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Preseason Week 1: Tampa Bay Fireballs at Orlando Guardians

August 17, 2058
70°
Disney Stadium (Orlando, FL) Attendance: 44,174 (47%)
Tampa Bay Fireballs 14 0 21 17 - 52
Orlando Guardians 0 0 10 6 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Tampa Bay Fireballs: 2-13-ORG 19 (2:01) 5-Luis Phillips pass complete to 21-Bobby Bender for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Clinton Matheson. ORG 0 TBY 7
(Qtr 1) Tampa Bay Fireballs: 3-1-ORG 18 (1:13) 5-Luis Phillips pass complete to 85-Michael Sanders for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Clinton Matheson. ORG 0 TBY 14
(Qtr 3) Orlando Guardians: 1-10-ORG 49 (6:36) 22-Larry Padgett ran for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Michael Mercier. ORG 7 TBY 14
(Qtr 3) Tampa Bay Fireballs: 1-10-TBY 43 (4:59) 15-Francis Walker pass complete to 87-Michael Gholson for 57 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Clinton Matheson. ORG 7 TBY 21
(Qtr 3) Tampa Bay Fireballs: 1-10-ORG 33 (4:05) 23-Jose Ratliff ran for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Clinton Matheson. ORG 7 TBY 28
(Qtr 3) Tampa Bay Fireballs: 2-8-ORG 8 (3:09) 15-Francis Walker pass complete to 82-Pete Harpole for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Clinton Matheson. ORG 7 TBY 35
(Qtr 3) Orlando Guardians: 4-12-TBY 12 (0:58) 12-Michael Mercier 30 yard field goal is GOOD. ORG 10 TBY 35
(Qtr 4) Orlando Guardians: 3-10-TBY 30 (12:17) 7-Ralph Bertrand pass complete to 16-Edward McLaughlin for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Tampa Bay Fireballs: 1-10-TBY 33 (12:07) 15-Francis Walker pass complete to 23-Jose Ratliff for 67 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Clinton Matheson. ORG 16 TBY 42
(Qtr 4) Tampa Bay Fireballs: 4-14-ORG 26 (7:41) 8-Clinton Matheson 43 yard field goal is GOOD. ORG 16 TBY 45
(Qtr 4) Tampa Bay Fireballs: 3-1-ORG 1 (4:20) 23-Jose Ratliff ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Clinton Matheson. ORG 16 TBY 52

Team Statistics

Orlando Guardians Tampa Bay Fireballs
First Downs 7 17
- Rushing 2 6
- Passing 4 8
- Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 237 472
- Offensive Plays 62 76
- Yards Per Play 3.82 6.21
Net Rushing Yards 122 141
- Rushing Attempts 21 38
- Yards Per Rush 5.81 3.71
Net Passing Yards 115 331
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 12 / 3 37 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 146 338
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 31 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.80 8.71
- Yards Per Completion 12.17 16.10
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 16 9 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 7.7
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 42 4 / 28
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 46 5 / 28
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 49 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 32
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 4 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 37
Time of Possession 24:03 35:57

Drive Charts

Orlando Guardians

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:02 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 11:29 3:24 OWN 16 5 21 Punt
1 1:55 0:02 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
1 1:09 1:19 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 11:23 2:02 OWN 15 3 -3 Punt
2 7:54 3:25 OWN 20 6 22 Punt
2 2:22 1:55 OWN 28 3 5 Punt
3 14:02 1:25 OWN 29 3 2 Punt
3 9:42 3:16 OWN 19 7 81 Touchdown
3 4:49 0:38 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
3 3:58 0:16 OWN 39 1 0 Interception
3 3:05 2:10 OWN 25 8 63 Field Goal
3 0:00 0:20 OWN 37 3 0 Punt
4 13:08 0:57 OPP 43 5 43 Touchdown
4 11:54 0:06 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
4 7:37 0:31 OWN 25 3 4 Interception
4 4:17 0:15 OWN 25 3 0 Punt

