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Erie won the toss and elected to kick. The Silence defense did just that on the first possession, as Rivers threw three incompletions and a punt followed. The joy inside Erie Veterans Stadium quickly subsided however, as fan (and owner) favorite Tyrod Taylor was injured early in the drive. Backup Brian Hoyer quickly put on his big boy pants and trudged through the snow towards the huddle. Hoyer and the Silence ended up with a fourteen play drive that culminated in a three yard touchdown pass to LeSean McCoy.
Woodbridge wasted no time in replying. Howard hit an end run wrong long gain, followed a couple plays later by a long pass right 7 for Rivers (long gain). Bing bang boom, tie score at 7 about ten minutes into the ballgame.
Hoyer continued to be somewhat effective as Erie again marched. The drive was stopped in makeable FG range. Gould came out to try the 2-10 FG. The Erie snow proved to be too much, as Gould was not golden, and the score remained 7-7.
Rivers was pretty on point in in the Barons' drive. Twice he converted third and longs, including one with a correct free safety double team in effect. He also avoided a couple INT checks. Finally the drive was snuffed out, and Woodbridge had to punt. hoyer and Erie couldn't put much together other than a McCoy YAC for 20+ yards, and Erie returned the favor by punting.
The ensuing Woodbridge drive ran in to troubles when a solid +12 run was turned into a -10 hold. Rivers again dodged a 50/50 INT try, and the Barons punted. But, the Barons D was up to the task again as not even a luck hoyer double-teamed completion could amount to points.
After a touchback, Woodbridge drove into Erie territory. Facing a fourth and eight just outside FG range the Barons elected to roll the dice and go for it. They caught the Erie LB's double-teaming, and the vacated flat pass throw earned them a first down. A few plays later though, the nice move by Dave was taken off the table as Rivers fumbled the snap and Cameron Wake picked up the loose ball. Some Hoyer kneels and the half ended at a seven seven stalemate.
Like Willis Reed in 1970, Tyrod Taylor emerged from the locker room at halftime to rally the lads. Unlike Reed however, things got off to a lousy start, as Tyrod found the 1/1000 fumble for the second game in a row and lost the ball. Woodbridge took advantage and connected for a FG, but did lose Kearse in the process. 10-7 Woodbridge. Erie mounted a long drive, only to be stopped inside the ten and kick a short FG to tie the game.
Back to back three and outs followed. The tide then began to turn the way of the Silence. A GPI INT by Erie's 2018 defensive MVP Harrison Smith gave the ball back to Tyrod and company. There wasn't much of a drive to follow, but Gould atoned for his earlier gaffe by knocking in a 2-6, 12 FG to make the game 13-10 Erie near the end of the third quarter.
A solid SS containment enabled Erie to get a stop to start the quarter. Erie couldn't mount a big drive, as a sack on a look-in and miss on flat wrong to Stills stopped any hopes. Woodbridge was also stymied, but a +59 net punt was downed at the Erie three.
Needing to get out of the shadow of their goal posts, Erie started slowly. Another drop by Stills left Erie third and long at their five yard line. Tyrod stayed cool and hit Stills for a +11 and a first down. McCoy took an end run for 20+ yards. A couple must runs for T-Mobile netted solid yards. Erie managed to stay in third and manageable and convert. When the dust had cleared, McCoy took an end run D cards 8 with no LB backing up the play and scampered 17 yards for the touchdown.
With Woodbridge in desperation mode, the Erie secondary came up strong. A turnover on downs resulted. Going to 1930's football (3 RB, 2 TE), Erie hit some blocking ratings and cloud-of-dusted the ball into the end zone as McCoy scored his third of the game. Final score 27-10 Erie. Erie goes to their 2nd Tradition Bowl in their three years in the league...hoping to give Tyrod a chance at the prize before he unfortunately becomes a non-factor next year thanks to the Browns being jagoffs :) With no QB for next year, the Silence may be in some trouble (though it'll be nice having Erie native James Conner in the backfield!).
