2017 Lombardi Divisional Round - Delco vs Utica

2016 Delco 23, 2016 Utica 14
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2016 Delco	3	6	7	7	0	23
2016 Utica	7	0	0	7	0	14

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Team	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:12	2016 Delco	M.Prater 21 yd. field goal	3-0 DEL
1	3:54	2016 Utica	D.Freeman 3 yd. run (A.Vinatieri kick)	7-3 UTI
2	13:12	2016 Delco	M.Prater 22 yd. field goal	7-6 UTI
2	9:36	2016 Delco	M.Prater 43 yd. field goal	9-7 DEL
3	1:12	2016 Delco	K.Dixon 1 yd. run (M.Prater kick)	16-7 DEL
4	14:42	2016 Utica	D.Freeman 32 yd. run (A.Vinatieri kick)	16-14 DEL
4	7:12	2016 Delco	D.Johnson 6 yd. run (M.Prater kick)	23-14 DEL

Team Statistics
	2016 Delco	2016 Utica
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	11-10-1-22	11-4-0-15
Third Down Efficiency	5-13-38%	0-10-0%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	2-3-67%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	20-35-57%	7-7-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	319-68-4.7	317-57-5.6
Total Net Yards Rushing	130	217
Total Rushes	30	25
Average Per Rush	4.3	8.7
Passes Completed/Attempted	24/38 (63.2%)	14/31 (45.2%)
Net Yards Passing	189	100
Avg Yards Per Pass	5.0	3.5
Sacked/Yards Lost	0/0	1/7
Punts/Average	5/50.8	7/42.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/38	1/4
Kickoffs/Returns	1/19	0/0
Interceptions/Returns	3/32	1/12
Penalties/Yards	1/5	3/34
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	3/2	2/1
Time of Possession	35 mins 17 secs	24 mins 43 secs
Average Drive Start	DEL 30	UTI 27

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2016 Delco
Tom Brady	38	24	189	63.2	5.0	0	0	1	2.6	16	0/0	64.5
2016 Utica
Aaron Rodgers	31	14	107	45.2	3.5	0	0	3	9.7	20	1/7	14.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2016 Delco
David Johnson	24	107	4.5	19	1	0	0/0
Kenneth Dixon	4	17	4.3	9	1	0	0/0
Tom Brady	2	6	3.0	7	0	0	0/0
2016 Utica
Devonta Freeman	21	166	7.9	32	2	0	0/0
Aaron Rodgers	3	51	17.0	23	0	0	1/0
James White	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2016 Delco
Odell Beckham	9	75	8.3	15	0	0
David Johnson	6	32	5.3	16	0	0
Jordan Reed	5	51	10.2	14	0	0
Quincy Enunwa	4	31	7.8	16	0	0
2016 Utica
Devonta Freeman	10	64	6.4	20	0	0
Jared Cook	2	27	13.5	14	0	0
Dontrelle Inman	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
Jack Doyle	1	10	10.0	10	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2016 Delco
Matt Prater	0/0	2/2	0/0	1/1	0/0	3/3	100
2016 Utica

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2016 Delco
Britton Colquitt	5	50.8	50.0	0	2	57	0
2016 Utica
Colton Schmidt	7	42.0	36.6	0	3	56	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2016 Delco
JaCorey Shepherd	1	19	19.0	19	0
2016 Utica

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2016 Delco
Antonio Brown	2	0	39	19.5	33	0
Tyler Ervin	1	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
2016 Utica
Stefon Diggs	1	1	4	4.0	4	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2016 Delco
Eli Harold	8	0	0
Trumaine Johnson	4	0	0
Xavier Rhodes	4	0	1
Terrell Suggs	4	0	0
Eric Reid	3	0	0
Brandon Marshall	3	0	0
Letroy Guion	3	0	0
Brandon Graham	2	0	0
Jordan Hicks	2	0	0
Isa Abdul-Quddus	1	0	0
Dannell Ellerbe	1	0	0
Kerry Hyder	1	1	0
Clayton Geathers	1	0	0
Jeremy Lane	1	0	0
Antonio Brown	0	0	1
2016 Utica
Lavonte David	9	0	0
Dont'a Hightower	8	0	0
Corey Graham	7	0	0
Quinton Dial	6	0	0
Mike Adams	5	0	1
Tramaine Brock	4	0	0
Casey Hayward	4	0	0
Gerald Hodges	3	0	0
Sean Lee	2	0	0
Steven Nelson	2	0	0
Khalil Mack	1	0	0
Jay Prosch	0	0	1
Ryan Schraeder	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2016 Delco
Eric Reid	2	12	6.0	12	0
Terrell Suggs	1	20	20.0	20	0
2016 Utica
Mike Adams	1	12	12.0	12	0

Game Story

With a solid effort the visiting team from Delco defeated Utica by the score of 23 to 14. Tom Brady threw 38 times for 189 yards. Delco won the air battle out-passing Utica 189 to 107 yards. They controlled the ball for 35:17. Delco took the lead into the locker room at the half 9 to 7. Devonta Freeman ran the ball 21 times gaining 166 yards and scoring 2 times for Utica , in a losing effort.

