Conference Finals, 2016

played in Baltimore, MD

29 degrees, snow, 15 mph wind

New Orleans Raging Horde	7	7	0	7	-	21
Baltimore Bombers	10	3	0	9	-	22

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:25 BAL - Cornell Beyer 1 run (Jeffrey McNeil extra point)
1Q: 07:12 NOS - Lionel Hidy 11 pass from J.J. Kaeding (Leroy Shaw extra point)
1Q: 01:17 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 31 field goal
2Q: 08:06 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 44 field goal
2Q: 01:53 NOS - Jerome Strickland 3 run (Leroy Shaw extra point)
4Q: 11:36 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 27 field goal
4Q: 10:28 NOS - Ryan Clark 69 pass from J.J. Kaeding (Leroy Shaw extra point)
4Q: 06:08 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 26 field goal
4Q: 00:16 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 21 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:25 BAL - Cornell Beyer 1 run (Jeffrey McNeil extra point)
1Q: 07:12 NOS - Lionel Hidy 11 pass from J.J. Kaeding (Leroy Shaw extra point)
1Q: 01:17 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 31 field goal
2Q: 08:06 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 44 field goal
2Q: 01:53 NOS - Jerome Strickland 3 run (Leroy Shaw extra point)
4Q: 11:36 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 27 field goal
4Q: 10:28 NOS - Ryan Clark 69 pass from J.J. Kaeding (Leroy Shaw extra point)
4Q: 06:08 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 26 field goal
4Q: 00:16 BAL - Jeffrey McNeil 21 field goal

Team Statistics NOS BAL
Record 13-5 14-4
First Downs 15 20
- by Rushing 3 8
- by Passing 12 12
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 306 413
- Offensive Plays 52 64
- Yards per Play 5.88 6.45
Net Rushing Yards 69 120
- Rushing Attempts 26 28
- Yards per Rush 2.65 4.29
Net Passing Yards 237 293
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 20 - 0 35 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 237 300
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 9.12 8.14
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/10 8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.0 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/20 4/40
Punt Returns/Yards 1/2 4/34
Kick Returns/Yards 5/102 3/71
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/4
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 32
Time of Possession 28:32 31:28

Team Statistics	NOS	BAL
Record	13-5	14-4
First Downs	15	20
- by Rushing	3	8
- by Passing	12	12
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	306	413
- Offensive Plays	52	64
- Yards per Play	5.88	6.45
Net Rushing Yards	69	120
- Rushing Attempts	26	28
- Yards per Rush	2.65	4.29
Net Passing Yards	237	293
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 20 - 0	35 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	237	300
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	9.12	8.14
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/10	8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.0	6.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/20	4/40
Punt Returns/Yards	1/2	4/34
Kick Returns/Yards	5/102	3/71
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/4
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 32
Time of Possession	28:32	31:28

Drive Charts

New Orleans Raging Horde
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:13	4:10	OWN 43	7	57	Touchdown
1	1:12	2:10	OWN 41	3	6	Punt
2	12:41	1:36	OWN 14	3	4	Punt
2	8:00	6:14	OWN 25	15	75	Touchdown
3	15:00	2:00	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	11:05	1:20	OWN 35	3	4	Punt
3	8:07	5:40	OWN 6	10	61	Missed FG
4	11:29	1:21	OWN 27	2	73	Touchdown
4	6:03	3:58	OWN 20	5	15	Punt
4	0:09	0:09	OWN 17	1	0	Game

Baltimore Bombers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:47	OWN 34	6	66	Touchdown
1	7:03	5:51	OWN 41	10	45	Field Goal
2	14:02	1:21	OWN 30	3	6	Punt
2	11:05	3:05	OWN 39	7	34	Field Goal
2	1:46	1:46	OWN 11	4	29	Half
3	13:00	1:55	OPP 49	4	21	Missed FG
3	9:45	1:38	OWN 30	3	6	Punt
3	2:27	5:58	OWN 40	11	50	Field Goal
4	10:08	4:05	OWN 43	9	48	Field Goal
4	2:05	1:56	OWN 3	8	93	Field Goal

Game MVP: Cornell Beyer, Baltimore Bombers

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jerome Strickland	15	38	2.53	8	0	1
Gabe Chandiramani	11	31	2.82	8	0	0

Baltimore	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Timothy Connell	13	45	3.46	12	1	0
Kelly Breien	11	66	6.00	22	2	0
Cornell Beyer	4	9	2.25	5	0	1

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Kaeding	26	20	237	0/0	2	69	0	129.8

