Week 1, 2024

played in New Jersey, NJ

69 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

New England Colonials	13	3	7	0	-	23
New Jersey Skyrockets	6	3	7	0	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 15:00 NED - Amir Hitchcock 19 fumble return (Cedric Hover extra point)
1Q: 09:46 NJY - Sam LaCroix 42 field goal
1Q: 07:08 NJY - Sam LaCroix 38 field goal
1Q: 02:23 NED - Mario Stevens 1 run (Cedric Hover extra point failed)
2Q: 11:04 NED - Cedric Hover 47 field goal
2Q: 05:10 NJY - Sam LaCroix 31 field goal
3Q: 15:00 NED - Mario Stevens 82 kickoff return (Cedric Hover extra point)
3Q: 07:12 NJY - Harris Dellinger 15 run (Sam LaCroix extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 15:00 NED - Amir Hitchcock 19 fumble return (Cedric Hover extra point)
1Q: 09:46 NJY - Sam LaCroix 42 field goal
1Q: 07:08 NJY - Sam LaCroix 38 field goal
1Q: 02:23 NED - Mario Stevens 1 run (Cedric Hover extra point failed)
2Q: 11:04 NED - Cedric Hover 47 field goal
2Q: 05:10 NJY - Sam LaCroix 31 field goal
3Q: 15:00 NED - Mario Stevens 82 kickoff return (Cedric Hover extra point)
3Q: 07:12 NJY - Harris Dellinger 15 run (Sam LaCroix extra point)

Team Statistics NED NJY
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 14 18
- by Rushing 3 2
- by Passing 9 14
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 226 247
- Offensive Plays 56 70
- Yards per Play 4.04 3.53
Net Rushing Yards 30 95
- Rushing Attempts 28 21
- Yards per Rush 1.07 4.52
Net Passing Yards 196 152
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 16 - 1 45 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 201 178
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 4/26
- Yards per Pass Play 7.00 3.10
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 3/2
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.1 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/52 7/41
Punt Returns/Yards 1/6 2/18
Kick Returns/Yards 3/155 2/60
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/13
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 34
Time of Possession 28:37 31:23

Team Statistics	NED	NJY
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	14	18
- by Rushing	3	2
- by Passing	9	14
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	226	247
- Offensive Plays	56	70
- Yards per Play	4.04	3.53
Net Rushing Yards	30	95
- Rushing Attempts	28	21
- Yards per Rush	1.07	4.52
Net Passing Yards	196	152
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 16 - 1	45 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	201	178
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	4/26
- Yards per Pass Play	7.00	3.10
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	3/2
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.1	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/52	7/41
Punt Returns/Yards	1/6	2/18
Kick Returns/Yards	3/155	2/60
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/13
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 34
Time of Possession	28:37	31:23

Drive Charts

New England Colonials
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:41	1:15	OWN 36	2	3	Interception
1	7:03	4:46	OWN 25	12	75	Touchdown
1	0:03	4:04	OWN 22	9	48	Field Goal
2	5:04	4:26	OWN 7	9	37	Punt
3	12:30	1:10	OPP 27	3	-5	Missed FG
3	7:02	2:14	OWN 45	3	-9	Punt
3	3:37	3:44	OWN 29	6	44	Missed FG
4	13:51	2:11	OWN 36	3	9	Punt
4	7:59	2:26	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
4	3:55	1:25	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
4	1:40	1:40	OWN 27	4	9	Game

New Jersey Skyrockets
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:11	OWN 25	1	-6	Fumble
1	14:49	5:08	OWN 32	10	43	Field Goal
1	8:26	1:23	OPP 36	4	15	Field Goal
1	2:17	2:14	OWN 25	5	19	Punt
2	10:59	5:55	50	11	36	Field Goal
2	0:38	0:38	OWN 3	1	3	Half
3	14:45	2:15	OWN 25	6	2	Fumble
3	11:20	4:18	OWN 39	10	61	Touchdown
3	4:48	1:11	OWN 30	3	2	Punt
4	14:53	1:02	OWN 34	3	-7	Punt
4	11:40	3:41	OWN 11	8	44	Punt
4	5:33	1:38	50	3	5	Punt
4	2:30	0:50	OPP 42	5	15	Downs

Game MVP: Harris Dellinger, New Jersey Skyrockets

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
RB Mario Stevens	22	22	1.00	6	1
QB Cesar Swift	3	6	2.00	8	0
RB Marco Holliday	3	2	0.67	1	0

