Regular Season Week 16: Pirates at Rockets
December 22, 1996 70° Texas Sun Bowl
Attendance: 54,461 (73%)
Pirates 0 7 7 10 3 - 27
Rockets 7 14 0 3 0 - 24
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Rockets: 1-20-HOU 15 (14:57) 11-Raymond Stout pass complete to 85-Troy Whitley for 85 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Zachary Duty. HOU 7 T.B 0
(Qtr 2) Rockets: 1-10-T.B 28 (8:34) 30-Robert Sweet ran for 28 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Zachary Duty. HOU 14 T.B 0
(Qtr 2) Pirates: 2-9-HOU 24 (1:34) 8-Ryan Jones pass complete to 18-Brett Winkler to HOU 0 for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roy Smith. HOU 14 T.B 7
(Qtr 2) Rockets: (1:30) 1-Roy Smith kicks 68 yards from T.B 35 to HOU -3. 85-Paul Pick for 103yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Zachary Duty. HOU 21 T.B 7
(Qtr 3) Pirates: 2-1-HOU 0 (10:04) 21-Paul Johnson ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roy Smith. HOU 21 T.B 14
(Qtr 4) Pirates: 3-4-HOU 15 (14:14) 27-Ryan Silva ran for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roy Smith. HOU 21 T.B 21
(Qtr 4) Pirates: 4-1-HOU 34 (8:42) 1-Roy Smith 51 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 21 T.B 24
(Qtr 4) Rockets: 1-10-T.B 20 (0:03) 18-Zachary Duty 38 yard field goal is GOOD. T.B 78-James Ellis was injured on the play. HOU 24 T.B 24
(OT) Pirates: 4-1-HOU 13 (4:49) 1-Roy Smith 31 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 24 T.B 27
Team Statistics
Rockets Pirates
First Downs 16 21
- Rushing 2 10
- Passing 13 8
- Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 433 405
- Offensive Plays 53 73
- Yards Per Play 8.17 5.55
Net Rushing Yards 76 184
- Rushing Attempts 13 41
- Yards Per Rush 5.85 4.49
Net Passing Yards 357 221
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 24 / 2 30 / 25 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 376 238
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 19 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.93 6.91
- Yards Per Completion 15.67 9.52
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 10 6 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.1 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 39 8 / 42
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 33 2 / 15
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 180 3 / 74
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 27
Time of Possession 25:31 41:40
Drive Charts
Rockets
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:15 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 12:32 1:22 OPP 47 3 9 Punt
1 7:43 4:14 OWN 14 7 53 Missed FG
1 1:23 2:11 OWN 14 7 31 Punt
2 11:20 2:53 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 4:52 1:24 OWN 12 4 17 Fumble
2 1:15 1:15 OPP 26 2 5 Half
3 10:02 1:36 OWN 29 4 14 Punt
3 3:23 1:23 OWN 8 3 40 Interception
4 14:09 1:27 OWN 25 4 16 Punt
4 8:37 4:21 OWN 30 7 27 Punt
4 1:01 1:01 OWN 32 4 48 Field Goal
OT 4:45 2:09 OWN 25 4 -3 Interception
Pirates
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:45 2:12 OWN 18 3 -8 Punt
1 11:11 3:28 OWN 11 5 33 Punt
1 3:29 2:06 OWN 39 3 8 Punt
2 14:12 2:51 OWN 20 5 18 Punt
2 8:27 3:35 OWN 25 7 26 Punt
2 3:28 1:59 OPP 42 5 42 Touchdown
3 15:00 4:58 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
3 8:26 5:03 OWN 16 7 36 Punt
3 2:01 2:52 OWN 47 7 53 Touchdown
4 12:42 4:05 OWN 23 7 43 Field Goal
4 4:17 3:16 OWN 12 6 13 Punt
OT 10:00 5:15 OWN 32 8 55 Field Goal
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Rockets
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#30 Robert Sweet 11 61 5.55 28 1 1
#26 Benjamin Ward 2 15 7.50 13 1 0
Pirates
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#21 Paul Johnson 29 95 3.28 16 4 1
#27 Ryan Silva 10 75 7.50 18 4 1
#8 Ryan Jones 2 14 7.00 14 1 0
Passing Stats
Rockets
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#11 Raymond Stout 38 24 376 2 / 19 1 85 2 82.79
Pirates
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Ryan Jones 30 25 238 2 / 17 1 44 0 110.83
Receiving Stats
Rockets
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#30 Robert Sweet 6 96 16.00 22 0
#85 Troy Whitley 2 88 44.00 85 1
#85 Paul Pick 5 67 13.40 24 0
#89 Eric Hintz 7 61 8.71 25 0
#16 Bobby Jones 2 53 26.50 40 0
#26 Benjamin Ward 2 11 5.50 8 0
