Week 1, 2014

played in Atlanta, GA

89 degrees, fair, 11 mph wind

Minnesota Grizzlies	7	10	0	7	-	24
Atlanta Rebels	0	6	3	7	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:00 MIN - Harris Collins 1 pass from Hardy Calinoff (Cris Merloni extra point)
2Q: 12:54 MIN - Jorge Howard 2 run (Cris Merloni extra point)
2Q: 09:21 ATL - Paul Johnston 49 field goal
2Q: 05:13 MIN - Cris Merloni 32 field goal
2Q: 02:15 ATL - Paul Johnston 21 field goal
3Q: 06:55 ATL - Paul Johnston 19 field goal
4Q: 11:58 MIN - Jerry Folston 1 run (Cris Merloni extra point)
4Q: 07:01 ATL - Omar Oates 10 pass from Omar Morton (Paul Johnston extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:00 MIN - Harris Collins 1 pass from Hardy Calinoff (Cris Merloni extra point)
2Q: 12:54 MIN - Jorge Howard 2 run (Cris Merloni extra point)
2Q: 09:21 ATL - Paul Johnston 49 field goal
2Q: 05:13 MIN - Cris Merloni 32 field goal
2Q: 02:15 ATL - Paul Johnston 21 field goal
3Q: 06:55 ATL - Paul Johnston 19 field goal
4Q: 11:58 MIN - Jerry Folston 1 run (Cris Merloni extra point)
4Q: 07:01 ATL - Omar Oates 10 pass from Omar Morton (Paul Johnston extra point)

Team Statistics MIN ATL
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 20 24
- by Rushing 8 5
- by Passing 10 17
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 258 402
- Offensive Plays 61 62
- Yards per Play 4.23 6.48
Net Rushing Yards 134 61
- Rushing Attempts 40 14
- Yards per Rush 3.35 4.36
Net Passing Yards 124 341
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 14 - 0 47 - 27 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 135 346
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 5.90 7.10
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/12 2/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 4/36 4/20
Punt Returns/Yards 2/34 3/8
Kick Returns/Yards 4/101 5/91
Interception Ret./Yards 2/43 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 41 OWN 21
Time of Possession 33:05 26:55

Team Statistics	MIN	ATL
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	20	24
- by Rushing	8	5
- by Passing	10	17
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	258	402
- Offensive Plays	61	62
- Yards per Play	4.23	6.48
Net Rushing Yards	134	61
- Rushing Attempts	40	14
- Yards per Rush	3.35	4.36
Net Passing Yards	124	341
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 14 - 0	47 - 27 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	135	346
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	5.90	7.10
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/12	2/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	7.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	4/36	4/20
Punt Returns/Yards	2/34	3/8
Kick Returns/Yards	4/101	5/91
Interception Ret./Yards	2/43	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 41	OWN 21
Time of Possession	33:05	26:55

Drive Charts

Minnesota Grizzlies
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:27	4:11	OPP 32	7	28	Missed FG
1	9:04	1:11	OPP 1	3	1	Touchdown
1	3:15	5:28	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
2	9:13	4:06	OWN 37	10	48	Field Goal
2	2:09	1:54	OWN 23	3	-2	Punt
3	15:00	2:55	OWN 39	4	22	Punt
3	6:48	1:51	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	2:50	6:01	OWN 32	12	68	Touchdown
4	6:52	3:01	OWN 32	3	-6	Punt
4	1:40	1:40	OWN 43	5	6	Game

Atlanta Rebels
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:33	OWN 19	3	2	Punt
1	9:16	0:12	OWN 14	1	0	Interception
1	7:53	4:38	OWN 24	8	42	Punt
2	12:47	3:34	OWN 31	6	37	Field Goal
2	5:07	2:58	OWN 13	10	83	Field Goal
2	0:15	0:15	OWN 36	1	27	Half
3	12:05	5:17	OWN 20	9	78	Field Goal
3	4:57	2:07	OWN 16	5	14	Punt
4	11:49	4:57	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
4	3:51	2:11	OWN 22	10	50	Interception

