Regular Season Week 2: Liberty at Rattlers
September 15, 1996 70° Arizona Dome
Attendance: 48,974 (65%)
Liberty 7 0 0 0 - 7
Rattlers 7 3 3 0 - 13
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Rattlers: 3-11-PHI 16 (7:47) 11-Paul Newland pass complete to 16-Sidney Pless for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Jake Akers. AZR 7 PHI 0
(Qtr 1) Liberty: 1-10-AZR 24 (0:08) 34-Philip Smith ran for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Tom Ahl. AZR 7 PHI 7
(Qtr 2) Rattlers: 4-3-PHI 12 (4:24) 6-Jake Akers 29 yard field goal is GOOD. AZR 10 PHI 7
(Qtr 3) Rattlers: 4-11-PHI 32 (5:24) 6-Jake Akers 50 yard field goal is GOOD. AZR 13 PHI 7
Team Statistics
Rattlers Liberty
First Downs 17 10
- Rushing 8 5
- Passing 7 5
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 282 238
- Offensive Plays 67 48
- Yards Per Play 4.21 4.96
Net Rushing Yards 153 135
- Rushing Attempts 41 21
- Yards Per Rush 3.73 6.43
Net Passing Yards 129 103
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 14 / 1 24 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 155 126
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 26 3 / 23
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.96 3.81
- Yards Per Completion 11.07 7.88
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 14 1 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 9.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 5 / 34
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 18 1 / 5
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 17
Time of Possession 35:36 24:23
Drive Charts
Rattlers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 7:17 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
1 6:19 2:46 OWN 25 4 21 Punt
1 0:02 3:25 OWN 25 8 68 Interception
2 10:13 5:51 OWN 36 10 52 Field Goal
2 2:13 0:33 OWN 24 5 25 Punt
3 13:28 3:27 OWN 37 5 14 Punt
3 7:53 2:33 OWN 45 4 23 Field Goal
3 0:24 3:07 OWN 11 8 34 Punt
4 11:36 2:07 OPP 27 3 -13 Punt
4 7:17 1:30 OWN 42 3 -2 Punt
4 4:13 2:04 OWN 41 3 7 Punt
4 0:56 0:56 OWN 10 2 0 Game
Liberty
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:43 1:24 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 3:33 3:31 OWN 10 6 90 Touchdown
2 11:37 1:24 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
2 4:21 2:08 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 1:40 1:40 OWN 9 3 19 Half
3 15:00 1:32 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 10:01 2:08 OWN 17 3 -6 Punt
3 5:20 4:56 OWN 25 7 27 Punt
4 12:17 0:41 OWN 16 2 3 Fumble
4 9:30 2:13 OWN 9 3 9 Punt
4 5:47 1:34 OWN 14 3 0 Punt
4 2:08 1:12 OWN 14 9 82 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Rattlers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#34 Jack Mazzariello 25 86 3.44 12 3 0
#46 Patrick Duncan 12 50 4.17 17 2 0
#11 Paul Newland 3 12 4.00 12 1 0
#36 Richard Carter 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Liberty
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#17 James Ball 1 49 49.00 49 1 0
#34 Philip Smith 3 32 10.67 24 2 1
#30 Matthew Schmitt 15 28 1.87 10 1 0
#44 Jon Wood 2 26 13.00 15 2 0
Passing Stats
Rattlers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#11 Paul Newland 23 14 155 3 / 26 1 34 1 77.26
Liberty
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 James Ball 24 16 126 3 / 23 0 19 0 79.51
Receiving Stats
Rattlers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#16 Sidney Pless 4 61 15.25 34 1
#83 Vincent Seng 5 59 11.80 24 0
#34 Jack Mazzariello 4 29 7.25 8 0
#46 Patrick Duncan 1 6 6.00 6 0
Liberty
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 John Lawson 5 51 10.20 17 0
#83 Eric Williams 4 38 9.50 19 0
#34 Philip Smith 2 28 14.00 16 0
#15 David Rodriquez 2 6 3.00 4 0
