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World Bowl XL: Houston Gamblers vs. New Jersey Generals

January 26, 1997
70°
Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 73,208 (100%)
Gamblers 7 7 7 0 - 21
Generals 3 3 0 0 - 6

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-2-NJG 2 (7:12) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 85-Donald Turner for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. NJG 0 HOU 7
(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-2-HOU 2 (0:15) 4-Al Borland 20 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-7-HOU 25 (5:54) 4-Al Borland 43 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 6 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-10-NJG 35 (1:55) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 81-Jett Black for 35 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. NJG 6 HOU 14
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 2-7-NJG 9 (4:29) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 84-Hugh Chance for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. NJG 6 HOU 21

Team Statistics

Generals Gamblers
First Downs 20 14
- Rushing 7 6
- Passing 13 6
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 355 330
- Offensive Plays 75 63
- Yards Per Play 4.73 5.24
Net Rushing Yards 110 111
- Rushing Attempts 26 32
- Yards Per Rush 4.23 3.47
Net Passing Yards 245 219
- Att/Comp/Int 49 / 27 / 2 31 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 245 219
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.00 7.06
- Yards Per Completion 9.07 12.17
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 17 8 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.3 5.2
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 50 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 18 OWN 27
Time of Possession 32:02 27:58

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:55 2:48 OWN 20 5 20 Punt
1 7:07 6:54 OWN 25 12 73 Field Goal
2 14:12 2:05 OWN 19 4 24 Interception
2 11:52 6:02 OWN 21 13 54 Field Goal
2 1:50 0:28 OWN 25 5 16 Punt
3 15:00 1:33 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
3 12:36 3:32 OWN 11 6 36 Punt
3 4:26 0:52 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
3 0:32 3:00 OWN 1 7 43 Punt
4 11:09 2:47 OWN 27 9 43 Interception
4 5:24 2:01 OWN 1 8 33 Downs

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 10:07 3:00 OWN 13 8 87 Touchdown
1 0:13 1:01 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 12:07 0:15 OWN 29 3 0 Punt
2 5:50 4:00 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 1:22 1:22 OWN 21 3 2 Half
3 13:27 0:51 OWN 34 3 5 Punt
3 9:04 4:38 OWN 15 10 85 Touchdown
3 3:34 3:02 OWN 26 6 25 Punt
4 12:32 1:23 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
4 8:22 2:58 OWN 25 4 22 Punt
4 3:23 3:23 OPP 34 9 34 Game

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Koresh 17 73 4.29 12 4 0
Kurt Cobain 7 34 4.86 13 2 0
Sam Beckett 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Frasier Crane 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Donald Turner 23 73 3.17 14 2 0
Francisco Russell 4 23 5.75 16 2 0
Jose Ridgeway 2 15 7.50 10 1 0
Tony Dean 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Don Ferguson 49 27 245 0 / 0 0 27 2 51.83

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 31 18 219 0 / 0 3 43 0 112.16

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donald Langlois 5 53 10.60 17 0
Duncan Meyer 3 52 17.33 24 0
David Koresh 6 49 8.17 14 0
Forrest Gump 1 27 27.00 27 0
Franklin Cherry 4 20 5.00 8 0
Happy Gilmore 1 18 18.00 18 0
Kurt Cobain 2 17 8.50 12 0
Frasier Crane 3 3 1.00 2 0
Eric Davis 1 3 3.00 3 0
Sam Beckett 1 3 3.00 3 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jett Black 2 47 23.50 35 1
Jim Dallas 2 44 22.00 38 0
Lloyd Ellis 1 43 43.00 43 0
Donald Turner 6 35 5.83 10 1
Ozzie Newsome 3 26 8.67 14 0
Hugh Chance 3 19 6.33 9 1
Steve Austin 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Tim Brewer 55 35 0 3
Eric Davis 0 15 0 0
Terry Nichols 0 1 0 0
Kurt Cobain 2 2 0 0
Happy Gilmore 0 1 0 0
Richard Jewell 6 1 0 0
Billy Hatcher 8 3 0 0
Barry Larkin 6 4 0 0
Carl Winslow 8 0 0 0
Justin Bieber 0 13 0 1
Sam Kinison 50 34 0 3
Donald Langlois 0 21 0 1
Franklin Cherry 0 16 0 1
Duncan Meyer 0 14 0 0
Drew Carey 50 35 0 1
Lloyd Christmas 56 30 0 2
Cordell Walker 57 33 0 2
Frasier Crane 21 12 0 0
David Koresh 7 3 0 0
Homer Simpson 2 1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andrew Montoya 23 28 0 1
Roger Mitchell 15 5 0 1
Michael Skaggs 0 1 0 0
William Benson 1 0 0 0
Christian Soriano 0 1 0 0
Andrew Dove 0 1 0 0
Riley Boyd 0 1 0 0
Billy Morse 0 1 0 0
Joseph Taylor 0 2 0 0
Donald Turner 5 2 0 0
Thomas Hutson 0 2 0 0
Steve Austin 0 3 0 0
Hugh Chance 0 7 0 0
Joel Clark 5 2 0 1
Greg Locke 12 1 0 0
Zachary Hinkson 41 47 0 1
Francisco Arellano 13 2 0 0
Isaac Long 12 6 0 0
Delmer Sullivan 10 2 0 0
Jose Ridgeway 3 4 0 0
Francisco Russell 3 11 0 0
Jim Dallas 0 18 0 0
Ozzie Newsome 0 19 0 0
Lloyd Ellis 6 14 0 0
Merrill Marks 30 29 0 0
Christopher Myers 25 28 0 2
Jett Black 0 24 0 1
David Dougan 40 39 0 3
Todd Miller 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Skaggs 1 0 0.00 0
Chip Alamo 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Houston Gamblers

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 6 281 46.83 42.33 56 2

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
A. J. Winehouse 7 338 48.29 48.29 52 4

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Al Borland 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 0 / 0

Houston Gamblers

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

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Saner 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Houston Gamblers

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Jeff Gillooly 6 0
Reno Raines 6 0
Fox Mulder 4 0
David Numbers 4 0
Jay Leno 4 0
Nuke LaLoosh 4 0
Barry Larkin 4 0
Andy Sipowicz 3 0
Isaac Asimov 2 0
Christopher Reeve 2 0
Dan Conner 2 0
Franklin Cherry 1 0
Telly Savalas 1 0
Jose Rijo 1 0
Jeffrey Dahmer 1 0
Donald Langlois 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Derrick Youngs 13 0
Michael Skaggs 7 0
Larry Laredo 6 0
Joel Clark 5 0
Andrew Dove 5 0
Raymond Huang 3 0
Christopher Do 3 0
Chip Alamo 2 0
Richard Oleary 2 0
Matthew Pickney 2 0
Thomas Hutson 2 0
Todd Miller 1 0
Joseph Taylor 1 0
Billy Morse 1 0