Storm 65, Firebirds 52 (OT)

1996 Results

Storm 65, Firebirds 52 (OT)

Box Score

July 12, 1996 - ThunderDome, St. Petersburg, Fla.

                 1     2     3     4    OT     T
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Albany          21     7    17     7     0    52
Tampa Bay       14    17     7    14    13    65
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                             ALB        TB
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Total First Downs             17        26
     By Rushing                3         2
     By Passing               11        22
     By Penalty                3         0
   Third Down Efficiency     2-5      4-10
Total Net Yards              343       322
     Total Plays              36        59
     Avg. Per Play           9.5       5.4       
Net Yards Rushing              7        20
     Total Rushes              5        11
     Avg. Per Rush           1.4       1.8
Net Yards Passing            336       302
     Sacked-Yds Lost         1-4       2-9
     Gross Yards Passing     340       311
     Attempts-Completions  30-18     46-29
     Had Intercepted           3         0
     Avg. Per Pass Play     11.3       6.7
Total Return Yardage         112       205
     Missed FG Ret-Yds      1-24       0-0
     KO Ret-Yds             5-88     8-168
     INT Ret-Yds             0-0      3-37
Fumbles-No.-Lost             0-0       1-1
1-PT PAT Made-Att            7-7       6-7
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-0       0-0
3-PT FG Made-Att             1-1       1-3
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession         24:26     40:00

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Albany - Chad Dukes 2 run (Pete Elezovic kick), 2:23.

Drive: 4 plays, 41 yards, 2:23 elapsed.

Key plays: Perez 7 and 30 passes to Gayles.

Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 17 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 5:17.

Drive: 5 plays, 45 yards, 2:54 elapsed.

Key play: Gruden 10 pass to LaFrance---plus an 8-yard penalty for roughing the passer on Gayles on the same play.

Albany - Chad Dukes 1 run (Pete Elezovic kick), 9:21.

Drive: 5 plays, 45 yards, 4:04 elapsed.

Key play: Perez 23 pass to E. Brown.

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 6 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 12:18.

Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards, 2:57 elapsed.

Key plays: LaFrance 29 kickoff return; Gruden 18 pass to Samuels.

Albany - Eddie Brown 36 pass from Mike Perez (Pete Elezovic kick), 14:02.

Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards, 1:44 elapsed.

Key play: Perez 9 pass to E. Brown.

Second Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 4 pass from Jay Gruden (kick failed), 4:18.

Drive: 7 plays, 33 yards, 5:16 elapsed.

Key plays: Gruden 15 pass to Thomas; Gruden 4 pass to LaFrance on 4th-and-3.

Tampa Bay - Ivan Caesar 3 run (Stevie Thomas pass from Jay Gruden), 12:21.

Drive: 8 plays, 49 yards, 6:01 elapsed.

Key plays: Perkins interception in end zone sets up drive; Gruden 10 pass to LaFrance; Gruden 12 pass to Thomas.

Albany - Willie Culpepper 43 pass from Mike Perez (Pete Elezovic kick), 13:32.

Drive: 1 play, 43 yards, 1:11 elapsed.

Tampa Bay - Jorge Cimadevilla 20 FG, 15:00.

Drive: 1 play, 0 yards, 0:04.

Key play: Harris intercepts Perez pass and returns it to ALB 5 to set up drive.

Third Quarter

Tampa Bay - Lynn Rowland 12 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 2:52.

Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards, 2:52 elapsed.

Key plays: LaFrance 23 KO return; Gruden 6 pass to Turner on 3rd-and-3.

Albany - Eddie Brown 37 pass from Mike Perez (Pete Elezovic kick), 4:22.

Drive: 2 plays, 37 yards, 1:30 elapsed.

Key play: E. Brown 20 KO return.

Albany - David McLeod 34 pass from Mike Perez (Pete Elezovic kick), 7:13.

Drive: 1 play, 34 yards, 0:41 elapsed.

Key play: Gayles recovers Gruden fumble to set up drive.

Albany - Pete Elezovic 26 FG, 14:12.

Drive: 5 plays, 34 yards, 3:00 elapsed.

Key play: Perez 32 pass to Culpepper.

Fourth Quarter

Tampa Bay - Ivan Caesar 1 run (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 4:42.

Drive: 8 plays, 44 yards, 5:30 elapsed.

Key plays: Gruden 19 and 20 passes to LaFrance.

Albany - Chad Dukes 1 run (Pete Elezovic kick), 11:31.

Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards, 6:49 elapsed.

Key plays: Perez 9 pass to McLeod: Perez 10, 10 and 10 passes to E. Brown.

Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 14 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 14:54.

Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 3:23 elapsed.

Key plays: Gruden 22 and 11 passes to Thomas.

Overtime

Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 11 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 3:46.

Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards, 3:46 elapsed.

Key plays: LaFrance 32 KO return; Gruden 12 pass to Turner.

Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 7 interception return (no PAT attempted), 4:26.

Individual Statistics

Passing

Albany

Mike Perez: 18-30-3, 340 yds., 4 TD

Tampa Bay

Jay Gruden: 29-46-0, 311 yds., 6 TD

Rushing

Albany

Chad Dukes: 5-7, 3 TD.

Tampa Bay

Ivan Caesar: 8-16, 2 TD; Tony Jones: 2-8; Jay Gruden: 1-(-4).

Receiving

Albany

Eddie Brown: 11-155, 2 TD; Willie Culpepper: 2-75, 1 TD; David McLeod: 3-73, 1 TD; Fred Gayles: 2-37.

Tampa Bay

Stevie Thomas: 10-122, 3 TD; George LaFrance: 9-86, 2 TD; Lonnie Turner: 5-37; Lawrence Samuels: 2-34; Ivan Caesar: 2-20; Lynn Rowland: 1-12, 1 TD.

Attendance - 13,202. Time of game: 2:26.