League Championship: Houston vs. Tampa Bay
January 25, 2065 70° Minnesota Stadium
Attendance: 64,121 (100%)
Houston 7 0 7 0 - 14
Tampa Bay 3 3 0 3 - 9
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Houston: 3-1-TBY 1 (11:45) 6-Clement Phillips ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Paul Nichols. TBY 0 HOU 7
(Qtr 1) Tampa Bay: 4-8-HOU 33 (5:09) 17-Daniel Olson 51 yard field goal is GOOD. TBY 3 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Tampa Bay: 4-2-HOU 33 (1:13) 17-Daniel Olson 50 yard field goal is GOOD. TBY 6 HOU 7
(Qtr 3) Houston: 2-7-TBY 41 (3:25) 20-John Royer ran for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Paul Nichols. TBY 6 HOU 14
(Qtr 4) Tampa Bay: 4-9-HOU 41 (10:04) 17-Daniel Olson 58 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 38-James Holmes was injured on the play. TBY 9 HOU 14
Team Statistics
Tampa Bay Houston
First Downs 15 10
- Rushing 6 1
- Passing 8 9
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 247 285
- Offensive Plays 66 52
- Yards Per Play 3.74 5.48
Net Rushing Yards 96 91
- Rushing Attempts 25 33
- Yards Per Rush 3.84 2.76
Net Passing Yards 151 194
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 22 / 2 19 / 15 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 167 194
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 16 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.68 10.21
- Yards Per Completion 7.59 12.93
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 17 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.5 4.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 1 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 27
Time of Possession 31:37 28:24
Drive Charts
Tampa Bay
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:43 1:25 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
1 8:51 3:45 OWN 39 9 27 Field Goal
1 2:56 2:40 OWN 22 6 39 Interception
2 12:57 3:07 OWN 20 7 22 Punt
2 7:35 0:46 OPP 25 2 5 Interception
2 4:06 2:57 OWN 29 6 38 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:29 OWN 25 6 21 Punt
3 6:21 0:53 OWN 10 3 6 Punt
3 3:18 3:28 OWN 25 6 28 Punt
4 12:47 2:47 OWN 43 4 16 Field Goal
4 8:43 5:59 OWN 22 9 32 Missed FG
4 1:50 0:21 OWN 12 5 19 Downs
Houston
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:17 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 10:18 1:27 OWN 13 3 39 Interception
1 5:05 2:10 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 0:16 2:19 OWN 31 4 20 Punt
2 9:50 2:14 OWN 14 4 17 Fumble
2 6:50 2:44 OWN 6 4 16 Punt
2 1:09 1:09 OWN 25 2 8 Half
3 11:31 5:10 OWN 11 9 40 Punt
3 5:28 2:11 OWN 42 4 58 Touchdown
4 14:50 2:03 OWN 7 3 6 Punt
4 9:59 1:17 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 2:44 0:54 OWN 49 3 9 Punt
4 1:29 1:29 OPP 23 3 0 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Tampa Bay
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#14 Vance Witt 13 48 3.69 12 3 0
#85 David McDowell 8 28 3.50 12 1 0
#4 Noe Lawton 3 23 7.67 23 1 0
#34 Kent Whitson 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0 0
Houston
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#20 John Royer 6 49 8.17 41 1 1
#4 Felix Merriman 4 25 6.25 12 1 0
#23 John Germaine 7 10 1.43 4 0 0
#14 Lewis Morgan 6 4 0.67 5 0 0
#6 Clement Phillips 7 3 0.43 3 0 1
#3 Ronald Hebert 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Tampa Bay
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#5 Myron Davis 39 22 167 2 / 16 0 16 2 45.57
Houston
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Ronald Hebert 19 15 194 0 / 0 0 34 1 87.28
Receiving Stats
Tampa Bay
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Gilbert Cashman 9 80 8.89 16 0
#88 Adam Palumbo 4 30 7.50 13 0
#14 Vance Witt 2 21 10.50 15 0
#85 David McDowell 4 19 4.75 7 0
#88 Lynn Martinez 1 10 10.00 10 0
#34 Kent Whitson 2 7 3.50 4 0
Houston
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#4 Felix Merriman 4 76 19.00 34 0
#23 John Germaine 1 31 31.00 31 0
