Week 9 updateFor the first time in a while, there is no still-unbeaten team at the midway-point, and there is actually a race for the best record. There are currently 5 teams with one or two losses:
-The Argonauts (7-1) beat the Blizzard, Cowboys and rival Wildcats, but were blown out 56-10 by the Saints. They are still a favorite for the Super Bowl.
-The Ravens (7-1) were unbeaten until this week, when they were blown out 69-24 by the Blizzard.
-The Cowboys (7-2) were mostly dominant, but dropped games against the Broncos and the Argonauts.
-The 49ers (6-2) lost against the Vortices and the surprising Titans.
Finally, the Blizzard (7-1) didn't lose since week 3, but they came close in week 5 against the Clayton Truman-led Titans. Even though their new QB elevates them considerably, no one thought this tilt would come this close between perennial contenders and last year's 2nd-worst record. Truman was surgical on his short passes, but was not in rhythm with his receivers, as several long throws were dropped or deflected. Still, Truman mounted a 4th-quarter comeback that fell short.
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Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 12 mph
Temp: 37 degrees
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Titans 7 0 0 14 0 21
Blizzard 13 14 0 0 0 27
Game Statistics: Titans Blizzard
First Downs 9 16
Third Down Conversions 2 1
Third Downs 11 9
Third Down Percentage 18.2% 11.1%
Fourth Down Conversions 1 0
Fourth Downs 2 3
Fourth Down Percentage 50.0% 0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 1 3
Offense Redzone TDs 1 0
Offense Redzone FGs 0 1
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 33.3%
Rushing Attempts 14 26
Rushing Yards 54 129
Rushing Average 3.9 5.0
Rushing TDs 1 0
Passing Yards 197 322
Passing Completions 16 19
Passing Attempts 32 28
Completion Percentage 50.0% 67.9%
Passing Average 6.2 11.5
Passing TDs 1 2
Offensive Pass Interceptions 1 0
TOTAL OFFENSE 251 451
Defensive Pass Interceptions 0 1
Punt Return Yards 19 51
Kick Return Yards 205 56
Punts 6 3
Punt Avg 52.3 37.0
Fumbles 1 1
Fumbles Lost 1 1
Penalties 1 2
Penalty Yds 15 10
Turnovers 2 1
TIME OF POSSESSION 07:44 12:16
Individual Stats: Blizzard
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Marty Jackson 19 28 357 67 12.7 4 2 0 43 134.5
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Bubba Brady 25 129 5.1 22 0 0
Josh Sindle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Julio Stokes 8 159 19.8 43 1 0 42
Daniel Williams 5 129 25.7 40 1 1 26
Anthony Wells 4 59 14.7 25 0 1 18
Brad Koler 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 0
Josh Sindle 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Bubba Howry 2 2 100 0 3 3 100 0 6 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Kenneth Smith 3 111 37.0 44 0 1 0
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Phillip Thomas 2 56 28.0 0 33
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Phillip Thomas 4 51 12.7 21 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Thomas Vaughan 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Jeremy Jackson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Lamar Swarner 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Carufel 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Caz Gordon 2 0 0 0 1 20 1 1 18 18.0 1 0 0 0
Damien Clewett 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cody Heatherington 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ike Manson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Victor Sanders 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mark Phillips 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Phillip Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Sung Peterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
L. J. Beckett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 0
Bubba Howry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
J. K. Lewis 9 0
Jim Sindle 5 0
Chris Winters 5 1
Anthony Wells 3 0
Daniel Williams 3 0
Kenneth Schellermann 3 0
Donny Armstrong 2 1
Lamar Swarner 1 0
Andy Morris 1 0
Julio Stokes 1 0
Individual Stats: Titans
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Clayton Truman 16 32 197 50 6.1 0 1 1 59 66.8
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Anthony Williams 13 40 3.0 14 0 0
Randall Martinez 1 14 14.0 14 1 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Tyrell Martin 2 68 34.0 59 1 0 54
Bryan Simpson 2 44 22.0 39 0 0 9
Rich Stewart 4 31 7.7 17 0 0 4
Paul Kelly 2 29 14.5 19 0 2 2
Andrew Petersen 2 15 7.5 13 0 0 9
Otis Ward 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 1
Anthony Williams 2 4 2.0 4 0 0 1
Lennox Small 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Terrance Jones 0 0 0 0 3 3 100 0 0 0
Derrick Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Derrick Kelly 6 314 52.3 68 0 2 1
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Tyrell Martin 6 205 34.1 1 104
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Tyrell Martin 2 19 9.5 12 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Scott Carrier 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Jeremy Newman 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jamaal Seymour 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Tyrone Garcia 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Marco Blair 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Claiborne 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Lorenzo Taylor 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mark Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Thomas Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Chris Roberts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dimitrius Sanders 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Rich Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Donny Watson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Petersen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Frank Hoover 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Darnell King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Roderick Walker 8 0
J. J. Maddox 6 0
Stanley Long 6 0
Lennox Small 5 0
Cletus Jennings 4 0
Ricky Baldwin 3 0
Paul Kelly 1 0
David Copeland 1 0
Andrew Petersen 1 0
Game Log Ends
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The lead in the AFC North was in play when Anchorage faced Baltimore. But it quickly went south for the Ravens, as Carlos Vick's first pass was intercepted by SS Damien Clewett (his first career interception) and the ensuing kickoff was fumbled and recovered by Caz Gordon for the TD.
