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AFL-NFL World Championship : Dayton Triangles vs. New Orleans Breakers

January 21, 1973
55°
The Shrine of Yucca Valley (Yucca Valley, CA) Attendance: 173,128 (173%)
Triangles 3 10 0 0 - 13
Breakers 7 0 10 0 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Triangles: 4-6-NEW 28 (2:40) 14-Willie Waggoner 46 yard field goal is GOOD. NEW 0 DAY 3
(Qtr 1) Breakers: 3-6-DAY 12 (0:03) 9-Stephen Chadwell pass complete to 81-Michael Holmes for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Mitchell Feather. NEW 7 DAY 3
(Qtr 2) Triangles: 4-9-NEW 18 (10:22) 14-Willie Waggoner 35 yard field goal is GOOD. NEW 7 DAY 6
(Qtr 2) Triangles: 2-1-NEW 0 (3:25) 40-Matthew Shaw ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Willie Waggoner. NEW 7 DAY 13
(Qtr 3) Breakers: 2-1-DAY 0 (7:22) 9-Stephen Chadwell pass complete to 79-Ron Wilhelm for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Mitchell Feather. NEW 14 DAY 13
(Qtr 3) Breakers: 4-5-DAY 5 (0:28) 3-Mitchell Feather 23 yard field goal is GOOD. NEW 17 DAY 13

Team Statistics

Breakers Triangles
First Downs 14 16
- Rushing 6 4
- Passing 6 8
- Penalty 2 4
Total Net Yards 260 302
- Offensive Plays 65 57
- Yards Per Play 4.00 5.30
Net Rushing Yards 140 114
- Rushing Attempts 44 22
- Yards Per Rush 3.18 5.18
Net Passing Yards 120 188
- Att/Comp/Int 18 / 8 / 0 31 / 16 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 144 223
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 24 4 / 35
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.71 5.37
- Yards Per Completion 18.00 13.94
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 9.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 27 5 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 7
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 21
Time of Possession 33:24 26:33

Drive Charts

New Orleans Breakers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:56 OWN 25 6 11 Punt
1 7:43 2:12 OWN 20 5 20 Punt
1 2:36 2:36 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 10:19 1:33 OWN 25 4 16 Punt
2 3:22 0:54 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 1:50 0:59 OWN 26 3 -8 Punt
3 13:30 6:11 OWN 17 11 83 Touchdown
3 6:32 2:14 OWN 26 4 10 Punt
3 4:11 3:45 OPP 28 6 23 Field Goal
4 14:14 3:34 OWN 31 6 19 Punt
4 6:21 2:10 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
4 3:20 3:20 OWN 29 9 25 Game

Dayton Triangles

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:04 3:21 OWN 15 6 45 Punt
1 5:30 2:54 OWN 3 6 68 Field Goal
1 0:00 4:41 OWN 25 10 57 Field Goal
2 8:46 5:23 OWN 8 9 92 Touchdown
2 2:29 0:39 OWN 24 3 7 Punt
2 0:50 0:50 OWN 35 3 3 Punt
3 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
3 7:19 0:47 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 4:18 0:07 OWN 16 1 5 Interception
3 0:26 1:12 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
4 10:40 4:18 OWN 20 7 37 Punt
4 4:11 0:51 OWN 28 3 -1 Punt

Rushing Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Nelson Cole 18 49 2.72 13 1 0
Michael Holmes 14 49 3.50 24 1 0
Harvey Sylvester 7 41 5.86 28 1 0
Curt Cruz 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Stephen Chadwell 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Lee Savage 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Dayton Triangles

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Foster Cosenza 8 61 7.63 14 2 0
William Campbell 10 38 3.80 10 1 0
Charles Velez 2 10 5.00 11 1 0
Matthew Shaw 2 5 2.50 5 0 1

Passing Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Stephen Chadwell 18 8 144 3 / 24 2 56 0 109.49

Dayton Triangles

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joseph Peterson 25 12 204 4 / 35 0 57 1 59.42
Michael Fisher 6 4 19 0 / 0 0 11 0 70.83

Receiving Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Curt Cruz 2 78 39.00 56 0
James Stewart 1 22 22.00 22 0
Charles Nelson 2 17 8.50 11 0
Nelson Cole 1 15 15.00 15 0
Michael Holmes 1 12 12.00 12 1
Ron Wilhelm 1 0 0.00 0 1

