AFL-NFL World Championship : Invaders vs. Ironmen
January 26, 1947 74° Rooftop Stadium
Attendance: 96,400 (100%)
Invaders 21 10 17 0 - 48
Ironmen 0 3 0 14 - 17
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Invaders: 3-8-CCC 24 (11:40) 6-William McCune pass complete to 85-Wayne Smith to CCC 0 for 24 yards. 85-Wayne Smith made a great diving catch! TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. CCC 0 KVN 7
(Qtr 1) Invaders: 1-10-CCC 10 (7:56) 6-William McCune pass complete to 86-Clifford Everett for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. CCC 0 KVN 14
(Qtr 1) Invaders: 1-10-KVN 7 (6:12) 6-William McCune pass complete to 12-Anthony Wolf for 93 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. CCC 0 KVN 21
(Qtr 2) Invaders: 4-10-CCC 32 (14:07) 18-Robert Peterson 50 yard field goal is GOOD. CCC 0 KVN 24
(Qtr 2) Invaders: 2-4-CCC 8 (7:58) 6-William McCune pass complete to 12-Anthony Wolf for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. CCC 0 KVN 31
(Qtr 2) Ironmen: 4-20-KVN 20 (1:10) 3-Pablo Butz 37 yard field goal is GOOD. CCC 3 KVN 31
(Qtr 3) Invaders: 4-5-CCC 5 (7:57) 18-Robert Peterson 23 yard field goal is GOOD. CCC 3 KVN 34
(Qtr 3) Invaders: 3-3-CCC 3 (3:55) 86-Lyle Ireland ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. CCC 3 KVN 41
(Qtr 3) Invaders: 1-10-CCC 10 (1:47) 6-William McCune pass complete to 19-George Conrad for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. CCC 3 KVN 48
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 1-5-KVN 5 (13:28) 4-Charles Lester pass complete to 34-William McGregor for 5 yards. Great diving catch by 34-William McGregor! TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Pablo Butz. CCC 10 KVN 48
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 3-26-CCC 0 (4:33) 4-Charles Lester pass complete to 18-Franklin Carter for 100 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Pablo Butz. CCC 17 KVN 48
Team Statistics
Ironmen Invaders
First Downs 14 21
- Rushing 3 8
- Passing 11 12
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 345 573
- Offensive Plays 74 74
- Yards Per Play 4.66 7.74
Net Rushing Yards 56 158
- Rushing Attempts 25 23
- Yards Per Rush 2.24 6.87
Net Passing Yards 289 415
- Att/Comp/Int 46 / 17 / 2 50 / 27 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 311 422
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 22 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.90 8.14
- Yards Per Completion 18.29 15.63
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 19 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.5 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 56 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 9 4 / 32
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 61 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 2 / 17
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 4 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 30
Time of Possession 28:29 31:34
Drive Charts
Ironmen
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:42 0:53 OWN 29 3 1 Punt
1 11:36 1:34 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 7:51 1:40 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 5:59 5:22 OWN 25 10 42 Missed FG
