1996 Results

Storm 36, SaberCats 22

Box Score

June 1, 1996 - ThunderDome, St. Petersburg, Fla.

                 1     2     3     4     T
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San Jose         6     9     0     7    22
Tampa Bay        6     0    16    14    36
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                              SJ        TB
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Total First Downs             16        17
     By Rushing                2         2
     By Passing               11         9
     By Penalty                3         6
Third Down Efficiency        1-7       2-5
Total Net Yards              187       216
     Total Plays              46        39
     Avg. Per Play           4.0       5.5
Net Yards Rushing             28        12
     Total Rushes              5         9
     Avg. Per Rush           5.6       1.3
Net Yards Passing            159       204
     Sacked-Yds Lost        4-19      2-11
     Gross Yards Passing     178       215
     Attempts-Completions  37-19     28-15
     Had Intercepted           3         3
     Avg. Per Pass Play      4.8       7.6
Total Return Yardage          84       135
     Missed FG Ret-Yds      1-18      1-14
     KO Ret-Yds             2-39     5-114
     INT Ret-Yds            3-27       3-7
Penalties-No.-Yds          15-58      8-31
Fumbles-No.-Lost             2-0       1-0
1-PT PAT Made-Att            1-3       4-5
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-0       0-0
3-PT PAT Made-Att            1-4       0-1
4-PT PAT Made-Att            0-0       0-0
Time of Possession         29:55     30:05

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

San Jose - Daryl Rogers 2 pass from Tony Kimbrough (kick failed), 2:22.
  • Drive: 4 plays, 45 yards, 2:2 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Kimbrough 22 pass to Petithomme; Kimbrough 21 pass to Dixon.

    Tampa Bay - Cedric McKinnon 20 pass from Jay Gruden (kick failed), 6:32.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 35 yards, 4:10 elapsed.
  • Key play: Gruden 9 pass to LaFrance on 4th-and-4.

    Second Quarter

    San Jose - Daryl Rogers 9 pass from Tony Kimbrough (kick failed), 9:18.
  • Drive: 9 plays, 49 yards, 6:51 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Kimbrough 10 pass to Allred; Kimbrough 12 pass to Dixon.

    San Jose - Aaron Mills 21 FG, 12:20.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards, 2:28 elapsed.
  • Key play: McGuirk intercepts Gruden pass, returns it 19 yards to TB 10.

    Third Quarter

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 38 pass from Stevie Thomas (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 6:15.
  • Drive: 3 plays, 42 yards, 1:57 elapsed.
  • Key play: Gruden 9 pass to Thomas; TD pass gives Gruden all-time AFL record for passing yardage.

    Tampa Bay - Safety, Aaron Mills FG attempt blocked out of end zone by Willie Wyatt, 8:48.

    Tampa Bay - Tony Jones 2 run (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 13:57.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards, 5:09 elapsed.
  • Key plays: SaberCats whistled for 16 yards' of penalties; Gruden 9 pass to Samuels; Gruden 10 pass to LaFrance.

    Fourth Quarter

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 13 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 6:24.
  • Drive: 1 play, 13 yards, 1:15 elapsed.
  • Key play: Perkins interceptes Fresques pass, returns it to SJ 13.

    Tampa Bay - Wayne Williams 32 pass from Jay Gruden (Jorge Cimadevilla kick), 12:48.

  • Drive: 3 plays, 29 yards, 2:10 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Drive set up by three sacks in four downs by Storm linemen, forcing a SaberCat turnover on downs.

    San Jose - Daryl Rogers 3 run (Aaron Mills kick), 14:37.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 45 yards, 1:49 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Fresques 12 pass to Rogers; Fresques 15 pass to Dixon.


    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    San Jose

    Tony Kimbrough 9-16-0, 101 yards, 2 TD; Bobby Fresques 10-21-3, 77 yards, 0 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    Gruden: 15-28-3, 215 yards, 4 TD.

    Rushing

    San Jose

    Titus Dixon 2-25, 0 TD; Darryl Rogers 1-3, 1 TD; Tom Petithomme 1-0, 0 TD; Tony Kimbrough 1-0, 0 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    TOny Jones 4-7, 1 TD; Cedric McKinnon 4-5, 0 TD; Jay Gruden 1-0; 0 TD.

    Receiving

    San Jose

    Titus Dixon 9-94, 0 TD; Daryl Rogers 4-30, 2 TD; Tom Petithomme 1-22, 0 TD; Brian Allred 1-10, 0 TD; Spencer Wray 1-7, 0 TD; Jerry Reese 1-6, 0 TD; Vaughn Bryant 1-6, 0 TD; Leonard Nelson 1-3, 0 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance 5-78, 2 TD; Stevie Thomas 3-41, 0 TD; Wayne WIlliams 2-38, 1 TD; Lawrence Samuels 3-32, 0 TD; Cedric McKinnon 1-20, 1 TD; Lonnie Turner 1-6, 0 TD.
    Attendance - 14,663. Time of game: 2:40.



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