1997 Results | Game Coverage

Storm 40, Terror 31

Box Score

July 5, 1997 - The Summit, Houston, Tex.

                 1     2     3     4     T
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Tampa Bay        7    14     3    16    40
Texas           13     6     6     6    31
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                              TB       TEX
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Total First Downs             12        17
     By Rushing                2         1
     By Passing               10        14
     By Penalty                0         2
   Third Down Efficiency     2-7       2-6
Total Net Yards              254       279
     Total Plays              42        50
     Avg. Per Play           6.0       5.6
Net Yards Rushing             25        11
     Total Rushes             12         8
     Avg. Per Rush           2.1       1.4
Net Yards Passing            229       268
     Sacked-Yds Lost         0-0      1-10
     Gross Yards Passing     229       278
     Attempts-Completions  30-17     42-26
     Had Intercepted           0         4
     Avg. Per Pass Play      7.6       6.6
Total Return Yardage          66       109
     Missed FG Ret-Yds       0-0      1-21
     KO Ret-Yds             3-13      7-88
     INT Ret-Yds            4-53       0-0
Penalties-Yards             9-29      8-30
Fumbles-No.-Lost             3-1       0-0
1-PT PAT Made-Att            4-4       1-2
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-1       0-3
3-PT FG Made-Att             2-3       0-0
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        26:04     33:56

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Tampa Bay - Grantis Bell 45 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 1:08.

  • Drive: 1 play, 45 yards, 1:08 elapsed.
  • Key plays: None.

    Texas - Lloyd Hill 22 pass from Gary Porter ( DeFelice kick), 5:07.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 48 yards, 3:59 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Porter 10 pass to Cotton; Porter 13 pass to Holmes.

    Texas - Kotto Cotton 23 pass from Gary Porter (kick fails), 11:04.

  • Drive: 7 plays, 23 yards, 4:14 elapsed.
  • Key play: Cotton 10 pass from Porter.

    Second Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Les Barley 8 run ( Rich Fall kick), 0:38.
  • Drive: 6 plays, 42 yards, 4:34 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 11 pass to LaFrance; Willis 14 pass to Samuels.

    Tampa Bay - Tracey Perkins 11 interception return (Rich Fall kick), 2:23.

  • Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00 elapsed.
  • Key plays: None.

    Texas - Andy Chilcote 1 run (Porter pass fails), 8:14.

  • Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards, 5:41 elapsed.
  • Key play: Porter 25 pass to Blackshear.

    Third Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Rich Fall 25 FG, 7:27.

  • Drive: 3 plays, -2 yards, 2:00 elapsed.
  • Key plays: None.

    Texas - Gary Porter 2 run (kick fails), 11:37.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 45 yards, 4:10 elapsed.
  • Key play: Porter 15 and 21 passes to Holmes.

    Fourth Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 21 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Willis pass fails) 1:41.

  • Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards, 4:54 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 15 pass to LaFrance.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 4 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 10:47.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 33 yards, 4:30 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 13 pass to Thomas.

    Tampa Bay - Rich Fall 33 FG, 14:08.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 28 yards, 2:10 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 24 pass to Samuels.

    Texas - Edwin Howard 7 pass from Gary Porter (Porter pass fails), 14:39.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 43 yards, 0:31 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Porter 13 and 11 passes to Cotton; Porter 13 pass to Howard.


    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    Tampa Bay

    Peter Tom Willis: 17-30-0, 229 yds., 3 TD.

    Texas

    Gary Porter: 26-42-4, 278 yds., 3 TD.

    Rushing

    Tampa Bay

    Les Barley: 5-15, 1 TD; Andre Bowden: 4-10; Tony Jones: 2-2; Peter Tom Willis: 1-(-2).

    Texas

    Jason Tarkowski: 1-6; Andy Chilcote: 2-4, 1 TD; Gary Porter: 3-3, 1 TD.

    Receiving

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 7-71, 1 TD; Grantis Bell: 2-52, 1 TD; Lawrence Samuels: 3-51; Stevie Thomas: 2-36, 1 TD; Larry Kennedy: 2-18; Tony Woods: 1-1.

    Texas

    Kotto Cotton: 8-81, 1 TD; Bernard Holmes: 7-78; Lloyd Hill: 3-42, 1 TD; Rodney Blackshear: 3-39; Edwin Howard: 3-25, 1 TD; Jason Tarkowski: 1-11; Andy Chilcote: 1-2.

    Kickoff Returns

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 1-13; Antoine Worthman: 1-0; Lawrence Samuels: 1-0.

    Texas

    Kotto Cotton: 4-47; Bernard Holmes: 2-23; Rodney Blackshear: 1-18.

    Missed Field Goal Returns

    Tampa Bay

    None.

    Texas

    Kotto Cotton: 1-21.

    Interceptions

    Tampa Bay

    Tracey Perkins: 2-11, 1 TD; Stevie Thomas: 1-42; Tracey Sanders: 1-0.

    Texas

    None.

    Sacks

    Tampa Bay

    Tony Woods: 1-10.

    Texas

    None.
    Attendance - 4,026. Time of game: 2:33.



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