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League Championship: Minnesota vs. Denver

January 25, 2026
51°
Washington Stadium (Washington, D. C., DC) Attendance: 85,000 (100%)
Minnesota 7 10 0 14 - 31
Denver 0 3 0 0 - 3

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Minnesota: 1-4-DEN 4 (11:47) 7-Paul Ellingsworth pass complete to 68-David Cruz for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Robert Walker. DEN 0 MIN 7
(Qtr 2) Minnesota: 4-1-DEN 30 (14:18) 3-Robert Walker 48 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 0 MIN 10
(Qtr 2) Minnesota: 1-10-DEN 21 (8:47) 7-Paul Ellingsworth pass complete to 83-Stanley Moseley to DEN 0 for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Robert Walker. DEN 0 MIN 17
(Qtr 2) Denver: 4-21-MIN 28 (0:43) 9-Lonnie Hite 47 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 3 MIN 17
(Qtr 4) Minnesota: 1-10-DEN 27 (13:23) 83-Stanley Moseley ran for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Robert Walker. DEN 3 MIN 24
(Qtr 4) Minnesota: 2-2-DEN 2 (5:30) 83-Stanley Moseley ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Robert Walker. DEN 3 MIN 31

Team Statistics

Denver Minnesota
First Downs 13 19
- Rushing 2 12
- Passing 11 6
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 202 451
- Offensive Plays 60 63
- Yards Per Play 3.37 7.16
Net Rushing Yards 36 251
- Rushing Attempts 9 34
- Yards Per Rush 4.00 7.38
Net Passing Yards 166 200
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 29 / 1 27 / 20 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 209 216
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 43 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.25 6.90
- Yards Per Completion 7.21 10.80
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 6 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 9 / 60 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 24 1 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 34 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 24
Time of Possession 24:59 35:01

Drive Charts

Denver

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:43 1:33 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 8:44 2:45 OWN 43 4 17 Punt
2 14:14 1:29 OWN 31 3 0 Interception
2 8:43 4:17 OWN 25 7 29 Punt
2 3:30 2:50 OWN 37 10 34 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:46 OWN 25 8 36 Punt
3 7:52 0:57 OWN 17 3 4 Punt
3 2:06 2:50 OWN 20 6 15 Punt
4 13:16 0:59 OWN 25 3 -16 Punt
4 5:27 1:54 OWN 25 7 25 Punt
4 2:13 1:39 OWN 45 6 0 Punt

Minnesota

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:17 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 10:10 1:26 OWN 24 3 -5 Punt
1 5:58 6:44 OWN 10 10 60 Field Goal
2 12:45 4:02 OWN 41 9 59 Touchdown
2 4:26 0:57 OWN 5 3 7 Punt
2 0:39 0:39 OWN 25 2 11 Half
3 11:14 3:22 OWN 20 5 39 Punt
3 6:54 4:48 OWN 34 8 51 Interception
4 14:16 1:00 OWN 18 2 82 Touchdown
4 12:18 6:51 OWN 43 11 57 Touchdown
4 3:34 1:21 OWN 20 3 -10 Punt
4 0:34 0:34 OWN 20 1 1 Game

Rushing Stats

Denver

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Fred Moss 6 19 3.17 9 0 0
Raymond Madigan 3 17 5.67 10 1 0

Minnesota

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jimmy Rocha 13 121 9.31 55 5 0
Stanley Moseley 16 91 5.69 27 2 2
Paul Ellingsworth 1 15 15.00 15 1 0
Michael Norton 2 14 7.00 9 0 0
Douglas Potter 2 10 5.00 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Steven Huff 47 29 209 4 / 43 0 21 1 63.16

Minnesota

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Paul Ellingsworth 27 20 216 2 / 16 2 47 1 106.40

Receiving Stats

Denver

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Raymond Madigan 5 49 9.80 21 0
Jason Johnson 7 44 6.29 12 0
Aaron Taylor 3 31 10.33 12 0
Fred Moss 3 26 8.67 16 0
Mark Atwell 4 22 5.50 9 0
Alfonso Couch 4 18 4.50 9 0
Danny Kimbrough 1 7 7.00 7 0
Jeffrey Jackson 1 7 7.00 7 0
Travis Felice 1 5 5.00 5 0

