Week 9, 2026

played in California, CA

61 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

New England Colonials	7	0	0	3	-	10
California Lightning	0	13	0	3	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:24 NED - Jason Bullock 49 run (Cedric Hover extra point)
2Q: 09:34 CAL - Chuck Creech 1 run (Jackie McGillicuddy extra point)
2Q: 03:31 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 45 field goal
2Q: 00:03 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 22 field goal
4Q: 14:13 NED - Cedric Hover 49 field goal
4Q: 01:55 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 25 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:24 NED - Jason Bullock 49 run (Cedric Hover extra point)
2Q: 09:34 CAL - Chuck Creech 1 run (Jackie McGillicuddy extra point)
2Q: 03:31 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 45 field goal
2Q: 00:03 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 22 field goal
4Q: 14:13 NED - Cedric Hover 49 field goal
4Q: 01:55 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 25 field goal

Team Statistics NED CAL
Record 4-4 3-4-1
First Downs 16 19
- by Rushing 5 10
- by Passing 11 9
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 342 377
- Offensive Plays 59 66
- Yards per Play 5.80 5.71
Net Rushing Yards 142 166
- Rushing Attempts 23 24
- Yards per Rush 6.17 6.92
Net Passing Yards 200 211
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 20 - 1 38 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 214 227
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 4/16
- Yards per Pass Play 5.56 5.02
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/11 2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.1 13.1
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/30 9/68
Punt Returns/Yards 2/4 3/25
Kick Returns/Yards 1/25 2/33
Interception Ret./Yards 2/17 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 35
Time of Possession 26:21 33:39

Team Statistics	NED	CAL
Record	4-4	3-4-1
First Downs	16	19
- by Rushing	5	10
- by Passing	11	9
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	342	377
- Offensive Plays	59	66
- Yards per Play	5.80	5.71
Net Rushing Yards	142	166
- Rushing Attempts	23	24
- Yards per Rush	6.17	6.92
Net Passing Yards	200	211
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 20 - 1	38 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	214	227
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	4/16
- Yards per Pass Play	5.56	5.02
Fumbles/Lost	3/2	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/11	2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.1	13.1
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/30	9/68
Punt Returns/Yards	2/4	3/25
Kick Returns/Yards	1/25	2/33
Interception Ret./Yards	2/17	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 19	OWN 35
Time of Possession	26:21	33:39

Drive Charts

New England Colonials
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:36	OWN 26	9	68	Downs
1	8:04	0:56	OWN 30	2	70	Touchdown
1	2:52	0:36	OWN 11	2	2	Fumble
1	1:00	2:15	OWN 20	4	27	Punt
2	9:26	1:05	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
2	3:23	1:25	OWN 25	3	-6	Punt
3	11:48	4:51	OWN 20	10	42	Punt
3	4:33	5:27	OWN 5	11	63	Field Goal
4	11:52	1:25	OWN 9	3	5	Punt
4	8:18	1:38	OWN 18	4	6	Interception
4	4:04	0:15	OWN 20	2	-4	Fumble
4	1:48	1:13	OWN 25	6	40	Downs

California Lightning
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:24	2:20	OWN 6	5	9	Punt
1	7:08	4:16	OWN 28	6	16	Punt
1	2:16	1:16	OPP 13	3	1	Interception
2	13:45	4:19	OWN 16	9	84	Touchdown
2	8:21	4:58	OWN 18	9	54	Field Goal
2	1:58	1:58	OWN 36	7	59	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:12	OWN 32	4	21	Punt
3	6:57	2:24	OWN 20	4	20	Punt
4	14:06	2:14	OWN 25	5	24	Interception
4	10:27	2:09	OWN 41	3	-3	Punt
4	6:40	2:36	OWN 38	5	28	Punt
4	3:49	2:01	OPP 16	5	8	Field Goal
4	0:35	0:35	OWN 35	1	-2	Game

Game MVP: Chuck Creech, California Lightning

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Jason Bullock	14	112	8.00	49	4	1
QB Alonzo Tomaceski	5	19	3.80	8	0	0
RB Andres Raley	3	9	3.00	5	0	0
WR Melvin Michl	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

California	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Chuck Creech	15	134	8.93	32	6	1
RB Earl Hammett	6	23	3.83	8	0	0
QB Britt Marzluf	2	1	0.50	3	0	0
RB Dominique Foreman	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alonzo Tomaceski	34	20	214	2/14	0	32	1	65.1

California	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Britt Marzluf	38	26	227	4/16	0	37	2	62.1