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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OT
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Total
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| 2017 Woodbridge |
7
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0
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3
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0
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0
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10
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| 2017 Erie |
7
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0
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6
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14
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0
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27
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| Scoring Plays | ||||||
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| Qtr | Clock | Team | Scoring Description(Extra Point) | Score | ||
| 1 | 6:00 | 2017 Erie | L.McCoy 3 yd. pass from B.Hoyer (R.Gould kick) | 7-0 ERI | ||
| 1 | 5:06 | 2017 Woodbridge | E.Dickson 28 yd. pass from P.Rivers (J.Lambo kick) | 7-7 ERI | ||
| 3 | 11:42 | 2017 Woodbridge | J.Lambo 26 yd. field goal | 10-7 WDG | ||
| 3 | 7:12 | 2017 Erie | R.Gould 23 yd. field goal | 10-10 ERI | ||
| 3 | 0:54 | 2017 Erie | R.Gould 49 yd. field goal | 13-10 ERI | ||
| 4 | 5:06 | 2017 Erie | L.McCoy 17 yd. run (R.Gould kick) | 20-10 ERI | ||
| 4 | 1:37 | 2017 Erie | L.McCoy 12 yd. run (R.Gould kick) | 27-10 ERI | ||
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Team
Statistics
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| 2017 Woodbridge | 2017 Erie | |
| First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total | 3-13-0-16 | 10-15-1-26 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 3-13-23% | 4-12-33% |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-2-50% | 0-0-0% |
| Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) | 3-14-21% | 24-28-86% |
| Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play | 289-63-4.6 | 414-69-6.0 |
| Total Net Yards Rushing | 87 | 209 |
| Total Rushes | 20 | 34 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.3 | 6.1 |
| Passes Completed/Attempted | 16/41 (39.0%) | 20/33 (60.6%) |
| Net Yards Passing | 202 | 205 |
| Avg Yards Per Pass | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| Sacked/Yards Lost | 2/4 | 2/14 |
| Punts/Average | 7/50.0 | 4/44.0 |
| Punts Received/Return Yardage | 0/0 | 2/38 |
| Kickoffs/Returns | 2/36 | 1/24 |
| Interceptions/Returns | 0/0 | 1/10 |
| Penalties/Yards | 4/25 | 4/25 |
| Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Time of Possession | 25 mins 51 secs | 34 mins 9 secs |
| Average Drive Start | WDG 24 | ERI 30 |
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Passing Stats
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| Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sack | Rating | |
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| Philip Rivers | 41 | 16 | 206 | 39.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 2.4 | 1 | 2.4 | 28 | 2/4 | 53.5 |
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| Tyrod Taylor | 18 | 10 | 122 | 55.6 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2/14 | 76.6 |
| Brian Hoyer | 15 | 10 | 97 | 66.7 | 6.5 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0/0 | 106.8 |
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Rushing Stats
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| No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | 2 Pt Conv | Fumbles/Lost | |||||
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| Jordan Howard | 18 | 87 | 4.8 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| Corey Clement | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| Philip Rivers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | ||||
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| LeSean McCoy | 24 | 156 | 6.5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| Tyrod Taylor | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | ||||
| Brian Hoyer | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| Theo Riddick | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| James Conner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
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Receiving
Stats
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| No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | 2 Pt Conv | ||||||
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| Ed Dickson | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Robby Anderson | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jermaine Kearse | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Taylor Gabriel | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Josh Doctson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ryan Griffin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Josh Bellamy | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Vance McDonald | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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| Jordy Nelson | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| LeSean McCoy | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Marcedes Lewis | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Keelan Cole | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Martellus Bennett | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Kenny Stills | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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Field Goals
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| 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Totals | % Made | |||||
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| Josh Lambo | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100 | ||||
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| Robbie Gould | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 66.7 | ||||
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Punting
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| No | Avg | Net | Tb | Inside 20 | Long | Blocked | |||||
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| Drew Kaser | 7 | 50.0 | 44.6 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 0 | ||||
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| Justin Vogel | 4 | 44.0 | 39.0 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 0 | ||||
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Kickoff
Returns
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| No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | |||||||
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| Kenjon Barner | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| De'Anthony Thomas | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
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| Damiere Byrd | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
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Punt Returns
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| Ret | FC | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | ||||||
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| Kenjon Barner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
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| Dwayne Harris | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |||||
| Trevor Davis | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |||||
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Individual
Defense
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| Tackles | Sacks | Fum Rec | |||||||||
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| Tony Jefferson | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Anthony Hitchens | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Marcus Peters | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Josh Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Linval Joseph | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Elvis Dumervil | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| A.J. Bouye | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| D.J. Reader | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Daniel Sorensen | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mitch Unrein | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris D. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Clinton McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Steve McLendon | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lamarcus Joyner | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Harrison Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Derek Wolfe | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Josh Norman | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Alex Okafor | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Hilton | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kareem Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris McCain | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kendell Beckwith | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Nigel Bradham | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Corey Peters | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cameron Wake | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Nickell Robey-Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ronald Darby | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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Interceptions
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| Harrison Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
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Game Story
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| LeSean McCoy had a game to remember as Erie topped Woodbridge by the score of 27 to 10. McCoy pounded the Woodbridge defense for 156 yards scoring 2 times. Erie controlled the ground game, out-rushing Woodbridge 209 to 87 yards. They controlled the ball for 34:45. The game was tied at the half, 7 to 7. Erie led after three quarters 13 to 10. | |||||
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