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Wild Card: Houston Gamblers at Michigan Panthers

December 24, 1989
35°
Pontiac Silverdome (Pontiac, MI) Attendance: 80,311 (100%)
Gamblers 7 0 0 7 - 14
Panthers 0 6 0 5 - 11

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-3-MIC 3 (2:17) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 81-Jett Black for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. MIC 0 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 4-5-HOU 19 (7:24) 5-John Bibler 37 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 3 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 2-10-HOU 21 (0:04) 5-John Bibler 40 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 6 HOU 7
(Qtr 4) Panthers: 3-8-HOU 3 (11:32) 12-Tony Dean sacked at HOU -6 for -9 yards (90-Paul Declue). Sack allowed by 78-Michael Mills. SAFETY! (90-Paul Declue) 78-Michael Mills missed that block completely. MIC 8 HOU 7
(Qtr 4) Panthers: 4-4-HOU 23 (9:46) 5-John Bibler 41 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 11 HOU 7
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 1-1-MIC 1 (1:22) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 82-Francisco Russell to MIC 0 for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. MIC 11 HOU 14

Team Statistics

Panthers Gamblers
First Downs 18 17
- Rushing 10 6
- Passing 6 11
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 341 342
- Offensive Plays 67 71
- Yards Per Play 5.09 4.82
Net Rushing Yards 179 120
- Rushing Attempts 21 27
- Yards Per Rush 8.52 4.44
Net Passing Yards 162 222
- Att/Comp/Int 46 / 23 / 3 42 / 31 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 162 241
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 19
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.52 5.05
- Yards Per Completion 7.04 7.77
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 4 / 3
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 7 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 5.9
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 3 / 23
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 58 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / 8
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 23
Time of Possession 27:25 32:39

Drive Charts

Michigan Panthers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:23 2:08 OWN 30 4 38 Interception
1 2:13 0:56 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 0:26 1:46 OPP 41 4 35 Interception
2 11:31 4:11 OWN 43 6 38 Field Goal
2 5:14 2:13 OWN 20 4 13 Punt
2 1:54 1:53 OWN 29 7 49 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:45 OWN 25 6 20 Punt
3 8:02 0:04 OWN 11 1 0 Interception
3 7:50 4:02 OWN 24 7 43 Punt
4 13:44 1:35 OWN 35 3 8 Punt
4 11:29 1:47 OWN 36 6 41 Field Goal
4 7:42 3:30 OWN 31 8 34 Punt
4 1:18 0:35 OWN 29 8 30 Downs

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:37 OWN 25 6 36 Fumble
1 9:15 7:02 OWN 36 13 64 Touchdown
1 1:17 0:51 OWN 30 3 3 Fumble
2 13:41 2:09 OWN 0 3 9 Punt
2 7:21 2:07 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 3:01 1:08 OWN 14 3 9 Punt
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 11 Half
3 12:15 4:13 OWN 4 7 37 Punt
3 7:59 0:09 OPP 20 2 0 Fumble
3 3:47 5:03 OWN 1 12 58 Interception
4 12:09 0:40 OWN 1 3 -8 Safety
4 9:43 2:01 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
4 4:12 2:55 OWN 14 9 86 Touchdown
4 0:43 0:43 OWN 46 3 9 Game

Rushing Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Nicholas Dorey 15 129 8.60 16 8 0
Gregory Clark 5 52 10.40 14 4 0
Albert Barraza 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ryan Dearing 19 75 3.95 15 2 0
Francisco Russell 6 34 5.67 11 3 0
Lonnie Mohr 1 11 11.00 11 1 0
Tony Dean 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Adam Scales 46 23 162 0 / 0 0 22 3 31.25

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 42 31 241 2 / 19 2 44 1 93.45

