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

January 22, 1956
38°
The Saw Mill (Portland, OR) Attendance: 83,722 (95%)
Titans 6 7 7 13 - 33
Chiefs 14 3 6 0 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Chiefs: 3-3-NYT 46 (8:40) 3-Grant Sewell pass complete to 14-James Garland for 46 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Herman Bowden. KCC 7 NYT 0
(Qtr 1) Titans: 4-8-KCC 32 (4:32) 3-Pablo Butz 49 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (KCC 97-Johnny Ponce) (Declined) KCC 7 NYT 3
(Qtr 1) Chiefs: 1-10-NYT 19 (3:44) 3-Grant Sewell pass complete to 18-James Burns for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Herman Bowden. KCC 14 NYT 3
(Qtr 1) Titans: 4-13-KCC 23 (0:19) 3-Pablo Butz 40 yard field goal is GOOD. KCC 14 NYT 6
(Qtr 2) Chiefs: 4-11-NYT 27 (11:59) 2-Herman Bowden 45 yard field goal is GOOD. KCC 17 NYT 6
(Qtr 2) Titans: 1-7-KCC 7 (7:04) 19-Jack Slade pass complete to 86-Jose Harris for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Pablo Butz. KCC 17 NYT 13
(Qtr 3) Titans: 3-4-KCC 31 (13:39) 3-Grant Sewell pass INTERCEPTED by 44-Sean Quinones at KCC 33. 44-Sean Quinones to KCC 0 for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Pablo Butz. KCC 17 NYT 20
(Qtr 3) Chiefs: 4-2-NYT 34 (10:05) 2-Herman Bowden 53 yard field goal is GOOD. KCC 20 NYT 20
(Qtr 3) Chiefs: 4-2-NYT 23 (5:45) 2-Herman Bowden 41 yard field goal is GOOD. KCC 23 NYT 20
(Qtr 4) Titans: 2-1-KCC 0 (14:58) 33-Ernest Nunn ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Pablo Butz. KCC 23 NYT 27
(Qtr 4) Titans: 2-3-KCC 3 (5:27) 19-Jack Slade pass complete to 84-Luis Kowal for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Chiefs Titans
First Downs 16 18
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 12 14
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 449 401
- Offensive Plays 70 74
- Yards Per Play 6.41 5.42
Net Rushing Yards 94 20
- Rushing Attempts 18 16
- Yards Per Rush 5.22 1.25
Net Passing Yards 355 381
- Att/Comp/Int 49 / 32 / 3 58 / 33 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 383 381
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 28 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.83 6.57
- Yards Per Completion 11.97 11.55
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 13 7 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 8.1
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 16 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 41 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 34
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 29
Time of Possession 26:53 33:08

Drive Charts

Kansas City Chiefs

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:48 4:16 OWN 7 7 93 Touchdown
1 4:28 0:50 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 0:16 3:20 OWN 34 7 39 Field Goal
2 6:59 1:43 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
2 3:05 1:11 OWN 32 3 21 Interception
2 0:19 0:19 OWN 35 1 -1 Half
3 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 6 Interception
3 9:46 4:05 OWN 25 8 52 Field Goal
3 3:56 1:40 OWN 9 3 4 Punt
4 14:56 1:38 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 11:39 1:49 OWN 7 3 9 Punt
4 8:58 1:22 OWN 21 4 24 Interception
4 5:24 1:51 OWN 25 9 36 Punt
4 1:38 1:19 OWN 38 7 25 Downs

New York Titans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:12 OWN 25 5 25 Punt
1 8:32 4:04 OWN 25 9 43 Field Goal
1 3:38 3:23 OWN 25 9 52 Field Goal
2 11:55 4:56 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
2 5:16 2:11 OWN 10 3 7 Punt
2 1:54 1:35 OWN 23 3 -2 Punt
3 13:30 3:30 OPP 25 6 -41 Field Goal
3 10:00 0:14 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 5:41 1:45 OWN 25 4 38 Punt
3 2:17 2:21 OWN 41 8 59 Touchdown
4 13:18 1:39 OWN 21 5 34 Punt
4 9:50 0:52 OWN 32 4 0 Punt
4 7:36 2:12 OWN 47 4 53 Touchdown
4 3:33 1:55 OWN 6 6 11 Punt
4 0:19 0:19 OWN 37 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Charles Heath 12 67 5.58 29 3 0
James Hernandez 4 21 5.25 9 0 0
Eric Hartfield 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
James Burns 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

New York Titans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ernest Nunn 6 11 1.83 8 0 1
William Lee 2 8 4.00 4 0 0
David Crumpton 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Jack Slade 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Scott Foss 6 -1 -0.17 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Grant Sewell 47 32 383 3 / 28 2 56 3 80.36
David James 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

New York Titans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jack Slade 58 33 381 0 / 0 2 40 0 88.36

