Week 9, 2023

played in New England, MA

38 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

California Lightning	0	7	3	3	-	13
New England Colonials	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
2Q: 00:27 NED - Todd Poole 29 field goal
2Q: 00:02 CAL - Donnell Dubester 49 pass from Bryson Roger (Bo Park extra point)
3Q: 04:18 CAL - Bo Park 37 field goal
4Q: 11:06 CAL - Bo Park 48 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 00:27 NED - Todd Poole 29 field goal
2Q: 00:02 CAL - Donnell Dubester 49 pass from Bryson Roger (Bo Park extra point)
3Q: 04:18 CAL - Bo Park 37 field goal
4Q: 11:06 CAL - Bo Park 48 field goal

Team Statistics CAL NED
Record 6-2 5-3
First Downs 14 10
- by Rushing 7 2
- by Passing 6 7
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 288 174
- Offensive Plays 62 64
- Yards per Play 4.65 2.72
Net Rushing Yards 168 42
- Rushing Attempts 37 22
- Yards per Rush 4.54 1.91
Net Passing Yards 120 132
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 23 - 11 - 1 38 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 130 153
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/10 4/21
- Yards per Pass Play 4.80 3.14
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/13 4/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.1 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/3
Penalties/Yards 11/70 4/23
Punt Returns/Yards 6/42 3/29
Kick Returns/Yards 1/11 2/45
Interception Ret./Yards 1/15 1/10
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 29
Time of Possession 30:58 29:02

Team Statistics	CAL	NED
Record	6-2	5-3
First Downs	14	10
- by Rushing	7	2
- by Passing	6	7
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	288	174
- Offensive Plays	62	64
- Yards per Play	4.65	2.72
Net Rushing Yards	168	42
- Rushing Attempts	37	22
- Yards per Rush	4.54	1.91
Net Passing Yards	120	132
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	23 - 11 - 1	38 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	130	153
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/10	4/21
- Yards per Pass Play	4.80	3.14
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/13	4/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.1	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/3
Penalties/Yards	11/70	4/23
Punt Returns/Yards	6/42	3/29
Kick Returns/Yards	1/11	2/45
Interception Ret./Yards	1/15	1/10
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 29
Time of Possession	30:58	29:02

Drive Charts

California Lightning
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:45	1:24	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
1	5:21	2:55	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
2	14:03	1:47	OWN 19	3	8	Punt
2	6:52	1:52	OWN 35	3	-4	Punt
2	3:12	1:39	OWN 22	3	-12	Punt
2	0:22	0:22	OWN 25	4	75	Touchdown
3	15:00	6:27	OWN 16	11	63	Fumble
3	7:37	0:12	50	1	0	Interception
3	5:57	1:47	OPP 35	5	15	Field Goal
3	3:08	3:18	OWN 22	7	37	Punt
4	13:50	2:52	OPP 43	6	12	Field Goal
4	8:51	3:29	OWN 23	5	19	Punt
4	3:15	1:13	OWN 40	3	-1	Punt
4	1:23	1:23	OPP 34	3	4	Game

New England Colonials
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:15	OWN 45	8	16	Punt
1	8:21	3:00	OPP 45	6	15	Punt
1	2:26	3:23	OWN 6	6	24	Punt
2	12:16	5:24	OWN 39	9	26	Downs
2	5:00	1:48	OWN 24	3	5	Punt
2	1:33	1:11	OPP 47	5	35	Field Goal
3	8:33	0:56	OWN 21	3	-1	Punt
3	7:25	1:28	OWN 42	3	-5	Interception
3	4:10	1:02	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
4	14:50	1:00	OWN 1	3	0	Punt
4	10:58	2:07	OWN 23	3	7	Punt
4	5:22	2:07	OWN 20	8	40	Downs
4	2:02	0:39	OWN 29	4	5	Downs

Game MVP: Griffin Pope, California Lightning

Rushing Statistics

California	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Lester Johnson	24	95	3.96	15	3
QB Bryson Roger	8	40	5.00	11	2
RB Omar Wylder	2	7	3.50	4	0
RB Chuck Creech	2	24	12.00	25	1
WR Deion Wells	1	2	2.00	2	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Marco Holliday	9	25	2.78	7	0
RB Robert Ackerman	8	23	2.88	11	1
QB Cesar Swift	5	-6	-1.20	6	0

Passing Statistics

California	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bryson Roger	23	11	130	2/10	1	49	1	61.9

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cesar Swift	38	19	153	4/21	0	21	1	49.5

