1996 Results

AFL Semifinal

Storm 55, Rattlers 54

Box Score

August 16, 1996 - ThunderDome, St. Petersburg, Fla. 

                    1     2     3     4      T
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Arizona            10    14    14    16     54
Tampa Bay          13     9    13    20     55
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                                   AZ       TB
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First Downs                        21       15
    By Rush                         5        0
    By Pass                        13       15
    By Penalty                      2        0
Third Down Efficiency             1-8      2-5
Total Net Yards                   303      270
    Total Plays                    45       35
    Avg. Per Play                 6.7      7.7
Net Yards Rushing                  23       -5
    Total Rushes                   12        3
    Avg. Per Rush                 1.9     -1.6
Net Yards Passing                 280      275
    Sacked-Yds Lost               0-0      1-3
    Gross Yards Passing           280      278
    ATT-COMP-INT              33-21-1  31-19-3
    Avg. Per Pass Attempt         8.4      8.5
Total Return Yardage              143      111
    Missed FG Ret.-Yds.           0-0     1-18
    KO Ret.-Yds.                7-128     6-85
    INT Ret.-Yds.                3-15      1-8
Penalties - No.-Yds.             8-33    10-29
Fumbles - No.-Lost                2-0      0-0
1-Pt. PAT Made-Att.               6-6      3-6
2-Pt. PAT Made-Att.               0-1      0-1
3-pt. FG Made-Att.                2-4      1-1
4-pt. FG Made-Att.                0-0      0-0
Time of Possession              34:43    25:17

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 16 pass from Jay Gruden (kick failed), 3:01.
  • Drive: 5 plays, 45 yards, 3:01 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Gruden 10 pass to Turner; Gruden 14 pass to Thomas.

    Arizona - Bo Kelly 5 run (Trey Weir kick), 5:19.

  • Drive: 3 plays, 35 yards, 2:18 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Bonner 10 pass to Gatewood; Bonner 13 pass to Schexnayder.

    Arizona - Trey Weir 27 field goal, 9:05.

  • Drive: 4 plays, -5 yards, 3:11 elapsed.
  • Key play: Vaughn intercepts Gruden pass to set up drive.

    Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 21 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 13:09.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 31 yards, 4:04 elapsed.
  • Key play: Gruden 10 pass to Thomas.

    Second Quarter

    Arizona - Bo Kelly 1 run (Trey Weir kick), 5:37.
  • Drive: 4 plays, 35 yards, 3:16 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Bonner 24 pass to Ashe; Bonner 10 pass to Gatewood.

    Tampa Bay - Jorge Cimadevilla 46 field goal, 9:08.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 10 yards, 3:31 elapsed.
  • Key play: Gruden 16 pass to LaFrance.

    Arizona - Calvin Schexnayder 26 pass from Sherdrick Bonner (Trey Weir kick), 11:38.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards, 2:30 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Worthman (TB) whistled for 11 yards' worth of penalties.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 13 pass from Jay Gruden (pass failed), 14:00.

  • Drive: 3 plays, 40 yards, 2:22 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Gruden 14 pass to Worthman; Gruden 13 pass to Jones.

    Third Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 8 interception return (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 1:13.

    Arizona - Hunkie Cooper 2 pass from Sherdrick Bonner (Trey Weir kick), 6:56.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards, 5:43 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Bonner 18 pass to Schexnayder; Cooper 7 run.

    Arizona - Sherdrick Bonner 1 run (Trey Weir kick), 13:48.

  • Drive: 3 plays, 27 yards, 2:42 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Gatewood intercepts Gruden pass to set up drive; Bonner 26 pass to Schexnayder.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 42 pass from Jay Gruden (kick failed), 14:54.

  • Drive: 1 play, 42 yards, 1:06 elapsed.

    Fourth Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Tracey Perkins 5 pass from Jay Gruden (kick failed), 3:25.
  • Drive: 1 play, 5 yards, 1:04 elapsed.
  • Key play: Rattlers fail on 4th-and-7 at AZ 5 to set up Storm drive.

    Arizona - Herb Duncan 34 pass from Sherdrick Bonner (Trey Weir kick), 5:15.

  • Drive: 1 play, 42 yards, 1:50 elapsed.
  • Key play: Beauford (TB) penalized for roughing the passer.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 30 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 6:18.

  • Drive: 1 play, 30 yards, 1:03 elapsed.
  • Key play: Weir's kickoff sails out of bounds, giving TB the ball at its own 20.

    Arizona - Trey Weir 28 field goal, 9:34.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 3:16 elapsed.
  • Key play: Cooper 41 kickoff return.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 20 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 12:05.

  • Drive: 3 plays, 44 yards, 2:31 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Gruden 15 pass to Jones; Gruden 9 pass to LaFrance.

    Arizona - Herb Duncan 18 pass from Sherdrick Bonner (run failed), 14:51.

  • Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 2:46 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Mao 4 run on 4th-and 1; Bonner 11 pass to Schexnayder.

    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    Arizona

    Sherdrick Bonner: 21-33-1, 280 yards, 4 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    Jay Gruden: 19-31-3, 278 yards, 7 TD.

    Receiving

    Arizona

    Calvin Schexnayder: 7-107, 1 TD; Herb Duncan: 4-71, 2 TD; Hunkie Cooper: 5-39, 1 TD; Randy Gatewood: 3-34; Richard Ashe: 2-29.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 8-155, 5 TD; Stevie Thomas: 4-46, 1 TD; Lonnie Turner: 3-30; Tony Jones: 2-28; Antoine Worthman: 1-14; Tracey Perkins: 1-5, 1 TD.

    Rushing

    Arizona

    Bo Kelly: 7-17, 2 TD; Sherdrick Bonner: 3-6, 1 TD; Tracey Mao: 1-4; Hunkie Cooper: 1-(-4).

    Tampa Bay

    Cedric McKinnon: 2-3; Jay Gruden: 1-(-8).

    Interceptions-Yards

    Arizona

    Randy Gatewood: 2-7; Milton Vaughn: 1-8.

    Tampa Bay

    Stevie Thomas: 1-8, 1 TD.
    Attendance: 13,572. - Time of Game: 2:36.

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