Baltimore	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cornell Beyer	35	20	300	1/7	0	44	0	85.4

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Jerome Strickland	5	5	25	5.00	0	10	0
WR Lionel Hidy	4	5	38	9.50	16	16	1
WR Ryan Clark	3	3	99	33.00	19	69	1
TE Corey Francis	2	2	11	5.50	0	9	0
WR Clyde Wilkerson	2	3	41	20.50	0	26	0
FB Ty Cushing	2	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Jamie Ackerman	1	2	12	12.00	0	12	0
WR Howard Hammond	1	4	11	11.00	0	11	0

Baltimore	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Ted Tosheff	8	12	168	21.00	25	44
RB Timothy Connell	5	6	39	7.80	1	20
WR Jamison Reynolds	2	4	45	22.50	8	32
WR Todd Donovan	2	4	28	14.00	1	15
WR Broderick Jacobs	1	1	9	9.00	3	9
RB Kelly Breien	1	2	6	6.00	0	6
TE Louis Curtis	1	4	5	5.00	0	5
TE Kenyon Robinson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Baltimore	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Nolan Rushing	0	0	1	0
Ty Cushing	0	0	1	0

Baltimore	Fumb	Recov
Timothy Connell	2	0
Grady Collier	0	1
Joseph Humphrey	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kevin Harmon	5	230	46.0	39.2	62	2

Baltimore	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
David Prior	2	110	55.0	54.0	58	2

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Leroy Shaw	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	3/3

Baltimore	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jeffrey McNeil	5/6	1/2	0/0	44	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Quinn Sheffield	1	2	2.0	0

Baltimore	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Timothy Connell	4	34	8.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Howard Hammond	5	102	20.4	0

Baltimore	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Grady Collier	2	47	23.5	0
Jamison Reynolds	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Johnnie Banks	8	1	0.0	15	26
ILB Lionel Burton	4	2	0.0	27	36
ILB Matthew Willis	4	0	0.0	18	24
CB Peter Timlin	4	0	0.0	25	34
DT Travis Sikes	3	2	1.0	26	36
S Daryl Francis	3	3	0.0	27	35
OLB Leonard Akin	3	2	0.0	7	11
S Quinn Sheffield	3	2	0.0	19	27
OLB Victor Nichols	3	2	0.0	15	11
DT Lewis Rasmussen	3	0	0.0	18	20
CB Leo Parks	3	0	0.0	27	36
DE Seth Smith	2	2	0.0	27	35
OLB Fred Pint	2	0	0.0	4	2
DE Roger Hatcher	1	0	0.0	23	36
DE Cole Dunn	1	0	0.0	6	1
S Tommy Erickson	1	0	0.0	5	15
DT Darrell Penxa	0	1	0.0	6	2
OLB Terrell Herrick	0	1	0.0	1	0

Baltimore	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Robbie Umphenour	10	2	21	25
DE Toby Beeston	5	0	22	24
CB Danny Dearing	4	2	19	21
OLB K.C. Kemp	4	1	24	24
ILB Raymond Nunley	3	3	21	15
OLB Irving Antonick	3	2	26	25
S Rex Murch	3	0	11	15
DT Archie Gray	3	0	22	24
CB Jessie Helton	3	0	24	24
OLB Wade Alcott	1	3	13	7
CB Grady Collier	1	2	18	22
DT Tim Holliman	1	1	14	17
S Geoff Gerhardt	1	0	15	19
OLB Kent Newman	1	0	2	2
DE Billy Hopper	0	1	16	11
CB Horace Luthye	0	1	7	3

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT Travis Sikes	1.0	0	36
DT Lewis Rasmussen	0.0	2	20
DE Roger Hatcher	0.0	1	36
CB Peter Timlin	0.0	1	34
ILB Lionel Burton	0.0	1	36

Baltimore	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Toby Beeston	1	0	24
DT Archie Gray	1	0	24
OLB K.C. Kemp	0	1	24

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Johnnie Banks	5	0	26
CB Peter Timlin	4	1	34
CB Leo Parks	3	1	36
ILB Lionel Burton	2	2	36
S Daryl Francis	2	0	35
DT Lewis Rasmussen	1	0	20
OLB Leonard Akin	1	0	11
OLB Victor Nichols	1	0	11
S Tommy Erickson	1	0	15

Baltimore	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Robbie Umphenour	5	1	25
CB Danny Dearing	3	0	21
S Rex Murch	2	0	15
CB Grady Collier	2	0	22
CB Jessie Helton	2	0	24
S Geoff Gerhardt	1	1	19
DE Toby Beeston	1	0	24
OLB K.C. Kemp	1	0	24
DT Tim Holliman	1	0	17
DT Archie Gray	1	0	24
OLB Irving Antonick	1	0	25

