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Conference Championship: Shreveport Steamer at New Jersey Generals

January 11, 1998
24°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 78,851 (98%)
Steamer 7 3 0 6 - 16
Generals 0 7 14 3 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Steamer: 2-4-NJG 4 (7:01) 88-Francisco Dement ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Jeffrey Smith. NJG 0 SHR 7
(Qtr 2) Steamer: 4-19-NJG 19 (12:22) 16-Jeffrey Smith 37 yard field goal is GOOD. SHR 69-Roger Fairbank was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NJG 0 SHR 10
(Qtr 2) Generals: 3-7-NJG 48 (10:14) 9-Don Ferguson pass complete to 46-David Koresh to SHR 0 for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Al Borland. NJG 7 SHR 10
(Qtr 3) Generals: 2-1-SHR 1 (8:26) 9-Don Ferguson pass complete to 83-Redd Foxx for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Al Borland. NJG 14 SHR 10
(Qtr 3) Generals: 2-9-SHR 11 (1:11) 88-Francisco Dement ran to SHR 18 for 6 yards. 88-Francisco Dement FUMBLES (43-Jimmy Hager) recovered by NJG-38-Fox Mulder for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Al Borland. NJG 21 SHR 10
(Qtr 4) Steamer: 3-3-NJG 3 (5:23) 1-George Marcil pass complete to 10-Richard Wise for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-1-SHR 1 (1:52) 4-Al Borland 19 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 24 SHR 16

Team Statistics

Generals Steamer
First Downs 17 18
- Rushing 5 7
- Passing 7 7
- Penalty 5 4
Total Net Yards 321 307
- Offensive Plays 56 71
- Yards Per Play 5.73 4.32
Net Rushing Yards 120 136
- Rushing Attempts 23 37
- Yards Per Rush 5.22 3.68
Net Passing Yards 201 171
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 21 / 1 32 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 229 184
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 28 2 / 13
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.09 5.03
- Yards Per Completion 10.90 10.22
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 12 6 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 3
Penalties/Yards 5 / 37 8 / 86
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 16 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 46
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 26
Time of Possession 28:45 31:13

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:31 1:38 OWN 8 4 78 Interception
1 6:58 1:57 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
2 12:19 2:14 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 8:11 2:43 OWN 25 5 14 Punt
2 1:53 1:53 OWN 10 4 23 Half
3 15:00 6:36 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
3 7:32 0:56 OWN 31 3 6 Punt
3 3:59 2:15 OWN 31 4 28 Punt
3 1:04 1:57 OPP 25 6 -18 Punt
4 14:07 4:11 OWN 14 9 69 Fumble
4 5:19 1:36 OWN 25 5 25 Punt
4 2:07 0:17 OPP 5 3 4 Field Goal
4 0:32 0:32 OWN 14 1 -1 Game

Shreveport Steamer

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:29 OWN 25 6 36 Punt
1 9:54 2:56 OPP 43 7 43 Touchdown
1 5:01 7:42 OWN 34 14 47 Field Goal
2 10:05 1:53 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 5:28 3:34 OWN 17 5 41 Punt
3 8:24 0:51 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
3 6:36 2:37 OWN 18 5 12 Punt
3 1:44 0:40 OWN 10 2 0 Punt
4 9:56 4:37 OWN 42 8 58 Touchdown
4 3:43 1:36 OWN 4 4 9 Downs
4 1:50 1:18 OWN 25 8 61 Downs

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Koresh 15 68 4.53 21 3 0
Kurt Cobain 7 52 7.43 19 2 0
Don Ferguson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Scott Randall 22 54 2.45 15 3 0
Herbert Young 5 50 10.00 30 2 0
Francisco Dement 10 32 3.20 8 0 1

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Don Ferguson 30 21 229 3 / 28 2 52 1 100.56

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
George Marcil 32 18 184 2 / 13 1 43 0 83.33

