Regular Season Week 8: Big Horns at Bulls
October 26, 1997 67° Clark County Stadium
Attendance: 75,000 (100%)
Big Horns 0 10 3 9 - 22
Bulls 0 7 7 12 - 26
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Bulls: 3-1-DEN 3 (14:57) 39-James Sotelo ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Michael Thomas. L.V 7 DEN 0
(Qtr 2) Big Horns: 1-10-DEN 25 (14:55) 16-Thomas Dixon pass complete to 80-Davante Adams for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Richard Pressley. L.V 7 DEN 7
(Qtr 2) Big Horns: 1-2-L.V 2 (0:04) 2-Richard Pressley 19 yard field goal is GOOD. L.V 7 DEN 10
(Qtr 3) Big Horns: 4-10-L.V 17 (11:26) 2-Richard Pressley 35 yard field goal is GOOD. L.V 7 DEN 13
(Qtr 3) Bulls: 1-10-L.V 4 (0:47) 16-Garry Griggs pass complete to 81-Mark Ponder for 96 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Michael Thomas. L.V 14 DEN 13
(Qtr 4) Big Horns: 2-8-DEN 37 (13:33) 16-Thomas Dixon pass complete to 80-Davante Adams for 63 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Big Horns: 4-8-L.V 21 (7:00) 2-Richard Pressley 38 yard field goal is GOOD. L.V 14 DEN 22
(Qtr 4) Bulls: 1-10-DEN 31 (3:18) 16-Garry Griggs pass complete to 81-Mark Ponder for 31 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Bulls: 3-20-L.V 27 (1:45) 16-Garry Griggs pass complete to 81-Mark Ponder for 73 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
Team Statistics
Bulls Big Horns
First Downs 12 9
- Rushing 4 2
- Passing 6 6
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 376 286
- Offensive Plays 66 67
- Yards Per Play 5.70 4.27
Net Rushing Yards 75 45
- Rushing Attempts 32 23
- Yards Per Rush 2.34 1.96
Net Passing Yards 301 241
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 17 / 4 39 / 23 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 308 285
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 5 / 44
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.85 5.48
- Yards Per Completion 18.12 12.39
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 1 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.3 10.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 5 / 45 4 / 37
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 60 2 / 14
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 29 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 4 / 15
2pt Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 31
Time of Possession 29:10 30:51
Drive Charts
Bulls
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:30 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
1 10:00 1:29 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 4:53 4:59 OWN 40 12 60 Touchdown
2 14:42 0:53 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
2 11:42 2:44 OWN 6 5 14 Punt
2 6:48 0:07 OWN 21 2 19 Interception
2 5:24 2:13 OWN 45 3 7 Punt
2 1:18 0:15 OPP 47 3 -10 Interception
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 2 Half
3 11:22 3:31 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
3 6:18 2:05 OPP 48 3 -3 Punt
3 3:16 0:03 50 1 0 Interception
3 0:47 0:13 OWN 4 1 96 Touchdown
4 13:23 2:12 OWN 24 4 0 Punt
4 9:05 0:05 OWN 20 1 0 Fumble
4 6:57 3:44 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
4 1:54 0:20 OWN 37 3 63 Touchdown
4 0:46 0:46 OPP 23 3 4 Game
Big Horns
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:30 1:31 OWN 20 3 10 Punt
1 8:31 3:38 OWN 17 6 30 Punt
2 14:54 0:12 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 13:50 2:07 OWN 33 3 -2 Punt
2 8:58 2:10 OWN 40 3 3 Punt
2 6:41 1:17 OWN 49 3 -3 Interception
2 3:11 1:52 OWN 1 3 7 Punt
2 1:03 1:02 OPP 38 7 37 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:38 OWN 25 8 58 Field Goal
3 7:52 1:34 OWN 11 3 2 Punt
3 4:13 0:57 OWN 3 3 6 Punt
3 3:13 2:26 OPP 48 5 -3 Punt
3 0:34 2:11 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 11:11 2:06 OWN 33 3 8 Punt
4 9:00 2:03 OPP 23 3 2 Field Goal
4 3:12 1:19 OWN 25 4 -6 Punt
4 1:34 0:48 OWN 25 5 13 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Bulls
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#20 Larry Johnson 5 27 5.40 14 1 0
#39 James Sotelo 20 24 1.20 10 1 1
#16 Garry Griggs 2 14 7.00 14 1 0
#30 Archie Fulton 5 10 2.00 9 0 0
Big Horns
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 Over Underwood 9 19 2.11 8 0 0
#25 Jim Crowley 2 9 4.50 8 0 0
#43 Trent Richardson 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
#16 Thomas Dixon 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
#32 Harry Stuhldreher 10 5 0.50 4 0 0
Passing Stats
Bulls
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Garry Griggs 33 17 308 1 / 7 3 96 4 74.62
Big Horns
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Thomas Dixon 39 23 285 5 / 44 2 75 1 88.09
