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Wild Card: Houston Gamblers at Portland Storm

December 28, 1997
40°
Civic Stadium (Portland, OR) Attendance: 21,676 (99%)
Gamblers 10 0 3 3 - 16
Storm 7 3 0 7 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Storm: 2-3-HOU 3 (11:24) 6-Emanuel Fugate pass complete to 82-Peter Jessee for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Donald Atkins. POR 7 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 4-6-POR 28 (7:58) 15-Earl Castro 45 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 7 HOU 3
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-10-POR 32 (4:57) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 14-Francisco Snow for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. POR 7 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) Storm: 4-3-HOU 6 (6:57) 17-Donald Atkins 23 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 10 HOU 10
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-9-POR 12 (0:56) 15-Earl Castro 29 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 10 HOU 13
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-11-POR 19 (13:56) 15-Earl Castro 36 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 10 HOU 16
(Qtr 4) Storm: 2-5-HOU 5 (1:48) 45-Jose Moses ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Donald Atkins. POR 17 HOU 16

Team Statistics

Storm Gamblers
First Downs 15 14
- Rushing 5 3
- Passing 9 11
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 309 278
- Offensive Plays 69 58
- Yards Per Play 4.48 4.79
Net Rushing Yards 105 51
- Rushing Attempts 26 20
- Yards Per Rush 4.04 2.55
Net Passing Yards 204 227
- Att/Comp/Int 40 / 24 / 3 38 / 19 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 224 227
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 20 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.74 5.97
- Yards Per Completion 9.33 11.95
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 14 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.5 7.6
4th Down Conversions 1 / 3 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 2 / 11
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 13 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 59 2 / 55
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 3 / 13
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 35
Time of Possession 34:52 25:09

Drive Charts

Portland Storm

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:51 3:31 OPP 30 7 30 Touchdown
1 7:54 2:15 OWN 25 6 19 Downs
1 4:51 4:20 OWN 25 6 29 Punt
2 12:42 5:48 OWN 11 10 83 Field Goal
2 5:23 2:34 OWN 28 5 12 Interception
2 1:53 1:53 OWN 20 3 15 Half
3 15:00 2:18 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
3 12:39 3:00 OWN 45 6 17 Punt
3 8:15 0:06 OPP 48 2 0 Interception
3 6:15 1:18 OWN 44 4 17 Downs
3 0:53 0:46 OWN 26 2 1 Interception
4 13:53 2:18 OWN 24 3 3 Punt
4 10:43 2:07 OWN 35 3 4 Punt
4 4:23 2:38 OWN 10 9 90 Touchdown

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:09 OWN 22 1 0 Interception
1 11:20 3:27 OWN 18 7 54 Field Goal
1 5:39 0:47 OPP 44 2 44 Touchdown
1 0:31 2:49 OWN 13 6 39 Punt
2 6:54 1:31 OWN 25 4 16 Punt
2 2:49 0:56 OPP 45 3 5 Punt
3 12:42 0:03 OPP 48 1 0 Interception
3 9:39 1:24 OWN 4 3 2 Punt
3 8:10 1:55 OWN 47 4 11 Downs
3 4:57 4:05 OWN 48 9 41 Field Goal
3 0:07 1:14 OPP 18 3 -1 Field Goal
4 11:35 0:51 OWN 23 3 1 Punt
4 8:36 4:13 OWN 16 6 30 Punt
4 1:45 1:45 OWN 25 6 38 Missed FG

Rushing Stats

Portland Storm

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jeffrey Frost 15 50 3.33 19 2 0
Jose Moses 7 37 5.29 11 2 1
Rigoberto Swanson 4 18 4.50 11 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Lloyd Ellis 17 41 2.41 13 3 0
Francisco Russell 3 10 3.33 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Portland Storm

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Emanuel Fugate 40 24 224 3 / 20 1 59 3 52.50

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 38 19 227 0 / 0 1 40 2 55.48

