HOUSTON -- New York and Houston ready to get it on here at Alt Bowl II. Who's that hobnobbing with Houston owner and GM Greg Fitzgibbons up in the box? Oh, that's Denver punter and place-holder Bryan Barker. He's here today as a special guest. He'll always have a special place in the hearts of Slinger fans for muffing the snap on the field goal attempt that would have given Denver a big upset win over Houston in the opening round of the playoffs.
Vinny T. has the Football Knights on the move here on the opening possession of the game. Hitting Chrebet for 12 yards and the first down inside the Slinger five. Oh, but the tough Houston D. stiffens. Incomplete to Rice on third down. Hall hitting the field goal. Knights up 3-0.
First play of the second quarter now. Tied at three apiece. Slingers at midfield. Knights blitzing. The pitch to Hearst. Nothing but open real estate. Look at him go. HE ... COULD ... GO ... ALL ... THE ... WAY. Garrison Hearst a 47-yard dash to glory. 10-3 Gunslingers.
John Hall in for the field goal attempt. A 32-yarder. We all know what Da Fly predicted -- that Hall would blow this game for Dougie Cuomo. Here's the boot. Wide right! He blew the kick. Wait. A flag. Roughing the kicker on Houston. First down Knights on the seven.
Second down. Testaverde fumbles the snap. The skin is on the carpet. Recovered by Houston! Joe Johnson at the bottom of the pile. The Slingers dodge a bullet and hang on to the seven-point lead.
New York down 14 now but on the move. A roughing the passer penalty moving it to the Slinger six. Vinny lofting it for Chrebet in the corner. Corey Fuller climbing the ladder. What a pick! Intercepted in the end zone. Another crucial turnover. Houston going into the locker room up by 14.
The Knight D showing some life here in early second half action. Look at Carter level Elway for the big loss. Slingers to punt.
Wayne Chrebet -- a guy who knows how to catch the rock. Look at the grab on this deep sideline toss. Twenty-one yards to the Houston 28. First and ten from the 12. The give to Way. Walter Jones opening the huge hole. Way rumbling into the end zone. New York pulling within a TD at 17-10.
Houston responding. Elway scrambling for 21 yards and the first down. Now from the N.Y. 24. Hearst on the sweep. Look at the blocking. He turns the corner. He'll go all the way. Garrison Hearst stretching the lead to 14 again with just over three to play in the third.
Testaverde hitting Rice for the TD pass here. That'll pull N.Y. within 31-17, but there's just over six minutes to play. Looking for a big play from the D. Look at Brooks nailing Hearst on third down. Three and out. Wait, a flag. Personal foul against the Knights! Oh, that's gotta hurt. Houston with the first down.
That's gonna do it folks. Houston walking away with the 34-17 victory. The Houston Gunslingers are champions of the Alternative Football World.
What a job by Hearst -- 164 yards and three TDs. Here's another telling stat, perhaps the most important one. New York with three turnovers. Houston -- none.
Congratulations to Greg Fitzgibbons and the Houston Gunslingers.
