Conference Semifinals, 2015

played in Cincinnati, OH

23 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Phoenix Scorpions	7	3	7	0	-	17
Cincinnati Vultures	3	3	0	6	-	12

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:22 PHO - Cory Aydelotte 38 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
1Q: 10:23 CIN - Dean Halpin 19 field goal
2Q: 06:42 PHO - Thomas Rivera 19 field goal
2Q: 02:44 CIN - Dean Halpin 30 field goal
3Q: 09:28 PHO - Louie Meier 23 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
4Q: 13:52 CIN - Dean Halpin 49 field goal
4Q: 08:26 CIN - Dean Halpin 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:22 PHO - Cory Aydelotte 38 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
1Q: 10:23 CIN - Dean Halpin 19 field goal
2Q: 06:42 PHO - Thomas Rivera 19 field goal
2Q: 02:44 CIN - Dean Halpin 30 field goal
3Q: 09:28 PHO - Louie Meier 23 pass from Gus Nixon (Thomas Rivera extra point)
4Q: 13:52 CIN - Dean Halpin 49 field goal
4Q: 08:26 CIN - Dean Halpin 38 field goal

Team Statistics PHO CIN
Record 11-7 11-6
First Downs 15 10
- by Rushing 2 1
- by Passing 13 8
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 327 240
- Offensive Plays 60 58
- Yards per Play 5.45 4.14
Net Rushing Yards 68 43
- Rushing Attempts 27 21
- Yards per Rush 2.52 2.05
Net Passing Yards 259 197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 25 - 2 36 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 259 203
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 7.85 5.32
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/50 7/52
Punt Returns/Yards 4/34 1/4
Kick Returns/Yards 1/14 2/50
Interception Ret./Yards 1/9 2/20
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 27
Time of Possession 33:17 26:43

Team Statistics	PHO	CIN
Record	11-7	11-6
First Downs	15	10
- by Rushing	2	1
- by Passing	13	8
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	327	240
- Offensive Plays	60	58
- Yards per Play	5.45	4.14
Net Rushing Yards	68	43
- Rushing Attempts	27	21
- Yards per Rush	2.52	2.05
Net Passing Yards	259	197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 25 - 2	36 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	259	203
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	7.85	5.32
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/50	7/52
Punt Returns/Yards	4/34	1/4
Kick Returns/Yards	1/14	2/50
Interception Ret./Yards	1/9	2/20
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 27
Time of Possession	33:17	26:43

Drive Charts

Phoenix Scorpions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:57	OWN 20	2	80	Touchdown
1	10:17	5:18	OWN 20	9	34	Punt
1	3:26	2:03	OWN 46	3	9	Punt
2	14:27	0:57	OWN 32	2	-14	Interception
2	11:49	5:14	OWN 39	10	59	Field Goal
2	5:09	0:56	OWN 31	2	-2	Interception
2	2:37	1:29	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
3	12:57	3:43	OWN 41	7	59	Touchdown
3	7:41	3:31	OWN 29	7	32	Punt
4	13:44	2:02	OWN 27	3	0	Punt
4	8:21	4:07	OWN 20	6	28	Punt
4	3:07	1:13	OWN 43	3	2	Punt
4	1:16	1:16	OPP 29	3	-2	Game

Cincinnati Vultures
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:03	3:46	OWN 35	7	63	Field Goal
1	4:59	1:33	OWN 1	3	9	Punt
1	1:23	1:56	OWN 1	6	8	Punt
2	13:30	1:41	OPP 24	3	-8	Missed FG
2	6:35	1:26	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
2	4:13	1:36	OPP 21	4	8	Field Goal
2	1:08	1:08	OWN 24	5	1	Half
3	15:00	2:03	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	9:14	1:33	OWN 37	3	-1	Punt
3	4:10	5:26	OWN 6	11	62	Field Goal
4	11:42	3:21	OWN 36	5	43	Field Goal
4	4:14	1:07	OWN 24	3	1	Punt
4	1:54	0:38	OWN 3	3	9	Interception

