Week 4, 2024

played in West Virginia, WV

62 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Hartford Whalers	3	16	3	7	-	29
West Virginia Beasts	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:42 HAR - Kendall Bailey 32 field goal
2Q: 13:02 HAR - Kendall Bailey 24 field goal
2Q: 09:13 HAR - William Meier 73 punt return (Kendall Bailey extra point)
2Q: 03:15 HAR - Kendall Bailey 46 field goal
2Q: 00:57 HAR - Kendall Bailey 19 field goal
3Q: 06:18 HAR - Kendall Bailey 39 field goal
4Q: 04:18 HAR - Keith Keefe 9 run (Kendall Bailey extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:42 HAR - Kendall Bailey 32 field goal
2Q: 13:02 HAR - Kendall Bailey 24 field goal
2Q: 09:13 HAR - William Meier 73 punt return (Kendall Bailey extra point)
2Q: 03:15 HAR - Kendall Bailey 46 field goal
2Q: 00:57 HAR - Kendall Bailey 19 field goal
3Q: 06:18 HAR - Kendall Bailey 39 field goal
4Q: 04:18 HAR - Keith Keefe 9 run (Kendall Bailey extra point)

Team Statistics HAR WVA
Record 3-1 1-3
First Downs 19 16
- by Rushing 8 9
- by Passing 8 7
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 321 310
- Offensive Plays 61 71
- Yards per Play 5.26 4.37
Net Rushing Yards 184 172
- Rushing Attempts 26 31
- Yards per Rush 7.08 5.55
Net Passing Yards 137 138
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 15 - 0 36 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 150 163
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 4/25
- Yards per Pass Play 3.91 3.45
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 2/13 6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 2/15 8/86
Punt Returns/Yards 3/79 3/1
Kick Returns/Yards 1/28 7/114
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 24
Time of Possession 29:32 30:28

Team Statistics	HAR	WVA
Record	3-1	1-3
First Downs	19	16
- by Rushing	8	9
- by Passing	8	7
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	321	310
- Offensive Plays	61	71
- Yards per Play	5.26	4.37
Net Rushing Yards	184	172
- Rushing Attempts	26	31
- Yards per Rush	7.08	5.55
Net Passing Yards	137	138
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 15 - 0	36 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	150	163
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	4/25
- Yards per Pass Play	3.91	3.45
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	2/13	6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	2/15	8/86
Punt Returns/Yards	3/79	3/1
Kick Returns/Yards	1/28	7/114
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 24
Time of Possession	29:32	30:28

Drive Charts

Hartford Whalers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:32	OWN 28	3	-8	Punt
1	12:23	2:48	OWN 31	7	54	Field Goal
1	6:31	3:18	OWN 20	6	31	Punt
1	1:38	3:43	OWN 20	8	73	Field Goal
2	11:08	0:54	OWN 17	3	6	Punt
2	6:00	2:53	OWN 30	9	41	Field Goal
2	1:37	0:47	OPP 14	4	12	Field Goal
3	12:55	2:01	OWN 29	3	7	Punt
3	8:19	2:08	OWN 20	5	58	Field Goal
3	1:14	1:23	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	12:41	2:10	OWN 7	3	5	Punt
4	8:10	4:01	OWN 41	8	59	Touchdown

West Virginia Beasts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:28	1:05	OWN 23	3	4	Punt
1	9:35	3:04	OWN 40	5	21	Punt
1	3:13	1:35	OWN 20	5	36	Punt
2	12:55	1:47	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
2	10:14	1:10	OWN 21	3	-2	Punt
2	9:04	3:04	OWN 18	6	15	Punt
2	3:07	1:30	OWN 23	5	-9	Fumble
2	0:50	0:50	OWN 30	4	22	Half
3	15:00	2:05	OWN 23	3	-2	Punt
3	10:54	2:35	OWN 16	5	30	Punt
3	6:11	4:57	OWN 20	9	45	Punt
4	14:51	2:10	OWN 15	6	30	Punt
4	10:31	2:21	OWN 34	7	25	Downs
4	4:09	4:09	OWN 33	8	54	Game

Game MVP: Craig Ligeski, Hartford Whalers

Rushing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Keith Keefe	17	75	4.41	15	1	1
Everett Levine	9	109	12.11	52	3	0

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Greg Galloway	25	135	5.40	24	5	0
Lenny Cathey	6	37	6.17	13	1	0

Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Donnie Johnston	32	14	140	2/13	0	37	0	56.7
Deion Owens	1	1	10	0/0	0	10	0	108.3

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Peter Van Verth	36	16	163	4/25	0	19	0	58.0

Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Kerry Fleischer	4	7	48	12.00	27	23
WR William Meier	3	6	20	6.67	6	10
TE Courtney Poliska	3	7	24	8.00	9	16
WR Ron Reeves	2	3	36	18.00	23	37
RB Everett Levine	2	2	11	5.50	1	7
FB Monty Burnett	1	1	11	11.00	0	11
WR Jeffrey Russell	0	4	0	0.00	0	0
RB Edgar Page	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Arnold Sinclair	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

West Virginia	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Nicky Rickman	4	7	37	9.25	10	18
WR Howard Thelwell	4	10	36	9.00	11	16
WR Harold Barber	4	4	47	11.75	6	19
RB Greg Galloway	2	2	21	10.50	3	18
TE Kelly Pollack	2	3	22	11.00	12	15
WR Andre Thomason	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Willie Malone	0	3	0	0.00	0	0
WR Tom Grier	0	6	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Hartford	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

West Virginia	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Hartford	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Mickey Atkins	0	1	1	0

West Virginia	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Peter Van Verth	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Hartford	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Randy Page	6	310	51.7	48.2	58	2

West Virginia	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Melvin Schulz	10	459	45.9	31.9	55	2

Kicking Statistics

Hartford	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kendall Bailey	5/5	1/1	0/0	46	2/2

West Virginia	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT

Punt Return Statistics

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
William Meier	3	79	26.3	1

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Howard Thelwell	3	1	0.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ron Reeves	1	28	28.0	0

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Harold Barber	6	98	16.3	0
Andre Thomason	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Hartford	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Craig Ligeski	5	2	2.0	23	33
S Richard Guthrie	5	4	0.0	30	36
S Orlando Brisset	5	1	0.0	18	26
OLB Marc Rogers	5	0	0.0	7	18
OLB Gus Hammond	5	0	0.0	27	30
DE Mickey Atkins	4	3	1.0	17	22
CB Harry Crane	4	0	0.0	25	35
DT Nick Baerg	3	0	1.0	17	24
DT Ryan Kromer	3	1	0.0	14	16
DE Harvey Gonzalez	2	2	0.0	19	25
S Darnell Malicki	2	0	0.0	20	24
S Dana Ellison	2	0	0.0	7	11
ILB Deion Dobler	1	1	0.0	8	8
CB Omar Couture	1	1	0.0	24	32
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	1	1	0.0	26	29
CB Howard Beeman	1	1	0.0	12	19
OLB Donnie Cortez	1	0	0.0	14	13
ILB Morris Comella	1	0	0.0	4	1

West Virginia	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dominic Buchanan	12	4	0.0	24	27
S Harvey Ingle	7	2	0.0	21	31
CB Dominic Strong	4	0	0.0	16	28
DE Luther Farley	2	1	0.0	13	12
OLB Howard Clemons	2	1	0.0	25	26
ILB Bryan Blades	2	0	0.0	5	8
S Nathan Lowe	2	0	0.0	14	12
S Jack Dobler	2	0	0.0	12	24
CB Robert Moss	2	0	0.0	12	21
OLB Andrew Adams	1	0	1.0	13	12
DE J.B. Young	1	2	0.5	18	22
DE Gus Moungey	1	0	0.5	15	28
DT Shawn Coronado	1	0	0.0	7	10
ILB Alex Henson	1	0	0.0	3	11
CB Louis Neasman	1	0	0.0	17	25
DT Mario Bell	1	0	0.0	13	8
DE Jonathan Fehr	0	3	0.0	24	31
DT Raymond Kisbany	0	3	0.0	13	28
CB Kevin Stanton	0	2	0.0	14	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Hartford	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Craig Ligeski	2.0	0	0	0	33
DT Nick Baerg	1.0	1	0	0	24
DE Mickey Atkins	1.0	0	1	1	22
DE Harvey Gonzalez	0.0	1	2	0	25
OLB Donnie Cortez	0.0	0	1	0	13
OLB Marc Rogers	0.0	0	1	0	18
DE Isaac McQuaig	0.0	0	1	0	15

West Virginia	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Andrew Adams	1.0	0	0	12
DE Gus Moungey	0.5	1	2	28
DE J.B. Young	0.5	0	0	22
ILB Alex Henson	0.0	1	1	11
DE Jonathan Fehr	0.0	1	1	31

Pass Defense Statistics

Hartford	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Harry Crane	3	3	35
S Richard Guthrie	3	3	36
ILB Craig Ligeski	2	2	33
CB Omar Couture	1	1	32
DT Nick Baerg	1	0	24
OLB Marc Rogers	1	0	18
OLB Gus Hammond	1	0	30
ILB Deion Dobler	1	0	8
S Darnell Malicki	1	0	24
DE Harvey Gonzalez	1	0	25
ILB Morris Comella	1	0	1

