AFA Playoffs: Toronto at Chicago

CHICAGO -- The Towers and the Vans clashing here on the frozen tundry of Wrigley Field on this, the opening weekend of the AFA playoffs. A nice job by Toronto getting into the dance, but does Lorne Clark's team have any chance of derailing the third-seeded Caravan?

Chicago starting on its own four on its first possession. Steve Young at the helm. Can you say "long drive"? Can you say "chew up some clock"? Chicago can. 17 plays. 96 yards. 8:44 consumed in the process. Charles Jones finishing it off with this 7-yard TD grab. 7-0 Vans.

Dilfer trying to get it back. Trent in the pocket. Here comes Reggie White! Dilfer hurrying the throw. The pick by Jimmy Hitchcock. Look at him go. HE...COULD...GO...ALL...THE...WAY. 87 yards to glory for the Chicago cornerback. 14-0 Vans.

It's 21-zip as we look on more first-half action. Dilfer to throw. Over the middle to Drayton. Oh my God, he's way off the mark. Hitchcock again with the INT. He scoots through the hole at the 40. What block by Mobley. Could it be? YES! Jimmy Hitchcock going to the promised land for the second time. 28-0 Chitown at the half.

At least Toronto showing a little life now in the second half. Dishman with the pick and return to the Vans 21. Oh, but Dilfer giving it right back. Darrell Green with the INT. Chicago still pitching a shutout.

Toronto now on the Vans 28. Dilfer. Over the middle. That's Bruce. Touchdown! The Towers finally get on the board, but they're still down 28-7.

And down they will stay. There's Cam Cleeland with the TD reception. Look at the big oaf try to slam dunk over the goal-post. No good! But this team is good, and they're on their way to the semifinals.

Dilfer with five INTs on the afternoon. Billy Davis with the nice numbers for Chicago -- five grabs for 122 yards. Chicago advances.


Temp:29  Wind:5-15                   

Toronto Towers (0-1)                0   0   7   3      10
Chicago Caravan (1-0)               7  21   0   7      35

1 Chicago TD Young,S 7 pass to Jones,C (Del Greco) (17-96-8:44)   2:28      0-7
2 Chicago TD Hitchcock 87 interception return (Del Greco) (0-0-0:00)   10:  0-14
2 Chicago TD Young,S 5 pass to Smith,R (Del Greco) (4-80-1:35)   5:10       0-21
2 Chicago TD Hitchcock 45 interception return (Del Greco) (0-0-0:00)   1:2  0-28
3 Toronto TD Dilfer 20 pass to Bruce (Vanderjagt) (7-47-2:30)   3:14        7-28
4 Chicago TD Young,S 11 pass to Cleeland (Del Greco) (6-59-4:09)   13:52    7-35
4 Toronto FG Vanderjagt 29 (3-0-0:15)   13:23                              10-35

                   Tor        Chi
 First Downs        17         26
 Rushes          22-79     32-130
 Passes      39-18-240  34-24-335
 Sacked           2-15        0-0
 Fumble              0          0
 Penalties        7-35       7-61
 Turnovers           5          2
 Time            23:51      36:09
 Third Down       6-14       8-14
 Fourth Down       0-0        0-0
 Net Offense       304        465

Injuries:Dillon(Tor- 1)


1998 Toronto Towers
Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD              Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25 FD Lg TD
Dillon      14   36  2.6  0   1  9  0  Bruce         6  1   81 13.5  0  5 20  1
Dilfer       4   34  8.5  3   2 11  0  Muhammad      5  0   55 11.0  1  3 26  0
Edwards      3    7  2.3  0   0  5  0  Gadsden       3  0   68 22.7  2  3 33  0
Garner       1    2  2.0  0   0  2  0  Drayton       2  0   26 13.0  0  1 14  0
            22   79  3.6  3   3 11  0  Dillon        1  0    4  4.0  0  0  4  0
                                       Edwards       1  0    6  6.0  0  0  6  0
                                                    18  1  240 13.3  3 12 33  1


            Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate
Dilfer       39  18  46.2  240 13.3  33   4  3   5  12.8    2   1   2.6  35.1
             39  18  46.2  240 13.3  33   4  3   5  12.8    2   1   2.6  35.1

             XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts
Vanderjagt     1   1 100.0    1   1 100.0    0.0   0.0   29     4

             Punts Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross
Araguz          6    231  48  2  0  2     1   15   29.3    38.5

Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD     Punt Returns  No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD
Mitchell,B     6   178  29.7  79  0      Mitchell,B    1  2     8  8.0   8  0
               6   178  29.7  79  0                    1  2     8  8.0   8  0