Temp:70 Wind:Calm
New York Knights (2-1) 3 0 7 7 0 17
Houston Gunslingers (3-0) 3 14 14 3 0 34
1 New York FG Hall,J 21 (11-70-5:14) 9:34 3-0
1 Houston FG Andersen,M 36 (11-53-6:00) 3:18 3-3
2 Houston TD Hearst 47 run (Andersen,M) (5-61-2:28) 14:46 3-10
2 Houston TD Elway 7 pass to Moulds (Andersen,M) (12-93-5:06) 4:06 3-17
3 New York TD Way 12 run (Hall,J) (10-80-4:48) 8:03 10-17
3 Houston TD Hearst 24 run (Andersen,M) (7-67-4:10) 3:45 10-24
3 Houston TD Hearst 8 run (Andersen,M) (6-64-2:54) 0:02 10-31
4 New York TD Testaverde 6 pass to Rice,J (Hall,J) (9-65-2:38) 6:07 17-31
4 Houston FG Andersen,M 19 (9-68-4:50) 1:05 17-34
NY Hou
First Downs 26 23
Rushes 21-46 38-193
Passes 45-26-304 23-17-218
Sacked 1-6 2-18
Fumble 2 0
Penalties 8-65 9-65
Turnovers 3 0
Time 25:40 34:27
Third Down 4-10 6-13
Fourth Down 0-0 0-0
Net Offense 344 393
Injuries:none
1998 New York Knights
Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD
Way 15 52 3.5 2 4 12 1 Rice,J 9 0 112 12.4 1 7 25 1
Barber 3 -3 -1.0 0 0 1 0 Chrebet 6 1 80 13.3 0 4 22 0
Testaverde 3 -3 -1.0 0 0 5 0 Anthony 4 0 52 13.0 0 3 23 0
21 46 2.2 2 4 12 1 Dyson 3 0 27 9.0 0 2 13 0
Brady 2 0 22 11.0 0 2 11 0
Way 2 0 11 5.5 0 0 7 0
26 2 304 11.7 1 18 25 1
Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate
Testaverde 45 26 57.8 304 11.7 25 5 1 1 2.2 1 1 2.2 76.5
45 26 57.8 304 11.7 25 5 1 1 2.2 1 1 2.2 76.5
XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts
Hall,J 2 2 100.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 21 5
Punts Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross
Hentrich 3 131 50 0 0 0 2 19 37.3 43.7
Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD
Palmer 6 138 23.0 29 0 Palmer 1 2 48 48.0 48 0
Anthony 1 20 20.0 20 0 1 2 48 48.0 48 0
7 158 22.6 29 0
Defense Tkl Sk Df Hu St Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Fumbles No Rec TD
Brooks,D 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 Testaverde 2 0 0
Williams,A 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Kirkland 6 0 0 0 2
Knight,S 5 0 1 0 0
Boulware 4 0 0 0 1
Russell,D 4 0 0 1 1
Rice,S 4 0 0 0 0
Randle 3 1 0 2 0
Atwater 3 0 0 0 1
Springs 3 0 0 0 0
Carter,K 2 1 0 2 0
Jones,C 2 0 0 0 0
Darius 2 0 0 0 0
Cowart 1 0 0 0 0
Heck 1 0 0 0 0
Conway 1 0 0 0 0
Sharper,J 1 0 0 0 0
Garnes 1 0 0 0 0
60 2 2 5 10
1998 Houston Gunslingers
Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD
Hearst 34 164 4.8 5 9 47 3 Moulds 7 0 118 16.9 2 5 35 1
Elway 4 29 7.3 1 2 21 0 Reed,A 3 0 37 12.3 0 2 14 0
38 193 5.1 6 11 47 3 Hearst 2 0 10 5.0 0 0 6 0
Calloway 2 0 33 16.5 0 1 21 0
Griffith 2 0 12 6.0 0 1 8 0
Glover 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0
17 0 218 12.8 2 9 35 1
Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate
Elway 23 17 73.9 218 12.8 35 2 2 0 0.0 2 1 4.3 117.7
23 17 73.9 218 12.8 35 2 2 0 0.0 2 1 4.3 117.7
XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts
Andersen,M 4 4 100.0 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.0 36 10
Punts Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross
Royals 4 185 57 1 0 0 1 48 29.3 46.3
Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD
Howard,D 1 29 29.0 29 0 Howard,D 2 1 19 9.5 10 0
Fair 3 72 24.0 27 0 2 1 19 9.5 10 0
4 101 25.3 29 0
Defense Tkl Sk Df Hu St Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Fumbles No Rec TD
Brown,C 8 0 0 0 0 Fuller 1 0 0.0 0 0 Johnson,J 0 1 0
Milloy 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Fuller 0 1 0
Hardy 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Holmes,E 6 0 0 0 2
Fuller 4 0 1 0 0
Strahan 3 1 0 0 1
Johnson,J 3 0 0 2 2
Nash 2 0 0 0 0
Washington 2 0 0 1 1
Pryce 2 0 0 0 0
Gordon 2 0 0 0 0
AlexanderS 2 0 0 0 0
Cross 1 0 0 0 0
Dotson,S 1 0 0 0 0
Brady 1 0 0 0 0
Bush,L 1 0 0 0 0
Griffith,R 1 0 0 0 0
Brown,E 1 0 0 0 0
Braxton 1 0 0 0 0
Carter,M 1 0 0 0 0
Brown,O 1 0 0 0 0
57 1 3 3 7
New York 17 Houston 34 01-01-2000
1st Quarter
KO 15:00 NY Palmer return of 18 KO-deep
1 10 own26 14:48 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 8 S-cross bas-sM
2 2 own34 14:06 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 14 M-straig key-Z
1 10 own48 13:31 NY Testaverde to Brady 11 S-hitch bas-Z
1 10 opp41 12:59 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 7 M-cross pas-M
2 3 opp34 12:24 NY Testaverde to Chrebet X M-hitch bas-Z
3 3 opp34 12:20 NY Way 8 sweepL bas-Z
1 10 opp26 11:41 NY Testaverde to Brady 11 M-cross bas-Z
1 10 opp15 11:03 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 12 S-out bas-Z
1 3 opp3 10:29 NY Way -1 sweepR bas-M
2 4 opp4 9:50 NY Testaverde to Rice,J X M-slant bas-Z
3 4 opp4 9:42 NY Testaverde to Rice,J X S-slant pas-sZ
4 4 opp4 9:34 NY FG Hall,J 21 good FG 3-0
KO 9:28 Hou Fair return of 22 KO-deep
1 10 own28 9:18 Hou Hearst 11 sweepR bas-Z
1 10 own39 8:36 Hou Hearst 7 offtackl dou-M
2 3 own46 8:00 Hou Elway to Moulds 11 S-slant run-Z
1 10 opp43 7:19 Hou Hearst -2 trapR bas-Z
2 12 opp45 6:42 Hou Hearst 10 trapR bas-M
3 2 opp35 6:01 Hou Elway to Reed,A 14 M-cross run-M
1 10 opp21 5:27 Hou Elway to Reed,A 13 M-cross bas-dZ
1 8 opp8 4:53 Hou Pen-Hou10 trapR run-M
1 18 opp18 4:48 Hou Hearst 3 sweepR dou-M
2 15 opp15 4:05 Hou Pen-Hou5 M-hitch bas-Z
2 20 opp20 4:05 Hou Hearst 1 sweepL bas-dM
3 19 opp19 3:24 Hou Elway to Glover X M-fade pas-M
4 19 opp19 3:18 Hou FG Andersen,M 36 good FG 3-3
KO 3:12 NY Palmer return of 16 KO-deep
1 10 own21 3:03 NY Way 2 dive bas-M
2 8 own23 2:30 NY Testaverde to Anthony X S-out bas-M
3 8 own23 2:24 NY Testaverde to Barber X S-slant pas-Z
4 8 own23 2:20 NY Punt Hentrich 38,Howard,D Pt-deep
1 10 own39 2:14 Hou Elway to Reed,A 10 S-hitch bas-M
2 0 own49 1:40 Hou Hearst 1 sweepR run-Z
1 10 50 0:58 Hou Hearst 2 sweepL run-Z
2 8 opp48 0:19 Hou Elway 1 M-slant run-Z
2nd Quarter
3 7 opp47 15:00 Hou Hearst 47 TD pitchL blz1-Z 3-10
KO 14:46 NY Anthony return of 20 KO-deep
1 10 own20 14:34 NY Testaverde sacked by Strah F-cross pas-dM
2 16 own14 13:54 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 25 F-cross pas-Z
1 10 own39 13:18 NY Way 10 pitchL pas-M
1 10 own49 12:36 NY Testaverde to Way 7 S-cross pas-Z
2 3 opp44 12:02 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 22 M-cross run-mZ
