NEW YORK -- It's a chilly 33 degrees here at Yankee Stadium as we get set to begin this tasty AFA semifinals match between the Football Knights and the Caravan. These ballclubs met back on Week 15, as you recall, with N.Y. taking it 24-12. But keep in mind that the high-powered Vans were playing without Steve Young in that game. His presence could make a big difference, oui? For the winner: A ticket to Alternative Bowl II with the Houston Gunslingers.
N.Y. on the move on its opening possession. Vinny T. over the middle to Rice for 25 and the first down. Third and one now from the Chitown 32. The Vans expected Way up the middle. No, the play fake. Vinny to throw. Deep for Anthony. TOUCHDOWN! The Knights up 7-0.
Late first quarter now. The Vans third-and-six from the Knights' 15. Young to pass. Blitz. Young just getting rid of it. Charlie Jones wide open in the end zone. Give him six. This ball game is tied.
The N.Y. D making its presence felt. Look at Simeon Rice annihilate Faulk on this rushing attempt. Chicago punting. Palmer the 13 yard return to the Chitown 44. N.Y. already up 10-7. In good field position as they look to pad the advantage. Let's focus on Anthony on the play from the 10. Man coverage by Williams. Anthony getting just the tiniest amount of separation, but that's all Vinny needs. What a pass. It's another TD, and now it's 17-7 Knights.
Chicago desperate for some points before the half. Third and ten from the Chicago 31. Oh, a nice 12-yard completion on the sideline pattern by Jones. Now from the 10. Young shooting for Smith on the crossing pattern. Nice grab! Touchdown. 17-14 N.Y.
A controversial call just before the half. Do you think Hitchcock interfered with Rice on this long pass? The Zebras say he did. That puts N.Y. into range for the easy FG just before intermission. 20-14 at the half.
Look at the job the Knights are doing on Faulk. Randle crushing him for a yard loss on this third-and-three attempt. Faulk just 21 yards in 14 attempts at this point. Chitown will have to punt. Still Knights by six as we go late third period.
Vinny T. and his ace receiving corps having their way again. Vinny to Rice for 19. Vinny to Rice for 10. Now from the 14 ... Vinny to Anthony. TOUCHDOWN! That's Reidel's third of the day. Knights adding some cushion.
34-28 Knights now as we move to fourth quarter action. Greg Nims counting on his D to finally do something about that N.Y. passing attack. But it's not quite working out. Testaverde to Chrebet for 26. Vinny to Wayne for 15. Then the pass interference against Reggie White on this screen attempt to Barber. First and goal on the six. Nims is outraged by the call. White losing his composure. They're slapping an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on him for the way he taunts Way after this tackle. Reggie, turn to Jesus. From the three, Charles Way bulling his way in. I'm afraid Chicago is going to need some divine intervention now to pull this thing out.
That, or maybe Steve Young. Young has the Vans moving down field. But now it's getting sticky. Young hitting Cleeland for seven on third and ten. Fourth and three. They gotta go for it, of course. The quick slant to Faulk. He drops it! He drops the f---ing ball! That's gonna seal it for N.Y.
Dougie Cuomo glad-handing his players down the sideline as the clock winds down. What a job by the Knights. Look at Vinny's numbers. Scary, dude. 371 yards. Four TDs. It don't get no better than that. How 'bout a game ball for the Football Knights' offensive line? Zero -- that's right, *zero* -- sacks for White and the sack-happy Caravan D. Game balls all around for Ogden, Hartings, Christy, O'Dwyer, and Walter Jones.
Give a nod to Chicago, too, since we're dishing out kudos. A solid season for Nims' boys. 13-5 and a first-round playoff win. No shame in losing to this powerful New York squad. But the future is cloudy with the Young era ending in the windy city (we think).
New York on its way to Alt Bowl II, baby.