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:58 1:29 OWN 20 4 17 Punt
1 8:05 6:10 OWN 21 13 79 Touchdown
1 1:53 0:44 OPP 27 3 27 Touchdown
2 14:50 3:27 OWN 26 6 33 Punt
2 9:21 1:27 OWN 48 3 6 Punt
2 4:30 2:07 OWN 15 4 15 Punt
2 0:28 0:28 OWN 18 1 5 Half
3 15:00 0:58 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 12:37 2:55 OWN 22 6 10 Punt
3 6:26 1:37 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
3 4:11 0:13 OWN 43 2 57 Touchdown
3 3:42 0:37 OPP 9 2 9 Touchdown
3 0:55 0:55 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 14:40 1:32 OWN 4 3 10 Punt
4 12:11 0:18 OWN 33 2 67 Touchdown
4 11:47 4:10 OPP 38 6 12 Field Goal
4 7:06 2:48 OPP 39 6 39 Touchdown
4 4:03 4:02 OWN 49 7 33 Game

Rushing Stats

Orlando Guardians

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Larry Padgett 2 52 26.00 51 1 1
Alberto Banta 8 49 6.13 15 2 0
John Eakins 4 12 3.00 5 0 0
Edward Meeks 7 9 1.29 6 0 0

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jose Ratliff 11 55 5.00 33 1 2
Armando Cox 15 49 3.27 10 1 0
John Brumback 7 21 3.00 9 0 0
Bobby Bender 5 16 3.20 10 1 0

Passing Stats

Orlando Guardians

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ralph Bertrand 31 9 128 2 / 12 1 44 3 15.46
David Meier 5 3 18 3 / 19 0 7 0 67.08

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Francis Walker 13 6 179 0 / 0 3 67 0 132.21
Luis Phillips 24 15 159 1 / 7 2 20 0 109.55

Receiving Stats

Orlando Guardians

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Larry Padgett 1 44 44.00 44 0
Edward McLaughlin 2 38 19.00 30 1
James Crawford 1 14 14.00 14 0
Joseph Nelson 2 11 5.50 6 0
Raymond Hudson 1 10 10.00 10 0
Edward Meeks 1 7 7.00 7 0
David Anderson 1 7 7.00 7 0
Norman Henry 1 6 6.00 6 0
Earl Arreguin 1 5 5.00 5 0
John Eakins 1 4 4.00 4 0

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jose Ratliff 1 67 67.00 67 1
Michael Gholson 1 57 57.00 57 1
Armando Cox 3 42 14.00 24 0
Bobby Bender 2 39 19.50 20 1
Michael Sanders 3 39 13.00 18 1
Gregory Martinez 4 34 8.50 12 0
Pete Harpole 4 32 8.00 9 1
Chester True 1 12 12.00 12 0
Robert Gonzalez 1 10 10.00 10 0
Donald Washington 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Orlando Guardians

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jack Rocha 34 12 2 2
Frank Andrew 14 16 1 2
Edward Campbell 8 15 1 2
Brian Tyree 14 15 1 1
Eric Hummell 2 1 0 0
Kurt Brown 0 1 0 0
Richard Griffin 2 0 0 0
James Crawford 2 5 0 0
John Molinari 33 13 0 0
Keith Vaughn 1 0 0 0
Joseph Langley 37 16 0 1
Edward McLaughlin 1 5 0 0
Billy Moore 30 7 0 0
Douglas McKinney 5 7 0 0
Larry Padgett 6 4 0 0
Adam Bartos 0 3 0 0
Earl Arreguin 7 8 0 0
Gregory Rich 2 2 0 1
John Eakins 21 9 0 0
William Madison 0 1 0 0
Henry Granata 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Dunbar 0 6 0 0
Edward Penn 14 17 0 0
Charles Tapia 8 15 0 0
Joseph Nelson 11 14 0 1
Kenneth Minor 9 14 0 2
Howard Cross 24 10 0 0
David Anderson 16 11 0 1
Brock Scott 0 9 0 0
John Briggs 1 4 0 2
John Frederick 4 0 0 0
Norman Henry 18 11 0 0
Scott Washington 1 3 0 0
Alberto Banta 0 2 0 0
Edward Meeks 9 4 0 0
Raymond Hudson 0 3 0 0
Andrew Jeffords 1 0 0 0
David Robinson 1 0 0 0

