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January 05, 1997 35° Florida Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 46,997 (90%)
Federals 0 0 7 7 - 14
Blazers 7 0 10 3 - 20
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Blazers: 2-2-WAS 13 (3:08) 25-Stephen Hannah ran for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Gerald Harmon. FLA 7 WAS 0
(Qtr 3) Federals: 1-10-WAS 32 (10:36) 6-Tristan Arnold pass complete to 13-Ronald Matthews for 68 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Steve Jones. FLA 7 WAS 7
(Qtr 3) Blazers: 3-1-WAS 0 (8:10) 47-Manuel Aponte ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Gerald Harmon. FLA 14 WAS 7
(Qtr 3) Blazers: 4-12-WAS 38 (1:26) 19-Gerald Harmon 55 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 17 WAS 7
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 4-7-WAS 10 (5:17) 19-Gerald Harmon 27 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 20 WAS 7
(Qtr 4) Federals: (5:14) 19-Gerald Harmon kicks 68 yards from FLA 35 to WAS -3. 32-James Dunn for 103yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Steve Jones. FLA 20 WAS 14
Team Statistics
Blazers Federals
First Downs 20 7
- Rushing 12 3
- Passing 7 4
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 344 182
- Offensive Plays 72 45
- Yards Per Play 4.78 4.04
Net Rushing Yards 187 54
- Rushing Attempts 48 16
- Yards Per Rush 3.90 3.38
Net Passing Yards 157 128
- Att/Comp/Int 22 / 16 / 0 28 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 170 139
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 13 1 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.54 4.41
- Yards Per Completion 10.63 8.69
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 7 1 / 13
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 128
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 26
Time of Possession 37:25 22:18
Drive Charts
Blazers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:50 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 13:18 4:11 OWN 10 8 41 Punt
1 6:32 3:30 OWN 30 7 70 Touchdown
1 0:13 3:10 OWN 21 5 16 Punt
2 7:51 2:07 OWN 9 3 8 Punt
2 3:33 3:12 OWN 5 8 38 Punt
3 12:47 2:11 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
3 10:27 2:19 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
3 5:59 4:38 OWN 40 7 23 Field Goal
3 0:00 9:46 OWN 22 16 68 Field Goal
4 1:31 1:31 OPP 39 3 5 Game
Federals
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:10 0:52 OWN 30 3 6 Punt
1 9:07 2:35 OWN 7 5 12 Punt
1 3:02 2:49 OWN 25 5 12 Punt
2 12:02 4:12 OWN 18 8 34 Punt
2 5:44 2:11 OWN 29 4 23 Punt
2 0:21 0:21 OWN 10 1 0 Half
3 15:00 2:13 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 10:36 0:09 OWN 32 1 68 Touchdown
3 8:07 2:08 OWN 23 3 -9 Punt
3 1:21 1:21 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 4:58 2:44 OPP 25 4 -14 Punt
4 2:14 0:43 OWN 14 9 25 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blazers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#20 Robert Romero 21 94 4.48 11 1 0
#34 Stephen Hannah 7 45 6.43 13 2 1
#35 Jeffrey Morris 15 38 2.53 13 2 0
#47 Manuel Aponte 2 10 5.00 10 1 1
#12 Willie Graham 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Federals
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#32 James Dunn 11 31 2.82 10 1 0
#33 Jayson Shepherd 5 23 4.60 8 0 0
Passing Stats
Blazers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Willie Graham 22 16 170 2 / 13 0 46 0 94.89
Federals
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Tristan Arnold 28 16 139 1 / 11 1 68 0 82.29
Receiving Stats