Temp:33 Wind:0-10
Chicago Caravan (1-1) 7 7 7 7 28
New York Knights (2-0) 7 13 14 7 41
1 New York TD Testaverde 32 pass to Anthony (Hall,J) (8-83-4:44) 10:03 0-7
1 Chicago TD Young,S 15 pass to Jones,C (Del Greco) (8-51-4:38) 1:25 7-7
2 New York FG Hall,J 30 (7-48-4:06) 7:23 7-10
2 New York TD Testaverde 10 pass to Anthony (Hall,J) (4-44-2:07) 3:33 7-17
2 Chicago TD Young,S 8 pass to Smith,R (Del Greco) (12-69-2:39) 0:42 14-17
2 New York FG Hall,J 30 (3-50-0:25) 0:07 14-20
3 New York TD Testaverde 14 pass to Anthony (Hall,J) (10-80-3:33) 4:27 14-27
3 Chicago TD Faulk 5 run (Del Greco) (5-53-1:47) 2:28 21-27
3 New York TD Testaverde 47 pass to Dyson (Hall,J) (4-72-2:09) 0:10 21-34
4 Chicago TD Young,S 5 pass to Smith,R (Del Greco) (12-73-5:17) 9:44 28-34
4 New York TD Way 3 run (Hall,J) (9-76-3:44) 5:52 28-41
Chi NY
First Downs 23 25
Rushes 31-132 28-95
Passes 43-25-257 35-27-371
Sacked 1-6 0-0
Fumble 1 1
Penalties 8-83 2-15
Turnovers 0 0
Time 27:23 32:37
Third Down 7-16 5-12
Fourth Down 1-3 0-0
Net Offense 383 466
Injuries:none
1998 Chicago Caravan
Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD
Faulk 24 83 3.5 1 2 34 1 Smith,R 9 1 93 10.3 0 8 16 2
Young,S 6 47 7.8 2 2 16 0 Jones,C 6 1 73 12.2 0 5 16 1
Pritchett 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Faulk 4 1 34 8.5 0 2 16 0
31 132 4.3 3 4 34 1 Cleeland 3 1 29 9.7 0 2 14 0
Davis,B 3 0 28 9.3 0 2 11 0
25 4 257 10.3 0 19 16 3
Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate
Young,S 43 25 58.1 257 10.3 16 4 0 0 0.0 1 3 7.0 98.7
43 25 58.1 257 10.3 16 4 0 0 0.0 1 3 7.0 98.7
XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts
Del Greco 4 4 100.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4
Punts Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross
Feagles 6 288 54 2 0 0 4 48 33.3 48.0
Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD
Dwight 7 175 25.0 36 0 Dwight 2 0 26 13.0 15 0
7 175 25.0 36 0 2 0 26 13.0 15 0
Defense Tkl Sk Df Hu St Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Fumbles No Rec TD
Butler 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Young,S 1 0 0
Green,D 6 0 2 0 0 Smith,R 0 1 0
Gouveia 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
White,R 5 0 0 1 1
Bowden 4 0 0 0 0
Mobley 4 0 0 0 0
Bowens 4 0 0 0 1
Hitchcock 4 0 1 0 0
Jefferson 4 0 0 1 0
Emmons 3 0 0 0 0
Flanigan 3 0 0 3 0
Williams,D 2 0 1 0 0
Neujahr 2 0 0 0 0
Green,A 1 0 0 0 0
Johnson,L 1 0 0 0 0
Jones,C 1 0 0 0 0
Parrella 1 0 0 0 0
Fuller 1 0 0 0 0
Koonce 1 0 0 0 0
Still 1 0 0 0 0
Walker,D 1 0 0 0 0
61 0 4 5 2
1998 New York Knights
Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD
