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Wild Card: Houston Gamblers at San Jose SaberCats

December 27, 1998
43°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 65,157 (93%)
Gamblers 0 0 3 3 - 6
SaberCats 3 11 8 8 - 30

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 4-10-HOU 33 (5:53) 6-Robert Rodriquez 50 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 3 HOU 0
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-6-HOU 9 (10:51) 6-Robert Rodriquez 26 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 6 HOU 0
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 2-1-HOU 7 (1:05) 22-Gary Sappington ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 80-Frank Swanson ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SJS 14 HOU 0
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-10-SJS 20 (10:56) 15-Earl Castro 37 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 57-Homer Woodward was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SJS 14 HOU 3
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 1-3-HOU 3 (1:23) 23-David Hartwig ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 22-Gary Sappington ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SJS 22 HOU 3
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 2-5-HOU 5 (6:15) 18-Jake Plummer pass complete to 35-Milton Schwab for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 46-Paul Bieker ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SJS 30 HOU 3
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-14-SJS 14 (4:14) 15-Earl Castro 31 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 30 HOU 6

Team Statistics

SaberCats Gamblers
First Downs 21 11
- Rushing 14 4
- Passing 7 6
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 347 212
- Offensive Plays 85 53
- Yards Per Play 4.08 4.00
Net Rushing Yards 213 66
- Rushing Attempts 44 12
- Yards Per Rush 4.84 5.50
Net Passing Yards 134 146
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 28 / 1 40 / 21 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 134 153
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.27 3.56
- Yards Per Completion 4.79 7.29
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 17 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 7.0
4th Down Conversions 4 / 5 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 14 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 17 2 / 48
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 2 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 3 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 24
Time of Possession 41:04 18:56

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:41 6:52 OWN 30 11 37 Field Goal
1 4:17 8:30 OWN 24 13 68 Field Goal
2 9:58 2:09 OWN 28 3 7 Punt
2 3:44 2:43 OWN 42 8 58 Touchdown
3 15:00 2:00 OWN 25 4 7 Downs
3 10:52 9:32 OWN 25 19 75 Touchdown
3 0:38 1:39 OWN 26 5 16 Punt
4 11:41 3:30 OWN 15 6 14 Punt
4 7:22 0:09 OPP 22 3 0 Interception
4 6:51 0:39 OPP 7 2 7 Touchdown
4 4:10 1:37 OWN 16 4 16 Punt
4 1:44 1:44 OWN 21 4 32 Game

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:19 OWN 17 3 5 Punt
1 5:49 1:31 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 10:48 0:50 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 7:48 4:04 OWN 4 9 55 Interception
2 1:01 1:01 OWN 25 2 -1 Half
3 13:00 2:08 OPP 30 6 10 Field Goal
3 1:20 0:42 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
4 13:59 2:18 OWN 20 7 35 Punt
4 8:11 0:49 OWN 25 3 2 Interception
4 7:13 0:23 OWN 12 2 -1 Interception
4 6:11 2:01 OWN 25 6 61 Field Goal
4 2:34 0:50 OWN 18 6 18 Punt

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Hartwig 18 90 5.00 14 3 1
Milton Schwab 7 56 8.00 11 2 0
Gary Sappington 14 51 3.64 7 0 1
Jake Plummer 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Harold Hedberg 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Frank Swanson 2 4 2.00 2 0 0
Paul Bieker 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steve Austin 6 26 4.33 13 1 0
Jeffrey Morris 2 20 10.00 14 1 0
Tony Dean 1 13 13.00 13 1 0
Francisco Snow 3 7 2.33 3 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jake Plummer 41 28 134 0 / 0 1 17 1 70.58

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 40 21 153 1 / 7 0 40 3 30.52

