Week 17, 2024

played in Hartford, CT

46 degrees, rain, 4 mph wind

Norfolk Vipers	0	0	3	7	-	10
Hartford Whalers	10	7	7	0	-	24

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:10 HAR - Kendall Bailey 41 field goal
1Q: 03:58 HAR - William Meier 13 pass from Donnie Johnston (Kendall Bailey extra point)
2Q: 14:10 HAR - Kerry Fleischer 27 pass from Donnie Johnston (Kendall Bailey extra point)
3Q: 07:33 HAR - Ron Reeves 5 pass from Donnie Johnston (Kendall Bailey extra point)
3Q: 03:50 NFK - Cornell Burgess 25 field goal
4Q: 00:38 NFK - Corey Washington 18 pass from Grant Bechtel (Cornell Burgess extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:10 HAR - Kendall Bailey 41 field goal
1Q: 03:58 HAR - William Meier 13 pass from Donnie Johnston (Kendall Bailey extra point)
2Q: 14:10 HAR - Kerry Fleischer 27 pass from Donnie Johnston (Kendall Bailey extra point)
3Q: 07:33 HAR - Ron Reeves 5 pass from Donnie Johnston (Kendall Bailey extra point)
3Q: 03:50 NFK - Cornell Burgess 25 field goal
4Q: 00:38 NFK - Corey Washington 18 pass from Grant Bechtel (Cornell Burgess extra point)

Team Statistics NFK HAR
Record 8-8 12-4
First Downs 16 20
- by Rushing 1 6
- by Passing 13 14
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 296 418
- Offensive Plays 63 68
- Yards per Play 4.70 6.15
Net Rushing Yards 41 137
- Rushing Attempts 21 31
- Yards per Rush 1.95 4.42
Net Passing Yards 255 281
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 42 - 24 - 0 37 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 255 281
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.07 7.59
Fumbles/Lost 3/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/17 8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.0 6.1
4th Down Conversions 2/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/25 5/58
Punt Returns/Yards 2/15 3/20
Kick Returns/Yards 3/67 1/22
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 27
Time of Possession 25:59 34:01

Team Statistics	NFK	HAR
Record	8-8	12-4
First Downs	16	20
- by Rushing	1	6
- by Passing	13	14
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	296	418
- Offensive Plays	63	68
- Yards per Play	4.70	6.15
Net Rushing Yards	41	137
- Rushing Attempts	21	31
- Yards per Rush	1.95	4.42
Net Passing Yards	255	281
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	42 - 24 - 0	37 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	255	281
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.07	7.59
Fumbles/Lost	3/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/17	8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.0	6.1
4th Down Conversions	2/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/25	5/58
Punt Returns/Yards	2/15	3/20
Kick Returns/Yards	3/67	1/22
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 27
Time of Possession	25:59	34:01

Drive Charts

Norfolk Vipers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:03	2:20	OWN 26	3	7	Punt
1	3:48	3:40	OWN 20	6	18	Punt
2	13:55	1:23	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
2	7:57	1:22	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	5:38	1:07	OWN 28	3	6	Punt
2	3:11	2:15	OWN 20	6	15	Punt
3	15:00	1:44	OWN 32	3	6	Punt
3	7:24	3:40	OWN 15	6	77	Field Goal
3	0:51	3:58	OWN 23	8	43	Missed FG
4	10:00	3:53	OWN 11	16	61	Downs
4	2:01	1:31	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown

Hartford Whalers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:57	OWN 26	12	50	Field Goal
1	6:43	2:55	OWN 34	7	66	Touchdown
1	0:08	1:13	OWN 20	4	80	Touchdown
2	12:32	4:35	OWN 41	9	24	Punt
2	6:35	0:57	OWN 7	3	7	Punt
2	4:31	1:20	OWN 15	4	30	Punt
2	0:56	0:56	OWN 23	2	16	Half
3	13:16	5:52	OWN 17	10	83	Touchdown
3	3:44	2:53	OWN 20	5	18	Punt
4	11:53	1:53	OWN 41	3	9	Punt
4	6:07	4:06	OWN 28	6	30	Punt
4	0:30	0:30	OPP 41	3	-5	Game

Game MVP: Donnie Johnston, Hartford Whalers

Rushing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Terrell Hanks	11	9	0.82	6
Leslie McFarlane	6	13	2.17	6
Grant Bechtel	4	19	4.75	7

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Everett Levine	17	91	5.35	22	1
Keith Keefe	10	49	4.90	17	2
Donnie Johnston	3	-5	-1.67	-1	0
Edgar Page	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grant Bechtel	42	24	255	0/0	1	33	0	82.9

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Donnie Johnston	37	25	281	0/0	3	49	0	117.0

Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kim Newman	7	11	101	14.43	15	33	0
WR Corey Washington	4	6	48	12.00	3	18	1
TE Arnie Hagood	3	3	40	13.33	20	22	0
RB Terrell Hanks	3	5	34	11.33	14	16	0
WR Scott Maru	2	5	5	2.50	0	3	0
C Ed Hickman	2	4	11	5.50	0	8	0
FB Ross Newnam	2	3	17	8.50	1	11	0
RB Leslie McFarlane	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
TE Shannon Mathis	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Daniel Clinton	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0

Hartford	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Courtney Poliska	7	10	140	20.00	66	49	0
WR Kerry Fleischer	6	9	55	9.17	22	27	1
WR William Meier	5	5	56	11.20	16	16	1
WR Ron Reeves	3	4	14	4.67	0	6	1
TE Arnold Sinclair	2	2	5	2.50	2	3	0
RB Everett Levine	1	3	9	9.00	7	9	0
WR Jeffrey Russell	1	3	2	2.00	0	2	0
TE Oliver Wuerffel	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Norfolk	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Hartford	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Norfolk	Fumb	Recov
Terrell Hanks	2	0
Grant Bechtel	1	0
Scott Maru	0	1
Ed Hickman	0	1
Randy Hernandez	0	1

Hartford	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Tom Kerr	0	0	1	0
Isaac McQuaig	0	0	1	0
Ryan Kromer	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Norfolk	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Stuckey	7	360	51.4	45.7	66	4

Hartford	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Randy Page	6	278	46.3	33.8	60	2

Kicking Statistics

Norfolk	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cornell Burgess	1/2	0/1	0/1	25	1/1

Hartford	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kendall Bailey	1/1	1/1	0/0	41	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Norfolk	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cornelius Barber	2	15	7.5	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
William Meier	3	20	6.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Norfolk	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terrell Hanks	2	52	26.0	0
Scott Maru	1	15	15.0	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kerry Fleischer	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Norfolk	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	6	1	23	26
OLB Rob Dawson	6	1	22	28
S Gilbert Pote	6	0	17	21
S Cornelius Barber	6	0	29	34
CB Bruce Williams	5	1	20	26
OLB Vince Champion	4	2	31	37
DE Jumbo Winslett	3	1	28	29
OLB Glenn Shields	3	0	17	18
S Cory Yates	2	3	24	29
CB Bryant Stevenson	2	0	19	24
CB Wendell Ferguson	2	0	18	24
S Lamont Rattay	2	0	8	9
DT Marcus Barker	1	0	27	30
DE Randy Reeves	1	0	3	8
DE Oscar Ranney	1	0	23	28
ILB Ben Long	0	1	9	6
OLB Mel Leagra	0	1	5	8
S Dexter Green	0	1	5	4

Hartford	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Richard Guthrie	8	1	21	42
CB Harry Crane	4	1	20	42
CB Omar Couture	4	0	11	29
OLB Gus Hammond	3	2	14	31
ILB Craig Ligeski	3	2	13	30
CB Tom Kerr	3	2	17	41
OLB Marc Rogers	3	1	10	19
OLB Donnie Cortez	3	0	12	15
ILB Deion Dobler	2	2	8	12
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	2	0	10	13
S Darnell Malicki	2	0	7	29
DT Ryan Kromer	2	0	13	22
S Orlando Brisset	1	1	18	31
DT Nick Baerg	1	0	8	20
DE Mickey Atkins	1	0	13	25
DE Morris Lucas	1	0	8	17
DE Isaac McQuaig	1	0	10	23
ILB Morris Comella	1	0	4	1

Pass Rush Statistics

Norfolk	Hurry	PPlay
DE Jumbo Winslett	2	29
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	2	26
DE Johnnie Lincoln	1	17
OLB Mel Leagra	1	8

Hartford	Hurry	PPlay
DT Nick Baerg	2	20
DE Mickey Atkins	1	25
DE Morris Lucas	1	17
DE Isaac McQuaig	1	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Norfolk	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Gilbert Pote	4	0	21
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	4	0	26
S Cornelius Barber	3	2	34
CB Bruce Williams	3	0	26
CB Bryant Stevenson	2	0	24
OLB Vince Champion	2	0	37
DE Jumbo Winslett	1	0	29
S Cory Yates	1	0	29
DE Randy Reeves	1	0	8
CB Wendell Ferguson	1	0	24
S Lamont Rattay	1	0	9
OLB Rob Dawson	1	0	28
OLB Glenn Shields	1	0	18