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Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 5 mph
Temp: 72 degrees
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Blizzard 28 22 10 9 0 69
Ravens 3 7 0 14 0 24
Game Statistics: Blizzard Ravens
First Downs 20 12
Third Down Conversions 3 7
Third Downs 5 13
Third Down Percentage 60.0% 53.8%
Fourth Down Conversions 0 2
Fourth Downs 1 3
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 66.7%
Two Pt Conversions Made 1 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 1 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 100.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 6 3
Offense Redzone TDs 4 1
Offense Redzone FGs 1 1
Offense Redzone Percentage 83.3% 66.7%
Rushing Attempts 26 25
Rushing Yards 203 85
Rushing Average 7.8 3.4
Rushing TDs 2 1
Passing Yards 264 316
Passing Completions 15 15
Passing Attempts 20 26
Completion Percentage 75.0% 57.7%
Passing Average 13.2 12.2
Passing TDs 3 2
Offensive Pass Interceptions 0 2
TOTAL OFFENSE 467 401
Defensive Pass Interceptions 2 0
Punt Return Yards 21 0
Kick Return Yards 155 205
Punts 0 1
Punt Avg 0.0 43.0
Fumbles 0 2
Fumbles Lost 0 2
Penalties 1 3
Penalty Yds 0 10
Turnovers 0 4
TIME OF POSSESSION 10:34 09:26
Individual Stats: Ravens
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Carlos Vick 15 26 330 57 12.6 3 2 2 65 95.8
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Eric Gordon 23 81 3.5 12 1 0
Kwame Lang 1 7 7.0 7 0 0
Carlos Vick 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 1
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Steve Olson 5 127 25.3 57 1 0 35
Craig Franklin 1 65 65.0 65 0 0 11
Layton Oliver 4 46 11.5 34 0 1 20
Bret Beckett 1 36 36.0 36 0 1 0
Junior Denham 1 30 30.0 30 1 0 0
J. K. Porter 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 0
Eric Gordon 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 9
Lucius Howard 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Luther James 1 1 100 0 3 3 100 0 4 0
Clarence Rutledge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Clarence Rutledge 1 43 43.0 43 0 0 0
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Craig Franklin 10 205 20.5 0 29
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Craig Franklin 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Craig Mayes 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Marty Henson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Keith Polk 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Montae Holmes 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cato Scott 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Raymond Curry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Koren Mays 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Onterrio Lloyd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Marquez Sharper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mark Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Mark Tate 13 0
Calvin Williams 11 0
Ken Hayden 7 0
Willie Young 6 0
Layton Oliver 6 0
Lucius Howard 3 0
Otis Dillon 1 0
Craig Franklin 1 0
Individual Stats: Blizzard
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Marty Jackson 15 16 275 93 17.1 1 3 0 80 158.3
Joe Schwartz 0 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Bubba Brady 23 202 8.7 19 2 0
Josh Sindle 2 2 1.0 2 0 0
Marty Jackson 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Julio Stokes 7 118 16.8 25 1 0 42
Brad Koler 3 103 34.3 80 1 0 73
Anthony Wells 3 38 12.6 22 0 0 28
Josh Sindle 2 16 8.0 12 1 0 5
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Bubba Howry 1 1 100 0 8 8 100 0 10 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
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KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Phillip Thomas 4 155 38.7 1 103
Bobby Dixon 1 0 0.0 0 0
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Phillip Thomas 1 21 21.0 21 0
Bobby Dixon 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
L. J. Beckett 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ike Manson 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Victor Sanders 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Jackson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cody Heatherington 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Dixon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Harris 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Williams 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Damien Clewett 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 49 49.0 1 0 0 0
Caz Gordon 2 0 0 0 2 11 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Vaughan 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 36 36.0 1 0 0 0
Anthony Carufel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Phillip Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
J. K. Lewis 7 0
Jim Sindle 6 0
Kenneth Schellermann 6 0
Julio Stokes 3 0
Anthony Wells 2 1
Chris Winters 2 0
Donny Armstrong 2 0
Bubba Brady 1 0
Daniel Williams 1 0
Game Log Ends
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Interesting notes:-QBs Marty Jackson and Tai McLean have been rotating, as neither decisively grabbed the starting spot. McLean tossed for 427 yards and 7 touchdowns in his first career start (week 4 against the Snow Cats) but Jackson has also been playing well.
