AFL-NFL World Championship : California Red Woods vs. New York Titans

January 22, 1961
53°
The Big Sombrero (Tampa, FL) Attendance: 65,857 (63%)
Red Woods 28 7 7 0 - 42
Titans 0 3 7 10 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Red Woods: 3-11-CAL 14 (14:19) 10-Gabriel Williams pass complete to 38-Ronald Sanchez for 86 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Jerome Little. NYT 0 CAL 7
(Qtr 1) Red Woods: 2-7-CAL 47 (11:00) 41-John Gutierrez ran for 53 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Jerome Little. NYT 0 CAL 14
(Qtr 1) Red Woods: 1-10-NYT 34 (4:01) 10-Gabriel Williams pass complete to 88-James Burns for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Jerome Little. NYT 0 CAL 21
(Qtr 1) Red Woods: 1-10-NYT 46 (3:05) 10-Gabriel Williams pass complete to 15-Daniel Jones for 46 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Jerome Little. NYT 0 CAL 28
(Qtr 2) Red Woods: 1-9-NYT 9 (11:52) 10-Gabriel Williams pass complete to 15-Daniel Jones for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Jerome Little. NYT 0 CAL 35
(Qtr 2) Titans: 4-1-CAL 18 (5:55) 18-Douglas Conover 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 3 CAL 35
(Qtr 3) Titans: 1-3-CAL 3 (11:26) 28-Robert Shane ran to CAL 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Douglas Conover. NYT 10 CAL 35
(Qtr 3) Red Woods: 2-11-NYT 11 (1:37) 10-Gabriel Williams pass complete to 88-James Burns for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Jerome Little. NYT 10 CAL 42
(Qtr 4) Titans: 4-2-CAL 27 (12:44) 18-Douglas Conover 46 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 13 CAL 42
(Qtr 4) Titans: 3-6-CAL 6 (0:48) 19-Jack Slade pass complete to 87-Jean Johnson for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Douglas Conover. NYT 20 CAL 42

Team Statistics

Titans Red Woods
First Downs 22 14
- Rushing 3 3
- Passing 15 9
- Penalty 4 2
Total Net Yards 426 531
- Offensive Plays 77 62
- Yards Per Play 5.53 8.56
Net Rushing Yards 70 197
- Rushing Attempts 17 34
- Yards Per Rush 4.12 5.79
Net Passing Yards 356 334
- Att/Comp/Int 60 / 26 / 2 26 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 356 356
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 22
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.93 11.93
- Yards Per Completion 13.69 17.80
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 18 7 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 40 5 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 2 1 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 17 2 / 52
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 22
Time of Possession 26:38 33:21

Drive Charts

New York Titans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:06 0:52 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 10:51 2:20 OWN 25 5 32 Punt
1 3:55 0:51 OWN 25 4 12 Interception
1 2:58 3:10 OWN 25 6 25 Punt
2 11:49 5:57 OWN 25 9 57 Field Goal
2 4:14 2:22 OWN 16 4 22 Punt
3 15:00 3:36 OWN 15 7 85 Touchdown
3 9:31 2:10 OWN 21 4 21 Punt
3 1:33 1:00 OWN 25 5 17 Punt
4 13:42 1:01 OWN 32 4 40 Field Goal
4 10:33 0:43 OWN 24 5 35 Interception
4 7:02 0:46 OWN 5 6 14 Punt
4 4:08 1:17 OWN 12 8 25 Punt
4 1:17 0:33 OWN 44 7 56 Touchdown

California Red Woods

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:54 OWN 15 3 85 Touchdown
1 13:13 2:22 OWN 22 5 78 Touchdown
1 8:32 4:37 OWN 10 9 90 Touchdown
1 3:04 0:06 OPP 46 1 46 Touchdown
2 14:48 2:59 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 5:52 1:38 OWN 32 3 10 Punt
2 1:52 1:52 OWN 14 3 15 Half
3 11:24 1:53 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 7:21 5:48 OWN 11 11 89 Touchdown
3 0:33 1:51 OWN 12 3 2 Punt
4 12:40 2:07 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 9:50 2:48 OWN 27 4 31 Punt
4 6:16 2:09 OWN 35 3 4 Punt
4 2:50 1:33 OWN 10 3 -3 Punt
4 0:44 0:44 OWN 25 3 17 Game

Rushing Stats

New York Titans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Howard Whitesell 6 46 7.67 14 3 0
Ernest Nunn 5 13 2.60 9 0 0
Michael Blanchard 4 6 1.50 3 0 0
Robert Shane 2 5 2.50 3 0 1

