Week 3, 2026

played in Hartford, CT

61 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Cleveland Clawz	7	13	3	7	-	30
Hartford Whalers	7	0	10	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:00 HAR - Byron Nicholson 4 pass from Donnie Johnston (Michael Bentley extra point)
1Q: 07:01 CLE - Raymond Vaughn 38 pass from Corey Perkins (Colin Backer extra point)
2Q: 15:00 CLE - Mercury Sander 37 pass from Corey Perkins (Colin Backer extra point)
2Q: 07:58 CLE - Colin Backer 31 field goal
2Q: 03:06 CLE - Colin Backer 41 field goal
3Q: 09:14 HAR - Michael Bentley 44 field goal
3Q: 05:28 CLE - Colin Backer 40 field goal
3Q: 01:00 HAR - Walter Malone 6 pass from Donnie Johnston (Michael Bentley extra point)
4Q: 13:35 CLE - Raymond Vaughn 32 pass from Corey Perkins (Colin Backer extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:00 HAR - Byron Nicholson 4 pass from Donnie Johnston (Michael Bentley extra point)
1Q: 07:01 CLE - Raymond Vaughn 38 pass from Corey Perkins (Colin Backer extra point)
2Q: 15:00 CLE - Mercury Sander 37 pass from Corey Perkins (Colin Backer extra point)
2Q: 07:58 CLE - Colin Backer 31 field goal
2Q: 03:06 CLE - Colin Backer 41 field goal
3Q: 09:14 HAR - Michael Bentley 44 field goal
3Q: 05:28 CLE - Colin Backer 40 field goal
3Q: 01:00 HAR - Walter Malone 6 pass from Donnie Johnston (Michael Bentley extra point)
4Q: 13:35 CLE - Raymond Vaughn 32 pass from Corey Perkins (Colin Backer extra point)

Team Statistics CLE HAR
Record 2-1 0-3
First Downs 18 23
- by Rushing 7 7
- by Passing 10 15
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 374 345
- Offensive Plays 52 70
- Yards per Play 7.19 4.93
Net Rushing Yards 113 100
- Rushing Attempts 28 20
- Yards per Rush 4.04 5.00
Net Passing Yards 261 245
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 17 - 0 48 - 32 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 261 259
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/14
- Yards per Pass Play 10.88 4.90
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/10 7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/40 9/60
Punt Returns/Yards 2/35 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 3/87 4/78
Interception Ret./Yards 1/28 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 21
Time of Possession 26:40 33:20

Team Statistics	CLE	HAR
Record	2-1	0-3
First Downs	18	23
- by Rushing	7	7
- by Passing	10	15
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	374	345
- Offensive Plays	52	70
- Yards per Play	7.19	4.93
Net Rushing Yards	113	100
- Rushing Attempts	28	20
- Yards per Rush	4.04	5.00
Net Passing Yards	261	245
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 17 - 0	48 - 32 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	261	259
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/14
- Yards per Pass Play	10.88	4.90
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/10	7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/40	9/60
Punt Returns/Yards	2/35	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	3/87	4/78
Interception Ret./Yards	1/28	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 40	OWN 21
Time of Possession	26:40	33:20

Drive Charts

Cleveland Clawz
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:31	OWN 36	1	6	Fumble
1	10:52	4:09	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
1	5:08	2:47	OWN 36	5	14	Punt
1	0:19	0:39	OPP 40	2	40	Touchdown
2	11:05	3:15	OWN 39	8	47	Field Goal
2	4:33	1:33	OPP 44	4	20	Field Goal
2	0:25	0:25	OWN 27	2	16	Half
3	9:07	3:44	OPP 46	7	23	Field Goal
3	0:51	2:32	OWN 31	5	69	Touchdown
4	7:23	5:28	OWN 20	10	40	Punt
4	0:30	0:30	OPP 37	1	-1	Game

