Wild Card Playoff Games, 2027

played in Newark, NJ

29 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Little Rock Toads	0	3	0	0	-	3
Newark Bulldogs	7	7	7	10	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:00 NWK - Fred Preston 10 pass from Travis Kennedy (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
2Q: 02:14 NWK - Frankie Hamrick 28 pass from Travis Kennedy (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
2Q: 00:22 LRK - Jumbo Elmore 31 field goal
3Q: 13:43 NWK - Junior El Nino 64 interception return (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
4Q: 08:27 NWK - Rich Sparkman 6 run (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
4Q: 00:31 NWK - Trevor Hodgson 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:00 NWK - Fred Preston 10 pass from Travis Kennedy (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
2Q: 02:14 NWK - Frankie Hamrick 28 pass from Travis Kennedy (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
2Q: 00:22 LRK - Jumbo Elmore 31 field goal
3Q: 13:43 NWK - Junior El Nino 64 interception return (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
4Q: 08:27 NWK - Rich Sparkman 6 run (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
4Q: 00:31 NWK - Trevor Hodgson 38 field goal

Team Statistics LRK NWK
Record 11-6 12-5
First Downs 15 17
- by Rushing 5 8
- by Passing 8 8
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 294 276
- Offensive Plays 64 58
- Yards per Play 4.59 4.76
Net Rushing Yards 134 127
- Rushing Attempts 27 32
- Yards per Rush 4.96 3.97
Net Passing Yards 160 149
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 22 - 2 25 - 15 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 171 156
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 4.32 5.73
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/16 5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.0 9.4
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/75 4/20
Punt Returns/Yards 2/9 3/27
Kick Returns/Yards 3/51 2/58
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 2/64
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 35
Time of Possession 31:43 28:17

Team Statistics	LRK	NWK
Record	11-6	12-5
First Downs	15	17
- by Rushing	5	8
- by Passing	8	8
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	294	276
- Offensive Plays	64	58
- Yards per Play	4.59	4.76
Net Rushing Yards	134	127
- Rushing Attempts	27	32
- Yards per Rush	4.96	3.97
Net Passing Yards	160	149
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 22 - 2	25 - 15 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	171	156
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	4.32	5.73
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/16	5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.0	9.4
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/75	4/20
Punt Returns/Yards	2/9	3/27
Kick Returns/Yards	3/51	2/58
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	2/64
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 35
Time of Possession	31:43	28:17

Drive Charts

Little Rock Toads
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:53	2:43	OWN 33	6	33	Missed FG
1	5:24	1:31	OWN 19	3	7	Punt
1	2:35	2:42	OWN 23	5	-12	Punt
2	14:45	1:54	50	5	10	Interception
2	11:12	5:14	OWN 20	9	31	Punt
2	2:01	1:46	OWN 21	6	65	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:27	OWN 20	3	4	Interception
3	13:33	3:34	OWN 19	5	21	Punt
3	7:35	6:29	OWN 7	11	52	Punt
4	13:34	1:14	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
4	8:17	3:28	OWN 20	7	27	Punt
4	0:23	0:23	OWN 20	2	7	Game

Newark Bulldogs
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:07	OWN 48	8	52	Touchdown
1	8:10	2:46	OWN 48	7	-3	Punt
1	3:53	1:18	OWN 35	3	-6	Interception
2	14:53	0:08	OWN 41	1	9	Fumble
2	12:51	1:39	OWN 20	4	31	Punt
2	5:58	3:57	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
2	0:15	0:15	OWN 36	1	0	Half
3	9:59	2:24	OWN 25	5	23	Punt
3	1:06	2:32	OWN 20	7	30	Punt
4	12:20	4:03	OWN 38	9	62	Touchdown
4	4:49	2:26	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
4	2:23	2:00	OPP 22	3	1	Field Goal

Game MVP: Junior El Nino, Newark Bulldogs

Rushing Statistics

Little Rock	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dave Cassidy	18	82	4.56	16	3
Gary Rauch	6	15	2.50	5	0
Roosevelt Mathews	2	30	15.00	21	1
Nick Bradford	1	7	7.00	7	0

Newark	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Rich Sparkman	16	92	5.75	20	4	1
Brandon Collins	10	32	3.20	8	0	0
Roger Sherman	6	3	0.50	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

Little Rock	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Roosevelt Mathews	32	20	150	2/11	0	21	2	47.6
Nick Bradford	3	2	21	0/0	0	14	0	86.8

Newark	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Travis Kennedy	25	15	156	1/7	2	30	1	88.1

