HOUSTON -- The Houston Gunslingers slapped a 24-point blitzkrieg on Baltimore in the first quarter and went on to crush the B-26s 44-10 to buy a ticket to Alternative Bowl II.
As he has been game after game this season, Garrison Hearst was the offensive hero for Houston, breaking off TD runs of three, 31, and 46 yards en route to a 166-yard afternooon.
Houston, which survived its quarterfinals encounter with Denver by a micro-thin margin, apparently resolved not to tempt the fates in this semifinal match. The Slinger D halted the Bombers' opening drive and then blocked the punt, setting up John Elway and Co. on the Balty 45. Aided by two third-down penalties, the Slingers struggled but moved in for the score and the 7-0 lead.
After Baltimore went three-and-out, the punt once again blew up in Chris Strovel's face when Desmond Howard rambled 82 yards for the return TD. Houston then capped the opening-quarter splurge with Hearst's 31-yard TD run and a Morten Andersen field goal to make it 24-0.
The Slingers cruised home from there, dominating the B-26s by 467 to 242 in the net yardage war.
Temp:70 Wind:Calm
Baltimore B-26s (1-1) 0 7 0 3 0 10
Houston Gunslingers (2-0) 24 10 7 3 0 44
1 Houston TD Hearst 3 run (Andersen,M) (8-45-2:51) 9:06 0-7
1 Houston TD Howard,D 82 punt return (Andersen,M) (0-0-0:00) 7:59 0-14
1 Houston TD Hearst 31 run (Andersen,M) (4-62-0:28) 6:22 0-21
1 Houston FG Andersen,M 23 (8-63-4:07) 1:06 0-24
2 Houston TD Elway 2 pass to Reed,A (Andersen,M) (12-72-4:11) 6:45 0-31
2 Baltimore TD Holmes,P 50 run (Elam) (3-70-1:26) 5:11 7-31
2 Houston FG Andersen,M 36 (3-64-0:28) 0:04 7-34
3 Houston TD Hearst 46 run (Andersen,M) (5-78-2:12) 6:49 7-41
4 Houston FG Andersen,M 22 (7-63-4:50) 13:18 7-44
4 Baltimore FG Elam 39 (9-26-0:55) 0:07 10-44
Bal Hou
First Downs 12 25
Rushes 16-61 34-189
Passes 50-25-188 33-19-289
Sacked 1-7 1-11
Fumble 1 2
Penalties 10-72 10-92
Turnovers 1 1
Time 24:00 36:03
Third Down 4-17 4-15
Fourth Down 0-1 0-0
Net Offense 242 467
Injuries:Donnalley(Bal- 0)
1998 Baltimore B-26s
Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD
Holmes,P 9 61 6.8 2 2 50 1 Sanders,F 7 0 61 8.7 0 3 13 0
Staley 7 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 Galloway 6 1 47 7.8 0 2 22 0
16 61 3.8 2 2 50 1 AlexanderD 4 1 34 8.5 0 1 12 0
Staley 4 0 26 6.5 0 1 9 0
Wycheck 2 1 12 6.0 0 0 7 0
Holmes,P 2 0 8 4.0 0 0 4 0
25 3 188 7.5 0 7 22 0
Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate
McNair 50 25 50.0 188 7.5 22 5 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 59.4
50 25 50.0 188 7.5 22 5 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 59.4
XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts
Elam 1 1 100.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 39 4
