Week 9, 2009

Game MVP: Gus Nixon, Phoenix Scorpions

played in Utah, UT

50 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

Drive Charts

Rushing Statistics

Passing Statistics

Receiving Statistics

Interception Statistics

Fumble Statistics

Punting Statistics

Kicking Statistics

Punt Return Statistics

Kick Return Statistics

Defensive Statistics

Pass Rush Statistics

Pass Defense Statistics

Blocking Statistics

Special Teams Statistics

Directional Rushing Statistics

Detailed Passing Statistics

Directional Passing Statistics

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Third Down Passing Statistics

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Phoenix Scorpions	14	17	21	3	-	55
Utah Rattlers	7	7	0	3	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:43 PHO - Mo Sullivan 25 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
1Q: 04:52 PHO - Mo Sullivan 9 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
1Q: 00:35 UT - Quentin Hill 1 run (Matt Hartshorn extra point)
2Q: 12:20 PHO - Karl Mayes 1 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
2Q: 04:01 PHO - Emmitt Sutter 9 run (Thomas Rivera extra point)
2Q: 02:23 UT - Vinny Stewart 33 pass from Brad Stephens (Matt Hartshorn extra point)
2Q: 00:15 PHO - Thomas Rivera 27 field goal
3Q: 11:42 PHO - Rod Fleming 29 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
3Q: 07:34 PHO - Lamont Ledbetter 3 run (Thomas Rivera extra point)
3Q: 05:21 PHO - Karl Mayes 15 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
4Q: 07:54 PHO - Thomas Rivera 28 field goal
4Q: 03:48 UT - Matt Hartshorn 35 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:43 PHO - Mo Sullivan 25 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
1Q: 04:52 PHO - Mo Sullivan 9 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
1Q: 00:35 UT - Quentin Hill 1 run (Matt Hartshorn extra point)
2Q: 12:20 PHO - Karl Mayes 1 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
2Q: 04:01 PHO - Emmitt Sutter 9 run (Thomas Rivera extra point)
2Q: 02:23 UT - Vinny Stewart 33 pass from Brad Stephens (Matt Hartshorn extra point)
2Q: 00:15 PHO - Thomas Rivera 27 field goal
3Q: 11:42 PHO - Rod Fleming 29 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
3Q: 07:34 PHO - Lamont Ledbetter 3 run (Thomas Rivera extra point)
3Q: 05:21 PHO - Karl Mayes 15 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
4Q: 07:54 PHO - Thomas Rivera 28 field goal
4Q: 03:48 UT - Matt Hartshorn 35 field goal

Team Statistics PHO UT
Record 7-1 4-5
First Downs 29 16
- by Rushing 8 5
- by Passing 20 10
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 501 309
- Offensive Plays 68 55
- Yards per Play 7.37 5.62
Net Rushing Yards 134 102
- Rushing Attempts 33 26
- Yards per Rush 4.06 3.92
Net Passing Yards 367 207
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 28 - 0 28 - 17 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 367 212
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 10.49 7.14
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 9/12 2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.7 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 5/45 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 1/5 1/8
Kick Returns/Yards 4/91 8/198
Interception Ret./Yards 2/36 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 6 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4/2 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 43 OWN 25
Time of Possession 34:39 25:21

Team Statistics	PHO	UT
Record	7-1	4-5
First Downs	29	16
- by Rushing	8	5
- by Passing	20	10
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	501	309
- Offensive Plays	68	55
- Yards per Play	7.37	5.62
Net Rushing Yards	134	102
- Rushing Attempts	33	26
- Yards per Rush	4.06	3.92
Net Passing Yards	367	207
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 28 - 0	28 - 17 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	367	212
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	10.49	7.14
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	9/12	2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.7	6.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	5/45	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	1/5	1/8
Kick Returns/Yards	4/91	8/198
Interception Ret./Yards	2/36	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	6	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	4/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 43	OWN 25
Time of Possession	34:39	25:21

Phoenix Scorpions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:42	3:11	OWN 35	7	65	Touchdown
1	7:53	3:06	OWN 10	8	90	Touchdown
1	0:28	3:13	OWN 35	6	65	Touchdown
2	9:30	5:35	OWN 19	13	81	Touchdown
2	2:10	2:01	OWN 38	7	52	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:33	OWN 36	7	64	Touchdown
3	10:51	3:24	OPP 28	7	28	Touchdown
3	5:21	0:07	OPP 15	1	15	Touchdown
3	1:55	2:05	OWN 26	3	12	Punt
4	11:53	4:04	OPP 23	6	12	Field Goal
4	3:42	1:51	OWN 41	3	0	Punt