Receiving Statistics

California	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Eli Fragomeni	3	6	30	10.00	20	21	0
WR Deion Wells	2	7	21	10.50	4	11	0
RB Chuck Creech	2	2	12	6.00	0	8	0
WR Taylor Banks	1	1	4	4.00	1	4	0
TE Josue James	1	2	8	8.00	3	8	0
RB Lester Johnson	1	3	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Donnell Dubester	1	1	49	49.00	8	49	1
WR Trenton Butler	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Melvin Michl	5	9	47	9.40	12	19
WR Thurman Crenshaw	5	10	47	9.40	8	21
TE Antoine Thornton	4	9	31	7.75	0	11
RB Marco Holliday	3	4	16	5.33	9	6
WR Neil Groh	1	4	4	4.00	0	4
FB Shaquille Ramirez	1	1	8	8.00	8	8
RB Robert Ackerman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

California	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Martin Hopkins	1	15	15.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Kelly McNeil	1	10	10.00	0

Fumble Statistics

California	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
RB Lester Johnson	1	0	0	0
DE Dixon Burton	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Cesar Swift	1	0	0
DT Philip Schlegel	0	1	0
G Cary Plummer	0	1	0
OLB Mason Fulton	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

California	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Donald Parise	8	352	44.0	37.9	58	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bernard Ogden	8	379	47.4	37.1	61	3

Kicking Statistics

California	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bo Park	2/2	1/1	0/0	48	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Todd Poole	1/1	0/0	0/0	29	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

California	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stan Davison	6	42	7.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Robert Ackerman	3	29	9.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

California	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Martin Hopkins	1	11	11.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Thurman Crenshaw	2	45	22.5	0

Defensive Statistics

California	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Malachi Winters	6	2	0.0	22	42
ILB Jacob Sebastian	6	1	0.0	21	37
CB Martin Hopkins	5	0	0.0	22	42
DE Dylan Calvert	5	0	0.0	14	12
OLB Tyler Hammond	4	4	0.0	22	39
DT Calvin Joseph	3	0	1.0	18	20
S Sebastian Moose	3	3	0.0	15	21
DE Brendan Summers	2	2	1.5	22	39
S Edwin Kerr	2	3	0.0	22	34
CB Emmett Wray	2	0	0.0	2	20
DT Dale Schokora	1	1	1.0	5	27
DE Dixon Burton	1	0	0.5	7	24
ILB William McKnight	1	1	0.0	0	5
CB Rod Cook	1	1	0.0	14	18
DT Trent Ward	1	0	0.0	15	28
WR Deion Wells	1	0	---	---	---
S Stan Davison	1	0	0.0	7	29
OLB Dylan Irvin	1	0	0.0	8	11

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Mason Fulton	11	2	1.0	37	20
S Kelly McNeil	4	2	0.0	36	20
DE Conrad Story	4	1	0.0	30	14
DT Cameron Mallard	3	0	1.0	11	8
CB Isaac Poppe	3	3	0.0	31	16
S Rob Harper	3	3	0.0	33	11
CB Devin Walters	3	1	0.0	22	4
CB Dale Boulware	3	0	0.0	4	13
DT Miles Whiting	2	4	0.0	23	4
ILB Morris Bratsch	2	2	0.0	37	20
CB Carlos Frederick	2	1	0.0	37	25
DT Roy Lonier	2	1	0.0	29	19
DT Philip Schlegel	2	1	0.0	33	17
CB Maurice Patterson	1	1	0.0	3	6
DT Thomas Swift	1	0	0.0	14	20
DT Steven Ward	1	0	0.0	8	10
DE Preston Peterson	1	0	0.0	11	16
TE Antoine Thornton	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Tracy Ogbogu	0	1	0.0	1	0
ILB Jace Fisk	0	1	0.0	0	5

Pass Rush Statistics

California	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Brendan Summers	1.5	2	0	39
DT Dale Schokora	1.0	0	1	27
DT Calvin Joseph	1.0	0	0	20
DE Dixon Burton	0.5	0	0	24
DT Trent Ward	0.0	0	3	28
DE Dylan Calvert	0.0	0	1	12

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Mason Fulton	1.0	0	0	20
DT Cameron Mallard	1.0	0	0	8
DT Thomas Swift	0.0	1	0	20
DT Roy Lonier	0.0	1	0	19
DE Conrad Story	0.0	0	1	14

