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Wild Card: Los Angeles Express at Michigan Panthers

December 27, 1998
34°
Pontiac Silverdome (Pontiac, MI) Attendance: 75,343 (94%)
Express 3 3 0 3 - 9
Panthers 0 7 9 0 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Express: 4-1-MIC 1 (7:34) 1-Mac Otterson 20 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 0 LAX 3
(Qtr 2) Express: 4-2-MIC 15 (14:57) 1-Mac Otterson 34 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 0 LAX 6
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 3-2-LAX 2 (4:07) 83-Iceberg Lettuce ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jonathan Ruch. LAX 94-George Tucker was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MIC 7 LAX 6
(Qtr 3) Panthers: 2-9-LAX 7 (9:26) 6-David Tavarez sacked at LAX 0 for -7 yards (52-Jeffrey Marker). Sack allowed by 62-Richard Fuentes. SAFETY! (52-Jeffrey Marker) MIC 9 LAX 6
(Qtr 3) Panthers: 3-2-LAX 7 (1:31) 19-Will Allison pass complete to 83-Iceberg Lettuce for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jonathan Ruch. MIC 16 LAX 6
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-2-MIC 11 (7:03) 1-Mac Otterson 29 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 16 LAX 9

Team Statistics

Panthers Express
First Downs 12 10
- Rushing 5 5
- Passing 7 2
- Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 284 141
- Offensive Plays 63 58
- Yards Per Play 4.51 2.43
Net Rushing Yards 129 91
- Rushing Attempts 41 25
- Yards Per Rush 3.15 3.64
Net Passing Yards 155 50
- Att/Comp/Int 22 / 15 / 1 30 / 19 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 155 70
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.05 1.52
- Yards Per Completion 10.33 3.68
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 3 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 16 2 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.7 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 33 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 8 2 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 71 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 32
Time of Possession 32:02 27:59

Drive Charts

Michigan Panthers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:14 1:32 OWN 14 3 8 Punt
1 9:12 0:05 OWN 9 2 0 Fumble
1 7:32 1:32 OWN 25 3 9 Interception
2 14:54 2:10 OWN 16 3 8 Punt
2 8:28 4:23 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown
2 0:58 0:58 OWN 8 2 13 Half
3 15:00 3:23 OWN 25 6 23 Punt
3 10:49 0:50 OPP 17 2 4 Fumble
3 9:22 7:55 OWN 31 13 69 Touchdown
3 0:40 3:28 OWN 24 6 18 Punt
4 9:04 0:06 OWN 15 1 0 Fumble
4 7:00 3:28 OWN 19 7 30 Punt
4 2:38 0:45 OPP 10 4 7 Downs
4 1:27 1:27 OPP 33 3 0 Game

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:46 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
1 10:42 1:30 OWN 33 3 9 Punt
1 9:07 1:35 OPP 11 3 9 Field Goal
1 6:00 6:06 OPP 44 10 28 Field Goal
2 12:43 4:16 OWN 28 6 18 Punt
2 4:05 3:07 OWN 25 7 28 Punt
3 11:37 0:47 OWN 11 2 0 Fumble
3 9:59 0:37 OWN 6 2 -7 Safety
3 1:27 0:47 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 12:13 3:09 OWN 22 5 17 Punt
4 8:58 1:59 OPP 19 3 8 Field Goal
4 3:31 0:53 OWN 13 2 -5 Fumble
4 1:53 0:27 OWN 3 7 30 Downs

Rushing Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Iceberg Lettuce 13 54 4.15 11 2 1
Lawrence Schroeder 14 51 3.64 12 2 0
Walter Simmons 8 21 2.63 10 1 0
William Hutchings 3 3 1.00 4 0 0
Will Allison 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bernard Christofferse 20 74 3.70 10 3 0
Raymond Straight 5 17 3.40 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Will Allison 21 15 155 0 / 0 1 31 0 108.23
Fred Russell 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 1 0.00

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Tavarez 30 19 70 3 / 20 0 11 0 67.36

