Wild Card Playoff Games, 2028

Game MVP: Don Downing, Orlando Pirates

played in Orlando, FL

79 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Drive Charts

Rushing Statistics

Passing Statistics

Receiving Statistics

Interception Statistics

Fumble Statistics

Punting Statistics

Kicking Statistics

Punt Return Statistics

Kick Return Statistics

Defensive Statistics

Pass Rush Statistics

Pass Defense Statistics

Blocking Statistics

Special Teams Tackles

Participation

Directional Rushing Statistics

Detailed Passing Statistics

Directional Passing Statistics

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Third Down Passing Statistics

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Texas Trojans	3	0	7	6	-	16
Orlando Pirates	10	7	7	10	-	34

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:01 ORL - Colin Backer 49 field goal
1Q: 04:03 ORL - Winfred Hearon 13 pass from Don Downing (Colin Backer extra point)
1Q: 01:33 TEX - Seth Armstrong 38 field goal
2Q: 01:43 ORL - Edward Stephenson 10 pass from Don Downing (Colin Backer extra point)
3Q: 11:14 TEX - Tyrone Robinson 4 run (Seth Armstrong extra point)
3Q: 04:04 ORL - Winfred Hearon 2 run (Colin Backer extra point)
4Q: 11:09 ORL - Colin Backer 54 field goal
4Q: 02:00 ORL - Anthony Carlisle 54 interception return (Colin Backer extra point)
4Q: 00:17 TEX - Terrance Wiggins 24 pass from Dan Lester (Dan Lester pass for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:01 ORL - Colin Backer 49 field goal
1Q: 04:03 ORL - Winfred Hearon 13 pass from Don Downing (Colin Backer extra point)
1Q: 01:33 TEX - Seth Armstrong 38 field goal
2Q: 01:43 ORL - Edward Stephenson 10 pass from Don Downing (Colin Backer extra point)
3Q: 11:14 TEX - Tyrone Robinson 4 run (Seth Armstrong extra point)
3Q: 04:04 ORL - Winfred Hearon 2 run (Colin Backer extra point)
4Q: 11:09 ORL - Colin Backer 54 field goal
4Q: 02:00 ORL - Anthony Carlisle 54 interception return (Colin Backer extra point)
4Q: 00:17 TEX - Terrance Wiggins 24 pass from Dan Lester (Dan Lester pass for conversion failed)

Team Statistics TEX ORL
Record 11-6 11-6
First Downs 16 26
- by Rushing 3 9
- by Passing 12 16
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 305 369
- Offensive Plays 46 72
- Yards per Play 6.63 5.13
Net Rushing Yards 76 146
- Rushing Attempts 12 36
- Yards per Rush 6.33 4.06
Net Passing Yards 229 223
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 20 - 1 36 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 237 223
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/8 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.74 6.19
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/10 9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 4.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/15 2/10
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/17
Kick Returns/Yards 5/124 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/54
2pt Conversions 1/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 28
Time of Possession 20:43 39:17

Team Statistics	TEX	ORL
Record	11-6	11-6
First Downs	16	26
- by Rushing	3	9
- by Passing	12	16
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	305	369
- Offensive Plays	46	72
- Yards per Play	6.63	5.13
Net Rushing Yards	76	146
- Rushing Attempts	12	36
- Yards per Rush	6.33	4.06
Net Passing Yards	229	223
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 20 - 1	36 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	237	223
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/8	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.74	6.19
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/10	9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	4.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/15	2/10
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/17
Kick Returns/Yards	5/124	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/54
2pt Conversions	1/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 28
Time of Possession	20:43	39:17

Texas Trojans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:53	3:03	OWN 20	6	36	Punt
1	3:56	2:30	OWN 35	5	44	Field Goal
2	11:48	1:41	OWN 2	3	6	Punt
2	8:01	2:58	OWN 20	6	41	Missed FG
2	1:35	1:12	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	15:00	3:55	OWN 43	7	57	Touchdown
3	3:57	1:49	OWN 40	3	5	Punt
4	11:04	3:22	OWN 31	5	22	Punt
4	2:18	0:29	OWN 2	2	16	Interception
4	1:49	1:47	OWN 28	6	72	Touchdown

Orlando Pirates
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:07	OWN 20	7	48	Field Goal
1	7:50	3:54	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
1	1:26	4:38	OWN 20	8	28	Punt
2	10:07	2:06	OPP 49	3	6	Punt
2	5:03	3:28	OWN 46	13	54	Touchdown
2	0:23	0:23	OWN 43	3	0	Half
3	11:05	7:08	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
3	2:08	6:04	OWN 20	10	43	Field Goal
4	7:42	5:24	OWN 20	7	35	Punt