Game MVP: Hardy Calinoff, Minnesota Grizzlies

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jorge Howard	22	65	2.95	7	0	1
Gilbert Peterson	10	42	4.20	11	2	0
Jerry Folston	4	19	4.75	16	1	1
Hardy Calinoff	2	4	2.00	5	0	0
Ian Clancy	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
Miles Codapuda	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Danny Lassner	8	34	4.25	12	2
Edgar Meadows	5	23	4.60	7	0
Omar Morton	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Hardy Calinoff	19	14	135	2/11	1	22	0	110.6

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Omar Morton	47	27	346	1/5	1	34	2	70.0

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Miles Codapuda	5	6	71	14.20	19	22	0
TE Antonio Baumann	3	6	9	3.00	0	5	0
WR Harris Collins	2	2	11	5.50	4	10	1
WR Joe Knievel	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
RB Gilbert Peterson	1	1	9	9.00	7	9	0
WR Skip Mathis	1	1	19	19.00	0	19	0
RB Jorge Howard	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Omar Oates	11	15	157	14.27	50	32	1
TE Darrell Sheppherd	3	3	30	10.00	5	14	0
RB Danny Lassner	3	7	49	16.33	31	27	0
WR Irving Hale	3	7	44	14.67	4	34	0
WR Herman Garcia	2	4	17	8.50	5	13	0
RB Edgar Meadows	2	3	24	12.00	7	16	0
WR Burt Johnson	2	5	12	6.00	2	13	0
TE Marty Wodarz	1	2	13	13.00	0	13	0
FB Antonio Bostic	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB William Ball	1	24	24.00	0
CB Brady Dobbins	1	19	19.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Jorge Howard	1	0	0	0
Gerald Hartman	0	1	0	0

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Monty Houston	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Stan Duran	4	198	49.5	42.5	62	1

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Geoff Richardson	3	117	39.0	21.0	51	1

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cris Merloni	1/2	0/0	0/0	32	3/3

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Paul Johnston	3/3	1/1	0/0	49	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Miles Codapuda	2	34	17.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Burt Johnson	3	8	2.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Howard Falls	4	101	25.3	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Herman Garcia	3	68	22.7	0
Edgar Meadows	2	23	11.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Rex Walters	10	1	0.0	13	44
S Brenden Hines	6	0	0.0	14	44
S Alfred Griffin	5	0	0.0	10	26
CB Heath Del Barco	4	2	0.0	9	41
CB Mitchell Cooper	3	0	0.0	4	17
DE Terry Reid	2	1	0.0	5	24
DT Patrick Hanks	2	0	0.0	12	39
ILB William Hutchins	2	0	0.0	6	21
DT Moe Tong	1	0	0.5	7	22
OLB Lorenzo Benson	1	3	0.0	10	39
CB Howard Falls	1	1	0.0	6	25
CB William Ball	1	1	0.0	10	36
S Rich Stevens	1	0	0.0	6	16
ILB Cornelius Mapes	1	0	0.0	2	7
CB Brady Dobbins	1	0	0.0	12	36
DE Chris Huffman	0	1	0.5	9	35

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Monty Houston	7	2	1.0	26	17
S Butch Hemstreet	6	3	1.0	38	20
CB Darren Donald	6	0	0.0	35	16
DT Harvey McConnell	5	1	0.0	20	13
DT Austin Ottis	5	0	0.0	38	18
S Leland Elrod	3	3	0.0	36	18
OLB Norman Garris	3	2	0.0	32	16
OLB Ellis Carpenter	3	1	0.0	26	12
DE Zack Sims	3	1	0.0	26	13
CB Les Garner	3	0	0.0	31	14
OLB Perry Foulke	2	1	0.0	6	4
DE Sammy Randle	2	0	0.0	14	8
DE Rich Colleran	1	2	0.0	27	12
ILB Craig Pettus	1	1	0.0	14	4
DT Edgar Montgomery	1	1	0.0	17	9
CB Roger Hammond	1	0	0.0	20	12
WR Irving Hale	1	0	---	---	---
WR Omar Oates	1	0	---	---	---
S Jon Wells	0	2	0.0	16	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Chris Huffman	0.5	2	1	1	35
DT Moe Tong	0.5	1	0	0	22
OLB Lorenzo Benson	0.0	0	3	0	39
DE Terry Reid	0.0	0	1	0	24
OLB Clifton Rose	0.0	0	1	0	9
OLB Nolan Hampton	0.0	0	1	0	23

