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Week 8: Washington Federals at New Jersey Generals

October 26, 1997
52°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 80,242 (100%)
Federals 0 3 7 14 0 - 24
Generals 0 21 3 0 3 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Federals: 4-6-NJG 25 (14:21) 12-Steve Jones 42 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 0 WAS 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-5-WAS 5 (8:07) 9-Don Ferguson pass complete to 22-Sam Beckett for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Al Borland. NJG 7 WAS 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-6-WAS 6 (3:02) 22-Sam Beckett ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Al Borland. NJG 14 WAS 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-10-WAS 24 (2:54) 6-Tristan Arnold sacked at WAS 14 for -10 yards (70-Stephen Fontenot). Sack allowed by 59-Ronald Peterson. 6-Tristan Arnold FUMBLES (70-Stephen Fontenot) recovered by NJG-70-Stephen Fontenot for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Al Borland. NJG 21 WAS 3
(Qtr 3) Federals: 1-10-WAS 25 (15:00) 6-Tristan Arnold pass complete to 88-Andrew Favela for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Steve Jones. NJG 21 WAS 10
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-3-WAS 3 (5:56) 4-Al Borland 21 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 24 WAS 10
(Qtr 4) Federals: 2-10-NJG 10 (4:49) 6-Tristan Arnold ran for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Steve Jones. NJG 24 WAS 17
(Qtr 4) Federals: 2-7-NJG 10 (0:13) 6-Tristan Arnold ran for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Steve Jones. NJG 24 WAS 24
(OT) Generals: 4-8-WAS 29 (6:00) 4-Al Borland 47 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 27 WAS 24

Team Statistics

Generals Federals
First Downs 21 13
- Rushing 8 3
- Passing 11 9
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 318 305
- Offensive Plays 74 68
- Yards Per Play 4.30 4.49
Net Rushing Yards 170 90
- Rushing Attempts 29 26
- Yards Per Rush 5.86 3.46
Net Passing Yards 148 215
- Att/Comp/Int 44 / 23 / 2 40 / 26 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 150 233
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 2 2 / 18
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.29 5.12
- Yards Per Completion 6.52 8.96
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.6 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 33 2 / 9
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 58
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 1 2 / 3
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 27
Time of Possession 40:58 28:07

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:28 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 11:23 1:28 OWN 24 3 4 Punt
1 6:27 1:26 OWN 16 3 8 Punt
2 14:18 6:15 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
2 5:56 2:58 OPP 45 5 45 Touchdown
2 2:48 0:57 OPP 25 3 -2 Punt
2 1:51 1:09 OWN 24 7 23 Punt
3 14:49 8:56 OWN 25 16 72 Field Goal
3 4:36 2:47 OWN 20 6 31 Interception
3 0:58 0:51 OWN 18 3 4 Punt
4 14:17 1:30 OWN 19 3 4 Punt
4 8:29 1:28 OWN 26 3 22 Interception
4 4:42 2:16 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 0:07 5:07 OWN 25 2 0 Half
OT 9:08 0:49 OWN 29 3 2 Punt
OT 7:29 1:33 OPP 43 4 14 Field Goal

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:32 2:09 OWN 19 3 9 Punt
1 9:55 3:28 OWN 21 6 14 Punt
1 5:01 5:44 OWN 31 9 45 Field Goal
2 8:03 2:07 OWN 25 5 17 Interception
2 2:58 0:10 OWN 24 1 0 Punt
2 0:42 0:42 OWN 13 2 4 Half
3 15:00 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 5:53 1:17 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 1:49 0:51 OWN 41 3 -8 Punt
3 0:08 0:51 OWN 31 3 1 Punt
4 12:47 4:17 OWN 31 7 30 Fumble
4 7:02 2:20 OPP 50 7 50 Touchdown
4 2:26 2:19 OWN 21 9 79 Touchdown
OT 10:00 0:52 OWN 21 3 1 Punt
OT 8:19 0:49 OWN 34 3 4 Interception

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
O.J. Simpson 14 99 7.07 12 3 0
Sam Beckett 14 62 4.43 12 2 1
Don Ferguson 1 9 9.00 9 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Alfred Buster 18 46 2.56 7 0 0
Tristan Arnold 2 20 10.00 10 2 2
Jonathon Fuller 3 14 4.67 5 0 0
Timothy McVeigh 1 12 12.00 12 1 0
Jayson Shepherd 2 -2 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Don Ferguson 44 23 150 1 / 2 1 14 2 48.48