Pirates
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#18 Brett Winkler 4 90 22.50 44 1
#13 Carl Sizemore 8 60 7.50 15 0
#21 Paul Johnson 5 39 7.80 18 0
#17 Harold Blackwell 3 22 7.33 12 0
#81 Joel Marion 3 22 7.33 10 0
#27 Ryan Silva 2 5 2.50 4 0
Blocking Stats
Rockets
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#1 Daniel Contreras 37 21 2 4
#30 Robert Sweet 14 5 0 0
#60 Terry Dyer 50 27 0 0
#63 Gregory Menard 45 18 0 0
#85 Paul Pick 0 4 0 0
#74 Nicholas Turner 40 27 0 0
#63 Ronald Thrasher 40 20 0 4
#81 James Kirk 10 3 0 0
#77 Benjamin Loy 10 0 0 0
#29 Cory Santos 10 0 0 0
#58 Jose Gordon 10 1 0 0
#53 James Green 13 1 0 0
#64 Pancake Tuesday 4 0 0 0
#5 Dale Gordon 1 0 0 0
#49 Justin Zachary 12 12 0 0
#71 Gordon Luna 3 4 0 0
#92 Ronald McCloud 0 5 0 0
#44 Gary Williams 0 5 0 0
#16 Bobby Jones 0 12 0 1
#89 Eric Hintz 6 13 0 0
#85 Troy Whitley 0 15 0 0
#26 Benjamin Ward 4 0 0 0
#96 William Cousins 0 3 0 0
#56 Jay Roy 0 4 0 0
#3 David Frazier 0 4 0 1
#78 Ricky Pal 0 4 0 1
#45 William Hashimoto 0 5 0 0
#51 Robert Gregory 0 3 0 0
#68 Marvin Jaramillo 0 4 0 0
Pirates
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#64 Mike Pedersen 44 43 1 4
#34 Loren Wright 0 5 0 2
#70 Mark Williams 46 52 0 3
#77 Gregory Parker 0 3 0 0
#95 Thomas Meyer 0 4 0 0
#52 Rick Brumfield 5 6 0 2
#22 Gary Eder 0 3 0 0
#16 Donald McCoy 0 4 0 1
#54 Vern Aaron 0 3 0 0
#81 Joel Marion 6 31 0 0
#62 Christopher Escobar 46 50 0 2
#60 Michael Martin 39 44 0 1
#21 Paul Johnson 12 1 0 0
#71 Edgar Pfister 44 41 0 0
#30 Robert McClelland 16 29 0 1
#27 Ryan Silva 10 9 0 0
#86 Richard Whitley 7 14 0 1
#18 Brett Winkler 0 16 0 2
#72 Chad Wright 14 3 0 0
#13 Carl Sizemore 0 6 0 0
#85 Daniel Williams 0 1 0 0
#17 Harold Blackwell 0 13 0 1
#67 Guadalupe Sewell 7 0 0 0
#28 Felipe Winslow 0 1 0 0
#47 Robert Underwood 0 2 0 0
#90 Wesley Strong 0 3 0 0
#40 Emerson Kelly 0 1 0 0
#43 Clifford Tate 0 1 0 0
#53 Ronald Anderson 0 1 0 0
#79 Robert Rose 5 5 0 0
#76 Arthur Smith 1 0 0 0
#65 Raymond Lemons 2 2 0 1
#26 Percy Castleberry 1 2 0 0
#12 Terrell Walsh 0 5 0 0
#66 Anthony Doyle 0 3 0 0
#58 Jamel Hills 0 2 0 2
#97 Allen Griffin 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Rockets
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Pirates
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#40 Emerson Kelly 1 0 0.00 0
#28 Felipe Winslow 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Rockets
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#26 Benjamin Ward 1 0 0 0
Pirates
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#22 Gary Eder 0 1 1 0
Punting
Rockets
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Mark Juan 5 212 42.40 34.20 61 3
Pirates
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Saul Campbell 7 307 43.86 39.71 49 4
Kicking
Rockets
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#18 Zachary Duty 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 38 3 / 3
Pirates
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Roy Smith 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 51 3 / 3
Punt Return
Rockets
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#30 Robert Sweet 5 33 6.6 10 0
Pirates
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#21 Paul Johnson 2 15 7.5 8 0
Kick Return
Rockets
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Paul Pick 3 180 60.0 1
Pirates
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#21 Paul Johnson 3 74 24.7 0
Defensive Stats
Rockets
Name Tackles Sacks
#91 Albert Shelton 10 0
#41 Jack Robinson 9 1
#44 Gary Williams 7 0
#96 William Cousins 7 0
#43 William Muir 6 0
#40 Frank Brack 5 0
#99 Will Lofton 4 1
#92 Ronald McCloud 4 0
#23 Lucas Roberts 4 0
#78 Ricky Pal 3 0
#30 Robert Sweet 2 0
#45 William Hashimoto 2 0
#51 Robert Gregory 2 0
#75 Stanley Ullery 2 0
#60 Terry Dyer 1 0
#93 Jonathan Lawson 1 0
#32 Martin Rodriguez 1 0
#68 Marvin Jaramillo 1 0
#3 David Frazier 1 0
#85 Paul Pick 1 0
Pirates
Name Tackles Sacks
#79 Robert Rose 5 1
#43 Clifford Tate 5 0
#22 Gary Eder 5 0
#53 Ronald Anderson 4 0
#28 Felipe Winslow 3 0
#95 Thomas Meyer 3 0
#58 Jamel Hills 3 0
#62 Christopher Escobar 2 0
#40 Emerson Kelly 2 0
#86 Richard Whitley 1 0
#52 Rick Brumfield 1 0
#47 Robert Underwood 1 0
#1 Roy Smith 1 0
#91 Roy Souza 1 0
#72 Chad Wright 1 0
#66 Anthony Doyle 1 1