Week 1, 2024

played in Atlanta, GA

81 degrees, fair, 13 mph wind

Carolina Hill Cats	10	0	7	3	-	20
Atlanta Raptors	3	13	3	0	-	19

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:43 CAR - Martin Wilson 17 run (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
1Q: 07:14 CAR - Edwin Ruschak 30 field goal
1Q: 02:57 ATL - Noah Coleman 45 field goal
2Q: 13:23 ATL - Vernon Wynn 8 pass from Leo Johannsen (Noah Coleman extra point)
2Q: 06:38 ATL - Noah Coleman 46 field goal
2Q: 01:08 ATL - Noah Coleman 40 field goal
3Q: 07:12 CAR - Charles Lyons 40 interception return (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
3Q: 02:37 ATL - Noah Coleman 19 field goal
4Q: 08:21 CAR - Edwin Ruschak 21 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:43 CAR - Martin Wilson 17 run (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
1Q: 07:14 CAR - Edwin Ruschak 30 field goal
1Q: 02:57 ATL - Noah Coleman 45 field goal
2Q: 13:23 ATL - Vernon Wynn 8 pass from Leo Johannsen (Noah Coleman extra point)
2Q: 06:38 ATL - Noah Coleman 46 field goal
2Q: 01:08 ATL - Noah Coleman 40 field goal
3Q: 07:12 CAR - Charles Lyons 40 interception return (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
3Q: 02:37 ATL - Noah Coleman 19 field goal
4Q: 08:21 CAR - Edwin Ruschak 21 field goal

Team Statistics CAR ATL
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 15 19
- by Rushing 5 3
- by Passing 10 14
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 324 343
- Offensive Plays 60 65
- Yards per Play 5.40 5.28
Net Rushing Yards 103 59
- Rushing Attempts 24 22
- Yards per Rush 4.29 2.68
Net Passing Yards 221 284
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 19 - 1 41 - 25 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 225 297
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 6.14 6.60
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.2 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 6/50 10/51
Punt Returns/Yards 1/8 3/42
Kick Returns/Yards 5/101 2/44
Interception Ret./Yards 3/63 1/1
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 27
Time of Possession 28:04 31:56

Team Statistics	CAR	ATL
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	15	19
- by Rushing	5	3
- by Passing	10	14
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	324	343
- Offensive Plays	60	65
- Yards per Play	5.40	5.28
Net Rushing Yards	103	59
- Rushing Attempts	24	22
- Yards per Rush	4.29	2.68
Net Passing Yards	221	284
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 19 - 1	41 - 25 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	225	297
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	6.14	6.60
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.2	9.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	6/50	10/51
Punt Returns/Yards	1/8	3/42
Kick Returns/Yards	5/101	2/44
Interception Ret./Yards	3/63	1/1
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 27
Time of Possession	28:04	31:56

Drive Charts

Carolina Hill Cats
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:34	3:10	50	6	50	Touchdown
1	9:06	1:57	OWN 36	4	51	Field Goal
1	2:51	1:51	OWN 28	3	27	Interception
2	13:13	1:43	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
2	6:32	1:49	OWN 49	3	9	Punt
2	1:00	1:00	OWN 23	4	24	Half
3	15:00	3:11	OWN 27	6	20	Punt
3	9:48	2:36	50	6	20	Missed FG
3	2:30	3:42	OWN 20	6	19	Punt
4	11:50	0:51	OWN 35	3	-4	Punt
4	10:50	2:35	OPP 16	4	12	Field Goal
4	6:16	2:20	OWN 25	5	9	Punt
4	2:37	2:37	OWN 30	7	65	Game

Atlanta Raptors
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:26	OWN 25	3	21	Interception
1	10:24	1:18	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
1	7:09	4:18	OWN 37	8	35	Field Goal
1	1:00	2:47	OWN 46	8	54	Touchdown
2	11:30	4:58	OWN 32	10	39	Field Goal
2	4:43	3:43	OWN 1	8	76	Field Goal
3	11:49	2:01	OWN 1	3	5	Punt
3	7:12	0:13	OWN 37	1	0	Interception
3	6:59	4:29	OWN 19	10	79	Field Goal
4	13:48	1:58	OWN 35	3	-8	Punt
4	10:59	0:09	OWN 36	1	0	Interception
4	8:15	1:59	OWN 25	5	24	Punt
4	3:56	1:19	OWN 32	3	-4	Punt