-DT Conrad Wheeler was mostly silenced in two of his three starts, but was stellar in the game against Pittsburgh, as he led all defenders with 7 tackles (including 2 sacks). The team has an enviable problem, as DT Mark Phillips has also been doing well.
-The team has been toggling its personnel more than usual, trying to find and keep the good combinations.
-Still in week 7 against the Steelers, there was an interesting drive. Anthony Carufel caught his first career interception, but fumbled it and Pittsburgh recovered. Then, 1 or 2 plays later, Carufel comes down with the interception again and keeps it. Technical question: does this count as two interceptions on the same drive?
-Brady and Stokes are on pace for another 2000-yard season, what else is new?
-There was no battle for FB, as Anthony Wells was thought to be the clear winner, but Josh Sindle has amassed slightly better receiving stats, and his runs are absolutely bruising.
-Blake Riddle is ready to return, but Chris Winters has played well enough that he will stay at LT, and Riddle will be inserted at RT, despite Jim Sindle's strong play in his absence.
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INDIVIDUAL STATS
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PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Tai McLean 34 48 653 70 13.6 0 10 0 41 152.8
Marty Jackson 107 154 1801 69 11.6 17 21 1 80 145.6
Joe Schwartz 0 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Bubba Brady 166 1340 8.0 58 11 0
Josh Sindle 29 125 4.3 19 1 0
Jeromy Strickland 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Anthony Wells 1 3 3.0 3 0 1
Marty Jackson 3 -3 -1.0 0 0 1
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Julio Stokes 54 1036 19.1 43 8 3 290
Daniel Williams 25 612 24.4 45 6 8 64
Anthony Wells 28 306 10.9 28 4 2 137
Josh Sindle 21 280 13.3 37 8 3 32
Brad Koler 11 201 18.2 80 4 2 82
Anthony Carufel 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 0
Andy Morris 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Bubba Howry 4 5 80 0 49 49 100 0 60 0
Kenneth Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Kenneth Smith 9 363 40.3 52 0 3 2
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Phillip Thomas 25 1038 41.5 4 103
Andy Morris 1 9 9.0 0 9
Bill Howard 1 1 1.0 0 1
Bobby Dixon 2 0 0.0 0 0
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Phillip Thomas 27 164 6.0 27 0
Andy Morris 0 0 0.0 0 0
Bobby Dixon 0 0 0.0 0 0
Bill Howard 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Ike Manson 41 7 11 1 0 0 1 2 46 23.0 1 1 0 0
L. J. Beckett 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 7.0 6 0 0 0
Anthony Carufel 28 1 14 1 0 0 0 2 5 2.5 2 2 0 0
Thomas Vaughan 27 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 36 36.0 7 0 0 0
Jeremy Jackson 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Victor Sanders 27 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cody Heatherington 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Caz Gordon 22 0 0 1 3 31 2 1 18 18.0 1 0 0 0
Phillip Thomas 19 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 5 0 0 0
Bobby Dixon 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Williams 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Damien Clewett 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 49 49.0 1 0 0 0
Lamar Swarner 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Harris 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mark Phillips 8 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Conrad Wheeler 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Sung Peterson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Josh Boren 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Gus Simpson 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Marty Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Brad Koler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Bubba Howry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Wells 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
J. K. Lewis 66 2
Kenneth Schellermann 47 1
Chris Winters 45 3
Jim Sindle 39 3
Anthony Wells 38 1
Donny Armstrong 17 1
Julio Stokes 16 0
Daniel Williams 8 0
Bubba Brady 5 0
Andy Morris 3 0
Josh Sindle 2 0
Brad Koler 2 0
Lamar Swarner 1 0
Earl Blades 1 0
Jameel Nalen 1 0