Wild Card: VooDoo at Blazers
December 28, 1997 41° Florida Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 51,217 (98%)
VooDoo 7 10 0 3 - 20
Blazers 0 3 10 0 - 13
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 1-10-FLA 10 (8:59) 42-Robert Graham ran to FLA 0 for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Emil Porter. FLA 0 NOV 7
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 4-7-FLA 38 (9:59) 13-Emil Porter 55 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 0 NOV 10
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 4-6-NOV 9 (0:28) 9-Neal Williams 26 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 3 NOV 10
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: (0:25) 9-Neal Williams kicks 70 yards from FLA 35 to NOV -5. 16-Jose Little for 105yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Emil Porter. FLA 81-George Miles was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. FLA 3 NOV 17
(Qtr 3) Blazers: 2-9-FLA 36 (13:41) 5-Willie Graham pass complete to 27-Robert Romero for 64 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Neal Williams. FLA 10 NOV 17
(Qtr 3) Blazers: 4-6-NOV 13 (0:05) 9-Neal Williams 30 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 13 NOV 17
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-2-FLA 10 (0:10) 13-Emil Porter 27 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 13 NOV 20
Team Statistics
Blazers VooDoo
First Downs 10 11
- Rushing 3 3
- Passing 7 6
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 283 189
- Offensive Plays 64 67
- Yards Per Play 4.42 2.82
Net Rushing Yards 108 81
- Rushing Attempts 22 29
- Yards Per Rush 4.91 2.79
Net Passing Yards 175 108
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 19 / 2 34 / 21 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 175 142
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 4 / 34
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.17 2.84
- Yards Per Completion 9.21 6.76
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 15 5 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 25 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 29 5 / 41
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 67 1 / 105
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 7 2 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 36
Time of Possession 26:35 33:07
Drive Charts
Blazers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:54 1:27 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 4:07 4:54 OWN 20 10 43 Missed FG
2 12:43 1:26 OWN 4 3 4 Punt
2 9:54 3:05 OWN 25 6 20 Punt
2 4:10 1:40 OWN 41 3 -9 Punt
2 1:45 0:58 OWN 25 4 34 Punt
2 0:38 0:13 OPP 14 3 4 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
3 8:02 2:05 OWN 12 3 4 Punt
3 5:10 0:55 OWN 46 3 2 Punt
3 2:19 2:17 OWN 40 5 47 Field Goal
4 13:29 1:22 OWN 28 3 17 Interception
4 10:28 2:54 OWN 7 6 23 Punt
4 5:56 1:31 OWN 30 3 -1 Punt
4 2:04 0:11 OWN 20 3 0 Interception
4 0:07 0:07 OWN 26 1 6 Game
VooDoo
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:06 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
1 7:27 3:20 OWN 31 7 22 Punt
2 14:13 1:30 OWN 44 3 1 Punt
2 11:17 1:23 OPP 42 3 3 Field Goal
2 6:49 2:38 OWN 10 4 7 Punt
2 2:30 0:45 OWN 29 3 4 Punt
2 0:47 0:08 OWN 13 2 0 Fumble
2 0:10 0:10 OPP 27 1 -1 Half
3 13:30 5:28 OWN 25 8 22 Punt
3 5:57 0:46 50 3 -1 Interception
3 4:16 1:57 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
3 0:02 1:33 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 12:06 1:38 OWN 47 3 9 Punt
4 7:34 1:38 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
4 4:25 2:21 OWN 28 4 5 Punt
4 1:53 1:46 OPP 32 5 22 Field Goal
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blazers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#20 Robert Romero 15 88 5.87 43 2 0
#47 Manuel Aponte 3 15 5.00 9 0 0
#48 Ronald Kirby 3 4 1.33 3 0 0
#34 Stephen Hannah 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
VooDoo
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#20 Donald Brown 17 42 2.47 12 1 0
#42 Robert Graham 12 39 3.25 10 1 1
Passing Stats
Blazers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Willie Graham 42 19 175 0 / 0 1 64 2 45.24
VooDoo
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Zachary Kinkead 34 21 142 4 / 34 0 21 1 58.70
Receiving Stats
Blazers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#20 Robert Romero 4 80 20.00 64 1