Game MVP: Martin Wilson, Carolina Hill Cats

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Martin Wilson	14	87	6.21	48	4	1
RB Noah Moss	5	10	2.00	4	0	0
RB Jim Hegamin	3	8	2.67	4	0	0
QB Daquan Armenta	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0
TE Stan Doyle	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Jim Drake	17	52	3.06	15	1
RB Joseph Carter	3	-2	-0.67	2	0
WR Ramon Downs	1	5	5.00	5	0
QB Leo Johannsen	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Daquan Armenta	35	19	225	1/4	0	42	1	62.2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Leo Johannsen	41	25	297	2/13	1	48	3	60.7

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Martin Glave	5	7	76	15.20	19	42
WR Shaun Dembsky	4	9	21	5.25	0	12
RB Martin Wilson	2	3	16	8.00	0	11
TE Graham Naeole	2	2	47	23.50	19	29
TE Dalton Clifford	2	7	14	7.00	0	10
RB Noah Moss	2	2	19	9.50	4	10
WR Efrain Lewis	2	3	32	16.00	7	31
TE Stan Doyle	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Weston Merloni	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ramon Downs	6	17	66	11.00	11	22	0
RB Jim Drake	4	6	39	9.75	27	16	0
WR Wade Browning	4	4	24	6.00	6	9	0
TE Glenn Horn	3	3	60	20.00	35	48	0
FB Brady Fugate	2	2	29	14.50	19	25	0
TE Vernon Wynn	2	3	39	19.50	6	31	1
RB Daniel Lane	1	1	1	1.00	2	1	0
WR Gabriel Maloney	1	2	11	11.00	1	11	0
RB Joseph Carter	1	2	16	16.00	6	16	0
WR J.T. Nield	1	1	12	12.00	4	12	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Jameson Hixon	1	0	0.00	0
DT Charles Lyons	1	40	40.00	1
OLB Trenton Tullo	1	23	23.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Tristan Delgado	1	1	1.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Drake Horn	6	264	44.0	37.0	52	4

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Harvey Witt	5	191	38.2	36.6	44	0

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Edwin Ruschak	2/3	0/1	0/0	30	2/2

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Noah Coleman	4/4	3/3	0/0	46	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Efrain Lewis	1	8	8.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wayne Reid	3	42	14.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Martin Glave	4	82	20.5	0
Collin Goode	1	19	19.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.T. Nield	2	44	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Braden Nicas	11	2	0.0	22	43
OLB Norbert Hiler	6	1	0.0	11	24
OLB Trenton Tullo	5	3	0.0	19	34
S Julio Alcott	5	0	0.0	19	30
ILB Zack Cotchery	4	5	0.5	20	38
CB Jameson Hixon	4	2	0.0	18	38
CB Gage Earp	4	0	0.0	13	27
DT Charles Lyons	2	1	0.0	20	37
DE Kenneth Bryan	2	0	0.0	18	28
DT Malachi Markel	2	0	0.0	7	14
DE T.J. Burroughs	1	1	1.5	19	32
WR Shaun Dembsky	1	0	---	---	---
S Jesse Orellana	1	0	0.0	3	12
CB Mickey Montgomery	1	0	0.0	20	31
ILB Roberto Fong	0	2	0.0	2	5
CB Arturo Penrod	0	1	0.0	7	17

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Braden Ioja	9	1	0.0	22	24
CB Tristan Delgado	6	0	0.0	23	35
OLB Willie Meadows	5	1	0.0	15	30
OLB Dustin Vijitakula	3	2	0.0	22	27
DE Kennedy Farmer	3	1	0.0	22	26
S Melvin Suliven	3	0	0.0	2	9
CB Brock Banks	3	0	0.0	10	18
DT Brent Stinson	2	0	1.0	12	23
S Asher Misner	2	2	0.0	13	30
WR Ramon Downs	2	0	---	---	---
DE Lucas Osborne	2	0	0.0	24	35
S Jeffery Morant	1	3	0.0	21	26
ILB Clarence Stone	1	1	0.0	12	16
CB Wayne Reid	1	0	0.0	11	21
OLB Taylor O'Neal	1	0	0.0	11	17
S Steven Tucker	0	1	0.0	13	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE T.J. Burroughs	1.5	0	1	2	32
ILB Zack Cotchery	0.5	0	0	0	38
DT Eli Bark	0.0	1	0	0	33
DE Duane Osborne	0.0	0	1	1	10