New Jersey	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Harris Dellinger	17	92	5.41	15	4	1
WR Enrique Herndon	2	0	0.00	1	0	0
QB Amari Wannamaker	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
RB Josh Minter	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cesar Swift	27	16	201	1/5	0	41	1	67.0

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Amari Wannamaker	45	21	178	4/26	0	16	0	57.4

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Thurman Crenshaw	5	9	85	17.00	19	24
TE Antoine Thornton	2	2	40	20.00	32	41
WR Melvin Michl	2	4	23	11.50	5	17
WR Tony Small	2	4	32	16.00	10	19
RB Mario Stevens	2	3	-4	-2.00	0	0
TE Bennett Zitnik	2	4	19	9.50	1	16
FB Shaquille Ramirez	1	1	6	6.00	0	6

New Jersey	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Harold Blakely	5	14	36	7.20	4	11
RB Harris Dellinger	5	8	52	10.40	28	16
WR Enrique Herndon	5	7	41	8.20	7	15
WR Jeffery Carter	4	6	44	11.00	16	14
WR Gary Hook	1	6	2	2.00	0	2
WR Malcolm Farr	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
TE Kenny Howe	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Kevin Davison	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Jersey	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Amos Bernatd	1	13	13.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Recov	Force	TD
DT Amir Hitchcock	1	0	1
DE Preston Peterson	1	0	0
OLB Mel Norris	0	1	0
S Artie Whalen	0	1	0
DT Calvin Blair	0	1	0

New Jersey	Fumb	Recov
QB Amari Wannamaker	2	0
WR Enrique Herndon	1	0
OLB Jalen Mikell	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bernard Ogden	5	205	41.0	37.4	53	3

New Jersey	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Colby Shelton	5	206	41.2	32.0	45	0

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cedric Hover	1/3	1/3	0/0	47	2/3

New Jersey	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Sam LaCroix	3/3	1/1	0/0	42	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mario Stevens	1	6	6.0	0

New Jersey	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chad Halcomb	2	18	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mario Stevens	3	155	51.7	1

New Jersey	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Malcolm Farr	1	28	28.0	0
Enrique Herndon	1	32	32.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kelly McNeil	8	2	0.0	19	46
OLB Mason Fulton	7	3	1.0	19	34
S Rob Harper	6	2	0.0	20	36
ILB Mason Irey	5	4	0.5	21	48
DE Conrad Story	3	0	1.0	19	38
DT Roy Lonier	3	0	0.0	16	40
CB Devin Walters	2	2	0.0	21	48
CB Dale Boulware	2	1	0.0	9	26
DT Amir Hitchcock	2	0	0.0	19	35
OLB Ethan Sanches	2	0	0.0	10	26
S Artie Whalen	1	0	1.0	3	16
DT Calvin Blair	1	1	0.5	7	23
CB Carlos Frederick	1	2	0.0	21	49
OLB Mel Norris	1	0	0.0	3	8
CB Maurice Patterson	1	0	0.0	4	9
WR Thurman Crenshaw	1	0	---	---	---
CB Tyrone Rose	0	1	0.0	2	3

New Jersey	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tracy Corbett	6	0	0.0	25	19
ILB Darien Kelley	5	3	0.0	20	21
DE Edward Lewis	5	0	0.0	27	28
CB Chad Halcomb	5	0	0.0	18	19
OLB Courtney Verstegen	4	0	0.0	27	28
S Amos Bernatd	3	0	0.0	19	19
ILB Dakota Hopkins	3	0	0.0	10	9
CB Dusty Arneson	2	3	0.0	23	18
DT Cristian Cowart	2	3	0.0	26	19
DE Tanner Simkowitz	2	2	0.0	24	19
S Kennedy Brock	2	0	0.0	9	9
DE Dana McMullen	1	0	1.0	4	9
CB Roberto Hutton	1	0	0.0	6	12
S Cornell Burke	1	0	0.0	3	9
OLB Charlie Hayes	0	1	0.0	20	19

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Conrad Story	1.0	0	0	1	38
S Artie Whalen	1.0	0	0	0	16
OLB Mason Fulton	1.0	0	0	0	34
ILB Mason Irey	0.5	0	0	0	48
DT Calvin Blair	0.5	0	0	0	23
OLB Ethan Sanches	0.0	1	1	0	26
OLB Mel Norris	0.0	1	0	0	8
DE Preston Peterson	0.0	0	3	1	40
DT Roy Lonier	0.0	0	1	0	40
DT Amir Hitchcock	0.0	0	1	0	35
CB Dale Boulware	0.0	0	1	0	26

