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AFL-NFL World Championship : Baton Rouge Blaze vs. Philadelphia Bells

January 26, 1941
72°
Houston Stadium (Houston, TX) Attendance: 100,142 (99%)
Blaze 7 13 14 30 - 64
Bells 0 0 0 3 - 3

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blaze: 1-2-PHI 2 (10:32) 2-Kenneth Costa pass complete to 33-Myron Batty for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-David Dearmond. PHI 0 Bat 7
(Qtr 2) Blaze: 1-2-PHI 2 (13:35) 2-Kenneth Costa pass complete to 14-Danny Ferguson for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-David Dearmond. PHI 0 Bat 14
(Qtr 2) Blaze: 1-1-PHI 0 (2:00) 2-Kenneth Costa pass complete to 83-Kirk Lopez for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Blaze: 1-2-PHI 2 (8:47) 2-Kenneth Costa pass complete to 87-Jack Killinger for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-David Dearmond. PHI 0 Bat 27
(Qtr 3) Blaze: 3-4-PHI 4 (1:40) 8-Thomas Ruffin pass complete to 18-Christopher McCants for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-David Dearmond. PHI 0 Bat 34
(Qtr 4) Blaze: 1-5-PHI 5 (9:55) 3-George Reynolds pass complete to 83-Kirk Lopez for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-David Dearmond. PHI 0 Bat 41
(Qtr 4) Blaze: 2-17-PHI 37 (7:16) (Hot Read) 4-Cody Randall sacked at PHI 30 for -7 yards (38-Cody Raven) 4-Cody Randall FUMBLES (38-Cody Raven) recovered by Bat-97-Arron Desousa for 28 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-David Dearmond. PHI 0 Bat 48
(Qtr 4) Blaze: 3-18-PHI 6 (6:39) 4-Cody Randall sacked at PHI -2 for -8 yards (54-Mike Adkins) SAFETY! (54-Mike Adkins) PHI 0 Bat 50
(Qtr 4) Bells: 4-11-Bat 33 (3:25) 5-Rick Owens 51 yard field goal is GOOD. PHI 3 Bat 50
(Qtr 4) Blaze: (3:21) 5-Rick Owens kicks 63 yards from PHI 35 to Bat 2. 83-Kirk Lopez for 99yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-David Dearmond. PHI 3 Bat 57
(Qtr 4) Blaze: 2-4-Bat 38 (0:44) 8-Thomas Ruffin pass complete to 18-Christopher McCants for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-David Dearmond. PHI 3 Bat 64

Team Statistics

Bells Blaze
First Downs 8 22
- Rushing 4 1
- Passing 4 21
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 139 517
- Offensive Plays 67 71
- Yards Per Play 2.07 7.28
Net Rushing Yards 86 30
- Rushing Attempts 26 3
- Yards Per Rush 3.31 10.00
Net Passing Yards 53 487
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 13 / 2 65 / 45 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 113 508
- Sacks/Yards Lost 8 / 60 3 / 21
- Yards Per Pass Play 1.29 7.16
- Yards Per Completion 8.69 11.29
Fumbles/Lost 5 / 2 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 16 5 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.9 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 25 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 23 3 / 25
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 90 3 / 153
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 6 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 35
Time of Possession 26:49 32:56

Drive Charts

Philadelphia Bells

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:02 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 10:28 2:03 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 7:24 5:01 OWN 24 8 43 Missed FG
2 13:30 1:41 OWN 25 6 28 Punt
2 10:12 1:20 OWN 37 3 2 Punt
2 7:14 1:17 OWN 33 3 1 Punt
2 1:57 1:57 OWN 15 4 16 Half
3 13:08 2:19 OWN 8 5 15 Punt
3 8:42 2:18 OWN 45 3 9 Punt
3 5:37 0:44 OWN 45 2 3 Interception
3 3:56 0:48 OWN 28 2 1 Fumble
3 1:37 1:43 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 9:51 1:23 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
4 7:42 0:35 OWN 44 2 -7 Punt
4 4:49 1:28 OWN 21 5 46 Field Goal
4 1:54 0:34 OWN 43 3 -6 Interception
4 0:36 0:36 OWN 25 2 -1 Game