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Bennett Zitnik	5	6	64	12.80	36	32
WR Melvin Michl	4	5	26	6.50	8	11
WR Neil Groh	4	9	67	16.75	34	26
RB Jason Bullock	4	5	10	2.50	1	10
RB Andres Raley	2	2	33	16.50	19	18
WR Clifton Wharton	1	3	14	14.00	5	14
FB James Dorn	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Devan Burroughs	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

California	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Chuck Creech	11	15	78	7.09	50	29
WR Amos Sitron	4	5	32	8.00	0	20
WR Asher Rabach	3	8	44	14.67	12	37
TE Devante Hock	3	4	16	5.33	14	19
WR Raymond Carpenter	2	2	12	6.00	0	8
WR Eli Fragomeni	1	1	19	19.00	6	19
FB Maurice Heurtin	1	1	25	25.00	20	25
RB Earl Hammett	1	1	1	1.00	0	1
TE Todd McCumber	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Isaac Poppe	1	13	13.00	0
CB Devin Walters	1	4	4.00	0

California	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Nicholas Harrison	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Jason Bullock	2	0	0
RB Andres Raley	1	0	0
TE Bennett Zitnik	0	1	0
DT Toby Whiting	0	0	1

California	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Britt Marzluf	1	0	0
CB Malachi Winters	0	1	0
G Craig Weatherly	0	1	0
S Nicholas Harrison	0	1	0
DT D.J. Clark	0	0	2
S Melvin Suliven	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bernard Ogden	5	238	47.6	38.6	56	2

California	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joel Galloway	6	284	47.3	40.0	55	3

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cedric Hover	1/1	1/1	0/0	49	1/1

California	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jackie McGillicuddy	3/3	1/1	0/0	45	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Clifton Wharton	2	4	2.0	0

California	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Graham Vasilatos	3	25	8.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Clifton Wharton	1	25	25.0	0

California	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Graham Vasilatos	2	33	16.5	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Cory Blair	8	4	0.0	24	42
S Kelly McNeil	7	2	0.0	23	36
S Rob Harper	5	2	0.0	20	29
OLB B.J. Brown	5	0	0.0	18	24
DT Frank Lynn	4	1	0.5	22	34
CB Devin Walters	4	1	0.0	24	42
ILB Parker Farrell	4	0	0.0	18	17
CB Isaac Poppe	4	0	0.0	22	40
DE K.C. Cortez	3	3	1.5	15	28
DT Toby Whiting	2	1	1.5	18	38
DT Cameron Mallard	1	2	0.5	22	36
S Artie Whalen	1	1	0.0	4	14
CB Dale Boulware	1	1	0.0	6	26
DT Roy Lonier	1	0	0.0	4	11
CB Trey Monroe	1	0	0.0	7	12
ILB Kevin Primeau	1	0	0.0	3	5
TE Devan Burroughs	1	0	---	---	---
DT Christopher Mallory	0	2	0.0	12	18

California	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Oliver Jamison	7	2	1.0	23	36
DT D.J. Clark	5	2	1.0	23	25
OLB Grady Naumoff	5	3	0.0	23	21
ILB Nicholas Tate	5	1	0.0	23	23
S Nicholas Harrison	4	1	0.0	23	32
CB Martin Hopkins	3	1	0.0	13	26
S Melvin Suliven	3	0	0.0	11	11
CB Rod Cook	3	0	0.0	23	36
S Justin Howard	2	0	0.0	0	14
ILB Blaine Linquist	1	2	0.0	10	10
DE Brendan Summers	1	2	0.0	23	36
S Aiden Hasan	1	2	0.0	12	15
OLB Dwayne Abrams	1	0	0.0	0	15
CB Malachi Winters	1	0	0.0	23	36
DE Pat O'Neal	1	0	0.0	21	21
WR Asher Rabach	1	0	---	---	---
CB Lance Solley	1	0	0.0	0	4
WR Amos Sitron	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE K.C. Cortez	1.5	2	1	28
DT Toby Whiting	1.5	1	0	38
DT Cameron Mallard	0.5	1	0	36
DT Frank Lynn	0.5	0	1	34

California	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Oliver Jamison	1.0	2	0	36
DT D.J. Clark	1.0	1	0	25
DE Brendan Summers	0.0	2	1	36
DE Lamont Floyd	0.0	1	0	14
DE Pat O'Neal	0.0	0	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Cory Blair	6	0	0	42
S Kelly McNeil	5	1	0	36
CB Isaac Poppe	4	1	1	40
CB Devin Walters	3	0	1	42
DE K.C. Cortez	2	0	0	28
OLB B.J. Brown	2	0	0	24
ILB Parker Farrell	1	0	0	17
CB Dale Boulware	1	0	0	26
S Rob Harper	1	0	0	29
DT Frank Lynn	1	0	0	34
S Artie Whalen	0	1	0	14