Defense    Tkl Sk Df Hu St     Ints    No Yds  Ave  Lg TD   Fumbles    No Rec TD
Jones,MA    10  0  0  0  1   Jones,MA   1  12 12.0  12  0              0  0  0
Law          8  0  1  0  0   Dishman    1  46 46.0  46  0
McKinnon     6  0  0  0  1              2  58  0.0  46  0
Dishman      5  0  0  0  0
Davis,T      5  0  2  0  0
Henry        4  0  0  2  0
Brackens     4  0  0  1  0
Tillman      4  0  2  0  0
Elliss       4  0  0  0  0
Culpepper    1  0  0  2  0
Deese        1  0  0  0  0
Knight,T     1  0  0  0  0
Mitchell,B   1  0  0  0  0
Gildon       1  0  0  0  0
Bryant       1  0  0  0  0
Ellis        1  0  0  0  0
Hilliard     1  0  0  0  0
Mathis,K     1  0  0  0  0
Poole        1  0  0  0  0
Gordon       1  0  0  0  0
            61  0  5  5  2


1998 Chicago Caravan
Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD              Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25 FD Lg TD
Faulk       31  130  4.2  2   7 14  0  Smith,R       8  0   90 11.3  1  5 25  1
Young,S      1    0  0.0  0   0  0  0  Cleeland      7  0   87 12.4  1  5 32  1
            32  130  4.1  2   7 14  0  Davis,B       5  0  122 24.4  1  5 72  0
                                       Jones,C       2  0   32 16.0  1  2 25  1
                                       Faulk         1  0    0  0.0  0  0  0  0
                                       Pritchett     1  0    4  4.0  0  0  4  0
                                                    24  0  335 14.0  4 17 72  3


            Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate
Young,S      34  24  70.6  335 14.0  72   1  4   2   5.9    0   3   8.8 106.9
             34  24  70.6  335 14.0  72   1  4   2   5.9    0   3   8.8 106.9

             XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts
Del Greco      5   5 100.0    1   0   0.0    0.0   0.0    0     5

             Punts Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross
Feagles         4    179  57  1  0  0     1    8   37.8    44.8

Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD     Punt Returns  No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD
Dwight         2    59  29.5  34  0      Dwight        1  0    15 15.0  15  0
               2    59  29.5  34  0                    1  0    15 15.0  15  0


Defense    Tkl Sk Df Hu St     Ints    No Yds  Ave  Lg TD   Fumbles    No Rec TD
Gouveia      8  0  0  0  2   Hitchcock  2 132 66.0  87  2              0  0  0
Mobley       5  0  0  0  0   Williams,  1   0  0.0   0  0
Williams,D   4  0  0  0  0   Emmons     1   7  7.0   7  0
Butler       3  0  0  0  0   Green,D    1   0  0.0   0  0
Green,D      3  0  0  0  0              5 139 27.8  87  2
Bowens       3  0  0  0  0
Walker,D     3  0  0  0  0
Green,A      3  0  0  0  0
Flanigan     3  2  0  2  0
Emmons       3  0  0  0  0
Hitchcock    3  0  0  0  0
Ostroski     2  0  0  0  0
Bowden       1  0  0  0  0
Sharper,D    1  0  0  0  0
Jenkins      1  0  0  0  0
White,R      1  0  0  4  0
Neujahr      1  0  0  0  0
Dwight       1  0  0  0  0
Shaw,S       1  0  0  0  0
Jefferson    1  0  0  1  0
            51  2  0  7  2



