Week 1, 2026

played in Baltimore, MD

81 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

Pittsburgh Ironmen	3	3	0	3	-	9
Baltimore Nightwings	3	7	7	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:36 PIT - Weston Kerns 33 field goal
1Q: 05:22 BAL - Kenderick Arceo 36 field goal
2Q: 09:42 PIT - Weston Kerns 20 field goal
2Q: 07:44 BAL - Wendell Colon 10 run (Kenderick Arceo extra point)
3Q: 12:20 BAL - Wendell Colon 2 run (Kenderick Arceo extra point)
4Q: 08:07 PIT - Weston Kerns 29 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:36 PIT - Weston Kerns 33 field goal
1Q: 05:22 BAL - Kenderick Arceo 36 field goal
2Q: 09:42 PIT - Weston Kerns 20 field goal
2Q: 07:44 BAL - Wendell Colon 10 run (Kenderick Arceo extra point)
3Q: 12:20 BAL - Wendell Colon 2 run (Kenderick Arceo extra point)
4Q: 08:07 PIT - Weston Kerns 29 field goal

Team Statistics PIT BAL
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 17 14
- by Rushing 4 6
- by Passing 11 7
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 350 248
- Offensive Plays 66 52
- Yards per Play 5.30 4.77
Net Rushing Yards 72 91
- Rushing Attempts 19 26
- Yards per Rush 3.79 3.50
Net Passing Yards 278 157
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 45 - 32 - 1 25 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 296 164
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/18 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 5.91 6.04
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/18 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 11/68 5/30
Punt Returns/Yards 3/12 2/7
Kick Returns/Yards 2/32 2/80
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/3 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 32
Time of Possession 35:17 24:43

Team Statistics	PIT	BAL
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	17	14
- by Rushing	4	6
- by Passing	11	7
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	350	248
- Offensive Plays	66	52
- Yards per Play	5.30	4.77
Net Rushing Yards	72	91
- Rushing Attempts	19	26
- Yards per Rush	3.79	3.50
Net Passing Yards	278	157
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	45 - 32 - 1	25 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	296	164
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/18	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	5.91	6.04
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/18	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	9.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	11/68	5/30
Punt Returns/Yards	3/12	2/7
Kick Returns/Yards	2/32	2/80
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/3	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 32
Time of Possession	35:17	24:43

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Ironmen
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:29	OWN 29	9	55	Field Goal
1	5:16	1:34	OWN 29	3	5	Punt
1	2:51	8:14	OWN 23	13	74	Field Goal
2	7:33	2:18	OWN 25	6	31	Punt
2	1:53	1:29	OWN 20	4	17	Punt
3	12:10	4:11	OWN 25	8	32	Punt
3	3:18	1:20	OWN 14	3	7	Punt
3	1:01	7:59	OWN 3	14	85	Field Goal
4	6:04	2:05	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
4	1:46	0:40	OWN 36	3	4	Interception

Baltimore Nightwings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:31	4:15	OWN 39	7	42	Field Goal
1	3:42	0:51	OWN 33	3	5	Punt
2	9:37	2:04	OPP 41	3	41	Touchdown
2	5:15	3:22	OWN 20	8	28	Punt
2	0:24	0:24	OWN 30	2	34	Half
3	15:00	2:50	OWN 25	6	75	Touchdown
3	7:59	4:41	OWN 20	8	15	Punt
3	1:58	0:57	OWN 40	3	3	Punt
4	8:02	1:58	OWN 25	3	-8	Punt
4	3:59	2:13	OWN 22	6	5	Punt
4	1:06	1:06	OWN 49	3	-2	Game

Game MVP: Carlton Bedard, Baltimore Nightwings

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Joseph Carter	9	14	1.56	9	0
RB Aidan Franz	9	53	5.89	13	2
WR Brett Swindle	1	5	5.00	5	0

Baltimore	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Wendell Colon	12	18	1.50	10	1	2
RB Wyatt Youngblood	7	27	3.86	18	1	0
QB Carlton Bedard	4	13	3.25	10	1	0
FB Byron Kinney	2	39	19.50	36	1	0
WR Trenton Dunn	1	-6	-6.00	-6	0	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Chase Saldana	45	32	296	2/18	0	32	1	79.5

Baltimore	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Carlton Bedard	25	19	164	1/7	0	32	0	92.8