2 14:03 2:11 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 7:56 1:36 OWN 34 3 6 Punt
2 4:13 3:07 OWN 29 9 51 Field Goal
2 0:39 0:39 OWN 12 1 1 Half
3 15:00 2:41 OWN 25 4 19 Punt
3 7:55 1:30 OWN 25 4 2 Interception
3 3:53 1:27 OWN 25 3 7 Interception
3 1:43 1:07 OWN 23 3 1 Punt
4 14:54 1:30 OWN 43 8 57 Touchdown
4 11:58 0:40 OWN 37 4 19 Punt
4 10:24 0:44 OWN 30 4 12 Punt
4 7:49 0:38 OWN 31 3 -4 Punt
4 5:10 0:52 OWN 17 3 83 Touchdown
4 1:57 0:18 OWN 21 3 0 Punt
Invaders
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:18 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 13:49 2:14 OWN 31 6 69 Touchdown
1 10:02 2:11 OWN 35 5 65 Touchdown
1 6:11 0:12 OWN 7 1 93 Touchdown
1 0:38 1:34 OWN 40 8 28 Field Goal
2 11:52 3:57 OWN 16 8 84 Touchdown
2 6:20 2:07 OWN 22 3 4 Punt
2 1:06 0:27 OWN 25 4 14 Punt
3 12:19 4:24 OWN 11 9 84 Field Goal
3 6:25 2:32 OPP 28 5 28 Touchdown
3 2:26 0:43 OPP 23 2 23 Touchdown
3 0:36 0:42 OWN 32 3 24 Interception
4 13:24 1:27 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
4 11:17 0:53 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
4 9:41 1:51 OWN 11 4 14 Punt
4 7:11 2:02 OWN 33 3 8 Punt
4 4:18 2:21 OWN 29 3 -1 Punt
4 1:39 1:39 OWN 37 3 16 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Ironmen
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#24 William McGregor 19 71 3.74 10 1 0
#4 Charles Lester 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
#29 Lloyd Moses 5 -15 -3.00 2 0 0
Invaders
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#47 Terry Neill 14 90 6.43 28 4 0
#19 Lyle Ireland 8 55 6.88 24 2 1
#6 William McCune 1 13 13.00 13 1 0
Passing Stats
Ironmen
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Charles Lester 46 17 311 3 / 22 2 100 2 57.43
Invaders
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 William McCune 50 27 422 0 / 0 5 93 1 107.25
#3 Christopher Harbert 0 0 0 1 / 7 0 0 0 0
Receiving Stats
Ironmen
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#18 Franklin Carter 3 135 45.00 100 1
#87 Barry Trimble 4 72 18.00 23 0
#11 Nelson Puig 5 62 12.40 23 0
#13 Willis Jones 1 26 26.00 26 0
#24 William McGregor 4 16 4.00 10 1
Invaders
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#12 Anthony Wolf 4 150 37.50 93 2
#17 George Conrad 5 81 16.20 24 1
#88 Clifford Everett 4 50 12.50 26 1
#85 Wayne Smith 3 34 11.33 24 1
#82 Glenn Martinez 2 30 15.00 17 0
#47 Terry Neill 3 23 7.67 14 0
#88 Bryon Lancaster 1 18 18.00 18 0
#40 Micheal Griffin 2 17 8.50 11 0
#89 James Willoughby 1 14 14.00 14 0
#19 Lyle Ireland 2 5 2.50 3 0
Blocking Stats
Ironmen
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#87 Barry Trimble 13 20 2 3
#61 Anthony Casteel 70 24 1 3
#77 Michael Draper 68 34 0 0
#64 Richard Johnson 68 28 0 1
#78 Bradley Walker 68 23 0 0
#69 Thomas Gallegos 71 31 0 2
#38 Odell Andresen 6 15 0 3
#89 Alfred Johnson 8 11 0 0
#62 Alfred Collins 14 0 0 0
#11 Nelson Puig 0 15 0 3
#10 Thomas Pitts 0 17 0 0
#24 William McGregor 10 5 0 1
#18 Franklin Carter 0 9 0 0
#86 Gene Thomas 0 8 0 1
#13 Willis Jones 0 1 0 0
#54 Adam Marshall 0 3 0 0
#41 Ray Martin 0 4 0 2
#59 William Davis 0 2 0 0
#41 Stanley Clark 0 3 0 0
#62 Vaughn Wanamaker 2 2 0 0
#39 Johnny Gatling 0 2 0 0
#29 Lloyd Moses 3 0 0 0
#55 Douglas Brown 0 1 0 0
#68 Terry Richards 0 2 0 0
#42 Tyrell Conners 0 1 0 0
#67 Christopher Stoner 1 0 0 0
