AFL-NFL World Championship : Huntington Heroes vs. Knox Vegas Nighthawks

January 25, 1942
55°
Carolina Stadium (Charlotte, NC) Attendance: 73,778 (100%)
Heroes 0 3 3 0 - 6
Nighthawks 14 6 7 10 - 37

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Nighthawks: 2-5-Hun 5 (8:11) 26-David Lund ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 7 Hun 0
(Qtr 1) Nighthawks: 3-3-Hun 3 (1:46) 46-Michael Goodloe ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 14 Hun 0
(Qtr 2) Nighthawks: 1-10-Hun 21 (13:30) 6-William McCune pass complete to 89-Michael Bryan for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Heroes: 4-1-KVN 24 (0:57) 6-George Martinez 43 yard field goal is GOOD. KVN 20 Hun 3
(Qtr 3) Nighthawks: 1-2-Hun 2 (12:16) 6-William McCune pass complete to 87-Thomas Murray for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 27 Hun 3
(Qtr 3) Heroes: 4-3-KVN 21 (2:17) 6-George Martinez 39 yard field goal is GOOD. KVN 27 Hun 6
(Qtr 4) Nighthawks: 3-19-Hun 43 (14:57) 6-William McCune pass complete to 87-Thomas Murray for 43 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Robert Peterson. KVN 34 Hun 6
(Qtr 4) Nighthawks: 4-1-Hun 1 (9:22) 18-Robert Peterson 19 yard field goal is GOOD. KVN 37 Hun 6

Team Statistics

Nighthawks Heroes
First Downs 23 14
- Rushing 13 3
- Passing 10 10
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 514 257
- Offensive Plays 69 57
- Yards Per Play 7.45 4.51
Net Rushing Yards 254 47
- Rushing Attempts 37 11
- Yards Per Rush 6.86 4.27
Net Passing Yards 260 210
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 17 / 0 43 / 27 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 302 239
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 42 3 / 29
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.13 4.57
- Yards Per Completion 17.76 8.85
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 12 2 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.7 8.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 35 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 46 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 2 / 61
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 24
Time of Possession 34:35 25:23

Drive Charts

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:41 4:34 OWN 36 8 64 Touchdown
1 6:29 4:46 OWN 37 9 63 Touchdown
2 14:48 1:23 OWN 28 3 72 Touchdown
2 11:54 3:13 OWN 25 7 15 Punt
2 7:18 1:49 OWN 32 5 30 Punt
2 0:53 0:53 OWN 26 2 5 Half
3 15:00 2:47 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
3 11:27 1:28 OPP 34 3 -15 Punt
3 5:28 1:02 OWN 24 3 -10 Punt
3 2:13 2:23 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
4 14:34 5:15 OPP 45 8 44 Field Goal
4 8:38 0:41 OWN 29 2 19 Fumble
4 7:01 2:10 OWN 43 3 8 Punt
4 2:11 2:11 OWN 24 5 45 Game

Huntington Heroes

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:19 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 8:08 1:38 OWN 21 4 27 Fumble
1 1:43 1:55 OWN 25 5 11 Punt
2 13:25 1:31 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 8:40 1:22 OWN 16 3 5 Punt
2 5:30 4:36 OWN 2 8 73 Field Goal
3 12:13 0:45 OWN 25 2 7 Fumble
3 9:59 4:31 OWN 5 8 30 Punt
3 4:26 2:13 OWN 39 4 40 Field Goal
4 14:51 0:16 OWN 34 2 0 Interception
4 9:19 0:41 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 7:57 0:56 OWN 46 4 17 Missed FG
4 4:51 2:40 OWN 20 8 14 Punt

Rushing Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Lund 18 125 6.94 24 5 1
Michael Goodloe 17 119 7.00 36 5 1
Eric Arellano 2 10 5.00 10 1 0

Huntington Heroes

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Ortiz 10 49 4.90 15 4 0
Kyle Snyder 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

Passing Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William McCune 24 17 302 3 / 24 3 43 0 152.78
Seth Brown 3 0 0 2 / 18 0 - 0 39.58

Huntington Heroes

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Robert Anderson 43 27 239 3 / 29 0 32 1 67.88