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Brent Stinson	1.0	0	1	1	23
OLB Willie Meadows	0.0	1	0	0	30
DE Kennedy Farmer	0.0	0	3	0	26
OLB Dustin Vijitakula	0.0	0	2	0	27
OLB Taylor O'Neal	0.0	0	1	0	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Norbert Hiler	6	0	0	24
CB Gage Earp	4	0	0	27
OLB Trenton Tullo	3	1	1	34
ILB Zack Cotchery	3	1	0	38
S Julio Alcott	3	0	0	30
CB Jameson Hixon	2	1	1	38
S Braden Nicas	2	1	0	43
S Jesse Orellana	1	0	0	12
CB Mickey Montgomery	1	0	0	31
CB Arturo Penrod	0	1	0	17
DT Charles Lyons	0	0	1	37

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Tristan Delgado	6	0	1	35
S Melvin Suliven	3	0	0	9
ILB Braden Ioja	3	0	0	24
OLB Willie Meadows	2	0	0	30
CB Brock Banks	2	0	0	18
CB Wayne Reid	1	1	0	21
OLB Dustin Vijitakula	1	0	0	27
DT Brent Stinson	1	0	0	23
S Jeffery Morant	0	1	0	26

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Peyton McDaniel	3	9	24	0	36
T Caden Riley	1	4	24	0	36
T Efrain Moss	1	3	24	1	36
G Billy Zang	0	6	24	0	36
G Logan Levingston	0	1	24	0	36

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Jerry Newhart	3	8	22	1	43
T Francisco Slusher	2	6	22	1	43
G Francisco Stargell	0	4	22	0	43
FB Brady Fugate	0	1	6	0	9
C Carl Ragone	0	1	22	0	43
T Chase Winslett	0	1	22	0	43

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Graham Naeole	2	11
Weston Merloni	1	19
Norbert Hiler	1	13
Logan Levingston	1	9

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Carl Ragone	3	11
Vernon Wynn	1	26
Edward Farr	1	21
Daniel Lane	1	20

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Braden Nicas	---	---	22	43	4	69
G Logan Levingston	24	36	---	---	9	69
C Peyton McDaniel	24	36	---	---	---	60
T Efrain Moss	24	36	---	---	---	60
QB Daquan Armenta	24	36	---	---	---	60
T Caden Riley	24	36	---	---	---	60
DT Charles Lyons	---	---	20	37	3	60
ILB Zack Cotchery	---	---	20	38	2	60
G Billy Zang	24	36	---	---	---	60
TE Dalton Clifford	24	36	---	---	---	60
CB Jameson Hixon	---	---	18	38	3	59
WR Martin Glave	19	32	---	---	6	57
OLB Trenton Tullo	---	---	19	34	3	56
DE T.J. Burroughs	---	---	19	32	2	53
DT Eli Bark	---	---	15	33	4	52
CB Mickey Montgomery	---	---	20	31	1	52
WR Shaun Dembsky	20	31	---	---	---	51
WR Efrain Lewis	19	21	---	---	11	51
S Julio Alcott	---	---	19	30	---	49
OLB Norbert Hiler	---	---	11	24	13	48
DE Kenneth Bryan	---	---	18	28	1	47
RB Martin Wilson	16	28	---	---	1	45
CB Arturo Penrod	---	---	7	17	20	44
CB Gage Earp	---	---	13	27	3	43
TE Stan Doyle	6	5	---	---	25	36
WR Weston Merloni	1	8	---	---	19	28
RB Jim Hegamin	3	0	---	---	25	28
OLB Tanner Kimble	---	---	1	4	23	28
TE Graham Naeole	6	9	---	---	11	26
RB Noah Moss	6	7	---	---	13	26
DT Malachi Markel	---	---	7	14	5	26
DE Duane Osborne	---	---	3	10	8	21
ILB Roberto Fong	---	---	2	5	13	20
S Jesse Orellana	---	---	3	12	3	18
S Wayne Prior	---	---	0	0	16	16
OLB Theodore Battle	---	---	3	11	2	16
WR Collin Goode	0	3	---	---	11	14
CB Lance Solley	---	---	2	5	6	13
C Herb Carlisle	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Drake Horn	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Jimmie Platt	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Orlando Howard	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Kelly Sliva	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Edwin Ruschak	0	0	---	---	8	8
QB Greg Johnston	0	0	---	---	---	0
TE Trenton Varner	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
C Carl Ragone	22	43	---	---	11	76
G Francisco Stargell	22	43	---	---	9	74
G Jerry Newhart	22	43	---	---	9	74
T Francisco Slusher	22	43	---	---	9	74
T Chase Winslett	22	43	---	---	9	74
CB Tristan Delgado	---	---	23	35	9	67
QB Leo Johannsen	22	43	---	---	---	65
WR J.T. Nield	20	38	---	---	5	63
WR Ramon Downs	21	41	---	---	---	62
DE Lucas Osborne	---	---	24	35	3	62
OLB Dustin Vijitakula	---	---	22	27	2	51
DE Kennedy Farmer	---	---	22	26	2	50
TE Glenn Horn	18	32	---	---	---	50
S Jeffery Morant	---	---	21	26	1	48
ILB Braden Ioja	---	---	22	24	2	48
OLB Willie Meadows	---	---	15	30	3	48
S Asher Misner	---	---	13	30	3	46
TE Vernon Wynn	4	15	---	---	26	45
CB Chris Burke	---	---	17	24	3	44
RB Jim Drake	18	26	---	---	---	44
WR Wade Browning	15	27	---	---	1	43
CB Wayne Reid	---	---	11	21	8	40
DT Brent Stinson	---	---	12	23	3	38
FB Brady Fugate	6	9	---	---	21	36
CB Brock Banks	---	---	10	18	5	33
DT Deion Blake	---	---	12	13	6	31
ILB Clarence Stone	---	---	12	16	3	31
OLB Taylor O'Neal	---	---	11	17	2	30
WR Gabriel Maloney	2	6	---	---	21	29
S Melvin Suliven	---	---	2	9	18	29
S Steven Tucker	---	---	13	13	2	28
RB Daniel Lane	0	1	---	---	20	21
OLB Edward Farr	---	---	0	0	21	21
TE Kerry Shelton	2	7	---	---	11	20
DE T.J. Burbank	---	---	2	9	7	18
RB Joseph Carter	4	13	---	---	---	17
CB Zachery Dennis	---	---	0	0	16	16
WR Jackson Gardner	0	0	---	---	10	10
ILB Scottie Poole	---	---	0	0	10	10
K Noah Coleman	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Harvey Witt	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Johnny Oster	0	0	---	---	9	9
QB Pedro Rosner	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Edwin Vaughn	0	0	---	---	---	0
C J.B. Kelsey	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Mason Stoerner	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	54	13.5
Middle	14	32	2.3
Right	5	19	3.8
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	19	4.8
Middle	15	46	3.1
Right	3	-6	-2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Daquan Armenta	35	19	3	1	4	2	7	1	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Leo Johannsen	41	25	4	2	3	5	2	3	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	5	25	2.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	7	48	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	61	8.7
Long (19+ Yds)	9	3	91	10.1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	3	17	2.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	13	106	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	8	143	11.9
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	31	31.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Shaun Dembsky	9	4	1	21	0	31
TE Dalton Clifford	7	2	2	14	0	36
WR Martin Glave	7	5	0	76	1	32
RB Martin Wilson	3	2	0	16	0	28
WR Efrain Lewis	3	2	0	32	1	21
TE Graham Naeole	2	2	0	47	1	9
RB Noah Moss	2	2	0	19	0	7
TE Stan Doyle	1	0	0	0	0	5
WR Weston Merloni	1	0	1	0	0	8

