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Divisional Round: Houston Gamblers at San Jose SaberCats

January 05, 1997
59°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 69,732 (100%)
Gamblers 10 14 10 12 - 46
SaberCats 7 7 7 3 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 3-13-HOU 22 (14:17) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 84-Hugh Chance for 78 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. SJS 0 HOU 7
(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 2-6-HOU 6 (11:10) 29-Herman Hayes ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Rodriquez. SJS 7 HOU 7
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 4-2-SJS 30 (1:30) 15-Earl Castro 47 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 51-William Jung was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SJS 7 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-3-HOU 3 (10:38) 29-Herman Hayes ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Rodriquez. SJS 14 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 2-9-SJS 15 (3:57) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 81-Jett Black for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. SJS 14 HOU 17
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 3-7-SJS 11 (1:18) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 82-Francisco Russell for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. SJS 14 HOU 24
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-3-SJS 11 (12:40) 15-Earl Castro 28 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 14 HOU 27
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 1-10-HOU 22 (8:11) 18-Jake Plummer pass complete to 16-Mark Hsu for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Rodriquez. SJS 21 HOU 27
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 1-10-HOU 25 (8:08) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 81-Jett Black for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. SJS 21 HOU 34
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 4-1-HOU 1 (13:43) 6-Robert Rodriquez 18 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 24 HOU 34
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-2-SJS 18 (5:59) 15-Earl Castro 36 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 24 HOU 37
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-1-SJS 31 (3:42) 15-Earl Castro 49 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 24 HOU 40
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-4-SJS 20 (1:55) 15-Earl Castro 37 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 24 HOU 43
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-16-SJS 31 (1:00) 15-Earl Castro 48 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 24 HOU 46

Team Statistics

SaberCats Gamblers
First Downs 13 10
- Rushing 5 3
- Passing 7 7
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 229 408
- Offensive Plays 67 70
- Yards Per Play 3.42 5.83
Net Rushing Yards 107 85
- Rushing Attempts 15 27
- Yards Per Rush 7.13 3.15
Net Passing Yards 122 323
- Att/Comp/Int 46 / 23 / 5 42 / 24 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 177 333
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 55 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.35 7.51
- Yards Per Completion 7.70 13.88
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 13 9 / 20
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.0 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 4 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 18
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 27 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 5 / 10
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 41
Time of Possession 26:34 33:26

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:06 1:25 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 9:11 1:32 OWN 17 5 12 Punt
1 1:26 5:50 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
2 8:39 1:59 OWN 20 3 -3 Punt
2 3:53 0:38 OWN 25 2 -10 Interception
2 1:13 1:13 OWN 25 2 8 Half
3 15:00 0:09 OWN 27 1 0 Interception
3 12:37 1:31 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 9:48 0:49 OWN 37 3 -9 Punt
3 8:56 0:49 OPP 36 2 36 Touchdown
3 7:57 2:21 OWN 25 4 4 Punt
3 3:29 4:49 OWN 17 9 82 Field Goal
4 12:43 1:57 OWN 24 3 -2 Punt
4 5:55 0:11 OWN 25 2 5 Interception
4 3:37 0:48 OWN 25 4 20 Downs
4 1:51 0:07 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
4 0:56 0:26 OWN 25 2 -13 Interception

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:54 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 12:41 1:34 OWN 30 5 -30 Touchdown
1 11:07 1:56 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 7:39 6:13 OWN 23 9 48 Field Goal
2 10:35 1:56 OWN 25 6 19 Punt
2 6:40 2:47 OWN 36 7 64 Touchdown
2 3:15 2:02 OPP 28 6 28 Touchdown
3 14:51 2:14 OPP 34 6 23 Field Goal
3 11:06 1:18 OWN 24 3 -7 Punt
3 8:59 0:03 OWN 22 1 0 Interception
3 8:07 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 5:36 2:07 OWN 28 3 7 Punt
4 13:40 0:57 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 10:47 4:52 OWN 23 9 58 Field Goal
4 5:44 2:07 OPP 41 3 9 Field Goal
4 2:50 0:58 OPP 25 3 6 Field Goal
4 1:44 0:48 OPP 25 3 -6 Field Goal
4 0:30 0:30 OPP 17 1 -5 Game

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herman Hayes 7 60 8.57 13 4 2
David Hartwig 7 42 6.00 14 2 0
Rodney Richardson 1 5 5.00 5 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Donald Turner 21 65 3.10 20 1 0
Lloyd Ellis 5 20 4.00 6 0 0
Tony Dean 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jake Plummer 46 23 177 6 / 55 1 54 5 27.45

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 42 24 333 1 / 10 4 78 1 104.56