Hartford Whalers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:29	3:37	OPP 42	7	42	Touchdown
1	6:43	1:35	OWN 22	3	2	Punt
1	2:21	2:02	OWN 4	3	-1	Punt
2	14:40	3:35	OWN 20	6	10	Punt
2	7:50	3:17	OWN 16	8	53	Interception
2	3:00	2:35	OWN 18	6	8	Punt
3	15:00	5:53	OWN 20	11	53	Field Goal
3	5:23	4:32	OWN 27	8	73	Touchdown
4	13:19	5:56	OWN 6	12	53	Punt
4	1:55	1:25	OWN 20	6	17	Downs

Game MVP: Corey Perkins, Cleveland Clawz

Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Mercury Sander	16	78	4.88	16	3
Tito Vila	9	29	3.22	10	1
Corey Perkins	2	5	2.50	6	0
Clay Dodge	1	1	1.00	1	0

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Edgar Page	10	55	5.50	20	1
Everett Levine	9	29	3.22	9	0
Seth Saylor	1	16	16.00	16	1

Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Corey Perkins	24	17	261	0/0	3	38	0	146.0

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Donnie Johnston	48	32	259	2/14	2	21	1	85.3

Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Raymond Vaughn	8	10	127	15.88	31	38	2
WR Ron Huntley	4	6	69	17.25	11	33	0
RB Mercury Sander	2	2	56	28.00	51	37	1
TE Donny Bressany	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Ralph Weiser	1	1	3	3.00	1	3	0
FB Phillip Francis	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
WR Daryl Breeze	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Clay Dodge	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Hartford	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR William Meier	7	11	72	10.29	6	18	0
WR Walter Malone	7	9	62	8.86	2	21	1
TE Courtney Poliska	6	9	29	4.83	1	10	0
WR Byron Nicholson	5	7	36	7.20	11	15	1
WR Kerry Fleischer	2	4	13	6.50	0	8	0
RB Everett Levine	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
RB Edgar Page	1	2	12	12.00	3	12	0
FB Jerry Henderson	1	2	2	2.00	0	2	0
TE Edward Pruitt	1	1	21	21.00	8	21	0
WR Mickey Blackwell	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0

Interception Statistics

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S R.J. Gilmore	1	28	28.00	0

Hartford	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Raymond Vaughn	1	0	0	0

Hartford	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Howard Beeman	0	1	0	0
Richard Guthrie	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ralph Swift	2	86	43.0	33.0	46	1

Hartford	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Walter Hardy	5	231	46.2	35.2	56	0

Kicking Statistics

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Colin Backer	3/3	2/2	0/0	41	3/3

Hartford	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Michael Bentley	1/1	1/1	0/0	44	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ron Huntley	2	35	17.5	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Desmond Maass	2	51	25.5	0
Ron Huntley	1	36	36.0	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kerry Fleischer	2	43	21.5	0
Tom Kerr	2	35	17.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ian Woods	6	0	0.0	11	32
OLB Randall Farmer	5	2	1.0	9	37
S R.J. Gilmore	5	1	0.0	16	43
ILB Doug Deaton	5	1	0.0	17	32
S Johnny Devine	4	1	0.0	9	23
CB Desmond Maass	4	0	0.0	15	27
CB Ike Force	3	3	0.0	15	30
CB Richie Figley	3	0	0.0	7	21
DT Ricky Chopper	2	0	1.0	9	22
OLB Leroy Fields	2	2	0.0	15	23
DT Josh Wells	2	1	0.0	10	22
DT Bert Hopkins	2	1	0.0	9	18
OLB Deon Bernstein	2	1	0.0	13	25
DE Pat Cortez	2	0	0.0	13	31
CB Marco Kaiser	1	2	0.0	8	42
ILB Alex Henson	1	0	0.0	2	7
S Derek Crooks	1	0	0.0	1	15
DE Vincent Dallesandro	1	0	0.0	19	44
ILB Ken Orellana	1	0	0.0	2	6

