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Regular Season Week 7: Miners at Blues
October 20, 1996 69° State Farm Stadium
Attendance: 56,997 (76%)
Miners 14 0 14 3 - 31
Blues 7 3 3 15 - 28
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Miners: 1-2-MEM 2 (10:45) 3-Brian Kilmer pass complete to 5-Eddie Koehler for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Eric Ross. MEM 0 MMR 7
(Qtr 1) Blues: 4-1-MMR 1 (6:55) 39-Bert Smith ran to MMR 0 for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Ernest Davis. MEM 7 MMR 7
(Qtr 1) Miners: 2-4-MEM 4 (4:13) 3-Brian Kilmer pass complete to 80-Ryan Blocker for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Eric Ross. MEM 7 MMR 14
(Qtr 2) Blues: 4-9-MMR 33 (2:41) 6-Ernest Davis 50 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 10 MMR 14
(Qtr 3) Miners: 1-10-MMR 7 (6:57) 3-Brian Kilmer pass complete to 8-Edwin Baker for 93 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Eric Ross. MEM 10 MMR 21
(Qtr 3) Blues: 4-12-MMR 21 (2:12) 6-Ernest Davis 39 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 13 MMR 21
(Qtr 3) Miners: 1-10-MMR 25 (2:09) 3-Brian Kilmer pass complete to 8-Edwin Baker for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Eric Ross. MMR 52-Harold Guest was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MEM 13 MMR 28
(Qtr 4) Blues: 4-1-MMR 1 (13:43) 39-Bert Smith ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 13-Roberto Barron pass complete to 39-Bert Smith for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! MEM 21 MMR 28
(Qtr 4) Miners: 4-2-MEM 29 (2:30) 7-Eric Ross 46 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 21 MMR 31
(Qtr 4) Blues: 1-10-MMR 11 (0:32) 18-Ernest Bullion pass complete to 86-Micheal Bentz to MMR 0 for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Ernest Davis. MEM 28 MMR 31
Team Statistics
Blues Miners
First Downs 13 19
- Rushing 2 5
- Passing 8 8
- Penalty 3 6
Total Net Yards 244 429
- Offensive Plays 77 75
- Yards Per Play 3.17 5.72
Net Rushing Yards 31 65
- Rushing Attempts 25 18
- Yards Per Rush 1.24 3.61
Net Passing Yards 213 364
- Att/Comp/Int 48 / 27 / 2 55 / 28 / 6
- Gross Passing Yards 241 380
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 28 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.10 6.39
- Yards Per Completion 8.93 13.57
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 20 6 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 8.1
4th Down Conversions 3 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 8 / 71 6 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 4 2 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 6 / 21 2 / 7
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 28
Time of Possession 33:01 27:00
Drive Charts
Blues
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:43 OWN 25 5 18 Interception
1 10:41 0:16 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 10:22 3:30 OPP 34 7 34 Touchdown
1 4:10 1:59 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 0:13 0:31 OWN 28 3 -5 Punt
2 12:33 2:50 OWN 33 6 5 Punt
2 9:25 0:46 OWN 38 3 1 Punt
2 5:45 2:03 OWN 18 3 3 Punt
2 3:30 0:53 OPP 34 3 1 Field Goal
2 0:19 0:19 OWN 11 1 -2 Half
3 13:33 2:36 OWN 26 6 25 Interception
3 8:58 2:02 OWN 31 3 6 Punt
3 6:44 2:07 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
3 4:25 2:17 OPP 32 5 11 Field Goal
