Week 17, 2025

played in Chicago, IL

34 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Hartford Whalers	7	7	7	3	-	24
Chicago Crusaders	0	10	0	7	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:37 HAR - Everett Levine 58 run (Michael Bentley extra point)
2Q: 08:49 HAR - Ron Reeves 11 pass from Emmitt Sims (Michael Bentley extra point)
2Q: 05:20 CHI - Junior Haight 19 pass from Skip Tadlock (Harvey Flynn extra point)
2Q: 00:24 CHI - Harvey Flynn 29 field goal
3Q: 12:39 HAR - Bennie Palmer 64 interception return (Michael Bentley extra point)
4Q: 13:48 HAR - Michael Bentley 33 field goal
4Q: 13:14 CHI - Derek Curtis 77 pass from Antoine Grbac (Harvey Flynn extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:37 HAR - Everett Levine 58 run (Michael Bentley extra point)
2Q: 08:49 HAR - Ron Reeves 11 pass from Emmitt Sims (Michael Bentley extra point)
2Q: 05:20 CHI - Junior Haight 19 pass from Skip Tadlock (Harvey Flynn extra point)
2Q: 00:24 CHI - Harvey Flynn 29 field goal
3Q: 12:39 HAR - Bennie Palmer 64 interception return (Michael Bentley extra point)
4Q: 13:48 HAR - Michael Bentley 33 field goal
4Q: 13:14 CHI - Derek Curtis 77 pass from Antoine Grbac (Harvey Flynn extra point)

Team Statistics HAR CHI
Record 6-10 3-13
First Downs 20 15
- by Rushing 7 3
- by Passing 11 12
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 395 358
- Offensive Plays 66 54
- Yards per Play 5.98 6.63
Net Rushing Yards 198 106
- Rushing Attempts 32 15
- Yards per Rush 6.19 7.07
Net Passing Yards 197 252
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 24 - 0 37 - 20 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 213 263
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/16 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 5.79 6.46
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.2 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 5/25 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/3 2/29
Kick Returns/Yards 3/70 3/65
Interception Ret./Yards 2/64 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 28
Time of Possession 35:55 24:05

Team Statistics	HAR	CHI
Record	6-10	3-13
First Downs	20	15
- by Rushing	7	3
- by Passing	11	12
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	395	358
- Offensive Plays	66	54
- Yards per Play	5.98	6.63
Net Rushing Yards	198	106
- Rushing Attempts	32	15
- Yards per Rush	6.19	7.07
Net Passing Yards	197	252
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 24 - 0	37 - 20 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	213	263
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/16	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	5.79	6.46
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.2	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	5/25	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/3	2/29
Kick Returns/Yards	3/70	3/65
Interception Ret./Yards	2/64	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 28
Time of Possession	35:55	24:05

Drive Charts

Hartford Whalers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:32	OWN 33	6	19	Punt
1	9:32	2:11	OWN 32	4	68	Touchdown
1	3:02	3:14	OWN 23	7	30	Punt
2	13:09	4:30	OWN 32	8	68	Touchdown
2	5:14	2:46	OWN 26	6	53	Fumble
2	0:19	0:19	OWN 25	2	7	Half
3	11:21	1:53	OPP 49	3	8	Punt
3	7:01	2:04	OWN 16	3	0	Punt
3	3:45	5:03	OWN 20	10	64	Field Goal
4	12:56	1:46	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
4	9:34	2:06	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	6:04	6:04	OWN 30	11	56	Game

Chicago Crusaders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:28	1:56	OWN 20	5	16	Punt
1	7:21	4:19	OWN 20	6	25	Punt
2	14:48	1:39	OWN 20	4	16	Punt
2	8:39	3:25	OWN 45	6	55	Touchdown
2	2:28	2:09	OWN 21	8	67	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:29	OWN 22	5	39	Interception
3	12:31	1:10	OWN 20	3	4	Interception
3	9:28	2:27	OWN 20	5	30	Punt
3	4:57	1:12	OPP 48	5	17	Punt
4	13:42	0:46	OWN 23	1	77	Touchdown
4	11:10	1:36	OWN 49	3	3	Punt
4	7:28	1:24	OWN 28	3	-1	Punt

Game MVP: Emmitt Sims, Hartford Whalers

Rushing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Everett Levine	16	140	8.75	58	3	1
Brett Franklin	13	53	4.08	8	0	0
Edgar Page	2	6	3.00	5	0	0
Emmitt Sims	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Daryl Wiggins	7	84	12.00	33	3
Skip Tadlock	3	9	3.00	4	0
Kevin Cornyn	2	4	2.00	3	0
Junior Haight	1	2	2.00	2	0
Antoine Grbac	1	5	5.00	5	0
Eugene Blades	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Emmitt Sims	31	24	213	3/16	1	29	0	105.9