Pass Defense Statistics

California	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Malachi Winters	5	1	0	42
ILB Jacob Sebastian	5	0	0	37
CB Martin Hopkins	1	1	1	42
OLB Tyler Hammond	1	1	0	39
CB Emmett Wray	1	1	0	20
ILB William McKnight	1	0	0	5
DT Trent Ward	1	0	0	28
DE Dylan Calvert	1	0	0	12
S Stan Davison	1	0	0	29
CB Rod Cook	1	0	0	18
DE Brendan Summers	1	0	0	39

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Isaac Poppe	2	1	0	16
CB Dale Boulware	2	1	0	13
ILB Morris Bratsch	2	0	0	20
CB Maurice Patterson	2	0	0	6
OLB Mason Fulton	1	1	0	20
CB Devin Walters	1	0	0	4
DT Cameron Mallard	1	0	0	8
S Clyde Diggs	0	2	0	14
S Kelly McNeil	0	1	1	20

Blocking Statistics

California	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Griffin Pope	5	10	37	0	25
G Craig Weatherly	1	9	37	0	25
T Scottie Prescott	1	4	37	0	25
C Carter Burks	0	4	37	2	25
T Lorenzo Blades	0	3	37	0	25

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Andy Jennings	2	6	22	0	42
T Frederick Harper	1	2	22	2	42
T Lincoln Henderson	1	2	22	0	42
G Cary Plummer	0	6	22	0	42
G Jerry Castillo	0	3	22	2	42
FB Shaquille Ramirez	0	1	8	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

California	Tackles	STPlays
Tanner Kimble	2	20
Lester Johnson	1	22
Dale Schokora	1	20
Taylor Banks	1	15

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Robert Ackerman	5	19
Thurman Crenshaw	2	13

Participation

California	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Malachi Winters	---	---	22	42	12	76
RB Lester Johnson	33	18	---	---	22	73
T Lorenzo Blades	37	25	---	---	10	72
G Griffin Pope	37	25	---	---	10	72
G Craig Weatherly	37	25	---	---	10	72
T Scottie Prescott	37	25	---	---	10	72
CB Martin Hopkins	---	---	22	42	3	67
OLB Tyler Hammond	---	---	22	39	2	63
QB Bryson Roger	37	25	---	---	---	62
C Carter Burks	37	25	---	---	---	62
DE Brendan Summers	---	---	22	39	1	62
WR Deion Wells	36	24	---	---	---	60
ILB Jacob Sebastian	---	---	21	37	1	59
TE Josue James	35	22	---	---	2	59
WR Eli Fragomeni	35	22	---	---	---	57
S Edwin Kerr	---	---	22	34	1	57
DT Dale Schokora	---	---	5	27	20	52
S Stan Davison	---	---	7	29	13	49
S Sebastian Moose	---	---	15	21	9	45
DT Trent Ward	---	---	15	28	1	44
WR Trenton Butler	24	13	---	---	5	42
DT Calvin Joseph	---	---	18	20	---	38
DE Dixon Burton	---	---	7	24	1	32
CB Rod Cook	---	---	14	18	---	32
CB Emmett Wray	---	---	2	20	9	31
DE Dylan Calvert	---	---	14	12	---	26
TE Jon Seaman	1	0	---	---	21	22
WR Taylor Banks	1	5	---	---	15	21
OLB Tanner Kimble	---	---	0	0	20	20
OLB Dylan Irvin	---	---	8	11	---	19
RB Chuck Creech	7	11	---	---	---	18
ILB William McKnight	---	---	0	5	10	15
DT D.J. Clark	---	---	6	9	---	15
RB Omar Wylder	3	3	---	---	8	14
TE Zachary Farrell	9	5	---	---	---	14
DE Stanley Becker	---	---	0	5	8	13
CB Hunter Peterman	---	---	0	0	13	13
P Donald Parise	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Clayton Podbevsek	0	0	---	---	10	10
WR Donnell Dubester	1	2	---	---	2	5
K Bo Park	0	0	---	---	5	5
T Timothy McChane	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Ty Strickland	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Sammy Duncan	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Mark Behrendt	0	0	---	---	---	0
C J.B. Kelsey	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Thurman Crenshaw	20	40	---	---	13	73
T Lincoln Henderson	22	42	---	---	---	64
CB Carlos Frederick	---	---	37	25	2	64
C Andy Jennings	22	42	---	---	---	64
QB Cesar Swift	22	42	---	---	---	64
G Cary Plummer	22	42	---	---	---	64
G Jerry Castillo	22	42	---	---	---	64
T Frederick Harper	22	42	---	---	---	64
DT Philip Schlegel	---	---	33	17	10	60
TE Antoine Thornton	20	40	---	---	---	60
ILB Morris Bratsch	---	---	37	20	2	59
OLB Mason Fulton	---	---	37	20	2	59
DT Roy Lonier	---	---	29	19	10	58
S Kelly McNeil	---	---	36	20	2	58
WR Neil Groh	17	38	---	---	---	55
CB Isaac Poppe	---	---	31	16	1	48
WR Melvin Michl	16	29	---	---	1	46
S Rob Harper	---	---	33	11	---	44
DE Conrad Story	---	---	30	14	---	44
RB Robert Ackerman	9	14	---	---	19	42
RB Marco Holliday	10	27	---	---	---	37
DT Thomas Swift	---	---	14	20	2	36
S Clyde Diggs	---	---	4	14	15	33
CB Dale Boulware	---	---	4	13	13	30
DE Preston Peterson	---	---	11	16	2	29
FB Shaquille Ramirez	8	7	---	---	14	29
DT Miles Whiting	---	---	23	4	---	27
TE Griffin Thomas	2	3	---	---	22	27
CB Devin Walters	---	---	22	4	1	27
TE Bennett Zitnik	8	10	---	---	9	27
OLB Tracy Ogbogu	---	---	1	0	21	22
CB Maurice Patterson	---	---	3	6	11	20
DT Cameron Mallard	---	---	11	8	---	19
DT Steven Ward	---	---	8	10	---	18
CB Leon Morant	---	---	3	13	2	18
ILB Jace Fisk	---	---	0	5	11	16
WR Desmond Ellard	0	0	---	---	14	14
RB Andres Raley	0	0	---	---	13	13
C Edgar Lavery	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Damian Quigley	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Bernard Ogden	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Jim Conley	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Brock Rodriguez	0	0	---	---	9	9
WR Tony Small	0	2	---	---	4	6
K Todd Poole	0	0	---	---	3	3
QB Bert Wetherbee	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	43	5.4
Middle	19	71	3.7
Right	9	55	6.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	-1	-0.3
Middle	15	36	2.4
Right	4	7	1.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

