Week 7, 2026

played in California, CA

65 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Denver Drovers	14	14	7	3	-	38
California Lightning	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:36 DEN - Benjamin Hill 79 pass from Donte Midget (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
1Q: 11:33 CAL - Chuck Creech 4 run (Jackie McGillicuddy extra point)
1Q: 08:58 DEN - Quentin Culver 41 run (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
2Q: 13:02 DEN - Matthew Brandon 12 pass from Donte Midget (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
2Q: 07:42 DEN - Benjamin Hill 42 pass from Donte Midget (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
3Q: 10:31 DEN - Jeffery Burton 67 interception return (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
4Q: 11:06 DEN - Edwin Ruschak 23 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:36 DEN - Benjamin Hill 79 pass from Donte Midget (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
1Q: 11:33 CAL - Chuck Creech 4 run (Jackie McGillicuddy extra point)
1Q: 08:58 DEN - Quentin Culver 41 run (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
2Q: 13:02 DEN - Matthew Brandon 12 pass from Donte Midget (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
2Q: 07:42 DEN - Benjamin Hill 42 pass from Donte Midget (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
3Q: 10:31 DEN - Jeffery Burton 67 interception return (Edwin Ruschak extra point)
4Q: 11:06 DEN - Edwin Ruschak 23 field goal

Team Statistics DEN CAL
Record 3-3 2-3-1
First Downs 23 15
- by Rushing 6 6
- by Passing 13 8
- by Penalty 4 1
Total Net Yards 430 306
- Offensive Plays 67 55
- Yards per Play 6.42 5.56
Net Rushing Yards 144 86
- Rushing Attempts 32 19
- Yards per Rush 4.50 4.53
Net Passing Yards 286 220
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 25 - 0 35 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 292 224
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 8.17 6.11
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 5/3
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.9 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/30 6/50
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-1 3/25
Kick Returns/Yards 1/9 5/114
Interception Ret./Yards 1/67 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 28
Time of Possession 35:24 24:36

Team Statistics	DEN	CAL
Record	3-3	2-3-1
First Downs	23	15
- by Rushing	6	6
- by Passing	13	8
- by Penalty	4	1
Total Net Yards	430	306
- Offensive Plays	67	55
- Yards per Play	6.42	5.56
Net Rushing Yards	144	86
- Rushing Attempts	32	19
- Yards per Rush	4.50	4.53
Net Passing Yards	286	220
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 25 - 0	35 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	292	224
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	8.17	6.11
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	5/3
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.9	6.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/30	6/50
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-1	3/25
Kick Returns/Yards	1/9	5/114
Interception Ret./Yards	1/67	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 28
Time of Possession	35:24	24:36

Drive Charts

Denver Drovers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:40	OWN 25	2	75	Touchdown
1	14:15	0:46	OPP 33	3	2	Missed FG
1	11:27	2:46	OWN 13	7	87	Touchdown
1	6:50	8:55	OWN 4	16	96	Touchdown
2	10:59	2:16	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	8:43	1:15	OPP 43	2	43	Touchdown
2	5:42	3:42	OWN 3	8	42	Punt
3	14:50	0:44	OPP 23	4	-12	Punt
3	6:20	1:50	OWN 20	5	15	Punt
3	1:27	5:26	OWN 8	12	86	Field Goal
4	8:33	2:24	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	5:16	3:19	OWN 2	4	7	Punt
4	0:02	0:02	OPP 47	1	-1	Game

California Lightning
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:29	2:02	OWN 38	5	62	Touchdown
1	8:41	1:51	OWN 49	3	6	Punt
2	12:55	1:56	OWN 25	4	35	Punt
2	7:28	1:46	OWN 29	3	5	Punt
2	2:00	2:00	OWN 23	5	49	Missed FG
3	14:06	3:48	OWN 20	9	43	Interception
3	10:18	3:58	OWN 26	7	24	Punt
3	4:30	3:03	OWN 5	6	39	Punt
4	11:01	2:28	OWN 25	5	19	Punt
4	6:09	0:53	OWN 40	3	4	Punt
4	1:57	1:55	OWN 38	5	20	Missed FG

Game MVP: Donte Midget, Denver Drovers

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Daquan Heath	12	9	0.75	7	0	0
RB Mark Dzwonczyk	11	46	4.18	11	2	0
RB Quentin Culver	4	46	11.50	41	1	1
FB Shaun Blackburn	3	42	14.00	35	1	0
QB Alex Wright	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
WR Van Howery	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

