Regular Season Week 1: Bulls at Blues
September 07, 1997 81° State Farm Stadium
Attendance: 50,662 (68%)
Bulls 13 7 7 3 - 30
Blues 0 7 0 7 - 14
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Bulls: 4-5-MEM 34 (9:06) 13-Michael Thomas 53 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 0 L.V 3
(Qtr 1) Bulls: 2-9-MEM 26 (8:25) 10-Morris Gipson pass INTERCEPTED by 1-John Kinley at MEM 26. 1-John Kinley to MEM 0 for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Michael Thomas. MEM 0 L.V 10
(Qtr 1) Bulls: 4-8-MEM 29 (1:44) 13-Michael Thomas 47 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 0 L.V 13
(Qtr 2) Blues: 3-1-L.V 1 (14:08) 37-Raymond Ross ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Ernest Davis. MEM 7 L.V 13
(Qtr 2) Bulls: 1-4-MEM 4 (1:16) 30-Archie Fulton ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Michael Thomas. MEM 7 L.V 20
(Qtr 3) Bulls: 1-7-MEM 7 (7:12) 20-Larry Johnson ran to MEM 0 for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Michael Thomas. MEM 7 L.V 27
(Qtr 4) Bulls: 4-2-MEM 14 (15:00) 13-Michael Thomas 33 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 7 L.V 30
(Qtr 4) Blues: 1-10-L.V 15 (7:18) 10-Morris Gipson pass complete to 86-Micheal Bentz for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Ernest Davis. MEM 14 L.V 30
Team Statistics
Blues Bulls
First Downs 15 28
- Rushing 0 14
- Passing 8 10
- Penalty 7 4
Total Net Yards 196 430
- Offensive Plays 55 77
- Yards Per Play 3.56 5.58
Net Rushing Yards -3 253
- Rushing Attempts 17 36
- Yards Per Rush -0.18 7.03
Net Passing Yards 199 177
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 22 / 2 39 / 24 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 215 192
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 16 2 / 15
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.24 4.32
- Yards Per Completion 9.77 8.00
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 5 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.5 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 44 8 / 71
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 31 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 31
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 2 / 28
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 23
Time of Possession 21:24 38:34
Drive Charts
Blues
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:14 OWN 25 4 20 Punt
1 9:01 0:43 OWN 25 2 1 Interception
1 1:40 2:35 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 10:25 4:48 OWN 20 8 26 Punt
2 1:13 1:13 OWN 25 2 -1 Half
3 14:56 1:32 OPP 35 3 -10 Punt
3 7:07 3:45 OWN 25 6 17 Punt
4 14:58 0:40 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 11:42 2:32 OWN 20 9 73 Interception
4 7:21 0:08 OPP 38 2 38 Touchdown
4 5:13 1:14 OWN 25 4 7 Punt
Bulls
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:46 3:44 OWN 13 8 52 Field Goal
1 8:18 1:25 OPP 25 3 -3 Punt
1 6:53 5:13 OWN 28 10 44 Field Goal
2 14:05 3:40 OWN 25 6 25 Punt
2 5:37 4:24 OWN 14 13 86 Touchdown
3 15:00 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 13:24 6:17 OWN 13 11 87 Touchdown
3 3:22 3:25 OWN 10 8 75 Field Goal
4 14:17 2:35 OWN 34 5 20 Punt
4 9:09 1:48 OWN 2 4 21 Punt
4 7:14 2:01 OWN 21 3 4 Punt
4 3:58 3:58 OWN 16 9 51 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blues
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 Bert Smith 7 6 0.86 3 0 0
#37 Raymond Ross 2 3 1.50 2 0 1
#28 Stephen Ortiz 8 -12 -1.50 3 0 0
Bulls
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 James Sotelo 16 133 8.31 19 8 0
#20 Larry Johnson 15 102 6.80 14 4 1
#30 Archie Fulton 4 18 4.50 9 0 1
#16 Garry Griggs 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Blues
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#10 Morris Gipson 36 22 215 2 / 16 1 43 2 64.00
Bulls
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Garry Griggs 39 24 192 2 / 15 0 18 1 63.19
Receiving Stats
Blues
