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Week 8: San Diego Sharks at Pittsburgh Miners

October 23, 1988
50°
New England Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 57,624 (84%)
Sharks 3 31 9 10 - 53
Miners 0 0 0 0 - 0

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sharks: 4-1-PIT 35 (4:13) 6-Mark Kramer 53 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 0 SDS 3
(Qtr 2) Sharks: 2-7-PIT 20 (14:18) 7-Ronald Heinen pass complete to 12-Bruce Held for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Mark Kramer. PIT 0 SDS 10
(Qtr 2) Sharks: 1-10-PIT 25 (8:42) 7-Ronald Heinen pass complete to 83-Billy Lesley for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Mark Kramer. PIT 0 SDS 17
(Qtr 2) Sharks: 1-4-PIT 4 (4:15) 83-Billy Lesley ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Mark Kramer. PIT 0 SDS 24
(Qtr 2) Sharks: 2-6-SDS 34 (2:10) 7-Ronald Heinen pass complete to 12-Bruce Held for 66 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Mark Kramer. PIT 0 SDS 31
(Qtr 2) Sharks: 4-1-PIT 37 (0:44) 6-Mark Kramer 55 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 0 SDS 34
(Qtr 3) Sharks: 1-10-PIT 5 (13:22) 4-Samuel Morton sacked at PIT -5 for -10 yards (91-Joseph Gray). Sack allowed by 73-Steven Ellender. SAFETY! (91-Joseph Gray) PIT 0 SDS 36
(Qtr 3) Sharks: 3-2-PIT 3 (4:36) 7-Ronald Heinen pass complete to 84-Nathan Atkinson for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Mark Kramer. PIT 0 SDS 43
(Qtr 4) Sharks: 4-9-PIT 37 (15:00) 6-Mark Kramer 55 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 0 SDS 46
(Qtr 4) Sharks: 2-9-PIT 23 (0:36) 14-Paul Talbot ran for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Mark Kramer. PIT 0 SDS 53

Team Statistics

Miners Sharks
First Downs 5 22
- Rushing 1 10
- Passing 3 10
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 15 503
- Offensive Plays 45 71
- Yards Per Play 0.33 7.08
Net Rushing Yards 42 270
- Rushing Attempts 15 47
- Yards Per Rush 2.80 5.74
Net Passing Yards -27 233
- Att/Comp/Int 20 / 12 / 0 23 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 64 240
- Sacks/Yards Lost 10 / 91 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play -0.90 9.71
- Yards Per Completion 5.33 13.33
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 13 6 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 13.8 2.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 1 / 6
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 5 / 75
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 70 2 / 70
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 37
Time of Possession 21:18 38:44

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Miners

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:03 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
1 10:25 4:11 OWN 10 6 -4 Punt
1 4:09 1:50 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 14:13 0:58 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 8:35 1:50 OWN 22 3 -11 Punt
2 4:12 1:25 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 2:01 1:01 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 0:40 0:40 OWN 25 1 4 Half
3 13:21 0:03 OWN 5 1 -11 Safety
3 12:31 1:32 OWN 38 3 -20 Punt
3 4:33 1:01 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
4 14:56 1:47 OWN 28 4 23 Punt
4 10:58 1:49 OWN 48 4 7 Punt
4 3:41 0:38 OWN 3 3 3 Punt
4 0:30 0:30 OWN 25 2 13 Game

San Diego Sharks

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:57 2:32 OWN 38 4 19 Punt
1 6:14 2:05 OPP 43 3 9 Field Goal
1 2:19 3:06 OWN 35 6 65 Touchdown
2 13:15 4:40 OWN 21 8 79 Touchdown
2 6:45 2:33 OPP 35 5 35 Touchdown
2 2:47 0:46 OWN 30 2 70 Touchdown
2 1:00 0:20 OWN 48 3 15 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:39 OWN 32 3 15 Punt
3 13:18 0:48 OWN 39 2 16 Fumble
3 10:59 6:27 OWN 36 12 64 Touchdown
3 3:31 3:35 OWN 39 7 24 Field Goal
4 13:10 2:12 OWN 1 3 7 Punt
4 9:09 5:28 OWN 20 8 38 Punt
4 3:03 2:33 OPP 49 5 49 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Samuel Morton 1 23 23.00 23 1 0
Tyrone Clark 14 19 1.36 10 1 0

San Diego Sharks

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gerald Smith 10 83 8.30 16 3 0
Billy Lesley 14 68 4.86 19 2 1
Paul Talbot 7 67 9.57 23 3 1
Jose Jones 13 32 2.46 8 0 0
John Blair 3 20 6.67 8 0 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Samuel Morton 19 12 64 10 / 91 0 16 0 68.75
Daniel Preston 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

San Diego Sharks

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ronald Heinen 23 18 240 1 / 7 4 66 0 149.73

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Martin 5 16 3.20 8 0
Arthur Jackson 1 16 16.00 16 0
Bradley Hunt 3 11 3.67 7 0
Jessie Hughes 1 11 11.00 11 0
Ray Bennett 1 7 7.00 7 0
Tyrone Clark 1 3 3.00 3 0