Way 22 62 2.8 0 4 7 1 Chrebet 7 0 99 14.1 1 5 26 0
Testaverde 4 19 4.8 0 0 9 0 Rice,J 7 0 95 13.6 1 5 25 0
Barber 2 14 7.0 0 0 9 0 Anthony 6 0 79 13.2 1 3 32 3
28 95 3.4 0 4 9 1 Brady 4 0 42 10.5 0 2 20 0
Barber 2 0 9 4.5 0 0 5 0
Dyson 1 0 47 47.0 1 1 47 1
27 0 371 13.7 4 16 47 4
Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate
Testaverde 35 27 77.1 371 13.7 47 3 4 0 0.0 0 4 11.4 148.6
35 27 77.1 371 13.7 47 3 4 0 0.0 0 4 11.4 148.6
XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts
Hall,J 5 5 100.0 3 2 66.7 0.0 0.0 30 11
Punts Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross
Hentrich 4 187 52 2 0 0 2 26 30.3 46.8
Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD
Palmer 5 104 20.8 27 0 Palmer 4 0 48 12.0 14 0
5 104 20.8 27 0 4 0 48 12.0 14 0
Defense Tkl Sk Df Hu St Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Fumbles No Rec TD
Brooks,D 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 Brady 1 0 0
Kirkland 10 0 0 0 2 Christy 0 1 0
Knight,S 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Springs 4 0 0 0 0
Williams,A 4 0 0 0 0
Atwater 4 0 0 0 0
Boulware 4 0 0 0 0
Randle 3 0 0 0 1
Russell,D 2 1 0 0 0
Nickerson 2 0 0 0 0
Darius 2 0 0 0 0
Cowart 2 0 0 0 0
Rice,S 2 0 0 1 0
Heck 2 0 0 0 0
Farrior 2 0 0 0 0
Conway 1 0 0 0 0
Carter,K 1 0 0 4 0
Enis 1 0 0 0 0
Wadsworth 1 0 0 0 0
64 1 2 5 4
Chicago 28 New York 41 12-19-1999
1st Quarter
KO 15:00 NY Palmer return of 12 KO-deep
1 10 own17 14:47 NY Way -3 sweepR bas-sZ
2 13 own14 14:12 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 10 S-out bas-M
3 3 own24 13:33 NY Way 6 dive bas-M
1 10 own30 12:54 NY Way 4 dive blz2-Z
2 6 own34 12:14 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 25 L-cross run-sZ
1 10 opp41 11:36 NY Testaverde to Anthony 0 S-flat bas-sZ
2 10 opp41 10:59 NY Testaverde 9 L-out blz2-Z
3 1 opp32 10:13 NY Testaverde to Anthony 32 T B-fly run-M dlL 0-7
KO 10:03 Chi Dwight return of 25 KO-deep
1 10 own26 9:53 Chi Faulk 1 trapR run-M
2 9 own27 9:12 Chi Young,S to Smith,R 16 M-cross bas-Z
1 10 own43 8:33 Chi Young,S to Smith,R X M-cross bas-Z
2 10 own43 8:25 Chi Young,S to Smith,R X M-cross pas-Z
3 10 own43 8:17 Chi Faulk 5 trapL blz1-Z
4 5 own48 7:42 Chi Punt Feagles 52,Palmer 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 7:36 NY Way 1 trapL bas-M
2 9 own21 6:59 NY Pen-NY10 pitchR bas-Z
2 19 own11 6:52 NY Barber 5 pitchR bas-dM
3 14 own16 6:12 NY Testaverde to Barber 5 L-straig pas-dM
4 9 own21 6:07 NY Punt Hentrich 41,Dwight 11 Pt-deep
1 10 own49 6:03 Chi Pen-Chi5 sweepL bas-Z
1 15 own44 6:03 Chi Young,S to Faulk 7 S-hitch bas-M
