Written by Cory Puffett
Published December 18, 2013 to Puff on the NFL

Danny H. had arguably the best team all season. He finished the regular season tied for the best record in the league at 11-2. He scored at least 100 points in eight of thirteen games in the regular season and only once failed to score 90 points. That was in Week 8 when Andre Johnson was on bye, Kenbrell Thompkins failed to score and Shaun Suisham scored just one point. He still won that game, 77.5-58.5.

Both of his losses came in games where his score fell in the 90s. The first came in Week 4 when he lost to the other 11-2 team in the league by a score of 113.4-92.7. The second loss came in the final game of the regular season against a division rival by a similar score, 114.3-94.1.

In the conference championship, Danny faced Evan A., who had beaten him in Week 4. Both teams scored 130 points, but Danny managed to win on the strength of huge games by Jamaal Charles, Shane Vereen, Antonio Brown and Andre Johnson. Even though Evan had big games of his own from Peyton Manning and LeSean McCoy, his trio of Monday night contestants - Demarco Murray, Alshon Jeffery and Dan Bailey – fell just short in a 134.5-131.8 win for Danny.

Coming off one 30-point performance, nobody could have expected what Jamaal Charles pulled in the championship game. An absolutely incredible 55.5-point performance against the Oakland Raiders helped Danny take back control of the game after Brandon S. had Greg Jennings score 26.7 against the Philadelphia Eagles. That big game out of Charles put the game just about out of reach, and by the time Sunday Night Football ended, Danny won the first AFL league championship, 122.1-103.7.

Here is the box score for the championship game (team names have been changed to the names of their owners):

Sabol Bowl I

Danny Hatcher (11-2) vs Brandon Saunders (6-7)

MVP: Jamaal Charles

Season Summary

2014 AFL Draft Order

1. William Battle

2. Eric Meyer

3. Andrew Olsen (replaced by Nolan Soter)

4. Saswat Misra

5. Will Massimini

6. Mike Washington (replaced by Andrew Perez)

7. Sean Kennedy

8. Cory Puffett

9. Anthony Battle

10. Evan Ash

11. Brandon Saunders

12. Danny Hatcher

Trophies Earned

Sabol Trophy - Danny Hatcher

Snyder Award - William Battle

Don Shula Trophy - Danny Hatcher

Tom Landry Trophy - Brandon Saunders

Tom Landry Banner - Danny Hatcher

John Elway Banner - Evan Ash

Lawrence Taylor Banner - Brandon Saunders

Jerry Rice Banner - Anthony Battle

Manager Awards

Mickey Loomis Award - Anthony Battle

Les Snead Award - Will Massimini

Dennis Dixon Award - Andrew Olsen

Takeo Spikes Award - Will Massimini

Air Coryell Award - Evan Ash

Mike Shanahan Award - Andrew Olsen

Joe Gibbs Award - Sean Kennedy

Tom Moore Award - Evan Ash

Hank Stram Award - Andrew Olsen

Curly Lambeau Award - Sean Kennedy

Mike Ditka Award - Cory Puffett

Mark Moseley Award - Eric Meyer

Buddy Ryan Award - Eric Meyer

Peyton Manning Awards - Danny Hatcher (4x), Evan Ash (4x), Anthony Battle (2x), Sean Kennedy (2x), Cory Puffett

Tom Brady Awards - Evan Ash (3x), Anthony Battle (2x), Will Massimini (2x), Sean Kennedy (2x), Danny Hatcher (2x), Mike Washington, Andrew Olsen

Norm Van Broklin Awards - Brandon Saunders (4x), Eric Meyer (2x), William Battle (2x), Evan Ash (2x), Danny Hatcher, Will Massimini, Sean Kennedy

Adrian Peterson Awards - Danny Hatcher (3x), Evan Ash (3x), Saswat Misra (2x), Andrew Olsen (2x), Will Massimini, William Battle, Cory Puffett

Flipper Anderson Awards - Anthony Battle (4x), Evan Ash (2x), Danny Hatcher (2x), Mike Washington (2x), Eric Meyer, Will Massimini, William Battle, Cory Puffett

Shannon Sharpe Awards - Cory Puffett (4x), Mike Washington (2x), Andrew Olsen (2x), Eric Meyer (2x), Sean Kennedy, Anthony Battle, Danny Hatcher

Scott O'Brien Awards - Cory Puffett (4x), Will Massimini (3x), Eric Meyer (2x), Danny Hatcher (2x), Saswat Misra (2x), William Battle, Anthony Battle, Brandon Saunders, Sean Kennedy, Mike Washington

Chuck Noll Awards - Eric Meyer (3x), Sean Kennedy (2x), Brandon Saunders (2x), Will Massimini (2x), Saswat Misra (2x), Anthony Battle, William Battle

Player Awards

LaDainian Tomlinson MVP - Jamaal Charles

Drew Brees Award - Peyton Manning

Johnny Unitas Award - Peyton Manning

Jim Brown Award - Jamaal Charles

Cookie Gilchrist Award - Jamaal Charles

Jerry Rice Award - Calvin Johnson

Don Hutson Award - Andre Johnson

Rob Gronkowski Award - Jimmy Graham

Tony Gonzalez Award - Vernon Davis

Justin Tucker Award - Stephen Gostkowski

Lou Groza Award - Stephen Hauschka

'85 Bears Award - San Francisco 49ers

'98 Seahawks Award - Cincinnati Bengals

Gale Sayers Rookie of the Year - Zac Stacy