Receiving Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Harvey Williams 5 88 17.60 31 0
Colin Jones 2 21 10.50 13 0
Iceberg Lettuce 2 17 8.50 10 1
Melvin Smith 2 15 7.50 8 0
Samuel Robertson 1 8 8.00 8 0
Lawrence Schroeder 1 4 4.00 4 0
Walter Simmons 2 2 1.00 4 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Sidney Chavis 4 28 7.00 9 0
Corey Gibbons 4 22 5.50 11 0
Gordon Auyeung 3 12 4.00 5 0
Bernard Christofferse 5 4 0.80 3 0
Seth Hockenberry 1 4 4.00 4 0
Raymond Straight 2 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Harvey Williams 3 24 0 1
Iceberg Lettuce 0 2 0 0
Ronald Sparling 0 1 0 0
Sergio Gaines 0 1 0 0
Michael Palmer 0 1 0 1
Michael Murphy 0 2 0 0
Jeffrey Marker 0 1 0 0
John Hartigan 3 0 0 0
Kevin Terry 0 1 0 0
David Gaddis 0 3 0 1
Michael Simmons 0 4 0 0
Miguel Lamar 0 3 0 1
Jess Woodward 0 6 0 0
Philip McCray 0 4 0 1
James Vega 0 4 0 0
Walter Simmons 2 3 0 0
Samuel Robertson 0 15 0 0
Jeffrey Harrison 26 44 0 2
Melvin Smith 0 26 0 0
John Tingle 3 18 0 0
Russell Washington 0 7 0 0
Larry Perry 7 0 0 0
Ricky Robertson 7 1 0 0
Lawrence Schroeder 7 3 0 0
Michael Vanwinkle 27 39 0 2
Flap Jack 22 45 0 15
Richard Austin 25 44 0 1
Herman Richey 0 3 0 0
William Hutchings 15 16 0 0
Grant Marks 7 4 0 0
Leon Taylor 22 45 0 3
Colin Jones 8 36 0 0
Dill Pickle 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Seth Hockenberry 12 20 1 1
Richard Fuentes 37 33 1 3
Michael Felten 13 3 1 1
Mariano Jones 41 34 0 0
Stephen Wyant 3 0 0 0
Thomas Gould 3 0 0 0
James McCormick 0 2 0 0
Kevin Exley 0 2 0 1
Matthew Bracken 0 2 0 0
Eugene Goodson 0 1 0 0
Fred Gargano 0 2 0 1
Thomas Hudock 0 1 0 0
Reynaldo Randall 0 2 0 1
Nathan Villanueva 0 1 0 0
Robert McGlothlin 0 1 0 0
Hubert Morris 0 1 0 0
Ronald Smith 0 1 0 0
Charles Robinson 0 1 0 0
Thomas Herndon 0 2 0 1
George Tucker 0 1 0 0
Richard Blanco 0 3 0 1
Sidney Chavis 0 20 0 0
Shaun Smith 1 2 0 0
Bernard Christofferse 6 3 0 0
Alfredo Stewart 4 2 0 1
Richard Crown 13 4 0 0
Thomas Walker 1 0 0 0
Raymond Straight 3 4 0 1
Cornell Manning 10 3 0 0
Esteban Alicea 32 25 0 2
Warren Whittaker 42 32 0 1
Gordon Auyeung 0 16 0 0
Stephen Tye 17 24 0 0
Corey Gibbons 0 15 0 1
Eduardo Kappel 29 34 0 4
Donald Brooks 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Michigan Panthers

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Thomas Hudock 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Iceberg Lettuce 2 0 0 0
Lawrence Schroeder 1 0 0 0
Michael Simmons 0 0 1 0
Sergio Gaines 0 0 2 0
Terry Oberry 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Marker 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gordon Auyeung 1 0 0 0
Raymond Straight 1 0 0 0
Seth Hockenberry 1 0 0 0
Eugene Goodson 0 1 1 0
Alfredo Stewart 0 1 0 0
Thomas Hudock 0 0 1 0
Nathan Villanueva 0 2 0 0
Ronald Smith 0 0 1 0

Punting

Michigan Panthers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Napoleon McQuaig 5 224 44.80 41.20 49 2

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dwain Yu 6 289 48.17 42.83 59 4

Kicking

Michigan Panthers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jonathan Ruch 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Mac Otterson 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 34 0 / 0

Punt Return

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lawrence Schroeder 2 4 2.0 3 0
Walter Simmons 1 4 4.0 4 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gordon Auyeung 2 17 8.5 10 0

Kick Return

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Walter Simmons 2 51 25.5 0
Lawrence Schroeder 1 20 20.0 0

Los Angeles Express

Defensive Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Tackles Sacks
Miguel Lamar 10 0
Russell Washington 6 0
Jess Woodward 6 0
Terry Oberry 5 0
James Vega 4 1
Sergio Gaines 4 0
Michael Murphy 4 0
Ronald Sparling 3 0
Jeffrey Marker 2 2
Philip McCray 1 0
Michael Vanwinkle 1 0
Colin Jones 1 0
Michael Simmons 1 0
Iceberg Lettuce 1 0
Melvin Cardenas 1 0
Jeffrey Harrison 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Thomas Hudock 11 0
Thomas Herndon 10 0
George Tucker 8 0
Richard Blanco 4 0
Eugene Goodson 3 0
James McCormick 3 0
Alfredo Stewart 3 0
Fred Gargano 2 0
Hubert Morris 2 0
Donald Brooks 2 0
Sidney Chavis 1 0
Charles Robinson 1 0
Matthew Bracken 1 0
Ronald Smith 1 0
Shaun Smith 1 0
Seth Hockenberry 1 0
Corey Gibbons 1 0
Eduardo Kappel 1 0