Featuring Brad Nessler and Boomer Esiason with Michael Barkan
Monday March 9, 1992
ooops! we missed the opener .... San Antonio Riders @ Orlando Thunder ....
Jason Garrett begins his World League career with five consecutive completions on the first drive.
The opening drive ends when Teddy Garcia misses wide left.
Eric Mitchel hauls the mail 81 yards for Orlando's first franchise points.
Fast footed Fullback Ricky Blake was the featured back in the Riders first scoring drive under the setting Orlando sun.
Following an Orlando punt, San Antonio marches back towards the goal line. A wall formed by Norgard, Blake, and Vitale pave the way for Ivory Lee Brown to change the score.
The Orlando Thunder's second drive featured only one play. K Bell pitched a screen to fast Willie Davis on the 10 yard line and the Central Arkansas alumn took it to the house.
Following Garrett's untimely interception, Left Tackle Doug Williams takes out the receiver Malcolm Frank.
The home team extend their lead when Grantis Bell sprints 21 yards to score.
Little Bill Hess lead all receivers today on the stat sheet. His highlight was this 38 yard goal that started like a jailbreak.
Carl Painter bolts the length of the field, from endzone to endzone, to close out the first half with a six point 100 yard dash.
Orlando took possession to open the second half and Tight End Tommie Stowers made an impossible catch, bouncing off of Roderick Manning's hat, to keep the drive alive.
Following a first quarter injury to starter Kerwin Bell, Scott Mitchell was thrust into duty. Just prior to kickoff Scott acquired jersey #7 ...
...in honor of this football card ....
Greg Lee takes out BK. Williams hangs on for the the first down.
Corner Ken Watson tries to interrupt the pass bound for Thunder back Eric Mitchel, but can't stop the Sooner from catching the score.
Broderick Graves eludes Tim Crawford on his way to a third quarter score.
Safety Greg Lee gives San Antonio one last chance with this pick off of a Mitchell pass in the endzone.
Billy Owens starts at Strong Safety for the Orlando Thunder. Owens began his pro career in 1988 as a Cowboys draft selection before appearing with the Steelers in 1990. He was a two year starter playing Strong Safety at the University of Pittsburgh.
Opening week of the new World League of American Football was put in the books following Tim Crawford's interception ending the Riders last drive heroics.
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Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 3 mph
Temp: 78 degrees
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Riders 14 7 7 6 0 34
Thunder 21 7 7 3 0 38
Game Statistics: Riders Thunder
First Downs 26 12
Third Down Conversions 8 2
Third Downs 12 6
Third Down Percentage 66.7% 33.3%
Forth Down Conversions 1 0
Fourth Downs 1 0
Fourth Down Percentage 100.0% 0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 1 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 5 6
Offense Redzone TDs 5 1
Offense Redzone FGs 0 0
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 16.7%
Rushing Attempts 41 8
Rushing Yards 214 77
Rushing Average 5.2 9.6
Rushing TDs 4 1
Passing Yards 252 393
Passing Completions 21 21
Passing Attempts 32 36
Completion Percentage 65.6% 58.3%
Passing Average 7.9 10.9
Passing TDs 1 3
Offensive Pass Interceptions 2 2
TOTAL OFFENSE 466 470
Defensive Pass Interceptions 2 2
Punt Return Yards 18 14
Kick Return Yards 169 173
Punts 2 3
Punt Avg 39.5 39.7
Fumbles 2 0
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Penalties 2 1
Penalty Yds 25 10
Turnovers 2 2
TIME OF POSSESSION 16:08 07:52
Individual Stats: Thunder
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Kerwin Bell 2 3 111 66 37.0 0 2 0 90 149.3
Scott Mitchell 19 33 287 57 8.6 1 1 2 64 71.1
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Eric Mitchel 4 82 20.5 81 1 0
Roger Vick 1 4 4.0 4 0 0
Darryl Clack 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Myron Jones 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0
Joe Howard 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Willie Davis 7 212 30.2 90 1 0 143
Joe Howard 3 54 18.0 24 0 0 5
Byron K. Williams 2 46 23.0 23 0 0 1
Eric Mitchel 3 24 8.0 12 1 0 5
Grantis Bell 1 21 21.0 21 1 0 10
Michael Titley 2 19 9.5 11 0 0 4
Tommie Stowers 1 15 15.0 15 0 0 3
Dennis Smith 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 0
Roger Vick 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Charlie Baumann 1 1 100 0 5 5 100 0 0 0
Tracy Bennett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Ray Criswell 3 119 39.6 45 0 0 1
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Carl Painter 5 173 34.5 1 102
Erroll Tucker 0 0 0.0 0 0
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Erroll Tucker 2 14 7.0 14 0
Carl Painter 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Wayne Dickson 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Billy Owens 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Malcolm Frank 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 2 0
Wayne Davis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Rob Sterling 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Erroll Tucker 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Rocen Keeton 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dan Sileo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Glenn Rogers 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Tim Crawford 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 1 0
Robert Presbury 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dean Witkowski 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Joe Howard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Withycombe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Steve Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Brian Covington 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Doug Aronson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Nettles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Karl Dunbar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Bob Flenoid 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
John Guerrero 9 0
Mike Withycombe 9 0
Rodney Lossow 7 0
John Durden 7 0
Owen Hooven 6 0
Roger Vick 2 0
Darryl Clack 1 0
Sean McKeown 1 0
Individual Stats: Riders
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Jason Garrett 21 32 276 65 8.6 4 1 2 38 77.1
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Ivory Lee Brown 16 97 6.0 22 1 0
Ricky Blake 16 62 3.8 10 2 0
Undra Johnson 5 39 7.7 21 0 2
Broderick Graves 3 10 3.3 9 1 0
George Searcy 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Bill Hess 10 123 12.2 38 1 0 32
John Garrett 3 52 17.3 30 0 0 3
Lee Morris 3 42 14.0 18 0 0 7
Ronnie Williams 2 23 11.5 14 0 0 9
Dwight Pickens 1 15 15.0 15 0 0 6
Titus Dixon 1 14 14.0 14 0 0 0
Ivory Lee Brown 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Teddy Garcia 0 1 0 0 4 4 100 0 6 1
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Kent Sullivan 2 79 39.5 43 0 1 0
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Dwight Pickens 5 157 31.3 0 46
Undra Johnson 1 12 12.0 0 12
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Dwight Pickens 2 18 9.0 16 0
Undra Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Anthony Cooney 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Terrence Cooks 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Ken Watson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Mark Ledbetter 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Greg Lee 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Gary Richard 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Greg Gilbert 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Tim Walton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Bobby Humphrey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Jason Garrett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Donnie Gardner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Sean Dykes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chris Oldham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Doug Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Doug Williams 27 1
John Layfield 22 1
Ricky Blake 10 0
John Vitale 8 0
John Garrett 7 0
Erik Norgard 7 0
Mike Kiselak 7 1
Ronnie Williams 5 0
Bill Hess 4 0
Lee Morris 1 0
Mike Sullivan 1 0
Charlie Darrington 1 0