Referee assignments for Wild Card games: Anderson, Vinovich, Triplette, Hochuli

Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Wild Card weekend. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years experience (including this season), the crew each official worked with in the regular season (by the referee’s name), college, and outside occupation.

All times are Eastern.

Three alternates are assigned to each game: one is designated for the offensive backfield (a referee or umpire), one is on the line of scrimmage (head linesman or line judge), and one is a deep position (side judge, field judge, or back judge).

The prior playoff experience listed for the crew chief includes his service as an NFL official, including as referee and any other crew position (excluding alternate assignments).

Saturday, Jan. 4

AFC Wild Card: Chiefs at Colts, 4:30 p.m. (NBC)

Walt Anderson is the referee, who is in his 18th season and 11th as referee. This is Anderson’s 16th postseason assignment (8 Wild Card Playoffs, 2 Divisional Playoffs, 4 Conference Championships, and Super Bowls XXXV and XLV).

Â	Â	Â	Yr.	Crew	College	Occupation
R	66	Walt Anderson	18	Â	Texas	college officiating coordinator, retired dentist
U	44	Jeff Rice	19	Anderson	Northwestern	attorney
HL	22	Steve Stelljes	12	Anderson	Friends	business planning manager
LJ	108	Gary Arthur	17	Winter	Wright State	president, commercial printing company
FJ	82	Buddy Horton	15	Anderson	Oregon State	water service worker
SJ	67	Doug Rosenbaum	13	Carey	Illinois Wesleyan	financial consultant
BJ	61	Keith Ferguson	14	Leavy	San Jose State	sales

• Alternates: Undrey Wash (backfield), Ed Camp (linesman), Laird Hayes (deep)
• Replay official: Bob McGrath
• Replay assistant: Russell Yurk
• Supervisor: TBA
• Observer: TBA

Last season, Stelljes was assigned to the Super Bowl and Rosenbaum to the AFC Conference Championship.

NFC Wild Card: Saints at Eagles, 8 p.m. (NBC)

Bill Vinovich is the referee, who is in his 8th year and 5th as referee. This is his 5th postseason assignment (2 Wild Card Playoffs, 2 Divisional Playoffs, and 1 Conference Championship).

Â	Â	Â	Yr.	Crew	College	Occupation
R	52	Bill Vinovich	9	Â	San Diego	accountant, former NFL officiating supervisor
U	81	Roy Ellison	11	Coleman	Savannah State	technical staff member
HL	91	Jerry Bergman	12	Coleman	Robert Morris	sales executive
LJ	9	Mark Perlman	13	Leavy	Salem	teacher
FJ	33	Steve Zimmer	17	Vinovich	Hofstra	attorney
SJ	58	Jimmy DeBell	5	Vinovich	SUNY-Brockport	physical education teacher and golf coach
BJ	63	Jim Quirk	4	Vinovich	Middlebury	financial advisor

• Alternates: Scott Green (backfield), Jeff Lamberth (linesman), Jimmy Buchanan (deep)
• Replay official: Bill Spyksma
• Replay assistant: Terry Sullivan
• Supervisor: TBA
• Observer: TBA

Sunday, Jan. 5

AFC Wild Card: Chargers at Bengals, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Jeff Triplette is the referee, who is in his 18th season and 15th as referee. This is Triplette’s 12th postseason assignment (7 Wild Card Playoffs, 4 Divisional Playoffs, and 1 Conference Championship).

Â	Â	Â	Yr.	Crew	College	Occupation
R	42	Jeff Triplette	18	Â	Wake Forest	restructuring consultant
U	40	Butch Hannah	15	Triplette	Middle Tennessee State	retired federal probation officer
HL	5	John McGrath	12	Leavy	Kentucky	vice president of sales
LJ	32	Jeff Bergman	22	Triplette	Robert Morris	president and chief executive officer, medical services
FJ	80	Greg Gautreaux	12	Coleman	SW Louisiana	athletic programs manager
SJ	116	Mike Weatherford	12	Steratore	Oklahoma State	energy trader
BJ	12	Greg Steed	11	Winter	Howard	computer systems analyst

• Alternates: Phil McKinnely (linesman), Dave Meslow (deep), Tony Steratore (deep)
• Replay official: Al Hynes
• Replay assistant: Don Langeloh
• Supervisor: TBA
• Observer: TBA

NFC Wild Card: 49ers at Packers, 4:30 p.m. (Fox)

Ed Hochuli is the referee. This is his 24th year as referee and 22nd as referee. This is Hochuli’s 22nd postseason assignment, the most of any active official (7 Wild Card Playoffs, 6 Divisional Playoffs, 7 Conference Championships, and Super Bowls XXXII and XXXVIII).

Â	Â	Â	Yr.	Crew	College	Occupation
R	85	Ed Hochuli	24	Â	Texas-El Paso	attorney
U	49	Rich Hall	10	Hochuli	Arizona	custom cabinetry
HL	28	Mark Hittner	17	Hochuli	Pittsburg State	investment broker
LJ	107	Ron Marinucci	17	Blakeman	Glassboro State	vice president, novelty cone company
FJ	50	Mike Weir	12	Carey	Missouri	owner, sporting goods store
SJ	95	James Coleman	9	McAulay	Arkansas	electrical engineer
BJ	27	Lee Dyer	11	McAulay	Tennessee-Chattanooga	sales manager

• Alternates: Mike Spanier (linesman), Larry Rose (deep), Terry Brown (deep)
• Replay official: Tom Sifferman
• Replay assistant: Roger Ruth
• Supervisor: TBA
• Observer: TBA