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Skip Tadlock	19	13	109	0/0	1	19	0	100.5
Antoine Grbac	18	7	154	2/11	1	77	2	49.0

Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR William Meier	5	7	48	9.60	7	20	0
WR Pat Sawyer	5	6	50	10.00	22	29	0
TE Courtney Poliska	4	6	38	9.50	0	20	0
WR Walter Malone	4	5	28	7.00	0	11	0
WR Mack Swann	3	4	24	8.00	0	13	0
WR Ron Reeves	1	1	11	11.00	3	11	1
RB Everett Levine	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
TE Arnold Sinclair	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Isaac Houlihan	6	10	70	11.67	7	20	0
WR Derek Curtis	3	8	87	29.00	50	77	1
RB Daryl Wiggins	3	6	31	10.33	7	16	0
TE Quentin Moss	3	4	25	8.33	0	11	0
WR Junior Haight	2	4	18	9.00	0	19	1
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
WR Nolan Gray	1	1	22	22.00	12	22	0
TE Jesse Dosoo	1	2	9	9.00	0	9	0
WR Brent Yarbrough	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Hartford	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Howard Beeman	1	0	0.00	0
S Bennie Palmer	1	64	64.00	1

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Hartford	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Emmitt Sims	1	0	0	0

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Phil Culver	0	1	0	0
Jimmie Barlow	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Hartford	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Randy Page	6	268	44.7	29.8	49	0

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Calvin Lin	7	255	36.4	30.3	48	1

Kicking Statistics

Hartford	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Michael Bentley	1/1	0/0	0/0	33	3/3

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Harvey Flynn	1/1	0/0	0/0	29	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
William Meier	2	3	1.5	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brent Yarbrough	2	29	14.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ron Reeves	3	70	23.3	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Isaac Houlihan	3	65	21.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Hartford	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	5	2	0.0	12	32
S Bennie Palmer	5	1	0.0	13	34
ILB Oliver Feigenbaum	4	1	0.0	12	24
CB Tom Kerr	4	1	0.0	12	38
OLB Gus Hammond	3	0	1.0	10	27
DT Ryan Kromer	2	0	1.0	7	21
S Will Tillman	2	1	0.0	6	20
S Orlando Brisset	2	1	0.0	12	31
ILB Morris Comella	2	1	0.0	8	20
CB Howard Beeman	2	0	0.0	10	29
OLB Bert Griffith	2	0	0.0	8	18
CB Omar Couture	1	1	0.0	6	10
ILB Pat Foley	1	0	0.0	8	14
DE Deone Dorff	0	2	0.0	11	23
ILB Deion Dobler	0	1	0.0	3	15
DE Harvey Gonzalez	0	1	0.0	10	33

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Marvin Ammons	9	3	0.0	30	30
S O.J. Hou	7	2	1.0	27	28
CB Mercury Sheldon	6	0	0.0	28	28
CB Xavier Hartman	5	0	0.0	16	21
OLB Otis Linquist	4	1	1.0	18	10
ILB Jimmie Barlow	4	1	1.0	17	19
DE Bennie Milnes	3	1	0.0	22	21
DE Russell Banta	3	0	0.0	20	26
S Zack Diaz	2	2	0.0	19	26
OLB Fred Shenkarow	2	1	0.0	11	15
CB Eugene Lester	2	1	0.0	1	3
DE Emmanuel Floyd	2	0	0.0	15	14
CB Dominic Van Hoose	2	0	0.0	22	16
OLB Phil Culver	1	4	0.0	22	27
OLB Freddie Shackelford	1	1	0.0	12	9
WR Derek Curtis	1	0	---	---	---
S Levon Leak	1	0	0.0	19	18
DT Ronald Corbett	1	0	0.0	12	13
DT Tim Sacco	1	0	0.0	14	19

Pass Rush Statistics

Hartford	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT Ryan Kromer	1.0	1	21
OLB Gus Hammond	1.0	0	27
DE Deone Dorff	0.0	2	23
DT Nick Baerg	0.0	1	29
DE Harvey Gonzalez	0.0	1	33
OLB Bert Griffith	0.0	1	18

Chicago	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
ILB Jimmie Barlow	1.0	0	1	19
OLB Otis Linquist	1.0	0	0	10
S O.J. Hou	1.0	0	0	28
OLB Freddie Shackelford	0.0	1	1	9

Pass Defense Statistics

Hartford	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Eugene Liszkiewicz	4	1	0	32
S Bennie Palmer	4	0	1	34
CB Tom Kerr	3	2	0	38
CB Howard Beeman	2	2	1	29
ILB Oliver Feigenbaum	2	0	0	24
OLB Bert Griffith	2	0	0	18
CB Omar Couture	1	0	0	10
S Will Tillman	1	0	0	20
S Orlando Brisset	1	0	0	31
ILB Deion Dobler	0	1	0	15
ILB Morris Comella	0	1	0	20

