Storm 45, SaberCats 23

1998 Results | Game Coverage

Storm 45, SaberCats 23

Box Score

May 1, 1998 - San Jose Arena, San Jose, Calif.

                 1     2     3     4     T
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Tampa Bay       14    13    14     2    45        
San Jose         7     6    10     0    23
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                              TB        SJ
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Total First Downs             13        11
     By Rushing                3         0
     By Passing               10        10
     By Penalty                0         1
Third Down Efficiency        0-3      2-10
Total Net Yards              296       221
     Total Plays              39        44
     Avg. Per Play           7.6       5.0
Net Yards Rushing             41        12
     Total Rushes              9         6
     Avg. Per Rush           4.6       2.0
Net Yards Passing            247       209
     Sacked-Yds Lost         0-0      3-20
     Gross Yards Passing     247       229
     Attempts-Completions  29-19     35-15
     Had Intercepted           2         0
     Avg. Per Pass Play      8.5       5.5
Total Return Yardage          97       126 
     Missed FG Ret-Yds      2-18       1-4
     KO Ret-Yds             6-79     6-122
     INT Ret-Yds             0-0       2-0
Penalties-Yards             8-39     11-71
Fumbles-No.-Lost             2-2       3-0
1-PT PAT Made-Att            5-6       2-2
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-0       0-0
3-PT FG Made-Att             0-1       3-6
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        29:21     30:39

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

San Jose - Shalon Baker 14 pass from Cree Morris (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 4:17.

Drive: 1 play, 14 yards, 1:37 elapsed.

Key play: Nelson recovers Willis fumble to set up drive.

Tampa Bay - Wayne Walker 42 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 9:34.

Drive: 1 play, 42 yards, 1:09 elapsed.

Tampa Bay - Les Barley 2 run (Rich Fall kick), 13:33.

Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 5:22 elapsed.

Key plays: Willis 9 pass to Walker; Willis 11 and 10 passes to Samuels.

Second Quarter

San Jose - Billy Stoyanovich 21 FG, 3:48.

Drive: 7 plays, 31 yards, 5:15 elapsed.

Key play: Morris 31 pass to Papin.

Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 3 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 7:48.

Drive: 4 plays, 46 yards, 4:00 elapsed.

Key play: Willis 42 pass to Walker.

Tampa Bay - Les Barley 25 run (kick failed), 14:00.

Drive: 3 plays, 48 yards, 2:13 elapsed.

Key plays: Willis two 10 passes to Samuels.

San Jose - Billy Stoyanovich 32 FG, 14:47.

Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards, 0:47 elapsed.

Key play: Papin 31 kickoff return.

Third Quarter

San Jose - Steve Papin 47 pass from Cree Morris (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 2:59.

Drive: 1 play, 47 yards, 0:00 elapsed.

Key play: Currie intercepts pass to set up drive.

Tampa Bay - Wayne Walker 37 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 4:21.

Drive: 1 play, 37 yards, 1:22 elapsed.

San Jose - Billy Stoyanovich 39 FG, 9:18.

Drive: 7 plays, 14 yards, 4:57 elapsed.

Key play: Morris 14 pass to Baker.

Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 9 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Rich Fall kick), 10:42.

Drive: 2 plays, 9 yards, 1:24 elapsed.

Key play: Barley recovers onside kickoff to set up drive.

Tampa Bay - Safety, Cree Morris falls on ball and is tagged by Les Barley in end zone, 10:59.

Fourth Quarter

Tampa Bay - Safety, Cree Morris sacked by Andre Bowden in end zone, 5:31.

Individual Statistics

Attendance - 14,028. Time of game: 2:20.