1997 Results | Game Coverage

Storm 38, Bobcats 19

Box Score

May 10, 1997 - Ice Palace, Tampa, Fla.

                 1     2     3     4     T
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Florida          0     7     0    12    19    
Tampa Bay        6     9     3    20    38          
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                             FLA        TB
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Total First Downs             10        19
     By Rushing                1         1
     By Passing                7        16
     By Penalty                2         2
   Third Down Efficiency     2-8       4-9
Total Net Yards              179       250
     Total Plays              46        47
     Avg. Per Play           3.8       5.3
Net Yards Rushing              8        24
     Total Rushes              8        10
     Avg. Per Rush           1.0       2.4
Net Yards Passing            171       226
     Sacked-Yds Lost         0-0       0-0
     Gross Yards Passing     171       226
     Attempts-Completions  38-17     37-20
     Had Intercepted           1         1
     Avg. Per Pass Play      4.5       6.1
Total Return Yardage         129        56
     Missed FG Ret-Yds      1-18      1-26
     KO Ret-Yds            5-111      2-30
     INT Ret-Yds             1-0       1-0
Penalties-Yards             5-25      9-39
Fumbles-No.-Lost             1-1       1-0
1-PT PAT Made-Att            1-2       2-4
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-1       0-1
3-PT FG Made-Att             0-2       2-4
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession         28:02     31:58

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 7 pass from Peter Tom Willis (kick failed), 10:36.
  • Drive: 7 plays, 34 yards, 5:05 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 10 and 18 passes to Thomas.

    Second Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 33 pass from Peter Tom Willis (pass failed), 4:40.
  • Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards, 2:00 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 12 pass to LaFrance.

    Florida - Millard Hamilton 5 pass from Tom Luginbill (Chris Drennan kick), 14:39.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, 1:53 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Luginbill 20 pass to Pratt; Storm assessed eight yards in penalties inside their own 20.

    Tampa Bay - Terry Belden 32 FG, 15:00.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 29 yards, 0:21 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 16 pass to Samuels; Willis 13 pass to Thomas.

    Third Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Terry Belden 20 FG, 6:26.
  • Drive: 9 plays, 36 yards, 6:26 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 12 pass to Thomas; Willis 10 pass to LaFrance on 4th-and-2.

    Fourth Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 8 pass from Peter Tom Willis (kick failed), 2:25.
  • Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards, 3:26 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 10 pass to LaFrance.

    Florida - Cleveland Pratt 53 kickoff return (kick failed), 3:18.

    Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 14 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Terry Belden kick), 7:35.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, 4:17 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 9 pass to LaFrance; Willis 8 pass to Thomas; Barley 8 run.

    Tampa Bay - Tony Jones 1 run (Terry Belden kick), 12:37.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 14 yards, 4:03 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Rowland forces a Hughes fumble, recovered by Harris at FLA 14; Willis 10 pass to Williams.

    Florida - Cleveland Pratt 20 pass from Tom Luginbill (pass failed), 14:11.

  • Drive: 5 plays 44 yards, 1:34 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Luginbill 7 and 11 passes to Pratt.


    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    Florida

    Tom Luginbill: 19-38-1, 171 yds., 2 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    Peter Tom Willis: 20-37-1, 226 yds., 4 TD.

    Rushing

    Florida

    Travis Pearson: 2-10; Tom Luginbill: 4-5; Ron Perry: 2-(-7).

    Tampa Bay

    Les Barley: 5-19; Tony Jones: 3-3, 1 TD; Peter Tom Willis: 2-2.

    Receiving

    Florida

    Cleveland Pratt: 7-76, 1 TD; Bernard Edwards: 3-26; Darren Hughes: 3-25; Shane Garrett: 2-23; Pierre Hixon: 2-15; Millard Hamilton: 1-5, 1 TD; Len Johnson: 1-1.

    Tampa Bay

    Stevie Thomas: 11-145, 3 TD; George LaFrance: 5-48, 1 TD; Lawrence Samuels: 1-16; Wayne Williams: 2-15; Tracey Perkins: 1-2.

    Kickoff Returns

    Florida

    Cleveland Pratt: 4-104, 1 TD; Darren Hughes: 1-7.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 2-30.

    Missed Field Goal Returns

    Florida

    Cleveland Pratt: 1-18.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 1-26.

    Interceptions-Yards

    Florida

    Darius Hadley: 1-0.

    Tampa Bay

    Johnnie Harris: 1-0.

    Sacks-Yards

    Florida

    None.

    Tampa Bay

    None.
    Attendance - 11,202. Time of game: 2:20.



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