TE Herman Cameron	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 27,300 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 6,800 (16,800)
End Zone 4,900 (12,000)
Mezzanine 2,800 (6,900)
Sideline Seats 4,300 (10,600)
Club Seats 4,700 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,800 (8,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	27,300 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	6,800 (16,800)
End Zone	4,900 (12,000)
Mezzanine	2,800 (6,900)
Sideline Seats	4,300 (10,600)
Club Seats	4,700 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,800 (8,700)