#4 Douglas Jordan 3 26 8.67 10 0
#21 Gerald Fisher 3 26 8.67 13 0
#88 Perry Salgado 4 21 5.25 11 0
#86 Freddy Jones 3 16 5.33 10 0
#47 Manuel Aponte 2 6 3.00 6 0
VooDoo
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#16 Jose Little 6 63 10.50 16 0
#61 Charles Danielson 2 24 12.00 21 0
#19 Martin Getz 3 21 7.00 9 0
#12 David Barfield 2 18 9.00 9 0
#20 Donald Brown 4 9 2.25 5 0
#42 Robert Graham 4 7 1.75 2 0
Blocking Stats
Blazers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#86 Stephen Tavera 0 14 0 1
#88 Perry Salgado 7 20 0 0
#47 Manuel Aponte 15 14 0 0
#77 John Avila 48 29 0 6
#76 Joseph Patterson 51 28 0 1
#78 Paul Birdsall 50 23 0 0
#68 Phillip Branham 55 27 0 2
#48 Ronald Kirby 10 12 0 2
#20 Robert Romero 2 3 0 0
#67 Gerard Combs 43 32 0 0
#53 Barry Simon 13 1 0 0
#74 Raymond Engle 13 0 0 0
#26 Gregory Kohlmeier 5 5 0 2
#62 James Wood 13 0 0 0
#64 John Pope 13 1 0 0
#86 Freddy Jones 0 11 0 0
#4 Douglas Jordan 0 5 0 0
#34 Stephen Hannah 3 3 0 0
#67 Matthew Oneal 4 2 0 0
#94 Darren Krause 1 6 0 0
#21 Gerald Fisher 0 2 0 0
#23 Shannon Oglesby 0 4 0 1
#95 Cornell Torres 0 2 0 1
#81 George Miles 0 3 0 0
#24 John Osbourne 0 6 0 0
#49 James McCormick 0 4 0 1
#90 John Robertson 0 4 0 0
#40 Brian Gusman 0 1 0 0
#51 Guy Phillips 0 1 0 0
#97 Elliott West 0 4 0 0
#94 Frank White 0 2 0 0
#29 Robert Brown 0 4 0 0
#52 Frederick Griffin 2 1 0 0
VooDoo
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Martin Burton 41 32 1 3
#68 Michael Cobbs 52 39 1 3
#62 Timothy Ebron 44 34 1 1
#74 Thomas Lobato 16 1 1 1
#70 Fidel Castaneda 38 32 0 4
#53 Richard Woods 51 40 0 0
#12 David Barfield 0 12 0 1
#42 Robert Graham 12 12 0 1
#61 Charles Danielson 5 16 0 0
#85 Thomas McMinn 0 5 0 0
#34 Harry Charles 1 4 0 0
#19 Martin Getz 0 9 0 0
#20 Donald Brown 7 9 0 3
#16 Jose Little 0 8 0 1
#77 Walter Peacock 17 10 0 0
#64 Ronald Garcia 14 0 0 0
#73 Michael Horton 14 1 0 0
#49 Noah Lopez 0 2 0 0
#53 Ricardo Seese 0 3 0 0
#28 Howard Thompson 0 4 0 1
#23 Bill Ball 0 3 0 0
#42 Gary Black 10 4 0 0
#56 Richard Alcantara 0 5 0 0
#92 Donald Jones 0 4 0 1
#99 Charles Adams 0 1 0 0
#73 Glenn Miller 0 5 0 0
#72 Francis Whitehurst 0 1 0 0
#26 Gerald Johnson 0 1 0 0
#93 Allen Gupta 0 1 0 0
#97 Richard Boggs 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Blazers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#40 Brian Gusman 1 7 7.00 0
VooDoo
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#55 Michael Gatlin 1 1 1.00 0
#23 Bill Ball 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Blazers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#26 Gregory Kohlmeier 0 1 0 0
#90 John Robertson 0 0 1 0
VooDoo
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#42 Robert Graham 1 0 0 0
Punting
Blazers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#14 Calvin Rey 9 408 45.33 38.33 54 2
VooDoo
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Bryan Evans 10 453 45.30 40.70 50 3
Kicking
Blazers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#9 Neal Williams 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 30 1 / 1
VooDoo
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Emil Porter 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 55 2 / 2
Punt Return
Blazers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#86 Stephen Tavera 4 29 7.3 10 0
VooDoo
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#16 Jose Little 5 41 8.2 16 0
Kick Return
Blazers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#48 Ronald Kirby 2 67 33.5 0
VooDoo
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#16 Jose Little 1 105 105.0 1
Defensive Stats
Blazers
Name Tackles Sacks
#94 Frank White 7 0
#26 Gregory Kohlmeier 7 0
#40 Brian Gusman 6 0
#51 Guy Phillips 6 1
#24 John Osbourne 5 0
#95 Cornell Torres 4 1
#49 James McCormick 4 0
#81 George Miles 4 1
#23 Shannon Oglesby 3 0
#21 Joseph Henninger 3 0
#94 Darren Krause 3 0
#97 Elliott West 2 0
#93 Bryant Garris 1 1
#67 Matthew Oneal 1 0
#90 John Robertson 1 0
#86 Freddy Jones 1 0
#21 Gerald Fisher 1 0
VooDoo
Name Tackles Sacks
#59 Steven Harless 9 0
#55 Michael Gatlin 6 0
#28 Howard Thompson 4 0
#23 Bill Ball 4 0
#72 Francis Whitehurst 3 0
#26 Gerald Johnson 3 0
#56 Richard Alcantara 3 0
#42 Gary Black 3 0
#73 Glenn Miller 3 0
#93 Allen Gupta 2 0
#99 Charles Adams 2 0
#61 James Oneil 1 0
#70 Fidel Castaneda 1 0
#12 David Barfield 1 0
#53 Richard Woods 1 0
#53 Ricardo Seese 1 0
#92 Donald Jones 1 0