Utah Rattlers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:18	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
1	10:31	2:38	OWN 20	4	23	Punt
1	4:47	4:19	OWN 31	8	69	Touchdown
2	12:15	2:45	OWN 24	5	16	Punt
2	3:55	1:45	OWN 25	6	75	Touchdown
2	0:09	0:09	OWN 35	1	-1	Half
3	11:27	0:36	OWN 17	2	0	Interception
3	7:27	2:06	OWN 31	4	17	Interception
3	5:14	3:19	OWN 25	5	6	Punt
4	14:50	2:57	OWN 16	5	16	Fumble
4	7:49	4:07	OWN 38	8	44	Field Goal
4	1:51	1:51	OWN 27	5	27	Game

Phoenix	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Lamont Ledbetter	25	102	4.08	21	3	1
Emmitt Sutter	8	32	4.00	10	1	1

Phoenix	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gus Nixon	35	28	367	0/0	5	53	0	149.9

Utah	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brad Stephens	26	16	209	1/5	1	33	2	67.6
Matthew Hanks	2	1	3	0/0	0	3	0	56.3

Phoenix	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mo Sullivan	9	9	167	18.56	43	53	2
RB Lamont Ledbetter	7	8	49	7.00	38	16	0
WR Norbert Shields	4	5	49	12.25	6	22	0
FB Rod Fleming	3	3	37	12.33	34	29	1
RB Karl Mayes	2	3	16	8.00	0	15	2
WR Emmanuel Cassidy	2	5	41	20.50	4	33	0
TE Cornelius Burroughs	1	1	8	8.00	3	8	0
TE Brady Parrish	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Utah	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Jeffrey Tallman	4	4	36	9.00	1	13	0
WR Byron Molenaar	3	7	63	21.00	12	33	0
WR Vinny Stewart	3	8	53	17.67	18	33	1
TE Wesley Conway	3	4	38	12.67	1	32	0
RB Quentin Hill	2	3	13	6.50	1	8	0
TE Kendrick Baker	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR George Fielding	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0

Phoenix	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Bruce Cottrill	1	5	5.00	0
OLB Lenny Rodreick	1	31	31.00	0

Utah	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Phoenix	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mo Sullivan	1	0	0
Norbert Shields	1	0	0
Emmitt Sutter	0	1	0
Lamont Ledbetter	0	1	0
Emmanuel Neeley	0	1	0
Cary Hanspard	0	0	1
Lenny Rodreick	0	0	1

Utah	Fumb	Recov	Force
Quentin Hill	1	1	0
Brad Stephens	1	0	0
Craig Pettus	0	0	1
Hunter Straub	0	0	1

Phoenix	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jerome Dillon	2	86	43.0	39.0	46	2

Utah	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sherman Tant	4	174	43.5	42.3	47	2

Phoenix	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Thomas Rivera	2/2	0/0	0/0	28	7/7

Utah	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Hartshorn	1/1	0/0	0/0	35	2/2

Phoenix	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Scott Wesner	1	5	5.0	0

Utah	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gabe Neumann	1	8	8.0	0

Phoenix	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Norbert Shields	2	51	25.5	0
Scott Wesner	2	40	20.0	0

Utah	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gabe Neumann	5	129	25.8	0
Cary Rockne	3	69	23.0	0

Phoenix	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Derrick Jeatt	8	0	0.0	26	29
OLB Lenny Rodreick	6	1	1.0	26	29
CB Cary Hanspard	5	2	0.0	23	29
CB Henry Robertson	4	1	0.0	26	29
S Jon Banta	3	1	0.0	23	28
CB Bruce Cottrill	3	1	0.0	13	22
S Alfred Griffin	3	0	0.0	13	9
ILB Sammie Jennings	2	1	0.0	23	29
DT Mark Rollins	2	0	0.0	24	28
DE Gene Dotson	1	1	0.0	26	28
DT Jerald Reid	1	1	0.0	6	2
DT Emmanuel Neeley	1	1	0.0	12	20
CB Sammie Corbett	1	1	0.0	10	4
OLB Cary McWilliams	1	0	0.0	5	2
DE Wendell Uribe	0	1	0.0	1	2

