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Wild Card: Portland Storm at Houston Gamblers

December 29, 1996
70°
Houston Astrodome (Houston, TX) Attendance: 67,925 (100%)
Storm 0 10 0 7 - 17
Gamblers 10 0 7 7 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-10-POR 13 (8:51) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 88-Ozzie Newsome for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. HOU 7 POR 0
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 4-2-POR 11 (2:59) 15-Earl Castro 28 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 10 POR 0
(Qtr 2) Storm: 2-6-POR 39 (15:00) (Hot Read) 12-Tony Dean sacked at POR 49 for -10 yards (59-Raymond McDonald) 12-Tony Dean FUMBLES (59-Raymond McDonald) recovered by POR-90-David Jaquez for 48 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Donald Atkins. HOU 10 POR 7
(Qtr 2) Storm: 4-4-HOU 34 (2:27) 17-Donald Atkins 52 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 10 POR 10
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 2-5-POR 5 (0:26) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 81-Jett Black for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. HOU 17 POR 10
(Qtr 4) Storm: 4-1-HOU 1 (6:32) 49-Grady Babin ran to HOU 0 for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Donald Atkins. HOU 17 POR 17
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 1-10-HOU 33 (0:15) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 16-Jim Dallas for 67 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. HOU 24 POR 17

Team Statistics

Gamblers Storm
First Downs 19 14
- Rushing 4 4
- Passing 13 9
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 459 231
- Offensive Plays 73 64
- Yards Per Play 6.29 3.61
Net Rushing Yards 128 55
- Rushing Attempts 25 25
- Yards Per Rush 5.12 2.20
Net Passing Yards 331 176
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 30 / 3 39 / 24 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 341 176
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.90 4.51
- Yards Per Completion 11.37 7.33
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 10 / 17 6 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.6 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 4 / 39
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 20 1 / 19
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / 18
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 31
Time of Possession 27:02 32:57

Drive Charts

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:42 OWN 19 8 44 Interception
1 9:43 0:04 OWN 5 1 0 Interception
1 9:36 0:49 OWN 20 2 80 Touchdown
1 7:56 4:59 OWN 26 9 63 Field Goal
1 1:36 1:45 OWN 44 5 17 Punt
2 2:22 1:46 OWN 25 7 34 Interception
2 0:20 0:20 OWN 10 1 6 Half
3 14:10 1:39 OWN 26 4 31 Punt
3 6:33 5:23 OWN 6 12 46 Punt
3 1:05 0:43 OPP 7 2 7 Touchdown
4 14:04 1:35 OWN 7 3 10 Punt
4 6:30 3:28 OWN 25 6 36 Punt
4 0:54 0:49 OWN 10 5 90 Touchdown

Portland Storm

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:18 1:35 OWN 45 3 7 Punt
1 9:39 0:03 OPP 8 1 0 Interception
1 8:47 0:51 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 2:56 1:21 OWN 13 3 -2 Punt
2 14:51 4:15 OPP 25 8 -30 Punt
2 10:36 8:14 OWN 10 12 55 Field Goal
2 0:36 0:16 OWN 35 3 3 Punt
3 15:00 0:50 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 12:31 5:58 OWN 11 10 36 Punt
3 1:10 0:04 OWN 8 1 -4 Fumble
3 0:22 1:18 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 12:29 5:59 OWN 41 12 59 Touchdown
4 3:02 2:09 OWN 9 9 48 Punt
4 0:04 0:04 OWN 25 1 13 Game

Rushing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Donald Turner 19 112 5.89 14 3 0
Francisco Russell 2 12 6.00 8 0 0
Jose Ridgeway 3 4 1.33 4 0 0
Jared Thomas 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Portland Storm

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jose Moses 7 23 3.29 7 0 0
Rigoberto Swanson 3 20 6.67 10 1 0
Jeffrey Frost 14 11 0.79 4 0 0
Grady Babin 1 1 1.00 1 0 1

Passing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 47 30 341 1 / 10 3 67 3 80.19

Portland Storm

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Melvin Driggers 39 24 176 0 / 0 0 20 1 61.49

Receiving Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Hugh Chance 2 70 35.00 67 0
Jim Dallas 1 67 67.00 67 1
Ozzie Newsome 5 66 13.20 22 1
Donald Turner 10 64 6.40 20 0
Jett Black 3 30 10.00 20 1
Steve Austin 2 17 8.50 10 0
Francisco Russell 6 15 2.50 7 0
Jared Thomas 1 12 12.00 12 0

