Week 1, 2023

played in Cleveland, OH

68 degrees, rain, 6 mph wind

Cincinnati Monarchs	10	13	7	0	-	30
Cleveland Hexagons	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:48 CIN - Patrick Francis 33 field goal
1Q: 00:23 CIN - Daquan Heath 4 run (Patrick Francis extra point)
2Q: 12:26 CIN - Patrick Francis 50 field goal
2Q: 07:13 CLE - Harris Boyd 25 field goal
2Q: 03:19 CIN - Randall Ballard 15 pass from Mitch Blackwell (Patrick Francis extra point)
2Q: 01:03 CIN - Patrick Francis 39 field goal
3Q: 11:29 CIN - Wyatt Clancy 17 pass from Mitch Blackwell (Patrick Francis extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:48 CIN - Patrick Francis 33 field goal
1Q: 00:23 CIN - Daquan Heath 4 run (Patrick Francis extra point)
2Q: 12:26 CIN - Patrick Francis 50 field goal
2Q: 07:13 CLE - Harris Boyd 25 field goal
2Q: 03:19 CIN - Randall Ballard 15 pass from Mitch Blackwell (Patrick Francis extra point)
2Q: 01:03 CIN - Patrick Francis 39 field goal
3Q: 11:29 CIN - Wyatt Clancy 17 pass from Mitch Blackwell (Patrick Francis extra point)

Team Statistics CIN CLE
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 20 16
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 13 10
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 394 302
- Offensive Plays 63 56
- Yards per Play 6.25 5.39
Net Rushing Yards 93 72
- Rushing Attempts 28 17
- Yards per Rush 3.32 4.24
Net Passing Yards 301 230
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 26 - 0 33 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 310 262
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/9 6/32
- Yards per Pass Play 8.60 5.90
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 7/14 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.3 10.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/44 5/30
Punt Returns/Yards 1/6 3/8
Kick Returns/Yards 1/24 2/41
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 27
Time of Possession 33:16 26:45

Team Statistics	CIN	CLE
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	20	16
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	13	10
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	394	302
- Offensive Plays	63	56
- Yards per Play	6.25	5.39
Net Rushing Yards	93	72
- Rushing Attempts	28	17
- Yards per Rush	3.32	4.24
Net Passing Yards	301	230
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 26 - 0	33 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	310	262
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/9	6/32
- Yards per Pass Play	8.60	5.90
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	7/14	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.3	10.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/44	5/30
Punt Returns/Yards	1/6	3/8
Kick Returns/Yards	1/24	2/41
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 27
Time of Possession	33:16	26:45

Drive Charts

Cincinnati Monarchs
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:59	5:16	OWN 20	9	64	Field Goal
1	4:47	4:31	OWN 14	8	86	Touchdown
2	14:11	1:52	OPP 32	3	-1	Field Goal
2	7:06	3:55	OWN 26	9	74	Touchdown
2	2:00	1:04	OPP 46	5	24	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:41	OWN 25	7	75	Touchdown
3	5:02	1:29	OWN 4	3	5	Punt
3	2:33	4:02	OWN 6	8	24	Punt
4	11:36	1:29	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	9:09	4:13	OWN 31	6	26	Punt
4	1:07	1:07	OWN 20	2	-2	Game

Cleveland Hexagons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:01	OWN 31	3	2	Punt
1	7:43	2:56	OWN 25	4	19	Punt
1	0:16	1:05	OWN 30	2	10	Fumble
2	12:19	5:13	OWN 25	9	67	Field Goal
2	3:11	1:11	OWN 25	4	26	Fumble
2	0:56	0:56	OWN 25	4	68	Half
3	11:19	6:17	OWN 25	13	71	Downs
3	3:33	1:00	OWN 37	3	-2	Punt
4	13:31	1:55	OWN 35	3	8	Punt
4	10:07	0:58	OWN 24	3	1	Punt
4	4:56	3:49	OWN 20	8	26	Punt

Game MVP: Mitch Blackwell, Cincinnati Monarchs

Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Alec Arnold	15	45	3.00	18	1	0
RB Daquan Heath	10	33	3.30	7	0	1
QB Mitch Blackwell	2	7	3.50	8	0	0
RB Teddy Bunker	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Les Goldman	11	45	4.09	16	3
QB Matt Quinn	3	11	3.67	8	0
RB Mickey Stennett	2	14	7.00	11	1
QB Dalton Schneider	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mitch Blackwell	33	26	310	2/9	2	33	0	126.0

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Quinn	18	11	95	3/18	0	20	0	75.0
Dalton Schneider	15	12	167	3/14	0	46	0	113.0

Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Dwight Mukherjee	6	8	73	12.17	38	27	0
WR Jonathan Pipkin	5	6	26	5.20	8	11	0
WR Matthew Reese	5	5	97	19.40	47	29	0
RB Alec Arnold	3	4	36	12.00	26	33	0
WR Wyatt Clancy	2	2	38	19.00	17	21	1
WR Randall Ballard	2	2	27	13.50	12	15	1
RB Daquan Heath	2	4	7	3.50	0	4	0
TE Damien Cordell	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
FB Ron Rawls	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Graham Pearson	7	12	108	15.43	25	38
RB Les Goldman	5	6	17	3.40	8	6
WR Daniel Bailie	3	3	31	10.33	3	19
WR Joseph Wilkins	2	4	49	24.50	0	46
TE Derek Monroe	2	2	26	13.00	10	16
WR Kendall Smith	2	4	6	3.00	0	7
RB Richard Hamilton	2	2	25	12.50	21	20

Interception Statistics

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cincinnati	Recov	Force
DE Harry Iheme	1	0
ILB T.J. Burke	1	0
DT Henry Penberthy	0	1
ILB Josiah Banks	0	1

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Dalton Schneider	2	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Eric Hutton	4	192	48.0	41.0	56	0

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gilbert McElrath	6	329	54.8	43.8	67	2

Kicking Statistics

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Patrick Francis	3/3	1/1	1/1	50	3/3

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Harris Boyd	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Teddy Bunker	1	6	6.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kaleb Peak	2	11	5.5	0
Grant Madison	1	-3	-3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gene McElroy	1	24	24.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kendall Smith	2	41	20.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Josiah Banks	5	0	0.5	16	27
S Logan Swinford	5	1	0.0	16	31
DT Dustin Kafka	4	2	2.0	16	32
OLB Dashawn Turner	4	3	0.0	17	39
S Winfred Kirk	4	1	0.0	17	38
DE Harry Iheme	3	1	1.5	12	32
CB Braxton West	3	1	0.0	16	24
ILB James Barginski	3	1	0.0	11	31
S J.C. Clements	3	0	0.0	1	17
ILB T.J. Burke	2	0	1.0	7	10
CB Timothy Driscoll	2	0	0.0	15	32
DE Cornell Howe	2	0	0.0	16	37
CB Vernon Wolf	2	0	0.0	1	10
DT Henry Penberthy	1	0	1.0	1	7
CB Marcos Powell	1	1	0.0	10	20
ILB Earl Everett	1	0	0.0	1	2
CB Burt Kreider	1	0	0.0	1	17
OLB Kody Panko	0	1	0.0	6	14

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Amos Lincoln	6	1	0.0	15	20
CB Jared Pierce	6	0	0.0	21	27
DE Jeremiah Bateman	5	2	0.5	12	20
S Wayne Prior	5	2	0.0	17	17
OLB Roosevelt Minevich	5	0	0.0	20	23
DE Alvin Bauer	4	1	1.0	22	24
ILB Steve Ammons	4	2	0.0	20	19
OLB Erik Logan	3	2	0.0	21	22
ILB Cris Fuller	3	1	0.0	23	20
S Ramon Sullivan	3	1	0.0	23	34
DT Miguel Schlecht	2	1	0.0	21	17
CB Kaleb Peak	2	0	0.0	15	12
CB Mike Carmichael	1	3	0.0	16	33
CB Sean Barber	1	1	0.0	16	23
ILB Joshua Gage	1	1	0.0	12	11
WR Graham Pearson	1	0	---	---	---
CB Grant Madison	1	0	0.0	2	5
S Brett Owens	1	0	0.0	8	10
G Vince Kalbach	1	0	---	---	---
DT Kelvin Cielo	0	1	0.5	2	6
S Richie Rice	0	1	0.0	15	19

Pass Rush Statistics

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Dustin Kafka	2.0	0	1	0	32
DE Harry Iheme	1.5	0	1	1	32
DT Henry Penberthy	1.0	0	0	1	7
ILB T.J. Burke	1.0	0	0	0	10
ILB Josiah Banks	0.5	0	0	0	27
DE Cornell Howe	0.0	1	1	1	37
CB Braxton West	0.0	0	1	0	24
ILB James Barginski	0.0	0	0	1	31

Cleveland	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Alvin Bauer	1.0	0	24
DE Jeremiah Bateman	0.5	0	20
DT Kelvin Cielo	0.5	0	6
ILB Steve Ammons	0.0	1	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Braxton West	3	0	24
S J.C. Clements	3	0	17
OLB Dashawn Turner	3	0	39
S Winfred Kirk	2	2	38
CB Timothy Driscoll	2	0	32
DE Cornell Howe	2	0	37
S Logan Swinford	2	0	31
ILB Josiah Banks	2	0	27
CB Vernon Wolf	2	0	10
CB Marcos Powell	1	0	20
CB Burt Kreider	1	0	17
ILB James Barginski	0	1	31