Baton Rouge Blaze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:58 3:29 OWN 31 6 69 Touchdown
1 8:25 1:01 OWN 22 3 7 Punt
1 2:23 3:53 OWN 41 7 59 Touchdown
2 11:49 1:37 OWN 17 3 7 Punt
2 8:52 1:38 OWN 18 3 6 Punt
2 5:57 3:59 OWN 22 7 78 Touchdown
3 15:00 1:52 OWN 25 5 15 Punt
3 10:49 2:07 OWN 32 5 68 Touchdown
3 6:25 0:48 OWN 9 3 1 Punt
3 4:52 0:57 OWN 17 3 9 Punt
3 3:08 1:31 OPP 20 6 20 Touchdown
4 14:53 5:02 OWN 28 9 72 Touchdown
4 8:28 0:46 OWN 22 4 22 Interception
4 7:07 0:32 OPP 14 3 14 Safety
4 6:35 1:47 OWN 38 3 -9 Punt
4 3:06 0:39 OPP 25 3 -3 Punt
4 2:28 0:33 OWN 33 2 17 Fumble
4 1:21 0:45 OWN 32 2 68 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Philadelphia Bells

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Efrain Knotts 11 53 4.82 11 2 0
Dennis Houchin 12 28 2.33 16 1 0
Hector Iglesias 3 5 1.67 4 0 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Myron Batty 2 23 11.50 17 1 0
Donald Warner 1 7 7.00 7 0 0

Passing Stats

Philadelphia Bells

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Cody Randall 33 13 113 8 / 60 0 31 2 23.93

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Thomas Ruffin 22 16 239 2 / 15 2 62 0 138.26
George Reynolds 19 11 143 1 / 6 1 30 0 99.23
Kenneth Costa 24 18 126 0 / 0 4 22 1 108.68

Receiving Stats

Philadelphia Bells

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Hwang 5 52 10.40 27 0
Alfred Johnson 2 38 19.00 31 0
Arthur Baker 5 22 4.40 7 0
Efrain Knotts 1 1 1.00 1 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kirk Lopez 8 117 14.63 30 2
Christopher McCants 9 111 12.33 62 2
Danny Ferguson 7 86 12.29 22 1
David Duque 5 66 13.20 26 0
David Rauch 4 40 10.00 30 0
Jack Killinger 3 33 11.00 16 1
Donald Warner 4 31 7.75 29 0
Myron Batty 5 24 4.80 9 1

Blocking Stats

Philadelphia Bells

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Clyde Hazzard 0 0 1 0
John Guzman 0 0 1 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Sherman 0 0 2 0
Richard Hughes 0 0 1 0

Interception Stats

Philadelphia Bells

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Silva 1 0 0.00 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
William Williams 1 0 0.00 0
David Busby 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Philadelphia Bells

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Cody Randall 2 0 0 0
Hector Iglesias 1 1 0 0
Dennis Houchin 1 0 0 0
Efrain Knotts 1 1 0 0
John Guzman 0 1 0 0
Roscoe Kaiser 0 0 1 0
Bryan Redmond 0 1 0 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Donald Warner 1 0 0 0
Mike Adkins 0 1 2 0
Randall Pope 0 0 1 0
Cody Raven 0 0 1 0
Arron Desousa 0 1 0 1

Punting

Philadelphia Bells

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Daniel Newcomb 10 456 45.60 43.20 58 1

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Carlton Wade 7 349 49.86 46.14 53 1

Kicking

Philadelphia Bells

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Rick Owens 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 51 0 / 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Dearmond 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 8 / 9

Punt Return

Philadelphia Bells

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Efrain Knotts 3 23 7.7 11 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kirk Lopez 3 25 8.3 9 0

Kick Return

Philadelphia Bells

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Efrain Knotts 3 90 30.0 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kirk Lopez 3 153 51.0 1

Defensive Stats

Philadelphia Bells

Name Tackles Sacks
Bryan Redmond 10 0
Robert Silva 6 0
Jason Matson 6 0
Darrell Green 5 2
Lloyd Scott 5 0
Quincy Knott 4 0
Roscoe Kaiser 4 0
Robert Babich 3 0
Robert Boyd 2 0
Stanley Hensley 1 0
Arthur Baker 1 0
Cody Randall 1 0
Henry Acosta 1 0
Jack Norris 1 1
Paul Hwang 1 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Tackles Sacks
Cody Raven 10 2
Gene Knapp 8 0
Clarence Coles 6 0
Mike Adkins 5 2
David Busby 5 1
Bobby Harris 3 1
George Hardman 3 0
William Williams 3 0
Alex Vance 3 0
Randall Pope 2 0
Anthony Thomas 2 2
Myron Batty 1 0
Donald Carter 1 0
Danny Ferguson 1 0
Christopher McCants 1 0