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AFL-NFL World Championship : Mississippi Rivermen vs. Northern Ky River Monsters

January 25, 1948
53°
The Oil Rig (Oklahoma City, OK) Attendance: 71,294 (100%)
Rivermen 8 0 7 0 - 15
River Monsters 7 3 3 17 - 30

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Rivermen: 1-7-NKY 7 (8:12) 11-Frank Tompkins pass complete to 4-Chester Jefferies to NKY 0 for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 82-Paul Boykin ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! NKY 0 Men 8
(Qtr 1) River Monsters: 2-4-Men 4 (3:12) 39-Erik Dimarco ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Zachary Gray. NKY 7 Men 8
(Qtr 2) River Monsters: 4-1-Men 27 (4:35) 9-Zachary Gray 45 yard field goal is GOOD. NKY 10 Men 8
(Qtr 3) River Monsters: 4-7-Men 27 (7:42) 9-Zachary Gray 46 yard field goal is GOOD. NKY 13 Men 8
(Qtr 3) Rivermen: 1-1-NKY 0 (0:47) 11-Frank Tompkins pass complete to 49-Dave Hepburn for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Jim Clark. NKY 13 Men 15
(Qtr 4) River Monsters: 1-4-Men 4 (11:34) 39-Erik Dimarco ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) River Monsters: 3-23-Men 12 (10:06) 11-Frank Tompkins sacked at Men -1 for -13 yards (52-Christopher McAllister). Sack allowed by 75-Morgan Gibbs. SAFETY! (52-Christopher McAllister) NKY 21 Men 15
(Qtr 4) River Monsters: 4-2-Men 8 (5:11) 9-Zachary Gray 26 yard field goal is GOOD. NKY 24 Men 15
(Qtr 4) River Monsters: 4-1-Men 1 (2:00) 9-Zachary Gray 19 yard field goal is GOOD. NKY 27 Men 15
(Qtr 4) River Monsters: 4-4-Men 10 (0:30) 9-Zachary Gray 28 yard field goal is GOOD. NKY 30 Men 15

Team Statistics

River Monsters Rivermen
First Downs 15 14
- Rushing 6 5
- Passing 9 8
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 343 203
- Offensive Plays 67 55
- Yards Per Play 5.12 3.69
Net Rushing Yards 127 65
- Rushing Attempts 27 16
- Yards Per Rush 4.70 4.06
Net Passing Yards 216 138
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 29 / 0 34 / 27 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 234 193
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 5 / 55
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.40 3.54
- Yards Per Completion 8.07 7.15
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 3 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 9.5
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 36 6 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 4 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 63 2 / 56
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 3 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 1 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 3 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 26
Time of Possession 33:57 26:04

Drive Charts

Northern Ky River Monsters

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:25 3:56 OWN 22 8 29 Downs
1 8:07 3:34 OWN 25 5 15 Punt
1 3:15 0:06 OPP 4 2 4 Touchdown
2 11:32 7:00 OWN 8 11 65 Field Goal
2 2:26 0:34 OWN 15 3 -1 Punt
2 1:30 1:30 OWN 10 3 2 Half
3 15:00 4:24 OWN 23 7 36 Punt
3 8:29 0:51 OPP 30 3 3 Field Goal
3 0:44 4:13 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
4 10:02 4:54 OWN 27 8 65 Field Goal
4 4:39 2:41 OPP 33 4 31 Field Goal
4 0:40 0:14 OPP 15 3 6 Field Goal

Mississippi Rivermen

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:35 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 9:29 1:22 OWN 49 3 51 Touchdown
1 4:34 1:19 OWN 12 3 -12 Interception
1 3:09 6:37 OWN 29 11 56 Fumble
2 4:31 2:06 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 1:51 0:21 OWN 37 3 7 Punt
3 10:36 2:07 OWN 9 4 10 Fumble
3 7:38 6:54 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
4 11:30 1:29 OWN 25 4 -26 Safety
4 5:08 0:29 OWN 25 3 3 Interception
4 1:58 1:18 OWN 25 4 -10 Downs
4 0:27 0:27 OWN 25 2 6 Game

Rushing Stats

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Erik Dimarco 19 114 6.00 29 6 2
Curtis Holmes 8 13 1.63 6 0 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Chester Jefferies 11 51 4.64 14 2 0
Dave Hepburn 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Philip Jacobs 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Paul Boykin 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
William Brady 2 0 0.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Sean Terry 38 29 234 2 / 18 0 39 0 91.34

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Frank Tompkins 33 27 193 5 / 55 2 29 1 98.61
Barry Magee 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 1 0.00