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Darrin Lyon	8	12	99	12.38	34	27
WR Jerald Sutton	7	8	62	8.86	12	32
TE Keegan Rathbone	6	10	67	11.17	17	21
RB Joseph Carter	3	3	9	3.00	8	4
FB Erick Andrews	3	5	24	8.00	4	9
RB Steve Tangeman	2	2	5	2.50	3	4
WR Herb Harris	1	1	3	3.00	2	3
TE Walt Sham	1	1	23	23.00	22	23
WR Brett Swindle	1	2	4	4.00	0	4
WR Keegan Church	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Baltimore	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Les Murphy	5	6	61	12.20	23	32
WR Trenton Dunn	4	5	42	10.50	9	28
TE Brant Fulcher	3	3	24	8.00	19	25
RB Wendell Colon	2	2	2	1.00	0	3
RB Wyatt Youngblood	2	3	14	7.00	3	11
WR Blake Wilkerson	1	1	7	7.00	0	7
TE Caiden Ricard	1	1	7	7.00	0	7
FB Byron Kinney	1	1	7	7.00	0	7
WR O.J. Hertz	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Baltimore	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Raul Bensen	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Baltimore	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
William Denby	6	241	40.2	32.3	44	0

Baltimore	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Griffin Milton	6	286	47.7	42.3	56	2

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Weston Kerns	3/3	0/0	0/0	33	0/0

Baltimore	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kenderick Arceo	1/1	0/0	0/0	36	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brett Swindle	3	12	4.0	0

Baltimore	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Les Murphy	2	7	3.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darrin Buckley	1	17	17.0	0
Joseph Carter	1	15	15.0	0

Baltimore	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Les Murphy	2	80	40.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Johnnie Dunn	5	2	0.0	23	20
S David Shelton	5	1	0.0	24	26
S Cornell Burke	4	2	0.0	26	26
ILB Braden Ioja	4	1	0.0	24	25
CB Bob Blades	3	2	0.0	17	18
DT Trent Ward	3	1	0.0	18	16
DE Amari Thompkins	3	0	0.0	20	18
CB Reuben Brackens	3	0	0.0	20	18
DE Donald Powell	2	0	1.0	19	14
CB Jeffrey McBurrows	2	0	0.0	14	13
CB Alexander Goodwin	2	0	0.0	10	14
OLB Orlando Sink	2	0	0.0	10	11
CB Darrin Buckley	1	1	0.0	7	10
WR Darrin Lyon	1	0	---	---	---
CB Roberto Hutton	1	0	0.0	1	1
DE J.J. Gerdes	1	0	0.0	11	11
DE Levon Bishop	1	0	0.0	8	13

Baltimore	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Randy Taylor	11	2	0.0	19	47
ILB Earnest Capstick	7	1	1.0	19	45
CB Marcus Colby	6	2	0.0	19	46
S Scott Loy	5	2	0.0	13	30
S Brady Thomas	5	1	0.0	19	28
DT Dale Schokora	4	1	0.5	16	24
CB Harvey Humphries	3	0	0.0	6	38
S Raul Bensen	3	0	0.0	5	32
DE Leon Haley	2	1	0.5	15	22
CB Lester Greene	2	2	0.0	19	46
DT Bart Marvel	1	2	0.0	16	22
OLB Paul Watters	1	2	0.0	13	9
DT Manuel Waits	1	0	0.0	6	31
DE Eduardo Japp	1	0	0.0	19	44
DE Bert Long	1	0	0.0	0	20

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Donald Powell	1.0	0	1	1	14

Baltimore	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Earnest Capstick	1.0	0	1	2	45
DE Leon Haley	0.5	0	0	1	22
DT Dale Schokora	0.5	0	0	0	24
OLB Sammy Kasnia	0.0	1	0	0	6
DE Bert Long	0.0	1	0	0	20
DE Eduardo Japp	0.0	0	1	0	44

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Cornell Burke	3	0	26
CB Reuben Brackens	3	0	18
CB Bob Blades	2	1	18
ILB Braden Ioja	2	0	25
CB Alexander Goodwin	2	0	14
S David Shelton	2	0	26
DE Amari Thompkins	1	0	18
CB Jeffrey McBurrows	1	0	13
CB Darrin Buckley	1	0	10
DE J.J. Gerdes	1	0	11
DE Levon Bishop	1	0	13
OLB Orlando Sink	0	1	11