#20 John Royer 3 29 9.67 15 0
#59 Ronny McKenzie 2 21 10.50 14 0
#24 Kevin Stern 2 19 9.50 13 0
#46 Carl Shapiro 1 9 9.00 9 0
#88 Ernest Carpenter 1 7 7.00 7 0
#14 Lewis Morgan 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Tampa Bay
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#63 Daniel Kennedy 50 31 1 5
#80 John Baxter 1 0 1 1
#66 Everett Durham 36 29 0 0
#88 Adam Palumbo 0 18 0 1
#73 Daniel Visser 40 20 0 0
#79 Gregory Densmore 50 27 0 1
#19 August Hiner 9 19 0 1
#88 Lynn Martinez 0 18 0 0
#80 Gilbert Cashman 0 26 0 1
#63 Patrick Sanders 47 29 0 0
#34 Kent Whitson 25 15 0 0
#85 David McDowell 3 3 0 0
#56 James Humphreys 5 1 0 0
#70 Luis Allen 10 0 0 0
#59 Willian Roberts 16 12 0 2
#69 Gustavo Cooper 9 0 0 0
#90 Ronald Merrell 0 1 0 0
#98 Willie Giordano 0 1 0 0
#59 John Nunnery 0 1 0 0
#14 Vance Witt 9 2 0 1
#4 Noe Lawton 3 0 0 0
#16 James Balcom 0 2 0 0
#69 Lawrence Eisenhower 5 0 0 0
#69 Glenn Phillips 4 0 0 0
#71 John Dotson 0 1 0 0
#29 Henry Stark 0 1 0 0
#33 Antonio Lockett 0 1 0 0
#44 James Grant 0 1 0 0
#28 Jose Garner 0 1 0 0
Houston
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#53 Glenn Ramage 6 5 0 0
#65 Bradley Villalba 19 23 0 1
#68 Michael Pierce 26 34 0 1
#78 Charles Johnson 16 26 0 0
#76 Jeff Mang 20 29 0 2
#53 James Bargas 12 24 0 0
#88 Ernest Carpenter 0 3 0 0
#4 Felix Merriman 0 11 0 1
#59 Ronny McKenzie 1 5 0 0
#77 Derek Jackson 12 9 0 0
#20 John Royer 0 15 0 0
#55 Simon Johnson 10 2 0 0
#69 Kurt Green 7 27 0 1
#83 Brian Embry 0 16 0 0
#10 Tommy Gregory 0 15 0 1
#85 Joe Johnson 0 13 0 0
#73 Roger Williamson 8 2 0 0
#81 Daniel Dooley 2 0 0 0
#46 Carl Shapiro 3 1 0 0
#43 Kenneth Bunting 0 3 0 1
#59 Arthur Kappel 7 9 0 0
#14 Lewis Morgan 4 2 0 0
#6 Clement Phillips 1 11 0 0
#95 Bobby Moore 7 4 0 0
#22 Frederick Higgins 6 3 0 0
#21 Luther Leblanc 0 2 0 0
#73 William Dickson 0 1 0 0
#33 Kevin Wright 0 2 0 0
#26 Micheal Tran 0 1 0 0
#37 Justin Morris 0 1 0 1
#38 James Holmes 0 1 0 0
#24 Kevin Stern 0 4 0 0
#29 Alejandro Clayton 0 1 0 0
#23 John Germaine 5 3 0 0
Interception Stats
Tampa Bay
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#54 Russell Waller 1 0 0.00 0
Houston
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#29 Alejandro Clayton 1 0 0.00 0
#23 John Germaine 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Tampa Bay
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#29 Henry Stark 0 0 2 0
#48 Clair White 0 1 0 0
Houston
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#23 John Germaine 1 0 0 0
#6 Clement Phillips 1 0 0 0
Punting
Tampa Bay
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#19 George Thompson 5 221 44.20 44.20 52 4
Houston
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#14 Armand Blackshire 7 319 45.57 41.57 57 2
Kicking
Tampa Bay
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#17 Daniel Olson 3 / 4 3 / 4 3 / 4 58 0 / 0
Houston
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#8 Paul Nichols 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 2 / 2
Punt Return
Tampa Bay
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Houston
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Tampa Bay
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Houston
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Tampa Bay
Name Tackles Sacks
#90 Ronald Merrell 8 0
#33 Antonio Lockett 7 0
#29 Henry Stark 5 0
#27 Joseph Pendley 4 0
#44 James Grant 3 0
#80 Gilbert Cashman 2 0
#99 Willie Smith 2 0
#56 James Humphreys 2 0
#48 Clair White 2 0
#24 Thomas Whitaker 1 0
#37 Victor Taylor 1 0
#28 Jose Garner 1 0
#94 Eric Vick 1 0
#42 Melvin Templeton 1 0
#71 John Dotson 1 0
Houston
Name Tackles Sacks
#38 James Holmes 13 1
#31 Martin Dickson 5 0
#37 Justin Morris 5 0
#43 Kenneth Bunting 5 0
#32 Lloyd Cohen 4 0
#22 Frederick Higgins 3 0
#23 John Germaine 3 0
#21 Luther Leblanc 3 0
#6 Clement Phillips 2 0
#73 William Dickson 2 0
#63 Adam Lumpkin 2 0
#95 Bobby Moore 2 0
#3 Ronald Hebert 1 0
#68 David Puddy 1 1