TFL CHAMPIONSHIP - ERIE WINS FIRST
It was a rematch of last year's title game this morning when Sin City and Erie locked up. Erie's Coach Biletnikoff was the loser of three out of the previous six championships and was trying to avoid having his name uttered in the same breath as Marv Levy and Bud Grant.
Erie took the opening kick and drove the field using mainly the ground game. James Conner then slipped into an open look in zone for a short gain and eleven-yard touchdown. Sin City came right back, Brady off to a hot start and hitting Hopkins beyond the goal line to tie the score.
It was mostly defense the rest of the way. The biggest play came late in the first quarter, Bobby Wagner INT in the flat (not GPI, the 2-5) for a pick six and 17-7 Erie lead. A Matt Gay FG ended the scoring for the first thirty minutes, as Erie took a 17-10 lead into the locker room.
Not much offense in the second half. The key play of the half was a fumbled punt by Sin City inside their ten yard line, fallen on by Cordarelle Patterson. On third down James Cook used a Tyler Kroft block to scoot around right end for the game-clinching touchdown. A late Godfather FG cut the gap to fourteen points, but Erie recovered the onside kick and knelt out the clock.
Erie ends their schneid in Tradition Bowls, now 1-3 over the last seven years. Their first win next season will be the hundredth in franchise history (counting playoffs). Counting going 2-1 as Minnesota in 2015 the Silence are 90-40 in the regular season and now 9-6 in the playoffs. Not sure what Geno will look like next year, but my boy Tyrod had some decent stats filling in for the Giants this year.
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total | |
2022 Sin City | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
2022 Erie | 17 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
Scoring Plays | ||||||
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Qtr | Clock | Team | Scoring Description(Extra Point) | Score | ||
1 | 10:12 | 2022 Erie | J.Conner 11 yd. pass from G.Smith (J.Tucker kick) | 7-0 ERI | ||
1 | 6:36 | 2022 Sin City | D.Hopkins 2 yd. pass from T.Brady (M.Gay kick) | 7-7 ERI | ||
1 | 1:30 | 2022 Erie | J.Tucker 21 yd. field goal | 10-7 ERI | ||
1 | 1:12 | 2022 Erie | B.Wagner 26 yd. intercept (J.Tucker kick) | 17-7 ERI | ||
2 | 5:42 | 2022 Sin City | M.Gay 34 yd. field goal | 17-10 ERI | ||
3 | 1:12 | 2022 Erie | J.Tucker 19 yd. field goal | 20-10 ERI | ||
4 | 5:42 | 2022 Erie | J.Cook 6 yd. run (J.Tucker kick) | 27-10 ERI | ||
4 | 1:45 | 2022 Sin City | M.Gay 34 yd. field goal | 27-13 ERI |
Other Highlights | ||||||
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Qtr | Clock | Team | Event | Player | Yards | |
1 | 7:12 | 2022 Sin City | Pass | David Montgomery | 32 | |
2 | 12:18 | 2022 Erie | QBSack | DeForest Buckner | -12 | |
2 | 11:24 | 2022 Sin City | QBSack | Za'Darius Smith | -10 | |
2 | 1:37 | 2022 Erie | QBSack | DeForest Buckner | -10 | |
3 | 8:24 | 2022 Sin City | Pass + PEN | DeAndre Hopkins | 41 | |
3 | 6:18 | 2022 Sin City | Missed Field Goal | Matt Gay | 51 | |
3 | 4:30 | 2022 Erie | QBSack | DeMarcus Lawrence | -12 | |
3 | 3:00 | 2022 Erie | Intercept | Minkah Fitzpatrick | 10 | |
4 | 7:12 | 2022 Sin City | Fumble | C.J. Board |
Team Statistics | ||
2022 Sin City | 2022 Erie | |
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total | 2-14-0-16 | 7-9-0-16 |
Third Down Efficiency | 2-12-17% | 5-15-33% |
Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-1-100% | 0-1-0% |
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) | 13-21-62% | 20-28-71% |
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play | 292-61-4.8 | 239-64-3.7 |
Total Net Yards Rushing | 51 | 142 |
Total Rushes | 12 | 33 |
Average Per Rush | 4.3 | 4.3 |
Passes Completed/Attempted | 22/48 (45.8%) | 16/28 (57.1%) |
Net Yards Passing | 241 | 97 |
Avg Yards Per Pass | 5.2 | 4.7 |
Sacked/Yards Lost | 1/10 | 3/34 |
Punts/Average | 6/48.2 | 7/51.0 |
Punts Received/Return Yardage | 2/1 | 5/18 |
Kickoffs/Returns | 2/41 | 0/0 |
Interceptions/Returns | 0/0 | 2/36 |
Penalties/Yards | 3/15 | 5/47 |
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost | 1/1 | 1/0 |
Time of Possession | 26 mins 30 secs | 33 mins 30 secs |
Average Drive Start | SIN 21 | ERI 33 |
Passing Stats | ||||||||||||
Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sack | Rating | |
Tom Brady | 48 | 22 | 251 | 45.8 | 5.2 | 1 | 2.1 | 2 | 4.2 | 41 | 1/10 | 51.6 |
Geno Smith | 28 | 16 | 131 | 57.1 | 4.7 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3/34 | 81.1 |
Rushing Stats | |||||||||||
No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | 2 Pt Conv | Fumbles/Lost | |||||
David Montgomery | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
