Pre-Season Week 2: Steamers at Blues
August 22, 1998 81° State Farm Stadium
Attendance: 47,727 (64%)
Steamers 0 10 3 0 - 13
Blues 6 7 0 3 - 16
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Blues: 4-2-N.O 32 (11:31) 6-Ernest Davis 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 N.O 0
(Qtr 1) Blues: 4-5-N.O 16 (0:56) 6-Ernest Davis 33 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 6 N.O 0
(Qtr 2) Steamers: 2-3-MEM 3 (11:21) 7-Kenneth Houston ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-John Butler. MEM 6 N.O 7
(Qtr 2) Steamers: 4-7-MEM 36 (6:53) 6-John Butler 54 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 6 N.O 10
(Qtr 2) Blues: 1-8-N.O 8 (2:03) 10-Morris Gipson pass complete to 31-James Ramirez for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Ernest Davis. MEM 13 N.O 10
(Qtr 3) Steamers: 4-3-MEM 8 (10:09) 6-John Butler 26 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 13 N.O 13
(Qtr 4) Blues: 4-1-N.O 12 (0:46) 6-Ernest Davis 31 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 16 N.O 13
Team Statistics
Blues Steamers
First Downs 20 16
- Rushing 4 10
- Passing 13 4
- Penalty 3 2
Total Net Yards 319 278
- Offensive Plays 67 65
- Yards Per Play 4.76 4.28
Net Rushing Yards 54 192
- Rushing Attempts 12 31
- Yards Per Rush 4.50 6.19
Net Passing Yards 265 86
- Att/Comp/Int 55 / 34 / 2 33 / 15 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 265 93
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.82 2.53
- Yards Per Completion 7.79 6.20
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 9 / 53 3 / 18
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 5 1 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 47 2 / 65
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 4 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 23
Time of Possession 28:07 31:54
Drive Charts
Blues
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:33 OWN 25 7 43 Field Goal
1 9:41 1:26 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 5:51 2:48 OWN 8 6 28 Punt
1 2:20 1:27 OPP 20 3 5 Field Goal
2 11:18 1:29 OWN 13 3 8 Punt
2 6:49 4:50 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
3 14:48 0:41 OPP 30 2 6 Interception
3 10:06 1:13 OWN 28 5 10 Punt
3 5:15 2:43 OWN 6 4 26 Punt
3 0:38 1:24 OWN 25 4 11 Interception
4 12:19 2:26 OWN 43 6 12 Punt
4 8:56 1:38 OWN 39 6 8 Punt
4 3:12 2:29 OWN 13 8 75 Field Goal
Steamers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:27 1:46 OWN 22 3 9 Punt
1 8:16 2:25 OWN 17 6 33 Punt
1 3:03 0:43 OWN 6 2 9 Interception
1 0:53 4:35 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
2 9:48 3:00 OWN 30 6 34 Field Goal
2 1:59 1:59 OWN 25 3 5 Half
3 15:00 0:12 OWN 29 2 0 Interception
3 14:07 4:01 OWN 21 7 70 Field Goal
3 8:53 3:38 OWN 15 6 25 Punt
3 2:32 1:54 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 14:14 1:55 OPP 46 3 10 Missed FG
4 9:53 0:57 OWN 13 3 4 Punt
4 7:19 4:06 OWN 13 6 29 Punt
4 0:43 0:43 OWN 25 3 3 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blues
