AFC Conference Championship 01-21-2010 Qualcomm Stadium Temp:65 Wind:10-20 None Line:San Diego by 1 MVP:Williams 2008 Carolina (16-2) 0 3 0 17 20 2008 San Diego (15-3) 0 3 10 3 16 2 14:57 Carolina FG Stover 22 (8-37-3:20) 3-0 2 6:22 San Diego FG Kaeding 20 (15-60-8:32) 3-3 3 12:22 San Diego TD Rivers 10 pass to Gates (Kaeding) (5-67-2:38) 3-10 3 1:54 San Diego FG Kaeding 22 (11-84-7:28) 3-13 4 14:18 San Diego FG Kaeding 32 (5-22-2:33) 3-16 4 11:04 Carolina TD Williams 45 run (Stover) (9-76-3:09) 10-16 4 6:14 Carolina FG Stover 38 (8-50-3:07) 13-16 4 2:35 Carolina TD Romo 44 pass to Smith (Stover) (3-51-1:22) 20-16 Car SD First Downs 14 16 Rushes 25-163 32-159 Passes 26-14-198 27-15-253 Sacked 0-0 4-27 Fumble 2 1 Penalties 7-60 9-56 Turnovers 1 2 Time 25:28 34:32 Third Down 6-13 6-14 Fourth Down 0-0 1-2 Red Att/Td/Fg 2/0/1 4/1/3 Net Offense 361 385 Injuries: none < Carolina > < San Diego > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Romo 26 14 198 0 2 0 1 91.5 Rivers 27 15 253 4 2 1 1 84.3 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Williams 15 134 8.9 3 5 45 1 Turner 21 116 5.5 3 2 50 0 Westbrook 4 21 5.3 0 1 14 0 Sproles 8 31 3.9 2 1 11 0 Smith 1 10 10.0 0 1 10 0 Rivers 3 12 4.0 0 0 5 0 Romo 4 4 1.0 0 0 7 0 Avery 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Smith 6 0 123 20.5 4 2 44 1 Fitzgerald 4 0 46 11.5 3 0 16 0 Muhammad 3 0 31 10.3 1 0 13 0 Gates 4 0 40 10.0 3 0 13 1 Westbrook 2 0 17 8.5 2 0 14 0 Jennings 3 1 89 29.7 2 1 59 0 Avery 2 0 17 8.5 1 0 12 0 Tomlinson 2 0 34 17.0 1 0 22 0 Williams 1 0 10 10.0 0 0 10 0 Turner 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Sproles 1 0 38 38.0 1 1 38 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Romo 1 0 0 Rivers 1 0 0 Hicks 1 0 0 Thornton 0 1 0 Seubert 0 1 0 Revis 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Hicks 5 117 23.4 31 0 Sproles 5 127 25.4 34 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Douglas 3 0 14 4.7 15 0 Sproles 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Stover 2-3 38 2-2 8 Kaeding 3-3 32 1-1 10 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Koch 3 144 48.0 1 2 0 54 Scifres 3 129 43.0 0 1 0 45 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Dansby 10 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 Posluszny 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Sharper 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jammer 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Page 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Smith 5 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Haynesworth 5 1 0 0 2 1 0-0 Cromartie 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Gamble 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Howard 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Peppers 4 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 Timmons 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Brown 4 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Williams 3 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 Ratliff 3 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ellis 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Revis 2 0 1 1 0 0 1-18 Lowery 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Franklin 2 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Mikell 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 McCargo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Joseph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Witherspoon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Olshansky 