Dayton Triangles

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tristan Stewart 1 57 57.00 57 0
Jesse Smith 1 48 48.00 48 0
Charles Velez 2 36 18.00 24 0
Matthew Shaw 4 24 6.00 11 0
Stephen Lovelace 2 21 10.50 11 0
Walter Hurley 1 18 18.00 18 0
Raymond Evans 1 14 14.00 14 0
Foster Cosenza 2 8 4.00 4 0
William Campbell 2 -3 -1.50 -1 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Louis Rodriguez 27 43 2 2
Justin Brookins 24 49 1 1
James Green 22 46 0 4
Nelson Cole 4 1 0 0
Bruce Moore 0 1 0 1
John Cobos 0 1 0 0
Sidney Butler 0 1 0 0
Roy Rivera 0 1 0 0
Donald Thomas 0 1 0 1
Foster Stiffler 0 1 0 0
Mike Robinson 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Jones 0 1 0 0
Andrew Vazquez 0 1 0 0
Michael Holmes 3 3 0 0
Daren Guffey 0 2 0 0
Harvey Sylvester 1 1 0 0
Charles Bowling 14 3 0 0
Gregory Reed 0 7 0 0
Jeremiah Terry 20 44 0 0
Jason Mallett 9 6 0 0
Michael Johnson 11 2 0 0
Ramiro Nixon 10 2 0 0
Lee Savage 0 7 0 0
Ron Wilhelm 11 14 0 1
Gregory Reynolds 16 29 0 1
Curt Cruz 0 11 0 0
James Stewart 0 24 0 0
Charles Nelson 16 41 0 0
Freddie Granberry 19 41 0 2
Frank Krohn 0 18 0 1
Eddie Braga 0 1 0 0

Dayton Triangles

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Kelly 36 22 2 3
John Rickey 41 27 2 4
Robert Dowd 39 30 0 3
David Marzano 0 1 0 1
Dennis Sisk 0 1 0 0
Keith Valdez 0 1 0 0
Paul Reed 0 1 0 0
Samuel Mannino 3 0 0 0
William Campbell 5 2 0 0
Tristan Stewart 0 8 0 0
Gabriel Barnett 2 4 0 0
Craig Bailey 12 1 0 0
Willie Smith 9 6 0 0
Raymond Taylor 0 5 0 0
Charles Velez 11 10 0 1
Daniel Sorensen 12 3 0 0
Jesse Smith 0 6 0 0
Kelly Love 8 4 0 0
Raymond Evans 0 10 0 0
Stephen Lovelace 1 12 0 0
Paul Fowler 6 6 0 1
Marty Townsend 2 4 0 0
Walter Hurley 0 10 0 1
Matthew Shaw 11 12 0 0
Foster Cosenza 12 7 0 0
Brett Griffith 37 22 0 1
Reinaldo Allen 35 24 0 0
James Smith 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Leonel Verduzco 1 0 0.00 0

Dayton Triangles

Fumble Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Dayton Triangles

Punting

New Orleans Breakers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Edward Petersen 8 406 50.75 47.38 57 4

Dayton Triangles

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Joseph Miller 8 310 38.75 39.75 50 2

Kicking

New Orleans Breakers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Mitchell Feather 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 23 2 / 2

Dayton Triangles

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Willie Waggoner 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 46 1 / 1

Punt Return

New Orleans Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Harvey Sylvester 1 1 1.0 1 0

Dayton Triangles

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Raymond Taylor 1 7 7.0 7 0

Kick Return

New Orleans Breakers

Dayton Triangles

Defensive Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Tackles Sacks
Foster Stiffler 5 0
Mike Robinson 5 0
Donald Thomas 5 0
Jeffrey Jones 4 0
Marc Stimpson 3 0
Jerry Smith 3 0
Roy Rivera 2 0
Mark Savage 2 1
Walter Forte 2 0
Andrew Vazquez 2 2
Leonel Verduzco 2 1
Warren Cruz 1 0
Edward Batt 1 0
Allen Nichols 1 0
Sidney Butler 1 0
Bruce Moore 1 0
Bobby Corbin 1 0

Dayton Triangles

Name Tackles Sacks
Arthur Ibarra 14 0
James Rentz 6 0
Samuel Mannino 6 0
Lonnie Geil 5 0
David Marzano 3 0
Jose Nance 3 0
Adrian Heard 3 2
Vernon Tumlin 3 0
Mark McDonald 2 0
Robert Cain 2 0
Gregory Ross 1 0
Keith Valdez 1 1
Paul Reed 1 0
Stephen Lovelace 1 0
Dennis Sisk 1 0