League Championship: Houston vs. San Francisco
January 26, 2053 70° Minnesota Stadium
Attendance: 64,121 (100%)
Houston 34 12 6 6 - 58
San Francisco 7 0 14 7 - 28
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Houston: 4-9-HOU 50 (11:34) Punt BLOCKED by 18-Kenneth Gaines! recovered by HOU-15-Christopher Bailey for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 80-Paul Rodriguez ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SFO 0 HOU 8
(Qtr 1) Houston: 4-11-SFO 24 (10:16) Punt BLOCKED by 18-Kenneth Gaines! recovered by HOU-15-Christopher Bailey for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Houston: 1-10-SFO 15 (9:20) 7-Jose York pass complete to 18-Kenneth Gaines for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 80-Paul Rodriguez ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SFO 0 HOU 22
(Qtr 1) Houston: 4-7-HOU 46 (6:23) Punt BLOCKED by 18-Kenneth Gaines! recovered by HOU-15-Christopher Bailey for 39 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Houston: 4-1-SFO 44 (3:19) Punt BLOCKED by 18-Kenneth Gaines! recovered by HOU-15-Christopher Bailey for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) San Francisco: 3-1-SFO 34 (1:50) 12-Lee Salisbury pass complete to 19-Adam Morton for 66 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Randy Castorena. SFO 7 HOU 34
(Qtr 2) Houston: 1-7-SFO 7 (5:45) 11-Daniel Burnette ran to SFO 0 for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Houston: 2-11-SFO 11 (1:16) 7-Jose York pass complete to 18-Kenneth Gaines to SFO 0 for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Houston: 2-1-SFO 4 (8:14) 12-Gene Williams ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) San Francisco: 2-10-SFO 39 (6:48) 12-Lee Salisbury pass complete to 19-Adam Morton to HOU 0 for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Randy Castorena. HOU 23-Vincent Baker was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SFO 14 HOU 52
(Qtr 3) San Francisco: 1-10-SFO 22 (4:47) 12-Lee Salisbury pass complete to 19-Adam Morton for 78 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Randy Castorena. SFO 21 HOU 52
(Qtr 4) San Francisco: 3-15-SFO 31 (14:49) 12-Lee Salisbury pass complete to 19-Adam Morton for 69 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Randy Castorena. SFO 28 HOU 52
(Qtr 4) Houston: 3-5-SFO 5 (3:03) 7-Jose York pass complete to 15-Christopher Bailey for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
Team Statistics
San Francisco Houston
First Downs 11 23
- Rushing 2 8
- Passing 7 14
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 439 412
- Offensive Plays 65 82
- Yards Per Play 6.75 5.02
Net Rushing Yards 35 112
- Rushing Attempts 16 39
- Yards Per Rush 2.19 2.87
Net Passing Yards 404 300
- Att/Comp/Int 49 / 33 / 0 42 / 26 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 404 308
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.24 6.98
- Yards Per Completion 12.24 11.85
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 17 7 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.9 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 6
Penalties/Yards 5 / 29 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 91 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 7
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 5 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OPP 45
Time of Possession 21:19 38:43
Drive Charts
San Francisco
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:34 OWN 25 5 25 Punt
1 11:26 1:15 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 9:15 3:00 OWN 30 6 24 Punt
2 10:09 1:32 OWN 19 3 2 Fumble
2 5:41 3:39 OWN 25 8 30 Downs
2 1:11 1:11 OWN 25 3 -5 Half
3 8:11 1:32 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 4:47 0:11 OWN 22 1 78 Touchdown
4 14:56 0:17 OWN 36 3 64 Touchdown
4 8:14 2:03 OWN 21 6 14 Fumble
4 3:57 0:51 OWN 4 3 7 Fumble
4 3:00 2:14 OWN 25 9 34 Downs
Houston
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:11 0:51 OPP 25 4 -1 Downs
1 9:19 0:05 OPP 14 1 14 Touchdown
1 6:15 3:04 OPP 23 5 -20 Punt
1 3:12 1:30 OPP 25 4 -75 Touchdown
1 1:41 6:32 OWN 25 12 75 Downs
2 8:37 1:19 OPP 24 3 2 Punt
2 7:18 1:37 OWN 29 3 71 Touchdown
2 2:02 0:51 OPP 49 5 49 Touchdown
3 15:00 6:49 OWN 25 14 75 Touchdown
3 6:40 1:53 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 4:36 4:40 OWN 25 9 47 Downs
4 14:39 6:26 OWN 25 14 64 Downs
4 6:10 2:14 OPP 23 7 18 Downs
4 3:06 0:06 OPP 5 3 5 Touchdown
4 0:46 0:46 OPP 48 2 35 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
San Francisco
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#7 Gilbert Merrow 13 28 2.15 14 2 0
#42 Fred Tuttle 3 7 2.33 10 1 0
Houston
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#11 Daniel Burnette 10 36 3.60 9 0 1
