Conference Finals, 2026

played in Norfolk, VA

46 degrees, rain, 7 mph wind

Cleveland Clawz	0	14	0	0	-	14
Norfolk Vipers	7	0	3	3	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:30 NFK - Terrell Hanks 13 run (Cornell Burgess extra point)
2Q: 15:00 CLE - Donny Bressany 9 pass from Edwin Hyman (Colin Backer extra point)
2Q: 07:52 CLE - Donny Bressany 12 pass from Edwin Hyman (Colin Backer extra point)
3Q: 06:41 NFK - Cornell Burgess 46 field goal
4Q: 08:07 NFK - Cornell Burgess 26 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:30 NFK - Terrell Hanks 13 run (Cornell Burgess extra point)
2Q: 15:00 CLE - Donny Bressany 9 pass from Edwin Hyman (Colin Backer extra point)
2Q: 07:52 CLE - Donny Bressany 12 pass from Edwin Hyman (Colin Backer extra point)
3Q: 06:41 NFK - Cornell Burgess 46 field goal
4Q: 08:07 NFK - Cornell Burgess 26 field goal

Team Statistics CLE NFK
Record 12-7 12-7
First Downs 16 18
- by Rushing 4 8
- by Passing 11 9
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 262 347
- Offensive Plays 56 63
- Yards per Play 4.68 5.51
Net Rushing Yards 156 106
- Rushing Attempts 28 28
- Yards per Rush 5.57 3.79
Net Passing Yards 106 241
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 20 - 0 35 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 135 241
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/29 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 3.79 6.89
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/13 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.3 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/60 7/62
Punt Returns/Yards 4/43 2/8
Kick Returns/Yards 3/88 2/33
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 22
Time of Possession 30:10 29:50

Team Statistics	CLE	NFK
Record	12-7	12-7
First Downs	16	18
- by Rushing	4	8
- by Passing	11	9
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	262	347
- Offensive Plays	56	63
- Yards per Play	4.68	5.51
Net Rushing Yards	156	106
- Rushing Attempts	28	28
- Yards per Rush	5.57	3.79
Net Passing Yards	106	241
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 20 - 0	35 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	135	241
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/29	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	3.79	6.89
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/13	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.3	6.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/60	7/62
Punt Returns/Yards	4/43	2/8
Kick Returns/Yards	3/88	2/33
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 22
Time of Possession	30:10	29:50

Drive Charts

Cleveland Clawz
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:08	4:27	OWN 22	9	34	Downs
1	4:24	4:33	OWN 26	7	74	Touchdown
2	12:06	4:20	OWN 24	8	76	Touchdown
2	5:38	1:51	OWN 35	5	9	Punt
2	0:18	0:18	OWN 20	1	3	Half
3	15:00	4:43	OWN 29	7	10	Punt
3	6:35	2:58	OWN 40	5	6	Punt
3	1:40	4:04	OWN 3	8	43	Punt
4	8:00	2:53	OWN 30	3	-5	Punt
4	1:54	0:37	OWN 41	3	8	Punt

Norfolk Vipers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:52	OWN 19	3	7	Punt
1	8:41	4:17	OWN 44	9	56	Touchdown
2	14:51	2:45	OWN 20	5	21	Punt
2	7:20	1:42	OWN 33	3	7	Punt
2	3:47	3:29	OWN 8	8	36	Punt
3	10:17	0:48	OWN 7	3	4	Punt
3	9:29	2:54	50	5	21	Field Goal
3	3:37	1:57	OWN 9	5	36	Punt
4	12:36	4:36	OWN 23	9	68	Field Goal
4	5:07	3:13	OWN 28	8	38	Missed FG
4	1:17	1:17	OWN 4	6	58	Missed FG

Game MVP: Edwin Hyman, Cleveland Clawz

Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Mercury Sander	22	96	4.36	34	2	0
Tito Vila	6	60	10.00	46	1	0

Norfolk	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Terrell Hanks	17	58	3.41	13	2	1
Grant Bechtel	7	47	6.71	11	1	0
Leslie McFarlane	2	1	0.50	1	0	0
Carl Platt	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
Wayne Matthews	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Edwin Hyman	25	20	135	3/29	2	14	0	115.8

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grant Bechtel	35	22	241	0/0	0	36	0	83.1

Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Donny Bressany	5	5	44	8.80	9	12	2
WR Ron Huntley	5	7	28	5.60	2	14	0
WR Raymond Vaughn	4	6	26	6.50	6	12	0
WR Daryl Breeze	2	2	11	5.50	0	12	0
WR Ralph Weiser	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
FB Phillip Francis	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Paul Booker	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Mitch Starks	1	1	7	7.00	2	7	0
FB Clay Dodge	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Norfolk	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Ronald Kramer	5	9	37	7.40	0	13
RB Terrell Hanks	5	7	69	13.80	39	30
WR Corey Washington	3	4	51	17.00	25	36
WR Dustin Hastings	2	5	19	9.50	4	12
TE Ed Hickman	2	3	16	8.00	0	9
WR Kenyon Lenihan	2	4	27	13.50	12	17
RB Leslie McFarlane	1	1	9	9.00	1	9
TE Bryan Mangum	1	1	10	10.00	5	10
TE Wayne Matthews	1	1	3	3.00	3	3