Toronto  10  Chicago  35                    12-10-1999

                  1st Quarter                                             
  KO       15:00  Tor Pen-5                       KO-deep                 
  KO       14:53  Tor Mitchell,B return of 14     KO-deep                 
1 10 own18 14:43  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad X        S-out      bas-M        
2 10 own18 14:39  Tor Dillon 4                    offtackl   pas-M        
3  6 own22 13:56  Tor Pen-Chi7                    M-cross    bas-M        
1 10 own29 13:51  Tor Dilfer to Bruce 12          M-out      bas-M        
1 10 own41 13:13  Tor Dillon 1                    offtackl   bas-Z        
2  9 own42 12:35  Tor Pen-Tor10                   M-slant    bas-sZ       
2 19 own32 12:28  Tor Pen-Tor5                    M-cross    pas-dZ       
2 24 own27 12:28  Tor Dilfer to Bruce 10          S-out      dou-dM       
3 14 own37 11:56  Tor Dilfer 11                   M-cross    bas-dZ       
4  3 own48 11:16  Tor Punt Araguz 48,Dwight 0     Pt-side                 
1 10  own4 11:12  Chi Faulk 1                     offtackl   bas-dM       
2  9  own5 10:36  Chi Young,S to Smith,R X        L-straig   dou-M        
3  9  own5 10:29  Chi Young,S to Cleeland 32      M-slant    bas-Z        
1 10 own37  9:52  Chi Faulk 2                     sweepR     bas-M        
2  8 own39  9:07  Chi Young,S to Davis,B 12       S-out      pas-Z        
1 10 opp49  8:26  Chi Pen-Chi10                   M-hitch    key-Z        
1 20 own41  8:22  Chi Young,S to Smith,R 11       S-cross    bas-Z        
2  9 opp48  7:50  Chi Young,S to Davis,B 10       S-out      pas-M        
1 10 opp38  7:05  Chi Young,S to Davis,B X        M-straig   bas-M        
2 10 opp38  6:57  Chi Faulk 9                     draw       blz1-M       
3  1 opp29  6:15  Chi Faulk 5                     sweepR     bas-mM       
1 10 opp24  5:32  Chi Faulk 8                     dive       bas-M dlR    
2  2 opp16  4:56  Chi Faulk 1                     pitchR     bas-M        
3  1 opp15  4:19  Chi Faulk 7                     sweepL     run-Z        
1  8  opp8  3:46  Chi Faulk 1                     draw       bas-sZ dlI   
2  7  opp7  3:09  Chi Faulk 0                     delaydra   run-sM       
3  7  opp7  2:34  Chi Young,S to Jones,C 7 TD     M-fade     pas-Z        0-7  
  KO        2:28  Tor Mitchell,B return of 19     KO-deep                 
1 10 own22  2:16  Tor Dilfer to Bruce 19          M-cross    bas-sZ       
1 10 own41  1:29  Tor Dillon 9                    pitchL     bas-dM       
2  1    50  0:46  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad 9        M-cross    bas-Z        
1 10 opp41  0:12  Tor Dillon 1                    sweepR     run-M        
                                                                          
                  2nd Quarter                                             
2  9 opp40 15:00  Tor Dillon 4                    trapR      dou-M        
3  5 opp36 14:20  Tor Dillon 2                    sweepL     dou-M        
4  3 opp34 13:43  Tor Punt Araguz 34,Dwight 0     Pt-side                 
1 10 own20 13:37  Chi Young,S to Faulk 0          S-cross    bas-M        
2 10 own20 12:58  Chi Young,S to Faulk X          M-cross    bas-M        
3 10 own20 12:52  Chi Faulk -1                    dive       dou-M        
4 11 own19 12:16  Chi Punt Feagles 40,Mitchell,B  Pt-deep                 
1 10 own41 12:09  Tor Dillon 0                    sweepL     run-M        
2 10 own41 11:33  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad X        M-cross    pas-Z        
3 10 own41 11:25  Tor Dilfer to Gadsden 33        S-slant    pas-M        
1 10 opp26 10:48  Tor Dilfer to Bruce INT Hitchc  M-cross    bas-M        0-14 
  KO       10:43  Tor Mitchell,B return of 27     KO-deep                 
1 10 own32 10:36  Tor Edwards 5                   sweepR     bas-Z        
2  5 own37 10:00  Tor Dillon 2                    sweepR     run-Z        
3  3 own39  9:21  Tor Dillon 5                    dive       run-M        
1 10 own44  8:47  Tor Dillon 6                    pitchR     key-M        
2  4    50  8:12  Tor Edwards 0                   pitchR     run-M        
3  4    50  7:31  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad 3        S-hitch    pas-Z        
4  1 opp47  6:49  Tor Punt Araguz 47,Dwight 0     Pt-deep                 
1 10 own20  6:45  Chi Young,S to Smith,R 13       L-straig   run-Z        
1 10 own33  6:07  Chi Pen-Chi10                   L-slant    bas-M        
1 20 own23  6:03  Chi Young,S to Davis,B 72       S-slant    blz2-Z       
1  5  opp5  5:17  Chi Young,S to Smith,R 5 TD     M-cross    run-M        0-21 
  KO        5:10  Tor Mitchell,B return of 16     KO-deep                 
1 10 own25  4:59  Tor Dilfer to Dillon 4          M-hitch    run-M        
2  6 own29  4:25  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad 26       S-cross    run-M dlR    
1 10 opp45  3:56  Tor Dilfer to Bruce 11          L-cross    pas-Z        
1 10 opp34  3:28  Tor Dilfer to Drayton X         S-cross    dou-M        
2 10 opp34  3:21  Tor Pen-Tor5                    L-cross    bas-Z        
2 15 opp39  3:21  Tor Dillon -1                   sweepR     bas-M        
3 16 opp40  3:16  Tor Dilfer to Gadsden X         L-hitch    bas-Z        
4 16 opp40  3:09  Tor Punt Araguz 36,Dwight 0     Pt-side                 
1 10  own4  3:05  Chi Young,S to Smith,R 15       M-cross    bas-M        
1 10 own19  2:22  Chi Young,S to Cleeland X       L-cross    bas-Z        
2 10 own19  2:15  Chi Young,S to Smith,R 6        S-out      dou-dM       
3  4 own25  2:10  Chi Young,S to Cleeland 3       S-out      dou-M        
4  1 own28  2:04  Chi Punt Feagles 48,Mitchell,B  Pt-deep                 
1 10 own32  2:00  Tor Dilfer sacked by Flanigan   L-out      bas-Z        
2 16 own26  1:52  Tor Pen-Chi14                   M-out      pas-M        
1 10 own40  1:44  Tor Pen-Tor5                    L-out      bas-Z        
1 15 own35  1:36  Tor Dilfer to Drayton X         S-out      pas-Z        
2 15 own35  1:28  Tor Dilfer to Drayton INT Hitc  M-hitch    bas-Z        0-28 
  KO        1:24  Tor Mitchell,B return of 23     KO-deep                 
1 10 own26  1:14  Tor Dilfer to Drayton 12        M-out      dou-M        
1 10 own38  1:01  Tor Dilfer 2                    S-out      pas-M        
2  8 own40  0:51  Tor Dilfer to Gadsden 10        M-out      blz3-Z       
1 10    50  0:46  Tor Dilfer to Drayton X         S-out      dou-M        
2 10    50  0:40  Tor Dilfer to Drayton INT Emmo  S-out      pas-sZ       
1 10 own48  0:36  Chi Young,S to Cleeland 10      M-out      bas-Z        
1 10 opp42  0:30  Chi Pen-Chi10                   S-out      dou-M        
1 20 own48  0:24  Chi Faulk 8                     trapR      blz5-Z       
2 12 opp44  0:15  Chi Faulk 7                     pitchL     bas-Z        
3  5 opp37  0:09  Chi Young,S to Jones,C 25       L-out      bas-M        
                                                                          