Baltimore	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Randy Taylor	7	1	0	47
CB Marcus Colby	6	1	0	46
S Scott Loy	4	0	0	30
S Raul Bensen	3	0	1	32
ILB Earnest Capstick	3	0	0	45
CB Harvey Humphries	3	0	0	38
CB Lester Greene	2	1	0	46
S Brady Thomas	2	1	0	28
DT Dale Schokora	1	0	0	24
DE Bert Long	1	0	0	20
OLB Ronald Givens	0	1	0	20
ILB Harrison Duncan	0	1	0	2

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Oliver Castle	2	7	19	0	47
T Levi Ogden	2	3	19	0	47
C Wade Hancock	1	3	19	1	47
TE Walt Sham	1	1	11	0	13
G Desmond Bloom	0	3	19	0	47
T Oliver Cooley	0	2	19	0	47
RB Aidan Franz	0	0	9	1	12

Baltimore	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Kelvin Harden	2	4	26	1	26
T Neil Danner	2	4	20	0	14
C Devin Douglas	1	6	26	0	26
T Jim Stewart	1	4	26	0	26
G Percy Arseneault	1	4	26	0	26

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Erick Andrews	2	23
Jeffrey McBurrows	2	11

Baltimore	Tackles	STPlays
Bert Long	2	18
Brant Fulcher	1	21
Ronald Givens	1	13
Neil Danner	1	7

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Oliver Castle	19	47	---	---	9	75
QB Chase Saldana	19	47	---	---	---	66
G Desmond Bloom	19	47	---	---	---	66
T Oliver Cooley	19	47	---	---	---	66
T Levi Ogden	19	47	---	---	---	66
C Wade Hancock	19	47	---	---	---	66
WR Jerald Sutton	17	47	---	---	---	64
TE Keegan Rathbone	18	39	---	---	---	57
WR Darrin Lyon	11	42	---	---	---	53
S Cornell Burke	---	---	26	26	1	53
S David Shelton	---	---	24	26	3	53
DT Bubba Bennett	---	---	26	24	1	51
ILB Braden Ioja	---	---	24	25	1	50
TE Walt Sham	11	13	---	---	23	47
OLB Johnnie Dunn	---	---	23	20	---	43
RB Joseph Carter	10	16	---	---	17	43
FB Erick Andrews	8	12	---	---	23	43
DE Amari Thompkins	---	---	20	18	---	38
CB Jeffrey McBurrows	---	---	14	13	11	38
CB Reuben Brackens	---	---	20	18	---	38
CB Bob Blades	---	---	17	18	2	37
WR Brett Swindle	4	26	---	---	6	36
DT Trent Ward	---	---	18	16	---	34
DE Donald Powell	---	---	19	14	1	34
CB Darrin Buckley	---	---	7	10	14	31
DE J.J. Gerdes	---	---	11	11	7	29
DE Levon Bishop	---	---	8	13	7	28
WR Herb Harris	3	5	---	---	17	25
CB Alexander Goodwin	---	---	10	14	1	25
RB Steve Tangeman	0	18	---	---	7	25
OLB Mason Fulton	---	---	6	5	12	23
RB Aidan Franz	9	12	---	---	1	22
OLB Orlando Sink	---	---	10	11	---	21
ILB Marshall Talbert	---	---	2	1	10	13
S Cooper Peppers	---	---	0	0	12	12
CB Roberto Hutton	---	---	1	1	9	11
OLB Elijah Gietzen	---	---	0	2	9	11
WR Keegan Church	0	2	---	---	8	10
P William Denby	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Brady Lester	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Johnny Oster	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Alexander Berehula	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Damon Gonsales	0	0	---	---	9	9
TE Harold Redding	4	3	---	---	---	7
K Weston Kerns	0	0	---	---	7	7
QB Bryan Underwood	0	0	---	---	---	0