Receiving Statistics

Little Rock	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Artie Abrams	7	7	61	8.71	13	16
WR John Woodcock	7	15	69	9.86	11	21
RB Dave Cassidy	3	3	13	4.33	9	16
WR Jackie Reese	2	2	14	7.00	0	9
TE Frank Catalano	1	2	8	8.00	0	8
FB Roosevelt Ward	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
TE Rob Berrino	1	3	7	7.00	0	7
WR Damon Harding	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Newark	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Rich Sparkman	4	5	17	4.25	12	12	0
WR Jessie Lucas	3	4	26	8.67	7	13	0
TE Fred Preston	3	4	13	4.33	0	10	1
WR Frankie Hamrick	3	7	50	16.67	0	28	1
WR Jose Hoover	1	2	20	20.00	5	20	0
WR Martin Welborn	1	3	30	30.00	8	30	0

Interception Statistics

Little Rock	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Kelvin Fackleman	1	0	0.00	0

Newark	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Junior El Nino	2	64	32.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Little Rock	Fumb	Recov	Force
Terrell Voigt	1	0	0
Roosevelt Mathews	1	0	0
Dave Cassidy	1	0	0
Vernon Joseph	0	1	1
Quinn Perry	0	1	0
Parker Carruthers	0	1	0

Newark	Fumb	Recov	Force
Rich Sparkman	1	0	0
Fred Preston	0	1	0
Terrell Rice	0	0	1
Drew Ludwig	0	0	1
Craig Downs	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Little Rock	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Roosevelt Luzar	7	335	47.9	35.4	53	1

Newark	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Drew Compton	5	230	46.0	36.2	50	2

Kicking Statistics

Little Rock	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jumbo Elmore	1/2	0/1	0/1	31	0/0

Newark	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Trevor Hodgson	1/1	0/0	0/0	38	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Little Rock	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terrell Voigt	2	9	4.5	0

Newark	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tyrus Holliday	2	15	7.5	0
Brandon Collins	1	12	12.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Little Rock	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Artie Abrams	3	51	17.0	0

Newark	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jessie Lucas	2	58	29.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Little Rock	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Vernon Joseph	8	0	1.0	26	26
ILB Brad Heurtin	8	1	0.0	19	17
ILB Cary Glover	6	2	0.0	25	11
ILB Peter Jacobs	4	2	0.0	19	10
S Kelvin Fackleman	4	2	0.0	32	26
S Victor Wilcox	3	4	0.0	32	26
CB Leland Hoover	3	2	0.0	30	26
OLB Andrew Stargell	2	1	0.0	21	20
DT Donovan Punzel	1	2	0.0	16	10
CB J.T. Smith	1	1	0.0	16	14
DT Kevin Perkins	1	0	0.0	20	11
OLB Raymond Van Cleave	1	0	0.0	11	3
QB Roosevelt Mathews	1	0	---	---	---
DE Jared Mathis	1	0	0.0	13	19
CB Dennis Bronson	1	0	0.0	25	26
DE Bentley Lea	1	0	0.0	26	21

Newark	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Bernie Jefferson	8	1	0.0	16	28
ILB Hardy Henry	7	0	0.0	15	20
S Derek Crooks	6	0	0.0	26	35
S Junior El Nino	5	3	0.0	27	35
CB Andrew Anglewicz	5	0	0.0	23	34
DT Zach Reed	4	1	0.0	22	19
CB Craig Downs	3	2	0.0	27	35
DT Chuck Briggs	3	1	0.0	20	25
DE Terrell Rice	2	0	1.0	17	33
ILB Drew Ludwig	2	2	0.0	12	17
OLB Renaldo Davey	2	0	0.0	18	20
OLB Mickey Vedros	1	0	1.0	7	8
CB Ellis Garrido	1	1	0.0	6	11
OLB Reggie Havens	1	1	0.0	12	17
DT Ray Hatcher	1	0	0.0	9	18
WR Martin Welborn	1	0	---	---	---
DE Vernon Franklin	0	2	0.0	21	31
CB Jesse Graham	0	1	0.0	1	6

Pass Rush Statistics

Little Rock	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Vernon Joseph	1.0	0	2	5	26
CB Dennis Bronson	0.0	1	0	0	26
DT Kevin Perkins	0.0	0	1	0	11
OLB Andrew Stargell	0.0	0	1	0	20

Newark	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Terrell Rice	1.0	0	3	33
OLB Mickey Vedros	1.0	0	0	8
DE Stephen Brigham	0.0	1	1	9