                  3rd Quarter                                             
  KO       15:00  Chi Dwight return of 25         KO-deep                 
1 10 own35 14:48  Chi Young,S to Smith,R 10       M-slant    bas-M        
1 10 own45 14:05  Chi Young,S to Smith,R 5        S-slant    bas-sM       
2  5    50 13:15  Chi Young,S to Davis,B X        L-out      bas-M        
3  5    50 13:08  Chi Young,S to Cleeland 10      S-flat     bas-Z        
1 10 opp40 12:17  Chi Faulk 4                     pitchL     bas-Z        
2  6 opp36 11:30  Chi Young,S to Davis,B 13       M-cross    bas-Z        
1 10 opp23 10:36  Chi Young,S to Faulk INT Jones  M-hitch    bas-Z        
1 10 own21 10:29  Tor Dillon 6                    pitchL     bas-Z        
2  4 own27  9:56  Tor Dillon -3                   draw       pas-M        
3  7 own24  9:24  Tor Dilfer to Edwards 6         B-fly      pas-M        
4  1 own30  8:51  Tor Punt Araguz 41,Dwight 15    Pt-deep                 
1 10 own44  8:45  Chi Young,S to Davis,B 15       M-cross    run-dM       
1 10 opp41  7:54  Chi Pen-Chi5                    sweepL     bas-Z        
1 15 opp46  7:54  Chi Young,S to Cleeland X       M-hitch    dou-M        
2 15 opp46  7:47  Chi Young,S to Jones,C INT Dis  S-out      pas-dZ       
1 10 opp21  7:42  Tor Dilfer to Bruce X           M-cross    bas-Z        
2 10 opp21  7:34  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad INT Gre  S-cross    dou-M        
1 10  own9  7:28  Chi Young,S to Smith,R X        M-cross    bas-mZ       
2 10  own9  7:23  Chi Faulk 1                     pitchR     bas-M        
3  9 own10  6:37  Chi Faulk 3                     dive       bas-Z        
4  6 own13  5:49  Chi Punt Feagles 34,Mitchell,B  Pt-deep                 
1 10 opp47  5:44  Tor Dilfer to Drayton X         L-straig   bas-M        
2 10 opp47  5:39  Tor Dillon 0                    offtackl   bas-M        
3 10 opp47  5:11  Tor Dilfer 11                   M-out      bas-M        
1 10 opp36  4:41  Tor Dilfer to Dillon X          M-slant    bas-M        
2 10 opp36  4:34  Tor Dilfer sacked by Flanigan   L-cross    bas-M        
3 19 opp45  3:55  Tor Dilfer to Gadsden 25        L-out      bas-dM       
1 10 opp20  3:27  Tor Dilfer to Bruce 20 TD       M-cross    pas-Z dlL    7-28 
  KO        3:14  Chi Dwight return of 34         KO-deep                 
1 10 own41  3:01  Chi Faulk 3                     dive       bas-Z        
2  7 own44  2:17  Chi Faulk 2                     sweepL     bas-M dlI    
3  5 own46  1:30  Chi Young,S to Cleeland 14      M-hitch    bas-mZ       
1 10 opp40  0:41  Chi Young,S to Smith,R 25       L-hitch    bas-Z        
                                                                          
