1998 Results | Game Coverage

AFL Quarterfinal

Storm 65, SaberCats 46

Box Score

August 8, 1998 - Ice Palace, Tampa, Fla.

                 1     2     3     4     T
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San Jose         7    13     7    13    40      
Tampa Bay       21    16     7    14    58    
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                              SJ        TB
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Total First Downs             15        21
     By Rushing                0         3
     By Passing               12        16
     By Penalty                3         2
Third Down Efficiency        5-8       5-6
Total Net Yards              288       314
     Total Plays              43        41
     Avg. Per Play           6.7       7.7
Net Yards Rushing             -2        46
     Total Rushes              6         9
     Avg. Per Rush          -0.3       5.1
Net Yards Passing            290       268
     Sacked-Yds Lost         0-0       1-6
     Gross Yards Passing     290       274
     Attempts-Completions  37-20     31-19
     Had Intercepted           0         0
     Avg. Per Pass Play      7.8       8.6
Total Return Yardage         101        69   
     Missed FG Ret-Yds       0-0      1-24
     KO Ret-Yds            8-101      4-45
     INT Ret-Yds             0-0       0-0
Penalties-Yards             8-39     12-72
Fumbles-No.-Lost             1-1       0-0
1-PT PAT Made-Att            4-5       4-6
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-2       1-1
3-PT FG Made-Att             0-2       1-1
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        30:54     29:06

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 26 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 3:16.
  • Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards, 3:16 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 9 pass to Williams.

    San Jose - Kyle Gary 32 pass from Ron Lopez (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 4:43.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 35 yards, 1:27 elapsed.
  • Key play: Papin 22 kickoff return.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 19 pass from Peter Tom Willis (kick failed), 9:13.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 46 yards, 3:30 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 14 pass to LaFrance.

    Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 5 fumble return (Les Barley run), 10:43.

    Second Quarter

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 29 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 2:05.
  • Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards, 2:08 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 12 pass to Thomas.

    San Jose - Steve Papin 5 pass from Ron Lopez (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 6:19.

  • Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, 4:14 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Lopez 23 pass to Baker; Lopez 21 pass to Phillips.

    Tampa Bay - Wayne Williams 10 pass from Peter Tom Willis (kick failed), 10:40.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 38 yards, 4:21 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 18 pass to Williams; Willis 15 pass to LaFrance.

    San Jose - Alfonzo Browning 5 pass from Ron Lopez (kick failed), 14:31.

  • Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards, 4:14 elapsed.
  • Key play: Papin 22 run.

    Tampa Bay - Bjorn Nittmo 44 FG, 14:58.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 2 yards, 0:27 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 11 pass to Worthman.

    Third Quarter

    San Jose - Mike Maslowski 1 run (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 5:12.
  • Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards, 5:12 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Roughing the passer penalty on Bowden (TB) during Harris interception keeps drive alive; Lopez 29 pass to Phillips.

    Tampa Bay - Wayne Williams 13 pass from Peter Tom Willis (kick failed), 10:22.

  • Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 5:10 elapsed.
  • Key play: Willis 15 pass to LaFrance.

    Fourth Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 19 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 1:24.
  • Drive: 3 plays, 23 yards, 3:04 elapsed.
  • Key play: LaFrance 24 return of missed field goal to set up drive.

    San Jose - Kyle Gary 19 pass from Ron Lopez (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 3:55.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 45 yards, 3:31 elapsed.
  • Key play: Lopez 20 pass to Phillips.

    Tampa Bay - Les Barley 10 run (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 9:41.

  • Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards, 5:46 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 13 and 10 passes to Thomas.

    San Jose - Shalon Baker pass from Ron Lopez (Billy Stoyanovich kick), 12:58.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 43 yards, 3:17 elapsed.
  • Key play: Lopez 12 pass to Browning.

    Tampa Bay - Les Barley 3 run (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 14:04.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 11 yards, 1:42 elapsed.

    San Jose - Kyle Gary 14 pass from Ron Lopez (pass failed), 14:31.

  • 4 plays, 38 yards, 0:27 elapsed.
  • Key play: Lopez 15 pass to Gary.

    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    San Jose

    Ron Lopez: 20-37-0, 290 yds., 6 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    Peter Tom Willis: 19-31-0, 274 yds., 6 TD.

    Rushing

    San Jose

    Mike Maslowski: 4-2, 1 TD; Mike Jones: 1-(-1); Ron Lopez: 1-(-3).

    Tampa Bay

    Les Barley: 4-24, 2 TD; Andre Bowden: 5-22.

    Receiving

    San Jose

    Kyle Gary: 6-102, 3 TD; Melvin Phillips: 3-63; Shalon Baker: 4-59, 1 TD; Steve Papin: 4-40, 1 TD; Alfonso Browning: 3-26, 1 TD.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 6-117, 3 TD; Stevie Thomas: 6-86, 1 TD; Wayne Williams: 5-58, 2 TD; Antoine Worthman: 1-11; Andre Bowden: 1-2.

    Kickoff Returns

    San Jose

    Steve Papin: 6-90; Shalon Baker: 1-11; Howard Butler: 1-0.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 3-45; Johnnie Harris: 1-0.

    Missed Field Goal Returns

    San Jose

    None.

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 1-24.

    Interceptions

    San Jose

    None.

    Tampa Bay

    None.

    Sacks

    San Jose

    Mike Jones: 1-6.

    Tampa Bay

    None.
    Attendance - 11,001. Time of game: 2:38.



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