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AFL-NFL World Championship : California Redwoods vs. Wheeling Ironmen

January 20, 1963
70°
The Snakes Den (Aberdare, WLS) Attendance: 162,049 (99%)
Redwoods 3 7 3 0 - 13
Ironmen 0 3 7 6 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Redwoods: 4-18-WIM 33 (4:04) 3-Jesse Blansett 50 yard field goal is GOOD. WIM 0 CAL 3
(Qtr 2) Ironmen: 4-4-CAL 31 (14:24) 16-Scott Lawrence 48 yard field goal is GOOD. WIM 3 CAL 3
(Qtr 2) Redwoods: 4-2-WIM 39 (7:23) 8-Bobby Mitchell pass complete to 19-Grant Davidson for 39 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Jesse Blansett. WIM 3 CAL 10
(Qtr 3) Redwoods: 4-13-WIM 31 (8:29) 3-Jesse Blansett 48 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (WIM 66-Theo Herring) (Declined) WIM 3 CAL 13
(Qtr 3) Ironmen: 2-4-CAL 5 (0:17) 8-Mark Doran pass complete to 28-Keith McConkey to CAL 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Scott Lawrence. WIM 10 CAL 13
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 4-1-CAL 7 (1:37) 16-Scott Lawrence 24 yard field goal is GOOD. WIM 13 CAL 13
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 1-10-CAL 34 (0:02) 16-Scott Lawrence 52 yard field goal is GOOD. WIM 16 CAL 13

Team Statistics

Ironmen Redwoods
First Downs 15 12
- Rushing 5 10
- Passing 10 1
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 264 256
- Offensive Plays 57 61
- Yards Per Play 4.63 4.20
Net Rushing Yards 108 210
- Rushing Attempts 24 43
- Yards Per Rush 4.50 4.88
Net Passing Yards 156 46
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 20 / 0 16 / 8 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 156 62
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.73 2.56
- Yards Per Completion 7.80 7.75
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 6 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.4 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 3
Penalties/Yards 3 / 12 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 13 1 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 20
Time of Possession 27:39 32:20

Drive Charts

Wheeling Ironmen

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:09 OWN 25 4 11 Punt
1 10:53 0:56 OWN 27 3 1 Punt
1 4:00 4:40 OWN 25 8 44 Field Goal
2 11:04 0:18 OWN 9 3 0 Punt
2 7:15 3:50 OWN 25 6 29 Punt
2 1:45 0:19 OWN 39 3 4 Punt
3 8:25 4:52 OWN 18 9 46 Punt
3 2:05 1:51 OPP 24 4 24 Touchdown
4 11:10 1:27 OWN 43 3 9 Punt
4 8:13 6:39 OWN 35 10 58 Field Goal
4 0:38 0:38 OWN 31 4 35 Field Goal

California Redwoods

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:51 1:58 OWN 21 3 8 Punt
1 9:57 5:57 OWN 27 11 40 Field Goal
2 14:20 3:17 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
2 10:46 3:30 OWN 45 6 55 Touchdown
2 3:25 1:40 OWN 8 5 10 Punt
2 1:25 1:25 OWN 10 3 14 Half
3 15:00 6:35 OWN 25 10 44 Field Goal
3 3:33 1:28 OWN 2 3 12 Fumble
3 0:13 4:03 OWN 25 9 32 Downs
4 9:43 1:30 OWN 8 3 9 Punt
4 1:35 0:57 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt

Rushing Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kevin Ackerman 12 69 5.75 18 1 0
Freddie Hurt 10 34 3.40 7 0 0
Mark Doran 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Carlos Allen 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

California Redwoods

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ronald Sanchez 12 56 4.67 15 2 0
Francisco Paul 7 51 7.29 12 4 0
Adam Trower 11 50 4.55 10 2 0
Bobby Mitchell 2 31 15.50 17 2 0
Joseph Weber 8 22 2.75 8 0 0
James Rivera 3 0 0.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mark Doran 33 20 156 0 / 0 1 17 0 82.39

California Redwoods

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Bobby Mitchell 16 8 62 2 / 16 1 39 0 80.73

Receiving Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Ackerman 4 44 11.00 12 0
Freddie Hurt 3 34 11.33 17 0
Kevin Wright 3 27 9.00 16 0
Wes Parsons 2 15 7.50 8 0
Adam Gray 2 9 4.50 8 0
Alfred Gibson 3 9 3.00 5 0
Robert Turner 1 9 9.00 9 0
Keith McConkey 1 5 5.00 5 1
Carlos Allen 1 4 4.00 4 0