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lofton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brooks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Freeney 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 Rodgers-Cro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thornton 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Douglas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Robbins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Gaither 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Guyton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:50 Car Hicks ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own38 14:44 Car Romo-Smith X Bas M-Out/PBK 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own38 14:08 Car Williams 7 Bas Dive Blo M Basic 3 3 own45 13:27 Car Williams 2 Bas Draw/PA 5-3 M Run 4 1 own47 13:20 Car Koch 53, Tb --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 12:36 SD Turner 2 Bas OffTkl-R/RBw 4-3 M Basic 2 8 own22 12:27 SD Rivers-Gates X Bas M-Hitch/PBK 4-3 M Basic 3 8 own22 11:45 SD Rivers-Jennings 11 Blo S-Slant/PBK 3-3 M Pass 1 10 own33 11:06 SD Turner 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Pass 2 7 own36 10:22 SD Rivers-Fitzgera 14 Bas M-Out/PBK 4-3 M Basic 1 10 50 10:17 SD SD Pen10(Gallery) Bas S-Out 4-3 M Pass 1 20 own40 9:36 SD Rivers-Tomlinso 12 Bas M-Hitch/PBK/RBw 3-4 M Pass 2 8 opp48 9:36 SD Pen5(Jennings) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 2 13 own47 8:59 SD Sk-Peppers -8 Bas M-Hitch/PBK/RBw 3-4 M Pass 3 21 own39 8:51 SD Rivers-Diehl X Bas L-Slant/PBK/sec 3-2 M Pass 4 21 own39 8:46 SD Scifres 44,Douglas-1 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 8:39 Car SD Pen5(Smith) Bas Dive/RBw 4-3 M Basic/Lo 1 5 own21 7:50 Car Williams 12 4WR Pitch-L 3-4 M Basic/Lr 1 10 own33 7:08 Car Westbrook -1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Key-Westbrook 2 11 own32 6:26 Car Williams 7 Bas OffTkl-R/RBw 3-4 M Pass 3 4 own39 6:26 Car Pen5(Gross) Bas Screen/PBK 3-4 M Basic 3 9 own34 5:46 Car Romo-Avery 12 3W2 M-Cross/RBw 3-3 M Pass-Westbrook/Smit 1 10 own46 5:37 Car Romo-Smith X 3W2 L-Slant/PBK/RBw 3-4 Z Pass 2 10 own46 5:37 Car Pen5(Muhammad) 3W2 Screen 3-3 Z Basic 2 15 own41 5:30 Car Romo-Avery X 3W2 M-Hitch/sec 3-3 M Pass-Westbrook/Muha 3 25 own31 5:21 Car Romo-Westbroo X 3W2 Screen 3-1 Z Pass 4 25 own31 5:14 Car Koch 54,Sproles FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 4:24 SD Turner 50 Bas OffTkl-L/RBw 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp35 4:15 SD SD Pen10(Gallery) Blo Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic 1 20 opp45 3:33 SD Sproles -3 Bas Draw 3-4 M Basic 2 23 opp48 3:17 SD Rivers-INT-Revis Bas M-Cross/PBK/RBw 3-4 M Pass 1 10 opp42 2:39 Car Romo-Muhammad 5 Bas L-Slant/PBK/sec 3-4 lM Basic 2 5 opp37 2:26 Car Westbrook 14 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp23 1:45 Car Westbrook 6 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Pass/Li 2 4 opp17 1:42 Car Car Pen10(Gross) Bas S-Quick/PBK/sec Blo tM Pass 2 14 opp27 0:53 Car Williams 13 Bas OffTkl-L 3-3 M Basic 3 1 opp14 0:53 Car Pen5(Freeney) Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Basic 1 9 opp9 0:14 Car Williams 0 Bas Sweep-L 5-3 tM Run 2 9 opp9 0:00 Car Williams 4 Bas Pitch-L/RBw 4-3 tM Basic/Lo 2nd Quarter 3 5 opp5 14:57 Car Romo-Muhammad X Bas S-Out/RBw 4-3 tM Key-Williams 4 5 opp5 14:54 Car FG Stover 22/G --- FG --- Block 3-0 KO 14:38 SD Sproles ret of 30 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own37 13:55 SD Turner 2 Bas OffTkl-R 3-3 M Pass 2 8 own39 13:10 SD Turner 4 Bas Draw/RBw 3-3 M Pass 3 4 own43 13:10 SD Delay Bas delay 3-3 M 3 9 own38 