Alvin Kamara | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
Elijah Mitchell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
C. Patterson | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
James Cook | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
James Conner | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
Geno Smith | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
Joshua Dobbs | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
Receiving Stats | |||||||||||
No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | 2 Pt Conv | ||||||
DeAndre Hopkins | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 41 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Brandon Aiyuk | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||
David Montgomery | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Alvin Kamara | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Hayden Hurst | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Kyren Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
James Conner | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |||||
JuJu Smith-Schuster | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||
C. Patterson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Daniel Bellinger | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
James Cook | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Michael Pittman Jr. | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Marquez Valdes-Scantlin | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Field Goals and Extra Points | |||||||||||
1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Totals | % Made | XPs | ||||
Matt Gay | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 66.7 | 1/1 | |||
Justin Tucker | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 100 | 3/3 |
Punting | |||||||||||
No | Avg | Net | Tb | Inside 20 | Long | Blocked | |||||
Tommy Townsend | 6 | 48.2 | 45.2 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 0 | ||||
Jordan Stout | 7 | 51.0 | 48.0 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 0 |
Kickoff Returns | |||||||||||
No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | |||||||
Trayveon Williams | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
Punt Returns | |||||||||||
Ret | FC | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | ||||||
C.J. Board | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Keelan Cole | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3.6 | 5 | 0 |
Individual Defense | |||||||||||
Tackles | Sacks | Fum Rec | |||||||||
Budda Baker | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Jalen Ramsey | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Kristian Fulton | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Kaden Elliss | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Myles Jack | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
A'Shawn Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Jason Pierre-Paul | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
DeForest Buckner | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
DeMarcus Lawrence | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
Tyrann Mathieu | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Kendall Fuller | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Za'Darius Smith | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
Eric Kendricks | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Vita Vea | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Bobby Wagner | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Charvarius Ward | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Minkah Fitzpatrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Cameron Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Trey Hendrickson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Harrison Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
C. Patterson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions | |||||||||||
No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | |||||||
Minkah Fitzpatrick | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
Bobby Wagner | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 1 |
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With a solid effort Erie defeated Sin City by the score of 27 to 13. James Conner led all rushers, carrying the ball 6 times for 66 yards. Erie controlled the ground game, out-rushing Sin City 142 to 51 yards. They controlled the ball for 33:30. Erie got ahead early outscoring Sin City 17 to 7 in the first quarter. Tom Brady threw 48 times for 251 yards with a touchdown for Sin City .
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