2 8 opp49 5:23 Chi Faulk -1 dive bas-M
3 9 50 4:44 Chi Young,S to Smith,R 15 M-cross bas-M
1 10 opp35 4:04 Chi Faulk 1 sweepL bas-M dlL
2 9 opp34 3:27 Chi Young,S 15 L-hitch bas-Z
1 10 opp19 2:56 Chi Faulk 3 dive bas-M
2 7 opp16 2:14 Chi Young,S 1 L-hitch run-sZ
3 6 opp15 1:32 Chi Young,S to Jones,C 15 TD B-fly blz1-sM 7-7
KO 1:25 NY Palmer return of 19 KO-deep
1 10 own24 1:16 NY Way 6 sweepL bas-M
2 4 own30 0:43 NY Way 2 sweepL run-M dlL
3 2 own32 0:02 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 14 M-out pas-M
2nd Quarter
1 10 own46 15:00 NY Way 0 offtackl blz3-M
2 10 own46 14:25 NY Way 3 draw bas-sM
3 7 own49 13:45 NY Testaverde to Chrebet -1 S-out pas-Z
4 8 own48 13:07 NY Punt Hentrich 52,Dwight 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 13:01 Chi Young,S to Davis,B X M-slant pas-Z
2 10 own20 12:57 Chi Faulk 0 dive bas-sM dlI
3 10 own20 12:17 Chi Young,S to Jones,C 6 S-out pas-Z
4 4 own26 11:36 Chi Punt Feagles 45,Palmer 10 Pt-deep
1 10 own39 11:29 NY Testaverde 3 M-cross bas-M
2 7 own42 10:49 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 22 L-cross run-Z
1 10 opp36 10:13 NY Testaverde to Anthony 4 L-cross bas-sZ
2 6 opp32 9:40 NY Testaverde to Brady 11 M-cross run-Z
1 10 opp21 8:56 NY Way 6 sweepL bas-Z
2 4 opp15 8:12 NY Way 2 pitchL run-M
3 2 opp13 7:28 NY Testaverde to Brady X S-cross bas-sZ
4 2 opp13 7:23 NY FG Hall,J 30 good FG 7-10
KO 7:18 Chi Dwight return of 21 KO-deep
1 10 own18 7:11 Chi Pen-Chi5 S-cross bas-M
1 15 own13 7:11 Chi Faulk 7 draw blz2-Z dlL
2 8 own20 6:31 Chi Faulk 0 offtackl bas-Z
3 8 own20 5:50 Chi Young,S to Smith,R X M-cross pas-Z
4 8 own20 5:44 Chi Punt Feagles 37,Palmer 13 Pt-deep
1 10 opp44 5:40 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 16 M-cross bas-Z
1 10 opp28 5:00 NY Testaverde 8 L-cross bas-M
2 2 opp20 4:22 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 10 S-cross run-Z dlI
1 10 opp10 3:38 NY Testaverde to Anthony 10 T L-hitch blz1-Z 7-17
KO 3:33 Chi Dwight return of 27 KO-deep
1 10 own31 3:21 Chi Faulk 1 pitchL run-M
2 9 own32 2:46 Chi Young,S to Smith,R 6 S-cross bas-Z
3 3 own38 2:23 Chi Young,S to Smith,R 7 M-out pas-M
1 10 own45 2:10 Chi Young,S to Jones,C 10 M-out bas-M
1 10 opp45 2:06 Chi Young,S to Cleeland 14 M-out blz2-Z
1 10 opp31 1:52 Chi Young,S to Jones,C X S-out bas-Z
2 10 opp31 1:47 Chi Young,S to Jones,C X M-out bas-Z
3 10 opp31 1:39 Chi Young,S to Jones,C 12 M-out pas-Z
1 10 opp19 1:27 Chi Faulk 3 delaydra bas-M
2 7 opp16 1:05 Chi Young,S to Faulk 8 M-hitch blz1-sM
1 8 opp8 0:53 Chi Young,S to Cleeland X M-out pas-Z
2 8 opp8 0:49 Chi Young,S to Smith,R 8 TD M-cross pas-M 14-17
