Wild Card Playoff Games, 2029

played in Hartford, CT

34 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Columbia Fire	0	0	0	7	-	7
Hartford Whalers	3	7	0	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:55 HAR - Joey Stargell 31 field goal
2Q: 01:36 HAR - Kerry Fleischer 6 pass from James Brackens (Joey Stargell extra point)
4Q: 06:35 CLB - Cory Hanks 4 run (Eugene Boling extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:55 HAR - Joey Stargell 31 field goal
2Q: 01:36 HAR - Kerry Fleischer 6 pass from James Brackens (Joey Stargell extra point)
4Q: 06:35 CLB - Cory Hanks 4 run (Eugene Boling extra point)

Team Statistics CLB HAR
Record 10-7 12-5
First Downs 16 16
- by Rushing 5 7
- by Passing 11 8
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 301 292
- Offensive Plays 61 65
- Yards per Play 4.93 4.49
Net Rushing Yards 136 139
- Rushing Attempts 27 40
- Yards per Rush 5.04 3.48
Net Passing Yards 165 153
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 16 - 1 24 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 181 162
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/16 1/9
- Yards per Pass Play 4.85 6.12
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/1
Penalties/Yards 3/20 5/41
Punt Returns/Yards 4/10 1/2
Kick Returns/Yards 2/44 1/24
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/8
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 23
Time of Possession 24:51 35:09

Team Statistics	CLB	HAR
Record	10-7	12-5
First Downs	16	16
- by Rushing	5	7
- by Passing	11	8
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	301	292
- Offensive Plays	61	65
- Yards per Play	4.93	4.49
Net Rushing Yards	136	139
- Rushing Attempts	27	40
- Yards per Rush	5.04	3.48
Net Passing Yards	165	153
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 16 - 1	24 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	181	162
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/16	1/9
- Yards per Pass Play	4.85	6.12
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/1
Penalties/Yards	3/20	5/41
Punt Returns/Yards	4/10	1/2
Kick Returns/Yards	2/44	1/24
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/8
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 23
Time of Possession	24:51	35:09

Drive Charts

Columbia Fire
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:38	2:48	OWN 40	6	19	Punt
1	1:48	1:55	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
2	12:54	1:13	OPP 48	3	6	Punt
2	9:37	4:27	OWN 33	9	24	Punt
2	1:26	1:26	OWN 24	4	19	Punt
3	15:00	3:20	OWN 20	8	38	Punt
3	7:56	1:50	OWN 7	4	17	Punt
3	4:14	1:19	OWN 39	3	13	Interception
3	1:04	1:04	OWN 10	3	6	Punt
4	13:22	2:20	OWN 25	5	51	Fumble
4	9:01	2:35	OWN 34	8	66	Touchdown
4	2:03	0:42	OWN 20	5	19	Downs

Hartford Whalers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:22	OWN 31	3	-9	Punt
1	10:50	9:02	OWN 20	15	66	Field Goal
2	14:53	1:59	OWN 6	3	6	Punt
2	11:41	2:04	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	5:10	3:44	OWN 6	11	94	Touchdown
3	11:40	3:44	OWN 5	7	39	Punt
3	6:06	1:52	OWN 5	3	7	Punt
3	2:55	1:51	OWN 49	3	1	Punt
4	15:00	1:38	OWN 23	3	7	Punt
4	11:02	2:01	OWN 34	3	-4	Punt
4	6:26	4:23	OWN 20	7	43	Punt
4	1:21	1:21	OPP 39	4	8	Game

Game MVP: James Brackens, Hartford Whalers

Rushing Statistics

Columbia	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Cory Hanks	22	106	4.82	15	5	1
Mario Gurley	2	23	11.50	17	1	0
Buddy Gordon	2	6	3.00	6	0	0
Maximus Rober	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lance Tkachuk	20	61	3.05	11	2
Everett Levine	14	37	2.64	9	0
James Brackens	6	41	6.83	15	1

Passing Statistics

Columbia	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mario Gurley	31	16	181	3/16	0	23	1	56.0

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
James Brackens	24	19	162	1/9	1	22	0	108.7

