Regular Season Week 2: Timberwolves at Blues
September 14, 1997 72° State Farm Stadium
Attendance: 60,023 (80%)
Timberwolves 3 6 0 0 - 9
Blues 3 0 0 3 - 6
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Timberwolves: 4-2-MEM 15 (12:02) 57-Raymond Bradley 32 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 0 POR 3
(Qtr 1) Blues: 4-19-POR 26 (6:44) 6-Ernest Davis 43 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 POR 3
(Qtr 2) Timberwolves: 1-5-MEM 5 (1:15) 6-Antonio McDermott pass complete to 80-Bradley Ross for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Blues: 4-6-POR 32 (11:20) 6-Ernest Davis 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 6 POR 9
Team Statistics
Blues Timberwolves
First Downs 16 13
- Rushing 7 10
- Passing 8 3
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 284 246
- Offensive Plays 63 58
- Yards Per Play 4.51 4.24
Net Rushing Yards 104 169
- Rushing Attempts 26 37
- Yards Per Rush 4.00 4.57
Net Passing Yards 180 77
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 22 / 3 20 / 12 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 196 84
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 16 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.86 3.67
- Yards Per Completion 8.91 7.00
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 13 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.1 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 25 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 24 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 4
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 36
Time of Possession 31:00 29:00
Drive Charts
Blues
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:55 OWN 25 3 -1 Interception
1 11:59 5:19 OWN 25 9 49 Field Goal
1 4:03 3:24 OWN 22 7 44 Downs
2 14:05 3:33 OWN 15 5 24 Punt
2 8:22 0:52 OWN 39 3 2 Punt
2 6:00 2:19 OWN 31 3 -2 Punt
2 1:12 1:12 OWN 25 6 31 Half
3 11:30 4:14 OWN 13 8 34 Downs
3 2:24 6:08 OWN 20 11 48 Field Goal
4 8:16 3:00 OWN 13 7 42 Interception
4 1:52 0:04 OWN 11 1 0 Interception
Timberwolves
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:05 2:06 OPP 23 3 8 Field Goal
1 6:40 2:37 OWN 25 4 13 Punt
1 0:39 1:34 OWN 34 3 4 Punt
2 10:33 2:11 OWN 5 4 26 Punt
2 7:29 1:29 OWN 17 3 5 Punt
2 3:41 2:29 OWN 22 10 78 Touchdown
3 15:00 3:30 OWN 25 5 17 Punt
3 7:16 4:52 OPP 48 9 38 Missed FG
4 11:16 3:00 OWN 25 5 24 Punt
4 5:16 3:24 OWN 40 6 10 Punt
4 1:48 1:48 OPP 24 6 11 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blues
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 Bert Smith 14 65 4.64 19 3 0
#37 Raymond Ross 5 24 4.80 13 2 0
#28 Stephen Ortiz 6 15 2.50 9 0 0
#10 Morris Gipson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Timberwolves
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#38 John Pullen 24 137 5.71 22 4 0
#25 Alejandro Jordan 8 19 2.38 8 0 0
#31 John Woolf 2 13 6.50 9 0 0
#6 Antonio McDermott 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Blues
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#10 Morris Gipson 35 22 196 2 / 16 0 30 3 42.08
Timberwolves
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Antonio McDermott 20 12 84 1 / 7 1 22 0 86.25
Receiving Stats
Blues
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#39 Bert Smith 5 58 11.60 19 0
#82 Arthur Logston 4 55 13.75 30 0
#37 Raymond Ross 3 35 11.67 18 0
#85 Leonard Carlson 5 26 5.20 7 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 1 12 12.00 12 0
#80 Randy Lang 2 10 5.00 10 0
#17 Greg Smith 1 0 0.00 0 0
#28 Stephen Ortiz 1 0 0.00 0 0
Timberwolves
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Bradley Ross 3 44 14.67 22 1
#81 Donald Gimenez 3 14 4.67 6 0
#87 John Hurt 1 10 10.00 10 0
