1998 Results | Game Coverage

Storm 81, Red Dogs 42

Box Score

May 30, 1998 - Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.

                 1     2     3     4     T
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Tampa Bay       14    29    17    21    81        
New Jersey       0    21     7    14    42
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                              TB        NJ
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Total First Downs             14        17
     By Rushing                1         1
     By Passing               10        10
     By Penalty                3         6
Third Down Efficiency        1-5       0-3
Total Net Yards              300       224
     Total Plays              37        37
     Avg. Per Play           8.1       6.1
Net Yards Rushing             29         4
     Total Rushes             11         6
     Avg. Per Rush           2.6       0.7
Net Yards Passing            271       220
     Sacked-Yds Lost         0-0      3-16
     Gross Yards Passing     271       236
     Attempts-Completions  26-15     28-16
     Had Intercepted           0         2
     Avg. Per Pass Play     10.4       8.4
Total Return Yardage          89       185
     Missed FG Ret-Yds       1-0       0-0
     KO Ret-Yds             3-50    11-185
     INT Ret-Yds            2-39       0-0
Penalties-Yards            15-44      7-34
Fumbles-No.-Lost             1-0       4-4
1-PT PAT Made-Att          10-10       6-6
2-PT PAT Made-Att            0-0       1-2
3-PT FG Made-Att             3-4       0-1
4-PT FG Made-Att             0-0       0-0
Time of Possession:        30:40     29:20

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Tampa Bay - Andre Bowden 1 run (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 8:05.
  • Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards, 5:25 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Willis 10 pass to Samuels and 25 pass to Thomas.

    Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 19 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 12:04.

  • Drive: 1 play, 19 yards, 1:01 elapsed.

    Second Quarter

    New Jersey - Larry Ray Willis 14 pass from Aaron Garcia (Steve Videtich kick), 1:26.
  • Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards, 4:22 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Garcia 14 pass to Willis and 10 pass to Stanavitch.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 42 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 2:43.

  • Drive: 1 play, 45 yards, 1:17 elapsed.

    New Jersey - Larry Ray Willis 37 pass from Aaron Garcia (Steve Videtich kick), 3:55.

  • Drive: 1 play, 37 yards, 1:02 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Bjorn Nittmo 40 FG, 6:52.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 11 yards, 2:57 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Safety, Steve Houghton sacks Aaron Garcia in endzone, 8:37.

  • Drive: 2 plays, -7 yards, 1:45 elapsed.
  • Key play: Ashley called for pass interference placed the ball on the new Jersey 3 yard-line.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 34 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 10:24.

  • Drive: 1 play, 45 yards, 1:47 elapsed.

    New Jersey - Larry Ray Willis 37 pass from Aaron Garcia (Steve Videtich kick), 12:00.

  • Drive: 1 play, 40 yards, 1:36 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - George LaFrance 32 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 14:00.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 32 yards, 2:00 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Bjorn Nittmo 27 FG, 14:57.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 0:47 elapsed.

    Third Quarter

    Tampa Bay - Les Barley recovers fumble in endzone (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 5:40.
  • Drive: 2 plays, -5 yards, 1:51 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Alvoid Mays recovers fumble in endzone (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 6:32.

  • Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:52 elapsed.

    New Jersey - Chris Pope 2 run (Steve Videtich kick), 11:27.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 30 yards, 4:55 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Bjorn Nittmo 36 FG, 14:12.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards, 2:45 elapsed.

    Fourth Quarter

    New Jersey - Alvin Ashley 21 pass from Foggie (Steve Videtich kick), 0:51.
  • Drive: 2 plays, 28 yards, 1:39 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Stevie Thomas 9 pass from Peter Tom Willis (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 2:40.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 9 yards, 1:49 elapsed.

    Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 16 pass from Bryan Martin (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 7:56.

  • Drive: 5 plays, 28 yards, 3:47 elapsed.
  • Key play: Martin 12 run.

    Tampa Bay - Lawrence Samuels 3 fumble return (Bjorn Nittmo kick), 9:59.

  • Drive: 2 plays, 1 yard, 2:03 elapsed.

    New Jersey - Xavier Brown 17 pass from Rickey Foggie (Steve Videtich kick), 12:36.

  • Drive: 4 plays, 45 yards, 2:37 elapsed.
  • Key plays: Foggie 18 pass to Brown and 10 pass to Ashley.

    Individual Statistics

    Passing

    Tampa Bay

    Peter Tom Willis: 11-21-0, 234 yds., 5 TD; Bryan Martin: 4-5-0, 37 yds., 1 TD.

    New Jersey

    Aaron Garcia: 9-15-1, 149 yds., 3 TD; Rickey Foggie: 7-13-1, 88 yds., 2 TD.

    Rushing

    Tampa Bay

    Bryan Martin: 1-12; Andre Bowden: 6-9, 1 TD; Les Barley: 3-5; Stevie Thomas: 1-3.

    New Jersey

    Chris Pope: 2-7, 1 TD; Rickey Foggie: 1-1; Ron Perry: 2-(-2); Aaron Garcia: 1-(-2).

    Receiving

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 3-108, 3 TD; Stevie Thomas: 6-79, 1 TD; Lawrence Samuels: 4-51, 2 TD;Wayne Williams: 1-30; Les Barley: 1-3.

    New Jersey

    Larry Ray Willis: 8-139, 3 TD; Alvin Ashley: 4-43, 1 TD; Xavier Brown: 2-35, 1 TD; Rob Stanavitch: 2-20.

    Kickoff Returns

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 3-50.

    New Jersey

    Adrian Lunsford: 8-123; Alvin Ashley: 2-33; Willie Gaston: 1-29.

    Missed Field Goal Returns

    Tampa Bay

    George LaFrance: 1-3.

    New Jersey

    None.

    Interceptions

    Tampa Bay

    Lawrence Samuels: 1-22; Johnnie Harris: 1-17.

    New Jersey

    None.

    Sacks

    Tampa Bay

    Les Barley: 1-7; Andre Bowden: 1-6; Steve Houghton: 1-3.

    New Jersey

    None.
    Attendance - 9,583. Time of game: 2:28.



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