Receiving Statistics

Columbia	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Cory Hanks	5	5	19	3.80	17	8
WR Maximus Rober	5	7	71	14.20	15	23
WR Tracy Ramsey	4	6	49	12.25	17	19
TE Jose Hoffman	1	5	19	19.00	0	19
TE Eric Cone	1	2	23	23.00	13	23
RB Buddy Gordon	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Darnell Reiswig	0	5	0	0.00	0	0

Hartford	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kenyon Lenihan	6	6	60	10.00	17	22	0
TE Courtney Poliska	5	6	42	8.40	5	17	0
WR Kerry Fleischer	3	4	38	12.67	5	18	1
WR Brandon Kennedy	2	4	14	7.00	0	9	0
FB Nolan Harrison	2	2	2	1.00	0	3	0
RB Lance Tkachuk	1	2	6	6.00	5	6	0

Interception Statistics

Columbia	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Hartford	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Harry Crane	1	8	8.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Columbia	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Cory Hanks	1	0	0	0

Hartford	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Marco Sutter	0	1	0	0
Harry Crane	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Columbia	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Calvin Lin	8	395	49.4	44.1	71	5

Hartford	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lamont Roberson	9	382	42.4	39.1	50	2

Kicking Statistics

Columbia	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Eugene Boling	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Hartford	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Joey Stargell	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Columbia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerome Johnston	4	10	2.5	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kerry Fleischer	1	2	2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Columbia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darnell Reiswig	2	44	22.0	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kerry Fleischer	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Columbia	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Thomas Bean	11	3	0.0	40	25
S Jerome Johnston	9	0	0.0	39	25
DE Bennie Milnes	7	0	0.0	37	23
CB Wes Carlson	6	1	0.0	39	23
OLB Vince Champion	5	3	0.0	40	25
CB Amari Avalos	5	1	0.0	39	25
OLB Leland Sherman	4	1	1.0	31	19
DE Luther Mitchell	4	1	0.0	33	21
S Amos Peterson	2	3	0.0	29	18
S Walt Morici	2	1	0.0	15	9
OLB Walter Prescott	1	1	0.0	5	4
DT J.C. Manning	1	1	0.0	33	19
TE Eric Cone	1	0	---	---	---
G Kingston Denman	1	0	---	---	---
DT Leonard Head	1	0	0.0	18	12
CB Dominic Van Hoose	0	1	0.0	13	7
ILB Dean Mage	0	1	0.0	5	1
DE Darren Chong	0	1	0.0	21	16

Hartford	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Arnold Murphy	6	1	0.0	26	33
ILB Cris Seal	5	3	0.0	27	34
OLB Phil Fordyce	4	0	1.0	27	33
CB Harry Crane	4	1	0.0	26	32
ILB Cary Glover	3	1	0.0	12	13
DE Hunter Murray	3	0	0.0	16	16
DT Joe Woodson	3	0	0.0	13	20
OLB Bert Griffith	2	1	0.5	15	16
S A.J. Lofton	2	3	0.0	16	31
CB Harold Kemp	2	2	0.0	16	29
CB Dan Kenney	2	0	0.0	26	32
DT Ryan Kromer	1	0	1.0	16	20
DE Marco Sutter	1	0	0.5	11	18
S Bucky Garibay	1	1	0.0	7	8
S Richard Guthrie	1	1	0.0	11	3
ILB Amari Winters	1	1	0.0	5	1
DE Isaac McQuaig	1	0	0.0	14	14
DT Eddie Robinson	1	0	0.0	11	14
CB Kai Linquist	1	0	0.0	2	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Columbia	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Leland Sherman	1.0	1	0	0	19
DT J.C. Manning	0.0	0	2	0	19

Hartford	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Phil Fordyce	1.0	1	2	33
DT Ryan Kromer	1.0	1	0	20
DE Marco Sutter	0.5	3	0	18
OLB Bert Griffith	0.5	1	0	16
DT Eddie Robinson	0.0	1	0	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Columbia	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Jerome Johnston	4	1	25
CB Wes Carlson	4	0	23
CB Amari Avalos	3	0	25
ILB Thomas Bean	2	0	25
OLB Vince Champion	2	0	25
OLB Walter Prescott	1	0	4
OLB Leland Sherman	1	0	19
S Amos Peterson	1	0	18
DE Luther Mitchell	1	0	21