Receiving Stats

Portland Storm

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Vince Castro 1 59 59.00 59 0
Jeffrey Frost 7 46 6.57 14 0
Ken Robinson 6 40 6.67 9 0
Guadalupe Navarette 6 35 5.83 10 0
Jose Moses 2 35 17.50 27 0
Richard Robinson 1 6 6.00 6 0
Peter Jessee 1 3 3.00 3 1

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Francisco Snow 5 100 20.00 40 1
Patrick Jackson 4 53 13.25 17 0
Lloyd Ellis 5 44 8.80 14 0
Jim Dallas 2 24 12.00 13 0
Francisco Russell 2 3 1.50 2 0
Jett Black 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Portland Storm

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Donald Carson 1 0 1 1
Ken Robinson 10 18 1 1
Reynaldo Maurer 46 39 1 2
James Danner 0 2 0 0
Robert Harvard 0 1 0 0
Frank Baker 0 1 0 0
Raymond McDonald 2 3 0 0
Alan Martinez 0 1 0 0
Thomas McDonald 0 1 0 0
Ray Anderson 0 3 0 0
Grady Babin 31 9 0 1
Antonio Wendel 0 2 0 0
Ivan Oneil 0 1 0 0
Harry Moorman 0 2 0 0
Bennie Ford 0 1 0 0
Bobby Goodman 1 0 0 0
Vince Castro 0 3 0 0
Henry Proctor 0 1 0 0
Micheal Scott 8 0 0 0
David Melia 0 2 0 0
Jose Moses 9 4 0 1
Chris Gillis 33 16 0 1
James Huffman 0 7 0 0
Steve Provencher 27 28 0 4
Guadalupe Navarette 0 14 0 0
Richard Robinson 0 29 0 0
William Santoyo 51 28 0 2
Juan Russo 51 34 0 2
Peter Jessee 0 25 0 0
Alan Tacker 45 37 0 0
Anthony Overstreet 0 1 0 0
Matthew Hardy 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Frost 7 6 0 2

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joseph Taylor 2 4 0 0
Hugh Chance 0 5 0 1
Robert Brown 0 1 0 0
Philip McCray 0 1 0 0
Michael Skaggs 0 1 0 0
Francisco Arellano 2 1 0 0
Wayne Davidson 0 2 0 0
Thomas Hutson 0 2 0 0
Jeffrey Morris 7 5 0 0
Francisco Snow 0 5 0 0
Roger Mitchell 5 0 0 0
Frank Swanson 5 3 0 0
Thomas Moreau 11 0 0 0
Jim Dallas 0 5 0 0
Jett Black 0 13 0 0
Merrill Marks 49 17 0 3
Patrick Jackson 11 11 0 0
Eric Wiens 38 28 0 0
David Dougan 45 24 0 1
Herbert Hunt 45 29 0 0
Zachary Hinkson 49 36 0 2
Larry Laredo 0 2 0 0
William Benson 0 2 0 0
Paul Boggess 1 4 0 0
Greg Locke 19 16 0 1
Francisco Russell 17 7 0 0
Lloyd Ellis 12 6 0 0
Raymond Huang 0 4 0 0
Jorge Donnelly 1 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Portland Storm

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Raymond McDonald 1 0 0.00 0
Jerry Tyler 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Thomas Hutson 1 12 12.00 0
Robert Brown 1 1 1.00 0
Ralph Thomas 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Portland Storm

Houston Gamblers

Punting

Portland Storm

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Glenn Jacobsen 5 194 38.80 38.80 49 3

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
A. J. Winehouse 6 248 41.33 35.50 44 2

Kicking

Portland Storm

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Atkins 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 23 2 / 2

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Earl Castro 3 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 1 45 1 / 1

Punt Return

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Marcelino McCarthy 1 13 13.0 13 0

Houston Gamblers

Kick Return

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jeffrey Frost 2 59 29.5 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Francisco Snow 2 55 27.5 0

Defensive Stats