League Championship: Tennessee vs. Carolina
January 26, 2025 70° Indianapolis Stadium
Attendance: 63,000 (100%)
Tennessee 0 7 3 13 - 23
Carolina 0 0 7 14 - 21
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Tennessee: 2-10-CAR 13 (3:25) 44-Manuel Graham ran for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Nelson Drinnon. CAR 0 TEN 7
(Qtr 3) Carolina: 3-7-TEN 7 (12:32) 9-Willie Drake pass complete to 87-Lewis Stucker for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-George Powers. CAR 7 TEN 7
(Qtr 3) Tennessee: 4-1-CAR 13 (0:24) 18-Nelson Drinnon 30 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 7 TEN 10
(Qtr 4) Carolina: 2-7-CAR 41 (13:40) 36-Chris Nguyen ran for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-George Powers. CAR 14 TEN 10
(Qtr 4) Tennessee: 1-10-CAR 12 (12:38) 5-Donald Davis pass complete to 81-Michael Stuckey for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Nelson Drinnon. CAR 14 TEN 17
(Qtr 4) Tennessee: 4-3-CAR 12 (4:36) 18-Nelson Drinnon 29 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 14 TEN 20
(Qtr 4) Tennessee: 4-7-CAR 27 (1:54) 18-Nelson Drinnon 45 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 14 TEN 23
(Qtr 4) Carolina: 1-10-TEN 43 (0:42) 9-Willie Drake pass complete to 89-Adam Lahr for 43 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-George Powers. CAR 21 TEN 23
Team Statistics
Carolina Tennessee
First Downs 8 18
- Rushing 1 8
- Passing 6 8
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 350 431
- Offensive Plays 54 58
- Yards Per Play 6.48 7.43
Net Rushing Yards 104 145
- Rushing Attempts 25 29
- Yards Per Rush 4.16 5.00
Net Passing Yards 246 286
- Att/Comp/Int 29 / 22 / 0 28 / 22 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 246 297
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.48 9.86
- Yards Per Completion 11.18 13.50
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 13 4 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 4.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 5 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 14 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 65 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 25
Time of Possession 26:16 33:45
Drive Charts
Carolina
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:15 5:01 OWN 10 8 27 Punt
1 4:59 2:44 OWN 39 5 22 Missed FG
1 0:41 1:26 OWN 6 5 29 Punt
2 10:12 2:01 OWN 37 3 6 Punt
2 3:20 2:11 OWN 34 3 7 Punt
3 15:00 2:31 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 10:54 2:04 OWN 11 3 5 Punt
3 6:41 1:54 OWN 13 3 8 Punt
3 0:21 1:51 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 12:35 1:21 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 4:33 1:57 OWN 21 4 10 Downs
4 1:51 1:15 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
Tennessee
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:45 OWN 25 5 65 Fumble
1 7:14 2:16 OWN 15 3 0 Punt
1 2:14 1:34 OWN 46 3 7 Punt
2 14:14 4:03 OWN 14 7 56 Missed FG
2 8:11 4:50 OWN 10 10 90 Touchdown
2 1:09 1:09 OWN 5 2 5 Half
3 12:29 1:36 OWN 25 3 18 Punt
3 8:49 2:08 OWN 35 3 9 Punt
3 4:47 4:26 OWN 29 7 58 Field Goal
4 13:30 0:55 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 11:14 6:42 OWN 24 10 64 Field Goal
4 2:36 0:45 OPP 31 3 3 Field Goal
4 0:36 0:36 OWN 0 3 46 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Carolina
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#36 Chris Nguyen 4 65 16.25 59 1 1
#83 Noah Cherry 17 34 2.00 10 1 0
#23 Alvin Thomas 4 5 1.25 4 0 0
Tennessee
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#32 Manuel Graham 20 109 5.45 23 3 1
#43 William Johnson 9 36 4.00 11 2 0
Passing Stats
Carolina
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Willie Drake 29 22 246 0 / 0 2 59 0 123.64
Tennessee
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#5 Donald Davis 28 22 297 1 / 11 1 63 0 122.77
Receiving Stats
Carolina
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#87 Lewis Stucker 4 75 18.75 59 1