KO 0:42 NY Palmer return of 27 KO-deep
1 10 own37 0:32 NY Testaverde to Rice,J X L-straig bas-M
2 10 own37 0:24 NY Testaverde to Anthony 19 M-out pas-dM
1 10 opp44 0:12 NY Pen-Chi31 L-straig bas-Z
1 10 opp13 0:07 NY FG Hall,J 30 good FG 14-20
KO 0:03 Chi Dwight return of 22 KO-deep
3rd Quarter
KO 15:00 Chi kick downed KO-deep
1 10 own20 15:00 Chi Young,S to Davis,B 10 M-hitch bas-sM
2 0 own30 14:17 Chi Young,S to Faulk X S-shovel key-M dlR
3 0 own30 14:10 Chi Faulk 0 offtackl run-M dlL
4 0 own30 13:34 Chi Punt Feagles 47,Palmer 14 Pt-deep
1 10 own37 13:27 NY Way 2 offtackl bas-mM dlL
2 8 own39 12:52 NY Way 5 trapL pas-Z
3 3 own44 12:13 NY Way 7 draw bas-sM
1 10 opp49 11:39 NY Testaverde to Anthony X B-post run-M
2 10 opp49 11:33 NY Testaverde to Anthony X L-slant bas-Z
3 10 opp49 11:25 NY Testaverde to Chrebet X M-hitch pas-M dlI
4 10 opp49 11:19 NY Punt Hentrich 49,Dwight 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 11:15 Chi Young,S 1 Fmb M-cross bas-M
2 9 own21 11:11 Chi Young,S to Davis,B X B-post bas-Z
3 9 own21 11:06 Chi Young,S sacked by Russell, M-cross pas-M dlL
4 15 own15 10:35 Chi Punt Feagles 54,Palmer 11 Pt-deep
1 10 own42 10:28 NY Testaverde to Brady 20 Fmb L-slant run-Z
1 10 opp38 10:15 NY Testaverde to Anthony X M-cross bas-dM
2 10 opp38 10:09 NY Way 0 offtackl pas-sM
3 10 opp38 9:29 NY Testaverde to Barber 4 M-slant pas-Z
4 6 opp34 8:50 NY FG Hall,J 51 no good FG
1 10 own41 8:46 Chi Faulk -1 draw bas-Z
2 11 own40 8:41 Chi Pen-NY5 M-hitch pas-Z
2 6 own45 8:41 Chi Faulk 3 sweepL blz2-Z
3 3 own48 8:10 Chi Faulk -1 offtackl bas-sZ
4 4 own47 8:05 Chi Punt Feagles 53,Palmer 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 8:00 NY Way 3 delaydra run-Z
2 7 own23 7:24 NY Testaverde to Brady X L-slant dou-M
3 7 own23 7:20 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 19 L-slant pas-M
1 10 own42 6:37 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 10 M-cross bas-M
1 10 opp48 5:57 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 7 M-slant bas-sZ
1 10 opp26 5:51 NY Testaverde to Brady 7 M-cross bas-Z
2 3 opp19 5:12 NY Way 5 offtackl bas-Z
1 10 opp14 4:41 NY Testaverde to Rice,J X M-hitch bas-sZ
2 10 opp14 4:37 NY Testaverde to Anthony 14 T M-cross bas-M 14-27
KO 4:27 Chi Dwight return of 36 KO-deep
1 10 own47 4:15 Chi Faulk 34 pitchL pas-M
1 10 opp19 3:43 Chi Young,S to Cleeland X L-slant bas-Z
2 10 opp19 3:36 Chi Young,S to Smith,R 11 S-hitch bas-Z
1 8 opp8 3:06 Chi Faulk 3 pitchR bas-Z
2 5 opp5 2:32 Chi Faulk 5 TD trapR blz2-sZ 21-27
KO 2:28 NY Palmer return of 23 KO-deep
1 10 own28 2:19 NY Way 4 pitchR bas-mZ
