Week 14: San Jose SaberCats at New Jersey Generals

December 03, 1989
55°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 67,336 (84%)
SaberCats 0 24 3 3 - 30
Generals 10 20 10 0 - 40

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 2-20-SJS 39 (9:31) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 11-Dane Britt for 39 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 7 SJS 0
(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-2-SJS 28 (7:52) 3-Lucio Grant 46 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 10 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-1-SJS 14 (13:02) 3-Lucio Grant 31 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 13 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-10-SJS 25 (12:59) 17-Tony Romo pass complete to 84-Tim Horton for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Rodriquez. NJG 13 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-10-NJG 25 (12:50) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 85-Duncan Meyer for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 20 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-10-SJS 25 (12:38) 17-Tony Romo pass complete to 84-Tim Horton for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Rodriquez. NJG 20 SJS 14
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-1-SJS 12 (6:46) 3-Lucio Grant 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 23 SJS 14
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-11-NJG 13 (4:35) 6-Robert Rodriquez 32 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 23 SJS 17
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-5-SJS 8 (2:13) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 11-Dane Britt to SJS 0 for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 30 SJS 17
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-6-NJG 6 (1:31) 17-Tony Romo pass complete to 80-Curt Boren for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Rodriquez. NJG 30 SJS 24
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-5-SJS 26 (8:23) 3-Lucio Grant 43 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 33 SJS 24
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 4-15-NJG 25 (4:30) 6-Robert Rodriquez 43 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 33 SJS 27
(Qtr 3) Generals: 1-7-SJS 7 (2:19) 85-Duncan Meyer ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 40 SJS 27
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 4-13-NJG 23 (2:25) 6-Robert Rodriquez 41 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 40 SJS 30

Team Statistics

Generals SaberCats
First Downs 19 15
- Rushing 4 1
- Passing 13 12
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 586 455
- Offensive Plays 72 68
- Yards Per Play 8.14 6.69
Net Rushing Yards 138 28
- Rushing Attempts 27 17
- Yards Per Rush 5.11 1.65
Net Passing Yards 448 427
- Att/Comp/Int 44 / 32 / 2 48 / 26 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 458 453
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 3 / 26
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.96 8.37
- Yards Per Completion 14.31 17.42
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.3 11.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 24 8 / 53
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 2 1 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 43 2 / 82
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 26 2 / -6
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 1 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 31
Time of Possession 34:57 25:04

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:35 OWN 15 10 85 Touchdown
1 9:15 1:27 OPP 36 3 7 Field Goal
1 7:25 4:43 OWN 23 8 58 Fumble
1 1:48 3:49 OWN 42 7 44 Field Goal
2 12:49 0:12 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 12:28 1:34 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 10:39 0:17 OWN 24 3 0 Punt
2 8:45 2:02 OPP 22 3 10 Field Goal
2 4:32 2:22 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 1:28 1:28 OWN 25 4 47 Missed FG
3 12:35 0:06 OWN 8 1 0 Interception
3 10:24 2:04 OWN 20 5 54 Field Goal
3 6:05 0:04 OWN 27 1 0 Interception
3 4:26 2:11 OWN 22 4 78 Touchdown
4 14:15 1:28 OWN 16 3 9 Punt
4 9:14 3:14 OWN 20 5 16 Punt
4 2:21 2:21 OWN 49 6 30 Game

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:25 0:10 OWN 25 2 0 Fumble
1 7:48 0:23 OWN 31 3 0 Punt
1 2:42 0:54 OWN 18 3 -8 Punt
2 12:59 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 12:37 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 10:54 0:15 OWN 26 3 0 Punt
2 10:21 1:36 OWN 29 3 1 Interception
2 6:43 2:11 OWN 25 4 62 Field Goal
2 2:10 0:42 OWN 31 7 69 Touchdown
3 15:00 2:25 OWN 25 4 25 Punt
3 12:29 2:06 OPP 19 4 18 Interception
3 8:19 2:14 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 6:01 1:35 OPP 32 5 7 Field Goal
3 2:16 3:01 OWN 25 5 16 Punt
4 12:47 3:33 OWN 25 6 22 Punt
4 6:00 3:39 OWN 19 14 59 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cody Schiavo 6 70 11.67 43 2 0
Duncan Meyer 18 63 3.50 11 2 1
Radar O'Reilly 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Ric Flair 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Graham Peterson 16 30 1.88 13 1 0
Stephen Demmer 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ric Flair 44 32 458 1 / 10 3 75 2 109.85