Hartford	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Richard Guthrie	4	2	42
OLB Gus Hammond	3	4	31
CB Omar Couture	3	1	29
CB Harry Crane	3	1	42
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	2	0	13
CB Tom Kerr	2	0	41
OLB Marc Rogers	1	1	19
OLB Donnie Cortez	1	0	15
ILB Deion Dobler	1	0	12
ILB Craig Ligeski	1	0	30
S Darnell Malicki	1	0	29
DE Morris Lucas	1	0	17
DT Ryan Kromer	1	0	22
S Orlando Brisset	0	1	31

Blocking Statistics

Norfolk	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Shawn Hanks	2	4	1	16	33
Randy Hernandez	1	7	0	19	37
William Schultz	0	2	0	17	31
Austin Boren	0	2	0	18	33
Riddick Leak	0	2	0	18	36
Wade Stitt	0	1	0	11	26

Hartford	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Graham Donovan	4	8	1	26	25
Shannon Bonnette	2	6	0	27	29
William Swift	2	4	0	26	29
Craig Codeke	2	3	0	6	12
Earnest Leathers	1	4	0	26	33
Brady Sluiter	1	1	0	5	4
J.T. Neimeyer	0	1	0	7	11
Rex O'Connor	0	1	0	28	34

Special Teams Tackles

Norfolk	Tackles	STPlays
Cory Yates	1	16
Ed Hickman	1	16
Dexter Green	1	15
Vince Champion	1	7

Hartford	Tackles	STPlays
William Meier	1	17
Arnold Sinclair	1	15
Everett Levine	1	13
Courtney Poliska	1	11
Harry Crane	1	10

Participation

Norfolk	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cornelius Barber	---	---	29	34	18	81
Vince Champion	---	---	31	37	7	75
Cory Yates	---	---	24	29	16	69
Grant Bechtel	21	42	---	---	---	63
Riddick Leak	18	36	---	---	9	63
Terrell Hanks	16	36	---	---	7	59
Jumbo Winslett	---	---	28	29	1	58
Marcus Barker	---	---	27	30	1	58
William Schultz	17	31	---	---	9	57
Randy Hernandez	19	37	---	---	---	56
Oscar Ranney	---	---	23	28	4	55
Corey Washington	14	32	---	---	7	53
Rob Dawson	---	---	22	28	3	53
Austin Boren	18	33	---	---	---	51
Shawn Hanks	16	33	---	---	---	49
Scott Maru	9	26	---	---	14	49
Russell Thamilarasan	---	---	23	26	---	49
Ross Newnam	14	22	---	---	12	48
Bruce Williams	---	---	20	26	1	47
Wade Stitt	11	26	---	---	9	46
Bryant Stevenson	---	---	19	24	1	44
Glenn Shields	---	---	17	18	8	43
Wendell Ferguson	---	---	18	24	---	42
Gilbert Pote	---	---	17	21	2	40
Kim Newman	12	27	---	---	---	39
Leslie McFarlane	6	8	---	---	23	37
Daniel Clinton	11	25	---	---	1	37
Johnnie Lincoln	---	---	13	17	3	33
Ed Hickman	8	9	---	---	16	33
Shane Whigham	5	10	---	---	10	25
Stephen Lynch	5	10	---	---	9	24
Dexter Green	---	---	5	4	15	24
Arnie Hagood	9	11	---	---	---	20
Randy Reeves	---	---	3	8	6	17
Lamont Rattay	---	---	8	9	---	17
Rob Peterson	---	---	0	1	15	16
Ben Long	---	---	9	6	---	15
Mel Leagra	---	---	5	8	2	15
Blake Bozeman	1	4	---	---	9	14
Shannon Mathis	1	3	---	---	5	9
Carl Platt	0	1	---	---	7	8
Craig Stuckey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Cornell Burgess	0	0	---	---	5	5
Russell Hutchins	0	0	---	---	2	2
Kelvin Tchoukaleff	---	---	0	0	---	0
Trevor Wissick	0	0	---	---	---	0

