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Wild Card: Los Angeles Express at Houston Gamblers

December 24, 2000
70°
Houston Astrodome (Houston, TX) Attendance: 67,925 (100%)
Express 0 3 0 10 - 13
Gamblers 3 0 7 0 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 4-9-LAX 32 (9:24) 15-Earl Castro 49 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 LAX 0
(Qtr 2) Express: 4-5-HOU 27 (12:55) 1-Brian Haworth 44 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 LAX 3
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 3-2-LAX 2 (8:14) 22-Gary Sappington ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Earl Castro. HOU 10 LAX 3
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-3-HOU 11 (6:49) 1-Brian Haworth 28 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 10 LAX 6
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-1-HOU 0 (0:14) 6-David Tavarez pass complete to 30-Herman Stevens for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Brian Haworth. HOU 10 LAX 13

Team Statistics

Gamblers Express
First Downs 13 9
- Rushing 6 2
- Passing 7 6
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 219 204
- Offensive Plays 64 56
- Yards Per Play 3.42 3.64
Net Rushing Yards 101 9
- Rushing Attempts 30 21
- Yards Per Rush 3.37 0.43
Net Passing Yards 118 195
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 19 / 3 34 / 23 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 137 203
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 19 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.47 5.57
- Yards Per Completion 7.21 8.83
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 2 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 27 2 / 12
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 38
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 6 3 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 31
Time of Possession 32:12 27:49

Drive Charts

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:40 OWN 25 9 43 Field Goal
1 7:25 2:52 OWN 30 4 18 Punt
1 1:49 1:55 OWN 18 5 10 Interception
2 12:51 1:34 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 9:15 4:25 OWN 15 8 49 Interception
2 1:58 1:58 OWN 13 4 17 Half
3 13:25 1:52 OWN 23 3 9 Punt
3 10:18 2:06 OPP 25 5 25 Touchdown
3 5:18 2:05 OWN 2 3 9 Punt
3 1:00 1:48 OWN 20 3 1 Punt
4 12:39 2:04 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
4 6:46 1:32 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 3:56 2:11 OPP 27 8 26 Interception
4 0:10 0:10 OWN 25 3 11 Game

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:20 1:55 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 4:33 2:44 OWN 14 4 21 Punt
2 14:54 2:03 OPP 31 3 5 Field Goal
2 11:17 2:01 OWN 26 3 8 Punt
2 4:50 2:53 OWN 29 5 21 Punt
3 15:00 1:35 OWN 28 3 2 Punt
3 11:33 1:16 OWN 24 3 -1 Interception
3 8:11 2:53 OWN 25 4 13 Punt
3 3:13 2:14 OWN 46 3 -2 Punt
4 14:12 1:33 OWN 34 3 5 Punt
4 10:35 3:49 OWN 35 8 54 Field Goal
4 5:14 1:18 OWN 26 4 1 Downs
4 1:45 1:35 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gus "Hightest" Gas 12 46 3.83 11 3 0
Gary Sappington 9 27 3.00 12 1 1
Steve Austin 8 17 2.13 3 0 0
Bryan Franklin 1 11 11.00 11 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herman Stevens 2 7 3.50 4 0 0
Bernard Christofferse 15 2 0.13 4 0 0
Bruce Riley 4 0 0.00 3 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Bryan Franklin 31 19 137 3 / 19 0 18 3 31.99

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Tavarez 34 23 203 1 / 8 1 57 1 80.88

Receiving Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Todd Heap 4 42 10.50 15 0
Gary Sappington 4 33 8.25 14 0
Steve Austin 4 27 6.75 18 0
Gus "Hightest" Gas 3 10 3.33 4 0
Jeffrey Morris 2 9 4.50 7 0
Cecil Soto 1 9 9.00 9 0
Hugh Chance 1 7 7.00 7 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Sidney Chavis 4 79 19.75 57 0
Stephen Tye 4 37 9.25 10 0
Patrick Peavey 3 32 10.67 23 0
Ryan Greenway 3 28 9.33 12 0
Herman Stevens 2 17 8.50 17 1
Bernard Christofferse 5 11 2.20 6 0
Gordon Auyeung 1 2 2.00 2 0
Bruce Riley 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joe Tye 32 28 1 3
Gary Sappington 23 21 1 3
Robert Reynolds 44 37 1 4
Raymond Huang 0 1 0 0
Donald Turner 0 1 0 0
Gerald Reichel 0 2 0 0
Gus "Hightest" Gas 2 2 0 0
Xavier "X" Factor 0 4 0 0
Chip Alamo 0 4 0 0
Larry Laredo 0 3 0 0
Andrew Dove 0 2 0 0
David Numbers 0 3 0 0
Robert Brown 0 3 0 1
Bill Conlan 0 1 0 0
Kevin Baker 7 2 0 0
Robert Jean 17 13 0 0
Miles Marshall 5 1 0 0
Todd Heap 0 22 0 0
Francisco Snow 0 8 0 0
Steve Austin 0 7 0 1
Jeffrey Morris 12 20 0 0
Cecil Soto 0 16 0 1
Jim Dallas 0 9 0 0
Hugh Chance 1 16 0 0
Edwin Richert 42 31 0 0
Marcus Taing 43 33 0 3
Vernon Lamb 41 32 0 3
Derrick Herrera 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Eduardo Kappel 35 28 0 0
Nathan Villanueva 5 3 0 1
Juan Rollins 0 2 0 0
Thomas Hudock 0 1 0 0
Jess Walton 0 2 0 0
Matthew Bracken 0 2 0 0
Gary Kremer 0 2 0 0
Jerry Reyna 0 1 0 0
Alfredo Stewart 0 2 0 0
Fred Gargano 0 2 0 0
Paul Shelly 0 2 0 0
Eugene Goodson 0 1 0 0
Donald Brooks 0 2 0 0
Richard Blanco 0 5 0 0
Corey Gibbons 0 2 0 0
Richard Fuentes 11 0 0 0
Stephen Tye 22 17 0 0
Stephen Wyant 11 0 0 0
Kevin Jones 8 0 0 0
Andrew Ratner 12 0 0 0
Herman Stevens 15 8 0 1
Gordon Auyeung 0 13 0 0
Patrick Peavey 0 19 0 0
Sidney Chavis 0 13 0 3
Lamont Weller 38 29 0 1
Eddie Flannagan 35 24 0 1
Andrew Pinder 45 33 0 3
Bruce Riley 4 3 0 0
Seth Hockenberry 5 11 0 0
Bernard Christofferse 0 5 0 1
Warren Whittaker 45 30 0 0
Alex Fuller 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Davis 1 6 6.00 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Blanco 1 1 1.00 0
Thomas Hudock 1 0 0.00 0
Donald Brooks 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Houston Gamblers

Los Angeles Express

Punting

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Lawrence Kraker 7 321 45.86 44.43 53 1

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jody Smith 8 398 49.75 43.88 60 4

Kicking

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Earl Castro 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 1 / 1

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Brian Haworth 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 1 / 1

Punt Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Francisco Snow 2 27 13.5 15 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gordon Auyeung 2 12 6.0 7 0

Kick Return

Houston Gamblers

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Bruce Riley 1 38 38.0 0

Defensive Stats