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AFL-NFL World Championship : The Dakota Sioux vs. Knox Vegas Nighthawks

January 20, 1946
70°
The Big Red Barn (Des Moines, IA) Attendance: 81,169 (97%)
Sioux 6 7 7 3 - 23
Nighthawks 21 16 7 10 - 54

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Nighthawks: 1-10-KVN 26 (13:32) 6-William McCune pass complete to 89-James Willoughby for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 7 DAK 0
(Qtr 1) Nighthawks: 1-10-DAK 30 (10:58) 6-William McCune pass complete to 89-James Willoughby for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 14 DAK 0
(Qtr 1) Nighthawks: 1-10-KVN 22 (7:30) 6-William McCune pass complete to 47-Terry Neill for 78 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 21 DAK 0
(Qtr 1) Sioux: 4-10-KVN 19 (5:15) 16-David Turner 38 yard field goal is GOOD. KVN 21 DAK 3
(Qtr 1) Sioux: 4-12-KVN 17 (1:30) 16-David Turner 35 yard field goal is GOOD. KVN 21 DAK 6
(Qtr 2) Nighthawks: 2-12-DAK 6 (12:05) 6-Timmy Rowe sacked at DAK -4 for -10 yards (56-Orville Summers) SAFETY! (56-Orville Summers) KVN 23 DAK 6
(Qtr 2) Nighthawks: 1-10-DAK 16 (7:10) 6-William McCune pass complete to 47-Terry Neill for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 30 DAK 6
(Qtr 2) Nighthawks: 3-19-KVN 28 (1:47) 6-William McCune pass complete to 47-Terry Neill for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 37 DAK 6
(Qtr 2) Sioux: 2-3-DAK 32 (0:55) 41-Ralph Talavera ran for 68 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-David Turner. KVN 37 DAK 13
(Qtr 3) Nighthawks: 2-10-KVN 33 (14:07) (Hot Read) 6-William McCune pass complete to 82-Glenn Martinez for 67 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 44 DAK 13
(Qtr 3) Sioux: 3-5-KVN 5 (0:28) 6-Timmy Rowe pass complete to 85-Julius Villegas to KVN 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-David Turner. KVN 44 DAK 20
(Qtr 4) Nighthawks: 4-2-DAK 39 (11:36) 18-Robert Peterson 57 yard field goal is GOOD. KVN 47 DAK 20
(Qtr 4) Sioux: 4-5-KVN 36 (8:01) 16-David Turner 54 yard field goal is GOOD. KVN 47 DAK 23
(Qtr 4) Nighthawks: 2-7-KVN 44 (5:52) (Hot Read) 3-Christopher Harbert pass complete to 47-Terry Neill for 56 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 54 DAK 23

Team Statistics

Nighthawks Sioux
First Downs 16 11
- Rushing 6 4
- Passing 10 6
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 711 234
- Offensive Plays 69 74
- Yards Per Play 10.30 3.16
Net Rushing Yards 109 93
- Rushing Attempts 22 23
- Yards Per Rush 4.95 4.04
Net Passing Yards 602 141
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 25 / 4 42 / 19 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 642 208
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 40 9 / 67
- Yards Per Pass Play 12.81 2.76
- Yards Per Completion 25.68 10.95
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 3 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 11 6 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.3 10.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 35 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 12 1 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 53 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 4 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 34
Time of Possession 29:40 30:23

Drive Charts

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:31 0:11 OWN 26 1 74 Touchdown
1 12:25 1:33 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
1 7:29 0:12 OWN 22 1 78 Touchdown
1 7:02 0:03 OWN 30 1 0 Interception
1 6:07 0:43 OWN 20 3 13 Fumble
1 5:11 1:32 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
1 1:27 3:40 OWN 25 6 24 Punt
2 12:02 4:57 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 3:29 1:53 OWN 4 7 96 Touchdown
2 0:44 0:44 OWN 25 2 7 Half
3 15:00 0:11 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
3 14:11 0:13 OWN 33 2 67 Touchdown
3 8:32 2:59 OWN 20 4 26 Punt
3 0:24 3:53 OWN 21 9 41 Field Goal
4 10:52 1:25 OWN 48 3 25 Interception
4 8:34 0:07 OWN 38 2 0 Interception
4 7:57 2:15 OWN 28 5 72 Touchdown
4 3:09 3:09 OWN 46 6 34 Game

The Dakota Sioux

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:29 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 13:21 0:56 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
1 10:52 3:22 OWN 25 5 7 Punt
1 7:18 0:16 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 6:59 0:52 OPP 35 3 -6 Punt
1 5:24 0:12 OPP 19 3 0 Field Goal
1 3:39 2:13 OWN 42 4 41 Field Goal
2 12:47 0:44 OWN 8 2 -12 Safety
2 7:05 3:36 OWN 25 6 21 Punt
2 1:36 0:52 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
3 14:49 0:39 OPP 45 2 -7 Interception
3 13:57 5:25 OWN 25 9 17 Punt
3 5:33 5:10 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
4 11:31 0:40 OWN 25 3 -15 Punt
4 9:26 0:53 OWN 22 3 -7 Punt
4 8:27 0:30 OPP 41 3 5 Field Goal
4 5:42 2:34 OWN 25 10 36 Missed FG

Rushing Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Terry Neill 12 60 5.00 13 2 0
Lyle Ireland 10 49 4.90 9 0 0

The Dakota Sioux

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ralph Talavera 4 79 19.75 68 2 1
John Woodford 18 16 0.89 17 1 0
John Gleason 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

Passing Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William McCune 40 24 586 6 / 40 6 78 4 104.17
Christopher Harbert 1 1 56 0 / 0 1 56 0 158.33