Hartford	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Phil Fordyce	6	2	0.0	28	22
CB Harry Crane	4	1	0.0	24	20
ILB Cris Seal	4	1	0.0	22	20
S Richard Guthrie	4	0	0.0	24	23
DT Ryan Kromer	3	3	0.0	24	19
DE Isaac McQuaig	3	1	0.0	14	15
CB Howard Beeman	3	0	0.0	19	19
S Bennie Palmer	3	0	0.0	8	3
ILB Pat Foley	2	0	0.0	6	4
S Orlando Brisset	1	1	0.0	20	16
DT Darren Lyon	1	1	0.0	18	14
DT Nick Baerg	1	0	0.0	10	8
WR Kerry Fleischer	1	0	---	---	---
DE Harvey Gonzalez	1	0	0.0	15	9
DE Deone Dorff	1	0	0.0	15	15
DE Marco Sutter	1	0	0.0	13	9
CB Warren Blake	1	0	0.0	13	7
S Gabe Villarrial	1	0	0.0	10	15
ILB Zach Mogolov	0	2	0.0	6	3
CB Tom Kerr	0	1	0.0	11	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Cleveland	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Ricky Chopper	1.0	0	0	22
OLB Randall Farmer	1.0	0	0	37
DE Vincent Dallesandro	0.0	1	7	44

Hartford	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Deone Dorff	1	0	15
DT Nick Baerg	0	1	8
DE Harvey Gonzalez	0	1	9

Pass Defense Statistics

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S R.J. Gilmore	5	1	1	43
S Ian Woods	4	0	0	32
CB Desmond Maass	4	0	0	27
CB Richie Figley	3	0	0	21
CB Ike Force	3	0	0	30
S Johnny Devine	2	1	0	23
DE Pat Cortez	2	0	0	31
OLB Deon Bernstein	2	0	0	25
CB Marco Kaiser	1	1	0	42
DT Ricky Chopper	1	0	0	22
ILB Alex Henson	1	0	0	7
OLB Randall Farmer	1	0	0	37
OLB Leroy Fields	1	0	0	23
ILB Ken Orellana	1	0	0	6
ILB Doug Deaton	1	0	0	32
S Derek Crooks	0	1	0	15

Hartford	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Howard Beeman	3	1	19
ILB Cris Seal	3	1	20
OLB Phil Fordyce	3	0	22
S Richard Guthrie	2	0	23
CB Harry Crane	1	1	20
S Orlando Brisset	1	0	16
DE Harvey Gonzalez	1	0	9
S Bennie Palmer	1	0	3
DE Marco Sutter	1	0	9
S Gabe Villarrial	1	0	15
CB Tom Kerr	0	1	16

Blocking Statistics

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Brian Sweeney	3	6	25	23
Rusty Lane	2	4	24	23
Ted Dunsmore	2	2	12	4
Clay Dodge	1	2	19	7
Paul Booker	1	1	10	6
Van Withrow	1	1	6	5
Teddy Meske	0	4	28	21
Maurice Mason	0	3	17	20
Deion Shaver	0	3	28	24

Hartford	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rex O'Connor	2	4	17	0	45
Craig Codeke	2	2	20	2	47
Max Lowe	2	2	5	0	26
Darryl Delgado	1	3	15	0	24
Earnest Leathers	1	1	17	0	40
Andy O'Pope	1	1	3	0	10
Artie Keating	0	2	15	0	46
Jerry Henderson	0	2	13	0	18
Edward Pruitt	0	2	10	0	13
Ricardo Enzi	0	1	5	0	4

Special Teams Statistics

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Daryl Breeze	2	16
Paul Booker	1	16
Donny Bressany	1	14
Phillip Francis	0	17
Raymond Vaughn	0	16
Tito Vila	0	16
Ron Huntley	0	15
Johnny Devine	0	13
Richie Figley	0	12
Ken Orellana	0	10
Ralph Swift	0	9
Marco Kaiser	0	9
Randall Farmer	0	8
Josh Wells	0	6
Doug Deaton	0	6
Ted Dunsmore	0	5
Teddy Meske	0	5
Roderick Urbanski	0	5
Van Withrow	0	5
Leroy Fields	0	5
Deion Shaver	0	5
Desmond Maass	0	5
Rob Carlisle	0	5
Pat Cortez	0	4
Corey Perkins	0	3
Greg Galloway	0	3
Colin Backer	0	3
Deon Bernstein	0	2
Ralph Weiser	0	1
Ricky Chopper	0	1
Bert Hopkins	0	1
Vincent Dallesandro	0	1

