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AFL-NFL World Championship : Mississippi Rivermen vs. Dallas Texans

January 24, 1954
59°
Rooftop Stadium (Clearwater, FL) Attendance: 96,400 (100%)
Rivermen 0 10 3 0 - 13
Texans 3 3 0 0 - 6

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Texans: 4-6-Men 23 (5:04) 2-Herman Bowden 41 yard field goal is GOOD. DAL 3 Men 0
(Qtr 2) Rivermen: 2-1-DAL 1 (15:00) 11-Jeffrey Glantz ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Brandon Castle. DAL 3 Men 7
(Qtr 2) Texans: 4-1-Men 10 (9:14) 2-Herman Bowden 28 yard field goal is GOOD. DAL 6 Men 7
(Qtr 2) Rivermen: 4-8-DAL 8 (1:19) 3-Brandon Castle 26 yard field goal is GOOD. DAL 6 Men 10
(Qtr 3) Rivermen: 4-6-DAL 6 (3:17) 3-Brandon Castle 25 yard field goal is GOOD. DAL 6 Men 13

Team Statistics

Texans Rivermen
First Downs 15 18
- Rushing 6 4
- Passing 8 12
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 228 324
- Offensive Plays 66 71
- Yards Per Play 3.45 4.56
Net Rushing Yards 90 65
- Rushing Attempts 25 28
- Yards Per Rush 3.60 2.32
Net Passing Yards 138 259
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 18 / 0 40 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 171 291
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 33 3 / 32
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.37 6.02
- Yards Per Completion 9.50 13.86
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 16 5 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.3 8.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 24 4 / 27
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 8 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 27
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 25
Time of Possession 29:02 30:57

Drive Charts

Dallas Texans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:43 2:07 OPP 46 3 -10 Punt
1 9:06 4:05 OPP 50 7 28 Field Goal
1 4:37 0:56 OWN 29 3 -1 Punt
2 14:58 2:19 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
2 11:54 2:44 OPP 31 4 22 Field Goal
2 7:38 2:16 OWN 7 4 25 Punt
2 1:16 1:01 OWN 25 6 45 Missed FG
3 15:00 2:50 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
3 8:40 1:24 OWN 7 3 0 Punt
3 3:14 1:30 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 13:24 2:15 OWN 45 5 12 Punt
4 9:07 3:22 OWN 17 6 38 Punt
4 4:51 1:18 OWN 47 3 9 Punt
4 1:50 0:55 OWN 15 10 32 Downs

Mississippi Rivermen

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:17 OWN 25 5 21 Downs
1 10:36 1:30 OWN 8 3 -8 Punt
1 5:00 0:23 OWN 17 3 0 Punt
1 3:41 3:43 OWN 37 8 63 Touchdown
2 12:39 0:45 OWN 11 2 1 Fumble
2 9:11 1:32 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 5:23 4:06 OWN 20 9 72 Field Goal
2 0:15 0:15 OWN 37 2 25 Missed FG
3 12:10 3:29 OWN 20 8 24 Punt
3 7:16 4:02 OWN 46 9 48 Field Goal
3 1:44 3:20 OWN 25 6 36 Missed FG
4 11:09 2:03 OWN 20 5 19 Punt
4 5:45 0:54 OWN 7 3 0 Punt
4 3:33 1:44 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
4 0:54 0:54 OPP 47 2 -5 Game

Rushing Stats

Dallas Texans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Callahan 14 48 3.43 12 3 0
James Hernandez 7 29 4.14 15 2 0
Edward Alston 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
Larry Snyder 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Dominic Turner 2 -3 -1.50 -1 0 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Howard Bancroft 12 33 2.75 13 1 0
Jeffrey Glantz 11 19 1.73 10 1 1
Ernest Grant 2 13 6.50 12 1 0
Antonio Carlisle 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
John Clark 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Dallas Texans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Robert Duty 37 18 171 4 / 33 0 31 0 61.88

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Clark 40 21 291 3 / 32 0 46 0 76.15

