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Divisional Round: Los Angeles Express at San Jose SaberCats

December 31, 2000
53°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 69,732 (100%)
Express 6 7 0 0 - 13
SaberCats 0 3 16 8 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Express: 4-8-SJS 35 (8:59) 1-Brian Haworth 52 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 0 LAX 3
(Qtr 1) Express: 4-4-SJS 27 (4:12) 1-Brian Haworth 44 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 0 LAX 6
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-5-LAX 23 (12:18) 6-Robert Rodriquez 40 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 3 LAX 6
(Qtr 2) Express: 2-6-SJS 9 (9:54) 6-David Tavarez pass complete to 15-Sidney Chavis for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Brian Haworth. SJS 3 LAX 13
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 1-1-LAX 1 (6:34) 7-Craig Icenhour ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 7-Craig Icenhour ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! LAX 99-Kevin Exley was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SJS 11 LAX 13
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 1-10-LAX 11 (3:26) 18-Jake Plummer pass complete to 20-John Gates for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 12-David Barfield ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SJS 19 LAX 13
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 2-4-LAX 4 (12:09) 86-Harold Hedberg ran to LAX 0 for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 12-David Barfield ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SJS 27 LAX 13

Team Statistics

SaberCats Express
First Downs 22 8
- Rushing 14 4
- Passing 6 2
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 313 126
- Offensive Plays 78 49
- Yards Per Play 4.01 2.57
Net Rushing Yards 213 72
- Rushing Attempts 59 19
- Yards Per Rush 3.61 3.79
Net Passing Yards 100 54
- Att/Comp/Int 17 / 10 / 2 28 / 15 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 116 73
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 16 2 / 19
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.26 1.80
- Yards Per Completion 11.60 4.87
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 13 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.1 8.5
4th Down Conversions 3 / 4 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 21 5 / 37
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 20 1 / 28
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 3 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 32
Time of Possession 38:54 21:05

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:09 1:14 OWN 31 3 17 Fumble
1 8:54 3:16 OWN 25 6 8 Downs
1 4:08 6:53 OWN 25 11 52 Field Goal
2 10:41 0:04 OWN 22 1 0 Interception
2 9:49 2:51 OWN 25 7 39 Interception
2 5:58 1:53 OWN 36 3 0 Punt
2 0:45 0:45 OWN 9 1 12 Half
3 15:00 8:28 OWN 12 17 88 Touchdown
3 6:21 2:59 OPP 41 5 41 Touchdown
3 1:53 3:57 OWN 29 6 14 Punt
4 12:53 0:47 OPP 14 2 14 Touchdown
4 10:08 2:00 OWN 11 4 15 Punt
4 3:47 3:47 OWN 37 9 24 Game

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:51 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 12:55 4:00 OWN 40 8 24 Field Goal
1 5:38 1:30 OPP 33 3 6 Field Goal
2 12:15 1:34 OWN 28 3 3 Punt
2 10:37 0:47 OPP 32 3 32 Touchdown
2 6:58 1:00 OWN 27 3 -6 Punt
2 4:04 3:20 OWN 20 6 25 Punt
3 6:32 0:12 OWN 25 2 0 Fumble
3 3:21 1:28 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
4 12:57 0:04 OWN 12 1 0 Interception
4 12:06 1:58 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 8:07 4:21 OWN 25 11 42 Downs

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Craig Icenhour 22 74 3.36 12 2 1
John Gates 14 59 4.21 16 1 0
David Hartwig 13 43 3.31 12 3 0
Eric Tanner 2 19 9.50 13 1 0
Harold Hedberg 3 14 4.67 9 0 1
David Barfield 2 4 2.00 2 0 0
Jake Plummer 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ronnie Nix 10 43 4.30 13 1 0
Bruce Riley 4 13 3.25 4 0 0
David Tavarez 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
Herman Stevens 4 7 1.75 2 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jake Plummer 17 10 116 2 / 16 1 27 2 59.56

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Tavarez 28 15 73 2 / 19 1 14 1 56.25

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Barfield 3 61 20.33 27 0
Craig Icenhour 4 25 6.25 12 0
John Gates 2 23 11.50 12 1
Harold Hedberg 1 7 7.00 7 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Stephen Tye 2 18 9.00 9 0
Sidney Chavis 2 14 7.00 9 1
Ryan Greenway 1 14 14.00 14 0
Seth Hockenberry 1 11 11.00 11 0
Ronnie Nix 4 8 2.00 6 0
Gordon Auyeung 3 6 2.00 3 0
Patrick Peavey 1 2 2.00 2 0
Bruce Riley 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Trevor McDermott 22 56 1 8
Harold Hedberg 9 42 1 1
Homer Woodward 0 2 0 0
David Gullion 1 1 0 0
Jurrell Casey 0 1 0 0
Louis Anderson 0 1 0 0
Alvin Lombardi 0 1 0 0
Christopher Miller 0 1 0 0
Samwise Gamgee 0 1 0 0
Michael Johnson 1 12 0 0
Frank Huber 2 1 0 0
Jared Thomas 0 1 0 0
Wendell Vaughn 3 2 0 0
Michael Gatlin 3 4 0 1
William Jung 1 1 0 0
David Strait 1 2 0 0
Terry Mitchell 1 0 0 0
Harold Marshall 0 1 0 0
John Gates 11 6 0 0
Eric Tanner 6 5 0 0
Ivan Humphrey 0 39 0 3
Craig Icenhour 0 20 0 0
David Barfield 0 49 0 0
David Hartwig 9 39 0 8
Evan Mathis 23 56 0 3
Dan Neil 23 63 0 2
Dalton Risner 23 57 0 0
Robert Beal 21 50 0 0
Willie Haygood 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Warren Whittaker 40 28 1 4
Andrew Pinder 34 24 1 1
Eduardo Kappel 28 23 0 0
Kevin Exley 0 2 0 0
Juan Rollins 0 2 0 0
Alfredo Stewart 0 1 0 1
Thomas Hudock 0 1 0 0
Patrick Peavey 0 7 0 0
Dee Barreras 7 0 0 0
Brian Villarreal 3 0 0 0
Ryan Greenway 0 1 0 0
Corey Gibbons 0 3 0 0
Sidney Chavis 0 8 0 0
Bruce Riley 0 4 0 1
Gordon Auyeung 0 7 0 1
Michael Kennedy 0 1 0 0
Herman Stevens 11 9 0 2
Richard Blanco 0 2 0 0
James McCormick 0 2 0 0
Nathan Villanueva 5 2 0 0
Stephen Tye 19 13 0 1
Richard Fuentes 10 1 0 0
Stephen Wyant 11 3 0 0
Kevin Jones 6 0 0 0
Andrew Ratner 9 0 0 0
Ronnie Nix 5 5 0 1
Lamont Weller 30 27 0 1
Eddie Flannagan 29 19 0 2
Seth Hockenberry 0 9 0 0
Charles Jackson 0 2 0 1

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Wendell Vaughn 1 1 1.00 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Blanco 1 0 0.00 0
Fred Gargano 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Hartwig 2 0 0 0
Ivan Humphrey 0 1 0 0
Raymond Moore 0 1 0 0
William Jung 0 0 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ryan Greenway 1 0 0 0
Thomas Hudock 0 1 1 0
Donald Brooks 0 0 1 0

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Poirier 3 137 45.67 45.67 48 1

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jody Smith 6 284 47.33 47.33 56 2

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

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

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Brian Haworth 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Los Angeles Express

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Gates 1 20 20.0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Bruce Riley 1 28 28.0 0

Defensive Stats