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League Championship: Indianapolis vs. Carolina

January 24, 2027
71°
Arizona Stadium (Phoenix, AZ) Attendance: 60,294 (95%)
Indianapolis 6 3 10 6 - 25
Carolina 7 0 3 9 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Indianapolis: 4-10-CAR 31 (10:50) 7-Cory McGuinness 49 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 0 IND 3
(Qtr 1) Carolina: 2-3-IND 7 (5:57) 27-Robert Quiroga ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Jamie Freeman. CAR 7 IND 3
(Qtr 1) Indianapolis: 4-1-CAR 16 (0:41) 7-Cory McGuinness 33 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 7 IND 6
(Qtr 2) Indianapolis: 4-8-CAR 20 (13:43) 7-Cory McGuinness 37 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 7 IND 9
(Qtr 3) Indianapolis: 1-8-CAR 8 (11:20) 19-Rodney Fregoso pass complete to 13-Richard Earl for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Cory McGuinness. CAR 7 IND 16
(Qtr 3) Indianapolis: 4-7-CAR 26 (8:10) 7-Cory McGuinness 43 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 7 IND 19
(Qtr 3) Carolina: 4-15-IND 27 (2:39) 12-Jamie Freeman 45 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 10 IND 19
(Qtr 4) Carolina: 4-1-IND 3 (11:13) 12-Jamie Freeman 21 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 13 IND 19
(Qtr 4) Indianapolis: 1-10-CAR 10 (9:54) 19-Rodney Fregoso pass complete to 15-Paul Boyd for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Carolina: 3-1-IND 6 (1:07) 19-Ramiro Gibson pass complete to 84-Larry Moreno for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Carolina Indianapolis
First Downs 18 17
- Rushing 1 8
- Passing 17 8
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 391 354
- Offensive Plays 65 60
- Yards Per Play 6.02 5.90
Net Rushing Yards 19 205
- Rushing Attempts 7 32
- Yards Per Rush 2.71 6.41
Net Passing Yards 372 149
- Att/Comp/Int 51 / 27 / 2 23 / 15 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 416 184
- Sacks/Yards Lost 7 / 44 5 / 35
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.41 5.32
- Yards Per Completion 15.41 12.27
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.2 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 46 5 / 127
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 2 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 36
Time of Possession 26:00 34:00

Drive Charts

Carolina

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:34 0:06 OWN 31 1 0 Interception
1 10:46 4:53 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown
1 0:37 0:04 OWN 20 1 0 Interception
2 13:39 2:28 OWN 20 6 33 Punt
2 7:41 2:24 OWN 20 5 28 Punt
2 2:39 2:39 OWN 9 4 22 Half
3 15:00 0:58 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
3 11:13 0:24 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
3 8:06 5:31 OWN 20 9 53 Field Goal
4 14:13 3:03 OWN 29 5 68 Field Goal
4 9:48 1:34 OWN 20 4 -7 Punt
4 5:49 0:20 OWN 43 4 10 Downs
4 2:39 1:36 OWN 7 9 93 Touchdown

Indianapolis

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:26 OWN 20 3 1 Punt
1 13:28 2:42 OWN 40 6 29 Field Goal
1 5:53 5:15 OWN 20 8 64 Field Goal
1 0:33 1:54 OPP 43 4 23 Field Goal
2 11:11 3:30 OWN 41 5 19 Punt
2 5:17 2:38 OWN 43 5 18 Punt
3 14:02 2:48 OWN 40 7 60 Touchdown
3 10:50 2:44 OPP 46 4 20 Field Goal
3 2:35 3:22 OWN 20 6 8 Punt
4 11:11 1:23 OWN 20 3 80 Touchdown
4 8:14 2:25 OWN 47 3 -2 Punt
4 5:29 2:50 OWN 48 4 14 Punt
4 1:03 0:35 OWN -5 5 36 Downs
4 0:28 0:28 OPP 39 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Carolina