Receiving Stats

Dallas Texans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Callahan 6 45 7.50 21 0
Greg Hill 3 31 10.33 19 0
Larry Snyder 1 31 31.00 31 0
James Garland 2 28 14.00 16 0
James Hernandez 1 13 13.00 13 0
Tyrone Velazquez 1 12 12.00 12 0
Dominic Turner 4 11 2.75 10 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Francis Lynn 3 73 24.33 46 0
Christopher Householder 4 67 16.75 35 0
Howard Bancroft 5 45 9.00 13 0
Jeffrey Glantz 4 41 10.25 21 0
John Bell 2 31 15.50 28 0
Timothy Darnell 1 15 15.00 15 0
Melvin Wooten 1 13 13.00 13 0
Ernest Grant 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Dallas Texans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kenneth Martindale 54 30 1 5
Michael Draper 39 25 1 3
Jonathan Graybeal 51 29 1 2
Francis Ryles 0 1 0 0
Dennis Roberts 1 2 0 1
Edward Alston 0 8 0 0
Timothy Harrington 0 1 0 0
Daniel Gorney 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Bruton 0 1 0 1
Pedro Jones 0 1 0 0
Arthur Straub 4 5 0 0
David Callahan 4 0 0 0
James Hernandez 1 3 0 2
Howard Parker 0 1 0 0
David Dominguez 14 13 0 0
Johnny Cool 0 1 0 1
Tyrone Velazquez 0 16 0 2
David Swanson 10 2 0 0
John Rogers 10 6 0 0
Bruce Johnson 9 2 0 0
William Rocha 13 6 0 0
Larry Snyder 7 14 0 0
Greg Hill 0 12 0 1
James Garland 4 18 0 3
Dominic Turner 5 9 0 2
Daniel Carpentier 50 28 0 0
Alan Sullivan 41 28 0 2
Brent Penaflor 1 1 0 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ernest Grant 32 15 1 2
Christopher McCourt 41 34 1 3
Allan Horsley 15 4 1 1
Jeffrey Walsh 40 36 0 2
Stanley Clark 0 1 0 0
Ronald Goto 5 2 0 0
Jeffrey Glantz 2 2 0 0
Timothy Darnell 0 2 0 0
Melvin Wooten 0 7 0 2
Francis Lynn 0 14 0 0
Steven Hammes 0 1 0 0
Ron Mata 0 1 0 0
Jeffery Johnson 0 1 0 0
Quinton Stallworth 0 1 0 0
Johnny Edwards 0 1 0 0
Joshua Fletcher 0 1 0 0
Dan Baird 12 1 0 0
Jack Johnson 0 1 0 0
Ronald Mead 38 31 0 0
Gordon Provenzano 6 2 0 0
Thomas Roach 15 4 0 0
Jerry Sherman 15 2 0 0
Christopher Householder 0 9 0 1
John Bell 0 8 0 1
Malcolm Vince 17 27 0 3
Antonio Carlisle 11 15 0 0
Matthew Tarbell 36 29 0 3
Charles Husby 39 28 0 1
Howard Bancroft 8 7 0 0
Jason Genova 2 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Dallas Texans

Mississippi Rivermen

Fumble Stats

Dallas Texans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Hernandez 1 0 0 0
Raymond Williams 0 1 0 0
Daniel Gorney 0 0 1 0
Arthur Straub 0 1 0 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Christopher Householder 1 0 0 0
Michael Weiland 0 0 1 0

Punting

Dallas Texans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Larry Rouse 10 481 48.10 39.30 68 3

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Waylon Bearden 7 369 52.71 51.57 61 4

Kicking

Dallas Texans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Herman Bowden 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 0 41 0 / 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Brandon Castle 2 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 26 1 / 1

Punt Return

Dallas Texans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tyrone Velazquez 1 8 8.0 8 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Kick Return

Dallas Texans

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jason Genova 1 27 27.0 0

Defensive Stats

Dallas Texans

Name Tackles Sacks
Corey Fisher 8 0
John Duran 7 0
Raymond Williams 6 0
Howard Parker 5 0
Timothy Harrington 4 1
Johnny Ponce 4 1
Daniel Gorney 4 0
David Swanson 3 0
Archie Hall 2 1
John Otis 1 0
David Abernathy 1 0
Francis Ryles 1 0

Mississippi Rivermen

Name Tackles Sacks
Joshua Fletcher 7 0
Stanley Russell 6 0
Quinton Stallworth 5 0
Myron Edwards 5 1
Garrett Cranford 5 0
Joshua Duarte 4 0
Dan "Big Daddy" Wilkinson 3 1
Frankie Krebs 3 1
Jeffery Johnson 2 1
Michael Weiland 2 0
Ron Mata 1 0
Francis Lynn 1 0
Gordon Provenzano 1 0
Walter Waters 1 0
Steven Hammes 1 0