The Dakota Sioux

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Timmy Rowe 36 15 187 8 / 54 1 42 1 56.13
John Woodford 3 2 15 1 / 13 0 9 0 78.47
Julius Villegas 1 1 3 0 / 0 0 3 0 79.17
Jesse Mizrahi 1 1 3 0 / 0 0 3 0 79.17
Mitchell Spriggs 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Terry Neill 9 320 35.56 78 4
James Willoughby 2 104 52.00 74 2
Glenn Martinez 3 86 28.67 67 1
Bryon Lancaster 4 63 15.75 21 0
Lyle Ireland 2 46 23.00 42 0
George Conrad 3 12 4.00 6 0
Micheal Griffin 1 6 6.00 6 0
James Campbell 1 5 5.00 5 0

The Dakota Sioux

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jesse Mizrahi 4 61 15.25 42 0
Mitchell Spriggs 3 43 14.33 20 0
Ralph Talavera 2 42 21.00 39 0
Julius Villegas 2 21 10.50 16 1
John Woodford 4 20 5.00 9 0
Jeremy Golub 2 12 6.00 12 0
Anthony Silva 1 6 6.00 6 0
John Gleason 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Terry Neill 13 5 1 1
Jason Davison 46 30 1 3
Alonzo Jones 48 27 0 1
Manuel Adam 0 3 0 0
Joseph Rivera 0 2 0 0
Jim Perez 0 1 0 0
Ernesto Oliveira 0 1 0 0
Bruce Santos 0 6 0 0
Nathan Lokken 1 2 0 1
James Willoughby 5 5 0 0
George Hershey 0 4 0 0
Robert Stewart 2 4 0 1
Arthur Baker 5 4 0 0
Richard Chacon 0 4 0 2
Will Barnette 0 4 0 0
Bryon Lancaster 0 25 0 2
Dennis Leu 1 3 0 0
Sean McGee 39 31 0 0
James Campbell 9 23 0 0
Lyle Ireland 12 1 0 0
Micheal Griffin 17 6 0 0
Daniel Barr 27 8 0 0
Nathan Walker 6 1 0 0
Steven Howard 6 3 0 0
Gene Ward 12 1 0 0
Glenn Martinez 0 17 0 1
Earl Mueller 34 26 0 0
George Conrad 0 24 0 0
William Deatherage 44 36 0 1
Paul Bruno 0 2 0 1

The Dakota Sioux

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Henry Davis 66 33 3 5
Christopher Castro 63 29 3 3
Roger Marx 62 26 1 2
John Woodford 10 1 1 1
Michael Harrison 0 1 0 1
Ralph Talavera 3 1 0 0
Andrew Sallee 10 3 0 0
Thomas Gant 1 4 0 0
Nicholas Somerville 0 3 0 0
Jerry Pope 0 1 0 0
Harry Allen 0 1 0 0
Edward Vasquez 0 1 0 0
Clinton Jernigan 0 1 0 0
William Huth 6 4 0 1
Robert Benes 0 2 0 0
Kyle Daniels 0 3 0 0
Alan Howell 0 1 0 0
Thomas Johnson 0 3 0 0
Jeffrey Collier 0 2 0 0
Samuel Moore 0 2 0 0
Troy Brown 0 4 0 0
Bryan Rhodes 0 4 0 0
Anthony Silva 0 10 0 1
John Gleason 9 16 0 0
Charles McCray 15 5 0 0
Jesse Mizrahi 14 13 0 1
Mitchell Spriggs 4 21 0 0
Samuel Carney 64 34 0 3
Jeremy Golub 0 15 0 0
Gregory Christy 54 24 0 0
Julius Villegas 0 16 0 0
Anthony Moulder 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Alberto Jones 1 0 0.00 0

The Dakota Sioux

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Kyle Daniels 1 5 5.00 0
William Huth 1 0 0.00 0
Jeffrey Collier 2 -3 -1.50 0

Fumble Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William McCune 1 1 0 0
Terry Neill 1 0 0 0
Eric Esters 0 0 3 0

The Dakota Sioux

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Woodford 1 0 0 0
John Gleason 1 0 0 0
Ralph Talavera 1 0 0 0
Anthony Moulder 0 1 1 0
Andrew Sallee 0 1 0 0

Punting

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Raymond Fuentes 3 149 49.67 40.33 54 1

The Dakota Sioux

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jacob Yarbrough 9 433 48.11 41.78 59 1

Kicking

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Peterson 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 57 7 / 7

The Dakota Sioux

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Turner 3 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 2 54 2 / 2

Punt Return

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lyle Ireland 2 12 6.0 8 0

The Dakota Sioux

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Julius Villegas 1 9 9.0 9 0

Kick Return

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lyle Ireland 2 53 26.5 0

The Dakota Sioux

Defensive Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Tackles Sacks
Jesse Harmon 9 0
Orville Summers 7 4
Eric Esters 4 0
Mark Smith 4 0
Michael Vaughn 4 0
Wilbert Ortiz 3 0
Martin Belmonte 3 0
Jim Perez 3 3
Travis Estrada 3 2
James Campbell 2 0
Lester McCaffrey 2 0
Joseph Rivera 2 0
Richard Chacon 1 0
James Harrison 1 0
Bruce Santos 1 0
Glenn Martinez 1 0
Terry Neill 1 0
Alberto Jones 1 0
Ralph Bergman 1 0

The Dakota Sioux

Name Tackles Sacks
William Huth 9 1
Jeffrey Collier 8 0
Kyle Daniels 7 1
Alfred Wallace 5 0
Michael Harrison 4 0
Anthony Moulder 3 3
Thomas Johnson 3 0
Nicholas Somerville 3 0
Samuel Moore 2 1
Arthur King 2 0
Charles McCray 1 0
Julius Villegas 1 0
Jerry Pope 1 0
Barney Krick 1 0