1 10 opp22 11:17 NY Way 4 trapR blz1-Z
2 6 opp18 10:43 NY Way 3 sweepL pas-mZ
3 3 opp15 10:11 NY Testaverde to Anthony X M-straig pas-Z dlI
4 3 opp15 10:04 NY Pen:Hou FG
1 7 opp7 10:00 NY Pen-Hou4 offtackl goa-sZ
1 3 opp3 9:53 NY Way 0 sweepR goa-sM
2 3 opp3 9:19 NY Testaverde -4 Fmb sweepL bas-M
1 10 own7 9:12 Hou Elway to Hearst 4 M-hitch bas-Z
2 6 own11 8:36 Hou Elway to Griffith 8 S-hitch run-Z
1 10 own19 7:53 Hou Elway to Moulds 35 L-slant pas-Z
1 10 opp46 7:38 Hou Elway to Moulds X M-out bas-M
2 10 opp46 7:30 Hou Hearst -2 sweepL bas-Z
3 12 opp48 6:51 Hou Elway to Moulds 13 L-hitch bas-dZ
1 10 opp35 6:17 Hou Hearst 0 offtackl dou-M
2 10 opp35 5:36 Hou Elway to Moulds X B-post bas-Z
3 10 opp35 5:30 Hou Elway to Calloway 21 L-cross pas-dM
1 10 opp14 4:50 Hou Hearst 0 pitchR bas-Z
2 10 opp14 4:46 Hou Elway to Moulds 7 S-cross bas-Z
3 3 opp7 4:13 Hou Elway to Moulds 7 TD M-cross bas-sM dlR 3-17
KO 4:06 NY Palmer return of 23 KO-deep
1 10 own33 3:55 NY Way 6 pitchL bas-sM
2 4 own39 3:19 NY Way 4 pitchL pas-sM
1 10 own43 2:38 NY Testaverde to Anthony X L-hitch bas-M
2 10 own43 2:32 NY Testaverde to Dyson 2 S-slant bas-Z
3 8 own45 2:00 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 9 M-out pas-Z
1 10 opp46 1:54 NY Testaverde to Dyson 13 M-out dou-M
1 10 opp33 1:47 NY Testaverde to Dyson 12 M-out bas-Z
1 10 opp21 1:36 NY Barber 1 sweepR key-M
2 9 opp20 1:22 NY Pen-NY5 M-out pas-M
2 14 opp25 1:22 NY Testaverde to Anthony X S-out bas-sZ dlL
3 14 opp25 1:18 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 12 M-cross pas-Z
1 6 opp6 1:07 NY Testaverde to Rice,J X M-out pas-M
2 6 opp6 1:01 NY Testaverde to Chrebet INT S-out bas-sM
1 10 own20 0:57 Hou Elway to Hearst X S-cross bas-Z
2 10 own20 0:53 Hou Elway sacked by Randle M-hitch bas-dZ
1 10 own25 0:47 Hou Elway to Reed,A X M-out bas-M
2 10 own25 0:42 Hou Hearst -3 pitchR dou-M
3 13 own22 0:30 Hou Hearst -4 pitchR bas-dZ
4 17 own18 0:16 Hou Punt Royals 45,Palmer 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own37 0:09 NY Testaverde to Chrebet X M-straig bas-Z
2 10 own37 0:03 NY Testaverde to Rice,J X S-out pas-M
3rd Quarter
KO 15:00 Hou Howard,D return of 29 KO-deep
1 10 own37 14:52 Hou Pen-NY5 sweepR bas-Z
1 5 own42 14:48 Hou Hearst 7 pitchR bas-Z
1 10 own49 14:11 Hou Elway to Reed,A X M-hitch bas-M
2 10 own49 14:07 Hou Elway sacked by Carter,K L-hitch dou-M
3 18 own41 13:31 Hou Elway 2 M-cross pas-dZ
4 16 own43 12:58 Hou Punt Royals 57,Palmer 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 12:51 NY Testaverde to Way 4 M-cross bas-Z
2 6 own24 12:07 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 10 M-hitch bas-Z
1 10 own34 11:33 NY Way 5 dive pas-M
1 10 own49 11:28 NY Way 2 trapL bas-Z
2 8 opp49 10:47 NY Testaverde to Chrebet 21 L-out bas-M
1 10 opp28 10:12 NY Way -4 pitchR bas-M
2 14 opp32 9:30 NY Barber -2 draw pas-M dlR
3 16 opp34 8:53 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 22 L-straig bas-Z
1 10 opp12 8:13 NY Way 12 TD pitchR dou-M 10-17
KO 8:03 Hou Fair return of 27 KO-deep
1 10 own33 7:55 Hou Elway 21 M-slant dou-M
1 10 opp46 7:17 Hou Elway to Glover 8 S-hitch bas-dZ