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#39 Bert Smith 6 85 14.17 43 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 4 37 9.25 15 1
#82 Arthur Logston 4 37 9.25 15 0
#17 Greg Smith 3 22 7.33 13 0
#85 Leonard Carlson 2 20 10.00 15 0
#37 Raymond Ross 1 8 8.00 8 0
#80 Randy Lang 1 6 6.00 6 0
#28 Stephen Ortiz 1 0 0.00 0 0
Bulls
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Kevin Hartshorn 6 56 9.33 14 0
#39 James Sotelo 7 49 7.00 18 0
#85 Jeff Suarez 4 42 10.50 15 0
#19 Morris Whitford 4 30 7.50 11 0
#30 Archie Fulton 2 12 6.00 9 0
#20 Larry Johnson 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Blues
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#78 Mike Pedersen 47 28 2 2
#86 Micheal Bentz 0 7 0 0
#79 Elijah Thompson 46 30 0 0
#61 Ernest Wolfe 40 25 0 2
#66 Kenneth Rodriguez 47 22 0 0
#65 Robert Bateman 40 32 0 0
#88 Stephen Sturgis 9 6 0 0
#82 Arthur Logston 19 18 0 2
#28 Stephen Ortiz 28 9 0 0
#80 Randy Lang 0 10 0 1
#39 Bert Smith 4 3 0 0
#85 Leonard Carlson 0 6 0 0
#21 Jose Goodman 3 2 0 0
#72 Sylvester Cook 1 0 0 0
#37 Raymond Ross 6 0 0 0
#55 Sheldon Hume 2 0 0 0
#75 Jack Anderson 0 2 0 0
#73 Alfredo Russell 0 2 0 0
#45 David Bagby 1 0 0 0
#70 Walter Casey 0 1 0 0
#49 Ken Quinn 0 1 0 0
#74 Joseph Bell 0 1 0 0
#53 Andrew Lavelle 0 1 0 0
#30 Christopher Leigh 0 1 0 0
Bulls
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Robert Brown 46 44 1 2
#74 Leonard Keenan 39 40 1 1
#73 Michael Smith 51 39 0 0
#87 Alden Wilder 0 4 0 0
#81 Mark Ponder 0 23 0 0
#68 Bill Drayton 51 45 0 9
#39 James Sotelo 21 7 0 0
#69 Joseph Phelps 51 47 0 2
#83 Kevin Hartshorn 0 25 0 3
#19 Morris Whitford 0 24 0 1
#30 Archie Fulton 23 13 0 0
#89 David Marcus 0 8 0 1
#85 Jeff Suarez 19 33 0 0
#58 Carl Maynard 6 1 0 0
#62 Chad Wright 11 1 0 0
#20 Larry Johnson 8 3 0 0
#98 Cyril Thomas 0 2 0 0
#55 John Jacobs 0 2 0 0
#96 Douglas Davis 0 1 0 0
#57 Carlton Delano 0 1 0 0
#97 James Raymond 0 2 0 1
#47 Raymond McKee 0 2 0 0
#99 Chris Castleberry 0 2 0 0
#40 Charles Butts 0 2 0 0
#69 Courtney Wilson 3 2 0 1
#23 Michael Lewis 0 3 0 0
#18 Alan Gray 2 5 0 1
#79 Aurelio Ford 1 0 0 0
#69 Louis Sanders 1 2 0 0
#92 Kenneth Ingram 0 1 0 0
#31 John Carothers 0 1 0 0
#70 Alan Adame 0 1 0 0
#53 Steven Bearden 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Blues
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#49 Ken Quinn 1 0 0.00 0
Bulls
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#1 John Kinley 1 26 26.00 1
#51 Wayne Clayton 1 2 2.00 0
Fumble Stats
Blues
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Bulls
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#16 Garry Griggs 1 0 0 0
#68 Bill Drayton 0 1 0 0
Punting
Blues
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Roy Moreno 7 291 41.57 41.57 52 5
Bulls
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 Willie Zabel 4 197 49.25 30.00 52 0
Kicking
Blues
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#6 Ernest Davis 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 2 / 2
Bulls
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Michael Thomas 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 53 3 / 3
Punt Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Randy Lang 1 31 31.0 31 0
Bulls
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Bulls
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#20 Larry Johnson 1 31 31.0 0
Defensive Stats
Blues
Name Tackles Sacks
#49 Ken Quinn 8 0
#33 Paul Williams 8 0
#99 Franklin Jones 7 0
#75 Jack Anderson 7 0
#21 Jose Goodman 6 0
#30 Christopher Leigh 5 0
#96 Ryan Moran 5 0
#95 Jason McNew 4 0
#43 Louis Spruill 3 0
#20 Todd Saldivar 2 0
#73 Alfredo Russell 1 1
#13 William Ennis 1 0
#80 Randy Lang 1 0
#46 Herman Adair 1 0
#69 Carl Cothern 1 1
#36 Daniel Clements 1 0
Bulls
Name Tackles Sacks
#57 Carlton Delano 9 0
#97 James Raymond 6 0
#47 Raymond McKee 4 0
#23 Michael Lewis 4 0
#40 Charles Butts 3 0
#1 John Kinley 3 0
#99 Chris Castleberry 3 0
#98 Cyril Thomas 2 2
#51 Wayne Clayton 2 0
#22 Steve Ryan 2 0
#96 Douglas Davis 1 0
#19 Morris Whitford 1 0