California Red Woods

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Gutierrez 11 150 13.64 53 3 1
Ronald Sanchez 12 30 2.50 9 0 0
Elmer Nelson 6 14 2.33 9 0 0
Francisco Paul 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Wayne Dick 4 -3 -0.75 3 0 0

Passing Stats

New York Titans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jack Slade 60 26 356 0 / 0 1 42 2 54.58

California Red Woods

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gabriel Williams 26 20 356 2 / 22 5 86 0 157.85

Receiving Stats

New York Titans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Blanchard 4 67 16.75 42 0
Howard Whitesell 4 66 16.50 32 0
John Green 2 49 24.50 35 0
Robert Shane 2 48 24.00 38 0
Michael Cain 4 33 8.25 14 0
Ernest Nunn 3 33 11.00 17 0
Jose Harris 2 20 10.00 11 0
Jean Johnson 2 17 8.50 11 1
Mark Leos 2 12 6.00 6 0
John England 1 11 11.00 11 0

California Red Woods

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ronald Sanchez 3 91 30.33 86 1
John Gutierrez 4 88 22.00 32 0
Daniel Jones 3 67 22.33 46 2
James Burns 2 45 22.50 34 2
Ryan Klesko 3 16 5.33 8 0
Wayne Dick 1 15 15.00 15 0
Elmer Nelson 2 15 7.50 13 0
Dennis Huntley 1 13 13.00 13 0
Francisco Paul 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

New York Titans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Marc George 61 23 0 3
Michael Cain 0 10 0 0
Alden Armstrong 0 2 0 0
James Gagne 0 1 0 0
Donald Coffey 0 1 0 0
Robert Shaffer 0 1 0 0
John Gillespie 1 1 0 0
James Plummer 9 3 0 0
John Christensen 3 2 0 0
John Smith 7 5 0 0
Jean Johnson 3 2 0 0
Brian Johnson 1 7 0 1
John Green 3 6 0 0
John England 0 7 0 0
Robert Shane 11 6 0 0
Felix Downing 57 27 0 0
Jose Harris 3 10 0 2
Howard Whitesell 9 0 0 0
David Rohde 1 1 0 0
Francis Kirkman 22 3 0 0
Mark Leos 0 13 0 0
William Veiga 33 13 0 1
Duane Poff 32 7 0 0
Ernest Nunn 9 2 0 0
William Redinger 54 25 0 0
Charles Wood 54 21 0 1
Michael Blanchard 14 5 0 0
Leon Pritchard 55 10 0 1
James Wheeler 1 0 0 0

California Red Woods

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Stewart 28 24 1 1
Max Hutchison 12 5 0 0
Ryan Klesko 0 24 0 0
Joseph Dalton 0 1 0 0
Michael Orozco 0 2 0 0
David Wahl 0 1 0 0
Charles Haug 0 1 0 0
Matthew Johnson 0 2 0 0
Russell Cate 0 2 0 0
Willie Martin 0 1 0 0
Ronald Sanchez 3 6 0 0
Wayne Dick 1 7 0 1
Kip Bills 0 3 0 0
Daniel Jones 0 15 0 0
Dennis Huntley 0 8 0 0
Joseph Weber 0 3 0 0
Brandon Mullins 11 9 0 1
Elmer Nelson 8 14 0 1
Jeremy Golden 5 5 0 1
Jeffery Tondreau 20 9 0 1
Francisco Paul 4 12 0 3
Norris McKee 36 37 0 4
Travis Shand 36 39 0 4
James Burns 1 14 0 0
Michael Carr 38 40 0 3
James Burley 39 39 0 2
Wesley Peterson 0 3 0 0
Christopher Martinez 0 4 0 2
Joseph Sherman 0 3 0 0
John Gutierrez 2 9 0 0
Joseph Thomas 0 3 0 0
Michael Weiland 0 3 0 0
Frank Torrez 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New York Titans

California Red Woods

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jeremy Golden 1 1 1.00 0
Christopher Martinez 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New York Titans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Scott Knuth 0 0 1 0

California Red Woods

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Wayne Dick 1 0 0 0

Punting

New York Titans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Michael Monroe 8 379 47.38 43.88 56 5

California Red Woods

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jeramy Gentry 7 326 46.57 46.71 54 3

Kicking

New York Titans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Douglas Conover 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 46 2 / 2

California Red Woods

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jerome Little 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 6 / 6

Punt Return

New York Titans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ernest Nunn 2 2 1.0 1 0

California Red Woods

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kip Bills 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kick Return

New York Titans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Ernest Nunn 1 17 17.0 0

California Red Woods

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Wayne Dick 2 52 26.0 0

Defensive Stats