#89 Adam Lahr 1 43 43.00 43 1
#83 Noah Cherry 4 28 7.00 10 0
#82 Jeffrey Walker 5 23 4.60 9 0
#36 Chris Nguyen 1 23 23.00 23 0
#89 Sergio Parks 4 22 5.50 7 0
#83 Ronnie Woods 1 19 19.00 19 0
#23 Alvin Thomas 2 13 6.50 9 0
Tennessee
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 Jeffrey Tudor 3 117 39.00 63 0
#84 Jeffery Mitchell 5 91 18.20 36 0
#17 Larry Bender 4 26 6.50 9 0
#42 Peter Sanders 3 19 6.33 10 0
#82 Seymour Bautista 2 16 8.00 8 0
#47 Thomas Sargent 1 12 12.00 12 0
#15 Michael Stuckey 1 12 12.00 12 1
#43 William Johnson 3 4 1.33 6 0
Blocking Stats
Carolina
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#66 Dean Lowry 0 1 0 0
#22 John Finney 0 1 0 0
#95 Matthew Everton 0 1 0 0
#99 Jeff Thompson 0 2 0 0
#25 James King 0 1 0 0
#76 Edward Spooner 40 35 0 3
#72 Gregory Oneill 36 37 0 3
#74 Ian Schwandt 37 30 0 2
#50 Michael Sargent 38 30 0 3
#86 Gerald Dumas 2 12 0 0
#89 Sergio Parks 2 25 0 1
#77 William Clark 29 29 0 2
#83 Noah Cherry 6 8 0 1
#83 Billy Roark 10 5 0 0
#23 Alvin Thomas 18 21 0 0
#87 Lewis Stucker 0 13 0 1
#82 Jeffrey Walker 0 10 0 1
#59 Raymond Robertson 11 1 0 0
#68 Lindsey Crabtree 11 4 0 0
#89 Adam Lahr 0 5 0 0
#43 Horace Lamons 0 2 0 0
#83 Ronnie Woods 0 6 0 0
#99 Kevin Sumpter 5 4 0 0
#48 Leroy Deatherage 0 1 0 0
#33 Gordon Yeager 0 3 0 1
#38 Eric Horton 0 2 0 0
#30 Bradley Coulter 0 3 0 0
#66 Michael Thomas 0 2 0 0
#63 Jared Speier 0 2 0 0
#90 Donnie Williams 0 2 0 0
#57 Charles Hunt 1 1 0 0
Tennessee
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#73 Jeffrey Castagna 35 32 1 3
#63 Richard Thibodeaux 35 29 0 1
#71 John Oatman 39 38 0 1
#42 Peter Sanders 7 21 0 1
#55 Homer Cyr 36 30 0 2
#67 Darryl Stansbury 28 28 0 0
#84 Jeffery Mitchell 0 13 0 0
#89 Chad Shaw 1 14 0 0
#88 Mark Husk 0 12 0 1
#82 Seymour Bautista 0 24 0 1
#17 Jeffrey Tudor 0 10 0 0
#17 Larry Bender 0 6 0 0
#43 William Johnson 3 3 0 0
#32 Manuel Graham 3 5 0 0
#74 Kevin Roberts 9 4 0 0
#70 Harry Dudley 11 10 0 1
#72 Carl Becraft 11 6 0 0
#24 Silas Cruz 3 1 0 0
#68 Greg Wilson 0 1 0 0
#15 Michael Stuckey 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Carolina
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Tennessee
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Carolina
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#75 John Shoaf 0 1 0 0
#80 Robert Laflamme 0 1 0 0
Tennessee
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#5 Donald Davis 1 0 0 0
Punting
Carolina
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 James Sturdivant 7 344 49.14 49.14 53 4
Tennessee
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#15 Anthony Causby 4 191 47.75 44.50 54 3
Kicking
Carolina
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#6 George Powers 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 3 / 3
Tennessee
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#18 Nelson Drinnon 3 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 0 45 2 / 2
Punt Return
Carolina
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#36 Chris Nguyen 2 14 7.0 8 0
Tennessee
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Carolina
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#36 Chris Nguyen 2 65 32.5 0
Tennessee
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Carolina
Name Tackles Sacks
#90 Donnie Williams 9 0
#97 Eric Haase 6 0
#26 Angel McKinney 6 0
#33 Gordon Yeager 5 0
#48 Leroy Deatherage 4 0
#38 Eric Horton 4 0
#66 Dean Lowry 3 1
#34 Gary Wilson 3 0
#55 Douglass Cunningham 2 0
#22 John Finney 2 0
#30 Bradley Coulter 2 0
#99 Jeff Thompson 1 0
#95 Matthew Everton 1 0
#99 Kevin Sumpter 1 0
#66 Michael Thomas 1 0
Tennessee
Name Tackles Sacks
#95 Ivan Adams 8 0
#46 David Arrey 7 0
#57 Harry Johnson 5 0
#21 Troy Winton 5 0
#54 Leonard Rogers 4 0
#42 Richard McGowan 4 0
#24 Silas Cruz 3 0
#91 Chad Bauer 3 0
#60 Jared Boyd 3 0
#99 Jerome Drake 2 0
#67 Darryl Stansbury 1 0
#30 Edwin Hill 1 0
#56 Joel Ralston 1 0
#18 Nelson Drinnon 1 0
#45 Stephen Flanders 1 0
#92 Richard Madison 1 0