Texas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Tyrone Robinson	10	67	6.70	32	2	1
Curtis Sandmeyer	2	9	4.50	9	0	0

Orlando	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Winfred Hearon	29	122	4.21	18	2	1
Ray Nixon	5	9	1.80	4	0	0
Don Downing	2	15	7.50	10	1	0

Texas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Lester	32	20	237	2/8	1	29	1	82.4

Orlando	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Downing	36	24	223	0/0	2	22	0	101.9

Texas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dwayne Mathis	5	10	41	8.20	5	12	0
TE Jerald Atkins	3	4	20	6.67	2	10	0
RB Tyrone Robinson	2	3	4	2.00	0	4	0
WR Terrance Wiggins	2	3	37	18.50	13	24	1
FB Pete Green	2	2	28	14.00	19	25	0
WR Leland Perrigo	2	2	45	22.50	2	29	0
WR Albert Gerhardt	2	5	47	23.50	15	24	0
RB Curtis Sandmeyer	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Steven Jefferson	1	2	13	13.00	0	13	0

Orlando	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Edward Stephenson	6	10	65	10.83	41	19	1
WR Corey Washington	5	7	48	9.60	14	22	0
RB Winfred Hearon	4	6	22	5.50	12	13	1
TE J.J. Barber	3	3	19	6.33	0	11	0
TE Jose Hoffman	2	6	22	11.00	6	16	0
WR Tommie Lyon	2	2	37	18.50	6	21	0
WR Shannon Watkins	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
FB Leland Prall	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0

Texas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Orlando	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Anthony Carlisle	1	54	54.00	1

Texas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Orlando	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Texas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Shaun Antel	5	235	47.0	31.6	55	0

Orlando	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lionel Hammond	3	136	45.3	38.7	50	2

Texas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Seth Armstrong	1/2	0/1	0/1	38	1/1

Orlando	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Colin Backer	2/2	2/2	1/1	54	4/4

Texas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Orlando	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Escobar	2	17	8.5	0

Texas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dwayne Mathis	4	107	26.8	0
Leland Perrigo	1	17	17.0	0

Orlando	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Texas	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jim Andersen	10	1	19	19
ILB Phillip Poston	8	1	21	22
S Russell Zimmerman	7	3	36	35
CB Corwin Lehr	6	1	33	35
OLB Billy Drieberg	5	3	34	32
OLB Darnell Hughes	4	3	30	24
CB Frank Babb	3	1	13	23
S Wes Vaughn	3	1	16	25
DE Alonzo Lucas	2	3	24	29
DT Jerald Whalen	2	1	24	18
CB Jacob Dawson	2	1	33	35
ILB Wendell Porter	1	1	21	13
DE Lance Crummey	1	1	18	22
S B.J. Crossman	1	0	23	19
DT Archie Fox	1	0	18	14
ILB Cole Berry	1	0	4	4
DE Butch Scott	0	2	12	7
DT Seth Nowakowski	0	1	14	18

Orlando	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ronnie Escobar	5	0	0.0	12	33
ILB Melvin Kemp	4	0	0.0	12	26
DE Teddy Czech	3	1	1.0	9	23
CB Bernard Rivers	3	1	0.0	12	30
OLB Patrick Bagwell	3	0	0.0	12	27
DE Sean Burks	2	0	1.0	11	27
S Victor Wilcox	2	3	0.0	12	34
CB Wayne Browning	2	1	0.0	7	23
CB Anthony Carlisle	2	0	0.0	0	10
DT Willard Peters	1	2	0.0	7	18
DT Chase Monroe	1	1	0.0	5	15
OLB Marco Wickman	1	0	0.0	4	8
CB Sedrick Evans	1	0	0.0	12	33
S Adam Hinman	1	0	0.0	3	13
DT Sam Backstrom	1	0	0.0	9	23

Texas	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Billy Drieberg	1	0	32
DE Lance Crummey	0	1	22
DT Jerald Whalen	0	1	18
DE Alonzo Lucas	0	1	29

Orlando	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Sean Burks	1.0	2	0	27
DE Teddy Czech	1.0	1	0	23
DT Andre Maloney	0.0	0	1	11

Texas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Corwin Lehr	5	0	35
OLB Jim Andersen	5	0	19
ILB Phillip Poston	4	1	22
CB Frank Babb	2	1	23
S Wes Vaughn	2	0	25
OLB Darnell Hughes	2	0	24
CB Jacob Dawson	2	0	35
ILB Wendell Porter	1	0	13
ILB Cole Berry	1	0	4
S Russell Zimmerman	0	2	35