New Jersey	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Dana McMullen	1.0	0	0	9
DT Cristian Cowart	0.0	2	0	19
OLB James Urbina	0.0	1	1	9
DE Edward Lewis	0.0	1	0	28

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Kelly McNeil	6	1	46
S Rob Harper	4	0	36
ILB Mason Irey	3	1	48
CB Devin Walters	2	3	48
OLB Mason Fulton	2	0	34
CB Carlos Frederick	1	1	49
OLB Ethan Sanches	1	0	26
CB Dale Boulware	1	0	26
CB Maurice Patterson	1	0	9

New Jersey	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Chad Halcomb	4	0	0	19
S Tracy Corbett	3	0	0	19
ILB Dakota Hopkins	2	0	0	9
S Amos Bernatd	1	1	1	19
ILB Darien Kelley	1	0	0	21
DT Cristian Cowart	1	0	0	19
CB Roberto Hutton	1	0	0	12
S Kennedy Brock	1	0	0	9
S Cornell Burke	1	0	0	9
OLB Courtney Verstegen	1	0	0	28

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Jerry Castillo	1	8	28	0	28
C Andy Jennings	1	4	28	0	28
T Bennett Peterson	0	5	28	1	28
T Frederick Harper	0	5	28	0	28
G Cary Plummer	0	3	28	0	28

New Jersey	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Donovan Baskett	2	10	21	0	49
C Wayne Bayless	1	6	21	1	49
T Bryce Schwartz	1	3	21	2	49
G Lucas Strain	0	1	21	1	44
G T.J. Hopkins	0	1	21	0	49

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Thurman Crenshaw	2	15
Mel Norris	1	21
Neil Groh	1	15

New Jersey	Tackles	STPlays
Harris Dellinger	1	11
Sam LaCroix	1	8
Lucas Strain	1	8

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Carlos Frederick	---	---	21	49	3	73
ILB Mason Irey	---	---	21	48	3	72
CB Devin Walters	---	---	21	48	3	72
WR Thurman Crenshaw	26	28	---	---	15	69
S Kelly McNeil	---	---	19	46	3	68
RB Mario Stevens	25	20	---	---	23	68
DT Roy Lonier	---	---	16	40	8	64
T Bennett Peterson	28	28	---	---	8	64
DE Preston Peterson	---	---	16	40	3	59
DE Conrad Story	---	---	19	38	1	58
C Andy Jennings	28	28	---	---	---	56
QB Cesar Swift	28	28	---	---	---	56
G Cary Plummer	28	28	---	---	---	56
WR Melvin Michl	28	28	---	---	---	56
G Jerry Castillo	28	28	---	---	---	56
T Frederick Harper	28	28	---	---	---	56
S Rob Harper	---	---	20	36	---	56
DT Amir Hitchcock	---	---	19	35	---	54
TE Bennett Zitnik	28	26	---	---	---	54
OLB Mason Fulton	---	---	19	34	---	53
CB Dale Boulware	---	---	9	26	8	43
OLB Ethan Sanches	---	---	10	26	2	38
S Artie Whalen	---	---	3	16	18	37
DT Calvin Blair	---	---	7	23	3	33
WR Tony Small	19	14	---	---	---	33
OLB Mel Norris	---	---	3	8	21	32
FB Shaquille Ramirez	3	5	---	---	18	26
TE Quentin Whatley	1	0	---	---	22	23
TE Antoine Thornton	5	11	---	---	6	22
DT Frank Lynn	---	---	2	13	7	22
CB Tyrone Rose	---	---	2	3	15	20
WR Desmond Ellard	0	0	---	---	18	18
WR Neil Groh	2	0	---	---	15	17
CB Maurice Patterson	---	---	4	9	---	13
RB Marco Holliday	3	8	---	---	---	11
ILB Jace Fisk	---	---	0	1	10	11
C Levi Stokes	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Damian Quigley	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Bernard Ogden	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Brock Rodriguez	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Danny Pierce	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Cedric Hover	0	0	---	---	8	8
RB Andres Raley	0	0	---	---	5	5
C Edgar Lavery	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Alonzo Tomaceski	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Cameron Mallard	---	---	0	0	---	0