California	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Martin Hopkins	3	0	0	26
CB Rod Cook	3	0	0	36
ILB Nicholas Tate	3	0	0	23
S Justin Howard	2	1	0	14
S Nicholas Harrison	2	0	1	32
S Melvin Suliven	2	0	0	11
OLB Dwayne Abrams	1	1	0	15
CB Malachi Winters	1	1	0	36
OLB Oliver Jamison	1	0	0	36
OLB Grady Naumoff	1	0	0	21
CB Lance Solley	1	0	0	4
S Aiden Hasan	0	1	0	15

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Cary Plummer	2	5	23	0	36
C Andy Jennings	1	5	23	1	36
G Danny Pierce	1	3	23	0	36
T Brock Rodriguez	1	1	5	1	11
T Chad Dennis	1	1	18	0	25
T Bennett Peterson	0	4	23	0	36

California	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Craig Weatherly	7	10	0	24	1	42
T Nickolas Madison	3	5	1	24	1	42
T Scottie Prescott	3	5	0	24	2	42
TE Devante Hock	1	1	0	23	0	40
C Peyton Rodriguez	1	1	0	24	0	42

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Danny Pierce	3	9
Bennett Zitnik	1	19
Marco Holliday	1	13

California	Tackles	STPlays
Jon Seaman	1	21
Lamont Floyd	1	16
Scottie Prescott	1	13

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Bennett Zitnik	22	33	---	---	19	74
CB Devin Walters	---	---	24	42	3	69
ILB Cory Blair	---	---	24	42	3	69
G Danny Pierce	23	36	---	---	9	68
DT Cameron Mallard	---	---	22	36	9	67
G Cary Plummer	23	36	---	---	6	65
CB Isaac Poppe	---	---	22	40	3	65
T Bennett Peterson	23	36	---	---	6	65
DT Frank Lynn	---	---	22	34	9	65
S Kelly McNeil	---	---	23	36	2	61
C Andy Jennings	23	36	---	---	---	59
WR Melvin Michl	23	36	---	---	---	59
QB Alonzo Tomaceski	23	36	---	---	---	59
DT Toby Whiting	---	---	18	38	3	59
WR Neil Groh	21	31	---	---	---	52
S Rob Harper	---	---	20	29	---	49
T Chad Dennis	18	25	---	---	4	47
WR Clifton Wharton	15	20	---	---	10	45
DE K.C. Cortez	---	---	15	28	2	45
CB Dale Boulware	---	---	6	26	11	43
OLB B.J. Brown	---	---	18	24	1	43
DT Christopher Mallory	---	---	12	18	9	39
ILB Parker Farrell	---	---	18	17	2	37
RB Jason Bullock	17	19	---	---	---	36
CB Trey Monroe	---	---	7	12	15	34
FB James Dorn	5	8	---	---	14	27
OLB Ernest Powell	---	---	1	5	18	24
RB Andres Raley	6	16	---	---	---	22
S Artie Whalen	---	---	4	14	3	21
S Archie Mills	---	---	1	5	14	20
ILB Kevin Primeau	---	---	3	5	10	18
T Brock Rodriguez	5	11	---	---	2	18
WR Gabriel Maloney	0	2	---	---	14	16
TE Andrew Dugans	5	11	---	---	---	16
DT Roy Lonier	---	---	4	11	---	15
RB Marco Holliday	0	0	---	---	13	13
WR Tony McLendon	0	2	---	---	7	9
P Bernard Ogden	0	0	---	---	6	6
C Buddy Barnette	0	0	---	---	6	6
G C.J. Berardi	0	0	---	---	5	5
K Cedric Hover	0	0	---	---	4	4
TE Devan Burroughs	1	2	---	---	---	3
QB Cesar Swift	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Alec Gibson	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Donald Russell	---	---	0	0	---	0
ILB Jace Fisk	---	---	0	0	---	0