Hartford	Tackles	STPlays
Cris Seal	2	12
Harry Crane	1	11
Artie Keating	1	6
Max Lowe	1	6
Edgar Page	0	18
Jerry Henderson	0	17
Courtney Poliska	0	16
Kerry Fleischer	0	13
Warren Blake	0	13
Bennie Palmer	0	12
Mickey Blackwell	0	12
Bert Griffith	0	11
Tom Kerr	0	10
Zach Mogolov	0	8
Byron Nicholson	0	7
Gus Hammond	0	6
Dwight Robinson	0	6
Ricardo Enzi	0	6
Andy O'Pope	0	6
Michael Bentley	0	5
Walter Hardy	0	5
Deone Dorff	0	4
Nick Baerg	0	3
Howard Beeman	0	3
Edward Pruitt	0	3
Gabe Villarrial	0	3
Pat Foley	0	2
William Meier	0	2
Orlando Brisset	0	2
Harvey Gonzalez	0	2
Richard Guthrie	0	2
Darren Lyon	0	2
Marco Sutter	0	2
Phil Fordyce	0	2
Everett Levine	0	1
Isaac McQuaig	0	1
Ryan Kromer	0	1
Lawrence Moskowitz	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	66	6.0
Middle	10	33	3.3
Right	6	15	2.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	62	8.9
Middle	5	22	4.4
Right	8	16	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Corey Perkins	24	17	4	0	0	4	2	0	0

Hartford	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Donnie Johnston	48	32	2	2	1	4	7	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	60	10.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	4	33	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	65	10.8
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	103	25.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	32	24	144	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	7	94	7.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	21	7.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Raymond Vaughn	10	8	127	2	21
WR Ron Huntley	6	4	69	1	23
TE Donny Bressany	2	1	8	0	18
RB Mercury Sander	2	2	56	1	12
WR Ralph Weiser	1	1	3	0	12
FB Phillip Francis	1	1	-2	0	3
WR Daryl Breeze	1	0	0	0	6
FB Clay Dodge	1	0	0	0	7

Hartford	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR William Meier	11	7	0	72	0	32
TE Courtney Poliska	9	6	0	29	0	46
WR Walter Malone	9	7	1	62	1	36
WR Byron Nicholson	7	5	0	36	0	22
WR Kerry Fleischer	4	2	0	13	0	16
RB Edgar Page	2	1	0	12	0	17
FB Jerry Henderson	2	1	0	2	0	18
WR Mickey Blackwell	2	1	0	6	0	10
RB Everett Levine	1	1	0	6	0	30
TE Edward Pruitt	1	1	0	21	1	13

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mercury Sander	1	-4	-4.00	4.88

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Edgar Page	2	4	2.00	5.50
Everett Levine	1	-2	-2.00	3.22

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Corey Perkins	2	1	3	1.50	10.88

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Donnie Johnston	4	4	18	4.50	5.40

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Raymond Vaughn	2	1	3	1.50	12.70

Hartford	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Walter Malone	2	2	11	5.50	6.89
WR William Meier	1	1	3	3.00	6.55
WR Byron Nicholson	1	1	4	4.00	5.14

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Corey Perkins	1	1
Tito Vila	1	0
Mercury Sander	1	1

Hartford	Rushes	Conversions
Edgar Page	2	1
Everett Levine	1	1
Seth Saylor	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Corey Perkins	7	6	3

Hartford	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donnie Johnston	9	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Raymond Vaughn	3	3	2
WR Ron Huntley	2	2	1
WR Ralph Weiser	1	1	0
WR Daryl Breeze	1	0	0

Hartford	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR William Meier	4	2	2
WR Byron Nicholson	3	2	2
TE Courtney Poliska	1	1	0
FB Jerry Henderson	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 57,000 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,700 (21,500)
End Zone 12,400 (15,600)
Mezzanine 7,200 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (13,800)
Club Seats 7,300 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes 2,700 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,000 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,700 (21,500)
End Zone	12,400 (15,600)
Mezzanine	7,200 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (13,800)
Club Seats	7,300 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes	2,700 (4,800)