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Jared Pierce	6	0	27
OLB Amos Lincoln	4	1	20
DE Jeremiah Bateman	3	0	20
OLB Roosevelt Minevich	2	1	23
S Wayne Prior	2	0	17
ILB Steve Ammons	2	0	19
CB Kaleb Peak	2	0	12
OLB Erik Logan	1	0	22
CB Mike Carmichael	1	0	33
CB Grant Madison	1	0	5
S Richie Rice	1	0	19
ILB Joshua Gage	1	0	11

Blocking Statistics

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Quinn Hudson	2	8	0	28	2	35
T Gerald Neufeld	2	6	1	28	0	35
C Micah Herbertson	2	4	0	28	0	35
T Amos Foreman	2	2	0	16	0	34
G Arnie Corley	2	2	0	28	0	35
TE Dwight Mukherjee	1	2	0	27	0	30
T Shaun Rivers	0	2	0	12	0	1

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Hunter Damm	3	6	1	17	1	39
T Benjamin Corrigan	2	4	0	17	0	39
G Vince Kalbach	1	1	0	17	2	31
G Trenton Hartman	0	4	0	17	2	39
T Connor Rodriguez	0	0	0	17	1	31

Special Teams Tackles

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Dwight Mukherjee	2	11
Ron Rawls	1	22
Burt Kreider	1	14
Damien Cordell	1	4

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Carmichael	2	15

Participation

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Arnie Corley	28	35	---	---	7	70
TE Dwight Mukherjee	27	30	---	---	11	68
C Micah Herbertson	28	35	---	---	---	63
T Gerald Neufeld	28	35	---	---	---	63
G Quinn Hudson	28	35	---	---	---	63
ILB James Barginski	---	---	11	31	20	62
S Logan Swinford	---	---	16	31	14	61
OLB Dashawn Turner	---	---	17	39	1	57
S Winfred Kirk	---	---	17	38	1	56
QB Mitch Blackwell	20	35	---	---	---	55
WR Jonathan Pipkin	24	31	---	---	---	55
DE Cornell Howe	---	---	16	37	1	54
DE Harry Iheme	---	---	12	32	7	51
T Amos Foreman	16	34	---	---	---	50
WR Wyatt Clancy	21	28	---	---	---	49
DT Dustin Kafka	---	---	16	32	1	49
RB Alec Arnold	17	16	---	---	16	49
CB Timothy Driscoll	---	---	15	32	1	48
ILB Josiah Banks	---	---	16	27	---	43
CB Braxton West	---	---	16	24	1	41
WR Matthew Reese	14	22	---	---	3	39
FB Ron Rawls	8	6	---	---	22	36
CB Burt Kreider	---	---	1	17	14	32
RB Daquan Heath	10	20	---	---	1	31
CB Marcos Powell	---	---	10	20	1	31
WR Randall Ballard	5	4	---	---	18	27
TE Damien Cordell	11	10	---	---	4	25
OLB Kody Panko	---	---	6	14	1	21
S J.C. Clements	---	---	1	17	2	20
TE Billy Franklin	1	1	---	---	18	20
T Shaun Rivers	12	1	---	---	7	20
ILB T.J. Burke	---	---	7	10	---	17
CB Vernon Wolf	---	---	1	10	6	17
RB Teddy Bunker	1	1	---	---	14	16
WR Gene McElroy	1	6	---	---	8	15
DT Brad Benson	---	---	5	7	---	12
ILB Earl Everett	---	---	1	2	8	11
K Patrick Francis	0	0	---	---	10	10
DT Henry Penberthy	---	---	1	7	---	8
QB Albert Mathis	8	0	---	---	---	8
C John Meier	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Cornell Madison	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Eric Clinton	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Eric Hutton	0	0	---	---	7	7
DT Matt Mackie	---	---	0	0	6	6
CB Eduardo Starks	---	---	2	2	1	5