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
S Butch Hemstreet	1.0	0	0	0	20
ILB Monty Houston	1.0	0	0	0	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Alfred Griffin	5	1	0	26
S Brenden Hines	5	0	0	44
ILB Rex Walters	5	0	0	44
CB Heath Del Barco	4	0	0	41
CB William Ball	2	0	1	36
CB Mitchell Cooper	2	0	0	17
CB Brady Dobbins	1	1	1	36
S Rich Stevens	1	1	0	16
DT Patrick Hanks	1	0	0	39
CB Howard Falls	1	0	0	25
ILB William Hutchins	0	1	0	21
OLB Nolan Hampton	0	1	0	23

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Darren Donald	4	0	16
OLB Norman Garris	2	1	16
S Butch Hemstreet	2	0	20
S Leland Elrod	2	0	18
ILB Monty Houston	1	1	17
DT Harvey McConnell	1	0	13
DE Sammy Randle	1	0	8
CB Les Garner	1	0	14

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Marlon Diana	3	11	1	40	0	21
Devin Monroe	3	4	0	31	1	15
Sammy Edwards	2	7	0	40	0	20
Gerald Hartman	2	6	0	37	0	19
Bobby Cerda	2	5	0	35	0	16
Jerry Folston	1	2	1	25	0	8
Riddick Linquist	1	2	0	5	0	5
Brock Hughes	0	1	0	12	1	8

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tom Cassidy	2	3	1	13	0	40
Joey Rhodes	2	2	0	4	0	17
Tommy Borick	1	3	1	14	1	47
Antonio Bostic	1	1	0	9	0	21
J.R. Price	0	2	0	13	0	41
Harvey Gaudi	0	1	0	14	0	43
Scott Adams	0	1	0	10	0	39

Special Teams Statistics

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Ian Clancy	2	19
Dennis Lloyd	2	14
Rich Stevens	2	10
Howard Falls	1	14
Harris Collins	1	7
Mitchell Cooper	0	17
Burt Drakeford	0	16
Nate Kalter	0	12
Joe Knievel	0	11
Clifton Rose	0	11
Rex Walters	0	10
Jerry Folston	0	7
Cris Merloni	0	7
Patrick Hanks	0	6
Bobby Cerda	0	6
Eugene Richard	0	6
Gilbert Peterson	0	6
Riddick Linquist	0	6
Brock Hughes	0	6
Cornelius Mapes	0	5
Moe Tong	0	4
Antonio Baumann	0	4
Heath Del Barco	0	4
Stan Duran	0	4
Brenden Hines	0	3
Alfred Griffin	0	3
Lorenzo Benson	0	3
Miles Codapuda	0	3
Sammy Edwards	0	3
Brady Dobbins	0	3
William Hutchins	0	2
Wendell Uribe	0	2
Chris Huffman	0	2
Nolan Hampton	0	2
Eddie Brisman	0	2
Terry Reid	0	1
William Ball	0	1