Minnesota

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nathan McWilliams 2 54 27.00 47 0
Douglas Potter 2 44 22.00 41 0
Michael Norton 4 42 10.50 25 0
Stanley Moseley 3 37 12.33 21 1
Robert McGrath 3 18 6.00 8 0
Jeffery Scott 2 13 6.50 7 0
David Cruz 1 4 4.00 4 1
Jerome Karnes 1 4 4.00 4 0
Jimmy Rocha 2 0 0.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Denver

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Edward Cox 49 17 1 2
James Hutcherson 57 26 1 2
Colin Winkler 51 15 1 1
Steven Tauber 18 3 1 1
James Rucker 3 1 0 0
Alfred Heidt 0 1 0 0
Travis Braden 0 1 0 0
Richard Colosimo 0 1 0 1
Michael Fox 0 1 0 0
Alfonso Couch 0 7 0 0
Samuel Relyea 0 1 0 0
Fred Moss 2 4 0 0
Patrick Qualls 0 2 0 0
Byron Jenkins 0 1 0 0
Thomas Coleman 0 2 0 0
Herman Angel 6 0 0 0
Mike Lawson 0 1 0 0
George Dalton 0 1 0 0
Jason Johnson 0 12 0 1
Cruz Tiller 0 2 0 0
Justin Wilson 0 1 0 0
David Farnsworth 48 21 0 2
Terry Vargas 0 3 0 0
David Morrell 13 0 0 0
Samuel Crosby 5 2 0 0
Kevin Smith 9 2 0 0
Scott Ye 10 2 0 0
Jeffrey Jackson 15 12 0 0
Mark Atwell 0 9 0 0
Aaron Taylor 10 11 0 1
Raymond Madigan 6 6 0 1
Danny Kimbrough 0 5 0 1
Peter Franklin 0 7 0 0
Sean Chitwood 45 20 0 0
Logan Queen 0 1 0 0

Minnesota

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Shawn Lawson 35 27 1 4
David Cruz 33 29 1 1
Nicholas Evans 36 38 0 1
Ronald Graham 5 4 0 0
Luther Hoover 0 1 0 0
John Balderas 0 2 0 0
Dale Keith 0 1 0 1
Earnest Flowers 0 1 0 0
Fred Lemus 0 1 0 0
Aaron White 0 1 0 0
Tom Flores 0 1 0 0
Stanley Moseley 1 6 0 0
John Rhymer 4 2 0 0
Alden Phinney 10 11 0 1
Jeffrey Tomberlin 3 6 0 0
Jimmy Rocha 7 13 0 1
Roger Balderas 2 15 0 0
Nathan McWilliams 0 7 0 0
Robert McGrath 0 14 0 0
Michael Norton 10 24 0 3
Jerome Karnes 0 13 0 0
Douglas Potter 0 20 0 1
Jeffery Scott 8 31 0 0
Stephen Kelly 35 34 0 2
Donald Parent 37 41 0 2
Frank Melton 2 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Colosimo 1 0 0.00 0

Minnesota

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Lemons 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver

Minnesota

Punting

Denver

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas McClain 9 406 45.11 37.44 55 3

Minnesota

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eric Parker 4 181 45.25 39.75 58 1

Kicking

Denver

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lonnie Hite 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 0 / 0

Minnesota

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Walker 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 4 / 4

Punt Return

Denver

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mark Atwell 2 24 12.0 14 0

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Stanley Moseley 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kick Return

Denver

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Mark Atwell 1 34 34.0 0

Minnesota

Defensive Stats

Denver

Name Tackles Sacks
Patrick Qualls 7 0
Travis Braden 6 0
Richard Colosimo 4 0
Justin Wilson 4 0
Stephen Armstrong 4 0
George Dalton 3 0
Jeffrey Patel 3 0
Herman Johnson 3 0
Terry Vargas 3 0
Thomas Coleman 3 0
Scott Ye 2 1
Byron Jenkins 2 0
Samuel Crosby 2 0
Cruz Tiller 2 1
Sammy Haggins 2 0
Alfonso Couch 1 0
William McMullen 1 0
Michael Fox 1 0

Minnesota

Name Tackles Sacks
Earnest Flowers 6 0
Enrique Kropf 4 0
Dale Keith 4 0
John Rhymer 4 0
Charles Fox 3 0
Fred Lemus 3 0
Aaron White 3 3
Edward Pendergrass 3 0
John Balderas 2 0
Luther Hoover 2 0
Michael Zinn 2 0
Tom Flores 2 1
Alden Phinney 2 0
Joseph Rivas 1 0
Douglas Potter 1 0
Jeremy Weisinger 1 0
Michael Lemons 1 0
Michael Black 1 0