California	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Chuck Creech	15	62	4.13	14	2	1
RB Dominique Foreman	4	24	6.00	13	2	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Donte Midget	25	18	236	0/0	3	79	0	141.0
Alex Wright	9	7	56	1/6	0	21	0	92.6

California	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Johnathan Jeffrey	35	20	224	1/4	0	45	1	64.5

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Daquan Heath	6	6	25	4.17	6	11	0
WR Benjamin Hill	5	7	149	29.80	70	79	2
WR Matthew Brandon	5	8	56	11.20	18	19	1
WR Van Howery	4	5	22	5.50	3	8	0
TE Alexander Ackerman	3	6	17	5.67	5	16	0
TE Steven Horn	1	1	21	21.00	0	21	0
FB Shaun Blackburn	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0

California	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Devante Hock	5	7	61	12.20	31	45
WR Eli Fragomeni	4	6	68	17.00	7	29
WR Asher Rabach	4	7	51	12.75	30	30
RB Chuck Creech	2	3	6	3.00	0	3
FB Maurice Heurtin	2	2	5	2.50	0	6
TE Todd McCumber	2	3	17	8.50	0	9
WR Sammie Stevenson	1	1	16	16.00	3	16
RB Earl Hammett	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Amos Sitron	0	3	0	0.00	0	0
WR Raymond Carpenter	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Jeffery Burton	1	67	67.00	1

California	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Recov	Force
CB Mel Young	1	4
OLB Shane Harvey	1	0
TE Darius Mayes	1	0
OLB Maurice Lee	0	1

California	Fumb	Recov
CB Graham Vasilatos	4	1
RB Chuck Creech	1	0
T Nickolas Madison	0	1

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kim Minter	6	272	45.3	37.8	61	2

California	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joel Galloway	7	351	50.1	41.7	63	4

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Edwin Ruschak	1/2	0/1	0/0	23	5/5

California	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jackie McGillicuddy	0/2	0/2	0/1	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Van Howery	1	-1	-1.0	0

California	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Graham Vasilatos	3	25	8.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Quentin Culver	1	9	9.0	0

California	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Graham Vasilatos	4	74	18.5	0
Asher Rabach	1	40	40.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Frederick Gray	10	0	0.0	17	36
OLB Maurice Lee	3	2	1.0	15	35
ILB Jeffery Burton	3	3	0.0	16	26
CB Graham Sweeney	3	2	0.0	17	35
DT Ray Houston	3	1	0.0	19	31
S Glen Petko	3	1	0.0	14	26
DT Taylor Gibson	2	1	0.0	8	24
OLB Dana Koehler	2	1	0.0	10	20
CB Mel Young	2	1	0.0	10	14
S Donnie King	2	0	0.0	18	32
DE Bert Sellers	1	1	0.0	16	17
CB Kaleb Lucas	1	0	0.0	8	16
DE Tom Nelson	1	0	0.0	10	12
DT Erick Griffin	1	0	0.0	11	11
DE Neal Brown	1	0	0.0	4	14
S Ed Erickson	1	0	0.0	5	7

California	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Nicholas Harrison	9	1	0.0	32	31
CB Martin Hopkins	6	0	0.0	15	17
OLB C.J. Wirthel	5	3	0.0	21	30
CB Malachi Winters	5	2	0.0	24	32
DT Calvin Joseph	4	1	0.0	15	14
DE Brendan Summers	4	0	0.0	32	35
OLB Oliver Jamison	3	3	1.0	29	26
ILB Nicholas Tate	3	2	0.0	20	22
ILB Blaine Linquist	3	1	0.0	19	21
CB Rod Cook	3	1	0.0	22	32
S Justin Howard	3	1	0.0	19	28
DE Pat O'Neal	1	1	0.0	19	23
DT D.J. Clark	1	1	0.0	17	21
S Aiden Hasan	1	0	0.0	21	11
ILB Archie Marohl	0	1	0.0	3	6
OLB Grady Naumoff	0	1	0.0	14	14

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Maurice Lee	1.0	0	1	0	35
OLB Dana Koehler	0.0	0	1	0	20

California	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Oliver Jamison	1.0	0	0	26
DE Brendan Summers	0.0	3	1	35
DT Calvin Joseph	0.0	1	0	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Frederick Gray	8	0	0	36
CB Graham Sweeney	2	2	0	35
S Glen Petko	2	1	0	26
ILB Jeffery Burton	2	0	1	26
S Donnie King	2	0	0	32
CB Kaleb Lucas	1	0	0	16
DT Ray Houston	1	0	0	31
CB Mel Young	1	0	0	14
S Ed Erickson	1	0	0	7
ILB Connor Gutsche	0	2	0	10
OLB Maurice Lee	0	1	0	35