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Mercury Sheldon	5	0	28
ILB Marvin Ammons	3	0	30
CB Xavier Hartman	3	0	21
S O.J. Hou	2	1	28
CB Dominic Van Hoose	2	0	16
CB Eugene Lester	2	0	3
OLB Otis Linquist	1	0	10
S Levon Leak	1	0	18
DT Ronald Corbett	1	0	13
OLB Phil Culver	1	0	27
OLB Fred Shenkarow	1	0	15
DE Russell Banta	1	0	26
ILB Jimmie Barlow	1	0	19

Blocking Statistics

Hartford	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Max Lowe	4	7	27	0	26
Earnest Leathers	2	10	27	1	25
Dwight Robinson	2	5	31	0	33
Rex O'Connor	2	2	9	1	16
Artie Keating	1	4	24	0	26
Monty Burnett	0	1	16	0	6
Craig Codeke	0	1	24	0	19
Arnold Sinclair	0	1	19	0	13
Brady Sluiter	0	0	5	1	9

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brock Colon	1	2	12	1	29
Lincoln Knoff	1	2	12	0	30
Brian Williams	1	1	5	0	16
Quentin Moss	1	1	11	0	21
D.J. Burks	0	2	9	0	23
Riddick Sjostrom	0	1	12	1	22
Kevin Cornyn	0	1	10	0	19
Winston Paniagua	0	1	15	0	39

Special Teams Tackles

Hartford	Tackles	STPlays
Pat Sawyer	1	15
Monty Burnett	1	10
Brett Franklin	1	8
Max Lowe	1	7
Dwight Robinson	1	7

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Brad Berryhill	4	28
Kevin Cornyn	1	5

Participation

Hartford	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dwight Robinson	31	33	---	---	7	71
Emmitt Sims	32	34	---	---	---	66
Courtney Poliska	26	27	---	---	7	60
Tom Kerr	---	---	12	38	10	60
Max Lowe	27	26	---	---	7	60
Artie Keating	24	26	---	---	7	57
Earnest Leathers	27	25	---	---	---	52
William Meier	15	21	---	---	16	52
Bennie Palmer	---	---	13	34	1	48
Nick Baerg	---	---	7	29	10	46
Will Tillman	---	---	6	20	20	46
Eugene Liszkiewicz	---	---	12	32	1	45
Orlando Brisset	---	---	12	31	1	44
Harvey Gonzalez	---	---	10	33	1	44
Howard Beeman	---	---	10	29	5	44
Craig Codeke	24	19	---	---	---	43
Everett Levine	17	25	---	---	1	43
Pat Sawyer	9	19	---	---	15	43
Walter Malone	19	20	---	---	1	40
Arnold Sinclair	19	13	---	---	7	39
Gus Hammond	---	---	10	27	1	38
Morris Comella	---	---	8	20	9	37
Oliver Feigenbaum	---	---	12	24	---	36
Austin Cole	9	12	---	---	15	36
Deone Dorff	---	---	11	23	1	35
Rex O'Connor	9	16	---	---	7	32
Monty Burnett	16	6	---	---	10	32
Omar Couture	---	---	6	10	14	30
Brett Franklin	13	9	---	---	8	30
Bert Griffith	---	---	8	18	4	30
Ryan Kromer	---	---	7	21	1	29
Mack Swann	13	14	---	---	---	27
Edgar Page	2	0	---	---	22	24
Ron Reeves	2	4	---	---	16	22
Pat Foley	---	---	8	14	---	22
Deion Dobler	---	---	3	15	1	19
William Swift	5	8	---	---	4	17
Shannon Bonnette	8	8	---	---	1	17
Brady Sluiter	5	9	---	---	2	16
Donnie Cortez	---	---	0	0	14	14
Darren Lyon	---	---	5	5	4	14
Isaac McQuaig	---	---	5	6	---	11
Randy Page	0	0	---	---	7	7
Michael Bentley	0	0	---	---	6	6
Deion Owens	0	0	---	---	---	0
Graham Walker	0	0	---	---	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Marvin Ammons	---	---	30	30	3	63
Mercury Sheldon	---	---	28	28	7	63
Brad Berryhill	---	---	13	22	28	63
Winston Paniagua	15	39	---	---	8	62
Daryl Wiggins	12	28	---	---	17	57
Otis Linquist	---	---	18	10	28	56
O.J. Hou	---	---	27	28	1	56
Zack Diaz	---	---	19	26	10	55
Isaac Houlihan	11	35	---	---	5	51
Phil Culver	---	---	22	27	1	50
Brock Colon	12	29	---	---	8	49
Russell Banta	---	---	20	26	1	47
Bennie Milnes	---	---	22	21	1	44
Quentin Moss	11	21	---	---	12	44
Lincoln Knoff	12	30	---	---	---	42
Derek Curtis	10	27	---	---	2	39
Levon Leak	---	---	19	18	2	39
Dominic Van Hoose	---	---	22	16	1	39
Xavier Hartman	---	---	16	21	1	38
Jimmie Barlow	---	---	17	19	1	37
Tim Sacco	---	---	14	19	2	35
Damon Perron	6	21	---	---	8	35
Kevin Cornyn	10	19	---	---	5	34
Fred Shenkarow	---	---	11	15	8	34
D.J. Burks	9	23	---	---	2	34
Riddick Sjostrom	12	22	---	---	---	34
Junior Haight	6	18	---	---	9	33
Tito Reed	---	---	14	9	7	30
Emmanuel Floyd	---	---	15	14	---	29
Ronald Corbett	---	---	12	13	4	29
Nolan Gray	5	18	---	---	5	28
Skip Tadlock	9	19	---	---	---	28
Dusty Cunningham	4	15	---	---	8	27
Antoine Grbac	6	20	---	---	---	26
Brent Yarbrough	2	7	---	---	15	24
Freddie Shackelford	---	---	12	9	3	24
Brian Williams	5	16	---	---	---	21
Jesse Dosoo	3	8	---	---	10	21
Herman Cameron	1	1	---	---	17	19
Wendell Thingvold	1	5	---	---	8	14
Eugene Blades	3	8	---	---	---	11
Calvin Lin	0	0	---	---	7	7
Eugene Lester	---	---	1	3	3	7
Harvey Flynn	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tyrus Chamberlain	0	0	---	---	1	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	83	8.3
Middle	11	66	6.0
Right	10	50	5.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	3	1.0
Middle	10	81	8.1
Right	2	22	11.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Emmitt Sims	31	24	3	1	2	1	2	0	0