Interception Statistics

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Norfolk	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov
Ron Huntley	1	0
Mercury Sander	1	0
Brian Sweeney	0	1

Norfolk	Recov	Force
Wayne Matthews	1	0
Charles Robbins	0	1
Kerry Covington	0	1

Punting Statistics

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ralph Swift	6	257	42.8	41.5	48	5

Norfolk	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Stuckey	6	302	50.3	39.8	60	3

Kicking Statistics

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

Norfolk	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cornell Burgess	2/4	1/3	0/2	46	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ron Huntley	4	43	10.8	0

Norfolk	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terrell Hanks	2	8	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Andy Mabe	3	88	29.3	0

Norfolk	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Scott Maru	1	9	9.0	0
Terrell Hanks	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
CB Andy Mabe	7	0	17	28
S Johnny Devine	6	2	13	25
OLB Deon Bernstein	4	1	20	15
DE Vincent Dallesandro	4	0	23	31
OLB Randall Farmer	3	5	13	22
S R.J. Gilmore	3	4	25	33
DE Pat Cortez	3	1	19	25
OLB Leroy Fields	3	0	19	15
DT Ronald Corbett	3	0	16	25
CB Desmond Maass	3	0	20	20
ILB Doug Deaton	2	1	20	18
DT Bert Hopkins	2	0	18	9
CB Marco Kaiser	1	1	19	26
ILB Ken Orellana	1	1	5	8
DT Josh Wells	1	0	14	14
S Derek Crooks	1	0	5	16
DE Roderick Urbanski	1	0	13	13

Norfolk	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Jumbo Winslett	7	0	2.0	22	25
ILB Zach McMeel	6	1	0.0	22	16
S Buddy Huffman	5	2	0.0	21	24
OLB Vince Champion	4	2	1.0	28	24
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	3	2	0.0	13	17
DE Randy Reeves	3	1	0.0	21	20
DT Brad Franklin	3	1	0.0	18	19
S Cornelius Barber	3	1	0.0	25	24
DT Charles Robbins	3	0	0.0	14	14
S Paul Dunphy	3	0	0.0	8	12
DT Bart Daniels	2	1	0.0	19	19
DT Trent Garrison	2	0	0.0	19	12
CB Bruce Williams	1	2	0.0	14	15
CB Wendell Ferguson	1	0	0.0	14	11
S Lamont Rattay	1	0	0.0	2	5
OLB Rob Dawson	1	0	0.0	4	2
CB Patrick Patton	1	0	0.0	24	19
CB Jorge Meacham	0	1	0.0	14	17

Pass Rush Statistics

Cleveland	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Ricky Chopper	1	1	0	12
DT Josh Wells	1	0	0	14
DE Vincent Dallesandro	0	3	3	31
DE Roderick Urbanski	0	1	1	13
OLB Deon Bernstein	0	1	1	15

Norfolk	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jumbo Winslett	2.0	1	0	0	25
OLB Vince Champion	1.0	0	0	1	24

Pass Defense Statistics

Cleveland	Caught	PPlay
CB Andy Mabe	7	28
OLB Randall Farmer	3	22
OLB Deon Bernstein	3	15
CB Desmond Maass	2	20
S R.J. Gilmore	2	33
S Johnny Devine	1	25
S Derek Crooks	1	16
DE Pat Cortez	1	25
DE Vincent Dallesandro	1	31
DT Ronald Corbett	1	25

Norfolk	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Cornelius Barber	3	2	24
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	3	0	17
DE Jumbo Winslett	2	0	25
ILB Zach McMeel	2	0	16
OLB Vince Champion	2	0	24
S Buddy Huffman	2	0	24
S Paul Dunphy	2	0	12
DT Bart Daniels	1	0	19
CB Wendell Ferguson	1	0	11
S Lamont Rattay	1	0	5
CB Patrick Patton	1	0	19
CB Bruce Williams	0	1	15

Blocking Statistics

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brian Sweeney	3	8	28	1	27
Teddy Meske	2	4	28	0	28
Deion Shaver	2	3	28	1	28
Ted Dunsmore	1	3	10	0	6
Rusty Lane	1	2	24	1	26
Donny Bressany	1	1	15	0	14
Maurice Mason	0	4	18	0	22
Paul Booker	0	3	16	0	7

Norfolk	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Kerry Covington	3	7	27	34
Riddick Leak	2	5	26	35
Shawn Hanks	1	3	24	27
Terrance Peralta	1	1	22	28
Bruce Mueller	0	3	24	28
Carl Platt	0	1	12	11
Ed Hickman	0	1	13	14