Pass Defense Statistics

Little Rock	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Brad Heurtin	2	1	0	17
ILB Cary Glover	2	0	0	11
S Victor Wilcox	2	0	0	26
CB Leland Hoover	2	0	0	26
OLB Andrew Stargell	2	0	0	20
S Kelvin Fackleman	1	1	1	26
DT Donovan Punzel	1	0	0	10
OLB Vernon Joseph	1	0	0	26
CB J.T. Smith	1	0	0	14
CB Dennis Bronson	1	0	0	26

Newark	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Derek Crooks	5	1	0	35
CB Andrew Anglewicz	4	1	0	34
ILB Hardy Henry	4	0	0	20
CB Bernie Jefferson	4	0	0	28
CB Craig Downs	3	0	0	35
S Junior El Nino	2	2	2	35
S Clay Barrett	0	1	0	3

Blocking Statistics

Little Rock	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Quinn Perry	3	5	27	0	35
Parker Carruthers	2	12	27	0	35
Oscar Foreman	1	2	27	0	35
Kurt Everitt	0	2	27	1	36
Roosevelt Ward	0	2	13	0	14
Chuck Adams	0	1	27	1	35

Newark	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Norman Enright	3	7	30	0	26
Jessie German	3	7	27	0	26
Wendell Sands	3	6	29	0	26
Kurt Bensen	3	3	27	0	26
Quinn Glover	1	1	9	0	5
Richie Stith	0	5	27	0	26
Fred Preston	0	2	31	0	26
Trent Wright	0	1	5	0	0
Rich Sparkman	0	0	16	1	18

Special Teams Tackles

Little Rock	Tackles	STPlays
Terrell Voigt	2	21
Gary Rauch	2	14
J.T. Smith	1	30
Bentley Lea	1	2

Newark	Tackles	STPlays
Tyrus Holliday	2	19
Craig Downs	1	14
Martin Welborn	1	7
Junior El Nino	1	4

Participation

Little Rock	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Oscar Foreman	27	35	---	---	8	70
Jackie Reese	27	34	---	---	7	68
John Woodcock	27	36	---	---	5	68
Leland Hoover	---	---	30	26	8	64
Kurt Everitt	27	36	---	---	---	63
Quinn Perry	27	35	---	---	---	62
Chuck Adams	27	35	---	---	---	62
Parker Carruthers	27	35	---	---	---	62
J.T. Smith	---	---	16	14	30	60
Victor Wilcox	---	---	32	26	2	60
Kelvin Fackleman	---	---	32	26	---	58
Roosevelt Mathews	22	34	---	---	---	56
Vernon Joseph	---	---	26	26	---	52
Dennis Bronson	---	---	25	26	1	52
Dave Cassidy	21	26	---	---	3	50
Frank Catalano	19	23	---	---	7	49
Bentley Lea	---	---	26	21	2	49
Artie Abrams	11	20	---	---	13	44
Brad Heurtin	---	---	19	17	7	43
Andrew Stargell	---	---	21	20	---	41
Cary Glover	---	---	25	11	2	38
Kevin Perkins	---	---	20	11	6	37
Roosevelt Ward	13	14	---	---	10	37
Cris Moynihan	---	---	17	16	---	33
Raymond Van Cleave	---	---	11	3	18	32
Jared Mathis	---	---	13	19	---	32
Gary Rauch	6	11	---	---	14	31
Donovan Punzel	---	---	16	10	4	30
Peter Jacobs	---	---	19	10	1	30
Terrell Voigt	0	2	---	---	21	23
Rob Berrino	7	8	---	---	7	22
Al Forguson	1	4	---	---	15	20
Sean Everett	0	1	---	---	10	11
Mack Milum	0	2	---	---	9	11
Bobby Brock	0	2	---	---	9	11
T.J. Marschalk	0	2	---	---	9	11
Damon Harding	3	6	---	---	1	10
Vernon Simmons	0	0	---	---	9	9
Nick Bradford	5	3	---	---	---	8
Roosevelt Luzar	0	0	---	---	7	7
Darryl Foreman	---	---	4	1	1	6
Jumbo Elmore	0	0	---	---	4	4
Max Abrams	---	---	0	3	---	3
Thomas Brickner	0	2	---	---	1	3
Vince Bristol	0	0	---	---	2	2
Ed Bosela	0	1	---	---	---	1