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#31 James Ramirez 5 25 5.00 13 1 0
#16 Andres Ortiz 1 18 18.00 18 1 0
#37 Raymond Ross 3 7 2.33 7 0 0
#45 David Bagby 3 4 1.33 6 0 0
Steamers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#20 John Culbertson 13 94 7.23 19 4 0
#7 Kenneth Houston 15 67 4.47 24 1 1
#30 Ernest Miller 2 30 15.00 28 1 0
#41 Richard Bowers 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Passing Stats
Blues
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#10 Morris Gipson 26 19 139 0 / 0 1 15 0 98.08
#16 Andres Ortiz 29 15 126 0 / 0 0 19 2 34.55
Steamers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Dennis Brown 18 11 54 1 / 7 0 13 1 42.36
#18 Johnny Ringo 15 4 39 0 / 0 0 14 1 11.81
Receiving Stats
Blues
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Larry Hubbard 6 57 9.50 19 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 6 48 8.00 15 0
#88 Stephen Sturgis 4 41 10.25 15 0
#82 Arthur Logston 3 35 11.67 12 0
#45 David Bagby 5 31 6.20 12 0
#14 James Rhoads 2 24 12.00 12 0
#31 James Ramirez 3 16 5.33 8 1
#84 Leo Glenn 2 8 4.00 7 0
#28 Stephen Ortiz 3 5 1.67 3 0
Steamers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#7 Kenneth Houston 5 33 6.60 14 0
#31 James Trantham 3 15 5.00 8 0
#89 Christopher Unruh 2 13 6.50 11 0
#81 Michael Stidham 1 12 12.00 12 0
#41 Richard Bowers 2 11 5.50 6 0
#86 Jose Sweeney 1 7 7.00 7 0
#22 David Brown 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Blues
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#52 Robert Hunter 26 13 0 0
#28 Stephen Ortiz 13 8 0 0
#61 Ernest Wolfe 32 15 0 1
#77 Kenneth Rodriguez 32 13 0 1
#80 Randy Lang 0 13 0 0
#65 Robert Bateman 32 17 0 0
#64 Andrew Hughes 26 10 0 1
#82 Arthur Logston 10 5 0 0
#80 Larry Hubbard 0 6 0 1
#84 Leo Glenn 0 15 0 1
#14 James Rhoads 0 6 0 0
#31 James Ramirez 0 3 0 0
#88 Stephen Sturgis 10 11 0 1
#79 Elijah Thompson 41 14 0 1
#78 Mike Pedersen 34 14 0 0
#84 Fredrick Bartholomew 8 1 0 0
#30 Christopher Leigh 1 1 0 0
#95 Jason McNew 0 3 0 0
#75 Jack Anderson 0 2 0 0
#69 Carl Cothern 0 1 0 0
#92 Gary Obrien 0 1 0 1
#33 Paul Williams 0 2 0 0
#34 Jeffery Leblanc 0 3 0 1
#21 Jose Goodman 0 1 0 0
#73 Alfredo Russell 0 1 0 0
#20 Todd Saldivar 0 1 0 0
#86 Micheal Bentz 0 5 0 0
#70 Walter Casey 3 2 0 0
#49 Ken Quinn 0 4 0 0
#74 Joseph Bell 0 2 0 0
#36 Daniel Clements 0 1 0 0
#93 Michael Gilreath 0 2 0 0
#72 Sylvester Cook 35 13 0 0
#55 Sheldon Hume 34 10 0 0
#67 Jerry Hill 30 10 0 0
#44 John Carr 9 6 0 0
#27 Ryan Silva 5 5 0 0
#46 Herman Adair 0 1 0 0
#45 David Bagby 0 1 0 0
#37 Raymond Ross 3 2 0 0
Steamers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#41 Richard Bowers 14 8 1 2
#90 Lester Manuel 0 2 0 0
#32 Billy McKenzie 0 3 0 0
#96 Ronald Trevino 0 1 0 0
#52 Joseph Gonzales 2 2 0 0
#11 Larry Brock 0 2 0 0
#10 Jose Schuetz 2 1 0 0
#44 Thomas Wade 0 1 0 0
#22 David Brown 6 12 0 1
#13 David Herbert 0 2 0 1
#74 Phillip Kearns 44 40 0 2
#54 Eric Johnson 17 21 0 3
#65 David Manning 19 18 0 8
#89 Christopher Unruh 8 18 0 0
#79 Bobby Gehl 19 20 0 0
