1997 Results | Game Coverage

Storm 42, Kats 26

Box Score

May 23, 1997 - Nashville Arena, Nashville, Tenn.

                 1     2     3     4     T
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Tampa Bay        0    21     7    14    42
Nashville        7     3     7     9    26        
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                              TB      NASH
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Total First Downs             19        16
     By Rushing                3         1
     By Passing               14        11
     By Penalty                2         4
   Third Down Efficiency     4-7       2-7
Total Net Yards              301       203
     Total Plays              51        46
     Avg. Per Play           5.9       4.4
Net Yards Rushing             60         2
     Total Rushes             17         6
     Avg. Per Rush           3.5       0.3
Net Yards Passing            241       201
     Sacked-Yds Lost         1-5       1-6
     Gross Yards Passing     246       207
     Attempts-Completions  33-20     39-21
     Had Intercepted           1         2
     Avg. Per Pass Play      7.2       5.0
Total Return Yardage          73       134
     Missed FG Ret-Yds      1-13      2-23
     KO Ret-Yds             4-56     6-111
     INT Ret-Yds             2-4       1-0
Penalties-Yards            11-55      6-27
Fumbles-No.-Lost             1-0       1-0
1-PT PAT Made-Att            4-5       2-3
2-PT PAT Made-Att            1-1       0-0
3-PT FG Made-Att             0-3       2-5
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        29:15     30:45

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Nashville - Khevin Pratt 9 pass from Andy Kelly (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 3:28.
  • Drive: 5 plays, 30 yards, 3:28 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Hammond 26 kickoff return; pass interference on Worthman moves ball to TB 11.

    Second Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Tony Jones 5 run (Terry Belden kick), 1:13.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards, 3:24 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 12 pass to Thomas; Barley 7 run.

    Nashville - Jorge Cimadevilla 32 FG, 5:24.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 24 yards, 4:11 elapsed.
  • Key play: Kelly 19 pass to Hammond.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 5 pass from Peter Tom Willis (kick failed), 10:36.

  • Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 5:12 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 14 and 13 passes to Samuels; Barley gains 13 yards on five carries to go over the 800-yard mark for his career.

    Tampa Bay - Tony Jones 3 run (Terry Belden kick), 14:47.

  • Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards, 1:34 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 20 pass to Thomas; Willis 19 pass to Samuels.

    Third Quarter

    Nashville - Peter Tuffo 1 run (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 7:00.
  • Drive: 5 plays, 42 yards, 3:20 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Kelly 9 and 15 passes to Pratt.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 22 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Terry Belden kick), 11:21.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, 4:21 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 8 pass to LaFrance.

    Fourth Quarter

    Nashville - Jorge Cimadevilla 20 FG, 2:19.
  • Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 5:58 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Kelly 10 pass to Pratt; Storm assessed 11 yards of penalties.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 31 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Terry Belden kick), 4:15.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards, 1:56 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 17 pass to Thomas.

    Nashville - Corey Fleming 20 pass from Andy Kelly (kick failed), 9:13.

  • Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards, 4:58 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Kelly 14 pass to Hammond; Kelly 10 pass to Pratt.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 16 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Terry Belden kick), 12:30.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, 3:17 elapsed.
  • Key play: Barley 12 run.


    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    Tampa Bay

    Peter Tom Willis: 20-33-1, 246 yds., 4 TD.

    Nashville

    Andy Kelly: 21-39-2, 207 yds., 2 TD.

    Rushing

    Tampa Bay

    Les Barley: 8-37; Tony Jones: 8-20, 2 TD; Peter Tom Willis: 1-3.

    Nashville

    Terry Samuels: 4-4; Peter Tuffo: 1-1, 1 TD; Andy Kelly: 1-0.

    Receiving

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 8-99, 4 TD; Lawrence Samuels: 7-77; Stevie Thomas: 5-70.

    Nashville

    Khevin Pratt: 6-64, 1 TD; Corey Fleming: 5-59, 1 TD; Darryl Hammond: 5-57; Joe Campbell: 4-19; Nate Johnson: 1-8.

    Kickoff Returns

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 4-56.

    Nashville

    Darryl Hammond: 4-79; Joe Campbell: 2-32.

    Missed Field Goal Returns

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 1-13.

    Nashville

    Darryl Hammond: 2-23.

    Interceptions

    Tampa Bay

    Tracey Perkins: 2-4.

    Nashville

    Sacks

    Mark Ricks: 1-0.

    Tampa Bay

    Lynn Rowland: 1-6.

    Nashville

    Fran Papasedero: 1-5.
    Attendance - 11,875. Time of game: 2:35.



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