#24 Bill Couch 2 7 3.50 6 0
#85 John Fowler 1 6 6.00 6 0
#25 Alejandro Jordan 1 2 2.00 2 0
#38 John Pullen 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Blues
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Elijah Thompson 43 33 1 2
#78 Mike Pedersen 43 31 1 6
#88 Stephen Sturgis 2 13 0 1
#82 Arthur Logston 14 19 0 4
#28 Stephen Ortiz 13 12 0 0
#61 Ernest Wolfe 40 30 0 0
#77 Kenneth Rodriguez 42 30 0 0
#80 Randy Lang 0 22 0 0
#65 Robert Bateman 38 31 0 3
#85 Leonard Carlson 0 10 0 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 0 16 0 0
#39 Bert Smith 4 2 0 0
#81 John Carr 2 2 0 0
#17 Greg Smith 0 6 0 0
#63 Zack Martin 5 0 0 0
#52 Robert Hunter 1 0 0 0
#37 Raymond Ross 1 0 0 0
#21 Jose Goodman 3 1 0 1
#34 Jeffery Leblanc 0 1 0 0
#75 Jack Anderson 0 2 0 0
#73 Alfredo Russell 0 1 0 0
#96 Ryan Moran 0 2 0 0
#20 Todd Saldivar 0 1 0 0
#53 Andrew Lavelle 0 1 0 0
#45 David Bagby 1 0 0 0
#33 Paul Williams 0 1 0 0
Timberwolves
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#63 Phillip Guzman 21 40 1 5
#99 Frances Vaughn 0 2 0 0
#91 Javier Clardy 0 1 0 0
#51 Dennis Branco 0 1 0 0
#57 Raymond Bradley 25 37 0 0
#74 Howard Mills 31 38 0 1
#87 John Hurt 2 24 0 3
#80 Bradley Ross 0 16 0 0
#85 John Fowler 0 20 0 0
#76 Gary Cooper 31 38 0 3
#24 Bill Couch 5 19 0 3
#64 Edward McMillian 31 36 0 1
#81 Donald Gimenez 0 16 0 0
#42 Chris Boucher 1 6 0 0
#86 Edwin Canty 4 14 0 0
#71 Carl Owen 6 2 0 0
#54 Wm Breeden 9 2 0 0
#61 Robert Miller 10 0 0 0
#94 David Smith 3 0 0 0
#63 Ray George 10 0 0 0
#25 Alejandro Jordan 1 5 0 0
#38 John Pullen 3 3 0 1
#31 John Woolf 1 0 0 0
#98 William Napoleon 0 1 0 0
#46 Michael Smith 0 1 0 1
#93 Carlos London 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Blues
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Timberwolves
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#94 David Smith 1 2 2.00 0
#54 Wm Breeden 1 2 2.00 0
#21 Michael Cohen 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Blues
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#85 Leonard Carlson 1 0 0 0
#88 Stephen Sturgis 0 1 0 0
Timberwolves
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#59 Richard Williams 0 0 1 0
Punting
Blues
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Roy Moreno 3 147 49.00 49.00 55 2
Timberwolves
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#13 David Lucero 7 309 44.14 40.86 49 4
Kicking
Blues
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#6 Ernest Davis 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 49 0 / 0
Timberwolves
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#57 Raymond Bradley 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 0 / 1
Punt Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Randy Lang 2 24 12.0 19 0
Timberwolves
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Timberwolves
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Blues
Name Tackles Sacks
#20 Todd Saldivar 8 0
#69 Carl Cothern 6 0
#99 Franklin Jones 6 0
#30 Christopher Leigh 6 0
#96 Ryan Moran 5 0
#49 Ken Quinn 3 0
#33 Paul Williams 3 0
#73 Alfredo Russell 2 0
#43 Louis Spruill 2 0
#39 Bert Smith 1 0
#53 Andrew Lavelle 1 1
#56 David Gentile 1 0
#21 Jose Goodman 1 0
#36 Daniel Clements 1 0
#75 Jack Anderson 1 0
#82 Arthur Logston 1 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 1 0
Timberwolves
Name Tackles Sacks
#56 Leonard Perez 8 0
#94 David Smith 8 0
#54 Wm Breeden 5 0
#77 William Darby 5 1
#26 David Stapleton 5 0
#29 Enrique Gross 4 0
#22 Timothy Oneal 4 0
#21 Michael Cohen 3 0
#35 John Edwards 2 0
#99 Frances Vaughn 1 0
#59 Richard Williams 1 0
#51 Dennis Branco 1 0
#91 Javier Clardy 1 1
#98 William Napoleon 1 0
#46 Michael Smith 1 0
#71 Carl Owen 1 0