Receiving Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nicholas Dorey 9 49 5.44 21 0
Gregory Clark 3 35 11.67 22 0
Cory Martin 2 33 16.50 21 0
Peter Lewis 3 21 7.00 12 0
Albert Barraza 4 11 2.75 4 0
Billy Sim 1 10 10.00 10 0
James Hills 1 3 3.00 3 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gabriel Ahrens 6 63 10.50 17 0
Jett Black 3 48 16.00 44 1
Fredrick Skeen 6 42 7.00 15 0
Francisco Russell 4 26 6.50 15 1
Ryan Dearing 7 22 3.14 9 0
Lonnie Mohr 2 22 11.00 19 0
Willie Nelson 3 18 6.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Declue 7 7 0 0
Gregory Clark 5 3 0 0
Chris Smith 0 2 0 0
Joshua Wagner 0 4 0 0
Tim Carol 0 1 0 0
Jeffery Shiffer 4 1 0 0
Lawrence Dummer 19 6 0 0
Nicholas Dorey 3 1 0 0
William Woodbury 0 3 0 0
Joe Harris 0 1 0 0
Paul Pino 0 3 0 0
Timothy Hunziker 0 3 0 0
Raymond Osborne 0 1 0 0
William Roberts 9 9 0 0
Billy Sim 2 11 0 0
Bryan Odom 0 2 0 1
James Hills 5 22 0 1
Cory Martin 0 20 0 0
Andrew Montoya 55 28 0 3
Terry Williams 46 26 0 0
Patrick Blue 54 29 0 1
Solomon Waguespack 47 24 0 1
Peter Lewis 0 6 0 1
Jose Miller 42 23 0 1
Albert Barraza 30 22 0 0
Jess Woodward 1 5 0 0
Jesse Barnett 0 4 0 0
Jerry Green 0 5 0 0
Robert Kimball 0 1 0 1

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Mills 51 37 1 2
Paul Sabella 0 2 0 0
James Nation 7 0 0 0
Christopher Jarman 8 1 0 0
Keith Barge 7 0 0 0
Anthony Fulks 0 2 0 0
Bruce Edwards 0 1 0 0
Francisco Russell 7 6 0 0
Ryan Dearing 11 5 0 1
Albert Bruner 0 1 0 0
Thomas Hutson 0 2 0 0
Michael Skaggs 0 2 0 0
Ricardo Speece 0 1 0 0
Edward Mayberry 0 1 0 0
Fredrick Skeen 8 21 0 0
Jonathan Fenn 5 3 0 0
William Russell 0 2 0 0
Luis Torres 0 2 0 0
Willie Nelson 0 12 0 0
Gabriel Ahrens 0 22 0 0
Jett Black 0 29 0 0
Zachary Hinkson 49 37 0 7
Lonnie Mohr 14 27 0 0
Zane Baker 42 38 0 1
Thomas Knotts 50 35 0 2
John Corbin 50 40 0 1
John Irizarry 1 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Paul Declue 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Rogers 3 8 2.67 0

Fumble Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Paul Pino 0 2 2 0
Robert Kimball 0 1 1 0
Jerry Green 0 0 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ryan Dearing 2 0 0 0
Francisco Russell 1 0 0 0
Willie Nelson 1 0 0 0

Punting

Michigan Panthers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julius Horowitz 6 255 42.50 42.50 57 5

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 5 237 47.40 47.40 49 1

Kicking

Michigan Panthers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Bibler 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 0 / 0

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

Michigan Panthers

Houston Gamblers

Kick Return

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Peter Lewis 2 58 29.0 0

Houston Gamblers

Defensive Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Tackles Sacks
Jess Woodward 7 0
Joe Harris 6 0
Paul Pino 5 0
Robert Kimball 5 0
Jesse Barnett 5 0
Paul Declue 5 1
Steven Turnbull 3 0
Timothy Hunziker 3 1
Jerry Green 3 0
Robert Anding 3 0
Bryan Odom 2 0
Chris Smith 1 0
Miguel Powers 1 0
Peter Lewis 1 0
Robert Walker 1 0
Billy Sim 1 0
Raymond Osborne 1 0
Adam Scales 1 0
William Roberts 1 0
Joshua Wagner 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Alexander Morrison 7 0
Paul Sabella 6 0
Thomas Hutson 6 0
Jonathan Fenn 6 0
John Rogers 5 0
Michael Skaggs 5 0
Albert Bruner 3 0
Philip King 2 0
Lonnie Mohr 1 0
Zane Baker 1 0
Ricardo Speece 1 0
Jett Black 1 0
Luis Torres 1 0
Fredrick Skeen 1 0
Edward Mayberry 1 0
Alvin Fowler 1 0