California	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Nicholas Harrison	5	0	31
CB Martin Hopkins	4	0	17
OLB C.J. Wirthel	4	0	30
CB Rod Cook	4	0	32
S Justin Howard	2	0	28
CB Malachi Winters	1	0	32
DE Pat O'Neal	1	0	23
ILB Blaine Linquist	1	0	21
DE Brendan Summers	1	0	35
ILB Nicholas Tate	1	0	22
S Aiden Hasan	1	0	11
CB Graham Vasilatos	0	1	8

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Brandon Kotz	4	7	24	0	35
G Hardy Nemecheck	3	6	32	1	35
T Moe Barrett	1	4	32	0	35
G Rico Bensen	1	3	24	0	35
FB Shaun Blackburn	0	5	9	0	6
T Jim Jochumsen	0	3	32	0	35
G Bruce Kesselman	0	2	8	0	0
C Xavier Farrell	0	1	8	0	0

California	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Scottie Prescott	4	5	1	19	0	36
C Peyton Rodriguez	3	5	0	19	1	27
T Nickolas Madison	1	5	0	19	0	27
G Christopher Farr	1	2	0	19	0	36
G Craig Weatherly	0	2	0	19	0	36

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Mel Young	5	14
Shaun Blackburn	1	18
Daquan Heath	1	17
Shane Harvey	1	13

California	Tackles	STPlays
Lamont Floyd	2	16
Asher Rabach	1	7

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Hardy Nemecheck	32	35	---	---	---	67
T Moe Barrett	32	35	---	---	---	67
T Jim Jochumsen	32	35	---	---	---	67
G Rico Bensen	24	35	---	---	8	67
WR Benjamin Hill	31	32	---	---	---	63
TE Alexander Ackerman	28	31	---	---	1	60
C Brandon Kotz	24	35	---	---	---	59
CB Graham Sweeney	---	---	17	35	4	56
RB Daquan Heath	17	21	---	---	17	55
CB Frederick Gray	---	---	17	36	2	55
WR Matthew Brandon	23	31	---	---	---	54
S Donnie King	---	---	18	32	2	52
DT Ray Houston	---	---	19	31	2	52
OLB Maurice Lee	---	---	15	35	2	52
S Glen Petko	---	---	14	26	4	44
QB Donte Midget	18	25	---	---	---	43
ILB Jeffery Burton	---	---	16	26	1	43
CB Kaleb Lucas	---	---	8	16	17	41
DT Taylor Gibson	---	---	8	24	8	40
CB Mel Young	---	---	10	14	14	38
WR Van Howery	16	14	---	---	7	37
WR Howie Castillo	8	8	---	---	18	34
DE Bert Sellers	---	---	16	17	1	34
FB Shaun Blackburn	9	6	---	---	18	33
OLB Dana Koehler	---	---	10	20	1	31
OLB Hayden Wasczewski	---	---	2	6	22	30
TE Darius Mayes	1	2	---	---	23	26
S Ed Erickson	---	---	5	7	14	26
OLB Shane Harvey	---	---	4	8	13	25
DE Neal Brown	---	---	4	14	7	25
QB Alex Wright	14	10	---	---	---	24
DE Tom Nelson	---	---	10	12	1	23
DT Erick Griffin	---	---	11	11	1	23
ILB Connor Gutsche	---	---	3	10	10	23
TE Steven Horn	6	15	---	---	---	21
CB O.J. Dorris	---	---	2	10	8	20
WR Robbie Smith	6	3	---	---	9	18
C Xavier Farrell	8	0	---	---	8	16
G Bruce Kesselman	8	0	---	---	8	16
RB Mark Dzwonczyk	11	4	---	---	---	15
RB Quentin Culver	4	8	---	---	2	14
K Edwin Ruschak	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Kim Minter	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Edward Peluso	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Juan Holliday	0	0	---	---	8	8
DT J.C. Bivens	---	---	0	6	---	6