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Romo 48 26 453 3 / 26 3 75 2 90.02

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Duncan Meyer 11 154 14.00 75 1
Roger Rabbit 6 143 23.83 49 0
Dane Britt 2 47 23.50 39 2
Calvin Hobbes 4 36 9.00 21 0
Michael Wood 3 31 10.33 20 0
Cody Schiavo 3 30 10.00 16 0
Marcus Medina 2 12 6.00 10 0
Brian Kuss 1 5 5.00 5 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tim Horton 6 257 42.83 75 2
Curt Boren 4 56 14.00 21 1
Graham Peterson 3 34 11.33 27 0
Cedric Reynolds 3 23 7.67 9 0
Stephen Demmer 1 22 22.00 22 0
Alex Abels 2 22 11.00 20 0
Lester Turner 3 21 7.00 11 0
Albert Buckland 4 18 4.50 10 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ponyboy Curtis 54 31 1 5
Lars Ulrich 0 3 0 0
Marty McFly 0 3 0 1
Andre The Giant 11 1 0 0
Max Headroom 14 2 0 0
Carl Winslow 10 0 0 0
Allen Maloney 0 1 0 0
Indiana Jones 0 2 0 0
John Diehl 0 3 0 0
Hayden Fox 0 2 0 0
Cody Schiavo 3 6 0 0
Dane Britt 0 4 0 0
John McClane 0 1 0 0
Brian Kuss 1 5 0 1
Bob Marley 0 2 0 0
Len Bias 0 1 0 0
Dan Conner 0 1 0 0
Joey Gladstone 1 0 0 0
Roberto McHugh 13 5 0 0
Todd Christensen 0 11 0 1
Jeff Hanneman 0 4 0 2
Kent Hull 50 32 0 2
Charlie Spencer 0 2 0 0
Gary Williams 0 2 0 0
Mikhail Gorbachev 0 2 0 2
Martin Riggs 0 3 0 0
Nuke LaLoosh 0 4 0 0
Hans Gruber 2 4 0 0
Don "Donkey" Kong 58 36 0 1
Roger Rabbit 0 16 0 2
Tony Berryhill 50 36 0 0
Homer Simpson 44 29 0 1
Duncan Meyer 9 4 0 0
Radar O'Reilly 28 11 0 0
Calvin Hobbes 3 28 0 1
Marcus Medina 0 21 0 2
Michael Wood 0 19 0 1
Rod Martin 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joshua Duran 56 24 2 10
Franklin Janelle 59 21 1 2
Champ Bailey 0 5 0 0
Stephen Demmer 0 3 0 1
Jurrell Casey 0 1 0 0
Shelby Harris 0 1 0 0
Sergio Reilly 0 1 0 0
Boyd Chism 0 1 0 0
Matt Lepsis 3 1 0 1
Alex Abels 1 8 0 2
Tim Horton 0 14 0 0
Curt Boren 0 13 0 1
Lester Turner 9 16 0 0
Byron Hollander 18 7 0 0
Juan Claborn 12 3 0 0
Howard Obrien 13 6 0 0
Abraham Jackson 0 2 0 0
Chris Osgood 47 25 0 0
Ronald Norris 0 3 0 0
Larry Nichols 0 2 0 0
James Covington 0 3 0 0
Ezra Baumgardner 0 3 0 1
Douglas Carrigan 0 3 0 0
Ernie Smith 0 3 0 0
Nickolas Taylor 0 2 0 0
Cedric Reynolds 0 11 0 0
John Slack 49 27 0 0
John Stearn 62 21 0 0
Graham Peterson 22 11 0 0
Albert Buckland 18 11 0 0
Glenn Kahl 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Lars Ulrich 1 26 26.00 0
Nuke LaLoosh 1 0 0.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Douglas Carrigan 1 2 2.00 0
Aquib Talib 1 -8 -8.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Duncan Meyer 1 0 0 0
Jeff Hanneman 0 1 0 0
Nuke LaLoosh 0 0 1 0
Michael Wood 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Curt Boren 1 0 0 0
Ezra Baumgardner 0 1 1 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 4 189 47.25 46.50 49 1

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Downey 7 333 47.57 44.14 55 2

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 4 / 5 2 / 3 0 / 0 46 4 / 4

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Rodriquez 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 43 3 / 3

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dane Britt 1 2 2.0 2 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Glenn Kahl 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Dane Britt 2 43 21.5 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Edward Hayes 2 82 41.0 0

Defensive Stats