Special Teams Statistics

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Johnny Devine	2	17
Randall Farmer	1	15
Paul Booker	1	13
Andy Mabe	0	20
Tito Vila	0	19
Phillip Francis	0	13
Daryl Breeze	0	13
Ron Huntley	0	12
Raymond Vaughn	0	11
Ralph Swift	0	8
Roderick Urbanski	0	8
R.J. Gilmore	0	8
Pat Cortez	0	7
Ken Orellana	0	7
Donny Bressany	0	6
Ted Dunsmore	0	6
Teddy Meske	0	6
Van Withrow	0	6
Rob Carlisle	0	6
Josh Wells	0	5
Leroy Fields	0	5
Deion Shaver	0	5
Doug Deaton	0	5
Ike Force	0	4
Ricky Chopper	0	3
Alex Henson	0	3
Derek Crooks	0	3
Vincent Dallesandro	0	3
Desmond Maass	0	3
Ralph Weiser	0	2
Marco Kaiser	0	2
Mitch Starks	0	2
Ian Woods	0	2
Colin Backer	0	1
Bert Hopkins	0	1
Maurice Mason	0	1
Ronald Corbett	0	1
Deon Bernstein	0	1

Norfolk	Tackles	STPlays
Ed Hickman	3	16
Wayne Matthews	1	17
Paul Dunphy	1	12
Kerry Covington	1	9
Cornelius Barber	1	6
Leslie McFarlane	0	23
Rob Peterson	0	15
Carl Platt	0	15
Grant Rumph	0	14
Scott Maru	0	12
Terrell Hanks	0	12
Terrance Peralta	0	10
Hardy Stephens	0	10
Randy Hernandez	0	10
Wendell Ferguson	0	9
Cornell Burgess	0	8
Jumbo Winslett	0	6
Zach McMeel	0	6
Craig Stuckey	0	6
Patrick Patton	0	6
Rob Dawson	0	5
Lamont Rattay	0	4
Tom Rohr	0	4
Shawn Hanks	0	3
Russell Thamilarasan	0	3
Bryan Mangum	0	3
Corey Washington	0	2
Vince Champion	0	2
Buddy Huffman	0	2
Brad Franklin	0	1
Bruce Williams	0	1
Riddick Leak	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	24	4.0
Middle	17	82	4.8
Right	5	50	10.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	13	2.2
Middle	16	71	4.4
Right	6	22	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Edwin Hyman	25	20	0	1	0	3	0	1	0

Norfolk	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grant Bechtel	35	22	2	2	3	0	6	5	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	11	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	15	86	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	2	2	24	12.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	14	4.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	63	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	68	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	74	6.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	36	12.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Ron Huntley	7	5	28	25
WR Raymond Vaughn	6	4	26	23
TE Donny Bressany	5	5	44	14
WR Daryl Breeze	2	2	11	10
WR Ralph Weiser	1	1	5	17
FB Phillip Francis	1	1	11	4
TE Paul Booker	1	1	3	7
WR Mitch Starks	1	1	7	4
FB Clay Dodge	1	0	0	11

Norfolk	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ronald Kramer	9	5	1	37	0	27
RB Terrell Hanks	7	5	1	69	1	25
WR Dustin Hastings	5	2	0	19	0	22
WR Corey Washington	4	3	0	51	1	16
WR Kenyon Lenihan	4	2	1	27	0	21
TE Ed Hickman	3	2	0	16	0	14
RB Leslie McFarlane	1	1	0	9	0	9
TE Bryan Mangum	1	1	0	10	0	11
TE Wayne Matthews	1	1	0	3	0	13

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mercury Sander	2	4	2.00	4.36

Norfolk	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Terrell Hanks	1	13	13.00	3.41

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Edwin Hyman	2	2	21	10.50	5.40

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grant Bechtel	3	1	3	1.00	6.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Donny Bressany	2	2	21	10.50	8.80

Norfolk	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dustin Hastings	1	0	0	0.00	3.80
WR Ronald Kramer	1	1	3	3.00	4.11
RB Terrell Hanks	1	0	0	0.00	9.86

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Tito Vila	2	1
Mercury Sander	1	0

Norfolk	Rushes	Conversions
Terrell Hanks	3	1
Grant Bechtel	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Edwin Hyman	8	7	5

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grant Bechtel	9	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ron Huntley	4	3	3
TE Donny Bressany	2	2	1
FB Phillip Francis	1	1	1
WR Daryl Breeze	1	1	0

Norfolk	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dustin Hastings	3	1	0
WR Kenyon Lenihan	3	2	1
RB Terrell Hanks	2	1	0
WR Ronald Kramer	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 80,400 (82,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,300 (21,000)
End Zone 15,200 (15,200)
Mezzanine 8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats 13,400 (13,400)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (4,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	80,400 (82,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,300 (21,000)
End Zone	15,200 (15,200)
Mezzanine	8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats	13,400 (13,400)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (4,500)