Regular Season Week 3: Rangers at Blues
September 21, 1997 77° State Farm Stadium
Attendance: 51,670 (69%)
Rangers 0 3 0 0 - 3
Blues 7 3 10 14 - 34
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Blues: 2-3-DAL 3 (0:06) 39-Bert Smith ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Ernest Davis. MEM 7 DAL 0
(Qtr 2) Rangers: 4-7-MEM 30 (9:41) 18-Jesse Diaz 48 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 7 DAL 3
(Qtr 2) Blues: 4-14-DAL 22 (0:03) 6-Ernest Davis 39 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 10 DAL 3
(Qtr 3) Blues: (15:00) 18-Jesse Diaz kicks 61 yards from DAL 35 to MEM 4. 37-Raymond Ross for 97yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Ernest Davis. MEM 17 DAL 3
(Qtr 3) Blues: 4-14-DAL 35 (7:17) 6-Ernest Davis 52 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 20 DAL 3
(Qtr 4) Blues: 2-2-DAL 5 (12:58) 37-Raymond Ross ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Ernest Davis. MEM 27 DAL 3
(Qtr 4) Blues: 4-1-DAL 4 (4:35) 37-Raymond Ross ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Ernest Davis. MEM 34 DAL 3
Team Statistics
Blues Rangers
First Downs 18 9
- Rushing 12 7
- Passing 4 2
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 263 147
- Offensive Plays 68 46
- Yards Per Play 3.87 3.20
Net Rushing Yards 170 89
- Rushing Attempts 39 16
- Yards Per Rush 4.36 5.56
Net Passing Yards 93 58
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 20 / 0 26 / 16 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 105 93
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 12 4 / 35
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.21 1.93
- Yards Per Completion 5.25 5.81
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 2 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 9.5
4th Down Conversions 3 / 4 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 4 / 39
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 4 3 / 7
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 97 2 / 49
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 16 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 41 OWN 22
Time of Possession 40:20 19:26
Drive Charts
Blues
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:26 11:23 OWN 21 18 79 Touchdown
2 9:37 1:30 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 5:17 2:59 OWN 26 4 3 Punt
2 1:56 1:56 OPP 34 7 12 Field Goal
3 14:46 4:11 OPP 25 6 -26 Punt
3 10:35 3:22 OWN 20 7 45 Field Goal
3 6:20 1:22 OWN 23 3 0 Punt
3 1:33 2:23 OWN 20 6 19 Punt
4 13:33 0:39 OPP 13 2 13 Touchdown
4 11:49 7:17 OWN 28 12 72 Touchdown
4 3:22 1:28 OWN 26 3 10 Punt
4 1:50 1:50 OPP 21 3 14 Game
Rangers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:34 OWN 19 5 13 Punt
1 0:03 5:26 OWN 25 10 45 Field Goal
2 8:07 2:50 OWN 17 5 16 Punt
2 2:18 0:22 OWN 23 2 9 Interception
3 7:12 0:52 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 4:58 3:25 OWN 29 6 26 Punt
4 14:11 0:38 OWN 18 2 -8 Interception
4 12:54 1:05 OWN 18 3 6 Punt
4 4:32 1:10 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 1:54 0:04 OWN 19 1 0 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blues
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#37 Raymond Ross 15 86 5.73 12 4 2
#39 Bert Smith 16 60 3.75 12 2 1
#45 David Bagby 6 24 4.00 8 0 0
#10 Morris Gipson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
#28 Stephen Ortiz 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Rangers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#23 Nathan Regis 13 76 5.85 12 3 0
#22 David Hupp 3 13 4.33 11 1 0
Passing Stats
Blues
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#10 Morris Gipson 27 20 105 2 / 12 0 12 0 80.02
Rangers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Josef Smith 26 16 93 4 / 35 0 10 3 28.69
Receiving Stats
Blues
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Arthur Logston 3 26 8.67 11 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 3 20 6.67 12 0
#28 Stephen Ortiz 4 14 3.50 9 0
#17 Greg Smith 2 14 7.00 12 0
#85 Leonard Carlson 2 14 7.00 8 0
