Wild Card Playoff Games, 2023

played in Hartford, CT

33 degrees, rain, 13 mph wind

Wichita Outlaws	0	3	3	7	-	13
Hartford Whalers	3	0	3	2	-	8

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:24 HAR - Kendall Bailey 37 field goal
2Q: 08:56 WIC - Tracy Kangas 34 field goal
3Q: 05:56 WIC - Tracy Kangas 24 field goal
3Q: 02:29 HAR - Kendall Bailey 32 field goal
4Q: 15:00 WIC - Omar Robinson 29 pass from Danny Ouellette (Tracy Kangas extra point)
4Q: 11:30 HAR - Safety: Donnie Cortez sacked quarterback in end zone

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:24 HAR - Kendall Bailey 37 field goal
2Q: 08:56 WIC - Tracy Kangas 34 field goal
3Q: 05:56 WIC - Tracy Kangas 24 field goal
3Q: 02:29 HAR - Kendall Bailey 32 field goal
4Q: 15:00 WIC - Omar Robinson 29 pass from Danny Ouellette (Tracy Kangas extra point)
4Q: 11:30 HAR - Safety: Donnie Cortez sacked quarterback in end zone

Team Statistics WIC HAR
Record 11-6 11-6
First Downs 17 15
- by Rushing 6 4
- by Passing 11 11
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 335 327
- Offensive Plays 67 68
- Yards per Play 5.00 4.81
Net Rushing Yards 111 76
- Rushing Attempts 29 24
- Yards per Rush 3.83 3.17
Net Passing Yards 224 251
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 17 - 0 42 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 245 263
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/21 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 5.89 5.70
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/16 7/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 7/44 2/15
Punt Returns/Yards 2/6 6/54
Kick Returns/Yards 1/21 3/92
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 16 OWN 33
Time of Possession 29:51 30:09

Team Statistics	WIC	HAR
Record	11-6	11-6
First Downs	17	15
- by Rushing	6	4
- by Passing	11	11
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	335	327
- Offensive Plays	67	68
- Yards per Play	5.00	4.81
Net Rushing Yards	111	76
- Rushing Attempts	29	24
- Yards per Rush	3.83	3.17
Net Passing Yards	224	251
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 17 - 0	42 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	245	263
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/21	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	5.89	5.70
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/16	7/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	7/44	2/15
Punt Returns/Yards	2/6	6/54
Kick Returns/Yards	1/21	3/92
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 16	OWN 33
Time of Possession	29:51	30:09

Drive Charts

Wichita Outlaws
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:19	5:19	OWN 20	11	34	Punt
1	1:04	2:07	OWN 24	5	35	Punt
2	12:32	3:41	OWN 22	9	61	Field Goal
2	4:31	1:25	OWN 16	3	-2	Punt
2	2:18	2:12	OWN 4	6	21	Punt
3	15:00	2:06	OWN 20	5	21	Punt
3	10:35	4:47	OWN 32	11	61	Field Goal
3	2:22	2:37	OWN 22	6	78	Touchdown
4	11:30	0:13	OWN 8	1	-8	Safety
4	9:32	0:52	OWN 3	3	0	Punt
4	5:11	2:01	OWN 20	4	-8	Punt
4	1:11	1:11	OWN 10	4	15	Game

Hartford Whalers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:41	OWN 38	9	42	Field Goal
1	4:00	2:56	OWN 7	6	38	Punt
2	13:57	1:25	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	8:51	4:20	OWN 29	6	27	Punt
2	3:06	0:48	OWN 41	4	18	Punt
2	0:06	0:06	OWN 44	1	50	Half
3	12:54	2:19	OWN 22	3	7	Punt
3	5:48	3:26	OWN 20	9	65	Field Goal
4	14:45	3:15	OWN 20	6	22	Punt
4	11:17	1:45	OWN 44	3	2	Punt
4	8:40	3:29	OWN 40	9	27	Punt
4	3:10	1:59	OPP 29	9	19	Downs

Game MVP: Danny Ouellette, Wichita Outlaws

Rushing Statistics

Wichita	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Vincent Graham	16	69	4.31	16	2
Claude Flores	8	35	4.38	28	1
Danny Ouellette	5	7	1.40	5	0

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Everett Levine	17	56	3.29	17	2	0
Edgar Page	7	20	2.86	11	2	0

Passing Statistics

Wichita	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Danny Ouellette	35	17	245	3/21	1	29	0	81.2

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Donnie Johnston	42	23	263	2/12	0	50	0	73.8