#50 Heath Cloyd 17 15 0 1
#42 Kevin Schindler 0 14 0 0
#81 Michael Stidham 0 15 0 1
#31 James Trantham 0 15 0 0
#35 Darin Miller 8 10 0 0
#83 Ronald Soto 11 18 0 0
#73 Carl Streeter 10 1 0 0
#97 Michael Jefferson 0 2 0 0
#27 Harry Spears 0 1 0 0
#78 James Campbell 0 2 0 0
#63 James Williams 0 1 0 0
#17 Steven Smith 0 1 0 0
#58 Jimmie Fisher 0 1 0 0
#69 Benjamin Pedersen 19 17 0 0
#30 Ernest Miller 6 2 0 0
#70 Alfonso Romero 21 17 0 1
#64 John Westrick 16 10 0 1
#63 Aaron Goss 25 17 0 5
#91 Ivan Watters 0 1 0 0
#40 Gary Dent 0 1 0 0
#98 Paul Cherry 0 1 0 0
#86 Jose Sweeney 0 7 0 0
#7 Kenneth Houston 4 2 0 0
#43 Wade Hyatt 0 1 0 0
#84 Arron Hillman 2 0 0 0
#36 Jason Mohr 0 1 0 1
Interception Stats
Blues
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#56 David Gentile 1 4 4.00 0
#49 Ken Quinn 1 0 0.00 0
Steamers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#52 Joseph Gonzales 1 0 0.00 0
#27 Harry Spears 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Blues
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#31 James Ramirez 1 1 0 0
#95 Jason McNew 0 0 1 0
Steamers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#30 Ernest Miller 1 0 0 0
#44 Thomas Wade 0 0 1 0
#41 Richard Bowers 0 1 0 0
Punting
Blues
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Tony Jackson 7 317 45.29 45.14 58 5
Steamers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#86 Jeffery Lewis 6 278 46.33 45.67 53 3
Kicking
Blues
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#6 Ernest Davis 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 1 / 1
Steamers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#6 John Butler 2 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 2 54 1 / 1
Punt Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#27 Ryan Silva 1 5 5.0 5 0
Steamers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#42 Kevin Schindler 1 2 2.0 2 0
Kick Return
Blues
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#37 Raymond Ross 1 26 26.0 0
#80 Randy Lang 1 21 21.0 0
Steamers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#7 Kenneth Houston 1 39 39.0 0
#42 Kevin Schindler 1 26 26.0 0
Defensive Stats
Blues
Name Tackles Sacks
#95 Jason McNew 9 1
#94 Johnathan Richards 7 0
#92 Gary Obrien 4 0
#36 Daniel Clements 4 0
#30 Christopher Leigh 3 0
#75 Jack Anderson 3 0
#20 Todd Saldivar 2 0
#99 Franklin Jones 2 0
#56 David Gentile 2 0
#33 Paul Williams 2 0
#49 Ken Quinn 2 0
#70 Walter Casey 2 0
#43 Louis Spruill 1 0
#21 Jose Goodman 1 0
#6 Ernest Davis 1 0
#37 Raymond Ross 1 0
#80 Larry Hubbard 1 0
#34 Jeffery Leblanc 1 0
#46 Herman Adair 1 0
Steamers
Name Tackles Sacks
#40 Gary Dent 6 0
#52 Joseph Gonzales 6 0
#32 Billy McKenzie 5 0
#58 Jimmie Fisher 4 0
#66 James Hill 3 0
#44 Thomas Wade 3 0
#1 Dennis Bayliss 3 0
#36 Jason Mohr 3 0
#17 Steven Smith 3 0
#27 Harry Spears 3 0
#10 Jose Schuetz 2 0
#96 Ronald Trevino 2 0
#11 Larry Brock 1 0
#97 Michael Jefferson 1 0
#20 John Culbertson 1 0
#13 David Herbert 1 0
#69 Benjamin Pedersen 1 0
#92 Dennis Royce 1 0