Game MVP: Gus Nixon, Phoenix Scorpions

Rushing Statistics

Phoenix	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lamont Ledbetter	17	59	3.47	11	1
Tyrus Fells	6	13	2.17	4	0
Duane Nordby	2	-4	-2.00	0	0
Gus Nixon	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0
Clifton Hooper	1	1	1.00	1	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Carl Dixon	11	11	1.00	6	0
Graham Colegrove	6	25	4.17	10	1
Sedrick Weathers	2	3	1.50	3	0
Trevor Fonoti	1	4	4.00	4	0
Lester Junker	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Phoenix	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gus Nixon	33	25	259	0/0	2	42	2	92.8

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Trevor Fonoti	36	18	203	1/6	0	38	1	55.7

Receiving Statistics

Phoenix	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Lamont Ledbetter	9	12	22	2.44	15	9	0
WR Louie Meier	4	5	95	23.75	55	42	1
WR Cory Aydelotte	3	5	61	20.33	6	38	1
TE Donald Myers	3	3	45	15.00	20	19	0
WR Dominic Perkins	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0
RB Tyrus Fells	1	1	-3	-3.00	0	-3	0
WR Bart Keillor	1	3	6	6.00	4	6	0
FB Clifton Hooper	1	1	14	14.00	6	14	0
TE Deon Monroe	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Tyrus Maxwell	1	1	6	6.00	3	6	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Howard Hyde	4	8	40	10.00	18	25
FB Lester Junker	4	5	12	3.00	4	4
WR Omar Reese	3	5	45	15.00	22	25
WR Fred Konishi	3	8	42	14.00	17	33
TE Cornelius Kirk	2	3	47	23.50	0	38
WR Stanley Lang	1	5	6	6.00	0	6
RB Carl Dixon	1	1	11	11.00	0	11
RB Graham Colegrove	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Phoenix	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Shannon Burgess	1	9	9.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Reggie Bowers	1	0	0.00	0
OLB Kelvin Hass	1	20	20.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Phoenix	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Phoenix	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bruce Ennis	7	297	42.4	41.9	54	4

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Hugh Reeves	6	289	48.2	42.5	59	0

Kicking Statistics

Phoenix	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Thomas Rivera	1/1	0/0	0/0	19	2/2

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dean Halpin	4/5	1/2	0/0	49	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Phoenix	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dominic Perkins	4	34	8.5	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Leo Hoffman	1	4	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Phoenix	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bart Keillor	1	14	14.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
George Fredrickson	2	50	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Phoenix	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Blaine Hudson	6	0	1.0	20	35
ILB Bryce Flaherty	4	2	0.0	13	29
OLB Shannon Burgess	3	2	0.0	7	10
S Derrick Jeatt	3	1	0.0	19	35
OLB Jerome Parker	3	1	0.0	14	21
CB Dean Conway	3	1	0.0	17	34
CB Bryan Thurmond	3	1	0.0	13	32
OLB Ben Helmuth	3	0	0.0	7	12
DE Alan Palermo	2	1	0.0	18	33
DT Kyle Konwinski	2	1	0.0	11	21
ILB Dustin Dunkin	2	1	0.0	11	10
S Chris Banks	2	0	0.0	13	19
CB Billy Sinclair	1	1	0.0	15	31
WR Cory Aydelotte	1	0	---	---	---
DE Edgar Manning	1	0	0.0	13	21
DE Lenny Webb	1	0	0.0	11	20
WR Bart Keillor	1	0	---	---	---
DT Julio Glover	1	0	0.0	13	26
DT Rico Mayes	0	3	0.0	16	18

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Sean Meier	8	3	0.0	22	28
ILB Mike Newman	7	0	0.0	20	26
OLB Reggie Bowers	6	1	0.0	23	24
S Riddick Erickson	4	2	0.0	13	19
DT Scott Sikma	4	2	0.0	17	17
OLB Kelvin Hass	3	4	0.0	13	17
DE Kelvin Boren	3	1	0.0	18	20
CB Heath Del Barco	2	2	0.0	18	24
CB Pat Schaffer	2	1	0.0	20	22
S Austin Etaton	2	0	0.0	20	25
DT Scott Spann	2	0	0.0	24	29
ILB Harry Turner	2	0	0.0	7	7
DE Arnold Hutcheson	1	3	0.0	16	23
DT Neil Warren	1	2	0.0	11	14
OLB Jason Bonfigli	1	1	0.0	8	7
DE Clarence Parliman	1	1	0.0	20	23
WR Fred Konishi	1	0	---	---	---
CB Wayne Gillespie	0	1	0.0	17	20