Utah	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Craig Pettus	12	4	0.0	32	35
DT Donald Ford	9	4	0.0	32	33
OLB Burt Spivey	6	1	0.0	31	33
CB Marlon Jarvis	5	0	0.0	32	34
CB Peter Hetrick	5	0	0.0	32	31
DE Casey Rae	3	3	0.0	32	31
DT Raymond Greene	3	0	0.0	28	29
CB Hunter Straub	3	0	0.0	12	12
S Ellis Moore	3	0	0.0	23	26
S Deon Sanford	3	0	0.0	28	29
DE Lance Donaldson	2	1	0.0	32	34
S Tommy Ozguner	1	1	0.0	11	15
QB Brad Stephens	1	0	---	---	---
WR Byron Molenaar	1	0	---	---	---
FB Jimmy Sims	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Clyde Brewer	0	2	0.0	20	23
ILB Cornell Jiminez	0	1	0.0	3	2

Phoenix	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Lenny Rodreick	1.0	1	1	29
CB Cary Hanspard	0.0	1	0	29
DE Dale Dunlap	0.0	1	0	28
DT Emmanuel Neeley	0.0	1	0	20

Utah	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Lance Donaldson	0.0	1	0	0	34
DT Donald Ford	0.0	0	3	1	33

Phoenix	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Cary Hanspard	5	1	0	29
CB Bruce Cottrill	2	1	1	22
OLB Lenny Rodreick	2	0	1	29
S Jon Banta	2	0	0	28
S Alfred Griffin	2	0	0	9
CB Henry Robertson	2	0	0	29
ILB Sammie Jennings	1	0	0	29
DE Gene Dotson	1	0	0	28
S Derrick Jeatt	0	1	0	29

Utah	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Craig Pettus	7	0	35
CB Marlon Jarvis	5	1	34
OLB Burt Spivey	4	1	33
CB Peter Hetrick	3	1	31
S Ellis Moore	3	0	26
OLB Clyde Brewer	2	0	23
CB Hunter Straub	2	0	12
DT Donald Ford	1	0	33
S Deon Sanford	1	0	29

Phoenix	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Kirk Fulcher	5	9	1	31	31
Bryce Austin	3	5	0	29	30
Quentin Hardy	1	6	0	31	35
Kerry Schwarz	1	3	0	17	29
Deon Ramsey	1	1	0	11	6
Robert Bensen	1	1	0	2	4
Walter Bennett	0	4	0	29	23
Bert Duncan	0	2	0	16	6
Rod Fleming	0	1	0	18	18
Sammy Patrizio	0	1	0	6	12

Utah	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Terrance Heredia	1	3	22	1	25
Emmanuel Primeau	1	3	7	0	3
Teddy Cunningham	1	2	21	0	28
Jimmy Sims	1	2	17	0	19
Lewis Brown	1	2	22	0	22
Sam Wynn	1	1	4	0	7
Billy Joe Rolfe	1	1	5	0	1
Kendrick Baker	1	1	2	0	2
Ricky Harrison	0	3	19	0	26
Herb Pierce	0	2	23	0	20
Aaron Whiting	0	1	4	0	4
Jeffrey Tallman	0	1	16	0	17

Phoenix	Tackles	STPlays
Karl Mayes	3	20
Bruce Cottrill	2	17
Andre Franklin	1	22
Deon Ramsey	1	18
Alfred Griffin	1	15
Dwayne Marsh	1	15
Scott Wesner	0	20
Cornelius Burroughs	0	16
Xavier Berkebile	0	16
Emmitt Sutter	0	13
Thomas Rivera	0	12
Norbert Shields	0	7
Rod Fleming	0	5
Dale Dunlap	0	5
Emmanuel Neeley	0	5
Jerome Dillon	0	4
Marshall Barnhardt	0	4
Sammy Patrizio	0	4
Robert Bensen	0	4
Emmanuel Cassidy	0	4
Derrick Price	0	4
Bryce Austin	0	3
Cary McWilliams	0	3
Bert Duncan	0	3
Walter Bennett	0	2
Cary Hanspard	0	2
Sammie Corbett	0	2
Jon Banta	0	1
Brady Parrish	0	1
Lenny Rodreick	0	1
Sammie Jennings	0	1
Mark Rollins	0	1
Derrick Jeatt	0	1
Henry Robertson	0	1
Gene Dotson	0	1

