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Week 4: Portland Timberwolves at Houston Rockets

September 24, 1989
70°
Texas Sun Bowl (Houston, TX) Attendance: 47,090 (63%)
Timberwolves 7 9 0 3 - 19
Rockets 0 3 3 0 - 6

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Timberwolves: 2-6-HOU 6 (10:14) 1-Richard Smart pass complete to 88-Charles Barbera for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Don Lambert. HOU 0 POR 7
(Qtr 2) Rockets: 4-4-POR 25 (13:31) 1-Harold Pease 43 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 89-Richard Renteria was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. HOU 3 POR 7
(Qtr 2) Timberwolves: 2-2-HOU 2 (7:12) 1-Richard Smart pass complete to 86-Daniel Evans for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Timberwolves: 4-1-HOU 23 (2:00) 6-Don Lambert 40 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 POR 16
(Qtr 3) Rockets: 4-12-POR 23 (7:36) 1-Harold Pease 41 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 6 POR 16
(Qtr 4) Timberwolves: 4-5-HOU 34 (12:34) 6-Don Lambert 51 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 6 POR 19

Team Statistics

Rockets Timberwolves
First Downs 14 16
- Rushing 3 7
- Passing 11 6
- Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 229 281
- Offensive Plays 66 54
- Yards Per Play 3.47 5.20
Net Rushing Yards 57 115
- Rushing Attempts 20 28
- Yards Per Rush 2.85 4.11
Net Passing Yards 172 166
- Att/Comp/Int 44 / 33 / 0 26 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 190 166
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.74 6.38
- Yards Per Completion 5.76 9.22
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 18 4 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 8.3
4th Down Conversions 2 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 11 / 87 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 62 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 29
Time of Possession 31:50 28:09

Drive Charts

Houston Rockets

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:10 3:25 OWN 25 6 18 Punt
1 3:13 4:45 OWN 46 7 29 Field Goal
2 11:13 0:04 OWN 41 1 0 Fumble
2 7:08 1:35 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
2 1:57 1:57 OWN 29 3 2 Half
3 15:00 7:28 OWN 31 13 47 Field Goal
3 5:22 3:28 OWN 15 6 19 Punt
4 12:29 1:31 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 9:32 4:17 OWN 42 9 23 Downs
4 3:20 3:20 OWN 37 15 44 Game

Portland Timberwolves

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:50 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 6:45 3:32 OWN 20 6 41 Missed FG
2 13:27 2:14 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 11:09 4:01 OPP 44 8 44 Touchdown
2 5:34 3:37 OWN 31 8 46 Field Goal
3 7:32 2:10 OWN 25 6 33 Punt
3 1:54 4:24 OWN 18 8 48 Field Goal
4 10:59 1:27 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 5:14 1:54 OWN 35 3 4 Punt

Rushing Stats

Houston Rockets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Nicholas Reynolds 11 38 3.45 9 0 0
Shawn Ramirez 5 12 2.40 4 0 0
Duane Sheffield 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Andrew Dearborn 3 2 0.67 2 0 0

Portland Timberwolves

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mitch Styles 20 78 3.90 13 3 0
Erik Swain 6 20 3.33 8 0 0
Richard Smart 2 17 8.50 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Houston Rockets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Duane Sheffield 44 33 190 2 / 18 0 14 0 82.58

Portland Timberwolves

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Richard Smart 26 18 166 0 / 0 2 28 0 112.02

Receiving Stats

Houston Rockets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Cyrus Tasker 12 51 4.25 10 0
Edward Suggs 4 32 8.00 12 0
James Kirk 3 31 10.33 14 0
Shawn Ramirez 4 25 6.25 11 0
Nicholas Reynolds 5 19 3.80 7 0
Isaias Simpson 3 17 5.67 10 0
Andrew Dearborn 2 15 7.50 10 0

Portland Timberwolves

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Barbera 6 62 10.33 19 1
Nicholas Yeh 4 52 13.00 28 0
Michael Dollard 3 25 8.33 10 0
Vincent Brown 2 14 7.00 8 0
Javier Fults 2 11 5.50 6 0
Daniel Evans 1 2 2.00 2 1