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Butch Hemstreet	2	14
Edgar Meadows	1	16
Jon Wells	1	15
Craig Pettus	1	13
Joey Rhodes	1	6
Albert Harlow	0	16
Timothy Rafferty	0	15
Herman Garcia	0	14
Alex Kerr	0	13
Les Garner	0	12
Perry Foulke	0	10
J.C. Qaderi	0	10
Burt Johnson	0	9
Paul Johnston	0	8
Tom Cassidy	0	6
Kevin Shapiro	0	6
Herb Morton	0	6
Tommy Borick	0	5
Brian Lyons	0	5
Marty Wodarz	0	4
Darrell Sheppherd	0	4
Sammy Randle	0	4
Geoff Richardson	0	3
Rich Colleran	0	3
Edgar Montgomery	0	3
Johnnie Gallegos	0	3
Austin Ottis	0	2
Monty Houston	0	2
Roger Hammond	0	2
Darren Donald	0	2
Leland Elrod	0	2
Zack Sims	0	2
Brad Lee	0	2
Ellis Carpenter	0	1
Antonio Bostic	0	1
Norman Garris	0	1
Harvey McConnell	0	1
J.R. Price	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	39	3.5
Middle	24	75	3.1
Right	4	21	5.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	9	4.5
Middle	9	38	4.2
Right	3	14	4.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Hardy Calinoff	19	14	1	2	1	2	0	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Omar Morton	47	27	5	2	1	5	7	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	21	10.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	34	3.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	4	61	12.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	19	19.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	4	32	3.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	12	130	7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	9	125	7.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	59	14.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Antonio Baumann	6	3	0	9	0	14
WR Miles Codapuda	6	5	0	71	1	21
WR Harris Collins	2	2	0	11	0	9
RB Jorge Howard	2	1	1	3	0	12
WR Joe Knievel	1	1	0	13	0	7
RB Gilbert Peterson	1	1	0	9	0	9
WR Skip Mathis	1	1	0	19	0	16

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Omar Oates	15	11	0	157	3	44
RB Danny Lassner	7	3	0	49	1	26
WR Irving Hale	7	3	0	44	1	28
WR Burt Johnson	5	2	1	12	0	22
WR Herman Garcia	4	2	0	17	0	23
RB Edgar Meadows	3	2	0	24	0	19
TE Darrell Sheppherd	3	3	0	30	0	27
TE Marty Wodarz	2	1	0	13	0	13
FB Antonio Bostic	1	0	0	0	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jorge Howard	4	10	2.50	2.95
Gilbert Peterson	2	11	5.50	4.20
Jerry Folston	2	4	2.00	4.75
Miles Codapuda	1	0	0.00	0.00

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Edgar Meadows	1	6	6.00	4.60
Danny Lassner	1	0	0.00	4.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Hardy Calinoff	5	4	20	4.00	7.11

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Omar Morton	7	3	26	3.71	7.36

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Antonio Baumann	3	2	6	2.00	1.50
WR Harris Collins	1	1	1	1.00	5.50
WR Miles Codapuda	1	1	13	13.00	11.83

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Danny Lassner	2	1	8	4.00	7.00
WR Omar Oates	2	2	18	9.00	10.47
WR Herman Garcia	1	0	0	0.00	4.25
FB Antonio Bostic	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Edgar Meadows	1	0	0	0.00	8.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Gilbert Peterson	4	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Omar Morton	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Hardy Calinoff	7	7	5

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Omar Morton	7	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Harris Collins	2	2	2
WR Joe Knievel	1	1	0
RB Gilbert Peterson	1	1	1
WR Skip Mathis	1	1	1
TE Antonio Baumann	1	1	0
WR Miles Codapuda	1	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Burt Johnson	2	0	0
WR Omar Oates	2	1	1
WR Herman Garcia	1	0	0
RB Danny Lassner	1	0	0
WR Irving Hale	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 75,500 (80,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 23,300 (24,600)
End Zone 16,800 (17,700)
Mezzanine 9,600 (10,200)
Sideline Seats 14,700 (15,700)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 4,200 (5,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	75,500 (80,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	23,300 (24,600)
End Zone	16,800 (17,700)
Mezzanine	9,600 (10,200)
Sideline Seats	14,700 (15,700)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	4,200 (5,300)