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Herman Tarver	3	3	2	18	23
Quinn Punzel	2	7	0	22	22
Clyde Wheelock	1	4	0	26	25
Ty Cushing	1	2	0	17	14
Deron Badger	0	4	0	23	25
Kenyon Wright	0	3	0	19	21
Jim Farrell	0	1	0	7	6
Bob Henson	0	1	0	11	4
Vince Sellers	0	1	0	4	4

Baltimore	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
J.R. Hebert	3	9	2	28	1	36
Kevin Levine	2	5	1	23	0	33
Harvey Wolf	1	3	0	19	0	31
Herman Applewhite	1	2	0	27	0	29
Luke Hernandez	1	1	0	23	0	32
Ron Ackerman	1	1	0	6	0	10
Roger Osborne	0	1	0	5	0	4
Les Honablue	0	1	0	12	0	19
Marty Moss	0	1	0	9	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Nolan Rushing	2	19
Sammie Chancey	2	16
Corey Francis	1	16
Randal Allen	1	13
Zach Newman	1	11
Bob Henson	1	6
Ty Cushing	1	6

Baltimore	Tackles	STPlays
Raymond Nunley	4	17
Timothy Connell	2	18

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Leo Parks	---	---	27	36	17	80
Lionel Burton	---	---	27	36	6	69
Daryl Francis	---	---	27	35	6	68
Travis Sikes	---	---	26	36	6	68
Seth Smith	---	---	27	35	6	68
Peter Timlin	---	---	25	34	6	65
Roger Hatcher	---	---	23	36	5	64
Quinn Sheffield	---	---	19	27	9	55
Deron Badger	23	25	---	---	6	54
Johnnie Banks	---	---	15	26	12	53
J.J. Kaeding	26	26	---	---	---	52
Clyde Wheelock	26	25	---	---	---	51
Herman Tarver	18	23	---	---	3	44
Quinn Punzel	22	22	---	---	---	44
Kenyon Wright	19	21	---	---	3	43
Lewis Rasmussen	---	---	18	20	5	43
Matthew Willis	---	---	18	24	---	42
Jamie Ackerman	19	17	---	---	3	39
Clyde Wilkerson	21	17	---	---	---	38
Corey Francis	11	10	---	---	16	37
Ty Cushing	17	14	---	---	6	37
Lionel Hidy	11	11	---	---	13	35
Victor Nichols	---	---	15	11	6	32
Howard Hammond	8	16	---	---	7	31
Leonard Akin	---	---	7	11	12	30
Jerome Strickland	15	15	---	---	---	30
Ryan Clark	13	13	---	---	---	26
Sammie Chancey	4	5	---	---	16	25
Gabe Chandiramani	11	11	---	---	3	25
Bob Henson	11	4	---	---	6	21
Tommy Erickson	---	---	5	15	---	20
Nolan Rushing	0	0	---	---	19	19
Jim Farrell	7	6	---	---	6	19
Fred Pint	---	---	4	2	11	17
Johnny Murphy	---	---	7	9	---	16
Zach Newman	---	---	4	0	11	15
Randal Allen	0	1	---	---	13	14
Vince Sellers	4	4	---	---	6	14
Alvin Jacoby	---	---	1	0	12	13
Darrell Penxa	---	---	6	2	3	11
Cole Dunn	---	---	6	1	3	10
Kevin Harmon	0	0	---	---	5	5
Leroy Shaw	0	0	---	---	5	5
Terrell Herrick	---	---	1	0	2	3
Al DeNeff	0	0	---	---	1	1
Julio Zappa	0	0	---	---	---	0