12:31 SD Rivers-Fitzgera 16 Blo M-Hitch/PBK 3-3 M Pass 1 10 opp46 12:25 SD Rivers-Tomlinso X Bas S-Hitch/RBw 3-3 M Basic 2 10 opp46 11:46 SD Turner 5 Bas Sweep-R 3-3 tM Basic 3 5 opp41 11:17 SD Turner 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Basic 4 0 opp36 10:36 SD Rivers-Gates 10 Bas S-Hitch 5-2 tM Run 1 10 opp26 9:56 SD Turner 6 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Pass 2 4 opp20 9:18 SD Turner 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run 3 4 opp20 8:38 SD Turner 4 Bas Draw/RBw 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 opp16 8:32 SD Rivers-Sproles X Bas Screen 3-4 M Basic 2 10 opp16 7:47 SD Sproles 11 Blo Sweep-L 3-4 tM Pass 1 5 opp5 7:07 SD Turner 3 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 M Basic 2 2 opp2 6:25 SD Turner -1 Bas Dive 5-2 tM Run 3 3 opp3 6:22 SD Rivers-Gates X Bas S-Hitch/RBw 5-2 tM Run 4 3 opp3 6:18 SD FG Kaeding 20/G --- FG --- Block 3-3 KO 6:07 Car Hicks ret of 21 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 5:38 Car Romo-Smith 10 Bas M-Slant 4-3 lM Pass 2 0 own35 5:28 Car Romo-Smith X Bas L-Slant/PBK 4-3 M Pass 3 0 own35 4:49 Car Romo-Westbroo 3 Bas Screen 4-3 M Key-Westbrook/Li 1 10 own38 4:07 Car Romo-Westbroo 14 Bas S-Flat/PBK 4-3 lM Run 1 10 opp48 3:24 Car Romo 7/F Bas S-Hitch/PBK 3-4 lM Key-Williams 2 3 opp41 2:41 Car Romo-Muhammad 13 Bas S-Hitch/PBK 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 opp28 2:35 Car Romo-Smith X Bas Screen 3-4 Z Basic 2 10 opp28 2:00 Car Avery -6 3W1 EndAround 3-4 Z Basic 3 16 opp34 1:46 Car Williams 11 3W1 Sweep-L 3-2 Z Pass 4 5 opp23 1:41 Car FG Stover 40/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own30 1:37 SD Rivers-Gates X Bas M-Slant/RBw 3-3 M Pass-Gates 2 10 own30 1:11 SD Turner 10 Bas Sweep-R 3-3 M Pass 1 10 own40 1:01 SD Rivers-Gates X Bas M-Out 3-3 M Basic 2 10 own40 0:35 SD Turner 8 Bas Sweep-L 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 2 own48 0:00 SD Sk-Brown -12 Bas M-Hitch/PBK 3-3 M Basic 3rd Quarter KO 14:47 SD Sproles ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own33 14:11 SD Sk-Ratliff -4 Bas S-Hitch/RBw 4-3 M Pass 2 14 own29 13:26 SD Sproles 3 Blo Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic 3 11 own32 13:12 SD Rivers-Jennings 59 Bas M-Hitch/PBK/sec 3-3 M Pass 1 9 opp9 12:30 SD Turner -1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run 2 10 opp10 12:22 SD Rivers-Gates 10/TD 2T2 M-Slant 4-3 M Basic 3-10 KO 12:10 Car Hicks ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own28 11:30 Car Romo-Smith 17 Bas M-Slant/PBK 3-4 M Key-Williams 1 10 own45 11:25 Car Car Pen10(Herremans) Bas M-Hitch/sec 3-4 lM Key-Williams 1 20 own35 10:43 Car Westbrook 2 Bas Pitch-L 3-4 M Pass-Smith 2 18 own37 10:05 Car Romo-Williams 10 4WR Screen 3-3 M Pass 3 8 own47 9:28 Car Romo-Avery 5 3W1 M-Cross/RBw/sec 3-2 M Pass-Muhammad/Avery 4 3 opp48 9:22 Car Koch 37,Sproles FC --- Pt-side --- faircatch 1 10 own11 8:42 SD Turner 4 Bas OffTkl-L/RBw 4-3 M Basic 2 6 own15 7:58 SD Sproles 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Basic 3 2 own19 7:18 SD Rivers-Jennings 19 Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 M Run 1 10 own38 6:39 SD Rivers-Gates 7 Blo S-Out/sec 4-3 M Run 2 3 own45 6:01 SD Rivers-Fitzgera 8 Blo S-Flat/sec 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp47 5:19 SD Sproles 7 Blo Sweep-L 4-3 M Pass 2 3 opp40 4:38 SD Sproles 5 Blo Draw 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp35 3:55 SD Rivers-Tomlinso 22 Bas S-Quick/RBw 4-3 M Run 1 10 opp13 3:12 SD Sproles 0 Blo Draw 4-3 M Basic 2 10 opp13 2:31 SD Turner 2 Bas OffTkl-L/RBw 4-3 M Run 3 8 opp11 