Monthly Archives: September 2012

San Diego vs Kansas City

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Actual:  Tommy Booker booted a 28-yard field goal with 49 seconds left enabling Kansas City to tie San Diego. Kansas City held a 7-3 lead entering the fourth quarter on Len Dawson’s 12-yard scoring toss to rookie Otis Taylor but the Charger’s Leslie Duncan sprinted 66 yards with a punt by Jerrel Wilson to score.  The tie kept the Chargers in first place in the Western Division with two victories and a tie, while Kansas City was left with a 1-1-1 mark.

In the Chargers first two games, Lance Alworth had 11 receptions for 277 yards and a 25.2-yard average.  However in this game, defensive back, Fred Williamson, only allowed the flanker two catches.

APBA Game Summary 11

Kickoff Return

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Alignment

  • The five front line players on the return team will line up 10 yards and six inches from the football.
  • The tackles align between the numbers and the hash marks. The guards align on each hash mark.
  • The center aligns opposite the kicker. 
  • The ends align at the 35-yard line, each two yards outside the hash marks.
  • The upbacks line up at the hash marks, just inside the 15-yard line.
  • The alignment of the returner varies, depending on the leg strength of the kicker, between the five-yard line and the goal line.

After the Kick

  • The front line turns and runs full speed toward the 35-yard line, each player ending up within arm’s length of each other and turning to choose a defender to block.
  • The ends run full speed to the 15-yard line, aligning on the outside shoulders of the upbacks.
  • The upbacks back pedal three yards and to the middle of the field.
  • The ends and upbacks form a secondary wedge and seek out defenders not picked up by the front wedge of blockers.
  • The returner not catching the football will move in front of the other returner and lead block.
  • The returner catching the football runs into the double wedge created by the blockers

I always try to use reserve players on special teams, however, if there are not enough players or particular reserve player is injured, I will use the starters for that position.  If a returner is carded OA/OB, use an OC carded player at 010. If I have a lot of players rated OC, I use them at the End positions.

Personnel

  • o1. End – Use  either a EB, DB, HB, or FB
  • o2. Tackle – ET
  • o3. Guard – Outside LB
  • o4. Center – Offensive Guard (OG)
  • o5. Guard – Outside LB
  • o6. Tackle – ET
  • o7. End –   Use  either a EB, DB, HB, or FB
  • o8. Upback – OC carded player
  • o9. Primary Returner – OA carded player
  • o10. Secondary Returner – OB carded player
  • o11. Upback – OC carded player

The next post will address Punt Return.

Buffalo vs New York

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Actual:  Joe Namath made a $400,000 impression by turning in possibly the best passing show any rookie has put on in his first start as a professional Sunday against the toughest defense in the American Football League. Namath, signed by the Jets off the Alabama campus for six-figure bonus, piled up 287 yards passing, hitting 19 of 40 attempts, including two for touchdowns.   He had the Jets on the verge of upsetting the Bills with five minutes left in the game.  New York pulled within five points at 26-21 before the Bills took over and drove 66 yards for the insurance touchdown.  Jack Kemp, a nine-year veteran, had an even better day – perhaps Kemp’s best in a Buffalo uniform – passing the Bills to a 33-21 triumph over the Jets. He completed 22 of 37 passes for 292 yards and threw a scoring strike to Elbert Dubenion.

APBA Game Summary 10