Regular Season Week 3: Rush at Tropics
September 22, 1996 81° South Beach Stadium
Attendance: 68,504 (91%)
Rush 7 0 0 0 - 7
Tropics 0 0 7 7 - 14
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Rush: 2-8-MIA 8 (10:08) 6-Howard Gann pass complete to 16-Roger Schuster for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Harold Pease. MIA 0 CLE 7
(Qtr 3) Tropics: 1-10-MIA 25 (15:00) (Hot Read) 14-Stewart Sacco pass complete to 10-George Pickens for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Henry Powers. MIA 7 CLE 7
(Qtr 4) Tropics: 1-2-CLE 2 (11:23) 14-Stewart Sacco pass complete to 84-Arthur West for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Henry Powers. MIA 14 CLE 7
Team Statistics
Tropics Rush
First Downs 9 11
- Rushing 4 1
- Passing 4 8
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 263 135
- Offensive Plays 55 63
- Yards Per Play 4.78 2.14
Net Rushing Yards 113 26
- Rushing Attempts 30 22
- Yards Per Rush 3.77 1.18
Net Passing Yards 150 109
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 15 / 0 34 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 161 167
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 11 7 / 58
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.00 2.66
- Yards Per Completion 10.73 7.95
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 13 2 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.3 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 38 2 / 12
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 19 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 21
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 27
Time of Possession 29:21 30:39
Drive Charts
Tropics
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:12 0:05 OWN 19 1 0 Fumble
1 10:05 0:46 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 5:39 5:39 OWN 14 8 38 Punt
2 12:09 2:07 OWN 24 3 -6 Punt
2 8:25 2:05 OWN 20 5 25 Punt
2 2:56 1:41 OWN 21 5 11 Fumble
2 0:17 0:17 OWN 16 1 1 Half
3 15:00 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 12:43 2:56 OWN 21 4 14 Punt
3 5:37 4:27 OWN 20 7 33 Punt
4 14:16 2:49 OWN 30 5 28 Punt
4 11:23 0:02 OPP 2 1 2 Touchdown
4 8:31 1:19 OWN 43 3 4 Punt
4 6:15 3:43 OPP 45 6 14 Missed FG
4 1:14 1:14 OWN 33 2 0 Game
Rush
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:48 OWN 25 6 15 Punt
1 12:07 2:02 OPP 30 5 30 Touchdown
1 9:19 3:40 OWN 22 5 21 Punt
1 0:00 2:51 OWN 10 5 22 Punt
2 10:02 1:37 OWN 35 3 9 Punt
2 6:21 3:25 OWN 14 6 22 Punt
2 1:15 0:58 OPP 42 3 -9 Punt
3 14:49 2:06 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 9:47 4:10 OWN 17 7 34 Punt
3 1:10 1:54 OWN 20 3 -9 Punt
4 11:27 0:04 OWN 13 1 0 Fumble
4 11:21 2:49 OWN 24 5 -7 Punt
4 7:12 0:57 OWN 6 3 -1 Punt
4 2:32 1:18 OWN 38 8 32 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Tropics
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#34 Joe Windham 21 98 4.67 17 4 0
#47 Paul Jackson 3 11 3.67 8 0 0
#85 Edwin Burgan 4 4 1.00 4 0 0
#14 Stewart Sacco 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Rush
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#6 Howard Gann 1 12 12.00 12 1 0
#34 Xavier Gayle 18 7 0.39 4 0 0
#21 Todd Benoit 2 6 3.00 7 0 0
#37 James Steel 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Passing Stats
Tropics
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#14 Stewart Sacco 23 15 161 2 / 11 2 75 0 114.58
Rush
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Howard Gann 34 21 167 7 / 58 1 19 0 83.82
Receiving Stats
Tropics
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 George Pickens 4 96 24.00 75 1
#81 Arthur West 3 28 9.33 20 1
#84 Cecil Scott 4 26 6.50 14 0
#34 Joe Windham 1 8 8.00 8 0
#82 Scott Simmons 1 6 6.00 6 0
#85 Edwin Burgan 2 -3 -1.50 -1 0
Rush
