AFL-NFL World Championship : Kansas City Chiefs vs. New York Titans

January 23, 1955
70°
Atlanta Stadium (Tallahassee, FL) Attendance: 68,806 (97%)
Chiefs 7 24 6 3 - 40
Titans 3 14 0 17 - 34

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Chiefs: 3-9-KCC 26 (14:25) 2-Jordan Ellis pass complete to 16-Greg Hill for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Herman Bowden. NYT 0 KCC 7
(Qtr 1) Titans: 4-6-KCC 8 (1:01) 3-Pablo Butz 25 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 3 KCC 7
(Qtr 2) Chiefs: 1-10-NYT 37 (13:40) 2-Jordan Ellis pass complete to 31-David Callahan to NYT 0 for 37 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Herman Bowden. NYT 43-Milton Albritton was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NYT 3 KCC 14
(Qtr 2) Chiefs: 4-7-NYT 14 (9:20) 2-Herman Bowden 33 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 3 KCC 17
(Qtr 2) Titans: 2-5-KCC 5 (5:08) 19-Jack Slade pass complete to 88-Chris Fannin for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Pablo Butz. NYT 10 KCC 17
(Qtr 2) Chiefs: 1-10-KCC 42 (3:45) 2-Jordan Ellis pass complete to 86-James Shaffer for 58 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Herman Bowden. NYT 10 KCC 24
(Qtr 2) Titans: 2-5-KCC 5 (2:00) 19-Jack Slade pass complete to 85-Joseph Malone for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Pablo Butz. NYT 17 KCC 24
(Qtr 2) Chiefs: 1-10-KCC 37 (0:24) 2-Jordan Ellis pass complete to 31-David Callahan for 63 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Herman Bowden. NYT 17 KCC 31
(Qtr 3) Chiefs: 4-3-NYT 4 (5:26) 2-Herman Bowden 22 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 17 KCC 34
(Qtr 3) Chiefs: 4-13-NYT 16 (2:34) 2-Herman Bowden 34 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 17 KCC 37
(Qtr 4) Titans: 4-13-KCC 22 (14:58) 3-Pablo Butz 40 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 20 KCC 37
(Qtr 4) Chiefs: 4-4-NYT 21 (7:38) 2-Herman Bowden 39 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 20 KCC 40
(Qtr 4) Titans: 2-5-KCC 5 (0:56) 19-Jack Slade pass complete to 32-William Lee for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Pablo Butz. NYT 27 KCC 40
(Qtr 4) Titans: 3-3-KCC 3 (0:32) 19-Jack Slade pass complete to 30-Scott Foss for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Pablo Butz. NYT 34 KCC 40

Team Statistics

Titans Chiefs
First Downs 18 20
- Rushing 1 8
- Passing 15 10
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 447 540
- Offensive Plays 63 70
- Yards Per Play 7.10 7.71
Net Rushing Yards 8 153
- Rushing Attempts 6 38
- Yards Per Rush 1.33 4.03
Net Passing Yards 439 387
- Att/Comp/Int 57 / 36 / 2 31 / 24 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 439 398
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.70 12.09
- Yards Per Completion 12.19 16.58
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 10 7 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.5 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 25 3 / 31
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 25
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 63 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 15 2 / 6
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 2 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 31
Time of Possession 22:06 37:57

Drive Charts

New York Titans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:15 1:33 OWN 25 4 15 Punt
1 8:18 2:24 OWN 10 5 15 Punt
1 4:36 3:39 OPP 40 8 32 Field Goal
2 13:32 0:55 OWN 26 3 5 Interception
2 9:17 4:12 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 3:37 1:40 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 0:13 0:13 OWN 25 1 -1 Half
3 15:00 2:47 OWN 25 6 35 Punt
3 5:23 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 2:31 2:37 OWN 25 7 53 Field Goal
4 7:34 0:40 OWN 28 3 7 Punt
4 2:15 1:22 OWN 15 8 85 Touchdown

Kansas City Chiefs

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:45 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 12:42 4:24 OWN 14 7 36 Punt
1 5:54 1:18 OWN 37 3 1 Interception
1 0:58 2:26 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 12:37 3:20 OPP 38 5 24 Field Goal
2 5:05 1:29 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 1:57 1:44 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
3 12:13 6:50 OWN 6 14 90 Field Goal
3 5:19 2:48 OPP 25 5 8 Field Goal
4 14:55 7:21 OWN 25 11 54 Field Goal
4 6:54 4:40 OWN 25 7 24 Punt
4 0:52 0:24 OWN 0 6 0 Touchdown
4 0:28 0:28 OPP 35 2 5 Game