Utah	Tackles	STPlays
Gabe Neumann	1	20
Kendrick Baker	1	19
Wesley Conway	1	18
Deon Sanford	1	11
Jimmy Sims	1	4
Cary Rockne	0	21
Jumbo Headrick	0	18
Troy Lynch	0	17
Ellis Moore	0	16
Emmitt Collett	0	15
Cornell Jiminez	0	14
Hunter Straub	0	9
Marc Cote	0	7
Craig Pettus	0	6
Aaron Whiting	0	5
Frankie Perry	0	5
Ricky Harrison	0	5
Sherman Tant	0	5
Matt Hartshorn	0	5
Marlon Jarvis	0	4
Sam Wynn	0	4
Peter Hetrick	0	3
George Fielding	0	3
Burt Spivey	0	2
Lance Donaldson	0	2
Xavier Brennan	0	2
Jeffrey Tallman	0	2
Casey Rae	0	2
Raymond Greene	0	2
Donald Ford	0	2
Clyde Brewer	0	2
Wally Middleton	0	2
Billy Joe Rolfe	0	1

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	20	6.7
Middle	22	87	4.0
Right	8	27	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	12	3.0
Middle	19	88	4.6
Right	2	3	1.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Phoenix	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gus Nixon	35	28	5	0	0	3	3	1	0

Utah	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brad Stephens	26	16	3	1	1	2	4	1	2
Matthew Hanks	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	8	75	8.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	8	54	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	9	127	12.7
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	111	15.9

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	11	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	7	35	4.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	101	9.2
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	65	10.8

Phoenix	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mo Sullivan	9	9	167	2	32
RB Lamont Ledbetter	8	7	49	0	27
WR Norbert Shields	5	4	49	1	17
WR Emmanuel Cassidy	5	2	41	1	25
FB Rod Fleming	3	3	37	1	18
RB Karl Mayes	3	2	16	0	10
TE Brady Parrish	1	0	0	0	28
TE Cornelius Burroughs	1	1	8	0	4

Utah	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Vinny Stewart	8	3	0	53	1	23
WR Byron Molenaar	7	3	1	63	1	21
TE Jeffrey Tallman	4	4	0	36	0	17
TE Wesley Conway	4	3	0	38	1	7
RB Quentin Hill	3	2	0	13	0	17
TE Kendrick Baker	1	1	0	6	0	2
WR George Fielding	1	1	0	3	0	9

Phoenix	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Lamont Ledbetter	11	29	2.64	4.08
Emmitt Sutter	4	19	4.75	4.00

Utah	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Quentin Hill	2	1	0.50	4.00
Gabe Neumann	1	5	5.00	3.00

Phoenix	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gus Nixon	6	5	42	7.00	10.49

Utah	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brad Stephens	1	1	14	14.00	8.04

Phoenix	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Karl Mayes	2	2	16	8.00	5.33
WR Mo Sullivan	1	1	9	9.00	18.56
RB Lamont Ledbetter	1	0	0	0.00	6.13
WR Norbert Shields	1	1	9	9.00	9.80
WR Emmanuel Cassidy	1	1	8	8.00	8.20

Utah	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Vinny Stewart	1	1	14	14.00	6.63

Phoenix	Rushes	Conversions
Lamont Ledbetter	4	1
Emmitt Sutter	1	1

Utah	Rushes	Conversions
Quentin Hill	2	0
Matthew Hanks	1	1

Phoenix	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gus Nixon	7	7	7

Utah	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brad Stephens	7	2	1

Quentin Hill

Brad Stephens

Gabe Neumann

Matthew Hanks

Phoenix	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mo Sullivan	3	3	3
RB Lamont Ledbetter	2	2	2
FB Rod Fleming	1	1	1
WR Norbert Shields	1	1	1

Utah	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Vinny Stewart	4	1	1
WR Byron Molenaar	1	0	0
RB Quentin Hill	1	0	0
TE Kendrick Baker	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,900 (21,400)
End Zone 12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,900 (21,400)
End Zone	12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (3,300)