2 6 own32 1:41 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 14 M-straig run-dZ
1 10 own46 1:01 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 7 M-cross bas-M
2 3 opp47 0:24 NY Testaverde to Dyson 47 TD S-cross bas-M 21-34
KO 0:10 Chi Dwight return of 27 KO-deep
1 10 own27 0:01 Chi Faulk 2 sweepR bas-Z
4th Quarter
2 8 own29 15:00 Chi Young,S to Davis,B 11 S-hitch bas-Z
1 10 own40 14:30 Chi Pritchett 2 draw bas-Z
2 8 own42 13:59 Chi Faulk 1 draw blz1-M
3 7 own43 13:26 Chi Young,S to Smith,R 14 S-out blz1-M
1 10 opp43 12:52 Chi Faulk 6 pitchR dou-M
2 4 opp37 12:20 Chi Pen-Chi5 offtackl dou-M
2 9 opp42 12:20 Chi Young,S to Faulk 3 S-out bas-Z
3 6 opp39 11:52 Chi Young,S to Smith,R 11 M-out pas-Z dlI
1 10 opp28 11:22 Chi Young,S to Faulk 16 M-out bas-Z
1 10 opp12 10:49 Chi Faulk 4 offtackl blz1-Z
2 6 opp8 10:13 Chi Faulk 3 dive dou-M
3 3 opp5 9:50 Chi Young,S to Smith,R 5 TD M-cross goa-sZ 28-34
KO 9:44 NY Palmer return of 23 KO-deep
1 10 own24 9:36 NY Pen-Chi5 M-cross bas-M
1 5 own29 9:31 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 26 M-straig dou-M
1 10 opp45 8:47 NY Way 6 trapR bas-Z
2 4 opp39 8:04 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 15 M-hitch bas-Z
1 10 opp24 7:24 NY Way 0 dive bas-M
2 10 opp24 6:42 NY Testaverde to Brady 4 M-cross bas-Z
3 6 opp20 6:08 NY Pen-Chi14 M-out pas-mZ
1 6 opp6 6:01 NY Pen-Chi3 sweepL goa-sM
1 3 opp3 5:56 NY Way 3 TD sweepL pas-Z 28-41
KO 5:52 Chi Dwight return of 17 KO-deep
1 10 own17 5:40 Chi Young,S 8 M-cross pas-dZ
2 2 own25 5:13 Chi Young,S to Cleeland 8 M-slant pas-sM
1 10 own33 4:45 Chi Young,S to Jones,C 16 M-out pas-Z
1 10 own49 4:32 Chi Young,S 16 L-straig pas-M
1 10 opp35 4:04 Chi Young,S to Cleeland X M-hitch pas-M
2 10 opp35 3:58 Chi Young,S to Jones,C X M-out pas-Z
3 10 opp35 3:53 Chi Young,S to Cleeland 7 M-out pas-M
4 3 opp28 3:48 Chi Young,S to Faulk X S-slant pas-Z
1 10 own28 3:43 NY Way 0 draw bas-M
2 10 own28 3:01 NY Barber 9 offtackl bas-Z
3 1 own37 2:09 NY Way 0 overtop run-Z
4 1 own37 2:00 NY Punt Hentrich 45,Dwight 15 Pt-deep
1 10 own33 1:55 Chi Faulk -1 sweepL pre-dZ
2 11 own32 1:45 Chi Faulk 5 trapL pre-dZo
3 6 own37 1:27 Chi Young,S to Cleeland X M-out pre-dZ
4 6 own37 1:22 Chi Young,S to Jones,C 14 M-hitch pre-dZ
1 10 opp49 1:11 Chi Young,S 6 M-cross pas-M
2 4 opp43 0:49 Chi Young,S to Davis,B 7 S-hitch blz2-Z
1 10 opp36 0:37 Chi Young,S to Davis,B X M-straig blz1-dZ
2 10 opp36 0:30 Chi Young,S to Jones,C X L-out pas-M
3 10 opp36 0:24 Chi Young,S to Jones,C X L-out pas-Mo
4 10 opp36 0:16 Chi Young,S to Smith,R X S-out pas-dM
1 10 own36 0:09 NY Testaverde -1 qbkneel blz2-mM