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Milton Schwab 11 71 6.45 15 1
Harold Marshall 2 23 11.50 17 0
Gary Sappington 6 21 3.50 6 0
David Hartwig 5 14 2.80 12 0
Harold Hedberg 1 2 2.00 2 0
Paul Bieker 2 2 1.00 2 0
Frank Swanson 1 1 1.00 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Todd Heap 4 58 14.50 40 0
Jeffrey Morris 5 28 5.60 10 0
Steve Austin 5 25 5.00 12 0
Jett Black 1 16 16.00 16 0
Hugh Chance 1 16 16.00 16 0
Terry Brodie 1 13 13.00 13 0
Ralph Brock 4 -3 -0.75 2 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Harold Hedberg 21 35 0 2
David Strait 5 4 0 0
Alvin Lombardi 0 1 0 0
James Walters 0 3 0 0
William Jung 0 1 0 0
Jurrell Casey 2 1 0 1
Homer Woodward 0 2 0 0
Robert Poe 0 2 0 0
Frank Swanson 3 2 0 0
Danny Trevathan 0 2 0 0
Stephen Ray Vaughan 0 1 0 1
James Jackson 4 3 0 0
David Gullion 3 1 0 1
Frank Huber 0 2 0 0
Trevor McDermott 47 49 0 1
Milton Schwab 4 14 0 1
David Hartwig 11 17 0 2
Kevin Jones 9 10 0 1
Mark Hsu 0 27 0 0
Paul Bieker 9 28 0 1
Harold Marshall 0 8 0 2
Craig Icenhour 0 21 0 1
Evan Mathis 48 49 0 1
Dan Neil 46 49 0 1
Dalton Risner 47 53 0 0
Gary Sappington 3 13 0 1
Robert Beal 37 41 0 1
Gerry Patel 0 1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Eric Wiens 38 11 1 1
Raymond Huang 0 3 0 0
Marcus Taing 20 9 0 0
Wayne Davidson 0 1 0 0
Under Grandstand 0 1 0 0
Joseph Taylor 0 1 0 0
Chip Alamo 0 1 0 0
Andrew Dove 0 1 0 0
Lee Branam 0 1 0 0
Donald Turner 1 1 0 0
Kevin Baker 2 0 0 0
Jim Dallas 0 3 0 0
Todd Heap 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Morris 0 4 0 0
Terry Brodie 3 0 0 0
Steve Austin 12 10 0 4
Francisco Snow 7 2 0 0
Greg Locke 47 16 0 0
Merrill Marks 35 14 0 0
Robert Jean 21 13 0 0
Ralph Brock 16 9 0 1
Roger Mitchell 48 22 0 1
Steve Haywood 0 10 0 0
Hugh Chance 0 13 0 3
Edward Self 36 16 0 1
Jett Black 0 9 0 0
Larry Laredo 0 3 0 1
Joe Mitchell 0 2 0 0
Derrick Herrera 0 2 0 1
Robert Brown 5 3 0 0
William Benson 19 5 0 0
Joel Clark 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
William Jung 1 1 1.00 0
Abraham Jackson 1 1 1.00 0
James Walters 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jason Chacko 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Houston Gamblers

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Poirier 4 220 55.00 48.75 61 2

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
A. J. Winehouse 6 254 42.33 42.33 47 1

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Rodriquez 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 50 0 / 0

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Earl Castro 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 0 / 0

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Sappington 1 1 1.0 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Francisco Snow 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Harold Hedberg 1 17 17.0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Francisco Snow 2 48 24.0 0

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Wendell Vaughn 6 0
Christopher Miller 5 0
Louis Anderson 5 0
William Jung 3 0
Danny Trevathan 3 0
Carl Peckham 2 0
James Jackson 2 0
James Munoz 2 0
Jurrell Casey 1 0
James Walters 1 0
Abraham Jackson 1 0
Craig Icenhour 1 0
Joel Camacho 1 0
Milton Schwab 1 0
Alvin Lombardi 1 1

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Joel Clark 12 0
Robert Brown 10 0
Andrew Dove 9 0
Ralph Thomas 8 0
Jason Chacko 6 0
Larry Laredo 6 0
Jerry Hyder 3 0
Under Grandstand 3 0
Raymond Huang 2 0
Wayne Davidson 2 0
Joe Mitchell 2 0
Lee Branam 2 0
John Belisle 1 0
Francisco Snow 1 0
Charles Roberts 1 0
Edward Self 1 0
Merrill Marks 1 0