1997 Results | Game Coverage

Storm 58, SaberCats 34

Box Score

August 2, 1997 - San Jose Arena, San Jose, Calif.

                 1     2     3     4     T
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Tampa Bay       14     7    30     7    58        
San Jose         7    14     7     6    34
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                              TB        SJ
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Total First Downs             16        10
     By Rushing                4         0
     By Passing               11         6
     By Penalty                1         4
Third Down Efficiency        3-6       2-5
Total Net Yards              320       143
     Total Plays              46        33
     Avg. Per Play           7.0       4.3
Net Yards Rushing             64        -4
     Total Rushes             10         9
     Avg. Per Rush           6.4      -0.4
Net Yards Passing            256       147
     Sacked-Yds Lost         1-3      2-12
     Gross Yards Passing     259       159
     Attempts-Completions  35-26     22-15
     Had Intercepted           1         0
     Avg. Per Pass Play      7.1       6.1
Total Return Yardage         160       205 
     Missed FG Ret-Yds       0-0       0-0
     KO Ret-Yds            9-160     8-197
     INT Ret-Yds             0-1       1-8
Penalties-Yards             7-31      8-31
Fumbles-No.-Lost             3-1       5-2
1-PT PAT Made-Att            7-7       4-4
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-0       0-1
3-PT FG Made-Att             1-1       0-1
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        34:14     25:46

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 7 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 6:22.
  • Drive: 9 plays, 40 yards, 6:22 elapsed.

    San Jose - Steve Papin 5 run (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 10:49.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 24 yards, 4:27 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 40 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 12:43.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 40 yards, 1:54.

    Second Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Les Barley 39 run (Rich Fall kick), 2:15.
  • Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards, 1:17 elapsed.

    San Jose - Bret Cooper 22 pass from Cree Morris (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 5:47.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards, 3:32 elapsed.

    San Jose - Daryl Rogers 27 pass from Cree Morris (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 8:35.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 32 yards, 1:33 elapsed.

    Third Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Les Barley recovers fumble in end zone (Rich Fall kick), 0:00.

    San Jose - Steve Papin 56 kickoff return (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 0:45.

    Tampa Bay - Ron Adams 18 run (Rich Fall kick), 5:04.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 33 yards, 4:09 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Safety, ball fumbled out of end zone, 6:10.

    Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 29 pass from Ron Adams (Rich Fall kick), 7:36.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 44 yards, 1:26.

    Tampa Bay - Safety, Willie Wyatt and Jerold Jeffcoat sacks Cree Morris in end zone, 8:53.

    Tampa Bay - Safety, Andre Bowden sacks Cree Morris in end zone, 11:35.

    Tampa Bay - Rich Fall 18 FG, 13:35.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 2:00.

    Fourth Quarter

    San Jose - Steve Papin 20 pass from Cree Morris (pass failed), 1:46.
  • Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards, 3:11 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 7 pass from Ron Adams (Rich Fall kick), 6:55.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards, 5:09 elapsed.


    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    San Jose

    Cree Morris: 15-22-0, 159 yds., 3 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    Peter Tom Willis: 13-20-0, 123 yds., 2 TD; Ron Adams: 13-15-1, 136 yds., 2 TD.

    Rushing

    San Jose

    Derrick Chachere: 3-13; Steve Papin: 3-(-2), 1 TD; Cree Morris: 3-(-15).

    Tampa Bay

    Les Barley: 4-41, 1 TD; Ron Adams: 2-14, 1 TD; Andre Bowden: 3-9; Peter Tom Willis: 1-0.

    Receiving

    San Jose

    Daryl Rogers: 3-60, 1 TD; Steve Papin: 7-52, 1 TD; Bret Cooper: 3-39, 1 TD; Jeff Russell: 1-5; Leonard Nelson: 1-3.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 9-111, 2 TD; Lawrence Samuels: 8-87, 2 TD; Wayne Williams: 3-25; Stevie Thomas: 2-14; Lynn Rowland: 1-11; Wayne Walker: 2-9; Les Barley: 1-2.

    Kickoff Returns

    San Jose

    Steve Papin: 7-197; Daryl Rogers: 1-0.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 7-145; Wayne Walker: 1-15; Antoine Worthman: 1-9.

    Missed Field Goal Returns

    San Jose

    None.

    Tampa Bay

    None.

    Interceptions

    San Jose

    Herschel Currie: 1-0.

    Tampa Bay

    None.

    Sacks

    San Jose

    Robert Presbury: 1-3.

    Tampa Bay

    Andre Bowden: 1-7; Jerold Jeffcoat: 0.5-2.5; Willie Wyatt: 0.5-2.5.
    Attendance - 15,240. Time of game: 2:20.



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