1998 Results | Game Coverage

Storm 44, Bobcats 29

Box Score

May 23, 1998 - West Palm Beach Auditorium, West Palm Beach, Fla. 


                 1     2     3     4     T
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Tampa Bay       14    24     3     3    44
Florida          6     9     0    14    29
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FINAL STATISTICS

                              TB       FLA
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Total First Downs             12        11
     By Rushing                0         2
     By Passing               10         6
     By Penalty                2         3
Third Down Efficiency        4-9       2-7
Total Net Yards              207       170
     Total Plays              45        37
     Avg. Per Play           4.6       4.6
Net Yards Rushing              2        21
     Total Rushes              8         6
     Avg. Per Rush           0.3       3.5
Net Yards Passing            205       149
     Sacked-Yds Lost         0-0      3-17
     Gross Yards Passing     205       166
     Attempts-Completions  37-19     28-16
     Had Intercepted           1         0
     Avg. Per Pass Play      5.5       4.8
Total Return Yardage         134       111   
     Missed FG Ret-Yds      3-96       0-0
     KO Ret-Yds             2-38     5-111
     INT Ret-Yds             0-0       1-0
Penalties-Yards            11-57      7-29
Fumbles-No.-Lost             0-0       1-1
1-PT PAT Made-Att            4-4       0-1
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-0       1-3
3-PT FG Made-Att             3-4       1-4
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        28:58     31:02

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 9 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 4:28.
  • Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards, 4:48 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 20 pass to Worthman; Willis 15 pass to Thomas.

    Florida - Darren Hughes 19 pass from Fred McNair (kick failed), 9:03.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 31 yards, 4:13 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Pratt 23 kickoff return; interference call on Perkins keeps drive alive.

    Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 6 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 12:50.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 16 yards, 3:47 elapsed.
  • Key play: Barley recovers onside kickoff to set up drive; illegal chuck penalty on Wells on fourth down keeps drive alive.

    Second Quarter

    Florida - Derek Schorejs 45 FG, 0:09.
  • Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard, 2:19 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Pratt 25 kickoff return.

    Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 10 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 3:10.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 30 yards, 3:01 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Schorejs kickoff goes off ceiling, bringing ball to TB 20; Willis 13 pass to Worthman.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 8 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 7:51.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 33 yards, 3:25 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Perkins forces and recovers a fumble to set up drive; Willis 13 pass to Worthman; Willis 12 pass to LaFrance.

    Florida - Alex Shell 9 pass from Fred McNair (pass failed), 13:02.

  • Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 5:11 elapsed.
  • Key plays: D'Agostino 10 run; McNair 11 pass to Shell.

    Tampa Bay - Bjorn Nittmo 18 FG, 14:57.

  • Drive: 8 plays, 27 yards, 1:55 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Schorejs kickoff goes out of bounds, starting drive at TB 20; Willis 16 and 12 passes to Samuels.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 54 missed field goal return (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 15:00.

    Third Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Bjorn Nittmo 42 FG, 14:38.
  • Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards, 4:07 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Schorejs kickoff goes out of bounds, starting drive at TB 20; Willis 16 and 12 passes to Samuels.

    Fourth Quarter

    Florida - Kerry Brown 30 pass from Clemente Gordon (Alex Shell pass from Clemente Gordon), 2:33.
  • Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards, 2:55 elapsed.
  • Key play: Gordon 11 pass to Shell.

    Tampa Bay - Bjorn Nittmo 37 FG, 5:38.

  • Drive: 4 plays, -4 yards, 3:05 elapsed.
  • Key play: LaFrance 38 kickoff return.

    Florida - Bernard Edwards 7 pass from Clemente Gordon (pass failed), 11:09.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 26 yards, 2:54 elapsed.
  • Key play: Pearson tips and intercepts pass to set up drive; Gordon 12 pass to Pratt; Gordon 11 pass to Edwards.

    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    Tampa Bay

    Peter Tom Willis: 19-37-1, 205 yds., 4 TD.

    Florida

    Clemente Gordon: 8-13-0, 103 yds., 2 TD; Fred McNair: 8-15-0, 63 yds., 2 TD.

    Rushing

    Tampa Bay

    Les Barley: 4-6; Peter Tom Willis: 1-(-2); Cedric McKinnon: 3-(-2).

    Florida

    Travis Pearson: 4-11; Lou D'Agostino: 1-10; Cleveland Pratt: 1-0.

    Receiving

    Tampa Bay

    Lawrence Samuels: 6-66, 1 TD; Antoine Worthman: 4-53; Stevie Thomas: 5-41, 2 TD; Wayne Williams: 2-25; George LaFrance: 2-20, 1 TD.

    Florida

    Kerry Brown: 4-44, 1 TD; Alex Shell: 3-31, 1 TD; Darren Hughes: 2-28, 1 TD; Bernard Edwards: 3-21, 1 TD; Travis Pearson: 1-19; Cleveland Pratt: 1-12; Tony Wells: 1-11; Lou D'Agostino: 1-0.

    Kickoff Returns

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 1-38; Les Barley: 1-0.

    Florida

    Cleveland Pratt: 5-111.

    Missed Field Goal Returns

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 3-96, 1 TD.

    Florida

    None.

    Interceptions

    Tampa Bay

    None.

    Florida

    Travis Pearson: 1-0.

    Sacks

    Tampa Bay

    Keo Coleman: 1-7; Les Barley: 1-5; Cedric McKinnon: 1-5.

    Florida

    None.
    Attendance - 2,062. Time of Game: 2:21.

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