California	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bryson Roger	23	11	2	3	0	6	2	1	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cesar Swift	38	19	1	4	3	4	5	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	13	3.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	58	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	1	10	1.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	49	24.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	4	23	3.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	11	69	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	3	40	5.0
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	21	4.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

California	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Deion Wells	7	2	21	0	24
WR Eli Fragomeni	6	3	30	1	22
RB Lester Johnson	3	1	6	0	18
RB Chuck Creech	2	2	12	0	11
TE Josue James	2	1	8	0	22
WR Taylor Banks	1	1	4	0	5
WR Trenton Butler	1	0	0	0	13
WR Donnell Dubester	1	1	49	1	2

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Thurman Crenshaw	10	5	1	47	1	40
TE Antoine Thornton	9	4	0	31	0	40
WR Melvin Michl	9	5	1	47	0	29
RB Marco Holliday	4	3	0	16	0	27
WR Neil Groh	4	1	1	4	0	38
RB Robert Ackerman	1	0	0	0	0	14
FB Shaquille Ramirez	1	1	0	8	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

California	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Lester Johnson	1	-1	-1.00	3.96

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Cesar Swift	1	6	6.00	-1.20

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

California	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bryson Roger	2	0	0	0.00	5.65

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cesar Swift	2	0	0	0.00	4.03

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

California	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Josue James	1	0	0	0.00	4.00
RB Lester Johnson	1	0	0	0.00	2.00

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Marco Holliday	1	0	0	0.00	4.00
TE Antoine Thornton	1	0	0	0.00	3.44

Third Down Rushing Statistics

California	Rushes	Conversions
QB Bryson Roger	2	0
RB Chuck Creech	1	0
RB Lester Johnson	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
QB Cesar Swift	1	0
RB Marco Holliday	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

California	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bryson Roger	9	4	2

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cesar Swift	15	7	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

California	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Deion Wells	4	2	1
WR Eli Fragomeni	2	1	0
WR Taylor Banks	1	1	1
TE Josue James	1	0	0
RB Lester Johnson	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Antoine Thornton	8	3	2
WR Thurman Crenshaw	4	2	0
WR Neil Groh	2	1	0
WR Melvin Michl	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,100 (21,400)
End Zone 14,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,100 (21,400)
End Zone	14,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)