Receiving Statistics

Wichita	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Phillip Diedrich	6	8	73	12.17	7	16	0
WR Jumbo Cooper	4	6	61	15.25	21	28	0
WR Omar Robinson	3	10	62	20.67	15	29	1
TE Eric Cone	2	4	9	4.50	0	6	0
WR Ted Montague	1	2	16	16.00	1	16	0
TE Victor Bush	1	2	24	24.00	14	24	0
RB Vincent Graham	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Lincoln Walters	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Hartford	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Ron Reeves	8	9	123	15.38	45	50
TE Courtney Poliska	5	7	47	9.40	10	17
WR Earnest Goldberg	3	6	75	25.00	41	39
RB Everett Levine	2	3	15	7.50	5	10
TE Oliver Wuerffel	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2
WR Kerry Fleischer	1	6	0	0.00	0	0
WR Jeffrey Russell	1	2	3	3.00	0	3
RB Edgar Page	1	1	1	1.00	0	1
TE Van Hamilton	1	1	1	1.00	0	1
TE Arnold Sinclair	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR William Meier	0	5	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Wichita	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Hartford	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Wichita	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Hartford	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Wichita	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Randy Page	7	321	45.9	35.3	63	2

Hartford	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Barry Folse	8	324	40.5	37.3	52	4

Kicking Statistics

Wichita	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tracy Kangas	2/2	0/0	0/0	34	1/1

Hartford	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kendall Bailey	2/2	0/0	0/0	37	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Wichita	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bart Smoker	2	6	3.0	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
William Meier	6	54	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Wichita	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Omar Robinson	1	21	21.0	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kerry Fleischer	3	92	30.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Wichita	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Scottie Diaz	13	1	0.0	24	44
S Ian Romine	5	1	0.0	24	44
DT Quentin Peterson	4	2	0.5	16	34
ILB Bryan Eddleman	4	3	0.0	23	41
CB Blaine Ulmer	4	2	0.0	15	29
OLB Herman Carter	3	2	0.0	17	31
DE Jesse Osborne	3	2	0.0	18	33
S Lorenzo Emmons	3	1	0.0	8	11
CB Wayne Zercie	3	0	0.0	14	33
DE Brenden Horton	2	0	1.5	11	26
OLB Max Linkletter	2	2	0.0	19	30
DE Marvin Everett	1	2	0.0	19	29
DT Julio Durham	1	0	0.0	11	22
DT Andrew Herek	1	0	0.0	5	5
CB Dustin McDonald	0	2	0.0	22	38
DT Hugh Welch	0	1	0.0	14	23

Hartford	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dana Ellison	6	2	0.0	28	36
ILB Craig Ligeski	5	2	1.0	25	27
DE Derek McKinley	5	1	0.5	20	32
CB Harry Crane	5	0	0.0	25	38
CB Tom Kerr	5	0	0.0	17	27
OLB Donnie Cortez	4	1	1.0	23	25
CB Omar Couture	4	0	0.0	19	30
OLB Gus Hammond	2	1	0.0	15	17
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	2	1	0.0	10	8
DT Blake Devine	1	1	0.5	13	17
S Darnell Malicki	1	2	0.0	13	17
ILB Pat Foley	1	1	0.0	7	9
S Orlando Brisset	1	1	0.0	18	28
OLB Spencer Ellwood	1	0	0.0	23	29
OLB Marc Rogers	1	0	0.0	9	13
DE Roderick Urbanski	1	0	0.0	9	6
DE Mickey Atkins	0	1	0.0	19	23
DE Harvey Gonzalez	0	1	0.0	10	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Wichita	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Brenden Horton	1.5	0	1	0	26
DT Quentin Peterson	0.5	0	1	0	34
DE Jesse Osborne	0.0	1	4	1	33
DE Marvin Everett	0.0	0	2	0	29

Hartford	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Donnie Cortez	1.0	1	25
ILB Craig Ligeski	1.0	0	27
DE Derek McKinley	0.5	2	32
DT Blake Devine	0.5	0	17
OLB Spencer Ellwood	0.0	3	29
DT Nick Baerg	0.0	2	21
DE Harvey Gonzalez	0.0	2	15
DE Roderick Urbanski	0.0	1	6

Pass Defense Statistics

Wichita	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Scottie Diaz	5	1	44
S Ian Romine	5	1	44
CB Blaine Ulmer	3	2	29
OLB Herman Carter	3	0	31
CB Wayne Zercie	3	0	33
S Lorenzo Emmons	2	0	11
ILB Bryan Eddleman	1	1	41
OLB Max Linkletter	1	1	30

Hartford	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Tom Kerr	5	0	27
CB Harry Crane	4	2	38
CB Omar Couture	2	1	30
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	2	0	8
S Dana Ellison	1	1	36
S Orlando Brisset	1	1	28
DE Derek McKinley	1	0	32
OLB Donnie Cortez	1	0	25
ILB Pat Foley	0	1	9

