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Steve Houghton Offensive Lineman/Defensive Lineman
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Height: 6-3
Weight: 285
Date of Birth: 1/5/72
College: Ferris State
Year-by-Year:
1993: Played in one game for the Cincinnati Rockers as an AFL rookie.1994: Joined the expansion Milwaukee Mustangs and turned in a solid season, making 10 tackles and nine assists, posting one sack, forcing one fumble andreceovering another.
1995: Spent the season with the Memphis Pharaohs after being taken in the ninth round of the expansion draft...Scored the only touchdown of his career on a 12-yard return of a fumble in the Pharaohs' 57-54 win at Iowa (6/16)...Had an outstanding game in the Pharaohs' 53-41 playoff loss at Tampa Bay (8/12), making three tackles and recording a sack of Gruden...Ended the regular season with 13 tackles, five assists, a sack and a team-leading three fumble recoveries.
1996: Signed by the Barnstormers as a free agent on April 22...Finished the year with six tackles, three assists and a career-best nine sacks...Broke up two passes in the Barnstormers' first round playoff win over St. Louis (8/10)...Broke up a pass and made two tackles in the semifinal win over Albany (8/17)...Made two tackles, assisted on another, broke up a pass and recorded a sack of Jay Gruden in ArenaBowl X loss to the Storm (8/26).
1997: Acquired by the Storm in February from the Iowa Barnstormers in a three-way trade involving the New York CityHawks...Ended the 1997 season with a career-high 12 solo tackles...He assisted on 12 other stops, and made seven tackles for losses...Broke up four passes...Caught the first pass of his career, a 19-yarder...Recorded a sack of Tampa Bay QB Peter Tom Willis in the Barnstormers' 61-38 win in the Ice Palace (7/19).
1998: Became one of the Storm's steadiest linemen after being acquired in the offseason in exchange for Kent Wells...Returned to San Jose in Week One (5/1), where he resides in the offseason, and played both ways...Made a tackle and an assist in his first Storm home game against Nashville (5/9)...Made a tackle against Houston (5/16) and saw action at center and nose guard...Recorded one tackle and one assist at Florida (5/23)...Posted a tackle, an assist, and a safety off of a second-quarter sack of Red Dog QB Aaron Garcia at New Jersey (5/30)...Recorded an assist and forced an interception in the first quarter against New York (6/6) when he hit Mike Perez's hand as he threw, forcing a dead duck pass that floated and wobbled into Johnnie Harris' hands...Had no statistics at Orlando (6/12) but was a part of a fierce pass rush that repeatedly knocked Orlando QB Pat O'Hara to the turf...Recorded one tackle and one assist against Albany (6/20), and broke up a pass on defense...Offensively, helped keep Albany, the league's #2 team in sacks, from getting to Peter Tom Willis...Did not record any statistics at home against Orlando (6/27)...Did not make it into the stats column at Houston (7/2)...Broke up a pass against Florida (7/12)...At Nashville (7/17), he recovered a fourth-quarter Kats fumble at the Storm's two-yard-line and posted one tackle and one assist...In his first game against his former team, Iowa (7/25), posted an assist...Did not post any stats in his return to his native city to play Grand Rapids (8/1)...Played in all three postseason games, posting two tackles and three assists...Also recovered one fumble.
1999: Reported to the Storm in time for the team's second preseason game against Florida (4/16)...Opened the regular season by notching one tackle and one assist against Albany (4/24)...Five nights later at Milwaukee (4/29), he turned in an outstanding performance against his former team, and did so in front of numerous friends and family who drove from western Michigan to watch him play...He notched his first sack of the season, for a ten-yard loss in the third quarter...He also forced a fumble on the play...Also broke up a pass...Posted one assist in the Storm's Week Three win over Florida (5/15).
Career: Has lined up against the Storm just five times in his career, but has recorded sacks in three of the games, nearly 1/3 of the entire sack total for his career.
College: A second-team all-conference selection in his senior season at Ferris State in 1992...Notched 53 tackles and eight sacks that season...Played four years at Ferris State on the defensive line...In his career, tallied 18.5 sacks. 203 total tackles and four blocked kicls...Was named to the conference's All-Academic team three times...Graduated with a degree in accounting...Earned the Dean's Academic Award.
Personal: A native of Grand Rapids, Mich., he graduated from Paw Paw (Mich.) High School, where he was an All-State selection...A man of varied interests; he enjoys dancing, lifting weights, skiing and hunting...Lives in San Jose, Calif., with his wife, Kim, and daughter, Sierra Lynn.
AFL Statistics
1999 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING Date Opponent REC YDS AVG LG TD ---------------------------------------------- 4/24 Albany 0 0 0.0 0 0 4/29 Milwaukee 0 0 0.0 0 0 5/15 Florida 0 0 0.0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------- SEASON TOTALS 0 0 0.0 0 0 DEFENSE Date Opponent TKL AST SKS YDS FF-FR INT YDS TD ------------------------------------------------------------- 4/24 Albany 1 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 4/29 Milwaukee 0 0 1 10 1-0 0 0 0 5/15 Florida 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- SEASON TOTALS 1 2 1 10 1-0 0 0 0 CAREER RECEIVING Year Team REC YDS AVG LG TD ---------------------------------------------- 1993 Cincinnati 0 0 0.0 0 0 1994 Milwaukee 0 0 0.0 0 0 1995 Memphis 0 0 0.0 0 0 1996 Iowa 0 0 0.0 0 0 1997 Iowa 1 19 19.0 19 0 1998 Tampa Bay 0 0 0.0 0 0 1999 Tampa Bay 0 0 0.0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------- CAREER TOTALS 1 19 19.0 19 0 DEFENSE Year Team TKL AST SKS YDS FF-FR INT YDS TD ------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1994 Milwaukee 10 9 1 3 1-1 0 0 0 1995 Memphis 13 5 1 4 0-3 0 0 0 1996 Iowa 6 3 4 27 0-1 0 0 0 1997 Iowa 12 12 3.5 16 4-0 0 0 0 1998 Tampa Bay 6 7 1 3 0-1 0 0 0 1999 Tampa Bay 1 2 1 10 1-0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- CAREER TOTALS 48 38 11.5 63 6-6 0 0 0