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Harold Marshall 2 64 32.00 54 0
David Hartwig 7 38 5.43 19 0
Dave McEntee 5 31 6.20 12 0
Mark Hsu 1 22 22.00 22 1
Terry Chasse 1 14 14.00 14 0
Sammy Ramsey 3 10 3.33 5 0
Herman Hayes 2 3 1.50 2 0
Rodney Richardson 2 -5 -2.50 -2 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jett Black 3 106 35.33 75 2
Hugh Chance 1 78 78.00 78 1
Jim Dallas 4 62 15.50 20 0
Donald Turner 8 32 4.00 15 0
Jose Ridgeway 1 20 20.00 20 0
Francisco Russell 3 17 5.67 11 1
Ozzie Newsome 2 9 4.50 7 0
Steve Austin 1 5 5.00 5 0
Lloyd Ellis 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dan Neil 47 30 2 2
David Strait 60 32 2 4
Robert Beal 16 4 1 1
Kevin Jones 6 2 1 1
Trevor McDermott 59 32 1 0
Evan Mathis 55 33 0 1
Rodney Richardson 3 4 0 0
Dre'Mont Jones 0 1 0 0
Danny Trevathan 0 1 0 0
Jurrell Casey 0 2 0 0
Champ Bailey 0 1 0 0
Abraham Jackson 0 2 0 1
Ian Austin 0 1 0 0
Bill Clinton 0 3 0 1
Frank Huber 1 0 0 0
Eric Tanner 2 3 0 0
William Jung 7 2 0 0
Dave McEntee 0 8 0 0
Terry Chasse 0 1 0 0
David Hartwig 8 9 0 0
Luis Hamel 1 0 0 0
Justin Phillips 54 25 0 0
Samwise Gamgee 5 4 0 0
John Slack 17 6 0 0
Harold Marshall 0 13 0 0
Herman Hayes 19 5 0 1
Mark Hsu 0 15 0 0
Sammy Ramsey 8 11 0 0
Terry Mitchell 4 1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andrew Montoya 42 34 0 1
Michael Skaggs 0 2 0 0
Larry Laredo 0 3 0 0
Greg Locke 22 7 0 0
Hugh Chance 0 13 0 0
Donald Turner 3 5 0 0
Jose Ridgeway 1 2 0 0
Joel Clark 4 2 0 0
Billy Morse 0 5 0 0
Christopher Do 0 4 0 0
Robert Brown 0 3 0 0
Todd Miller 0 2 0 0
Chip Alamo 0 1 0 1
Lloyd Ellis 2 1 0 0
William Benson 2 0 0 0
Richard Oleary 0 1 0 0
Andrew Dove 0 5 0 1
Christian Soriano 0 6 0 1
Merrill Marks 43 29 0 3
Jett Black 0 21 0 1
Zachary Hinkson 58 36 0 5
David Dougan 53 28 0 1
Christopher Myers 43 40 0 1
Ozzie Newsome 0 17 0 0
Jim Dallas 0 17 0 1
Francisco Russell 14 19 0 0
Steve Austin 0 2 0 0
Riley Boyd 0 3 0 0
Delmer Sullivan 15 1 0 0
Peter Lafferty 10 2 0 0
Francisco Arellano 15 3 0 0
Roger Mitchell 13 0 0 0
Joseph Taylor 0 6 0 0
Raymond Huang 0 2 0 0
Thomas Hutson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
William Jung 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Joel Clark 3 9 3.00 0
Michael Skaggs 1 1 1.00 0
Thomas Hutson 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jake Plummer 1 1 0 0
Jurrell Casey 0 1 1 0
Geoffrey Kessler 0 0 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Charles Saner 1 0 0 0
Jim Dallas 1 0 0 0
Lloyd Ellis 0 1 0 0
Christopher Do 0 0 1 0

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Poirier 7 345 49.29 47.14 55 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
A. J. Winehouse 5 258 51.60 45.80 65 2

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Rodriquez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 18 3 / 3

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Earl Castro 6 / 6 3 / 3 0 / 0 49 4 / 4

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Saner 4 18 4.5 8 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Sammy Ramsey 1 27 27.0 0

Houston Gamblers

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
William Jung 10 0
Charles Sermons 7 0
Danny Trevathan 5 0
Abraham Jackson 5 0
Champ Bailey 4 0
Samwise Gamgee 3 0
James Jackson 3 0
Geoffrey Kessler 3 0
Christopher Miller 3 0
Jurrell Casey 2 0
Harold Marshall 2 0
Brian Atkins 1 0
Dre'Mont Jones 1 1
Samuel Clark 1 0
Terry Chasse 1 0
Dave McEntee 1 0
Evan Mathis 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Christian Soriano 9 0
Michael Skaggs 6 0
Larry Laredo 5 0
Andrew Dove 4 0
Joel Clark 4 0
Billy Morse 3 3
Robert Brown 3 0
Thomas Hutson 2 0
Todd Miller 2 2
Chip Alamo 1 0
Richard Oleary 1 0
Joseph Taylor 1 0
Raymond Huang 1 0
Jett Black 1 0
Christopher Do 1 2