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ramon Downs	17	6	3	66	1	41
RB Jim Drake	6	4	0	39	0	26
WR Wade Browning	4	4	0	24	0	27
TE Glenn Horn	3	3	0	60	1	32
TE Vernon Wynn	3	2	0	39	1	15
WR Gabriel Maloney	2	1	0	11	0	6
FB Brady Fugate	2	2	0	29	1	9
RB Joseph Carter	2	1	0	16	0	13
RB Daniel Lane	1	1	0	1	0	1
WR J.T. Nield	1	1	0	12	0	38

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Martin Wilson	3	19	6.33	6.21
QB Daquan Armenta	1	-2	-2.00	-2.00
TE Stan Doyle	1	0	0.00	0.00

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
WR Ramon Downs	1	5	5.00	5.00
RB Jim Drake	1	5	5.00	3.06

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Daquan Armenta	2	2	11	5.50	6.43

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Leo Johannsen	3	1	8	2.67	7.24

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Martin Wilson	1	1	11	11.00	5.33
WR Shaun Dembsky	1	1	0	0.00	2.33

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ramon Downs	2	0	0	0.00	3.88
TE Vernon Wynn	1	1	8	8.00	13.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
RB Martin Wilson	2	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
RB Jim Drake	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Daquan Armenta	11	7	3

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Leo Johannsen	11	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Shaun Dembsky	5	3	1
TE Dalton Clifford	2	1	0
RB Martin Wilson	1	0	0
TE Graham Naeole	1	1	0
WR Efrain Lewis	1	1	1
WR Martin Glave	1	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ramon Downs	4	0	0
RB Jim Drake	4	2	1
WR Gabriel Maloney	2	1	1
FB Brady Fugate	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,200 (21,400)
End Zone 11,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,200 (21,400)
End Zone	11,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)