2015 Postseason

Wrolstad, Blakeman, Corrente, McAulay get Divisional round assignments

Published

8 years ago

January 11, 2016

Football Zebras has confirmed the crews for the Divisional Playoff weekend. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years of NFL 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: generally, 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). When alternates are listed, their position during the regular season is also given. The prior playoff experience that is listed for the crew chief includes service as an NFL official, including as referee and any other crew position (excluding alternate assignments).

Saturday, Jan. 16

Chiefs at Patriots, 4:35 p.m. (CBS)

Craig Wrolstad is the referee, who is in his 13th year and 2nd as referee. This is the first season he is eligible for a postseason assignment at the referee position. (First-year referees cannot qualify for postseason assignments.) This is his 10th postseason assignment, including 4 Wild Card Playoffs, 3 Divisional Playoffs, 2 Conference Championships, and Super Bowl XLVII. His Super Bowl assignment was as a field judge.

			Yrs	2015 crew	College	Occupation
R	4	Craig Wrolstad	13		Washington	athletic director
U	81	Roy Ellison	13	Wrolstad	Savannah State	technical staff member
HL	110	Phil McKinnely	14	Vinovich	UCLA	inventory control
LJ	59	Rusty Baynes	6	Hochuli	Auburn-Montgomery	general manager, safety services
FJ	41	Boris Cheek	20	Coleman	Morgan State	director of operations and management
SJ	60	Gary Cavaletto	13	Vinovich	Hancock	general manager, agricultural operations
BJ	105	Dino Paganelli	10	Steratore	Aquinas College	educator

Replay official: Mike Wimmer
Alternates: Bill Vinovich (R), Dan Ferrell (U), Byron Boston (LJ)

Packers at Cardinals, 8:15 p.m. (NBC)

Clete Blakeman is the referee, who is in his 8th season and 6th as referee. This is Blakeman’s 5th postseason assignment, including 3 Wild Card Playoffs and 2 Divisional Playoffs; he has only missed the playoffs one season in which he was eligible.

			Yrs	2015 crew	College	Occupation
R	34	Clete Blakeman	8		Nebraska	attorney
U	44	Jeff Rice	21	Blakeman	Northwestern	attorney
HL	37	Jim Howey	17	Torbert	Erskine College	director of adult education
LJ	45	Jeff Seeman	14	Boger	Minnesota	brokerage sales
FJ	72	Michael Banks	14	McAulay	Illinois State	carpenter foreman
SJ	78	Greg Meyer	14	Hochuli	Texas Christian	banker
BJ	61	Keith Ferguson	16	Hussey	San Jose State	sales

Replay official: Charles Stewart
Alternates: Mark Hittner (HL), Steve Zimmer (FJ), Allen Baynes (SJ)

Sunday, Jan. 17

Seahawks at Panthers, 1 p.m. (Fox)

Tony Corrente is the referee, who is in his 21st season and 18th as referee. This will be Corrente’s 15th postseason assignment, including 5 Wild Card Playoffs, 4 Divisional Playoffs, 5 Conference Championships, and Super Bowl XLI. His Super Bowl assignment was as a referee.

			Yrs	2015 crew	College	Occupation
R	99	Tony Corrente	21		Cal State-Fullerton	college officiating coordinator
U	115	Tony Michalek	14	Hussey	Indiana	USA Football officiating director
HL	13	Patrick Turner	2	Hochuli	Cal State-Long Beach	plant manager
LJ	32	Jeff Bergman	24	Triplette	Robert Morris	president and chief executive officer, medical services
FJ	29	Adrian Hill	6	Hochuli	Buffalo	software engineer
SJ	80	Greg Gautreaux	14	Parry	SW Louisiana	athletic programs manager
BJ	93	Scott Helverson	13	Hochuli	Iowa	sales, printing and promotions

Replay official: Howard Slavin
Alternates: Ed Hochuli (R), Rich Hall (U), Carl Johnson (LJ)

Steelers at Broncos, 4:40 p.m. (CBS)

Terry McAulay is the referee, who is in his 18th year and 15th as referee. This is McAulay’s 16th postseason assignment, including 2 Wild Card Playoffs, 4 Divisional Playoffs, 7 Conference Championships, and Super Bowls XXXIX, XLIII, and XLVIII. His Super Bowl assignments were all as a referee.

			Yrs	2015 crew	College	Occupation
R	77	Terry McAulay	18		Louisiana State	college officiating coordinator
U	92	Bryan Neale	2	McAulay	Indiana	sales consultant
HL	106	Wayne Mackie	9	Hussey	Colgate	director of operations, housing
LJ	47	Tim Podraza	8	Cheffers	Nebraska	corporate real estate
FJ	15	Rick Patterson	20	Morelli	Wofford	banker
SJ	3	Scott Edwards	17	Torbert	Alabama	environmental engineer
BJ	83	Shawn Hochuli	2	Allen	Claremont	financial advisor