Baltimore	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jamison Reynolds	23	34	---	---	16	73
J.R. Hebert	28	36	---	---	8	72
Louis Curtis	25	32	---	---	12	69
Cornell Beyer	28	36	---	---	---	64
Grady Collier	---	---	18	22	20	60
Ted Tosheff	25	34	---	---	---	59
Harvey Wolf	19	31	---	---	7	57
Kevin Levine	23	33	---	---	---	56
Herman Applewhite	27	29	---	---	---	56
Luke Hernandez	23	32	---	---	---	55
Kelly Breien	13	16	---	---	24	53
Raymond Nunley	---	---	21	15	17	53
Timothy Connell	15	20	---	---	18	53
Jessie Helton	---	---	24	24	4	52
Irving Antonick	---	---	26	25	1	52
K.C. Kemp	---	---	24	24	2	50
Robbie Umphenour	---	---	21	25	1	47
Toby Beeston	---	---	22	24	1	47
Archie Gray	---	---	22	24	1	47
Les Honablue	12	19	---	---	10	41
Danny Dearing	---	---	19	21	1	41
Geoff Gerhardt	---	---	15	19	6	40
Tim Holliman	---	---	14	17	1	32
Wade Alcott	---	---	13	7	11	31
Todd Donovan	10	9	---	---	11	30
Rex Murch	---	---	11	15	3	29
Billy Hopper	---	---	16	11	---	27
Marvin Abraham	9	9	---	---	9	27
Ron Ackerman	6	10	---	---	8	24
Horace Luthye	---	---	7	3	11	21
Marty Determann	0	1	---	---	17	18
Roger Osborne	5	4	---	---	8	17
Marty Moss	9	5	---	---	1	15
Jeffrey McNeil	0	0	---	---	13	13
Kenyon Robinson	5	4	---	---	2	11
Pat Lee	---	---	3	4	3	10
Maurice Elliott	0	0	---	---	8	8
Kennedy Schueler	---	---	4	2	2	8
Kendall Farr	---	---	4	2	---	6
Tracy Gilson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Broderick Jacobs	3	2	---	---	---	5
Bill Blackston	---	---	0	0	5	5
Joseph Humphrey	---	---	0	0	5	5
Kent Newman	---	---	2	2	---	4
David Prior	0	0	---	---	2	2
Brett Hedges	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	15	1.5
Middle	16	54	3.4
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	63	7.9
Middle	14	38	2.7
Right	6	19	3.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Kaeding	26	20	3	0	1	2	1	0	0

Baltimore	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cornell Beyer	35	20	5	3	2	4	5	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	8	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	4	11	2.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	10	123	8.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	95	31.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	68	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	47	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	13	7	185	14.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Lionel Hidy	5	4	0	38	0	11
RB Jerome Strickland	5	5	0	25	0	15
WR Howard Hammond	4	1	1	11	0	16
WR Ryan Clark	3	3	0	99	2	13
WR Clyde Wilkerson	3	2	0	41	1	17
TE Corey Francis	2	2	0	11	0	10
TE Jamie Ackerman	2	1	0	12	0	17
FB Ty Cushing	2	2	0	0	0	14

Baltimore	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ted Tosheff	12	8	1	168	3	34
RB Timothy Connell	6	5	1	39	1	20
WR Jamison Reynolds	4	2	0	45	1	34
WR Todd Donovan	4	2	0	28	0	9
TE Louis Curtis	4	1	0	5	0	32
RB Kelly Breien	2	1	0	6	0	16
WR Broderick Jacobs	1	1	0	9	0	2
TE Kenyon Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Gabe Chandiramani	4	3	0.75	2.82
Jerome Strickland	2	2	1.00	2.53

Baltimore	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cornell Beyer	2	6	3.00	2.25
Kelly Breien	1	3	3.00	6.00
Timothy Connell	1	-2	-2.00	3.46

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Kaeding	3	3	31	10.33	9.12

Baltimore	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cornell Beyer	5	1	2	0.40	8.57

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Lionel Hidy	1	1	11	11.00	7.60
WR Howard Hammond	1	1	11	11.00	2.75
RB Jerome Strickland	1	1	9	9.00	5.00

Baltimore	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Timothy Connell	2	1	2	1.00	6.50
TE Kenyon Robinson	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Ted Tosheff	1	0	0	0.00	14.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Jerome Strickland	1	0

Baltimore	Rushes	Conversions
Kelly Breien	3	2
Timothy Connell	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Kaeding	9	7	4

Baltimore	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cornell Beyer	10	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Lionel Hidy	2	2	2
WR Clyde Wilkerson	2	1	1
RB Jerome Strickland	2	2	0
WR Ryan Clark	1	1	1
WR Howard Hammond	1	0	0
FB Ty Cushing	1	1	0

Baltimore	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ted Tosheff	4	3	2
RB Kelly Breien	2	1	1
TE Louis Curtis	2	0	0
WR Jamison Reynolds	1	1	1
WR Todd Donovan	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,200 (21,200)
End Zone 15,300 (15,300)
Mezzanine 8,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 13,500 (13,500)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,200 (6,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,200 (21,200)
End Zone	15,300 (15,300)
Mezzanine	8,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	13,500 (13,500)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,200 (6,200)