Baltimore	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Randy Taylor	---	---	19	47	3	69
CB Lester Greene	---	---	19	46	4	69
CB Marcus Colby	---	---	19	46	3	68
ILB Earnest Capstick	---	---	19	45	2	66
DE Eduardo Japp	---	---	19	44	2	65
T Jim Stewart	26	26	---	---	---	52
G Percy Arseneault	26	26	---	---	---	52
T Kelvin Harden	26	26	---	---	---	52
C Devin Douglas	26	26	---	---	---	52
QB Carlton Bedard	26	26	---	---	---	52
CB Harvey Humphries	---	---	6	38	8	52
S Raul Bensen	---	---	5	32	15	52
WR O.J. Hertz	26	24	---	---	---	50
S Brady Thomas	---	---	19	28	1	48
DT Manuel Waits	---	---	6	31	9	46
S Scott Loy	---	---	13	30	3	46
TE Caiden Ricard	23	21	---	---	---	44
WR Les Murphy	17	15	---	---	11	43
DT Dale Schokora	---	---	16	24	2	42
T Neil Danner	20	14	---	---	7	41
DT Bart Marvel	---	---	16	22	---	38
DE Leon Haley	---	---	15	22	1	38
RB Wyatt Youngblood	10	14	---	---	14	38
DE Bert Long	---	---	0	20	18	38
TE Brant Fulcher	7	6	---	---	21	34
RB Wendell Colon	16	13	---	---	5	34
WR Blake Wilkerson	10	8	---	---	15	33
OLB Ronald Givens	---	---	0	20	13	33
WR Trenton Dunn	15	15	---	---	1	31
FB Byron Kinney	6	8	---	---	15	29
OLB Paul Watters	---	---	13	9	---	22
OLB Alex Logan	---	---	0	1	20	21
CB Keegan Winters	---	---	1	4	14	19
G Anthony Soliday	6	12	---	---	---	18
ILB Harrison Duncan	---	---	0	2	11	13
OLB Sammy Kasnia	---	---	4	6	---	10
WR Josiah Forbes	0	2	---	---	6	8
P Griffin Milton	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Shannon Doctrow	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Cornelius Stockton	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Douglas Daly	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Mike Hartwig	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Kenderick Arceo	0	0	---	---	5	5
TE Raul Fields	0	4	---	---	---	4
QB Jared Henry	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Emmitt Mitchell	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	14	7.0
Middle	10	32	3.2
Right	7	26	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	15	1.3
Middle	9	64	7.1
Right	3	14	4.7
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Chase Saldana	45	32	5	0	2	6	2	3	1

Baltimore	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Carlton Bedard	25	19	3	1	2	2	1	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	10	46	4.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	16	133	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	3	39	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	78	19.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	8	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	105	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	23	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	28	14.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Darrin Lyon	12	8	1	99	2	42
TE Keegan Rathbone	10	6	0	67	1	39
WR Jerald Sutton	8	7	0	62	1	47
FB Erick Andrews	5	3	1	24	0	12
RB Joseph Carter	3	3	0	9	0	16
WR Brett Swindle	2	1	0	4	0	26
RB Steve Tangeman	2	2	0	5	0	18
WR Herb Harris	1	1	0	3	0	5
TE Walt Sham	1	1	0	23	1	13
WR Keegan Church	1	0	0	0	0	2

Baltimore	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Les Murphy	6	5	1	61	1	15
WR Trenton Dunn	5	4	1	42	1	15
TE Brant Fulcher	3	3	0	24	1	6
WR O.J. Hertz	3	0	0	0	0	24
RB Wyatt Youngblood	3	2	0	14	0	14
RB Wendell Colon	2	2	0	2	0	13
WR Blake Wilkerson	1	1	0	7	0	8
TE Caiden Ricard	1	1	0	7	0	21
FB Byron Kinney	1	1	0	7	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Aidan Franz	3	17	5.67	5.89
RB Joseph Carter	2	1	0.50	1.56

Baltimore	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Wendell Colon	3	12	4.00	1.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Chase Saldana	6	5	20	3.33	6.58

Baltimore	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Keegan Rathbone	2	1	4	2.00	6.70
WR Herb Harris	1	1	3	3.00	3.00
WR Jerald Sutton	1	1	2	2.00	7.75
RB Joseph Carter	1	1	2	2.00	3.00
FB Erick Andrews	1	1	9	9.00	4.80

Baltimore	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions

Baltimore	Rushes	Conversions
QB Carlton Bedard	2	0
RB Wendell Colon	1	1
RB Wyatt Youngblood	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Chase Saldana	17	13	8

Baltimore	Att	Comp	Conversions
Carlton Bedard	7	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Darrin Lyon	5	4	2
TE Keegan Rathbone	5	3	3
WR Jerald Sutton	2	2	1
FB Erick Andrews	2	1	1
RB Steve Tangeman	2	2	0
TE Walt Sham	1	1	1

Baltimore	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Les Murphy	2	2	1
WR Trenton Dunn	2	1	1
WR Blake Wilkerson	1	1	1
RB Wendell Colon	1	1	0
RB Wyatt Youngblood	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 62,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,600 (21,400)
End Zone 13,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	62,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,600 (21,400)
End Zone	13,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)