California Redwoods

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Grant Davidson 1 39 39.00 39 1
Robert Johnson 3 11 3.67 7 0
John Whipkey 3 7 2.33 5 0
Francisco Paul 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Alfred Gibson 5 17 0 0
Gary Richards 0 3 0 0
Lawrence Runyon 0 1 0 0
Felix Wade 0 1 0 0
Evan Hyatt 0 1 0 0
Timothy Hopson 0 1 0 0
James Riley 0 1 0 0
Reuben Dillon 0 1 0 1
Dion Kennedy 4 2 0 1
Dennis Vereen 4 2 0 0
Josh Layman 1 0 0 0
Gregory July 4 0 0 0
Michael Rose 3 2 0 0
Kevin Ackerman 7 2 0 0
Donald Penny 0 1 0 0
Robert Turner 0 14 0 1
Gerald Elam 12 3 0 0
Timothy Jamison 14 6 0 0
Carlos Allen 12 2 0 0
Kevin Wright 0 15 0 0
Wes Parsons 0 5 0 1
Freddie Hurt 3 2 0 0
Gerald Rosso 0 19 0 1
Victor Jackson 38 30 0 2
Lee Hamilton 41 31 0 0
Keith McConkey 26 23 0 0
Mark Adams 41 34 0 1
Clinton Murphy 36 29 0 0
Yasiel Puig 34 29 0 1
Adam Gray 0 1 0 0

California Redwoods

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Travis Shand 27 45 1 4
Adam Trower 4 2 1 1
Christopher Martinez 3 3 0 0
Rene Jones 0 2 0 0
Kyle Roberts 1 0 0 0
Joseph Weber 9 3 0 1
Orlando Arcia 0 1 0 0
George Anderson 0 1 0 0
John Harris 0 1 0 0
Joseph Sherman 0 1 0 1
Eugene Melanson 2 1 0 0
Nelson Anderson 3 1 0 0
Christopher Stoner 4 0 0 0
David Broome 7 0 0 0
Ronald Sanchez 2 3 0 0
James Burley 27 45 0 3
Samuel Truitt 8 5 0 0
Grant Davidson 0 17 0 1
Robert Johnson 0 7 0 0
Francisco Paul 5 25 0 0
Richard Calabrese 0 18 0 0
Kevin McGhee 26 46 0 5
Matthew Reardon 27 44 0 1
John Whipkey 1 32 0 4
Daniel Jones 0 25 0 0
Michael Carr 25 39 0 2
James Rivera 1 4 0 0

Interception Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

California Redwoods

Fumble Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kevin Ackerman 1 0 0 0
Clinton Murphy 0 0 1 0
Frank Adcock 0 0 1 0
James Riley 0 0 1 0
Lawrence Runyon 0 0 1 0
Calvin Bell 0 1 0 0
Timothy Hopson 0 0 1 0
Mark Adams 0 1 0 0
Evan Hyatt 0 0 1 0

California Redwoods

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Francisco Paul 2 1 0 0
Joseph Weber 2 1 0 0
John Koonce 1 0 0 0
Bobby Mitchell 1 1 0 0
Joseph Sherman 0 1 0 0
Daniel Jones 0 1 0 0
Jean Williams 0 0 1 0

Punting

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
George Rodriguez 7 295 42.14 42.57 48 4

California Redwoods

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Charles Larkin 5 244 48.80 46.60 52 1

Kicking

Wheeling Ironmen

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Scott Lawrence 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

California Redwoods

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jesse Blansett 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 50 1 / 1

Punt Return

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Wright 3 13 4.3 8 0

California Redwoods

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Koonce 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kick Return

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Carlos Allen 1 25 25.0 0

California Redwoods

Defensive Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Tackles Sacks
Calvin Bell 9 0
Evan Hyatt 7 0
James Shipton 5 0
Arthur Hoffman 5 0
Dennis White 5 0
Theo Herring 4 0
Gary Richards 3 0
Lawrence Runyon 3 0
Alfredo Burns 3 1
James Riley 2 0
Felix Wade 2 0
Clinton Murphy 1 0
Frank Adcock 1 1
Donald Penny 1 0

California Redwoods

Name Tackles Sacks
Christopher Martinez 6 0
Jean Williams 6 0
Ronald Brock 6 0
Christopher Stein 5 0
Joseph Sherman 5 0
Rusty Cantrell 4 0
Wesley Peterson 3 0
Orlando Arcia 2 0
John Harris 2 0
Eugene Melanson 2 0
David Nguyen 2 0
Robert Johnson 1 0
Joseph Dalton 1 0
Samuel Truitt 1 0
Kyle Roberts 1 0