Hartford	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Harry Crane	---	---	20	42	10	72
Courtney Poliska	27	33	---	---	11	71
Donnie Johnston	31	37	---	---	---	68
Tom Kerr	---	---	17	41	10	68
Richard Guthrie	---	---	21	42	2	65
Rex O'Connor	28	34	---	---	---	62
Shannon Bonnette	27	29	---	---	6	62
Arnold Sinclair	20	26	---	---	15	61
Earnest Leathers	26	33	---	---	---	59
Everett Levine	21	25	---	---	13	59
William Swift	26	29	---	---	3	58
William Meier	21	16	---	---	17	54
Graham Donovan	26	25	---	---	1	52
Orlando Brisset	---	---	18	31	3	52
Gus Hammond	---	---	14	31	1	46
Craig Ligeski	---	---	13	30	2	45
Jeffrey Russell	15	12	---	---	16	43
Omar Couture	---	---	11	29	2	42
Kerry Fleischer	15	24	---	---	3	42
Keith Keefe	13	14	---	---	14	41
Mickey Atkins	---	---	13	25	2	40
Darnell Malicki	---	---	7	29	2	38
Isaac McQuaig	---	---	10	23	5	38
Marc Rogers	---	---	10	19	8	37
Eugene Liszkiewicz	---	---	10	13	14	37
Ryan Kromer	---	---	13	22	---	35
Nick Baerg	---	---	8	20	6	34
Ron Reeves	8	14	---	---	12	34
Harvey Gonzalez	---	---	11	19	3	33
Morris Lucas	---	---	8	17	5	30
Oliver Wuerffel	10	17	---	---	1	28
Donnie Cortez	---	---	12	15	1	28
J.T. Neimeyer	7	11	---	---	7	25
Edgar Page	5	4	---	---	14	23
Craig Codeke	6	12	---	---	4	22
Deion Dobler	---	---	8	12	---	20
Artie Keating	4	8	---	---	7	19
Brady Sluiter	5	4	---	---	7	16
Morris Comella	---	---	4	1	8	13
Pat Foley	---	---	3	1	7	11
Randy Page	0	0	---	---	7	7
Roderick Urbanski	---	---	0	0	7	7
Kendall Bailey	0	0	---	---	6	6
Nick Olivo	---	---	0	0	2	2
Deion Owens	0	0	---	---	---	0
Graham Walker	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	9	1.8
Middle	12	21	1.8
Right	4	11	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	30	3.3
Middle	4	19	4.8
Right	15	93	6.2
None	3	-5	-1.7

Detailed Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grant Bechtel	42	24	4	2	1	10	5	0	0

Hartford	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Donnie Johnston	37	25	4	2	2	2	6	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	2	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	14	92	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	7	106	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	55	13.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	29	20	140	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	92	13.1
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	49	49.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kim Newman	11	7	0	101	3	27
WR Corey Washington	6	4	0	48	0	32
WR Scott Maru	5	2	0	5	0	26
RB Terrell Hanks	5	3	0	34	0	36
C Ed Hickman	4	2	0	11	0	9
TE Arnie Hagood	3	3	0	40	1	11
FB Ross Newnam	3	2	0	17	0	22
WR Daniel Clinton	3	0	1	0	0	25
TE Shannon Mathis	1	0	0	0	0	3
RB Leslie McFarlane	1	1	0	-1	0	8

Hartford	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Courtney Poliska	10	7	0	140	3	33
WR Kerry Fleischer	9	6	1	55	1	24
WR William Meier	5	5	0	56	0	16
WR Ron Reeves	4	3	0	14	0	14
RB Everett Levine	3	1	0	9	0	25
WR Jeffrey Russell	3	1	1	2	0	12
TE Arnold Sinclair	2	2	0	5	0	26
TE Oliver Wuerffel	1	0	0	0	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Terrell Hanks	1	5	5.00	0.82

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Everett Levine	1	-1	-1.00	5.35

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grant Bechtel	4	2	21	5.25	6.07

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Donnie Johnston	7	5	46	6.57	7.59

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
C Ed Hickman	2	1	3	1.50	2.75
WR Corey Washington	1	1	18	18.00	8.00
RB Terrell Hanks	1	0	0	0.00	6.80

Hartford	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ron Reeves	2	1	5	2.50	3.50
WR Kerry Fleischer	2	2	16	8.00	6.11
WR Jeffrey Russell	1	0	0	0.00	0.67
WR William Meier	1	1	13	13.00	11.20
TE Courtney Poliska	1	1	12	12.00	14.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Norfolk	Rushes	Conversions
Terrell Hanks	2	1
Leslie McFarlane	1	0

Hartford	Rushes	Conversions
Everett Levine	2	0
Donnie Johnston	1	0
Keith Keefe	1	1
Edgar Page	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grant Bechtel	14	8	4

Hartford	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donnie Johnston	11	7	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kim Newman	5	3	2
WR Corey Washington	2	2	1
RB Terrell Hanks	2	1	0
TE Shannon Mathis	1	0	0
WR Scott Maru	1	0	0
C Ed Hickman	1	1	1
FB Ross Newnam	1	1	0
WR Daniel Clinton	1	0	0

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

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,600 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,400 (21,500)
End Zone 13,100 (15,600)
Mezzanine 7,600 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 11,300 (13,800)
Club Seats 7,800 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes 3,400 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,600 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,400 (21,500)
End Zone	13,100 (15,600)
Mezzanine	7,600 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	11,300 (13,800)
Club Seats	7,800 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes	3,400 (4,800)