Invaders
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#75 Daniel Barr 63 30 1 1
#66 Alonzo Jones 46 32 0 1
#69 Jason Davison 50 29 0 4
#61 Peter Neff 52 42 0 3
#58 Earl Mueller 64 35 0 2
#47 Terry Neill 12 3 0 0
#62 Gene Ward 19 2 0 1
#70 William Deatherage 13 1 0 0
#40 Micheal Griffin 21 11 0 1
#53 George Hershey 2 5 0 0
#89 James Willoughby 17 14 0 1
#69 Walter Perez 11 0 0 0
#17 George Conrad 0 18 0 0
#12 Anthony Wolf 0 16 0 2
#88 Clifford Everett 5 24 0 0
#80 Michael Holland 0 9 0 0
#33 Ernesto Oliveira 5 4 0 1
#31 Joseph Rivera 0 3 0 0
#49 Robert Stewart 0 4 0 1
#40 Martin Belmonte 0 5 0 2
#45 William Collins 0 6 0 1
#82 Glenn Martinez 0 13 0 1
#85 Wayne Smith 0 5 0 0
#95 Steven Howard 3 2 0 0
#19 Lyle Ireland 4 3 0 0
#90 Travis Estrada 0 2 0 0
#38 Richard Chacon 0 5 0 0
#88 Bryon Lancaster 0 3 0 0
#66 James Harrison 0 2 0 0
#97 Jesse Harmon 0 2 0 0
#54 Jim Perez 0 2 0 0
#24 Michael Vaughn 0 2 0 0
#58 Orville Summers 0 1 0 0
#23 Lester McCaffrey 0 1 0 1
#55 Eric Esters 0 1 0 0
#92 Will Barnette 0 3 0 0
#62 Brandon Outlaw 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Ironmen
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#53 Steven Stern 1 1 1.00 0
Invaders
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#30 Wilbert Ortiz 1 15 15.00 0
#38 Richard Chacon 1 2 2.00 0
Fumble Stats
Ironmen
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#24 William McGregor 1 0 0 0
#4 Charles Lester 1 0 0 0
#11 Nelson Puig 0 1 0 0
#87 Barry Trimble 0 1 0 0
Invaders
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#6 William McCune 2 1 0 0
#31 Joseph Rivera 0 0 1 0
#47 Terry Neill 0 1 0 0
#99 Paul Bruno 0 0 1 0
Punting
Ironmen
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 Harry Eaton 11 534 48.55 43.27 61 4
Invaders
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#15 Raymond Fuentes 8 376 47.00 46.00 52 2
Kicking
Ironmen
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 Pablo Butz 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 37 2 / 2
Invaders
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#18 Robert Peterson 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 6 / 6
Punt Return
Ironmen
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#86 Gene Thomas 2 9 4.5 7 0
Invaders
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 Lyle Ireland 4 32 8.0 11 0
Kick Return
Ironmen
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#86 Gene Thomas 2 61 30.5 0
Invaders
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#89 James Willoughby 1 33 33.0 0
Defensive Stats
Ironmen
Name Tackles Sacks
#53 Steven Stern 11 0
#24 Josh Simmons 6 0
#23 Nathan Smith 5 0
#42 Tyrell Conners 5 0
#41 Ray Martin 4 0
#41 Stanley Clark 3 0
#97 Michael Bergman 3 0
#39 Johnny Gatling 2 0
#10 Thomas Pitts 2 0
#55 Douglas Brown 2 1
#36 John Garza 2 0
#68 Terry Richards 2 0
#53 Juan Horan 1 0
#89 Alfred Johnson 1 0
#57 Bryan Reich 1 0
#99 Brian Collins 1 0
#59 William Davis 1 0
Invaders
Name Tackles Sacks
#55 Eric Esters 8 0
#24 Michael Vaughn 7 0
#97 Jesse Harmon 6 0
#45 William Collins 5 0
#38 Richard Chacon 5 0
#54 Jim Perez 4 0
#31 Joseph Rivera 3 0
#23 Lester McCaffrey 2 0
#58 Orville Summers 2 1
#99 Paul Bruno 2 2
#30 Wilbert Ortiz 1 0
#18 Robert Peterson 1 0
#49 Robert Stewart 1 0
#47 Terry Neill 1 0