League Championship: Minnesota vs. New York (A)

January 23, 2028
69°
Arizona Stadium (Phoenix, AZ) Attendance: 63,400 (100%)
Minnesota 3 10 3 6 - 22
New York (A) 0 14 7 10 - 31

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Minnesota: 4-5-NYA 5 (2:46) 3-Robert Walker 24 yard field goal is GOOD. NYA 0 MIN 3
(Qtr 2) New York (A): 3-8-MIN 8 (12:45) 9-Russel Granger pass complete to 11-Corey Newell for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Cecil Gaines. NYA 7 MIN 3
(Qtr 2) Minnesota: 4-2-NYA 14 (7:12) 3-Robert Walker 33 yard field goal is GOOD. NYA 7 MIN 6
(Qtr 2) New York (A): 1-10-MIN 17 (4:50) 9-Russel Granger pass complete to 36-Joseph Mitchell for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Cecil Gaines. NYA 14 MIN 6
(Qtr 2) Minnesota: (4:45) 3-Cecil Gaines kicks 72 yards from NYA 35 to MIN -7. 14-Steven Jansen for 107yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Robert Walker. NYA 14 MIN 13
(Qtr 3) Minnesota: 4-2-NYA 28 (10:13) 3-Robert Walker 46 yard field goal is GOOD. NYA 14 MIN 16
(Qtr 3) New York (A): 2-1-NYA 34 (9:31) 9-Russel Granger pass complete to 86-John Chee for 66 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Cecil Gaines. NYA 77-Andrew Figgs was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NYA 21 MIN 16
(Qtr 4) New York (A): 4-7-MIN 20 (10:24) 3-Cecil Gaines 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NYA 24 MIN 16
(Qtr 4) New York (A): 1-10-MIN 29 (10:11) 9-Russel Granger pass complete to 41-Raymond Madigan for 29 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Cecil Gaines. NYA 31 MIN 16
(Qtr 4) Minnesota: 3-10-NYA 15 (6:43) 7-Paul Ellingsworth pass complete to 14-Steven Jansen for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

New York (A) Minnesota
First Downs 16 16
- Rushing 10 3
- Passing 5 13
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 446 394
- Offensive Plays 61 72
- Yards Per Play 7.31 5.47
Net Rushing Yards 177 74
- Rushing Attempts 28 27
- Yards Per Rush 6.32 2.74
Net Passing Yards 269 320
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 20 / 1 45 / 33 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 269 320
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.15 7.11
- Yards Per Completion 13.45 9.70
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 2 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 14 10 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.3 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 5 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 130
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 27
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 28
Time of Possession 22:57 36:48

Drive Charts

New York (A)

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:41 3:54 OWN 12 8 40 Interception
1 2:44 5:02 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
2 7:09 2:24 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
3 15:00 0:46 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 10:09 0:48 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
3 7:47 3:00 OWN 36 6 49 Fumble
4 13:28 1:42 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
4 11:38 1:18 OPP 23 3 3 Field Goal
4 10:10 0:06 OPP 29 1 29 Touchdown
4 6:38 2:40 OWN 25 7 19 Fumble
4 2:50 1:17 OWN 36 6 18 Punt

Minnesota

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:19 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
1 7:46 5:03 OPP 33 8 28 Field Goal
2 12:42 5:33 OWN 25 9 61 Field Goal
2 4:29 3:19 OPP 25 5 -37 Punt
2 1:10 1:10 OWN 10 2 5 Half
3 14:14 4:06 OWN 17 6 55 Field Goal
3 9:21 1:34 OWN 13 3 5 Punt
3 4:47 6:19 OWN 6 11 50 Punt
4 11:46 0:08 OWN 29 1 -10 Fumble
4 10:20 0:10 OWN 25 2 0 Fumble
4 10:04 3:26 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
4 3:58 1:08 OWN 45 7 19 Downs
4 1:33 1:33 OWN 1 4 54 Game

Rushing Stats

New York (A)

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Raymond Madigan 12 105 8.75 29 3 0
Wiley Garcia 8 46 5.75 13 1 0
Joseph Mitchell 7 27 3.86 10 2 0
John Chee 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Minnesota

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Orlando Edwards 16 48 3.00 11 1 0
Steven Jansen 10 28 2.80 10 1 0
Roger Balderas 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

Passing Stats

New York (A)

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Russel Granger 33 20 269 0 / 0 4 66 1 113.51

Minnesota

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Paul Ellingsworth 45 33 320 0 / 0 1 40 0 100.23