3 1:58 3:18 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
4 12:03 2:53 OWN 23 4 10 Punt
4 2:26 1:58 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
Miners
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:17 1:36 OPP 48 6 48 Touchdown
1 10:25 0:03 OWN 22 1 0 Interception
1 6:52 2:42 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 2:11 1:58 OWN 19 8 49 Interception
2 14:43 2:10 OWN 33 6 32 Interception
2 9:43 0:18 OWN 12 3 0 Punt
2 8:39 2:54 OWN 16 6 17 Punt
2 3:42 0:12 OWN 34 2 7 Interception
2 2:37 2:18 OWN 25 9 18 Punt
3 15:00 1:27 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 10:57 1:59 OPP 45 5 10 Interception
3 6:56 0:12 OWN 7 1 93 Touchdown
3 4:37 0:12 OWN 32 3 0 Interception
3 2:08 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
4 13:40 1:37 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 9:10 6:45 OWN 22 11 48 Field Goal
4 0:27 0:27 OPP 48 1 0 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blues
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 Bert Smith 6 15 2.50 9 0 2
#13 Roberto Barron 2 14 7.00 13 1 0
#45 David Bagby 14 3 0.21 4 0 0
#48 Raymond Kincaid 3 -1 -0.33 0 0 0
Miners
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#5 Eddie Koehler 12 43 3.58 12 1 0
#39 Brian Saucedo 4 20 5.00 10 1 0
#88 Anthony Winters 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
#3 Brian Kilmer 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Blues
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#13 Roberto Barron 31 18 185 2 / 12 0 67 1 61.90
#18 Ernest Bullion 17 9 56 2 / 16 1 11 1 55.02
Miners
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Brian Kilmer 55 28 380 2 / 16 4 93 6 57.95
Receiving Stats
Blues
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#39 Bert Smith 7 132 18.86 67 0
#85 Leonard Carlson 4 37 9.25 13 0
#28 Stephen Ortiz 5 32 6.40 9 0
#17 Greg Smith 2 17 8.50 12 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 2 11 5.50 11 1
#45 David Bagby 5 7 1.40 4 0
#81 Eric Montgomery 1 4 4.00 4 0
#48 Raymond Kincaid 1 1 1.00 1 0
Miners
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#8 Edwin Baker 5 211 42.20 93 2
#80 Ryan Blocker 11 76 6.91 15 1
#39 Brian Saucedo 3 29 9.67 28 0
#17 David Whitworth 3 28 9.33 24 0
#5 Eddie Koehler 3 15 5.00 15 1
#10 Brian Rayner 1 14 14.00 14 0
#19 Aaron Alworth 1 5 5.00 5 0
#88 Anthony Winters 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Blues
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Elijah Thompson 54 36 2 3
#58 Jeffrey Stevens 38 7 1 1
#63 Gary Newton 54 38 0 0
#50 Kirk Moreno 25 31 0 0
#62 Carl Lewis 62 31 0 0
#31 Christopher Wathen 3 5 0 0
#28 Stephen Ortiz 19 20 0 2
#64 Andrew Hughes 67 29 0 4
#48 Raymond Kincaid 9 11 0 0
#88 Stephen Sturgis 13 19 0 1
#45 David Bagby 5 1 0 0
#81 Eric Montgomery 0 3 0 0
#17 Greg Smith 0 20 0 0
#85 Leonard Carlson 0 8 0 1
#47 Wade Fields 17 4 0 0
#65 Robert Bateman 12 2 0 0
#91 James Hall 0 3 0 0
#32 Robert Steele 0 1 0 0
#70 Walter Casey 0 2 0 1
#34 Jeffery Leblanc 0 2 0 1
#95 Jason McNew 0 1 0 0
#75 Jack Anderson 0 5 0 0
#81 John Carr 4 2 0 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 0 7 0 2
#39 Bert Smith 7 1 0 0
#72 William Damron 4 2 0 0
#30 Christopher Leigh 0 6 0 1
#96 Mike Short 0 3 0 2
#90 James Hanna 0 1 0 0
#60 Matthew Bellamy 0 1 0 0
#99 Jeffrey Brothers 0 1 0 0
Miners
