Regular Season Week 1: Federals at Rockets
September 07, 1997 70° Texas Sun Bowl
Attendance: 52,952 (71%)
Federals 0 0 0 15 - 15
Rockets 7 10 0 0 - 17
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Rockets: 3-10-WSH 17 (8:55) 7-Howard Stiner pass complete to 85-Paul Pick for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Zachary Duty. HOU 7 WSH 0
(Qtr 2) Rockets: 3-4-WSH 50 (10:47) 7-Howard Stiner pass complete to 85-Paul Pick for 50 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Zachary Duty. HOU 14 WSH 0
(Qtr 2) Rockets: 4-6-WSH 26 (1:14) 18-Zachary Duty 45 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 17 WSH 0
(Qtr 4) Federals: 3-10-WSH 49 (11:29) 17-Richard Sayles pass complete to 85-Eric Montgomery for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 28-Albert Larson ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! HOU 17 WSH 8
(Qtr 4) Federals: 3-13-HOU 13 (0:16) 17-Richard Sayles pass complete to 28-Albert Larson for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 85-Eric Montgomery. HOU 17 WSH 15
Team Statistics
Rockets Federals
First Downs 18 10
- Rushing 10 1
- Passing 6 8
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 359 253
- Offensive Plays 66 61
- Yards Per Play 5.44 4.15
Net Rushing Yards 144 19
- Rushing Attempts 33 24
- Yards Per Rush 4.36 0.79
Net Passing Yards 215 234
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 18 / 3 36 / 26 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 215 242
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.52 6.32
- Yards Per Completion 11.94 9.31
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 15 6 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.8 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 4 / 40 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 51 2 / 47
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 29
Time of Possession 31:22 28:40
Drive Charts
Rockets
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:01 4:09 OWN 27 11 73 Touchdown
1 7:23 4:05 OWN 20 9 42 Punt
1 1:18 3:16 OWN 38 6 40 Interception
2 11:30 0:51 OWN 45 3 55 Touchdown
2 8:34 1:59 OWN 17 3 9 Punt
2 4:24 3:13 OWN 36 7 38 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:47 OWN 30 2 13 Interception
3 10:56 1:30 OWN 5 3 6 Punt
3 5:25 5:33 OWN 11 9 50 Punt
4 11:21 1:24 OWN 43 4 2 Interception
4 7:37 3:43 OWN 11 6 24 Punt
4 2:39 0:42 OPP 31 2 0 Fumble
4 0:10 0:10 OPP 40 1 0 Game
Federals
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:59 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 8:51 1:29 OWN 32 3 4 Punt
1 3:18 2:00 OWN 9 3 10 Punt
2 13:02 1:32 OWN 13 3 -5 Punt
2 10:39 2:06 OWN 29 3 8 Punt
2 6:35 2:11 OWN 26 7 36 Interception
2 1:10 1:10 OWN 25 3 -1 Half
3 14:13 3:18 OWN 49 5 22 Punt
3 9:25 4:01 OWN 44 6 20 Punt
4 14:52 3:31 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown
4 9:57 2:20 OWN 43 3 10 Punt
4 3:54 1:16 OWN 18 4 16 Downs
4 1:57 1:47 OWN 43 9 57 Touchdown
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Rockets
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Benjamin Ward 21 89 4.24 14 2 0
#30 Robert Sweet 11 55 5.00 14 2 0
#7 Howard Stiner 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Federals
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#41 Timothy Thomas 17 10 0.59 9 0 0
#28 Albert Larson 7 9 1.29 5 0 0
Passing Stats
Rockets
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#7 Howard Stiner 33 18 215 0 / 0 2 50 3 57.01
Federals
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 Richard Sayles 36 26 242 1 / 8 2 51 1 97.22
Receiving Stats
Rockets
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#26 Benjamin Ward 6 72 12.00 22 0
#85 Paul Pick 2 67 33.50 50 2
#86 Bryan Herrera 8 52 6.50 10 0
#80 Larry Hubbard 2 24 12.00 13 0
Federals
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Eric Montgomery 3 85 28.33 51 1
#87 Taylor Robertson 2 46 23.00 27 0
#41 Timothy Thomas 7 30 4.29 11 0
#82 Gregory Boggess 4 23 5.75 9 0
#20 Cody Tomlinson 5 21 4.20 9 0
#28 Albert Larson 1 13 13.00 13 1
#12 Morris Boller 1 11 11.00 11 0