Newark	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Craig Downs	---	---	27	35	14	76
Fred Preston	31	26	---	---	14	71
Junior El Nino	---	---	27	35	4	66
Derek Crooks	---	---	26	35	2	63
Wendell Sands	29	26	---	---	6	61
Andrew Anglewicz	---	---	23	34	2	59
Travis Kennedy	32	26	---	---	---	58
Terrell Rice	---	---	17	33	8	58
Norman Enright	30	26	---	---	---	56
Roger Sherman	28	14	---	---	13	55
Kurt Bensen	27	26	---	---	---	53
Jessie German	27	26	---	---	---	53
Vernon Franklin	---	---	21	31	1	53
Richie Stith	27	26	---	---	---	53
Chuck Briggs	---	---	20	25	5	50
Bernie Jefferson	---	---	16	28	2	46
Zach Reed	---	---	22	19	3	44
Jose Hoover	14	13	---	---	16	43
Renaldo Davey	---	---	18	20	5	43
Hardy Henry	---	---	15	20	5	40
Jessie Lucas	17	20	---	---	2	39
Rich Sparkman	16	18	---	---	4	38
Drew Ludwig	---	---	12	17	7	36
Frankie Hamrick	16	18	---	---	1	35
Brandon Collins	10	8	---	---	16	34
Reggie Havens	---	---	12	17	3	32
Ellis Garrido	---	---	6	11	14	31
Mickey Vedros	---	---	7	8	15	30
Tyrus Holliday	8	2	---	---	19	29
Ray Hatcher	---	---	9	18	1	28
Martin Welborn	11	6	---	---	7	24
Quinn Glover	9	5	---	---	9	23
Stephen Brigham	---	---	8	9	1	18
Matthew Jeffries	---	---	9	3	3	15
Jesse Graham	---	---	1	6	8	15
Shane Brush	6	0	---	---	6	12
Trent Wright	5	0	---	---	6	11
Damon Gilmore	4	0	---	---	4	8
Trevor Hodgson	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jude Russ	5	0	---	---	2	7
Drew Compton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ryker McIntyre	0	0	---	---	6	6
Shannon Murray	---	---	0	0	6	6
Clay Barrett	---	---	1	3	---	4
Antonio Tyler	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mark Fletcher	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	30	7.5
Middle	19	82	4.3
Right	4	22	5.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	41	4.1
Middle	17	52	3.1
Right	5	34	6.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Little Rock	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Roosevelt Mathews	32	20	2	0	1	4	4	0	2
Nick Bradford	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Newark	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Travis Kennedy	25	15	3	0	2	2	4	5	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	-3	-1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	62	4.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	7	92	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	20	3.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	1	0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	3	15	2.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	64	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	76	15.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Little Rock	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR John Woodcock	15	7	1	69	2	36
WR Artie Abrams	7	7	0	61	0	20
RB Dave Cassidy	3	3	0	13	0	26
TE Rob Berrino	3	1	0	7	0	8
TE Frank Catalano	2	1	0	8	0	23
WR Damon Harding	2	0	0	0	0	6
WR Jackie Reese	2	2	0	14	0	34
FB Roosevelt Ward	1	1	0	-1	0	14

Newark	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Frankie Hamrick	7	3	1	50	1	18
RB Rich Sparkman	5	4	0	17	0	18
WR Jessie Lucas	4	3	0	26	0	20
TE Fred Preston	4	3	0	13	0	26
WR Martin Welborn	3	1	1	30	1	6
WR Jose Hoover	2	1	0	20	1	13

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Little Rock	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Newark	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rich Sparkman	1	6	6.00	5.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Little Rock	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Newark	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Travis Kennedy	1	1	10	10.00	6.24

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Little Rock	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Newark	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Fred Preston	1	1	10	10.00	3.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Little Rock	Rushes	Conversions
Dave Cassidy	4	1
Roosevelt Mathews	1	1
Gary Rauch	1	0

Newark	Rushes	Conversions
Roger Sherman	2	0
Rich Sparkman	1	1
Brandon Collins	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Little Rock	Att	Comp	Conversions
Roosevelt Mathews	9	6	4

Newark	Att	Comp	Conversions
Travis Kennedy	9	4	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Little Rock	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Artie Abrams	3	3	1
WR John Woodcock	3	1	1
WR Jackie Reese	2	2	2
TE Rob Berrino	1	0	0

Newark	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Frankie Hamrick	4	1	1
WR Jose Hoover	2	1	1
RB Rich Sparkman	1	1	1
TE Fred Preston	1	1	1
WR Martin Welborn	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 87,900 (87,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,000 (21,000)
End Zone 15,100 (15,100)
Mezzanine 8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (13,300)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	87,900 (87,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,000 (21,000)
End Zone	15,100 (15,100)
Mezzanine	8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (13,300)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)