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Charles Wilhelm 59 28 1 2
#77 James Carter 60 29 1 1
#39 Calvin Sumner 0 3 0 0
#32 Keith Harding 0 2 0 0
#55 Edward Schmitt 0 1 0 1
#90 Kevin Bonner 0 2 0 0
#52 Harold Guest 66 28 0 6
#72 Jason Vaughan 63 32 0 3
#61 Jon Harting 60 23 0 2
#10 Brian Rayner 35 13 0 0
#8 Edwin Baker 0 13 0 1
#5 Eddie Koehler 17 5 0 0
#17 David Whitworth 0 14 0 0
#80 Ryan Blocker 1 18 0 0
#85 Matthew Rollins 1 6 0 0
#76 Stephen Jost 10 4 0 0
#73 Donald Cue 5 1 0 0
#58 Joseph Lewis 5 0 0 0
#53 William Walls 9 0 0 0
#93 Wade Tatum 5 6 0 0
#88 Anthony Winters 1 3 0 0
#19 Aaron Alworth 0 11 0 0
#31 Tony Tan 5 1 0 0
#71 Arthur Farber 1 1 0 0
#9 Timothy Houston 0 3 0 0
#13 Paris Stone 0 4 0 0
#39 Brian Saucedo 8 3 0 0
#97 Donald Olvera 5 4 0 0
#91 Joseph Ellison 5 0 0 0
#91 David Sanders 0 1 0 0
#92 Bobby Karas 0 1 0 0
#38 Nathan Cromwell 0 1 0 0
#51 Butch McBride 2 1 0 0
#22 Chase Ward 2 0 0 0
#37 Anthony Parker 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Blues
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#34 Jeffery Leblanc 3 14 4.67 0
#56 David Gentile 2 7 3.50 0
#36 Daniel Clements 1 0 0.00 0
Miners
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#32 Keith Harding 1 7 7.00 0
#38 Nathan Cromwell 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Blues
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#45 David Bagby 1 1 0 0
#90 James Hanna 0 0 1 0
#95 Jason McNew 0 0 1 0
Miners
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#5 Eddie Koehler 1 0 0 0
#39 Brian Saucedo 1 0 0 0
#51 Butch McBride 0 0 1 0
#52 Harold Guest 0 1 0 0
#72 Jason Vaughan 0 1 0 0
#8 Edwin Baker 0 1 0 0
Punting
Blues
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Roy Moreno 9 438 48.67 48.78 56 4
Miners
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Dale Stidham 5 239 47.80 47.00 50 2
Kicking
Blues
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#6 Ernest Davis 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 2 / 2
Miners
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Eric Ross 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 46 4 / 4
Punt Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 Greg Smith 1 4 4.0 4 0
Miners
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#33 Clarence Brown 2 2 1.0 1 0
Kick Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Miners
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Blues
Name Tackles Sacks
#34 Jeffery Leblanc 8 0
#90 James Hanna 4 0
#75 Jack Anderson 4 0
#99 Jeffrey Brothers 4 0
#56 David Gentile 3 0
#32 Robert Steele 3 0
#43 Louis Spruill 3 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 2 0
#51 Michael Cruse 2 0
#35 Peter Scott 2 0
#60 Matthew Bellamy 2 1
#20 Todd Saldivar 1 0
#96 Mike Short 1 0
#13 William Ennis 1 0
#30 Christopher Leigh 1 0
#36 Daniel Clements 1 0
#85 Leonard Carlson 1 0
#72 William Damron 1 1
#33 Paul Williams 1 0
#95 Jason McNew 1 0
Miners
Name Tackles Sacks
#55 Edward Schmitt 11 0
#51 Butch McBride 7 0
#90 Kevin Bonner 5 2
#23 Dominique Tolbert 4 0
#38 Nathan Cromwell 4 0
#80 Ryan Blocker 4 0
#32 Keith Harding 4 0
#9 Timothy Houston 4 1
#39 Calvin Sumner 2 0
#95 Lawrence Hillenbrand 2 1
#30 Gerald Smith 2 0
#92 Bobby Karas 2 0
#17 David Whitworth 1 0
#97 Donald Olvera 1 0
#53 William Walls 1 0
#52 Harold Guest 1 0
#22 Chase Ward 1 0
#93 Wade Tatum 1 0