#30 Matthew Schmitt 3 3 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Rattlers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#68 Russell Reed 36 42 1 3
#83 Vincent Seng 5 38 1 3
#34 Jack Mazzariello 7 1 1 1
#72 Terry Brown 35 37 0 4
#51 Nick Reynolds 37 38 0 4
#74 Deandre Alexander 37 44 0 1
#11 Gilberto Fitzpatrick 0 11 0 1
#64 Francis Mitchell 37 44 0 6
#10 Delbert Barnes 0 15 0 2
#39 Donald Severino 10 30 0 1
#16 Sidney Pless 0 17 0 0
#44 David Scott 1 10 0 0
#81 Antonio Mooring 5 16 0 0
#54 Travis Mendez 6 4 0 1
#94 Bradley Jenkins 3 0 0 0
#76 Christopher Johnson 10 1 0 0
#41 Charles Walton 4 3 0 2
#46 Patrick Duncan 2 3 0 0
#89 Thomas Baker 0 1 0 0
#43 David Westlund 0 3 0 0
#26 Michael Stewart 0 3 0 1
#91 Fred Abbott 0 1 0 0
#98 Gustavo Gove 0 1 0 0
#23 William Corbett 0 2 0 0
#50 Ronald Lankford 0 1 0 0
#58 James Duffy 0 3 0 0
#50 Jeremy Brown 0 1 0 0
#48 Thomas Abraham 0 1 0 0
#95 Larry Paredes 0 1 0 0
#55 Nicholas Webb 0 1 0 0
#37 Kevin Climer 0 1 0 0
#56 Josue Reed 0 1 0 0
#73 Bryan Gore 0 1 0 0
Liberty
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#55 John Purvis 36 30 2 3
#68 Frank Shirley 37 26 1 3
#65 William Taylor 37 28 0 0
#56 Michael Hemphill 36 25 0 1
#70 Arturo Ammerman 27 25 0 4
#83 Eric Williams 1 16 0 2
#30 Matthew Schmitt 6 5 0 1
#72 Christopher Pruett 9 3 0 0
#90 Christopher Thomas 8 4 0 0
#85 Arthur Collazo 6 5 0 0
#77 Adolph Herring 9 1 0 0
#34 Philip Smith 8 3 0 0
#10 Jeffery Nelson 0 14 0 0
#15 David Rodriquez 0 12 0 0
#80 John Lawson 0 7 0 1
#86 John Reddy 0 2 0 0
#24 Randy Burns 2 4 0 0
#36 Irving Sprinkle 6 9 0 0
#59 Joseph Tarver 1 1 0 0
#95 William Napoleon 0 1 0 0
#32 Mark Hove 0 1 0 1
#76 Byron Saylors 0 2 0 0
#60 David Savarese 1 0 0 0
#46 Brian Armstrong 0 1 0 0
#38 Steve Gillespie 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Rattlers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Liberty
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#46 Brian Armstrong 1 1 1.00 0
Fumble Stats
Rattlers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#46 Patrick Duncan 1 0 0 0
#51 Nick Reynolds 0 1 0 0
#27 Gary Merriweather 0 1 0 0
#37 Kevin Climer 0 0 1 0
Liberty
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#80 John Lawson 1 0 0 0
#52 Scott Reid 0 0 1 0
Punting
Rattlers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#5 James Addy 7 276 39.43 38.86 46 7
Liberty
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 Kendrick Halstead 8 361 45.13 43.00 50 1
Kicking
Rattlers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#6 Jake Akers 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 1 / 1
Liberty
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Tom Ahl 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 1 / 1
Punt Return
Rattlers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#11 Gilberto Fitzpatrick 3 18 6.0 10 0
Liberty
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Jeffery Nelson 1 5 5.0 5 0
Kick Return
Rattlers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Liberty
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Rattlers
Name Tackles Sacks
#37 Kevin Climer 9 0
#26 Michael Stewart 7 0
#41 Charles Walton 4 0
#73 Bryan Gore 3 2
#48 Thomas Abraham 3 0
#55 Nicholas Webb 2 0
#23 William Corbett 2 0
#50 Jeremy Brown 2 0
#50 Ronald Lankford 2 0
#96 Brian Grant 1 0
#43 David Westlund 1 0
#12 Sean Bourque 1 0
#27 Gary Merriweather 1 0
#95 Larry Paredes 1 1
Liberty
Name Tackles Sacks
#90 Christopher Thomas 8 0
#56 Norman Veilleux 8 0
#38 Steve Gillespie 5 0
#95 William Napoleon 5 0
#52 Scott Reid 5 2
#40 Horace Street 4 0
#51 David Branson 4 1
#46 Brian Armstrong 3 0
#62 Hershel Wyman 3 0
#59 Joseph Tarver 3 0
#50 Russell McNeill 3 0
#47 Joseph Giblin 2 0
#23 Lemuel Rye 1 0
#94 Matthew Wright 1 0
#85 Arthur Collazo 1 0
#91 Eugene Davis 1 0
#15 David Rodriquez 1 0