Cleveland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Roosevelt Minevich	---	---	20	23	21	64
CB Mike Carmichael	---	---	16	33	15	64
G Trenton Hartman	17	39	---	---	7	63
S Ramon Sullivan	---	---	23	34	3	60
C Hunter Damm	17	39	---	---	---	56
T Benjamin Corrigan	17	39	---	---	---	56
WR Graham Pearson	17	39	---	---	---	56
TE Derek Monroe	16	39	---	---	---	55
G Vince Kalbach	17	31	---	---	7	55
CB Sean Barber	---	---	16	23	14	53
ILB Steve Ammons	---	---	20	19	12	51
CB Jared Pierce	---	---	21	27	1	49
T Connor Rodriguez	17	31	---	---	---	48
DT Miguel Schlecht	---	---	21	17	10	48
DE Alvin Bauer	---	---	22	24	2	48
WR Kendall Smith	12	27	---	---	9	48
WR Joseph Wilkins	15	25	---	---	7	47
S Wayne Prior	---	---	17	17	13	47
ILB Cris Fuller	---	---	23	20	1	44
OLB Erik Logan	---	---	21	22	---	43
RB Les Goldman	14	29	---	---	---	43
DE Jeremiah Bateman	---	---	12	20	7	39
OLB Amos Lincoln	---	---	15	20	3	38
S Richie Rice	---	---	15	19	3	37
CB Kaleb Peak	---	---	15	12	6	33
TE Jimmie Garrison	4	8	---	---	20	32
RB Richard Hamilton	1	10	---	---	20	31
QB Matt Quinn	9	21	---	---	---	30
QB Dalton Schneider	8	18	---	---	---	26
WR Daniel Bailie	0	10	---	---	14	24
ILB Joshua Gage	---	---	12	11	1	24
DT Levon Sawyer	---	---	5	12	4	21
S Brett Owens	---	---	8	10	1	19
RB Mickey Stennett	4	4	---	---	10	18
G Alexander Dobler	0	8	---	---	7	15
T Bennett McClung	0	8	---	---	7	15
DT Tommy Gilmore	---	---	2	11	1	14
WR Miles Aceves	1	2	---	---	7	10
CB Grant Madison	---	---	2	5	2	9
DT Kelvin Cielo	---	---	2	6	1	9
C Johnny Oster	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Gilbert McElrath	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Harris Boyd	0	0	---	---	3	3
TE Cole Franklin	1	2	---	---	---	3
C Cesar Cooper	0	0	---	---	---	0
S Chase Armstrong	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	30	4.3
Middle	17	52	3.1
Right	4	11	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	11	2.8
Middle	9	29	3.2
Right	4	32	8.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mitch Blackwell	33	26	6	1	3	2	1	0	0

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Quinn	18	11	1	0	1	2	4	2	0
Dalton Schneider	15	12	3	1	0	1	0	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	7	83	7.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	13	129	9.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	24	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	74	18.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	27	6.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	13	88	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	3	36	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	111	15.9

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Dwight Mukherjee	8	6	0	73	1	30
WR Jonathan Pipkin	6	5	1	26	0	31
WR Matthew Reese	5	5	0	97	3	22
RB Daquan Heath	4	2	1	7	0	20
RB Alec Arnold	4	3	1	36	1	16
WR Wyatt Clancy	2	2	0	38	1	28
WR Randall Ballard	2	2	0	27	0	4
TE Damien Cordell	1	1	0	6	0	10
FB Ron Rawls	1	0	0	0	0	6

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Graham Pearson	12	7	0	108	2	39
RB Les Goldman	6	5	0	17	0	29
WR Joseph Wilkins	4	2	0	49	1	25
WR Kendall Smith	4	2	1	6	0	27
WR Daniel Bailie	3	3	0	31	0	10
TE Derek Monroe	2	2	0	26	0	39
RB Richard Hamilton	2	2	0	25	1	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Daquan Heath	1	4	4.00	3.30

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Les Goldman	3	-4	-1.33	4.09
QB Dalton Schneider	1	2	2.00	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mitch Blackwell	4	3	36	9.00	9.39

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matt Quinn	2	2	12	6.00	5.28
Dalton Schneider	1	1	10	10.00	11.13

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Wyatt Clancy	1	1	17	17.00	19.00
WR Randall Ballard	1	1	15	15.00	13.50
RB Daquan Heath	1	0	0	0.00	1.75
RB Alec Arnold	1	1	4	4.00	9.00

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Derek Monroe	1	1	10	10.00	13.00
RB Les Goldman	1	1	4	4.00	2.83
WR Graham Pearson	1	1	8	8.00	9.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
RB Alec Arnold	4	2
RB Daquan Heath	2	2
QB Mitch Blackwell	2	0

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mitch Blackwell	5	4	3

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Quinn	7	4	2
Dalton Schneider	3	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Randall Ballard	1	1	1
WR Jonathan Pipkin	1	0	0
RB Alec Arnold	1	1	1
WR Matthew Reese	1	1	1
TE Dwight Mukherjee	1	1	0

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Graham Pearson	7	3	2
TE Derek Monroe	1	1	0
RB Richard Hamilton	1	1	0
WR Daniel Bailie	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 57,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,900 (21,400)
End Zone 12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,900 (21,400)
End Zone	12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)