1998 Results | Game Coverage

Storm 71, Barnstormers 44

Box Score

July 25, 1998 - Ice Palace, Tampa, Fla. 

                 1     2     3     4     T
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Iowa             7    10     7    20    44    
Tampa Bay       14    28    16    13    71  
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                              IA        TB
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Total First Downs             16        18
     By Rushing                0         1
     By Passing               13        13
     By Penalty                3         4
Third Down Efficiency        3-7       2-3
Total Net Yards              256       317
     Total Plays              48        31
     Avg. Per Play           5.3      10.2
Net Yards Rushing             10        31
     Total Rushes              5         6
     Avg. Per Rush           2.0       5.2
Net Yards Passing            246       286
     Sacked-Yds Lost        4-27       0-0
     Gross Yards Passing     273       286
     Attempts-Completions  39-24     25-16
     Had Intercepted           2         0
     Avg. Per Pass Play      6.3      11.4
Total Return Yardage         135       143   
     Missed FG Ret-Yds      1-23       1-8
     KO Ret-Yds           10-112      6-96
     INT Ret-Yds             0-0      2-39
Penalties-Yards             9-44      5-29
Fumbles-No.-Lost             3-1       1-1
1-PT PAT Made-Att            5-6      9-10
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-0       0-0
3-PT FG Made-Att             1-3       0-1
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        38:34     21:26

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 4 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 4:30.
  • Drive: 2 plays, 4 yards, 1:35 elapsed.
  • Key play: Wyatt blocks Opstad FG attempt to set up drive.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 28 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 9:41.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 39 yards, 2:02 elapsed.
  • Key play: Rowland and Houghton force a Garcia fumble, recovered by Bowden, to set up drive.

    Iowa - Mike Horacek 2 pass from Aaron Garcia (Steve Opstad kick), 15:00.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 36 yards, 5:19 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Storm whistled for two pass interference penalties.

    Second Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Andre Bowden 13 run (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 3:50.
  • Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, 3:50 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 10 and 19 passes to Mays.

    Iowa - Leonard Conley 28 pass from Aaron Garcia (Steve Opstad kick), 6:50.

  • Drive: 3 plays, 46 yards, 2:20 elapsed.
  • Key play: Garcia 18 pass to Conley.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 40 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 7:54.

  • Drive: 1 play, 45 yards, 1:44 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 16 interception return (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 9:10.

    Iowa - Steve Opstad 27 FG, 13:31.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards, 4:21 elapsed.
  • Key play: Garcia 18 pass to Swayne.

    Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 17 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 14:39.

  • Drive: 3 plays, 22 yards, 1:08 elapsed.
  • Key play: Opstad kickoff goes out of bounds, then Catchings commits an unnecessary roughness penalty, giving Storm possession at the IA 22.

    Third Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Les Barley 1 run (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 4:14.
  • Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards, 4:14 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 11 and 12 passes to Thomas.

    Tampa Bay - Safety, Aaron Garcia sacked by Robert "Pig" Goff, 4:57.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 42 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 5:55.

  • Drive: 1 play, 42 yards, 0:58 elapsed.

    Iowa - John Motton 2 run (Steve Opstad kick), 15:00.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 29 yards, 2:57 elapsed.
  • Key play: Garcia 23 pass to Horacek.

    Fourth Quarter

    Iowa - Carlos James 12 pass from Aaron Garcia (kick failed), 2:38.
  • Drive: 2 plays, 19 yards, 1:40 elapsed.
  • Key play: Iowa recovers Barley fumble to set up drive.

    Tampa Bay - Antoine Worthman 30 pass from Ron Adams (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 4:09.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 42 yards, 1:31 elapsed.
  • Key play: Adams 12 pass to LaFrance.

    Iowa - Kevin Swayne 12 pass from Aaron Garcia (Steve Opstad kick), 8:05.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 45 yards, 3:55 elapsed.
  • Key play: Garcia 31 pass to Conley.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 11 pass from Ron Adams (kick failed), 10:42.

  • Drive: 3 plays, 38 yards, 2:37 elapsed.
  • Key play: Adams 27 pass to Williams.

    Iowa - Tom Petithomme 1 run (Steve Opstad kick), 14:28.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards, 3:40 elapsed.
  • Key play: Garcia 18 pass to Horacek.

    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    Iowa

    Aaron Garcia: 24-39-2, 273 yds., 4 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    Peter Tom Willis: 11-16-0, 199 yds., 5 TD; Ron Adams: 5-9-0, 87 yds., 2 TD.

    Rushing

    Iowa

    John Motton: 2-5, 1 TD; Leonard Conley: 1-4; Tom Petithomme: 2-1, 1 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    Les Barley: 4-17, 1 TD; Andre Bowden: 2-14, 1 TD.

    Receiving

    Iowa

    Leonard Conley: 5-95, 1 TD; Kevin Swayne: 8-74, 1 TD; Mike Horacek: 5-63, 1 TD; Carlos James: 4-38, 1 TD; Lamart Cooper: 2-3.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 6-140, 4 TD; Alvoid Mays: 2-29; Stevie Thomas: 3-27, 1 TD; Lawrence Samuels: 2-25, 1 TD; Antoine Worthman: 1-30, 1 TD; Wayne Williams: 1-27; Lynn Rowland: 1-8.

    Kickoff Returns

    Iowa

    Leonard Conley: 4-80; Lamart Cooper: 5-32; Kevin Swayne: 1-0.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 5-81; Wayne Williams: 1-15.

    Missed Field Goal Returns

    Iowa

    Kevin Swayne: 1-23.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 1-8.

    Interceptions

    Iowa

    None.

    Tampa Bay

    Tracey Perkins: 1-23; Lawrence Samuels: 1-16, 1 TD.

    Sacks

    Iowa

    None.

    Tampa Bay

    Lynn Rowland: 2-11; Robert "Pig" Goff: 1-10; Les Barley: 1-6.
    Attendance - 14,007. Time of Game: 2:24.

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