Portland Storm

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Peter Jessee 8 61 7.63 18 0
Jeffrey Frost 4 26 6.50 11 0
Jose Moses 3 21 7.00 11 0
Richard Robinson 2 21 10.50 14 0
David Smith 1 20 20.00 20 0
Ken Robinson 3 13 4.33 6 0
Jake Peralta 1 8 8.00 8 0
Guadalupe Navarette 1 6 6.00 6 0
Rigoberto Swanson 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Merrill Marks 1 1 0 0
Jared Thomas 4 6 0 2
Steve Austin 0 2 0 0
Tony Berryhill 9 2 0 0
Roger Mitchell 10 0 0 0
Francisco Arellano 6 1 0 0
Delmer Sullivan 10 0 0 0
Christopher Do 0 3 0 0
Michael Skaggs 0 1 0 0
Andrew Dove 0 2 0 0
Jim Dallas 0 14 0 1
Hugh Chance 0 16 0 0
Jett Black 0 23 0 0
Jose Ridgeway 8 8 0 1
David Dougan 55 38 0 2
Christopher Myers 45 32 0 2
Zachary Hinkson 56 35 0 0
Andrew Montoya 42 34 0 2
Peter Lafferty 53 31 0 0
Larry Laredo 0 1 0 0
Ozzie Newsome 0 14 0 1
Christian Soriano 0 2 0 0
William Benson 1 1 0 0
Greg Locke 24 9 0 0
Donald Turner 0 4 0 1
Francisco Russell 8 21 0 1
Joel Clark 4 2 0 0

Portland Storm

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Harvard 0 3 0 0
Jose Moses 4 2 0 0
Jake Peralta 0 1 0 0
Henry Proctor 0 2 0 0
Guadalupe Navarette 0 7 0 0
Richard Robinson 0 8 0 1
Peter Jessee 0 15 0 0
Ivan Oneil 0 4 0 0
Cecil Robertson 1 0 0 0
Steve Provencher 3 4 0 1
Matthew Hardy 0 1 0 0
Mark Sumner 0 2 0 0
Antonio Wendel 0 1 0 0
Grady Babin 23 15 0 2
John Nance 9 3 0 0
Ken Robinson 3 24 0 0
Gary Lennox 0 4 0 0
Chris Gillis 49 27 0 0
William Santoyo 50 35 0 5
Juan Russo 49 37 0 2
Jeffrey Frost 9 2 0 0
Reynaldo Maurer 50 33 0 3
Robby Adams 45 35 0 2
Marcelino McCarthy 0 1 0 0
David Jaquez 0 3 0 1
James Danner 0 3 0 0
Clifton Mabon 0 3 0 0
Raymond McDonald 0 2 0 0
Ronald Garcia 0 4 0 0
Christopher Schneider 3 2 0 0
Rigoberto Swanson 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Thomas Hutson 1 0 0.00 0

Portland Storm

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mark Sumner 2 17 8.50 0
Raymond McDonald 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Tony Dean 1 0 0 0
Robert Brown 0 1 0 0
Christopher Do 0 0 1 0

Portland Storm

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jeffrey Frost 1 0 0 0
Raymond McDonald 0 0 1 0
David Jaquez 0 1 0 1

Punting

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
A. J. Winehouse 5 180 36.00 36.00 42 4

Portland Storm

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Glenn Jacobsen 8 369 46.13 46.13 61 5

Kicking

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Earl Castro 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 28 3 / 3

Portland Storm

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Atkins 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 2 / 2

Punt Return

Houston Gamblers

Portland Storm

Kick Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Charles Saner 1 20 20.0 0

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jim Voss 1 19 19.0 0

Defensive Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Andrew Dove 11 0
Robert Brown 6 0
Joseph Taylor 6 0
Joel Clark 6 0
Thomas Hutson 6 0
Michael Skaggs 3 0
Christopher Do 3 0
Hugh Chance 2 0
Larry Laredo 2 0
Francisco Russell 1 0
Christian Soriano 1 0
Charles Saner 1 0
Todd Miller 1 0

Portland Storm

Name Tackles Sacks
Antonio Wendel 16 0
Raymond McDonald 7 1
David Jaquez 7 0
Clifton Mabon 4 0
Mark Sumner 4 0
Matthew Hardy 3 0
Harry Moorman 2 0
Thomas McDonald 2 0
Christopher Schneider 2 0
Ronald Garcia 2 0
Guadalupe Navarette 1 0
Juan Russo 1 0
Robert Harvard 1 0