Blazers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#86 Freddy Jones 4 66 16.50 46 0
#89 William Merkel 5 51 10.20 14 0
#35 Jeffrey Morris 1 17 17.00 17 0
#20 Robert Romero 2 13 6.50 12 0
#13 Antonio Calvo 3 13 4.33 7 0
#4 Douglas Jordan 1 10 10.00 10 0
Federals
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#13 Ronald Matthews 2 86 43.00 68 1
#81 James Larson 3 25 8.33 10 0
#32 James Dunn 6 10 1.67 6 0
#82 Matthew Cuevas 2 9 4.50 6 0
#35 Jonathon Fuller 2 7 3.50 8 0
#13 Andrew Favela 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Blazers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#89 William Merkel 14 41 1 2
#67 Gerard Combs 23 47 1 3
#79 Jared Navarrete 30 45 0 4
#47 Manuel Aponte 18 25 0 1
#76 Joseph Patterson 20 45 0 4
#4 Douglas Jordan 0 34 0 0
#78 Paul Birdsall 31 48 0 1
#77 John Avila 34 53 0 2
#23 Shannon Oglesby 5 3 0 0
#48 Ronald Kirby 13 14 0 2
#62 James Wood 11 0 0 0
#88 Perry Salgado 2 15 0 0
#20 Robert Romero 3 6 0 2
#13 Antonio Calvo 0 27 0 2
#86 Freddy Jones 0 24 0 2
#35 Jeffrey Morris 2 5 0 0
#64 John Pope 4 7 0 0
#24 John Osbourne 0 1 0 0
#26 Gregory Kohlmeier 0 1 0 1
#65 Donald Russell 1 1 0 0
Federals
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#72 Eddie Moore 37 19 1 2
#66 Donald Thompson 35 22 0 1
#35 Jonathon Fuller 16 16 0 0
#13 Ronald Matthews 0 13 0 0
#60 John Larochelle 31 23 0 1
#59 Ronald Peterson 28 18 0 1
#62 Paul Sok 29 23 0 1
#67 Steve Neiman 10 5 0 0
#52 Alan Tacker 9 5 0 0
#56 Michael Shelton 8 2 0 0
#27 Jefferey Welch 8 8 0 0
#51 James Bass 10 1 0 0
#81 James Larson 10 18 0 1
#32 James Dunn 3 4 0 0
#30 Jack Blankenship 0 6 0 1
#13 Andrew Favela 0 11 0 0
#82 Matthew Cuevas 0 4 0 0
#33 Jayson Shepherd 1 2 0 0
#91 Elwood Valdez 0 1 0 0
#90 Kevin Sanchez 0 3 0 0
#48 Ernesto Rose 0 3 0 0
#77 Warren Waldrop 0 2 0 0
#51 Luke Heilman 0 2 0 0
#22 Kevin Armistead 0 2 0 0
#38 Robert Mann 0 2 0 0
#36 Danny Mike 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Blazers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Federals
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Blazers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Federals
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Blazers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#14 Calvin Rey 7 334 47.71 46.00 53 4
Federals
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Miguel Browning 8 378 47.25 46.38 55 3
Kicking
Blazers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#4 Gerald Harmon 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 55 2 / 2
Federals
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#16 Steve Jones 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 2 / 2
Punt Return
Blazers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#4 Douglas Jordan 1 7 7.0 7 0
Federals
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#32 James Dunn 1 13 13.0 13 0
Kick Return
Blazers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Federals
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#32 James Dunn 2 128 64.0 1
Defensive Stats
Blazers
Name Tackles Sacks
#94 Frank White 9 0
#23 Shannon Oglesby 7 0
#94 Darren Krause 4 0
#67 Matthew Oneal 3 1
#49 James McCormick 3 0
#24 John Osbourne 2 0
#96 David Alexander 2 0
#95 Cornell Torres 1 0
#40 Brian Gusman 1 0
#81 George Miles 1 0
#59 Anthony Fant 1 0
Federals
Name Tackles Sacks
#98 William Williams 11 0
#38 Robert Mann 10 0
#77 Warren Waldrop 6 2
#48 Ernesto Rose 5 0
#47 Robert Tejeda 5 0
#54 Donald Reddy 4 0
#22 Kevin Armistead 4 0
#90 Kevin Sanchez 3 0
#51 Luke Heilman 3 0
#27 Jefferey Welch 3 0
#36 Danny Mike 3 0
#94 Billy McCaa 2 0
#91 Elwood Valdez 1 0
#92 Murray Parsons 1 0