1:54 SD Rivers-Turner 6 Bas M-Fly/PBK/sec 3-4 M Basic 4 2 opp5 1:51 SD FG Kaeding 22/G --- FG --- Block 3-13 KO 1:39 SD Hicks ret of 31 FMB --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 opp37 0:58 SD Turner 2 Bas OffTkl-R/RBw 4-3 M Run 2 8 opp35 0:11 SD Rivers-Gates 13 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run 1 10 opp22 0:00 SD Sproles 4 Blo OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 4th Quarter 2 6 opp18 14:56 SD Rivers-Gates X Bas S-Out/PBK 4-3 M Basic 3 6 opp18 14:18 SD Turner 3 Bas Sweep-R/RBw 3-4 tM Basic 4 3 opp15 14:13 SD FG Kaeding 32/G --- FG --- Block 3-16 KO 14:06 Car Hicks ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 14:01 Car Romo-Avery X 3W1 M-Out 3-3 M Pass 2 10 own24 13:53 Car Romo-Westbroo X 3W1 Screen 3-2 M Pass-Westbrook/Smit 3 10 own24 13:17 Car Romo-Smith 13 3W1 S-Slant 3-1 M Pass-Avery/Smith 1 10 own37 13:11 Car Romo-Avery X 3W1 Screen 3-4 M Basic 2 10 own37 12:24 Car Williams 11 3W1 Draw 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 own48 11:58 Car Williams 4 3W1 Pitch-R 3-4 Z Key-Williams 2 6 opp48 11:47 Car Car Pen10(Seubert) 3W1 M-Hitch 3-4 Z Key-Williams 2 16 own42 11:20 Car Romo-Muhammad 13 3W1 S-Hitch 4-2 M Pass-Smith 3 3 opp45 11:04 Car Williams 45/TD 3W1 Sweep-L 4-2 tM Basic 10-16 KO 10:49 SD Sproles ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own22 10:45 SD Rivers-Tomlinso X Bas S-Quick/RBw 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own22 10:06 SD Turner 1 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Pass 3 9 own23 9:29 SD Rivers-Fitzgera 8 Bas S-Hitch/PBK/RBw 3-3 M Pass 4 1 own31 9:21 SD Scifres 40,Douglas 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 9:12 Car Romo-Smith 30 Bas L-Out/RBw 3-4 M Key-Williams/Lo 1 10 opp41 8:30 Car Williams 9 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 M Basic 2 1 opp32 8:27 Car Romo-Muhammad X 3W1 S-Quick 4-3 M Basic 3 1 opp32 7:48 Car Romo-Smith 9 3W1 Screen 4-3 M Run-Williams,D 1 10 opp23 7:08 Car Williams 2 3W2 Trap-L 3-4 M Basic 2 8 opp21 6:58 Car Car Pen10(Stewart) 3W2 S-Flat/RBw 3-4 M Key-Williams 2 18 opp31 6:52 Car Romo-Cobbs X 3W2 Screen/RBw 4-2 M Pass 3 18 opp31 6:14 Car Smith 10 3W2 EndAround 3-2 M Pass-Smith 4 8 opp21 6:11 Car FG Stover 38/G --- FG --- Block 13-16 KO 6:04 SD Sproles ret of 14 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own14 5:09 SD Rivers 3 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Basic 2 7 own17 4:12 SD Turner 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Pass 3 3 own21 4:05 SD Rivers-Tomlinso X Bas Screen 5-2 tM Basic 4 3 own21 3:57 SD Scifres 45,Douglas 1 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own49 3:16 Car Williams 5 Bas Sweep-R/RBw 3-4 M Pass 2 5 opp46 2:48 Car Williams 2 Bas Dive 5-3 tM Run-Williams,D 3 3 opp44 2:35 Car Romo-Smith 44/TD Bas S-Hitch/PBK 3-4 M Basic 20-16 KO 2:23 SD Sproles ret of 34 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 2:12 SD SD Pen5(Fitzgerald) Bas M-Fly/RBw/sec 3-4 M Pass 1 15 own29 1:59 SD Rivers-Sproles 38 Bas Screen/RBw 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp33 1:54 SD Rivers-Jennings X Bas M-Out/PBK/RBw 3-3 M Pass 2 10 opp33 1:28 SD Rivers 5 Bas M-Fly/RBw 3-3 M Pass/A 3 5 opp28 1:19 SD Rivers 4 Bas M-Out 3-3 tM Pass/A 4 1 opp24 1:19 SD Delay Bas delay 3-3 M 4 6 opp29 1:14 SD Sk-Haynesworth -3/F Blo S-Out 3-2 tM Pass 1 10 opp41 1:09 Car Romo -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 M Run 2 11 opp42 0:33 Car Romo -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 M Run 3 12 opp43 0:00 Car Romo -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 M Pass