Receiving Stats

New York (A)

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Chee 3 101 33.67 66 1
Raymond Madigan 5 79 15.80 41 1
Wiley Garcia 6 35 5.83 15 0
Joseph Mitchell 2 26 13.00 17 1
Zachary Howard 3 20 6.67 7 0
Corey Newell 1 8 8.00 8 1

Minnesota

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Albert Gutierrez 4 65 16.25 40 0
Steven Jansen 8 63 7.88 31 1
Nathan McWilliams 4 60 15.00 18 0
Stanley Moseley 4 49 12.25 18 0
Orlando Edwards 5 28 5.60 9 0
Jerome Karnes 3 20 6.67 17 0
Lee Alonzo 1 18 18.00 18 0
Roger Balderas 4 17 4.25 6 0

Blocking Stats

New York (A)

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Norman Carlson 38 30 0 2
Wiley Garcia 1 5 0 2
Michael Kircher 0 1 0 0
Michael Olsen 0 1 0 0
Michael Daniel 0 1 0 0
Tommy Dandrea 0 1 0 1
Jose Joyce 0 2 0 0
Daniel Popa 0 1 0 0
Gerald Quinn 0 1 0 0
Cameron Goodwin 1 1 0 0
Ronald Ott 2 1 0 0
William Williams 12 7 0 0
Brian Freeman 7 1 0 0
Robert Wolfgang 8 5 0 0
Ronald Graham 9 3 0 0
Manuel Sessoms 0 9 0 1
James Whisman 0 1 0 0
James Marquez 17 4 0 0
Zachary Howard 0 14 0 0
Corey Newell 0 16 0 1
Heath Smothers 0 18 0 0
Kyle Sattler 6 18 0 1
Joseph Mitchell 2 10 0 4
John Chee 0 17 0 0
Raymond Madigan 0 9 0 0
Andrew Figgs 39 33 0 0
Gregory Clark 26 26 0 2
Thomas Scott 31 39 0 0
Michael Phelps 28 32 0 1
Frank Goodwin 0 1 0 0

Minnesota

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Shawn Lawson 50 33 0 2
John Rhymer 0 2 0 0
Joseph Rivas 0 1 0 0
John Balderas 0 1 0 0
William Gamboa 1 0 0 0
Michael Zinn 0 1 0 0
William Kempf 0 1 0 0
Aaron White 0 1 0 0
John Figueroa 0 4 0 0
Shawn Quarles 0 2 0 0
Earnest Flowers 0 4 0 0
Stephen Armstrong 0 2 0 0
Jeremy Weisinger 0 2 0 0
Charles Stearns 0 1 0 0
Travis Braden 0 2 0 0
Michael Lemons 0 2 0 0
Orlando Edwards 6 8 0 0
David Cruz 51 35 0 1
Stanley Moseley 0 8 0 1
Tom Flores 0 2 0 0
Robert Engelmann 2 4 0 0
George Meyers 7 0 0 0
Jeffrey Tomberlin 14 2 0 0
Alden Phinney 51 35 0 2
Albert Gutierrez 0 20 0 1
Robert McGrath 0 23 0 1
Steven Jansen 5 8 0 0
Jerome Karnes 0 36 0 2
Roger Balderas 11 12 0 1
Nathan McWilliams 3 32 0 0
Stephen Kelly 39 33 0 1
Donald Parent 50 30 0 4
Christopher Kelley 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

New York (A)

Minnesota

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Figueroa 1 27 27.00 0

Fumble Stats

New York (A)

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Wiley Garcia 2 0 0 0
Raymond Madigan 1 0 0 0
Kyle Sattler 0 1 0 0
Tommy Dandrea 0 0 1 0
Frank Goodwin 0 1 0 0
Michael Daniel 0 1 1 0

Minnesota

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Orlando Edwards 1 0 0 0
Steven Jansen 1 0 0 0
John Figueroa 0 0 1 0
Robert Engelmann 0 1 0 0
William Kempf 0 0 1 0
John Rhymer 0 1 0 0
Christopher Kelley 0 0 1 0

Punting

New York (A)

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jose Alfaro 4 177 44.25 42.00 54 3

Minnesota

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eric Parker 3 137 45.67 37.67 48 1

Kicking

New York (A)

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Cecil Gaines 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 4 / 4

Minnesota

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Walker 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 46 1 / 1

Punt Return

New York (A)

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Orlando Edwards 1 10 10.0 10 0

Kick Return

New York (A)

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Steven Jansen 2 130 65.0 1

Defensive Stats