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Skip Tadlock	19	13	0	1	0	4	1	0	0
Antoine Grbac	18	7	3	1	0	3	5	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	16	112	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	7	81	10.1
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	20	10.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	1	0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	56	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	8	90	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	8	3	116	14.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR William Meier	7	5	1	48	1	21
TE Courtney Poliska	6	4	0	38	1	27
WR Pat Sawyer	6	5	0	50	1	19
WR Walter Malone	5	4	1	28	0	20
WR Mack Swann	4	3	0	24	0	14
WR Ron Reeves	1	1	0	11	0	4
RB Everett Levine	1	1	0	8	0	25
TE Arnold Sinclair	1	1	0	6	0	13

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Isaac Houlihan	10	6	70	1	35
WR Derek Curtis	8	3	87	1	27
RB Daryl Wiggins	6	3	31	0	28
WR Junior Haight	4	2	18	0	18
TE Quentin Moss	4	3	25	0	21
TE Jesse Dosoo	2	1	9	0	8
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	1	1	0	19
WR Nolan Gray	1	1	22	1	18
WR Brent Yarbrough	1	0	0	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Everett Levine	2	5	2.50	8.75
Emmitt Sims	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00
Brett Franklin	1	2	2.00	4.08

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Emmitt Sims	2	1	11	5.50	6.87

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Skip Tadlock	3	2	25	8.33	5.74
Antoine Grbac	1	0	0	0.00	8.56

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ron Reeves	1	1	11	11.00	11.00
WR William Meier	1	0	0	0.00	6.86

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Daryl Wiggins	2	0	0	0.00	5.17
WR Junior Haight	1	1	19	19.00	4.50
TE Quentin Moss	1	1	6	6.00	6.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Hartford	Rushes	Conversions
Brett Franklin	3	1
Edgar Page	1	1
Emmitt Sims	1	0

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Antoine Grbac	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Comp	Conversions
Emmitt Sims	9	6	5

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Antoine Grbac	6	1	0
Skip Tadlock	6	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR William Meier	4	3	3
WR Pat Sawyer	3	3	2
TE Courtney Poliska	1	0	0
WR Mack Swann	1	0	0

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Derek Curtis	3	1	0
RB Daryl Wiggins	3	1	0
WR Isaac Houlihan	3	2	1
TE Jesse Dosoo	2	1	1
WR Junior Haight	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 20,300 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 5,200 (16,800)
End Zone 3,700 (12,000)
Mezzanine 2,100 (6,900)
Sideline Seats 3,200 (10,600)
Club Seats 3,100 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (8,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	20,300 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	5,200 (16,800)
End Zone	3,700 (12,000)
Mezzanine	2,100 (6,900)
Sideline Seats	3,200 (10,600)
Club Seats	3,100 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (8,700)