Receiving Stats

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Pearson 2 71 35.50 39 0
Scott Anchondo 8 56 7.00 10 0
Buford Graves 7 53 7.57 11 0
Walter Baker 4 22 5.50 10 0
Austin Longenecker 1 12 12.00 12 0
Erik Dimarco 4 9 2.25 6 0
Vincent Stevens 2 6 3.00 6 0
Curtis Holmes 1 5 5.00 5 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Alan Culbertson 6 56 9.33 14 0
Dave Hepburn 5 51 10.20 29 1
William Brady 7 34 4.86 14 0
Barry Magee 3 16 5.33 11 0
Philip Jacobs 2 14 7.00 8 0
Anthony Zorn 2 11 5.50 6 0
Chester Jefferies 1 7 7.00 7 1
Rickey Cruz 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ray Stanton 48 44 1 2
Daniel Romero 46 37 1 4
Ronald Potter 2 4 0 1
Scott Butterfield 0 4 0 0
Dustin Blair 0 3 0 0
Fred Davis 0 3 0 0
Christopher McAllister 0 3 0 0
Kevin Miller 8 0 0 0
John Bolin 0 2 0 0
Travis Bellino 0 3 0 1
Curtis Holmes 2 1 0 0
Donald Langlois 0 2 0 0
Juan Richardson 0 2 0 0
George Barger 0 2 0 0
David McCain 0 3 0 1
Robert Roberts 0 2 0 0
Gene Cassidy 0 2 0 0
Daryl Lopez 9 0 0 0
Laurence Carpenter 9 0 0 0
Edward Falbo 0 5 0 1
Charles Defeo 7 0 0 0
James Hickey 0 6 0 0
Buford Graves 0 25 0 0
Vincent Stevens 0 15 0 1
Scott Anchondo 0 16 0 1
Bobby Freeman 0 7 0 0
Austin Longenecker 2 11 0 4
Walter Baker 3 25 0 1
Jerry Sherman 42 39 0 1
John Pearson 14 26 0 1
Erik Dimarco 15 6 0 0
Kent Wilkins 48 34 0 4
Todd Benton 39 33 0 3
Michael Dean 0 1 0 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Morgan Gibbs 37 20 2 3
Bryant Sanroman 39 25 1 3
Chester Jefferies 6 6 1 2
Gordon Murphy 39 25 1 2
Robert Lindsey 5 2 0 0
Rickey Cruz 0 12 0 0
Barry Magee 14 21 0 2
Garrett Cranford 3 0 0 0
Allen Bullock 3 0 0 0
Floyd Willson 3 1 0 0
Jonathan Souder 3 0 0 0
Paul Lazar 3 2 0 0
James Hall 3 0 0 0
Dominick Johnson 2 2 0 0
Derek Kanagy 3 1 0 0
Howard Sierra 36 24 0 0
Paul Boykin 2 3 0 0
Ronald Mead 39 27 0 2
Dave Hepburn 8 13 0 3
William Brady 0 13 0 0
Anthony Zorn 4 13 0 0
Scott Crist 0 2 0 0
Thomas Griffin 0 2 0 1
James Townsend 0 2 0 0
Alan Culbertson 0 11 0 0

Interception Stats

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Roberts 1 3 3.00 0
Edward Falbo 1 0 0.00 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Fumble Stats

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ronald Potter 0 1 1 0
Dustin Blair 0 1 1 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Anthony Zorn 1 0 0 0
Chester Jefferies 1 0 0 0

Punting

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Philip Acosta 3 129 43.00 43.00 49 2

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Charles Martinez 3 152 50.67 50.00 59 2

Kicking

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Zachary Gray 5 / 5 2 / 2 0 / 0 46 1 / 1

Mississippi Rivermen

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

Punt Return

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Erik Dimarco 1 4 4.0 4 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Kick Return

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Erik Dimarco 2 63 31.5 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Barry Magee 2 56 28.0 0

Defensive Stats

Northern Ky River Monsters

Name Tackles Sacks
Travis Bellino 9 0
Dustin Blair 6 0
Donald Langlois 4 1
Gene Cassidy 3 0
Robert Roberts 3 0
Ronald Potter 3 0
Christopher McAllister 3 1
David McCain 3 0
Fred Davis 2 1
Edward Falbo 2 0
Scott Butterfield 2 1
George Barger 1 0
John Beem 1 1

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Tackles Sacks
Scott Crist 10 0
Gus Canchola 8 0
Kevin Harden 6 0
Arthur Aldridge 6 0
Floyd Willson 5 0
Paul Lazar 5 0
Angel Young 5 0
Jack Johnson 4 1
James Hall 3 0
Derek Kanagy 3 0
Peter Lippert 3 0
Dave Hepburn 1 0
William Brady 1 0
Alan Culbertson 1 0
James Ross 1 1
Rickey Cruz 1 0