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Wild Card: Houston Gamblers at San Jose SaberCats

December 26, 1993
42°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 67,366 (97%)
Gamblers 10 10 7 3 - 30
SaberCats 0 7 3 0 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-10-SJS 23 (11:35) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 32-Lloyd Ellis for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. SJS 0 HOU 7
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 4-13-SJS 33 (4:29) 15-Earl Castro 51 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 0 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 4-9-SJS 22 (12:08) 15-Earl Castro 40 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 0 HOU 13
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-1-HOU 1 (6:30) 37-Donald Brown ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Rodriquez. SJS 7 HOU 13
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 2-6-SJS 43 (1:55) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 32-Lloyd Ellis to SJS 0 for 43 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. SJS 7 HOU 20
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 4-1-HOU 17 (10:09) 6-Robert Rodriquez 34 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 10 HOU 20
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 1-1-SJS 1 (4:41) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 86-William Fey for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. SJS 10 HOU 27
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-6-SJS 19 (0:08) 15-Earl Castro 38 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 10 HOU 30

Team Statistics

SaberCats Gamblers
First Downs 13 21
- Rushing 8 7
- Passing 3 11
- Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 195 389
- Offensive Plays 57 64
- Yards Per Play 3.42 6.08
Net Rushing Yards 108 128
- Rushing Attempts 24 36
- Yards Per Rush 4.50 3.56
Net Passing Yards 87 261
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 16 / 1 28 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 87 261
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.64 9.32
- Yards Per Completion 5.44 11.35
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 2 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.1 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 41 5 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 5 1 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 18
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 30
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 24
Time of Possession 23:59 36:01

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:28 1:02 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 8:58 0:25 OWN 32 3 0 Punt
1 4:25 1:32 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 12:04 5:38 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
2 1:47 0:58 OWN 25 5 17 Punt
3 15:00 4:55 OWN 25 9 58 Field Goal
3 4:37 2:04 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
4 14:51 4:52 OWN 20 8 30 Punt
4 7:46 0:34 OWN 21 3 7 Punt
4 5:03 1:45 OWN 20 6 18 Punt
4 1:48 0:09 OWN 40 1 0 Interception
4 0:05 0:05 OWN 25 1 7 Game

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:32 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 10:27 1:28 OWN 19 3 3 Punt
1 8:34 4:09 OWN 21 7 46 Field Goal
1 2:53 5:48 OWN 17 9 61 Field Goal
2 6:27 4:40 OWN 13 9 87 Touchdown
2 0:48 0:48 OWN 8 2 10 Half
3 10:05 5:28 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
3 2:33 2:42 OWN 29 5 11 Punt
4 9:59 2:13 OWN 11 4 22 Punt
4 7:11 2:08 OWN 24 3 8 Punt
4 3:19 1:31 OWN 14 3 2 Punt
4 1:39 1:34 OPP 23 3 3 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Graham Peterson 18 82 4.56 16 4 0
Donald Brown 6 26 4.33 13 2 1

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Donald Turner 27 69 2.56 14 1 0
Wesley Hull 5 24 4.80 10 1 0
Lloyd Ellis 3 24 8.00 15 2 0
Ryan Dearing 1 11 11.00 11 1 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jake Plummer 33 16 87 0 / 0 0 13 1 42.36

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 28 23 261 0 / 0 3 43 0 141.22

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lester Turner 6 25 4.17 7 0
Mark Hsu 2 19 9.50 13 0
Glenn Kahl 2 11 5.50 6 0
Jason Harper 1 11 11.00 11 0
Curt Boren 1 11 11.00 11 0
Graham Peterson 2 9 4.50 10 0
Rodney Richardson 1 1 1.00 1 0
Donald Brown 1 0 0.00 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lloyd Ellis 3 74 24.67 43 2
William Fey 10 71 7.10 19 1
Donald Turner 3 42 14.00 27 0
Anthony Fulks 3 36 12.00 27 0
Hugh Chance 2 22 11.00 12 0
Wesley Hull 2 16 8.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Franklin Janelle 40 26 0 0
Dan Neil 14 4 0 0
Ronald Norris 0 1 0 0
Larry Nichols 0 1 0 0
Scott Scott 0 1 0 0
Richard Alcantara 0 1 0 0
Jason Harper 0 2 0 0
William Jung 1 0 0 0
Evan Mathis 14 11 0 0
David Hartwig 0 3 0 0
Graham Peterson 4 1 0 0
Donald Brown 4 0 0 0
Robert Beal 10 2 0 0
David Strait 19 15 0 1
Jurrell Casey 5 0 0 0
Matt Lepsis 10 0 0 0
Mark Hsu 0 16 0 2
Gene McBride 6 21 0 1
Curt Boren 0 14 0 1
Glenn Kahl 0 12 0 0
Lester Turner 9 16 0 0
Dalton Risner 42 32 0 3
Justin Phillips 38 32 0 1
Trevor McDermott 43 36 0 2
Champ Bailey 0 1 0 1

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Victor Gallagher 27 38 0 3
Hugh Chance 0 8 0 0
Jimmy Athey 0 1 0 0
Michael Zambrana 0 1 0 1
William Coppedge 0 1 0 0
Ricardo Speece 0 1 0 0
Daniel Franks 0 1 0 0
Christian Soriano 0 1 0 0
Thomas Snyder 0 3 0 0
Albert Bruner 0 1 0 0
Michael Skaggs 0 1 0 0
Larry Theberge 0 1 0 0
Joseph Taylor 0 2 0 0
John Rogers 0 1 0 0
Raymond Huang 0 2 0 0
James Nation 7 1 0 0
Lloyd Ellis 1 3 0 0
Isaac Long 33 35 0 0
Paul Sabella 5 1 0 0
Thomas Knotts 8 3 0 0
William Fey 2 24 0 0
Roger Mitchell 7 0 0 0
Gary Dendy 14 5 0 0
Donald Turner 5 8 0 0
Jett Black 0 22 0 1
Zane Baker 4 7 0 2
Francisco Russell 7 8 0 0
David Dougan 38 37 0 2
Francisco Arellano 24 27 0 3
Zachary Hinkson 35 41 0 6
Anthony Fulks 0 22 0 1
Wesley Hull 25 18 0 0
Robert Brown 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Albert Bruner 1 30 30.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Houston Gamblers

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Poirier 8 380 47.50 47.13 51 5

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
A. J. Winehouse 5 248 49.60 44.40 60 1

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Rodriquez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 34 1 / 1

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Earl Castro 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 51 3 / 3

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jason Harper 1 5 5.0 5 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Anthony Fulks 1 4 4.0 4 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Anthony Fulks 1 18 18.0 0

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Alcantara 12 0
Alberto Dean 7 0
Geoffrey Kessler 6 0
Champ Bailey 5 0
Kevin Bowen 5 0
Benjamin Waters 4 0
Ian Austin 3 0
Shelby Harris 3 0
Jurrell Casey 3 0
Aquib Talib 2 0
Ronald Norris 2 0
Boyd Chism 2 0
Chester Brown 1 0
Robert Clayton 1 0
James Covington 1 0
Justin Phillips 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Brown 9 0
Albert Bruner 4 0
Michael Zambrana 4 0
Michael Skaggs 4 0
Raymond Huang 3 0
Christian Soriano 3 0
Thomas Snyder 2 0
John Rogers 2 0
Ricardo Speece 2 0
Paul Sabella 2 0
Jerry Dilorenzo 1 0
Larry Theberge 1 0
Joseph Taylor 1 0
Derrick Youngs 1 0
Jimmy Athey 1 0