Receiving Stats
Bulls
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Mark Ponder 6 229 38.17 96 3
#85 Jeff Suarez 4 39 9.75 17 0
#19 Morris Whitford 2 25 12.50 14 0
#39 James Sotelo 4 8 2.00 6 0
#87 Alden Wilder 1 7 7.00 7 0
Big Horns
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Davante Adams 3 144 48.00 75 2
#28 Over Underwood 3 32 10.67 16 0
#32 Harry Stuhldreher 4 31 7.75 14 0
#46 Don Miller 6 29 4.83 9 0
#88 Robert Soares 1 28 28.00 28 0
#23 Garrett Peace 4 13 3.25 6 0
#83 Mack Fried 1 7 7.00 7 0
#25 Jim Crowley 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Bulls
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 Louis Sanders 36 40 0 3
#73 Michael Smith 42 39 0 1
#30 Archie Fulton 23 10 0 0
#65 Robert Brown 36 37 0 2
#39 James Sotelo 16 8 0 0
#69 Joseph Phelps 43 25 0 0
#74 Leonard Keenan 34 36 0 0
#85 Jeff Suarez 21 31 0 1
#19 Morris Whitford 0 16 0 1
#81 Mark Ponder 0 12 0 1
#83 Kevin Hartshorn 0 20 0 0
#62 Chad Wright 11 0 0 0
#20 Larry Johnson 13 7 0 0
#87 Alden Wilder 0 9 0 0
#18 Alan Gray 3 9 0 1
#69 Courtney Wilson 4 4 0 1
#98 Cyril Thomas 0 4 0 0
#55 John Jacobs 0 5 0 0
#92 Kenneth Ingram 0 4 0 0
#31 John Carothers 0 4 0 0
#99 Chris Castleberry 0 3 0 0
#1 John Kinley 0 5 0 0
#23 Michael Lewis 0 2 0 0
#58 Carl Maynard 4 1 0 0
#96 Douglas Davis 0 1 0 0
#40 Charles Butts 0 3 0 0
#47 Raymond McKee 0 3 0 1
#79 Aurelio Ford 1 0 0 0
#53 Steven Bearden 2 0 0 0
#99 Kenneth Schutte 0 1 0 0
#70 Alan Adame 1 0 0 0
#89 David Marcus 0 1 0 0
Big Horns
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 Jeffrey Johnson 49 23 2 3
#62 Jerome Daniel 54 31 1 2
#61 Kenneth Goodloe 59 32 1 1
#68 Bubba Moore 51 30 1 3
#46 Don Miller 15 19 0 2
#66 Melvin Caverly 53 24 0 0
#80 Davante Adams 0 11 0 1
#32 Harry Stuhldreher 16 3 0 0
#43 Trent Richardson 20 17 0 0
#28 Over Underwood 6 10 0 0
#67 Scott Roundtree 16 1 0 0
#23 Garrett Peace 0 17 0 2
#83 Mack Fried 0 12 0 1
#25 Jim Crowley 2 6 0 0
#30 Charles Raper 7 10 0 0
#56 James Howell 0 2 0 0
#72 Armand Thornton 0 4 0 1
#39 Donald Doman 0 1 0 0
#59 Donovan Parker 0 3 0 0
#74 Merlin Olsen 0 5 0 0
#19 Ronnie Lott 6 2 0 0
#37 Randy Purcell 0 3 0 0
#79 John Ford 0 3 0 0
#52 Gino Marchetti 0 3 0 0
#55 Jim Youngblood 0 2 0 1
#27 Don Shula 0 2 0 0
#71 Alfredo Conceicao 0 2 0 0
#64 Thomas Spahn 5 3 0 0
#88 Robert Soares 0 4 0 0
#44 Tom Hudson 0 1 0 0
#75 Austin Powers 0 2 0 0
#60 John Mays 0 2 0 0
#53 James Moore 0 1 0 1
#22 Manny Lovems 0 1 0 0
#24 Felix Wright 0 1 0 0
#40 Joseph Guerra 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Bulls
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#23 Michael Lewis 1 0 0.00 0
Big Horns
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#53 James Moore 1 14 14.00 0
#34 Denny Ward 1 1 1.00 0
#27 Don Shula 1 0 0.00 0
#56 James Howell 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Bulls
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#39 James Sotelo 1 0 0 0
Big Horns
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#27 Don Shula 0 1 1 0
Punting
Bulls
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 Willie Zabel 8 382 47.75 43.63 54 4
Big Horns
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Rolando Wilson 10 482 48.20 40.40 63 2
Kicking
Bulls
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Michael Thomas 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 2 / 2
Big Horns
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Richard Pressley 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 1 / 1
Punt Return
Bulls
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Mark Ponder 5 60 12.0 33 0
Big Horns
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#32 Harry Stuhldreher 2 14 7.0 9 0
Kick Return
Bulls
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#20 Larry Johnson 1 29 29.0 0
Big Horns
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Bulls
Name Tackles Sacks
#23 Michael Lewis 8 0
#1 John Kinley 8 0
#47 Raymond McKee 5 0
#96 Douglas Davis 5 1
#57 Carlton Delano 5 0
#51 Wayne Clayton 4 0
#97 James Raymond 3 0
#55 John Jacobs 3 2
#99 Chris Castleberry 3 0
#89 David Marcus 2 0
#31 John Carothers 2 0
#69 Louis Sanders 1 0
#33 Trent Simmons 1 0
#22 Steve Ryan 1 0
#16 Garry Griggs 1 0
#92 Kenneth Ingram 1 0
#30 Archie Fulton 1 0
#71 Eric Boyer 1 1
#99 Kenneth Schutte 1 1
Big Horns
Name Tackles Sacks
#19 Ronnie Lott 8 0
#27 Don Shula 6 0
#55 Jim Youngblood 5 0
#53 James Moore 5 1
#24 Felix Wright 4 0
#59 Donovan Parker 4 0
#40 Joseph Guerra 3 0
#52 Gino Marchetti 2 0
#56 James Howell 2 0
#74 Merlin Olsen 2 0
#39 Donald Doman 1 0
#37 Randy Purcell 1 0
#23 Garrett Peace 1 0
#79 John Ford 1 0
#66 Melvin Caverly 1 0
#44 Tom Hudson 1 0
#72 Armand Thornton 1 0