DELCO PENNSYLVANIA

The Delco Destroyers defeated Utica, putting a sudden end to what had been the TFL's top performing team. Utica's amazing 14-2 record was a tribute to their coaching skill and quality playmakers, but they were unable to move the ball against the Delco defense. It shaped up as a battle between football's two premier quarterbacks, but Aaron Rogers was snake-bitten in the first half when he threw 3 interceptions. 

Unfortunately, for Delco, they couldn't fully capitalize, turning the three gifts into field goals. In fact, Tom Brady didn't exactly shine bright, as after the first Rodgers INT, Brady worked the ball to first and goal at the 3, but then missed wide open receivers on back to back plays. Delco had to settle for a field goal.  On another occasion, after a Rogers pick, Brady threw one right back to the Spartans.  And the Destroyers fumbled a punt, which Utica recovered, as both teams seemed to be jittery under the pressure of win or go home. There was even one series where Utica drove the ball into field goal range but fumbled it away; then Delco drove the other way, getting all the way to the Spartan's 8, before fumbling it back. 

Utica did manage the only TD of the first half. Similar to Delco earlier, the Spartans got the ball first and goal from the 3, but instead of throwing the ball unsuccessfully, they stuck to the ground and Devonte Freeman ran it in. That gave Utica the lead--their only one of the game. 

Two subsequent field goals put Delco back up, 9-7 at the half, but they were moral victories for Utica. To have three interceptions in the half and only be trailing by 2 points surely seemed like cause for Spartan optimism heading into the second half. 

However, in that half, the Delco defense was superb, holding Utica to just one touchdown, as they found ways to keep Rodgers and company in check without the help of any INTs.  Rogers finished the game having completed fewer than half his passes, and the ones he did complete were of the dink and dunk variety. Star WR Stefon Diggs and Sam Watkins were both held without a catch. Only one ball was caught by a WR, and that was a 6 yarder to Dontrelle Inman. 

Late in the third quarter, Delco finally finished off a drive with a TD. On a 3rd down right at the Utica 20, the Delco braintrust, knowing coach Fullem's love of doubling three receivers on 3rd downs, dialed up a long pass to David Johnson, one of the few RB's in the league with the ability to get deep.  Brady was unable to hit him, but a pass interference penalty was called. (The league's most outspoken voice against penalties was, admittedly, the beneficiary of a critical yellow flag.) The ball was spotted at the one, where Kenneth Dixon ran it in to give the Destroyers a 16-7 lead late in the 3rd.   

It was amazing how quickly Utica struck back. A 19 yard run by Freeman (hit the 9{} on the defensive LB card  against a 3-3-5), followed by a 21 yard scramble by Rogers when the defense had the pass all bottled up, (Must run, roll of 3) and then on the next play, a Freeman 32 yard run for the TD (roll of 2), and just like that, the Spartans made it a single possession game again, at 16-14.

But now these teams were showing their true colors, playing with great resilience under pressure, Delco responding with a nice drive that brought the ball to the Utica 6.  A pitchout to David Johnson, but the Spartans were ready, not only calling run, but also pulling their linebackers from the inside of the line and sending them crashing toward the corners to presciently clog up the zone read. But then, TE Logan Paulsen, Delco's unheralded 15th round pick, threw an impactful block that sprung Johnson for the TD.

Delco was back up by 9 with 7 to play.  

Again, their defense put the clamps on Rogers and Company to make the 23-14 lead hold up until the final gun. 

Utica and Delco had split their regular season meetings and it's always a great chess match when we play, as Brian is a superb coach, and we've gotten to know each other's moves and counter moves. 

Johnson, who finished with 107 yards on the ground and also hauled in 6 catches, was the Offensive MVP.

The Defensive MVP was backup strong safety Eric Reid. When starter Clayton Geathers got hurt early in the game, it meant an end to the automatic containment assured by the run-stuffing Geathers.  But Reid ended up looking like a carbon copy, making two big third down stops on throws underneath. He also batted away a pass on 3rd down, and there were also those 2 interceptions he snared. Talk about "next man up."

Next man up for Delco will be the winner of the Erie-Woodbridge battle.