Receiving Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Greg Hill 5 102 20.40 56 0
James Shaffer 6 81 13.50 26 0
James Garland 4 68 17.00 46 1
James Burns 2 43 21.50 24 1
Charles Heath 5 33 6.60 15 0
Edward Alston 4 31 7.75 22 0
James Hernandez 4 17 4.25 9 0
David Dominguez 1 9 9.00 9 0
Eric Hartfield 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

New York Titans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brian King 7 113 16.14 33 0
William Lee 5 65 13.00 30 0
Ernest Nunn 3 59 19.67 40 0
Scott Foss 2 44 22.00 26 0
David Crumpton 6 32 5.33 11 0
Jose Harris 3 23 7.67 8 1
Joseph Malone 1 19 19.00 19 0
Charles McCulloch 2 14 7.00 12 0
Dale Paddock 3 9 3.00 5 0
Luis Kowal 1 3 3.00 3 1

Blocking Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Timothy Burdette 53 22 0 0
Eric Toombs 7 7 0 1
David Swanson 5 4 0 0
Howard Parker 5 1 0 0
Eric Hartfield 2 2 0 0
Charles Gatto 5 6 0 0
Dustin Richards 0 3 0 0
Anthony Buntin 5 6 0 0
Joseph Jones 5 2 0 0
James Hernandez 5 2 0 0
Alan Sullivan 1 2 0 0
James Burns 6 13 0 0
John Medina 16 7 0 1
Greg Hill 0 18 0 1
James Garland 0 23 0 0
James Shaffer 6 13 0 0
Edward Alston 8 13 0 1
Charles Heath 11 3 0 0
Jonathan Graybeal 53 20 0 2
David Simms 51 25 0 2
Micheal Courtney 58 30 0 2
Daniel Carpentier 56 26 0 1
David Dominguez 1 4 0 0

New York Titans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Brian Hollman 57 24 0 2
William Lee 10 3 0 0
Eddie Wells 0 1 0 0
Ernest Folmar 0 1 0 0
James Wheeler 0 1 0 0
Scott Knuth 0 1 0 0
Charlie Culberson 0 2 0 0
Kyle Guerriero 0 2 0 0
Milton Albritton 0 1 0 0
Thurman Herrera 0 1 0 0
John Christensen 2 1 0 0
John Smith 1 1 0 0
Daniel Hodgkins 2 1 0 0
Luis Kowal 1 5 0 0
Joseph Malone 0 6 0 1
Michael Drennan 13 0 0 0
Marc George 63 32 0 1
Ronald Sultan 24 3 0 0
David Rohde 5 3 0 0
Thomas Speers 27 4 0 0
David Scott 21 6 0 0
Brian King 1 9 0 1
Scott Foss 6 5 0 0
Charles McCulloch 0 5 0 1
Ernest Nunn 12 7 0 0
David Crumpton 28 7 0 0
Dale Paddock 0 10 0 0
Michael Demott 50 25 0 1
Duane Poff 56 25 0 2
Felix Downing 61 21 0 0
Jose Harris 4 15 0 0
John Gillespie 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

New York Titans

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Sean Quinones 1 33 33.00 1
John Smith 1 1 1.00 0
James Wheeler 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

New York Titans

Punting

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Larry Rouse 5 232 46.40 45.60 52 2

New York Titans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Michael Monroe 8 347 43.38 43.38 51 3

Kicking

Kansas City Chiefs

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Herman Bowden 3 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 1 53 2 / 2

New York Titans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Pablo Butz 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 49 3 / 4

Punt Return

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Garland 1 1 1.0 1 0

New York Titans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brian King 1 4 4.0 4 0

Kick Return

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Garland 1 41 41.0 0

New York Titans

Defensive Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Tackles Sacks
Raymond Williams 6 0
Howard Parker 6 0
Jose Walsh 6 0
David Swanson 6 0
Daniel Gorney 4 0
Corey Fisher 4 0
Christopher Stein 3 0
Johnny Ponce 3 0
Charles Gatto 2 0
Edward Alston 2 0
John Rogers 1 0
Dustin Richards 1 0
Darren Bouchard 1 0
Kenneth Terry 1 0

New York Titans

Name Tackles Sacks
John Christensen 8 0
James Wheeler 5 0
Thurman Herrera 5 1
Scott Knuth 4 0
John Gillespie 3 0
Milton Albritton 3 0
Kyle Guerriero 3 0
Charlie Culberson 2 0
Ernest Folmar 2 0
Richard Jackson 2 0
Joseph Thomas 2 0
John Smith 2 0
Lester Wilson 2 0
David Rohde 2 0
Ricky Gaiter 1 0
Daniel Hodgkins 1 0
Pablo Butz 1 0
Sean Quinones 1 0
Thomas Bennett 1 0
Bryan Crook 1 1
William Dean 1 1