San Diego Sharks

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Bruce Held 3 101 33.67 66 2
Diego Jessup 3 35 11.67 16 0
Billy Lesley 2 35 17.50 25 1
Jose Jones 3 25 8.33 14 0
Nathan Atkinson 4 25 6.25 8 1
Don Powell 1 11 11.00 11 0
Gerald Smith 1 4 4.00 4 0
John Blair 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Manuel Yearwood 28 16 3 4
Steven Ellender 31 18 3 3
Danny Mattingly 25 7 2 3
William Hamilton 43 20 1 1
Steven Crepeau 43 18 0 0
Anthony Hines 0 3 0 0
Mario Jarboe 0 3 0 1
Sam Anderson 0 3 0 0
Anthony Phillips 0 2 0 0
Elbert Harris 0 2 0 0
Jessie Hughes 0 2 0 0
Allan Waugh 0 1 0 0
William Nero 0 3 0 1
Craig Eason 0 1 0 1
Greg Bradshaw 0 1 0 0
Phillip Sumpter 1 1 0 0
Winfred Newell 0 3 0 0
William Barns 0 1 0 0
Gary Flinn 0 2 0 0
Michael Collins 0 2 0 0
Ted Pettigrew 43 21 0 0
Joseph Martin 0 3 0 0
Arthur Jackson 0 2 0 0
Terry Baker 6 2 0 0
Christopher McGinley 9 0 0 0
Tyrone Clark 15 1 0 0
Bradley Hunt 2 13 0 0
James Drummond 5 5 0 1
Joseph Martinez 0 7 0 0
Ray Bennett 7 11 0 0
Earl Bonney 0 1 0 0

San Diego Sharks

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Nathan Atkinson 11 41 1 1
Bruce Loudermilk 0 6 0 1
Travis Rosas 0 2 0 0
Wilson Flores 2 8 0 0
Brendan Lively 9 0 0 0
Paul Talbot 0 8 0 0
Jose Jones 3 2 0 0
Joseph Gray 0 3 0 1
Douglas Wood 1 0 0 0
John Cooley 0 6 0 0
Gerald Smith 4 6 0 1
Dalton Harrington 4 1 0 0
Bennie Jackson 0 2 0 0
Saul Lovett 0 3 0 0
Russell Littles 0 2 0 0
Harvey Manrique 0 1 0 0
Michael Sloan 0 1 0 0
Douglas Jensen 0 3 0 1
Randall Patrick 3 4 0 0
Robert Hodge 0 6 0 0
Jeffery Rees 35 54 0 0
John Pitt 0 7 0 0
Paul Dorsey 0 3 0 0
John Medina 0 4 0 0
John Saylor 33 54 0 4
Daniel Simpson 32 51 0 1
Juan Wilson 35 47 0 0
John Blair 16 23 0 2
Robert Johnston 13 1 0 0
Ronald Cooper 35 50 0 7
Bruce Held 0 21 0 0
Michael Allison 0 29 0 1
Don Powell 0 23 0 0
Diego Jessup 0 22 0 0
Ray Hatton 14 0 0 0
Billy Lesley 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

San Diego Sharks

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gary Flinn 0 0 1 0
Anthony Hines 0 1 0 0

San Diego Sharks

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jose Jones 1 1 0 0
Paul Talbot 1 0 0 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Carl Copenhaver 12 566 47.17 39.00 52 1

San Diego Sharks

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Ruder 4 164 41.00 41.25 48 3

Kicking

Pittsburgh Miners

San Diego Sharks

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Mark Kramer 3 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 3 55 6 / 6

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Earl Bonney 1 1 1.0 1 0

San Diego Sharks

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jose Jones 5 75 15.0 23 0

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Drummond 2 70 35.0 0

San Diego Sharks

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jose Jones 2 70 35.0 0

Defensive Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Tackles Sacks
Winfred Newell 15 0
Craig Eason 9 0
Michael Collins 8 0
Greg Bradshaw 5 0
Kevin Landin 4 0
Anthony Phillips 4 0
Anthony Hines 3 0
Sam Anderson 3 0
Mario Jarboe 3 0
Gary Flinn 2 0
Elbert Harris 2 0
Ted Pettigrew 2 0
William Nero 1 1
Manuel Yearwood 1 0
Danny Mattingly 1 0
Bradley Hunt 1 0
Steve Duncan 1 0
Wendell Wallace 1 0

San Diego Sharks

Name Tackles Sacks
John Cooley 6 0
Chad Peck 5 4
Bruce Loudermilk 5 1
Carmine McCoy 5 0
Paul Dorsey 4 0
Randall Patrick 3 0
Joseph Gray 3 3
Robert Hodge 2 0
John Medina 2 0
Jonathan Romo 1 0
Harvey Manrique 1 1
Wilson Flores 1 0
Mark Kramer 1 0
Douglas Jensen 1 1