Hartford	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Harry Crane	3	2	1	32
S Arnold Murphy	3	2	0	33
ILB Cris Seal	3	0	0	34
CB Dan Kenney	2	0	0	32
CB Harold Kemp	1	1	0	29
S A.J. Lofton	1	0	0	31
ILB Cary Glover	1	0	0	13
OLB Phil Fordyce	1	0	0	33
DE Hunter Murray	1	0	0	16

Blocking Statistics

Columbia	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jaiden Stargell	5	8	27	0	34
D.J. Burks	3	4	27	0	34
Alvin Sullivan	2	3	27	0	34
Kingston Denman	1	4	27	1	34
Broderick Green	1	3	27	2	34
Eric Cone	0	1	23	0	20
Frank Newton	0	1	8	0	7
Albert Airhart	0	1	8	0	17

Hartford	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Deron Ogden	2	4	40	1	25
Darryl Delgado	1	10	40	0	25
Nolan Harrison	1	5	26	0	14
Nicky Breese	1	5	40	0	25
Craig Codeke	1	4	40	0	25
Richie Stevens	1	3	40	0	25
Courtney Poliska	0	3	35	0	25

Special Teams Tackles

Columbia	Tackles	STPlays
Eugene Guthrie	1	21
Isaac Houlihan	1	13

Hartford	Tackles	STPlays
Everett Levine	3	23
Bucky Garibay	2	14
Alejandro Wooden	1	10

Participation

Columbia	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jerome Johnston	---	---	39	25	11	75
Bennie Milnes	---	---	37	23	10	70
Kingston Denman	27	34	---	---	8	69
Thomas Bean	---	---	40	25	1	66
Vince Champion	---	---	40	25	1	66
Amari Avalos	---	---	39	25	1	65
Luther Mitchell	---	---	33	21	9	63
Wes Carlson	---	---	39	23	1	63
Mario Gurley	27	34	---	---	---	61
D.J. Burks	27	34	---	---	---	61
Alvin Sullivan	27	34	---	---	---	61
Broderick Green	27	34	---	---	---	61
Jaiden Stargell	27	34	---	---	---	61
Maximus Rober	24	28	---	---	3	55
J.C. Manning	---	---	33	19	1	53
Leland Sherman	---	---	31	19	1	51
Cory Hanks	25	25	---	---	---	50
Amos Peterson	---	---	29	18	1	48
Eric Cone	23	20	---	---	1	44
Jose Hoffman	13	16	---	---	13	42
Tracy Ramsey	15	25	---	---	---	40
Darren Chong	---	---	21	16	1	38
Albert Airhart	8	17	---	---	10	35
Leonard Head	---	---	18	12	1	31
Johnnie Kania	---	---	3	3	23	29
Frank Newton	8	7	---	---	14	29
Darnell Reiswig	10	16	---	---	3	29
Walt Morici	---	---	15	9	4	28
Eugene Guthrie	0	4	---	---	21	25
Walter Prescott	---	---	5	4	13	22
Donnie Iker	4	3	---	---	14	21
Dominic Van Hoose	---	---	13	7	---	20
Isaac Houlihan	3	3	---	---	13	19
Brett Price	---	---	0	0	18	18
Dean Mage	---	---	5	1	5	11
Lionel Mohon	---	---	0	0	9	9
Horace Lawless	0	0	---	---	8	8
Calvin Lin	0	0	---	---	8	8
Cary Norris	0	0	---	---	8	8
Buddy Gordon	2	6	---	---	---	8
Carlton Peterson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Rob Brazell	0	0	---	---	8	8
Eugene Boling	0	0	---	---	2	2
Adrian Ward	0	0	---	---	---	0
Melvin Robson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Damon Merchant	0	0	---	---	---	0