Orlando	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Ronnie Escobar	4	1	0	33
CB Bernard Rivers	3	3	0	30
S Victor Wilcox	3	0	0	34
ILB Melvin Kemp	2	1	0	26
CB Wayne Browning	2	1	0	23
CB Anthony Carlisle	2	0	1	10
OLB Marco Wickman	1	0	0	8
CB Sedrick Evans	1	0	0	33
S Adam Hinman	1	0	0	13
OLB Patrick Bagwell	1	0	0	27
DT Willard Peters	0	1	0	18

Orlando	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Dwayne Roth	4	12	1	36	36
Mickey Dahnke	4	4	0	33	36
Sedrick Newton	2	6	0	33	36
Barry Wolfe	2	4	0	33	36
Myron Cleevely	2	2	0	36	36
Leland Prall	0	3	0	27	25
Jose Hoffman	0	1	0	29	26
J.J. Barber	0	1	0	13	12
Lukas Schultz	0	1	0	3	0

Texas	Tackles	STPlays
Jerald Atkins	1	15
Lawrence McCorvey	1	7

Orlando	Tackles	STPlays
Ray Nixon	1	21
Nicky Rickman	1	16
Leland Prall	1	16
J.J. Barber	1	14
Wesley Ross	1	10

Texas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Russell Zimmerman	---	---	36	35	2	73
Corwin Lehr	---	---	33	35	2	70
Jacob Dawson	---	---	33	35	2	70
Billy Drieberg	---	---	34	32	2	68
Tyrone Robinson	10	32	---	---	21	63
Jerald Atkins	10	31	---	---	15	56
Alonzo Lucas	---	---	24	29	2	55
Darnell Hughes	---	---	30	24	1	55
Phillip Poston	---	---	21	22	11	54
B.J. Crossman	---	---	23	19	10	52
Lance Peterson	12	30	---	---	7	49
Dwayne Mathis	12	26	---	---	10	48
Pete Green	9	23	---	---	15	47
Wes Vaughn	---	---	16	25	5	46
Dan Lester	12	34	---	---	---	46
Jim Andersen	---	---	19	19	8	46
Wendell Porter	---	---	21	13	11	45
Jerald Whalen	---	---	24	18	3	45
Frank Babb	---	---	13	23	8	44
Jamie Baron	12	31	---	---	---	43
Lance Crummey	---	---	18	22	2	42
Heath Sword	12	29	---	---	---	41
Mark Hoppe	12	28	---	---	---	40
Rick Beamon	12	27	---	---	---	39
Albert Gerhardt	10	20	---	---	6	36
Archie Fox	---	---	18	14	4	36
Seth Nowakowski	---	---	14	18	2	34
Leland Perrigo	1	14	---	---	14	29
Dexter Kroeger	3	7	---	---	18	28
Steven Jefferson	0	6	---	---	18	24
Butch Scott	---	---	12	7	---	19
Calvin Campbell	0	8	---	---	7	15
Deron Creasy	---	---	3	2	10	15
Terrance Wiggins	3	9	---	---	---	12
Clarence Benn	0	5	---	---	7	12
Cole Berry	---	---	4	4	1	9
Shaun Antel	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tommie Bradley	0	0	---	---	7	7
Lawrence McCorvey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Butch Douglas	0	7	---	---	---	7
Seth Armstrong	0	0	---	---	6	6
Carlton Finney	0	5	---	---	---	5
Curtis Sandmeyer	2	2	---	---	---	4
Sam Farrell	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dennis Grier	0	0	---	---	---	0
Winston Barlow	0	0	---	---	---	0

