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Wild Card: Arizona Vipers at San Diego Sharks

December 29, 1991
57°
San Diego County Stadium (San Diego, CA) Attendance: 75,000 (100%)
Vipers 7 0 0 0 - 7
Sharks 7 10 3 6 - 26

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sharks: 2-1-AZR 0 (8:06) 7-John Maness pass complete to 37-Ernest Mead to AZR 0 for a short loss. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Leroy Stewart. S.D 7 AZR 0
(Qtr 1) Vipers: 2-5-AZR 25 (7:19) 7-Antonio McDermott pass complete to 19-James Flowers to S.D 0 for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Jake Akers. S.D 7 AZR 7
(Qtr 2) Sharks: 1-3-AZR 3 (7:27) 37-Ernest Mead ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Leroy Stewart. S.D 14 AZR 7
(Qtr 2) Sharks: 1-10-AZR 13 (0:02) 4-Leroy Stewart 30 yard field goal is GOOD. AZR 54-Preston Leasure was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. S.D 17 AZR 7
(Qtr 3) Sharks: 4-13-AZR 13 (7:30) 4-Leroy Stewart 30 yard field goal is GOOD. S.D 20 AZR 7
(Qtr 4) Sharks: 1-10-S.D 21 (12:51) 7-John Maness pass complete to 14-Robert Compton for 79 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Sharks Vipers
First Downs 25 8
- Rushing 11 3
- Passing 12 2
- Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 503 155
- Offensive Plays 76 42
- Yards Per Play 6.62 3.69
Net Rushing Yards 197 54
- Rushing Attempts 41 21
- Yards Per Rush 4.80 2.57
Net Passing Yards 306 101
- Att/Comp/Int 34 / 25 / 0 18 / 10 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 314 124
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 3 / 23
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.74 4.81
- Yards Per Completion 12.56 12.40
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 15 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.1 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 40 2 / 21
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 4 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 41
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 21
Time of Possession 38:18 21:43

Drive Charts

San Diego Sharks

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:57 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
1 7:08 2:20 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 2:51 3:33 OWN 31 8 43 Missed FG
2 12:12 4:47 OWN 10 10 90 Touchdown
2 5:17 2:50 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
2 0:36 0:36 OWN 37 4 50 Field Goal
3 12:57 5:31 OWN 28 10 59 Field Goal
3 4:36 3:22 OWN 20 5 21 Punt
4 12:50 0:12 OWN 21 1 79 Touchdown
4 8:31 2:04 OWN 7 3 8 Punt
4 6:06 6:06 OWN 22 13 75 Game

Arizona Vipers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:03 0:55 OWN 20 2 80 Touchdown
1 4:48 1:58 OWN 18 3 6 Punt
2 14:18 2:06 OWN 34 5 22 Punt
2 7:25 2:08 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 2:27 1:50 OWN 5 3 5 Punt
3 15:00 2:03 OWN 17 3 8 Punt
3 7:27 2:51 OWN 25 5 31 Punt
3 1:14 3:24 OWN 11 8 23 Punt
4 12:39 4:08 OWN 25 8 18 Punt
4 6:26 0:20 OWN 34 3 0 Punt

Rushing Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jonathan Thorp 12 72 6.00 14 2 0
Ernest Mead 12 53 4.42 10 3 1
William Williams 11 44 4.00 10 1 0
Jarred King 3 15 5.00 9 0 0
John Maness 3 13 4.33 13 1 0

Arizona Vipers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Elmer Richardson 7 26 3.71 11 1 0
Paul Johnson 12 20 1.67 8 0 0
Ernest German 2 8 4.00 5 0 0

Passing Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Maness 34 25 314 1 / 8 2 79 0 121.45

Arizona Vipers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Antonio McDermott 18 10 124 3 / 23 1 75 0 95.60

Receiving Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Compton 6 139 23.17 79 1
Perry Sanders 7 57 8.14 16 0
Jonathan Thorp 4 40 10.00 36 0
Warren Colangelo 1 29 29.00 29 0
Desmond Decker 2 15 7.50 8 0
Jeff McKnight 2 12 6.00 12 0
Justin Burrows 1 12 12.00 12 0
Ernest Mead 2 10 5.00 10 1

Arizona Vipers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Flowers 3 92 30.67 75 1
Enrique Clark 2 15 7.50 13 0
Jose Whigham 1 8 8.00 8 0
Donald Severino 2 7 3.50 7 0
Paul Johnson 1 2 2.00 2 0
Elmer Richardson 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Evans 35 49 1 3
Jarred King 10 15 0 1
Kenneth Bailey 5 0 0 0
Robert Jones 0 3 0 0
Luke Layden 0 1 0 0
Andre Putney 0 2 0 0
Justin Burrows 1 10 0 0
Jackie Murphy 0 3 0 0
Pedro Roy 1 0 0 0
Andrew Jones 37 39 0 2
Fausto Johnson 9 1 0 0
Matthew Vickers 10 2 0 0
Thomas Wang 8 2 0 0
William Williams 0 3 0 0
Warren Colangelo 0 6 0 1
John Passmore 40 43 0 2
Desmond Decker 0 18 0 0
Ernest Mead 3 4 0 1
Perry Sanders 22 35 0 3
Jeff McKnight 0 23 0 3
Bart Anderson 0 12 0 0
Jonathan Thorp 6 7 0 1
Glenn Kent 9 7 0 1
Robert Compton 0 28 0 0
Trent Brown 45 42 0 0
Crush Collision 45 43 0 0
Justin Stiffler 0 2 0 1

Arizona Vipers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Rinehart 31 24 2 4
Brian Henry 31 21 1 2
Derek Watson 0 1 0 0
Francis Mitchell 18 28 0 1
Elmer Richardson 1 0 0 0
Clayton Reeder 0 1 0 0
Derek Betancourt 0 1 0 0
Carlton Brennan 0 3 0 0
James Flowers 0 7 0 0
Gregory Rosales 14 3 0 0
Rick Burton 1 0 0 0
Richard Taylor 9 0 0 0
Paul Johnson 3 0 0 0
Donald Severino 15 20 0 0
Terry Duffy 0 2 0 0
Richard Louis 12 12 0 1
Terry Brown 22 21 0 1
John Dewitt 31 29 0 1
Jose Whigham 11 17 0 1
Enrique Clark 0 11 0 0
James Jeremiah 0 1 0 0
Erick Quillen 0 2 0 0
Michael Chambers 0 2 0 0
Preston Leasure 7 2 0 0
Brandon Kemp 0 2 0 0
Ernest German 2 0 0 0

Interception Stats

San Diego Sharks

Arizona Vipers

Fumble Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ernest Mead 1 0 0 0
Crush Collision 0 1 0 0

Arizona Vipers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Wayne Clayton 0 0 1 0

Punting

San Diego Sharks

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Long 4 202 50.50 50.50 52 3

Arizona Vipers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Addy 9 426 47.33 44.00 53 2

Kicking

San Diego Sharks

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Leroy Stewart 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 30 2 / 2

Arizona Vipers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jake Akers 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

San Diego Sharks

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Williams 1 4 4.0 4 0

Arizona Vipers

Kick Return

San Diego Sharks

Arizona Vipers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Paul Johnson 2 41 20.5 0

Defensive Stats