Blocking Stats

Houston Rockets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gregg Guard 53 35 1 6
Shawn Ramirez 11 17 1 2
Lee Morris 53 31 1 1
Richard Watkins 53 33 0 0
Alan Wade 0 2 0 0
Andrew Dearborn 3 2 0 1
Jeffery Nelson 0 1 0 0
Robert Johnson 0 2 0 0
John Yocum 0 2 0 1
Allen Huntley 0 2 0 0
Michael Ricks 0 2 0 0
Robert Pope 0 2 0 0
Frank Marquez 0 2 0 0
Joshua Howard 0 2 0 0
Scott Fransen 2 0 0 0
Ernest Stone 0 2 0 0
Edward Suggs 0 9 0 1
James Hadden 4 2 0 0
Christopher Wright 8 4 0 0
Richard Renteria 7 8 0 0
James Kirk 13 20 0 1
Cyrus Tasker 0 17 0 0
Nicholas Reynolds 10 8 0 1
Alfred Silvey 53 24 0 3
Isaias Simpson 0 22 0 2
Shawn Anderson 50 32 0 0
Andrew Beckwith 0 1 0 0

Portland Timberwolves

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Dollard 9 15 0 0
Todd Thatcher 4 1 0 0
Jeffery Herald 1 2 0 0
Juan Howard 0 1 0 0
Hollis Watford 0 1 0 0
John Bennett 0 1 0 0
Buck Wheat 0 1 0 0
Michael Buck 0 1 0 0
John Wilkes 0 1 0 1
James Ackerman 0 1 0 0
Mohammad Maguire 0 2 0 1
Clayton Laughlin 0 1 0 0
Dwight Bode 0 1 0 0
Joe Neal 0 1 0 0
John Izquierdo 0 1 0 0
Willie Montgomery 5 1 0 0
Gerard Baker 33 31 0 2
William Schaefer 9 0 0 0
Richard Keese 9 0 0 0
Heriberto Mason 8 0 0 0
Vincent Brown 0 15 0 0
Daniel Evans 0 11 0 0
Nicholas Yeh 0 12 0 0
Charles Barbera 3 27 0 0
Erik Swain 5 8 0 1
Javier Fults 1 13 0 0
Michael Race 37 34 0 2
Christopher Johnson 37 35 0 2
Michael Allen 37 31 0 1
Mitch Styles 13 2 0 0
Jose Mosley 37 30 0 2
Michael Linck 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Rockets

Portland Timberwolves

Fumble Stats

Houston Rockets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Nicholas Reynolds 2 0 0 0
Duane Sheffield 1 1 0 0

Portland Timberwolves

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Mohammad Maguire 0 0 1 0
John Bennett 0 1 1 0
Dwight Bode 0 0 1 0

Punting

Houston Rockets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Mark Juan 4 205 51.25 44.25 57 1

Portland Timberwolves

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Vincent Brown 4 78 19.50 26.25 27 1

Kicking

Houston Rockets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Harold Pease 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 43 0 / 0

Portland Timberwolves

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Don Lambert 2 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 2 51 1 / 2

Punt Return

Houston Rockets

Portland Timberwolves

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Daniel Evans 2 10 5.0 9 0

Kick Return

Houston Rockets

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Andrew Beckwith 2 62 31.0 0

Portland Timberwolves

Defensive Stats

Houston Rockets

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Johnson 7 0
Michael Ricks 7 0
Michael Foley 5 0
Alan Wade 5 0
Robert Pope 5 0
Charlie Ali 3 0
William Muir 3 0
Ernest Stone 2 0
James Hadden 2 0
John Yocum 2 0
James Kirk 1 0
Allen Huntley 1 0
Frank Marquez 1 0
Justin Webb 1 0
James Poisson 1 0

Portland Timberwolves

Name Tackles Sacks
John Bennett 12 0
Mohammad Maguire 9 0
John Wilkes 5 0
Dwight Bode 5 1
John Izquierdo 4 1
Juan Jackson 4 1
William Paterson 4 0
Todd Thatcher 3 0
Joe Neal 2 0
James Ackerman 2 0
Chris Malone 1 0
Hollis Watford 1 0
Don Lambert 1 0
Clayton Laughlin 1 0
Juan Howard 1 0