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Julian 25 12 1 1
Walter Burleson 31 11 0 0
Jerry Simmons 15 32 0 2
James Gullion 0 1 0 0
Russel Bernhardt 0 2 0 0
Avery Berlin 1 3 0 0
Timothy Dangelo 0 2 0 0
Michael Sanders 0 3 0 0
Franklin Coffey 0 2 0 0
Ted Johnson 0 4 0 0
Marcus Rossetti 23 30 0 4
Robert Carrozza 0 1 0 0
Martin Anglin 6 0 0 0
Vincent McDermott 0 1 0 1
Jose Bucklin 1 2 0 0
Daniel Young 0 1 0 0
Jason Brantley 0 1 0 0
Cameron Presnell 0 1 0 0
Terry Martin 0 1 0 0
Joseph Nicholson 0 1 0 0
Ricky Alston 0 2 0 1
Jimmie Long 1 1 0 0
Winston Callahan 0 1 0 0
Samuel Peters 25 33 0 1
Michael Dougherty 28 16 0 0
Bruce Smith 1 5 0 0
Gregory Martinez 7 7 0 0
Alex Summey 31 12 0 0
Danny Thomas 25 17 0 0
Armando Cox 11 12 0 1
Michael Gholson 0 18 0 1
Robert Gonzalez 16 9 0 0
Dominick Walker 4 4 0 0
Jesse Wagner 28 32 0 0
Roger Rocha 0 2 0 0
Harry Jason 23 33 0 0
James Rodriguez 0 2 0 0
John Brumback 30 22 0 3
Pete Harpole 7 18 0 0
Donald Washington 0 5 0 1
Bobby Bender 10 3 0 0
Larry Parrish 0 11 0 2
Chester True 1 20 0 2
Jose Ratliff 2 10 0 1
John Price 15 3 0 0
David Richter 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Orlando Guardians

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Avery Berlin 1 32 32.00 0
Daniel Young 1 0 0.00 0
Dominick Walker 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Orlando Guardians

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Meier 1 0 0 0

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Franklin Coffey 0 1 0 0

Punting

Orlando Guardians

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Scott 6 278 46.33 44.17 49 3
Reginald Gonzalez 4 156 39.00 42.75 59 1

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dennis McDuffie 8 365 45.63 37.13 51 3

Kicking

Orlando Guardians

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Michael Mercier 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 30 1 / 1

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Clinton Matheson 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 7 / 7

Punt Return

Orlando Guardians

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Crawford 3 28 9.3 12 0
Earl Arreguin 1 18 18.0 18 0

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chester True 5 28 5.6 11 0

Kick Return

Orlando Guardians

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Crawford 1 49 49.0 0

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Chester True 1 33 33.0 0

Defensive Stats

Orlando Guardians

Name Tackles Sacks
Forrest Washington 7 0
Eric Hummell 6 0
David Robinson 6 0
Gregory Rich 5 0
John Briggs 4 0
Scott Washington 4 0
Brian Oneill 3 0
Kenneth Hellman 3 0
James Wang 3 0
Kurt Brown 2 0
Edward Meeks 2 0
Henry Granata 2 0
Richard Griffin 2 0
William Madison 2 0
Frank Andrew 1 0
John Frederick 1 0
Jim Boyd 1 1
Norman Henry 1 0
Hector Anderson 1 0
Jack Rocha 1 0
Michael Mercier 1 0
Andrew Jeffords 1 0
David Anderson 1 0
Keith Vaughn 1 0

Tampa Bay Fireballs

Name Tackles Sacks
Charles Blain 5 0
Vincent McDermott 4 0
Franklin Coffey 3 1
William Mixon 3 0
James Gullion 2 1
Timothy Dangelo 2 0
James Rodriguez 2 0
William Kulas 2 0
Roger Rocha 2 0
David Richter 1 1
Jason Brantley 1 1
Richard Wilson 1 0
Jose Bucklin 1 0
John Brumback 1 0
Avery Berlin 1 0
Russel Bernhardt 1 0
Ted Johnson 1 0
Brandon Noble 1 0
Winston Callahan 1 0
Michael Navarre 1 0
Ronald Talmage 1 1
Cameron Presnell 1 0