West Virginia	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Dominic Buchanan	3	0	27
CB Dominic Strong	2	1	28
S Nathan Lowe	2	0	12
CB Robert Moss	2	0	21
OLB Howard Clemons	1	1	26
S Jack Dobler	1	1	24
S Harvey Ingle	1	0	31
ILB Bryan Blades	1	0	8
ILB Alex Henson	1	0	11
DT Mario Bell	1	0	8
CB Kevin Stanton	0	3	16

Blocking Statistics

Hartford	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rex O'Connor	4	7	26	1	34
Shannon Bonnette	3	4	21	0	26
William Swift	2	6	17	0	18
Earnest Leathers	2	4	18	0	29
Graham Donovan	1	2	22	1	27
Brady Sluiter	1	1	8	0	6
Artie Keating	1	1	5	0	10
Craig Codeke	0	1	4	0	8

West Virginia	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Lamar Todd	4	6	29	1	33
Dave Bates	2	6	26	1	32
Marlon Staton	2	5	24	0	31
Hardy Stephens	2	4	28	0	29
Graham Woods	2	3	25	1	33
Bryce Burgess	1	2	20	0	13
Willie Malone	1	2	26	0	15
Marshall Rodriguez	0	2	7	0	9
Brock Schroeder	0	1	6	0	7
Chester Rhodes	0	0	8	1	19

Special Teams Tackles

Hartford	Tackles	STPlays
Harry Crane	4	15
Ron Reeves	2	19
Howard Beeman	1	22
Kerry Fleischer	1	11
Monty Burnett	1	8
Edgar Page	1	8

West Virginia	Tackles	STPlays
Willie Malone	1	19
Robert Moss	1	17
Lenny Cathey	1	5

Participation

Hartford	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Harry Crane	---	---	25	35	15	75
Richard Guthrie	---	---	30	36	---	66
Rex O'Connor	26	34	---	---	---	60
Gus Hammond	---	---	27	30	3	60
Craig Ligeski	---	---	23	33	---	56
Omar Couture	---	---	24	32	---	56
Keith Keefe	17	10	---	---	29	56
Eugene Liszkiewicz	---	---	26	29	---	55
Donnie Johnston	20	34	---	---	---	54
Kerry Fleischer	17	26	---	---	11	54
Shannon Bonnette	21	26	---	---	7	54
Courtney Poliska	24	30	---	---	---	54
Graham Donovan	22	27	---	---	4	53
Howard Beeman	---	---	12	19	22	53
Marc Rogers	---	---	7	18	24	49
Earnest Leathers	18	29	---	---	---	47
Harvey Gonzalez	---	---	19	25	3	47
Nick Baerg	---	---	17	24	3	44
Ron Reeves	11	14	---	---	19	44
Darnell Malicki	---	---	20	24	---	44
Arnold Sinclair	10	14	---	---	20	44
William Meier	13	21	---	---	10	44
Orlando Brisset	---	---	18	26	---	44
Morris Lucas	---	---	14	18	10	42
Jeffrey Russell	9	13	---	---	19	41
Mickey Atkins	---	---	17	22	1	40
J.T. Neimeyer	9	17	---	---	11	37
William Swift	17	18	---	---	---	35
Everett Levine	9	25	---	---	1	35
Monty Burnett	10	15	---	---	8	33
Donnie Cortez	---	---	14	13	4	31
Isaac McQuaig	---	---	12	15	3	30
Ryan Kromer	---	---	14	16	---	30
Oliver Wuerffel	9	4	---	---	14	27
Dana Ellison	---	---	7	11	9	27
Artie Keating	5	10	---	---	11	26
Brady Sluiter	8	6	---	---	11	25
Craig Codeke	4	8	---	---	11	23
Deion Dobler	---	---	8	8	3	19
Pat Foley	---	---	3	5	7	15
Kendall Bailey	0	0	---	---	13	13
Edgar Page	1	3	---	---	8	12
Randy Page	0	0	---	---	11	11
Morris Comella	---	---	4	1	5	10
Deion Owens	6	1	---	---	---	7
Graham Walker	0	0	---	---	---	0

