Storm 56, ThunderBears 25

1998 Results | Game Coverage

Storm 56, ThunderBears 25

Box Score

May 16, 1998 - Ice Palace, Tampa, Fla.

                 1     2     3     4     T
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Houston          3     3     0    13    25
Tampa Bay        7    21     7    21    56
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                             HOU        TB
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Total First Downs             17        16
     By Rushing                0         4
     By Passing               15         9
     By Penalty                2         3
Third Down Efficiency        1-8       6-8
Total Net Yards              245       269
     Total Plays              50        43
     Avg. Per Play           4.9       6.3
Net Yards Rushing             0         30
     Total Rushes             0         16
     Avg. Per Rush           0.0       1.9
Net Yards Passing            245       239
     Sacked-Yds Lost         1-7       0-0
     Gross Yards Passing     252       239
     Attempts-Completions  50-27     27-20
     Had Intercepted           1         0
     Avg. Per Pass Play      4.9       8.9
Total Return Yardage          70       157   
     Missed FG Ret-Yds       0-0      3-75
     KO Ret-Yds             5-70      3-64
     INT Ret-Yds             0-0      1-18
Penalties-Yards            11-49      7-30
Fumbles-No.-Lost             1-0       1-1
1-PT PAT Made-Att            1-2       8-8
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-1       0-0
3-PT FG Made-Att             2-5       0-1
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        33:46     26:14

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Houston - Richard DeFelice 42 FG, 2:23.

Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards, 2:23 elapsed.

Key play: Blackshear 20 kickoff return.

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 9 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 9:39.

Drive: 1 play, 9 yards, 1:14 elapsed.

Key play: LaFrance 47 MFG return.

Second Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 6 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 2:36.

Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards, 5:27 elapsed.

Key plays: Willis 17 pass to Williams; Willis 9 pass to Barley.

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 15 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 8:46.

Drive: 6 plays, 26 yards, 4:31 elapsed.

Key plays: Harris 18 INT return to set up drive; Willis 9 pass to Thomas.

Houston - Ben Bronson 17 pass from Clint Dolezel (kick failed), 11:32.

Drive: 4 plays, 45 yards, 2:46 elapsed.

Key play: Dolezel 13 pass to Hall.

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 6 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 14:08.

Drive: 4 plays, 40 yards, 2:36 elapsed.

Key plays: Willis 20 and 10 passes to Samuels.

Houston - Richard DeFelice 24 FG, 15:00.

Drive: 9 plays, 29 yards, 0:52 elapsed.

Key plays: Dolezel 11 pass to Washington; officials put one second back on clock after time hits 0:00.

Third Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 12 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 10:24.

Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards, 3:42 elapsed.

Key plays: Willis 13 pass to LaFrance; Willis 8 pass to Barley.

Fourth Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 29 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 1:25.

Drive: 1 play, 29 yards, 1:21 elapsed.

Houston - Robert Hall 8 pass from Clint Dolezel (Richard DeFelice kick), 7:24.

Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 5:59 elapsed.

Key plays: Dolezel 12 pass to Hall; Dolezel 11 pass to Bronson.

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 8 pass from Bryan Martin (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 14:00.

Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards, 6:36 elapsed.

Key plays: Martin 22 pass to Samuels; Martin 7 pass to LaFrance.

Houston - Robert Hall 7 pass from Clint Dolezel (pass failed), 14:39.

Drive: 6 plays, 26 yards, 0:39 elapsed.

Key plays: Dolezel 11 pass to Hall; Dolezel 8 pass to Bronson.

Tampa Bay - Les Barley 3 run (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 14:46.

Drive: 1 play, 3 yards, 0:07 elapsed.

Key play: ThunderBears whistled for offsides during succesful onside kick, giving Storm ball at HOU 3.

Individual Statistics

Attendance - 10,009. Time of Game: 2:26.