New Jersey	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Bryce Schwartz	21	49	---	---	8	78
G T.J. Hopkins	21	49	---	---	8	78
T Donovan Baskett	21	49	---	---	8	78
G Lucas Strain	21	44	---	---	8	73
WR Enrique Herndon	21	47	---	---	5	73
QB Amari Wannamaker	21	49	---	---	---	70
RB Harris Dellinger	19	40	---	---	11	70
C Wayne Bayless	21	49	---	---	---	70
WR Jeffery Carter	21	41	---	---	5	67
TE Harold Blakely	17	44	---	---	---	61
DE Edward Lewis	---	---	27	28	3	58
OLB Courtney Verstegen	---	---	27	28	3	58
S Amos Bernatd	---	---	19	19	18	56
CB Dean Purslow	---	---	27	26	2	55
ILB Darien Kelley	---	---	20	21	13	54
DE Tanner Simkowitz	---	---	24	19	10	53
DT Cristian Cowart	---	---	26	19	1	46
CB Chad Halcomb	---	---	18	19	8	45
S Tracy Corbett	---	---	25	19	---	44
CB Dusty Arneson	---	---	23	18	1	42
OLB Charlie Hayes	---	---	20	19	3	42
WR Gary Hook	13	27	---	---	---	40
CB Roberto Hutton	---	---	6	12	18	36
RB Josh Minter	2	9	---	---	23	34
TE Kenny Howe	8	24	---	---	1	33
TE Kevin Davison	0	6	---	---	22	28
WR Malcolm Farr	2	3	---	---	18	23
DE Dana McMullen	---	---	4	9	8	21
OLB Jalen Mikell	---	---	0	0	20	20
ILB Dakota Hopkins	---	---	10	9	---	19
OLB James Urbina	---	---	9	9	---	18
S Kennedy Brock	---	---	9	9	---	18
DT Kai McClanahan	---	---	2	9	7	18
RB Broderick Tanner	2	4	---	---	12	18
DE Cory Jenkins	---	---	9	7	---	16
S Cornell Burke	---	---	3	9	3	15
WR Casey Neufield	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Colby Shelton	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Sam LaCroix	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Manuel Berry	0	0	---	---	8	8
C William Hancock	0	5	---	---	---	5
CB Keegan Winters	---	---	0	0	5	5
QB Bob Fisk	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Michael Dunnigan	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Juan Flynn	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Rod Schneider	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	2	1.0
Middle	16	28	1.8
Right	8	2	0.3
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	27	4.5
Middle	10	55	5.5
Right	5	13	2.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cesar Swift	27	16	2	4	1	1	4	1	1

New Jersey	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Amari Wannamaker	45	21	0	7	2	6	7	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	1	0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	6	80	8.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	78	6.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	42	14.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	5	39	4.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	6	51	3.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	20	10	88	4.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Thurman Crenshaw	9	5	0	85	1	28
WR Melvin Michl	4	2	1	23	0	28
WR Tony Small	4	2	0	32	0	14
TE Bennett Zitnik	4	2	0	19	0	26
RB Mario Stevens	3	2	0	-4	0	20
TE Antoine Thornton	2	2	0	40	1	11
FB Shaquille Ramirez	1	1	0	6	0	5

New Jersey	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
TE Harold Blakely	14	5	1	36	44
RB Harris Dellinger	8	5	1	52	40
WR Enrique Herndon	7	5	0	41	47
WR Gary Hook	6	1	0	2	27
WR Jeffery Carter	6	4	0	44	41
TE Kevin Davison	2	0	0	0	6
TE Kenny Howe	1	0	0	0	24
WR Malcolm Farr	1	1	0	3	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Mario Stevens	2	0	0.00	1.00
RB Marco Holliday	1	0	0.00	0.67

New Jersey	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Harris Dellinger	1	15	15.00	5.41

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Amari Wannamaker	5	2	13	2.60	3.96

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

New Jersey	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Enrique Herndon	2	1	3	1.50	5.86
TE Harold Blakely	1	0	0	0.00	2.57
WR Gary Hook	1	0	0	0.00	0.33
RB Harris Dellinger	1	1	10	10.00	6.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Mario Stevens	3	0
QB Cesar Swift	2	1

New Jersey	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cesar Swift	8	6	4

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Conversions
Amari Wannamaker	15	6	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Thurman Crenshaw	3	2	2
WR Tony Small	2	1	1
TE Antoine Thornton	1	1	1
WR Melvin Michl	1	1	0
RB Mario Stevens	1	1	0

New Jersey	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Harold Blakely	4	1	1
WR Gary Hook	3	1	1
WR Jeffery Carter	3	1	1
RB Harris Dellinger	2	2	2
TE Kenny Howe	1	0	0
WR Enrique Herndon	1	1	1
TE Kevin Davison	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,600 (21,400)
End Zone 14,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,600 (21,400)
End Zone	14,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)