2 2 opp38 6:38 Hou Hearst 4 offtackl bas-Z
1 10 opp34 5:56 Hou Pen-Hou5 pitchR bas-M
1 15 opp39 5:56 Hou Elway to Hearst 6 B-fly bas-Z
2 9 opp33 5:16 Hou Elway to Griffith 4 L-slant pas-Z dlL
3 5 opp29 4:32 Hou Elway 5 B-fly pas-M
1 10 opp24 3:56 Hou Hearst 24 TD sweepR bas-Z 10-24
KO 3:45 NY Palmer return of 26 KO-deep
1 10 own32 3:38 NY Testaverde to Anthony X B-fly bas-Z
2 10 own32 3:32 NY Testaverde to Brady X M-straig bas-sM
3 10 own32 3:28 NY Barber -2 draw bas-Z
4 12 own30 3:01 NY Punt Hentrich 43,Howard,D Pt-deep
1 10 own36 2:56 Hou Pen-NY5 M-slant bas-M
1 5 own41 2:49 Hou Hearst 0 offtackl bas-M
2 5 own41 2:04 Hou Elway to Moulds 11 M-hitch blz1-M
1 10 opp48 1:23 Hou Hearst 6 dive bas-M
2 4 opp42 0:49 Hou Elway to Moulds 34 L-slant key-sM
1 8 opp8 0:06 Hou Hearst 8 TD sweepR key-sZ 10-31
KO 0:02 NY Palmer return of 29 KO-deep
4th Quarter
1 10 own32 15:00 NY Way -1 sweepL bas-M
2 11 own31 14:29 NY Testaverde to Way X S-slant pas-Z dlI
3 11 own31 14:23 NY Testaverde to Anthony X M-hitch pas-Z
4 11 own31 14:15 NY Punt Hentrich 50,Howard,D Pt-deep
1 10 own29 14:08 Hou Hearst -4 pitchL bas-M
2 14 own25 13:23 Hou Hearst 0 sweepR bas-Z
3 14 own25 12:36 Hou Elway to Calloway 12 M-cross bas-dZ
4 2 own37 11:44 Hou Punt Royals 42,Palmer 48 Pt-deep
1 10 opp31 11:37 NY Pen-Hou11 M-cross bas-Z
1 10 opp20 11:30 NY Pen-NY5 M-hitch bas-Z
2 15 opp25 11:23 NY Testaverde -4 Fmb L-slant bas-sM
1 10 own29 11:16 Hou Hearst -2 dive run-M
2 12 own27 10:26 Hou Hearst 0 sweepL bas-Z
3 12 own27 9:38 Hou Hearst -3 sweepR dou-dM
4 15 own24 8:52 Hou Punt Royals 41,Palmer 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own35 8:45 NY Testaverde to Chrebet X M-cross pas-M
2 10 own35 8:38 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 10 M-cross blz2-Z
1 10 own45 8:10 NY Testaverde to Anthony 7 S-slant pas-dZ
2 3 opp48 7:52 NY Pen-NY5 draw pas-Z
2 8 own47 7:52 NY Testaverde to Chrebet X M-slant pas-Z
3 8 own47 7:45 NY Testaverde to Anthony 11 S-out pas-Z
1 10 opp42 7:25 NY Testaverde to Anthony 23 L-out bas-Z
1 10 opp19 7:02 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 11 S-out pas-M
1 8 opp8 6:34 NY Way 2 pitchR bas-sZ
2 6 opp6 6:12 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 6 TD M-fade bas-sZ 17-31
KO 6:07 Hou Fair return of 23 KO-deep
1 10 own30 5:55 Hou Hearst -3 draw pas-Z
2 13 own27 5:01 Hou Hearst 5 sweepR pas-Z
3 8 own32 4:12 Hou Pen-NY15 dive bas-M
1 10 own47 4:08 Hou Hearst 3 pitchR bas-Z
2 7 50 3:14 Hou Hearst 8 trapR run-M dlL
1 10 opp42 2:23 Hou Hearst -4 pitchL run-Zi
2 14 opp46 2:13 Hou Hearst 41 sweepR bas-M
1 5 opp5 2:04 Hou Hearst 4 pitchR run-dZ
2 1 opp1 2:00 Hou Hearst -1 dive run-sZ
3 2 opp2 1:50 Hou Hearst 0 pitchL goa-sM
4 2 opp2 1:05 Hou FG Andersen,M 19 good FG 17-34
KO 0:59 NY Palmer return of 26 KO-deep
1 10 own35 0:52 NY Testaverde to Dyson X L-out pre-dM
2 10 own35 0:46 NY Testaverde to Anthony 11 M-out pre-dMo
1 10 own46 0:34 NY Pen-NY10 M-out blz1-mM
1 20 own36 0:28 NY Pen-Hou5 L-out pre-dMo
1 15 own41 0:28 NY Testaverde to Rice,J 3 S-out pas-Zo dlL
2 12 own44 0:08 NY Testaverde 5 M-out blz3-M