Blocking Statistics

Wichita	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gilbert Sawyer	3	6	27	1	32
Wally Johnson	2	6	24	0	31
J.T. Neimeyer	1	2	23	0	29
Mark Hill	1	1	11	0	11
Lionel Porter	1	1	17	0	16
Martin Rose	0	3	28	1	34
Jerome Clark	0	3	24	1	35
Eric Cone	0	2	22	0	24
Victor Bush	0	1	7	0	10

Hartford	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Shannon Bonnette	2	7	22	1	34
William Swift	2	6	22	0	35
Earnest Leathers	1	2	20	0	41
Brady Sluiter	1	1	5	0	4
Craig Codeke	1	1	6	0	3
Graham Donovan	0	4	17	1	32
Rex O'Connor	0	2	18	0	41
Artie Keating	0	1	3	0	16

Special Teams Tackles

Wichita	Tackles	STPlays
Lionel Porter	3	17
Dustin McDonald	3	12
Bart Smoker	1	25
Victor Bush	1	16
Phillip Diedrich	1	5

Hartford	Tackles	STPlays
Jeffrey Russell	1	18
Kerry Fleischer	1	15
Edgar Page	1	11

Participation

Wichita	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dustin McDonald	---	---	22	38	12	72
Scottie Diaz	---	---	24	44	3	71
Ian Romine	---	---	24	44	2	70
Phillip Diedrich	27	36	---	---	5	68
Bryan Eddleman	---	---	23	41	3	67
Danny Ouellette	29	38	---	---	---	67
Wally Johnson	24	31	---	---	8	63
Vincent Graham	21	34	---	---	8	63
Martin Rose	28	34	---	---	---	62
Blaine Ulmer	---	---	15	29	18	62
J.T. Neimeyer	23	29	---	---	9	61
Gilbert Sawyer	27	32	---	---	---	59
Jerome Clark	24	35	---	---	---	59
Herman Carter	---	---	17	31	10	58
Omar Robinson	24	30	---	---	3	57
Jesse Osborne	---	---	18	33	6	57
Eric Cone	22	24	---	---	11	57
Marvin Everett	---	---	19	29	4	52
Max Linkletter	---	---	19	30	2	51
Lionel Porter	17	16	---	---	17	50
Quentin Peterson	---	---	16	34	---	50
Wayne Zercie	---	---	14	33	1	48
Jumbo Cooper	14	30	---	---	1	45
Brenden Horton	---	---	11	26	7	44
Hugh Welch	---	---	14	23	7	44
Julio Durham	---	---	11	22	6	39
Lorenzo Emmons	---	---	8	11	17	36
Victor Bush	7	10	---	---	16	33
Mark Hill	11	11	---	---	8	30
Bart Smoker	0	0	---	---	25	25
Harry Prior	3	10	---	---	9	22
Lincoln Walters	2	2	---	---	16	20
Jermaine Swift	---	---	1	2	16	19
Ted Montague	3	4	---	---	10	17
Jerry Drain	5	8	---	---	2	15
Claude Flores	8	4	---	---	---	12
Tony Levine	---	---	1	3	7	11
K.C. Robbins	---	---	2	6	3	11
Andrew Herek	---	---	5	5	---	10
O.J. Saenz	0	0	---	---	9	9
Randy Page	0	0	---	---	9	9
Alan Ballard	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tracy Kangas	0	0	---	---	2	2
Danny Hendrix	---	---	0	0	---	0
Walter Upshaw	0	0	---	---	---	0
Moe Doesburg	0	0	---	---	---	0