Punts Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross
Richardson 9 413 58 1 1 6 5 118 30.6 45.9
Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD
Mack 7 179 25.6 27 0 Barlow 5 0 79 15.8 21 0
Johnson,P 1 25 25.0 25 0 5 0 79 15.8 21 0
8 204 25.5 27 0
Defense Tkl Sk Df Hu St Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Fumbles No Rec TD
Edwards,D 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 Sanders,F 1 0 0
Phifer 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Young,B 6 0 0 2 3
Starks 5 0 0 0 0
Harris,W 4 0 0 0 0
Biekert 4 0 0 0 1
Sinclair 3 0 0 3 1
Woods,J 3 0 0 0 0
Hanks 3 0 1 0 0
Wilson,R 3 0 0 0 0
Edwards,R 2 0 0 0 0
Biakabutuk 2 0 0 0 0
Tovar 2 0 0 0 0
Surtain 2 0 0 0 0
O'Neal 1 0 0 1 0
Barlow 1 0 0 0 0
Mack 1 0 0 0 0
McCombs 1 0 0 0 0
Mitchell,J 1 0 0 0 0
Davidds-Ga 1 0 0 0 0
Jenkins 1 0 0 0 0
Turner,E 1 0 0 0 0
62 1 3 6 9
1998 Houston Gunslingers
Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD
Hearst 30 166 5.5 5 7 46 3 Reed,A 6 0 79 13.2 1 5 25 1
Elway 4 23 5.8 0 1 7 0 Moulds 5 0 113 22.6 3 3 35 0
34 189 5.6 5 8 46 3 Calloway 3 0 59 19.7 0 2 24 0
Griffith 2 0 13 6.5 0 0 9 0
Glover 2 0 13 6.5 0 1 11 0
Hearst 1 1 12 12.0 0 1 12 0
19 1 289 15.2 4 12 35 1
Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate
Elway 33 19 57.6 289 15.2 35 3 4 0 0.0 1 1 3.0 96.7
33 19 57.6 289 15.2 35 3 4 0 0.0 1 1 3.0 96.7
XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts
Andersen,M 5 5 100.0 3 3 100.0 0.0 0.0 36 14
Punts Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross
Royals 7 318 56 1 0 3 5 79 31.3 45.4
Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD
Fair 3 72 24.0 29 0 Howard,D 5 1 118 23.6 82 1
3 72 24.0 29 0 5 1 118 23.6 82 1
Defense Tkl Sk Df Hu St Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Fumbles No Rec TD
Holmes,E 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 Howard,D 1 0 0
Hardy 6 0 0 0 0 Hearst 1 0 0
Brown,C 5 0 0 0 1 Strahan 0 1 0
Gordon 4 0 3 0 0 Fuller 0 1 0
Johnson,J 3 0 0 4 1 Allen,L 0 1 0
Washington 3 1 0 1 0 2 3 0
Fuller 3 0 0 0 0
Brown,O 3 0 0 0 0
Griffith,R 2 0 1 0 0
Nash 2 0 0 0 0
Brady 2 0 0 0 0
Pryce 2 0 0 6 1
Milloy 2 0 2 0 0
Cross 2 0 0 0 0
Hill,E 2 0 0 0 0
Fair 1 0 0 0 0
Smith,A 1 0 0 0 0
Dotson,S 1 0 0 0 1
Smith,O 1 0 0 0 0
Brown,E 1 0 0 0 0
Tongue 1 0 0 0 0
Howard,D 1 0 0 0 0
Strahan 0 0 0 3 0
56 1 6 14 6
Baltimore 10 Houston 44 12-17-1999
1st Quarter
KO 15:00 Bal Mack return of 26 KO-deep
1 10 own27 14:52 Bal McNair to Sanders,F X M-hitch dou-M
2 10 own27 14:45 Bal McNair to Staley 4 M-slant pas-Z
3 6 own31 14:03 Bal McNair to Galloway 8 M-cross pas-M dlR
1 10 own39 13:26 Bal Pen-Hou5 M-hitch bas-Z
1 5 own44 13:21 Bal Holmes,P 0 offtackl bas-M
2 5 own44 12:47 Bal Holmes,P 1 sweepL bas-Z
3 4 own45 12:11 Bal McNair to Galloway X M-cross pas-M
4 4 own45 12:03 Bal Punt blocked Pt-deep