Receiving Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Murray 7 144 20.57 43 2
Glenn Martinez 3 48 16.00 27 0
Eric Arellano 2 33 16.50 20 0
Shelton Candler 1 28 28.00 28 0
Michael Bryan 1 21 21.00 21 1
Joshua Snavely 1 15 15.00 15 0
Michael Goodloe 1 8 8.00 8 0
James Campbell 1 5 5.00 5 0

Huntington Heroes

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Brown 6 61 10.17 24 0
Joseph Betancourt 4 59 14.75 23 0
William Johnson 4 46 11.50 32 0
John Ortiz 6 29 4.83 11 0
Manuel Rogers 3 19 6.33 11 0
William Harriman 1 13 13.00 13 0
David Livingston 1 7 7.00 7 0
Richard Colman 1 5 5.00 5 0
Carlos Robillard 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Adam Coulter 33 30 2 3
John Sewell 43 39 1 2
Bruce Jobe 0 5 0 0
Will Barnette 0 2 0 1
Dustin Wolf 0 2 0 0
Alberto Jones 0 1 0 0
Paul Queen 3 0 0 0
Brian Warren 5 2 0 1
Kenneth Romero 0 2 0 0
Ronald Hughes 1 2 0 0
Michael Vaughn 0 5 0 3
Lester McCaffrey 0 3 0 0
Robert Roberts 0 2 0 0
Michael Bryan 0 2 0 0
Shelton Candler 0 10 0 0
Travis Estrada 11 4 0 1
John McCall 11 5 0 0
David Riley 37 40 0 4
Martin Tucker 8 4 0 0
Joshua Snavely 3 14 0 0
Eric Arellano 0 32 0 3
Glenn Martinez 0 31 0 0
Thomas Murray 1 28 0 1
James Campbell 6 32 0 0
John Cree 11 8 0 1
Jason Davison 42 45 0 5
Delbert Hennen 5 3 0 0
David Lund 5 1 0 1
Alonzo Jones 36 46 0 1
Michael Goodloe 2 0 0 0

Huntington Heroes

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Huebner 54 21 1 1
Manuel Rogers 4 13 1 3
Kyle Snyder 8 3 1 1
Dean Calloway 0 2 0 0
Sandy Davis 0 1 0 0
Phillip Roper 3 2 0 0
Wade McNeil 2 1 0 0
Richard Colman 12 7 0 1
John Ortiz 6 5 0 0
William Johnson 0 11 0 1
Carlos Robillard 0 6 0 0
Joseph Betancourt 0 7 0 0
John Everett 0 2 0 0
Jesse Thibeault 0 2 0 0
Bobby Leamon 0 2 0 0
Kevin Oliver 0 4 0 1
Donald Mooney 52 17 0 0
Kyle Small 10 2 0 0
William Deatherage 11 0 0 0
Alden Puente 11 2 0 1
Gregorio Fincher 0 1 0 0
William Harriman 0 5 0 0
Peter Greenhaw 54 21 0 0
Joel Terrell 50 21 0 2
James Stephens 54 17 0 1
Charles Brown 0 9 0 0
Howard Evans 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Vaughn 1 1 1.00 0

Huntington Heroes

Fumble Stats

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Lund 2 1 0 0
William McCune 1 1 0 0
Will Barnette 0 0 2 0
Paul Queen 0 1 0 0
Lester McCaffrey 0 1 0 0

Huntington Heroes

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Harriman 1 0 0 0
John Ortiz 1 0 0 0
Dean Calloway 0 0 3 0
David Krahn 0 1 0 0

Punting

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Raymond Fuentes 5 221 44.20 39.80 51 2

Huntington Heroes

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Mathison 7 326 46.57 40.71 51 0

Kicking

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Peterson 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 19 4 / 5

Huntington Heroes

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
George Martinez 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 43 0 / 0

Punt Return

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Murray 6 46 7.7 11 0

Huntington Heroes

Kick Return

Knox Vegas Nighthawks

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Thomas Murray 1 25 25.0 0

Huntington Heroes

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Joseph Betancourt 2 61 30.5 0

Defensive Stats