California	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
DE Brendan Summers	---	---	32	35	2	69
G Christopher Farr	19	36	---	---	9	64
G Craig Weatherly	19	36	---	---	9	64
S Nicholas Harrison	---	---	32	31	1	64
S Justin Howard	---	---	19	28	17	64
T Scottie Prescott	19	36	---	---	9	64
CB Malachi Winters	---	---	24	32	2	58
OLB Oliver Jamison	---	---	29	26	1	56
CB Rod Cook	---	---	22	32	2	56
QB Johnathan Jeffrey	19	36	---	---	---	55
T Nickolas Madison	19	27	---	---	9	55
OLB Grady Naumoff	---	---	14	14	24	52
OLB C.J. Wirthel	---	---	21	30	1	52
TE Devante Hock	16	35	---	---	---	51
WR Asher Rabach	18	24	---	---	7	49
WR Eli Fragomeni	18	29	---	---	---	47
C Peyton Rodriguez	19	27	---	---	---	46
DE Pat O'Neal	---	---	19	23	1	43
ILB Nicholas Tate	---	---	20	22	---	42
CB Martin Hopkins	---	---	15	17	9	41
ILB Blaine Linquist	---	---	19	21	1	41
DE Lamont Floyd	---	---	13	12	16	41
DT D.J. Clark	---	---	17	21	---	38
TE Todd McCumber	1	17	---	---	19	37
WR Sammie Stevenson	7	11	---	---	17	35
FB Maurice Heurtin	4	12	---	---	17	33
S Aiden Hasan	---	---	21	11	1	33
RB Dominique Foreman	4	10	---	---	18	32
CB Graham Vasilatos	---	---	11	8	13	32
RB Chuck Creech	15	16	---	---	---	31
DT Calvin Joseph	---	---	15	14	2	31
CB Lance Solley	---	---	6	2	15	23
ILB Archie Marohl	---	---	3	6	13	22
WR Amos Sitron	3	8	---	---	9	20
T Sebastian Spiliotis	0	9	---	---	9	18
WR Raymond Carpenter	7	7	---	---	---	14
C Sedrick Fisher	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Mike George	0	9	---	---	---	9
TE Jon Seaman	2	2	---	---	5	9
RB Earl Hammett	0	9	---	---	---	9
P Joel Galloway	0	0	---	---	9	9
DT Lucas Heath	---	---	0	0	6	6
K Jackie McGillicuddy	0	0	---	---	4	4
S Melvin Suliven	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Britt Marzluf	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Tyler Harrison	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	9	3.0
Middle	19	117	6.2
Right	9	19	2.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	21	5.3
Middle	8	54	6.8
Right	7	11	1.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Donte Midget	25	18	2	2	1	1	3	1	0
Alex Wright	9	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	0

California	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Johnathan Jeffrey	35	20	4	4	2	6	2	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	10	1.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	16	137	7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	45	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	100	33.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	2	0.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	72	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	5	98	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	52	17.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Matthew Brandon	8	5	0	56	0	31
WR Benjamin Hill	7	5	1	149	2	32
RB Daquan Heath	6	6	0	25	0	21
TE Alexander Ackerman	6	3	0	17	0	31
WR Van Howery	5	4	0	22	0	14
TE Steven Horn	1	1	0	21	1	15
FB Shaun Blackburn	1	1	0	2	0	6

California	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Asher Rabach	7	4	0	51	1	24
TE Devante Hock	7	5	0	61	1	35
WR Eli Fragomeni	6	4	0	68	2	29
RB Chuck Creech	3	2	1	6	0	16
WR Amos Sitron	3	0	1	0	0	8
TE Todd McCumber	3	2	0	17	0	17
FB Maurice Heurtin	2	2	0	5	0	12
RB Earl Hammett	2	0	0	0	0	9
WR Sammie Stevenson	1	1	0	16	0	11
WR Raymond Carpenter	1	0	0	0	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
WR Van Howery	1	2	2.00	2.00
RB Quentin Culver	1	0	0.00	11.50

California	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Chuck Creech	2	14	7.00	4.13

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Donte Midget	3	2	19	6.33	9.44
Alex Wright	1	1	2	2.00	6.22

California	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Matthew Brandon	2	2	14	7.00	7.00
TE Alexander Ackerman	1	0	0	0.00	2.83
WR Van Howery	1	1	7	7.00	4.40

California	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
RB Quentin Culver	4	2
RB Daquan Heath	2	0

California	Rushes	Conversions
RB Chuck Creech	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donte Midget	5	2	2
Alex Wright	3	3	2

California	Att	Comp	Conversions
Johnathan Jeffrey	11	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Benjamin Hill	3	2	2
TE Alexander Ackerman	3	2	1
TE Steven Horn	1	1	1
WR Matthew Brandon	1	0	0

California	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Eli Fragomeni	3	1	1
RB Earl Hammett	2	0	0
TE Todd McCumber	2	1	1
WR Asher Rabach	1	0	0
TE Devante Hock	1	1	1
FB Maurice Heurtin	1	1	0
WR Raymond Carpenter	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,600 (21,400)
End Zone 12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,600 (21,400)
End Zone	12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)