#14 Orlando Montgomery 9 29 3.22 5 0 0
#15 Christopher Bailey 2 23 11.50 18 1 0
#81 Paul Rodriguez 10 13 1.30 12 1 0
#85 Alan Wallace 3 6 2.00 8 0 0
#12 Gene Williams 5 5 1.00 4 0 1
Passing Stats
San Francisco
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#14 Lee Salisbury 49 33 404 0 / 0 4 78 0 119.77
Houston
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#7 Jose York 42 26 308 1 / 8 3 45 0 108.04
Receiving Stats
San Francisco
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#11 Adam Morton 8 319 39.88 78 4
#49 Stephen Kerstetter 2 31 15.50 21 0
#42 Fred Tuttle 4 16 4.00 11 0
#27 Max Richardson 2 14 7.00 11 0
#44 Rickey Davis 8 13 1.63 10 0
#17 Cecil Earls 1 6 6.00 6 0
#7 Gilbert Merrow 8 5 0.63 8 0
Houston
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#18 Kenneth Gaines 9 88 9.78 18 2
#12 Gene Williams 5 80 16.00 23 0
#15 Christopher Bailey 4 71 17.75 45 1
#81 Paul Rodriguez 5 59 11.80 17 0
#85 Alan Wallace 1 7 7.00 7 0
#14 Orlando Montgomery 1 3 3.00 3 0
#11 Daniel Burnette 1 0 0.00 0 0
Blocking Stats
San Francisco
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Rich Carter 54 31 0 2
#69 Edward Acosta 60 30 0 3
#17 Cecil Earls 0 13 0 0
#44 Rickey Davis 16 10 0 2
#70 John Jensen 57 22 0 2
#53 Peter Slayden 14 7 0 0
#76 Daniel McGraw 59 25 0 1
#49 Stephen Kerstetter 9 20 0 0
#11 Adam Morton 0 9 0 0
#97 William Chew 13 4 0 1
#60 Benjamin Cook 4 5 0 0
#73 Floyd Horn 29 11 0 1
#70 Robert Fears 0 3 0 0
#67 Steven Collier 5 3 0 1
#30 Donald Frazier 0 4 0 0
#25 George Claude 0 3 0 0
#26 Jim Hadnot 0 3 0 1
#47 Jimmie Hannah 0 3 0 0
#77 Albert Lee 2 5 0 0
#97 Mark Oconnor 0 3 0 0
#42 Fred Tuttle 5 5 0 2
#27 Max Richardson 0 9 0 1
#63 Eric Marvin 5 3 0 0
#44 Douglas Houston 1 1 0 0
#85 Jeremy Cruz 0 5 0 0
#23 Kenneth Broussard 0 1 0 0
#62 David Cooper 20 9 0 0
#7 Gilbert Merrow 1 1 0 0
#18 David Wert 0 1 0 0
Houston
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 James Ruhl 43 43 1 2
#86 Miles Jackson 0 6 0 0
#12 Gene Williams 1 31 0 0
#10 John Farmer 0 6 0 0
#75 Brent Davis 42 46 0 0
#25 Daniel Rhodes 0 8 0 0
#63 Troy Kinyon 39 43 0 2
#55 Thomas Oneill 41 42 0 3
#18 Kenneth Gaines 0 38 0 4
#14 Orlando Montgomery 1 24 0 1
#85 Alan Wallace 2 10 0 2
#65 Eric Lee 42 50 0 7
#72 Billy Sanders 2 3 0 0
#15 Christopher Bailey 0 22 0 1
#40 Sylvester Delaney 0 1 0 1
#70 Robert Zuniga 0 1 0 0
#35 Stanley Applegate 0 1 0 0
#81 Paul Rodriguez 8 23 0 1
#17 David Moon 0 11 0 1
#60 James Hill 6 6 0 0
#36 Richard Perez 3 2 0 1
#51 Ernest Raley 2 3 0 0
#11 Daniel Burnette 2 3 0 0
#95 Allen Kessler 1 0 0 0
#27 Daniel Guillen 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
San Francisco
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Houston
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
San Francisco
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#11 Adam Morton 1 0 0 0
#6 Al Seals 0 1 0 0
#63 Eric Marvin 0 1 0 0
#70 John Jensen 0 0 1 0
#69 Edward Acosta 0 1 0 0
#60 Benjamin Cook 0 1 0 0
Houston
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#10 John Farmer 1 1 0 0
#15 Christopher Bailey 0 5 0 4
#40 Sylvester Delaney 0 0 1 0
#48 Milton Feliciano 0 1 0 0
#86 Miles Jackson 0 1 0 0
Punting
San Francisco
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Al Seals 1 50 50.00 50.00 50 0
Houston
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Carroll Prather 1 52 52.00 52.00 52 0
Kicking
San Francisco
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Randy Castorena 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 4 / 4
Houston
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Punt Return
San Francisco
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Houston
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 David Moon 1 1 1.0 1 0
Kick Return
San Francisco
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#17 Cecil Earls 3 91 30.3 0
Houston
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
San Francisco
Name Tackles Sacks
#30 Donald Frazier 10 0
#99 Curtis Russo 9 0
#47 Jose Toothman 7 0
#77 Albert Lee 6 0
#28 Leonard Neese 5 0
#60 Benjamin Cook 5 1
#40 Joshua Niblett 5 0
#53 Stephen Berry 3 0
#67 Steven Collier 2 0
#26 Jim Hadnot 2 0
#47 Jimmie Hannah 2 0
#94 Craig Terrell 2 0
#11 Adam Morton 1 0
#70 Robert Fears 1 0
#97 Rodney Edwards 1 0
#6 Al Seals 1 0
Houston
Name Tackles Sacks
#48 Milton Feliciano 12 0
#91 Robert Reyes 5 0
#40 Sylvester Delaney 4 0
#27 Daniel Guillen 4 0
#10 John Farmer 4 0
#53 Ross Forbes 4 0
#35 Stanley Applegate 3 0
#97 Gabriel Costa 2 0
#51 Dennis Ingle 2 0
#21 Paul Morris 1 0
#56 David Kirk 1 0
#70 Robert Zuniga 1 0
#15 Christopher Bailey 1 0
#38 James Dugas 1 0
#25 Daniel Rhodes 1 0
#46 Donald Bay 1 0
#23 Vincent Baker 1 0
#52 Jason Kirkland 1 0
#86 Miles Jackson 1 0