                  4th Quarter                                             
1 10 opp15 15:00  Chi Young,S to Pritchett 4      M-slant    key-Z        
2  6 opp11 14:04  Chi Young,S to Cleeland 11 TD   M-slant    bas-sZ       7-35 
  KO       13:52  Tor Mitchell,B return of 79     KO-deep                 
1 10 opp12 13:38  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad X        M-cross    bas-Z dlL    
2 10 opp12 13:33  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad X        M-cross    dou-M dlI    
3 10 opp12 13:27  Tor Dilfer to Gadsden X         S-cross    dou-M        
4 10 opp12 13:23  Tor FG Vanderjagt 29 good       FG                      10-35
  KO       13:18  Tor Pen-kick ob                 KO-deep                 
1 10 own40 13:18  Chi Young,S to Cleeland 7       M-cross    bas-Z        
2  3 own47 13:11  Chi Faulk 4                     offtackl   bas-M        
1 10 opp49 12:20  Chi Faulk 5                     offtackl   bas-Z        
2  5 opp44 11:31  Chi Faulk 5                     offtackl   bas-M        
3  0 opp39 10:41  Chi Faulk 6                     draw       bas-Z        
1 10 opp33  9:52  Chi Faulk 4                     draw       run-Z        
2  6 opp29  9:02  Chi Faulk 4                     sweepR     bas-Z        
3  2 opp25  8:19  Chi Young,S to Davis,B X        B-post     run-Z        
4  2 opp25  8:12  Chi FG Del Greco 42 no good     FG                      
1 10 own32  8:08  Tor Edwards 2                   sweepR     pas-M        
2  8 own34  8:03  Tor Dilfer to Bruce 9           M-cross    pas-Z        
1 10 own43  7:32  Tor Dilfer to Bruce X           M-hitch    pas-dZ       
2 10 own43  7:28  Tor Garner 2                    dive       pas-Z        
3  8 own45  7:00  Tor Dilfer 10                   S-cross    pas-Z        
1 10 opp45  6:33  Tor Pen-Tor5                    sweepR     pas-M        
1 15    50  6:33  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad X        M-out      bas-M        
2 15    50  6:29  Tor Dilfer to Drayton X         M-straig   pre-dZ       
3 15    50  6:24  Tor Dilfer to Drayton 14        S-out      pre-dZ       
4  1 opp36  5:59  Tor Pen-Tor5                    S-shovel   bas-sM       
4  6 opp41  5:59  Tor Punt Araguz 25,Dwight 0     Pt-side                 
1 10 own16  5:53  Chi Faulk 12                    sweepR     run-Z dlR    
1 10 own28  5:01  Chi Faulk 4                     sweepR     bas-Z        
2  6 own32  4:12  Chi Faulk 1                     dive       run-Mi       
3  5 own33  3:22  Chi Faulk 7                     offtackl   bas-sZi      
1 10 own40  2:29  Chi Faulk 0                     sweepR     run-dZ       
2 10 own40  2:20  Chi Faulk 4                     pitchR     run-M        
3  6 own44  2:12  Chi Faulk -1                    draw       bas-Z        
4  7 own43  2:03  Chi Punt Feagles 57,Mitchell,B  Pt-deep                 
1 10 own20  2:00  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad X        S-shovel   pas-Z        
2 10 own20  1:56  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad 9        M-out      pre-dZ       
3  1 own29  1:52  Tor Dilfer to Muhammad 8        M-out      pre-dZ       
1 10 own37  1:46  Tor Dilfer to Gadsden INT Will  M-out      pre-dMo      
1 10 own49  1:40  Chi Faulk 14                    offtackl   run-Z        
1 10 opp37  0:53  Chi Young,S 0                   qbkneel    run-Mi