Storm 54, Bobcats 44

1998 Results | Game Coverage

AFL Preseason

Storm 54, Bobcats 44

Box Score

April 17, 1998 - Ice Palace, Tampa, Fla.


                 1     2     3     4     T
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Florida          0    13    15    16    44
Tampa Bay       14    14    12    14    54
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                             FLA        TB
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Total First Downs              8        22
     By Rushing                3         1
     By Passing                5        18
     By Penalty                0         3
Third Down Efficiency        2-8       3-6
Total Net Yards              173       352
     Total Plays              38        48
     Avg. Per Play           4.2       7.3
Net Yards Rushing             37        20
     Total Rushes              8         9
     Avg. Per Rush           4.6       2.2
Net Yards Passing            136       332
     Sacked-Yds Lost        2-11       1-4
     Gross Yards Passing     132       336
     Attempts-Completions  28-12     38-25
     Had Intercepted           0         1
     Avg. Per Pass Play      4.5       8.5
     INT Ret-Yds            1-17       0-0
Penalties-Yards             8-32     11-60
Fumbles-No.-Lost             1-1       1-1
1-PT PAT Made-Att            6-6       1-2
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-2       2-4
3-PT FG Made-Att             0-2       0-0
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        25:51     34:09

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 26 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 6:30.

Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards, 2:21 elapsed.

Key plays: Willis 10 pass to Thomas; Willis 9 pass to LaFrance.

Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 18 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 13:21.

Drive: 4 plays, 42 yards, 3:25 elapsed.

Key play: Willis 18 pass to Samuels.

Second Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 31 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 2:23.

Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards, 2:48 elapsed.

Key plays: Florida commits three penalties for 14 yards.

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 21 pass from Bryan Martin (Rich Fall kick), 8:36.

Drive: 6 plays, 46 yards, 4:01 elapsed.

Key plays: Martin 11 pass to LaFrance; Martin 12 pass to Sutton.

Florida - Millard Hamilton 41 pass from Fred McNair (kick failed), 10:21.

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

Key play: McNair 4 pass to Wells.

Florida - Lou D'Agostino 15 run (Matt Frantz kick), 13:19.

Drive: 1 play, 15 yards, 0:36 elapsed.

Key play: Bledsoe intercepts Martin pass and returns it 17 yards to set up drive.

Third Quarter

Tampa Bay - Andre Bowden 2 run (pass failed), 4:56.

Drive: 4 plays, 45 yards, 4:56 elapsed.

Key play: Martin 10 pass to Parker; Martin 10 pass to Kennedy.

Florida - Derek Schorejs 42 FG, 7:25.

Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards, 2:29 elapsed.

Florida - Curtis Caesar 14 pass from Fred McNair (pass failed), 9:22.

Drive: 2 plays, 14 yards, 1:38.

Key play: Wells recovers fumble by Parker to set up drive.

Florida - Cleveland Pratt 56 MFG return (pass failed), 13:35.

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 39 pass from Matt Pike (pass failed), 15:00.

Drive: 2 plays, 36 yards, 1:25 elapsed.

Fourth Quarter

Florida - Curtis Caesar 30 pass from Clemente Gordon (Cleveland Pratt pass from Clemente Gordon), 2:55.

Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards, 2:55 elapsed.

Key play: Gordon 6 pass to Caesar.

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 18 pass from Matt Pike (Rich Fall kick), 5:58.

Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards, 3:03 elapsed.

Key play: Pike 10 pass to Parker.

Florida - Lou D'Agostino 2 run (Alex Shell pass from Craig Kusick), 11:30.

Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards, 3:03 elapsed.

Key play: Pike 10 pass to Parker.

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 16 pass from Matt Pike (Rich Fall kick), 14:05.

Drive: 5 plays, 28 yards, 2:35 elapsed.

Key play: Kennedy 20 kickoff return.

Individual Statistics

Attendance - 6,335. Time of game: 2:24.