California	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Scottie Prescott	24	42	---	---	13	79
G Christopher Farr	24	42	---	---	9	75
G Craig Weatherly	24	42	---	---	9	75
T Nickolas Madison	24	42	---	---	9	75
C Peyton Rodriguez	24	42	---	---	---	66
QB Britt Marzluf	24	42	---	---	---	66
TE Devante Hock	23	40	---	---	---	63
WR Asher Rabach	22	36	---	---	3	61
OLB Oliver Jamison	---	---	23	36	1	60
CB Malachi Winters	---	---	23	36	1	60
CB Rod Cook	---	---	23	36	1	60
DE Brendan Summers	---	---	23	36	1	60
S Nicholas Harrison	---	---	23	32	1	56
WR Amos Sitron	15	31	---	---	7	53
CB Martin Hopkins	---	---	13	26	10	49
RB Chuck Creech	16	32	---	---	---	48
DT D.J. Clark	---	---	23	25	---	48
ILB Nicholas Tate	---	---	23	23	1	47
OLB Grady Naumoff	---	---	23	21	---	44
DE Pat O'Neal	---	---	21	21	---	42
WR Raymond Carpenter	10	29	---	---	---	39
S Melvin Suliven	---	---	11	11	12	34
OLB Dwayne Abrams	---	---	0	15	18	33
DE Lamont Floyd	---	---	2	14	16	32
FB Maurice Heurtin	4	8	---	---	15	27
TE Jon Seaman	5	1	---	---	21	27
S Aiden Hasan	---	---	12	15	---	27
WR Sammie Stevenson	1	5	---	---	15	21
WR Eli Fragomeni	8	12	---	---	---	20
ILB Blaine Linquist	---	---	10	10	---	20
ILB Archie Marohl	---	---	0	9	9	18
RB Dominique Foreman	2	0	---	---	16	18
RB Earl Hammett	7	9	---	---	---	16
S Justin Howard	---	---	0	14	1	15
TE Todd McCumber	7	7	---	---	---	14
DT Calvin Joseph	---	---	0	12	1	13
CB Graham Vasilatos	---	---	0	0	11	11
CB Lance Solley	---	---	0	4	5	9
C Sedrick Fisher	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Joel Galloway	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Jackie McGillicuddy	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Jermaine Schaefer	0	0	---	---	6	6
DT Lucas Heath	---	---	0	0	5	5
G Mike George	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Johnathan Jeffrey	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Tyler Harrison	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	2	2.0
Middle	15	61	4.1
Right	7	79	11.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	23	4.6
Middle	12	99	8.3
Right	6	46	7.7
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alonzo Tomaceski	34	20	4	1	1	4	6	2	1

California	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Britt Marzluf	38	26	5	1	2	3	4	2	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	25	4.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	95	8.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	94	8.5
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	11	39	3.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	100	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	3	31	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	57	14.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Neil Groh	9	4	0	67	2	31
TE Bennett Zitnik	6	5	0	64	2	33
WR Melvin Michl	5	4	1	26	0	36
RB Jason Bullock	5	4	0	10	0	19
WR Clifton Wharton	3	1	0	14	0	20
RB Andres Raley	2	2	0	33	0	16
TE Devan Burroughs	2	0	0	0	0	2
FB James Dorn	1	0	0	0	0	8

California	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Chuck Creech	15	11	1	78	2	32
WR Asher Rabach	8	3	1	44	1	36
WR Amos Sitron	5	4	0	32	1	31
TE Devante Hock	4	3	0	16	0	40
WR Raymond Carpenter	2	2	0	12	0	29
WR Eli Fragomeni	1	1	0	19	0	12
FB Maurice Heurtin	1	1	0	25	1	8
RB Earl Hammett	1	1	0	1	0	9
TE Todd McCumber	1	0	0	0	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Jason Bullock	3	0	0.00	8.00

California	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Earl Hammett	5	17	3.40	3.83
RB Chuck Creech	2	-2	-1.00	8.93

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alonzo Tomaceski	3	1	7	2.33	6.29

California	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Britt Marzluf	5	2	10	2.00	5.97

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Neil Groh	2	0	0	0.00	7.44
TE Bennett Zitnik	1	1	7	7.00	10.67

California	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Chuck Creech	2	1	6	3.00	5.20
WR Asher Rabach	1	0	0	0.00	5.50
WR Amos Sitron	1	0	0	0.00	6.40
WR Raymond Carpenter	1	1	4	4.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions

California	Rushes	Conversions
RB Earl Hammett	1	0
QB Britt Marzluf	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alonzo Tomaceski	11	5	3

California	Att	Comp	Conversions
Britt Marzluf	9	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Neil Groh	4	2	2
WR Clifton Wharton	2	0	0
TE Bennett Zitnik	2	2	0
RB Andres Raley	1	1	1
FB James Dorn	1	0	0

California	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Chuck Creech	2	1	0
WR Asher Rabach	2	0	0
WR Amos Sitron	2	1	1
WR Eli Fragomeni	1	1	1
TE Devante Hock	1	1	0
RB Earl Hammett	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 54,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,200 (21,400)
End Zone 11,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	54,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,200 (21,400)
End Zone	11,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)