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AFL-NFL World Championship : Mississippi Rivermen vs. Knox Vegas Nighthawks

January 23, 1944
58°
The Asylum (Las Vegas, NV) Attendance: 167,164 (100%)
Rivermen 0 7 3 0 - 10
Nighthawks 14 7 16 12 - 49

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Nighthawks: 2-4-Men 4 (9:50) 6-William McCune pass complete to 19-George Conrad for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 7 Men 0
(Qtr 1) Nighthawks: 1-10-KVN 20 (5:27) 6-William McCune pass complete to 82-Glenn Martinez for 80 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 14 Men 0
(Qtr 2) Nighthawks: 2-4-Men 15 (10:58) 6-William McCune pass complete to 88-James Campbell for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 21 Men 0
(Qtr 2) Rivermen: 1-10-KVN 39 (8:44) 11-Frank Tompkins pass complete to 14-Raymond Truong for 39 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Jim Clark. KVN 21 Men 7
(Qtr 3) Nighthawks: 4-1-Men 1 (9:13) 2-Seth Brown pass complete to 83-Nathan Lokken for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 28 Men 7
(Qtr 3) Rivermen: 4-10-KVN 24 (6:14) 1-Jim Clark 41 yard field goal is GOOD. KVN 28 Men 10
(Qtr 3) Nighthawks: 1-10-Men 7 (2:17) 11-Frank Tompkins sacked at Men -1 for -8 yards (90-Travis Estrada). Sack allowed by 73-Kirk Horne. SAFETY! (90-Travis Estrada) KVN 30 Men 10
(Qtr 3) Nighthawks: (2:14) 1-Jim Clark kicks 69 yards from Men 20 to KVN 11. 47-Terry Neill for 89yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 37 Men 10
(Qtr 4) Nighthawks: 4-9-Men 9 (12:11) 18-Robert Peterson 27 yard field goal is GOOD. KVN 40 Men 10
(Qtr 4) Nighthawks: 1-3-Men 3 (2:37) 6-William McCune pass complete to 82-Glenn Martinez for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 47 Men 10
(Qtr 4) Nighthawks: 2-10-Men 0 (0:34) 11-Frank Tompkins sacked at Men -8 for -8 yards (71-Jim Perez). Sack allowed by 75-Morgan Gibbs. SAFETY! (71-Jim Perez) KVN 49 Men 10

Team Statistics

Nighthawks Rivermen
First Downs 20 13
- Rushing 8 4
- Passing 12 9
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 502 326
- Offensive Plays 77 65
- Yards Per Play 6.52 5.02
Net Rushing Yards 129 87
- Rushing Attempts 29 20
- Yards Per Rush 4.45 4.35
Net Passing Yards 373 239
- Att/Comp/Int 45 / 26 / 1 39 / 13 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 393 290
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 20 6 / 51
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.77 5.31
- Yards Per Completion 15.12 22.31
Fumbles/Lost 4 / 2 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 15 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.6 8.3
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 40 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 114 3 / 64
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 7 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 23
Time of Possession 37:49 21:55

Drive Charts

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:43 2:57 OPP 24 5 24 Touchdown
1 5:26 0:11 OWN 20 1 80 Touchdown
1 3:54 1:52 OWN 21 4 12 Punt
1 0:00 4:06 OWN 20 7 80 Touchdown
2 8:38 2:58 OWN 25 6 10 Punt
2 4:04 2:36 OWN 7 11 56 Interception
3 15:00 5:49 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
3 6:10 3:53 OWN 26 7 29 Punt
3 1:59 1:29 OPP 25 4 -29 Fumble
3 0:30 0:20 OWN 35 3 0 Punt
4 14:13 2:05 OPP 6 3 -3 Field Goal
4 11:13 0:46 OWN 22 2 10 Fumble
4 9:31 0:06 OWN 3 1 0 Fumble
4 9:11 3:35 OWN 20 7 33 Punt
4 5:19 2:46 OWN 49 5 51 Touchdown
4 2:28 1:51 OPP 43 3 2 Punt
4 0:29 0:29 OWN 25 1 1 Game

Mississippi Rivermen

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:17 OWN 25 5 11 Interception
1 9:46 4:20 OWN 17 8 37 Punt
1 5:15 1:21 OWN 22 3 9 Punt
1 2:02 2:02 OWN 21 4 10 Punt
2 10:54 2:15 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 5:40 1:36 OWN 15 4 45 Punt
2 1:28 1:28 OWN 11 3 8 Half
3 9:11 3:00 OWN 14 9 62 Field Goal
3 2:17 0:04 OWN 7 1 -9 Safety
3 0:10 0:57 OWN 16 3 4 Fumble
4 12:09 0:55 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 10:28 0:57 OPP 43 4 36 Interception
4 9:25 0:14 OPP 15 3 0 Interception
4 5:37 0:17 OWN 5 3 0 Punt
4 2:33 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 0:37 0:07 OWN 0 2 -8 Safety

Rushing Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Terry Neill 19 100 5.26 13 7 0
David Lund 9 29 3.22 9 0 0
William McCune 1 0 0.00 - 0 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Tony Allen 15 51 3.40 11 2 0
Chester Jefferies 4 35 8.75 21 2 0
William Brady 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William McCune 44 25 392 3 / 20 4 80 1 107.39
Seth Brown 1 1 1 0 / 0 1 1 0 118.75

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Frank Tompkins 39 13 290 6 / 51 1 43 4 29.81