Pass Rush Statistics

Phoenix	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
S Blaine Hudson	1.0	1	0	35
DT Julio Glover	0.0	1	2	26
DT Kyle Konwinski	0.0	1	0	21
DE Edgar Manning	0.0	0	2	21
ILB Bryce Flaherty	0.0	0	1	29
DE Lenny Webb	0.0	0	1	20

Cincinnati	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kelvin Boren	2	0	0	20
DT Scott Spann	0	1	0	29
DE Arnold Hutcheson	0	0	1	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Phoenix	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Blaine Hudson	4	1	0	35
CB Bryan Thurmond	3	1	0	32
OLB Shannon Burgess	3	0	1	10
OLB Ben Helmuth	3	0	0	12
ILB Bryce Flaherty	1	1	0	29
S Derrick Jeatt	1	0	0	35
DE Edgar Manning	1	0	0	21
CB Dean Conway	1	0	0	34
S Chris Banks	1	0	0	19
CB Billy Sinclair	0	2	0	31

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Reggie Bowers	4	0	1	24
ILB Mike Newman	4	0	0	26
S Sean Meier	3	0	0	28
CB Heath Del Barco	3	0	0	24
OLB Kelvin Hass	2	0	1	17
CB Pat Schaffer	2	0	0	22
DE Arnold Hutcheson	1	0	0	23
CB George Fredrickson	1	0	0	18
S Austin Etaton	1	0	0	25
DE Kelvin Boren	1	0	0	20
DT Scott Spann	1	0	0	29
DT Neil Warren	1	0	0	14
ILB Harry Turner	1	0	0	7
OLB Jason Bonfigli	0	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

Phoenix	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Bryce Austin	1	6	23	28
Sedrick Hanks	1	4	21	27
Tyrus Maxwell	1	1	9	17
Kerry Schwarz	0	5	22	25
Bucky Horner	0	4	23	26
Duane Nordby	0	2	13	16
J.B. Horning	0	2	4	5
Dave Glover	0	1	6	8
Darrell Schwartz	0	1	21	25

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Charles Larocque	2	7	0	20	0	30
Harvey Becker	2	5	1	18	1	34
Ellis Stefani	1	3	0	21	0	32
Buddy Foster	0	2	0	3	0	8
Dean Kugelmass	0	2	0	19	0	31
Bernie Degley	0	1	0	19	0	33

Special Teams Statistics

Phoenix	Tackles	STPlays
Dustin Dunkin	2	16
Dominic Perkins	1	15
Chris Banks	0	26
Shannon Burgess	0	22
Blaine Hudson	0	17
Tyrus Fells	0	17
Clifton Hooper	0	17
Deon Monroe	0	17
Billy Sinclair	0	13
Donald Myers	0	12
Bart Keillor	0	11
Tyrus Maxwell	0	10
Edward Money	0	10
Dave Glover	0	8
Dixon Shapiro	0	8
Brenden Frederick	0	8
Sedrick Hanks	0	8
Lenny Webb	0	8
Bryan Thurmond	0	8
Alan Palermo	0	7
Bruce Ennis	0	7
Thomas Rivera	0	5
Bryce Flaherty	0	5
Rico Mayes	0	5
Julio Glover	0	5
Derrick Jeatt	0	4
Dean Conway	0	4
Jerome Parker	0	3
Edgar Manning	0	3
Kyle Konwinski	0	3
Bryce Austin	0	2
Ben Helmuth	0	2
Cory Aydelotte	0	1
Michael Schumer	0	1