Hartford	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Nicky Breese	40	25	---	---	10	75
Courtney Poliska	35	25	---	---	6	66
Darryl Delgado	40	25	---	---	---	65
Craig Codeke	40	25	---	---	---	65
Deron Ogden	40	25	---	---	---	65
James Brackens	40	25	---	---	---	65
Richie Stevens	40	25	---	---	---	65
Cris Seal	---	---	27	34	1	62
Phil Fordyce	---	---	27	33	1	61
Harry Crane	---	---	26	32	1	59
Arnold Murphy	---	---	26	33	---	59
Dan Kenney	---	---	26	32	---	58
Nolan Harrison	26	14	---	---	14	54
Kenyon Lenihan	31	23	---	---	---	54
A.J. Lofton	---	---	16	31	3	50
Everett Levine	18	8	---	---	23	49
Harold Kemp	---	---	16	29	1	46
Hunter Murray	---	---	16	16	8	40
Lance Tkachuk	22	17	---	---	---	39
Brandon Kennedy	24	13	---	---	1	38
Kerry Fleischer	14	10	---	---	13	37
Ryan Kromer	---	---	16	20	1	37
Bert Griffith	---	---	15	16	5	36
Marco Sutter	---	---	11	18	4	33
Joe Woodson	---	---	13	20	---	33
Cary Glover	---	---	12	13	5	30
Isaac McQuaig	---	---	14	14	2	30
Bucky Garibay	---	---	7	8	14	29
Jeffrey Buchanon	12	2	---	---	15	29
Irving Tillman	11	8	---	---	8	27
Eddie Robinson	---	---	11	14	1	26
Tito Dabbs	6	5	---	---	12	23
Frankie Randle	---	---	0	1	20	21
Kai Linquist	---	---	2	5	12	19
Richard Guthrie	---	---	11	3	4	18
Jayden Schneider	1	0	---	---	10	11
Alejandro Wooden	0	0	---	---	10	10
Kris Garrido	0	0	---	---	10	10
Roger Bruce	0	0	---	---	10	10
Earnest Foss	0	0	---	---	10	10
Lamont Roberson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Amari Winters	---	---	5	1	1	7
Joey Stargell	0	0	---	---	4	4
Herb Kolb	---	---	0	1	3	4
Cedric Horne	0	0	---	---	1	1
Devin Freeman	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	48	4.4
Middle	5	51	10.2
Right	11	37	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	33	3.3
Middle	22	86	3.9
Right	7	22	3.1
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Columbia	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mario Gurley	31	16	3	0	2	5	7	2	1

Hartford	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
James Brackens	24	19	1	1	0	1	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	28	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	4	37	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	3	54	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	6	3	62	10.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	13	4.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	39	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	8	93	8.5
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	17	17.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Columbia	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Maximus Rober	7	5	0	71	2	28
WR Tracy Ramsey	6	4	1	49	0	25
TE Jose Hoffman	5	1	0	19	0	16
RB Cory Hanks	5	5	0	19	0	25
WR Darnell Reiswig	5	0	0	0	0	16
TE Eric Cone	2	1	0	23	1	20
RB Buddy Gordon	1	0	1	0	0	6

Hartford	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Courtney Poliska	6	5	42	0	25
WR Kenyon Lenihan	6	6	60	1	23
WR Brandon Kennedy	4	2	14	0	13
WR Kerry Fleischer	4	3	38	0	10
RB Lance Tkachuk	2	1	6	0	17
FB Nolan Harrison	2	2	2	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Columbia	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cory Hanks	2	16	8.00	4.82
Buddy Gordon	1	0	0.00	3.00

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Columbia	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
James Brackens	1	1	6	6.00	6.75

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Columbia	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Hartford	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kerry Fleischer	1	1	6	6.00	9.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Columbia	Rushes	Conversions
Cory Hanks	3	1

Hartford	Rushes	Conversions
Everett Levine	5	2
Lance Tkachuk	5	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Columbia	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mario Gurley	12	5	5

Hartford	Att	Comp	Conversions
James Brackens	5	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Columbia	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tracy Ramsey	4	2	2
TE Jose Hoffman	2	1	1
WR Darnell Reiswig	2	0	0
WR Maximus Rober	2	1	1
RB Buddy Gordon	1	0	0
RB Cory Hanks	1	1	1

Hartford	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kenyon Lenihan	2	2	1
WR Brandon Kennedy	1	0	0
WR Kerry Fleischer	1	0	0
TE Courtney Poliska	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 74,900 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,500 (21,500)
End Zone 15,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine 9,000 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,800 (13,800)
Club Seats 10,200 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes 4,800 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	74,900 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,500 (21,500)
End Zone	15,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine	9,000 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,800 (13,800)
Club Seats	10,200 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes	4,800 (4,800)