Orlando	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Myron Cleevely	36	36	---	---	5	77
Mickey Dahnke	33	36	---	---	5	74
Edward Stephenson	33	36	---	---	4	73
Dwayne Roth	36	36	---	---	1	73
Don Downing	36	36	---	---	---	72
Jose Hoffman	29	26	---	---	14	69
Barry Wolfe	33	36	---	---	---	69
Sedrick Newton	33	36	---	---	---	69
Leland Prall	27	25	---	---	16	68
Winfred Hearon	31	33	---	---	---	64
Ronnie Escobar	---	---	12	33	9	54
Sedrick Evans	---	---	12	33	7	52
Victor Wilcox	---	---	12	34	3	49
Corey Washington	22	24	---	---	---	46
Bernard Rivers	---	---	12	30	3	45
Patrick Bagwell	---	---	12	27	2	41
Sean Burks	---	---	11	27	2	40
Melvin Kemp	---	---	12	26	2	40
J.J. Barber	13	12	---	---	14	39
Sam Backstrom	---	---	9	23	4	36
Nicky Rickman	8	10	---	---	16	34
Teddy Czech	---	---	9	23	2	34
Willard Peters	---	---	7	18	8	33
Wayne Browning	---	---	7	23	1	31
Ray Nixon	5	3	---	---	21	29
Anthony Carlisle	---	---	0	10	19	29
Adam Hinman	---	---	3	13	9	25
Leroy Burns	---	---	1	8	15	24
Marco Wickman	---	---	4	8	11	23
Chase Monroe	---	---	5	15	1	21
Tommie Lyon	10	10	---	---	---	20
Shannon Watkins	2	1	---	---	16	19
Andre Maloney	---	---	3	11	1	15
Wesley Ross	0	0	---	---	10	10
Dwight Sanders	---	---	0	5	3	8
Tyrell Stacy	---	---	1	7	---	8
Lukas Schultz	3	0	---	---	5	8
Duane Andersen	3	0	---	---	4	7
Leland Stephens	0	0	---	---	7	7
Matthew Costello	0	0	---	---	5	5
Lionel Hammond	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tracy Dunn	3	0	---	---	---	3
Colin Backer	0	0	---	---	2	2
J.J. Wilson	---	---	0	0	1	1
Ed Wilkins	0	0	---	---	---	0
Wayne Thomas	0	0	---	---	---	0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	21	3.5
Middle	5	46	9.2
Right	1	9	9.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	61	5.1
Middle	19	61	3.2
Right	5	24	4.8
None	0	0	0.0

Texas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Lester	32	20	5	0	0	7	1	0	1

Orlando	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Downing	36	24	2	2	2	4	3	0	0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	100	7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	6	84	9.3
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	53	8.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	45	6.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	10	85	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	7	72	4.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	21	7.0

Texas	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dwayne Mathis	10	5	41	0	26
WR Albert Gerhardt	5	2	47	2	20
TE Jerald Atkins	4	3	20	0	31
RB Tyrone Robinson	3	2	4	0	32
WR Terrance Wiggins	3	2	37	1	9
FB Pete Green	2	2	28	1	23
WR Leland Perrigo	2	2	45	1	14
WR Steven Jefferson	2	1	13	0	6
RB Curtis Sandmeyer	1	1	2	0	2

Orlando	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Edward Stephenson	10	6	0	65	0	36
WR Corey Washington	7	5	1	48	1	24
TE Jose Hoffman	6	2	1	22	0	26
RB Winfred Hearon	6	4	0	22	0	33
TE J.J. Barber	3	3	0	19	0	12
WR Tommie Lyon	2	2	0	37	1	10
WR Shannon Watkins	1	1	0	7	0	1
FB Leland Prall	1	1	0	3	0	25

Texas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tyrone Robinson	2	13	6.50	6.70

Orlando	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Winfred Hearon	5	12	2.40	4.21

Texas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Orlando	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Don Downing	5	2	23	4.60	6.19

Texas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Orlando	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jose Hoffman	2	0	0	0.00	3.67
RB Winfred Hearon	2	1	13	6.50	3.67
WR Edward Stephenson	1	1	10	10.00	6.50

Texas	Rushes	Conversions
Tyrone Robinson	1	1

Orlando	Rushes	Conversions
Winfred Hearon	3	3
Don Downing	1	1
Ray Nixon	1	0

Texas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Lester	9	5	2

Orlando	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Downing	10	8	5

Pete Green

Rick Beamon

Mark Hoppe

Jerald Atkins

Heath Sword

Jamie Baron

Texas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Tyrone Robinson	2	1	0
TE Jerald Atkins	2	1	0
WR Albert Gerhardt	2	0	0
WR Terrance Wiggins	1	1	1
WR Dwayne Mathis	1	1	1
FB Pete Green	1	1	0

Orlando	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Edward Stephenson	4	3	2
RB Winfred Hearon	3	3	2
TE Jose Hoffman	1	0	0
WR Shannon Watkins	1	1	0
TE J.J. Barber	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 85,000 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,900 (19,900)
End Zone 14,300 (14,300)
Mezzanine 8,300 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 12,700 (12,700)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	85,000 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,900 (19,900)
End Zone	14,300 (14,300)
Mezzanine	8,300 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	12,700 (12,700)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)