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Jason Bonfigli	1	29
Leo Hoffman	1	27
Stanley Lang	1	19
Ross Poplawski	1	17
Harvey Becker	1	10
Ross Ramirez	0	20
George Fredrickson	0	19
Sedrick Weathers	0	18
Leslie Conway	0	11
Matt Yoder	0	11
Ellis Stefani	0	11
Buddy Foster	0	11
Dean Halpin	0	10
Heath Del Barco	0	10
Riddick Erickson	0	9
Harry Turner	0	9
Fred Konishi	0	9
Sean Meier	0	8
Kelvin Boren	0	8
Cornelius Kirk	0	7
Quinn Thomas	0	7
Hugh Reeves	0	6
Neil Warren	0	5
Stan Dotson	0	5
Scott Sikma	0	3
Lester Junker	0	2
Reggie Bowers	0	1
Mike Newman	0	1
Arnold Hutcheson	0	1
Pat Schaffer	0	1
Austin Etaton	0	1
Bucky Fuller	0	1
Scott Spann	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	6	3.0
Middle	15	33	2.2
Right	9	30	3.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	15	5.0
Middle	12	20	1.7
Right	6	8	1.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Phoenix	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gus Nixon	33	25	4	1	1	1	1	1	2

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Trevor Fonoti	36	18	4	1	2	5	6	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	10	19	1.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	134	10.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	68	9.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	38	19.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	2	5	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	83	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	6	77	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	38	9.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Phoenix	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Lamont Ledbetter	12	9	1	22	0	24
WR Cory Aydelotte	5	3	0	61	1	24
WR Louie Meier	5	4	0	95	3	22
TE Donald Myers	3	3	0	45	0	14
WR Bart Keillor	3	1	0	6	0	13
WR Dominic Perkins	1	1	0	9	0	13
RB Tyrus Fells	1	1	0	-3	0	9
FB Clifton Hooper	1	1	0	14	0	9
TE Deon Monroe	1	1	0	4	0	4
TE Tyrus Maxwell	1	1	0	6	0	17

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Howard Hyde	8	4	1	40	1	25
WR Fred Konishi	8	3	1	42	1	23
WR Omar Reese	5	3	0	45	1	17
FB Lester Junker	5	4	0	12	0	18
WR Stanley Lang	5	1	0	6	0	17
TE Cornelius Kirk	3	2	0	47	1	20
RB Graham Colegrove	1	0	0	0	0	12
RB Carl Dixon	1	1	0	11	0	25

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Phoenix	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tyrus Fells	2	5	2.50	2.17

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Graham Colegrove	1	1	1.00	4.17
Carl Dixon	1	-3	-3.00	1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Phoenix	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gus Nixon	3	3	13	4.33	7.85

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Trevor Fonoti	4	0	0	0.00	5.64

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Phoenix	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cory Aydelotte	1	1	8	8.00	12.20
WR Dominic Perkins	1	1	9	9.00	9.00
RB Lamont Ledbetter	1	1	-4	-4.00	1.83

Cincinnati	Target	Overall Avg
FB Lester Junker	1	2.40
RB Graham Colegrove	1	0.00
WR Stanley Lang	1	1.20
WR Fred Konishi	1	5.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Phoenix	Rushes	Conversions
Lamont Ledbetter	3	0
Gus Nixon	1	0
Clifton Hooper	1	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Graham Colegrove	2	0
Trevor Fonoti	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Phoenix	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gus Nixon	9	7	5

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Trevor Fonoti	12	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Phoenix	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Lamont Ledbetter	3	2	2
WR Louie Meier	3	2	2
WR Cory Aydelotte	1	1	1
WR Dominic Perkins	1	1	0
RB Tyrus Fells	1	1	0

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Omar Reese	3	1	1
WR Howard Hyde	2	1	1
FB Lester Junker	2	2	1
TE Cornelius Kirk	1	0	0
RB Graham Colegrove	1	0	0
WR Stanley Lang	1	0	0
RB Carl Dixon	1	1	1
WR Fred Konishi	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 59,300 (76,400 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,700 (23,000)
End Zone 12,600 (16,600)
Mezzanine 7,200 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 11,100 (14,700)
Club Seats 5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 5,100 (5,100)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	59,300 (76,400 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,700 (23,000)
End Zone	12,600 (16,600)
Mezzanine	7,200 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	11,100 (14,700)
Club Seats	5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	5,100 (5,100)