Receiving Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Glenn Martinez 10 238 23.80 80 2
James Campbell 5 64 12.80 29 1
Nathan Lokken 5 55 11.00 21 1
Terry Neill 3 25 8.33 13 0
David Lund 1 6 6.00 6 0
George Conrad 2 5 2.50 4 1

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Brady 8 184 23.00 43 0
Raymond Truong 3 80 26.67 39 1
Thomas Griffin 1 17 17.00 17 0
Anthony Zorn 1 9 9.00 9 0

Blocking Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jason Davison 49 35 1 3
Terry Neill 12 2 1 2
David Lund 5 1 1 1
Glenn Martinez 0 21 0 0
Eric Arellano 0 1 0 0
Steven Howard 0 2 0 0
Will Barnette 0 3 0 0
Bart Parker 0 2 0 0
Richard Chacon 0 2 0 0
Joseph Rivera 0 3 0 1
Gregg Hardin 4 2 0 0
Robert Stewart 0 2 0 0
Harry Adamson 0 2 0 0
James Harrison 0 2 0 0
Mark Smith 0 1 0 0
Michael Vaughn 0 1 0 0
Travis Estrada 0 1 0 0
Jim Perez 0 1 0 0
Ronald Hughes 3 1 0 0
Arthur Baker 7 9 0 1
John Cree 13 1 0 0
Nathan Walker 57 36 0 1
Lester McCaffrey 0 1 0 0
Wilbert Ortiz 0 2 0 1
Alonzo Jones 49 37 0 1
Martin Combs 24 21 0 1
Gilbert Garcia 61 34 0 2
William Deatherage 49 42 0 3
George Conrad 0 31 0 0
Jesse Harmon 0 1 0 0
James Campbell 8 19 0 0
Nathan Lokken 0 18 0 1
Brian Warren 6 2 0 0
Coy Hancock 8 2 0 0
Bruce Cruz 11 0 0 0
Jeffrey Trout 12 0 0 0
Orville Summers 0 1 0 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Morgan Gibbs 44 28 2 2
Tony Allen 13 1 1 1
Kirk Horne 45 25 1 4
Juan Wilson 43 28 1 3
Jack Johnson 0 1 0 0
Scott Crist 0 2 0 2
James Townsend 0 1 0 0
Angel Young 0 1 0 0
David Velazquez 0 1 0 0
Robert McKay 0 4 0 0
James Hall 0 1 0 0
Gus Canchola 0 3 0 0
Carl Beck 2 0 0 0
Dave Hepburn 2 4 0 1
Dominick Johnson 2 0 0 0
Chester Jefferies 4 0 0 0
Lewis Dominguez 0 1 0 0
Brian Bishop 6 4 0 0
Robert Lindsey 5 1 0 0
Michael Hannah 6 0 0 0
Scott Lott 6 3 0 0
George Mackey 6 1 0 0
Peter Lippert 6 4 0 0
Eric Self 6 0 0 0
Paul Boykin 3 3 0 0
Thomas Griffin 0 13 0 0
Barry Magee 20 17 0 1
Raymond Truong 0 16 0 0
William Brady 0 18 0 0
Gordon Murphy 44 21 0 2
Anthony Zorn 1 19 0 1
Howard Sierra 47 26 0 2
Dustin Miller 2 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jim Perez 1 5 5.00 0
Lester McCaffrey 1 2 2.00 0
Alberto Jones 1 0 0.00 0
Joseph Rivera 1 0 0.00 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Scott Crist 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Lund 2 0 1 0
Terry Neill 2 0 0 0
Jason Davison 0 1 0 0
Eric Esters 0 0 1 0
Martin Belmonte 0 1 0 0
Orville Summers 0 1 0 0
Jim Perez 0 0 1 0
Gilbert Garcia 0 1 0 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Tony Allen 1 0 0 0
Frank Tompkins 1 0 0 0
Derek Kanagy 1 2 1 0
Angel Young 0 1 1 0
Gus Canchola 0 0 1 0
David Velazquez 0 0 1 0

Punting

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Raymond Fuentes 6 270 45.00 44.50 52 3

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Charles Martinez 6 272 45.33 40.83 52 0

Kicking

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Peterson 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 27 6 / 6

Mississippi Rivermen

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jim Clark 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 1 / 1

Punt Return

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert McKay 2 4 2.0 2 0

Kick Return

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Terry Neill 2 114 57.0 1

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Raymond Truong 3 64 21.3 0

Defensive Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Tackles Sacks
Jesse Harmon 4 0
Martin Belmonte 4 0
Bart Parker 3 0
Jim Perez 3 3
George Conrad 3 0
James Harrison 3 0
Wilbert Ortiz 3 0
Alberto Jones 3 0
Orville Summers 3 1
Travis Estrada 3 1
Lester McCaffrey 3 0
Michael Vaughn 2 0
Arthur Baker 2 0
Mark Smith 1 1
Joseph Rivera 1 0
Robert Stewart 1 0
Eric Esters 1 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Tackles Sacks
George Mackey 9 0
James Townsend 9 1
Derek Kanagy 7 0
Paul Lazar 5 1
Gus Canchola 4 0
Angel Young 3 1
James Ross 3 0
David Velazquez 3 0
Brian Bishop 3 0
Scott Crist 2 0
Tony Allen 2 0
Barry Magee 1 0
Howard Sierra 1 0
Jason Ho 1 0
Michael Hannah 1 0
Jack Johnson 1 0
James Hall 1 0
Thomas Griffin 1 0