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Leon Ornelas 6 67 11.17 19 0
#16 Roger Schuster 5 31 6.20 9 1
#86 Carl Hoppe 4 26 6.50 10 0
#18 Paul Slater 2 24 12.00 18 0
#37 James Steel 2 16 8.00 14 0
#34 Xavier Gayle 2 3 1.50 3 0
Blocking Stats
Tropics
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#55 Thomas Saenz 36 36 1 1
#81 Arthur West 5 29 1 2
#27 Luke Layden 0 2 0 0
#93 Mark Kirkland 0 1 0 0
#92 Robert Hartzog 0 1 0 1
#91 Michael Rivera 0 2 0 0
#64 John Brown 36 32 0 4
#61 Robert Lee 36 28 0 3
#34 Joe Windham 7 1 0 0
#85 Edwin Burgan 7 21 0 1
#70 James Massa 23 29 0 4
#4 Frank Smith 25 27 0 1
#10 George Pickens 0 19 0 0
#82 Scott Simmons 0 13 0 0
#57 Allen Nurse 11 0 0 0
#95 Michael Denson 8 0 0 0
#58 John McCarthy 11 0 0 0
#54 Dennis Crandall 9 1 0 0
#68 Robert Baker 8 0 0 0
#84 Cecil Scott 0 22 0 2
#47 Paul Jackson 0 8 0 1
#28 William Richardson 0 2 0 1
#98 Thomas Youngblood 0 2 0 0
#72 John Moore 4 3 0 0
#76 Terence Lewis 3 0 0 0
#96 Bruce Waddington 0 1 0 0
#35 Joseph Cleveland 0 1 0 0
#24 Randy Nelson 0 1 0 0
#54 Michael Stubbs 0 1 0 0
Rush
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#63 Leroy Hargis 54 29 3 4
#75 Jack Pelletier 46 26 2 6
#67 Walter Vaughn 50 25 1 2
#56 Charles Baumgarten 22 8 1 1
#76 David Brandt 49 24 0 1
#72 Jackie Weiss 46 31 0 1
#81 Marco Morris 0 8 0 1
#85 Leon Ornelas 6 20 0 4
#21 Todd Benoit 8 8 0 0
#37 James Steel 19 15 0 0
#34 Xavier Gayle 14 5 0 0
#16 Roger Schuster 0 8 0 1
#86 Carl Hoppe 0 9 0 0
#65 Charles Jourdan 12 0 0 0
#59 Pedro Roy 0 3 0 0
#79 Tom Meurer 1 1 0 0
#27 Mark Chase 0 1 0 0
#92 Edward Quintana 6 1 0 0
#51 Willie Clayton 1 1 0 0
#56 Clyde Goins 4 2 0 0
#18 Paul Slater 0 3 0 0
#39 Jim Westman 0 1 0 1
#48 Bruce Robinson 0 2 0 1
#57 Joshua Oliver 0 2 0 0
#55 Anthony Keller 0 2 0 0
#93 John Barnett 0 1 0 0
#91 Shane Doherty 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Tropics
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Rush
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Tropics
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#10 George Pickens 1 0 0 0
#34 Joe Windham 1 0 0 0
#92 Robert Hartzog 0 1 0 0
#54 Michael Stubbs 0 0 1 0
Rush
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#6 Howard Gann 1 0 0 0
#28 Johnny Henry 0 0 1 0
#51 Willie Clayton 0 1 0 0
#27 Mark Chase 0 1 1 0
Punting
Tropics
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#18 Daniel Epperson 8 350 43.75 40.38 49 5
Rush
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 William Adams 11 524 47.64 41.36 62 3
Kicking
Tropics
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Henry Powers 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 2 / 2
Rush
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Harold Pease 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 1 / 1
Punt Return
Tropics
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#47 Paul Jackson 4 19 4.8 8 0
Rush
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#34 Xavier Gayle 1 6 6.0 6 0
Kick Return
Tropics
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Rush
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#21 Todd Benoit 1 21 21.0 0
Defensive Stats
Tropics
Name Tackles Sacks
#91 Michael Rivera 6 0
#24 Randy Nelson 6 0
#95 Michael Denson 6 1
#93 Mark Kirkland 4 1
#92 Robert Hartzog 4 3
#52 Timothy Sims 4 0
#54 Michael Stubbs 4 2
#3 Joseph Ochoa 4 0
#38 Marc Wright 4 0
#5 Billy Smith 3 0
#35 Joseph Cleveland 3 0
#10 George Pickens 1 0
#34 Joe Windham 1 0
#55 Thomas Saenz 1 0
Rush
Name Tackles Sacks
#27 Mark Chase 7 0
#51 Willie Clayton 6 0
#92 Edward Quintana 5 0
#56 Clyde Goins 4 0
#57 Joshua Oliver 4 1
#28 Johnny Henry 3 0
#59 Pedro Roy 3 0
#31 Richard Ott 3 0
#91 Shane Doherty 2 0
#55 Anthony Keller 2 0
#72 Jackie Weiss 2 0
#48 Bruce Robinson 2 0
#98 Chester Rupp 1 0
#79 Tom Meurer 1 1