#38 James Rhodes 2 8 4.00 5 0
#88 John Bacon 1 5 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Rockets
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#60 Terry Dyer 41 41 0 1
#63 Gregory Menard 38 37 0 1
#74 Nicholas Turner 33 38 0 1
#63 Ronald Thrasher 33 43 0 12
#1 Daniel Contreras 33 41 0 2
#86 Bryan Herrera 9 32 0 0
#26 Benjamin Ward 15 3 0 0
#80 Larry Hubbard 0 6 0 0
#85 Paul Pick 0 11 0 0
#49 Justin Zachary 12 31 0 1
#16 Bobby Jones 0 29 0 1
#85 Troy Whitley 0 24 0 0
#77 Benjamin Loy 8 0 0 0
#30 Robert Sweet 3 3 0 0
#29 Cory Santos 8 0 0 0
#58 Jose Gordon 8 0 0 0
#53 James Green 8 0 0 0
#44 Gary Williams 3 4 0 0
#45 William Hashimoto 0 2 0 1
#50 Russell McNeill 0 2 0 0
#64 Pancake Tuesday 1 0 0 0
#23 Lucas Roberts 0 1 0 1
#91 Albert Shelton 0 1 0 0
#99 Will Lofton 0 1 0 0
#3 David Frazier 0 3 0 0
#78 Ricky Pal 0 1 0 0
#38 Michael Foley 0 2 0 0
#92 Ronald McCloud 0 2 0 0
#89 Eric Hintz 0 4 0 0
#68 Marvin Jaramillo 0 1 0 0
#43 William Muir 0 1 0 0
Federals
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Barry Gervais 46 28 1 3
#50 Kristopher Larrison 46 34 0 0
#38 James Rhodes 0 19 0 0
#20 Cody Tomlinson 16 17 0 0
#72 Willie Starke 46 26 0 2
#68 Johnny Sanchez 39 31 0 2
#75 Robert Oswald 46 31 0 1
#88 John Bacon 1 9 0 0
#87 Taylor Robertson 5 19 0 1
#28 Albert Larson 10 6 0 1
#41 Timothy Thomas 10 5 0 1
#85 Eric Montgomery 0 9 0 1
#98 Joshua Howard 9 4 0 0
#73 Andrew Park 9 0 0 0
#35 Todd Thatcher 0 2 0 1
#71 Danny Green 0 2 0 0
#26 Steve Gillespie 0 1 0 0
#24 Blaine Archibald 0 2 0 0
#30 Clarence Cooper 0 2 0 0
#54 Prince Pearce 3 2 0 0
#49 Charles Ridings 0 4 0 0
#59 Christopher Martinez 1 2 0 1
#58 Charlie Ali 0 2 0 1
#99 Floyd Dwyer 0 2 0 0
#91 Clayton Reeder 0 3 0 0
#52 David Stanford 0 2 0 0
#53 Stephen Moon 0 2 0 0
#37 Jeffrey Hill 0 1 0 1
#82 Gregory Boggess 0 14 0 0
#55 Victor Herbert 0 1 0 0
#39 Tyrone Slaughter 0 1 0 0
#73 Jim Hardy 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Rockets
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#92 Ronald McCloud 1 0 0.00 0
Federals
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#59 Christopher Martinez 2 0 0.00 0
#53 Stephen Moon 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Rockets
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#30 Robert Sweet 1 0 0 0
#85 Troy Whitley 0 1 0 0
Federals
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#99 Floyd Dwyer 0 0 1 0
#59 Christopher Martinez 0 1 0 0
Punting
Rockets
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Mark Juan 5 216 43.20 37.60 49 2
Federals
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Jimmy Stewart 8 338 42.25 39.25 68 4
Kicking
Rockets
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#18 Zachary Duty 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 2 / 2
Federals
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#85 Eric Montgomery 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 1 / 1
Punt Return
Rockets
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#16 Bobby Jones 1 1 1.0 1 0
Federals
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#41 Timothy Thomas 1 3 3.0 3 0
Kick Return
Rockets
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Paul Pick 2 51 25.5 0
Federals
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#41 Timothy Thomas 2 47 23.5 0
Defensive Stats
Rockets
Name Tackles Sacks
#92 Ronald McCloud 11 0
#43 William Muir 7 0
#91 Albert Shelton 5 0
#44 Gary Williams 5 0
#23 Lucas Roberts 4 0
#86 Bryan Herrera 3 0
#41 Jack Robinson 3 0
#99 Will Lofton 3 1
#40 Frank Brack 3 0
#57 Jacob Mendoza 3 0
#68 Marvin Jaramillo 2 0
#80 Larry Hubbard 1 0
#3 David Frazier 1 0
#50 Russell McNeill 1 0
#30 Robert Sweet 1 0
#85 Troy Whitley 1 0
#75 Stanley Ullery 1 0
Federals
Name Tackles Sacks
#99 Floyd Dwyer 13 0
#49 Charles Ridings 6 0
#39 Tyrone Slaughter 6 0
#59 Christopher Martinez 5 0
#53 Stephen Moon 5 0
#55 Victor Herbert 4 0
#54 Prince Pearce 3 0
#35 Todd Thatcher 2 0
#91 Clayton Reeder 2 0
#37 Jeffrey Hill 1 0
#58 Charlie Ali 1 0
#87 Taylor Robertson 1 0
#30 Clarence Cooper 1 0