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Koresh 7 73 10.43 52 1
Redd Foxx 5 44 8.80 16 1
Duncan Meyer 2 39 19.50 31 0
Franklin Cherry 3 32 10.67 14 0
Forrest Gump 1 30 30.00 30 0
Kurt Cobain 2 9 4.50 5 0
Eric Davis 1 2 2.00 2 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Eric Bryant 3 68 22.67 43 0
Richard Wise 3 58 19.33 43 1
David Shafer 3 22 7.33 9 0
Tom Jacobs 2 16 8.00 9 0
Scott Randall 4 12 3.00 8 0
Martin Young 1 5 5.00 5 0
Herbert Young 2 3 1.50 3 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Sam Kinison 41 26 1 4
Lloyd Christmas 39 31 1 0
Duncan Meyer 0 19 0 1
Tom Browning 4 0 0 0
Julian Bohner 0 1 0 0
David Numbers 0 1 0 0
Isaac Asimov 0 1 0 0
Andy Sipowicz 0 2 0 0
Fox Mulder 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Hager 0 2 0 1
Reno Raines 0 3 0 0
Arthur Carpino 1 2 0 0
Happy Gilmore 0 3 0 0
Kurt Cobain 4 2 0 0
Billy Hatcher 9 1 0 0
Richard Jewell 9 1 0 0
Eric Davis 0 14 0 1
Kirby Puckett 11 0 0 0
Ozzie Newsome 1 7 0 0
David Koresh 7 3 0 0
Redd Foxx 1 21 0 1
Drew Carey 38 28 0 0
Cordell Walker 37 27 0 1
Franklin Cherry 0 15 0 1
Donald Langlois 22 12 0 0
Tim Brewer 40 26 0 0
Hank Hill 0 1 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Brian McKnight 34 45 1 3
Tom Jacobs 11 30 0 3
James Johnson 0 1 0 0
Mike Kelly 0 1 0 0
Toney Richardson 0 1 0 0
Gary Mullins 0 1 0 0
Frank Roberts 0 1 0 0
Abraham Ryles 0 2 0 0
Gary Johnson 1 0 0 0
Herbert Young 6 5 0 0
Martin Young 0 6 0 0
Harold Solorzano 2 0 0 0
Nathaniel Elliott 0 2 0 0
Mathew Fisher 0 1 0 0
Allen Greear 0 1 0 0
Champ Bailey 0 1 0 0
Francisco Dement 21 16 0 0
Emilio Parker 0 2 0 0
George Sipe 11 1 0 0
Michael Jackson 8 0 0 0
Alonzo Evans 7 0 0 0
Richard Wise 0 10 0 0
Scott Randall 10 6 0 0
Eric Bryant 0 23 0 0
William Nelson 34 43 0 3
Roger Fairbank 36 43 0 2
David Shafer 0 22 0 0
Robert Contreras 39 48 0 5
Antonio Brown 42 46 0 1
Richard Whipple 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Shreveport Steamer

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Felipe Pascale 1 46 46.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Don Ferguson 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Hager 0 0 1 0
Fox Mulder 0 1 0 1

Shreveport Steamer

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Francisco Dement 1 0 0 0
George Marcil 1 0 0 0
Frank Roberts 0 0 1 0
Allen Greear 0 1 0 0
Robert Contreras 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 5 211 42.20 42.20 47 4

Shreveport Steamer

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Adam Johnson 6 253 42.17 39.83 52 3

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Al Borland 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 19 3 / 3

Shreveport Steamer

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jeffrey Smith 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 1 / 1

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
O.J. Simpson 2 16 8.0 9 0

Shreveport Steamer

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Shreveport Steamer

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
David Numbers 9 0
Jimmy Hager 8 0
Isaac Asimov 7 0
Evander Holyfield 4 0
Barry Larkin 4 0
Dan Conner 4 0
Fox Mulder 3 0
Reno Raines 3 0
Andy Sipowicz 3 1
Hank Hill 2 0
Jose Rijo 2 0
Jeffrey Dahmer 2 0
Julian Bohner 2 0
Tim Brewer 1 0
Brian Dunn 1 1

Shreveport Steamer

Name Tackles Sacks
Nathaniel Elliott 9 1
Toney Richardson 7 0
Eugene Gonzalez 7 0
William Nadel 6 0
Mike Kelly 4 0
Mathew Fisher 3 0
Frank Roberts 2 2
Richard Whipple 2 0
Champ Bailey 1 0
Allen Greear 1 0
Bryant Heard 1 0
Antonio Brown 1 0