Hartford	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dana Ellison	---	---	28	36	11	75
Harry Crane	---	---	25	38	10	73
Donnie Johnston	24	44	---	---	---	68
Shannon Bonnette	22	34	---	---	8	64
Earnest Leathers	20	41	---	---	---	61
Spencer Ellwood	---	---	23	29	9	61
Earnest Goldberg	20	32	---	---	8	60
William Swift	22	35	---	---	2	59
Rex O'Connor	18	41	---	---	---	59
Courtney Poliska	19	30	---	---	7	56
Derek McKinley	---	---	20	32	3	55
Orlando Brisset	---	---	18	28	9	55
Everett Levine	17	35	---	---	2	54
Craig Ligeski	---	---	25	27	1	53
Omar Couture	---	---	19	30	2	51
Tom Kerr	---	---	17	27	7	51
Donnie Cortez	---	---	23	25	2	50
Graham Donovan	17	32	---	---	---	49
Richard Particelli	11	11	---	---	25	47
Nick Baerg	---	---	16	21	5	42
Mickey Atkins	---	---	19	23	---	42
William Meier	11	23	---	---	7	41
Arnold Sinclair	6	16	---	---	18	40
Marc Rogers	---	---	9	13	16	38
Ron Reeves	12	25	---	---	---	37
Kerry Fleischer	5	17	---	---	15	37
Blake Devine	---	---	13	17	4	34
Gus Hammond	---	---	15	17	1	33
Eugene Liszkiewicz	---	---	10	8	14	32
Jeffrey Russell	6	8	---	---	18	32
Darnell Malicki	---	---	13	17	1	31
Jessie Schwartz	7	14	---	---	10	31
Edgar Page	7	9	---	---	11	27
Artie Keating	3	16	---	---	8	27
Harvey Gonzalez	---	---	10	15	2	27
Van Hamilton	3	5	---	---	18	26
Roderick Urbanski	---	---	9	6	9	24
Oliver Wuerffel	3	9	---	---	7	19
Brady Sluiter	5	4	---	---	10	19
Pat Foley	---	---	7	9	---	16
Craig Codeke	6	3	---	---	2	11
Barry Folse	0	0	---	---	8	8
Kendall Bailey	0	0	---	---	5	5
Deion Owens	0	0	---	---	2	2
Chad Harding	0	0	---	---	---	0
Nick Olivo	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	15	1.7
Middle	7	48	6.9
Right	11	50	4.5
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	44	4.4
Middle	4	7	1.8
Right	10	25	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Wichita	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Danny Ouellette	35	17	4	0	1	6	11	0	0

Hartford	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Donnie Johnston	42	23	2	0	4	6	8	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	6	45	5.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	23	10	173	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	27	13.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-2	-2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	15	105	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	7	160	9.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Wichita	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Omar Robinson	10	3	0	62	2	30
WR Phillip Diedrich	8	6	0	73	0	36
WR Jumbo Cooper	6	4	0	61	1	30
TE Eric Cone	4	2	0	9	0	24
RB Vincent Graham	2	0	1	0	0	34
WR Ted Montague	2	1	0	16	0	4
TE Victor Bush	2	1	0	24	1	10
WR Lincoln Walters	1	0	0	0	0	2

Hartford	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ron Reeves	9	8	0	123	1	25
TE Courtney Poliska	7	5	0	47	0	30
WR Earnest Goldberg	6	3	0	75	1	32
WR Kerry Fleischer	6	1	1	0	0	17
WR William Meier	5	0	2	0	0	23
RB Everett Levine	3	2	0	15	0	35
WR Jeffrey Russell	2	1	1	3	0	8
TE Oliver Wuerffel	1	1	0	-2	0	9
RB Edgar Page	1	1	0	1	0	9
TE Arnold Sinclair	1	0	0	0	0	16
TE Van Hamilton	1	1	0	1	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Wichita	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Vincent Graham	3	4	1.33	4.31
Claude Flores	1	2	2.00	4.38

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Everett Levine	1	-5	-5.00	3.29

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Wichita	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Danny Ouellette	5	2	12	2.40	7.00

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Donnie Johnston	9	3	15	1.67	6.26

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Wichita	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Omar Robinson	1	0	0	0.00	6.20
WR Jumbo Cooper	1	1	9	9.00	10.17
WR Ted Montague	1	0	0	0.00	8.00
TE Eric Cone	1	1	3	3.00	2.25
WR Lincoln Walters	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Hartford	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kerry Fleischer	3	1	0	0.00	0.00
WR Ron Reeves	2	2	15	7.50	13.67
WR William Meier	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Earnest Goldberg	1	0	0	0.00	12.50
WR Jeffrey Russell	1	0	0	0.00	1.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Wichita	Rushes	Conversions
Claude Flores	2	2
Danny Ouellette	1	0

Hartford	Rushes	Conversions
Everett Levine	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Wichita	Att	Comp	Conversions
Danny Ouellette	12	5	5

Hartford	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donnie Johnston	17	9	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Wichita	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Omar Robinson	3	0	0
WR Phillip Diedrich	3	3	3
WR Jumbo Cooper	2	1	1
RB Vincent Graham	1	0	0
WR Ted Montague	1	1	1
WR Lincoln Walters	1	0	0
TE Victor Bush	1	0	0

Hartford	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ron Reeves	3	2	1
WR William Meier	3	0	0
TE Courtney Poliska	3	3	2
WR Earnest Goldberg	2	1	1
WR Kerry Fleischer	2	0	0
WR Jeffrey Russell	2	1	0
RB Everett Levine	1	1	1
RB Edgar Page	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 62,500 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,800 (21,500)
End Zone 13,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine 7,800 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 11,500 (13,800)
Club Seats 8,000 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes 3,900 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	62,500 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,800 (21,500)
End Zone	13,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine	7,800 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	11,500 (13,800)
Club Seats	8,000 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes	3,900 (4,800)