West Virginia	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Peter Van Verth	31	40	---	---	---	71
Dominic Strong	---	---	16	28	26	70
Nicky Rickman	26	34	---	---	7	67
Dave Bates	26	32	---	---	8	66
Lamar Todd	29	33	---	---	---	62
Howard Clemons	---	---	25	26	11	62
Willie Malone	26	15	---	---	19	60
Hardy Stephens	28	29	---	---	3	60
Jonathan Fehr	---	---	24	31	5	60
Graham Woods	25	33	---	---	1	59
Marlon Staton	24	31	---	---	3	58
Harvey Ingle	---	---	21	31	5	57
Greg Galloway	25	29	---	---	2	56
Dominic Buchanan	---	---	24	27	4	55
Gus Moungey	---	---	15	28	11	54
Kelly Pollack	19	18	---	---	16	53
Howard Thelwell	16	29	---	---	6	51
Robert Moss	---	---	12	21	17	50
Raymond Kisbany	---	---	13	28	4	45
Bryce Burgess	20	13	---	---	11	44
Louis Neasman	---	---	17	25	2	44
J.B. Young	---	---	18	22	4	44
Tom Grier	6	24	---	---	13	43
Jack Dobler	---	---	12	24	6	42
Nathan Lowe	---	---	14	12	12	38
Richie Tanner	7	7	---	---	23	37
Chester Rhodes	8	19	---	---	10	37
Alex Henson	---	---	3	11	23	37
Kevin Stanton	---	---	14	16	2	32
Harold Barber	3	19	---	---	10	32
Luther Farley	---	---	13	12	5	30
Andrew Adams	---	---	13	12	1	26
Marshall Rodriguez	7	9	---	---	8	24
Brock Schroeder	6	7	---	---	10	23
Reggie Craig	---	---	7	5	11	23
Mario Bell	---	---	13	8	1	22
Shawn Coronado	---	---	7	10	1	18
Bryan Blades	---	---	5	8	5	18
Andre Thomason	1	7	---	---	8	16
Lenny Cathey	6	5	---	---	5	16
Melvin Schulz	0	0	---	---	10	10
Harvey Durham	2	7	---	---	---	9
Jason Haney	0	0	---	---	1	1
Devin Freeman	0	0	---	---	---	0
Wayne Curie	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dwight Cowgill	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	73	7.3
Middle	9	87	9.7
Right	7	24	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	39	6.5
Middle	15	98	6.5
Right	10	35	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Donnie Johnston	32	14	2	2	3	6	4	0	0
Deion Owens	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

West Virginia	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Peter Van Verth	36	16	0	2	1	9	6	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	25	14	113	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	1	37	4.6
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	7	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	11	101	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	3	36	4.0
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	19	3.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kerry Fleischer	7	4	0	48	1	26
TE Courtney Poliska	7	3	0	24	0	30
WR William Meier	6	3	1	20	0	21
WR Jeffrey Russell	4	0	2	0	0	13
WR Ron Reeves	3	2	0	36	1	14
RB Everett Levine	2	2	0	11	0	25
TE Arnold Sinclair	2	0	0	0	0	14
FB Monty Burnett	1	1	0	11	0	15
RB Edgar Page	1	0	0	0	0	3

West Virginia	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Howard Thelwell	10	4	0	36	29
WR Nicky Rickman	7	4	0	37	34
WR Tom Grier	6	0	1	0	24
WR Harold Barber	4	4	0	47	19
TE Willie Malone	3	0	0	0	15
TE Kelly Pollack	3	2	0	22	18
RB Greg Galloway	2	2	0	21	29
WR Andre Thomason	1	0	0	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Keith Keefe	5	24	4.80	4.41
Everett Levine	3	14	4.67	12.11

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Greg Galloway	1	3	3.00	5.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Donnie Johnston	8	1	3	0.38	4.38

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kerry Fleischer	3	1	3	1.00	6.86
TE Courtney Poliska	2	0	0	0.00	3.43
WR Ron Reeves	1	0	0	0.00	12.00
WR Jeffrey Russell	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR William Meier	1	0	0	0.00	3.33

West Virginia	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Hartford	Rushes	Conversions
Keith Keefe	1	0

West Virginia	Rushes	Conversions
Greg Galloway	3	3
Lenny Cathey	2	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donnie Johnston	12	5	2

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Conversions
Peter Van Verth	11	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR William Meier	4	3	1
WR Kerry Fleischer	2	1	1
WR Jeffrey Russell	2	0	0
TE Courtney Poliska	2	0	0
WR Ron Reeves	1	0	0
RB Everett Levine	1	1	0

West Virginia	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Howard Thelwell	5	2	1
WR Nicky Rickman	2	1	0
WR Tom Grier	2	0	0
WR Andre Thomason	1	0	0
WR Harold Barber	1	1	0

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)