Rushing Stats

New York Titans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Scott Foss 1 11 11.00 11 1 0
Chris Fannin 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
Ernest Nunn 2 1 0.50 1 0 0
William Lee 2 -7 -3.50 -1 0 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Callahan 21 93 4.43 15 3 0
James Hernandez 16 60 3.75 12 3 0
Jordan Ellis 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New York Titans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jack Slade 57 36 439 0 / 0 4 52 2 95.58

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jordan Ellis 31 24 398 1 / 11 4 74 1 144.83

Receiving Stats

New York Titans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles McCulloch 4 122 30.50 39 0
Brian King 4 98 24.50 52 0
Dale Paddock 5 73 14.60 28 0
David Crumpton 7 39 5.57 15 0
William Lee 5 38 7.60 15 1
Scott Foss 5 22 4.40 10 1
Joseph Malone 2 20 10.00 15 1
Ernest Nunn 2 15 7.50 10 0
Jose Harris 1 7 7.00 7 0
Chris Fannin 1 5 5.00 5 1

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Greg Hill 8 127 15.88 74 1
David Callahan 4 119 29.75 63 2
James Shaffer 6 95 15.83 58 1
Dominic Turner 2 29 14.50 17 0
James Hernandez 2 20 10.00 13 0
Arthur Straub 2 8 4.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

New York Titans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Scott Foss 4 5 0 1
Charlie Culberson 0 1 0 0
Eugene Rustin 4 1 0 0
Michael Drennan 12 5 0 0
Ronald Sultan 6 6 0 0
Richard Jackson 0 2 0 0
Dale Paddock 0 5 0 1
Chris Fannin 0 6 0 0
Jose Harris 4 11 0 1
Brian King 0 4 0 1
Thomas Bennett 0 1 0 0
Scott Knuth 0 1 0 0
Juan Timpson 0 1 0 0
Sean Quinones 0 1 0 0
Ernest Folmar 0 1 0 0
David Crumpton 24 7 0 0
Lester Wilson 2 0 0 0
Ernest Nunn 9 7 0 1
William Lee 10 3 0 1
Charles McCulloch 0 6 0 0
Teddy Pennington 11 6 0 0
Joseph Malone 0 9 0 0
Brian Hollman 50 18 0 0
Juan Brown 53 19 0 1
Duane Poff 47 15 0 0
Felix Downing 60 14 0 1
Thomas Speers 25 5 0 0
Marc George 58 24 0 1
David Scott 22 6 0 0
David Rohde 0 1 0 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kenneth Martindale 36 45 1 2
Timothy Burdette 37 43 0 3
John Duran 2 1 0 0
Howard Parker 2 1 0 0
David Swanson 2 3 0 0
Anthony Buntin 2 3 0 1
Dustin Richards 0 3 0 1
John Rogers 0 2 0 1
James Hernandez 1 1 0 0
Raymond Williams 0 2 0 0
Lee Phillips 1 0 0 0
John Otis 0 1 0 0
Johnny Ponce 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Arnold 0 1 0 0
Corey Fisher 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Terry 0 1 0 0
Francis Ryles 2 4 0 0
Edward Alston 1 9 0 0
Larry Snyder 0 13 0 1
Greg Hill 0 16 0 1
Arthur Straub 12 13 0 1
Timothy Harrington 2 2 0 0
William Rocha 9 3 0 0
Alan Sullivan 2 1 0 0
Dennis Roberts 4 1 0 1
James Shaffer 2 30 0 0
David Callahan 4 6 0 0
James Garland 0 29 0 1
David Dominguez 1 25 0 2
David Simms 38 40 0 1
Dominic Turner 11 22 0 2
Micheal Courtney 38 46 0 4
Bruce Johnson 34 43 0 0
Daniel Gorney 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New York Titans

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Smith 1 15 15.00 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Duran 1 6 6.00 0
Howard Parker 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New York Titans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Marc George 0 0 1 0
Joseph Malone 0 1 0 0
Richard Jackson 0 0 1 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Duran 1 0 0 0
David Callahan 1 0 0 0
Timothy Harrington 0 1 0 0
Larry Snyder 0 1 0 0
David Simms 0 1 0 0

Punting

New York Titans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Michael Monroe 4 183 45.75 39.50 53 2

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Larry Rouse 2 77 38.50 38.50 40 2

Kicking

New York Titans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Pablo Butz 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 40 4 / 4

Kansas City Chiefs

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Herman Bowden 4 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 4 / 4

Punt Return

New York Titans

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Garland 2 25 12.5 15 0

Kick Return

New York Titans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Brian King 2 63 31.5 0

Kansas City Chiefs

Defensive Stats