#37 Raymond Ross 2 8 4.00 4 0
#80 Randy Lang 1 7 7.00 7 0
#39 Bert Smith 3 2 0.67 4 0
Rangers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#12 Elmer Pineda 4 28 7.00 9 0
#23 Nathan Regis 3 19 6.33 7 0
#82 Scott Cespedes 2 14 7.00 10 0
#32 Raymond Coulter 4 10 2.50 4 0
#22 David Hupp 1 9 9.00 9 0
#80 William Alexander 1 7 7.00 7 0
#19 David Noble 1 6 6.00 6 0
Blocking Stats
Blues
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#77 Kenneth Rodriguez 41 40 2 3
#49 Ken Quinn 0 2 0 1
#99 Franklin Jones 0 3 0 0
#85 Leonard Carlson 0 13 0 0
#79 Elijah Thompson 41 42 0 1
#82 Arthur Logston 13 34 0 5
#78 Mike Pedersen 41 48 0 2
#61 Ernest Wolfe 36 39 0 0
#65 Robert Bateman 40 42 0 2
#86 Micheal Bentz 0 17 0 1
#28 Stephen Ortiz 19 15 0 0
#80 Randy Lang 0 20 0 1
#88 Stephen Sturgis 6 25 0 1
#37 Raymond Ross 2 4 0 0
#17 Greg Smith 0 7 0 0
#63 Zack Martin 11 3 0 0
#45 David Bagby 2 1 0 1
#33 Paul Williams 1 1 0 0
#21 Jose Goodman 3 4 0 0
#35 Peter Scott 0 1 0 0
#73 Alfredo Russell 0 3 0 0
#53 Andrew Lavelle 0 2 0 1
#39 Bert Smith 2 1 0 0
#34 Jeffery Leblanc 0 1 0 0
#75 Jack Anderson 0 2 0 0
#20 Todd Saldivar 0 1 0 0
#30 Christopher Leigh 0 2 0 0
#81 John Carr 1 4 0 0
#69 Carl Cothern 0 1 0 0
#96 Ryan Moran 0 1 0 1
#70 Walter Casey 0 1 0 0
#72 Sylvester Cook 0 3 0 0
#52 Robert Hunter 0 3 0 0
#64 Andrew Hughes 0 3 0 0
Rangers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#63 Justin Easterday 30 26 2 4
#74 Francis Smotherman 30 20 1 3
#73 Jack Troia 10 3 1 1
#61 Louis Malcolm 0 2 0 0
#79 Robert Westbrook 0 3 0 1
#65 Joseph Eells 0 2 0 0
#52 Tyrone Thompson 0 2 0 0
#90 Donald Olvera 0 2 0 0
#59 Joseph Tarver 6 3 0 0
#99 Thomas Rex 0 2 0 0
#64 Louis Nolan 8 4 0 0
#58 James Duffy 8 6 0 1
#31 Merrill Smith 0 3 0 0
#87 Luis Cox 0 1 0 0
#75 Fausto Johnson 38 27 0 0
#81 John Giblin 0 6 0 1
#32 Raymond Coulter 5 10 0 0
#51 Cody Dantzler 31 17 0 0
#69 Alexander Gonzalez 38 26 0 1
#80 William Alexander 2 18 0 0
#19 David Noble 0 6 0 0
#56 Aaron Pawlak 8 0 0 0
#12 Elmer Pineda 0 9 0 3
#82 Scott Cespedes 0 8 0 0
#22 David Hupp 3 3 0 0
#41 Darius Barrett 1 1 0 0
#97 Reuben Ruiz 2 2 0 0
#23 Nathan Regis 4 5 0 0
Interception Stats
Blues
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#20 Todd Saldivar 1 12 12.00 0
#49 Ken Quinn 1 2 2.00 0
#34 Jeffery Leblanc 1 2 2.00 0
Rangers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Blues
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Rangers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Blues
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Roy Moreno 5 239 47.80 46.80 53 3
Rangers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#18 Sylvester Brown 7 344 49.14 41.57 54 0
Kicking
Blues
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#6 Ernest Davis 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 4 / 4
Rangers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#18 Jesse Diaz 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 0 / 0
Punt Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Randy Lang 1 4 4.0 4 0
Rangers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#12 Elmer Pineda 3 7 2.3 5 0
Kick Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#37 Raymond Ross 1 97 97.0 1
Rangers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#80 William Alexander 2 49 24.5 0
Defensive Stats
Blues
Name Tackles Sacks
#96 Ryan Moran 6 0
#20 Todd Saldivar 5 0
#49 Ken Quinn 5 0
#69 Carl Cothern 4 2
#33 Paul Williams 4 0
#99 Franklin Jones 4 0
#56 David Gentile 2 0
#53 Andrew Lavelle 2 1
#34 Jeffery Leblanc 2 0
#95 Jason McNew 1 0
#35 Peter Scott 1 0
#21 Jose Goodman 1 0
#70 Walter Casey 1 0
#73 Alfredo Russell 1 1
#32 Robert Steele 1 0
#46 Herman Adair 1 0
Rangers
Name Tackles Sacks
#46 Robert Volkman 9 0
#31 Merrill Smith 8 0
#76 Charles Beall 6 0
#59 Joseph Tarver 5 0
#48 Christopher Morgan 5 0
#65 Joseph Eells 5 2
#26 Randall Villarreal 5 0
#52 Tyrone Thompson 4 0
#96 Rodrigo Ulrey 4 0
#90 Donald Olvera 4 0
#37 Karl Dubose 3 0
#12 Elmer Pineda 1 0
#45 Kendall Bolduc 1 0
#23 Nathan Regis 1 0
#82 Scott Cespedes 1 0