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tristan Arnold 40 26 233 2 / 18 1 75 2 68.02

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Redd Foxx 5 41 8.20 12 0
Franklin Cherry 5 38 7.60 12 0
Duncan Meyer 3 29 9.67 14 0
Sam Beckett 3 18 6.00 11 1
Eric Davis 3 13 4.33 6 0
O.J. Simpson 4 11 2.75 5 0

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Andrew Favela 9 139 15.44 75 1
James Larson 4 33 8.25 15 0
William Sheppard 3 25 8.33 10 0
Jayson Shepherd 4 22 5.50 11 0
Matthew Cuevas 1 10 10.00 10 0
Alfred Buster 3 3 1.00 1 0
Jonathon Fuller 2 1 0.50 2 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Sam Kinison 59 40 1 2
Duncan Meyer 0 26 0 0
Stephen Fontenot 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Hager 0 1 0 0
Reno Raines 0 2 0 0
Forrest Gump 0 1 0 0
Sam Beckett 1 1 0 1
Frasier Crane 2 0 0 0
Jeffrey Dahmer 0 1 0 0
Barry Larkin 0 1 0 0
Happy Gilmore 0 4 0 0
Andy Sipowicz 0 2 0 0
Julian Bohner 0 1 0 0
Jay Leno 0 2 0 1
Dan Conner 0 2 0 0
O.J. Simpson 9 0 0 0
Tom Browning 13 4 0 0
Eric Davis 0 14 0 0
Arthur Carpino 1 0 0 0
Ozzie Newsome 0 6 0 0
Billy Hatcher 20 3 0 0
Carl Winslow 12 0 0 0
Tyler Waller 8 0 0 0
Franklin Cherry 0 15 0 0
Donald Langlois 26 16 0 0
Richard Jewell 58 31 0 3
Drew Carey 57 34 0 2
Lloyd Christmas 50 29 0 2
Cordell Walker 47 34 0 3
Redd Foxx 9 23 0 0
Fox Mulder 0 1 0 0

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Todd Chipman 44 35 1 2
Ronald Peterson 45 36 1 1
Kevin Sanchez 0 4 0 2
Kevin Armistead 0 3 0 0
Mike Obama 4 2 0 0
Eddie Moore 6 0 0 0
Theodore Paladino 1 2 0 0
Luke Heilman 0 2 0 0
Ernesto Rose 0 3 0 0
Michael Shelton 11 1 0 0
Timothy McVeigh 0 1 0 0
Elwood Valdez 0 2 0 0
Billy McCaa 0 1 0 0
Charles Peterson 0 1 0 1
Matthew Cuevas 0 2 0 0
Donald Reddy 0 1 0 0
James Bass 11 0 0 0
Jonathon Fuller 19 18 0 1
Donald Thompson 11 0 0 0
Jefferey Welch 0 3 0 0
Andrew Favela 1 14 0 1
Ronald Matthews 0 11 0 0
Alfred Buster 11 6 0 0
Paul Sok 55 33 0 1
Jayson Shepherd 8 7 0 0
Mark Morehead 54 31 0 4
John Larochelle 54 29 0 2
James Larson 5 23 0 1
Jack Blankenship 5 11 0 0
Oliver Jeter 4 5 0 1
Charles Tyson 0 4 0 0
William Sheppard 0 22 0 0
Robert Tejeda 0 4 0 0
William Williams 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jeff Gillooly 1 1 1.00 0
Jose Rijo 1 0 0.00 0

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Billy McCaa 1 3 3.00 0
Robert Tejeda 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Stephen Fontenot 0 1 1 1
Dan Conner 0 0 1 0
David Numbers 0 1 1 0

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Alfred Buster 2 0 0 0
Tristan Arnold 1 0 0 0
Paul Sok 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 8 357 44.63 44.63 51 2

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Mario James 7 341 48.71 48.71 50 4

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Al Borland 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 3 / 3

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Steve Jones 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 3 / 3

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Andrew Favela 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Andrew Favela 2 58 29.0 0

Defensive Stats