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Shane Riccardi 4 10 2.50 10 1 0
Robert Quiroga 3 9 3.00 7 0 1

Indianapolis

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul McCarthy 18 142 7.89 21 7 0
Anthony Hamilton 11 61 5.55 39 1 0
Thomas Gonzales 2 2 1.00 2 0 0
Rodney Fregoso 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Carolina

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ramiro Gibson 51 27 416 7 / 44 1 43 2 70.38

Indianapolis

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Rodney Fregoso 23 15 184 5 / 35 2 31 0 118.75

Receiving Stats

Carolina

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Mellor 6 123 20.50 34 0
Julian Bischof 6 93 15.50 20 0
Clifton Yarbrough 4 50 12.50 23 0
Robert Quiroga 1 43 43.00 43 0
Larry Moreno 4 39 9.75 13 1
Mark King 1 24 24.00 24 0
Jimmy Crose 1 20 20.00 20 0
John Blair 1 10 10.00 10 0
Richard Oropeza 1 6 6.00 6 0
Michael Orchard 1 5 5.00 5 0
Shane Riccardi 1 3 3.00 3 0

Indianapolis

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dean Sims 6 77 12.83 21 0
Paul Boyd 3 50 16.67 31 1
Juan Bennett 3 24 8.00 15 0
William Geil 1 14 14.00 14 0
Leroy Smedley 1 11 11.00 11 0
Richard Earl 1 8 8.00 8 1

Blocking Stats

Carolina

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Steven Vickery 0 0 2 0
Alfredo Dean 0 0 2 0
Norman Hogan 0 0 1 0
Robert Quiroga 0 0 1 0
Bryan Layfield 0 0 1 0

Indianapolis

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Murray Scull 0 0 3 0

Interception Stats

Carolina

Indianapolis

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mark Paine 2 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Carolina

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ramiro Gibson 1 1 0 0
Richard Oropeza 1 0 0 0
Robert Quiroga 1 0 0 0
Reginald Swift 0 0 1 0
Shane Riccardi 0 1 0 0
Larry Moreno 0 1 0 0

Indianapolis

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Paul McCarthy 1 0 0 0
Todd Medford 0 1 0 0
Clifton Heckart 0 0 1 0
Alfred Stead 0 0 1 0
Neil Arciniega 0 0 1 0

Punting

Carolina

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Michael Hilton 5 241 48.20 23.00 52 0

Indianapolis

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Griffin 6 251 41.83 30.83 54 2

Kicking

Carolina

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jamie Freeman 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 1 / 2

Indianapolis

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Cory McGuinness 4 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 49 1 / 1

Punt Return

Carolina

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Julian Bischof 3 46 15.3 35 0

Indianapolis

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Boyd 5 127 25.4 37 0

Kick Return

Carolina

Indianapolis

Defensive Stats

Carolina

Name Tackles Sacks
Reginald Swift 7 0
Edward Touchet 7 0
Sam McCullough 6 0
Eugene Aguilera 5 0
Billy Fielder 5 0
Richard Lofgren 4 0
James Buchanan 3 1
James Bannerman 2 1
John Simpson 2 0
Raul Harrington 2 0
Robert Mellor 2 0
Greg Gordon 1 0
Aaron Styer 1 0
Michael Hilton 1 0
Gary Walker 1 0
Charles Malcolm 1 0
Michael Sebring 0 3

Indianapolis

Name Tackles Sacks
Samuel Frierson 6 0
Marvin Summerlin 6 0
Mark Paine 5 0
George Holman 4 0
Robert Acton 4 0
Gary Cobb 4 0
Desmond Okeefe 2 0
Roger Reed 1 0
Wayne Matthews 1 0
Christopher Wilfong 1 1
Scott Eberly 1 0
David Griffin 1 0
Timothy Rivera 0 1
William Moore 0 1
Troy Coyle 0 1
Clifton Heckart 0 2
Neil Arciniega 0 1
Eddie Dunlap 0 1