1 10 opp45 11:57 Hou Hearst 0 dive bas-Z
2 10 opp45 11:23 Hou Elway to Griffith 9 L-out bas-Z
3 1 opp36 10:43 Hou Pen-Bal9 S-cross bas-Z
1 10 opp27 10:35 Hou Elway to Griffith X M-cross bas-Z
2 10 opp27 10:30 Hou Pen-Hou5 M-straig dou-M
2 15 opp32 10:30 Hou Elway to Reed,A 12 M-cross bas-mZ
3 3 opp20 9:54 Hou Pen-Bal5 M-straig dou-M
1 10 opp15 9:49 Hou Elway to Reed,A 12 M-out key-Z
1 3 opp3 9:11 Hou Hearst 3 TD pitchR bas-sM 0-7
KO 9:06 Bal Mack return of 27 KO-deep
1 10 own32 8:53 Bal McNair to AlexanderD X S-slant blz2-Z
2 10 own32 8:49 Bal McNair to Galloway X S-slant bas-Z
3 10 own32 8:43 Bal McNair to Galloway 8 S-out pas-M dlI
4 2 own40 8:03 Bal Punt Richardson 42,Howard, Pt-deep 0-14
KO 7:59 Bal Mack return of 27 KO-deep
1 10 own30 7:50 Bal McNair to AlexanderD X M-out bas-M
2 10 own30 7:46 Bal Staley -4 pitchR pas-M dlL
3 14 own26 7:07 Bal McNair to AlexanderD X M-slant bas-dZ dlL
4 14 own26 7:01 Penalty Pt-deep
4 9 own31 6:57 Bal Punt Richardson 47,Howard, Pt-deep
1 10 own38 6:50 Hou Elway to Glover X M-slant blz1-dZ
2 10 own38 6:42 Hou Elway to Moulds 16 M-hitch bas-Z
1 10 opp31 6:33 Hou Hearst 31 TD sweepL pas-Z 0-21
KO 6:22 Bal Mack return of 21 KO-deep
1 10 own29 6:10 Bal Holmes,P -1 dive bas-Z
2 11 own28 5:30 Bal McNair to Wycheck X M-slant bas-M
3 11 own28 5:23 Bal McNair to AlexanderD X L-straig pas-Z
4 11 own28 5:17 Bal Punt Richardson 47,Howard, Pt-deep
1 10 own31 5:13 Hou Elway to Moulds 28 L-slant bas-Z
1 10 opp41 4:30 Hou Elway to Moulds X M-out bas-sZ
2 10 opp41 4:24 Hou Elway to Hearst 12 M-hitch dou-M
1 10 opp29 3:50 Hou Hearst 4 sweepR bas-dZ
2 6 opp25 3:09 Hou Elway to Glover 11 S-flat pas-dZ
1 10 opp14 2:30 Hou Pen-Hou5 M-cross dou-M
1 15 opp19 2:30 Hou Hearst 6 dive dou-M
2 9 opp13 1:53 Hou Elway 7 M-cross bas-Z
3 2 opp6 1:14 Hou Elway to Cross X S-cross bas-Z
4 2 opp6 1:06 Hou FG Andersen,M 23 good FG 0-24
KO 1:00 Bal Johnson,P return of 25 KO-deep
1 10 own22 0:51 Bal Holmes,P 12 draw bas-mZ
1 10 own34 0:18 Bal Holmes,P -2 sweepL bas-Z
2nd Quarter
2 12 own32 15:00 Bal McNair to Staley 9 S-slant bas-Z dlI
3 3 own41 14:19 Bal McNair to Sanders,F 10 Fmb M-hitch bas-M
1 10 own49 14:14 Hou Elway 6 M-slant pas-Z
2 4 opp45 13:24 Hou Elway to Moulds X S-hitch bas-Z
3 4 opp45 13:20 Hou Elway to Calloway X L-cross bas-M dlL
4 4 opp45 13:14 Hou Punt Royals 45,Barlow 0 Pt-side
1 10 own20 13:08 Bal McNair to Holmes,P 4 M-slant bas-Z
2 6 own24 12:30 Bal McNair to AlexanderD 12 M-out bas-Z
1 10 own36 11:50 Bal Holmes,P -2 sweepR bas-M
2 12 own34 11:16 Bal McNair to Galloway X L-hitch bas-dZ
3 12 own34 11:08 Bal McNair to Sanders,F X M-cross dou-dM
4 12 own34 11:00 Bal Punt Richardson 50,Howard, Pt-deep
1 10 own28 10:56 Hou Hearst 11 sweepL bas-Z
1 10 own39 10:00 Hou Elway to Reed,A X M-cross bas-Z
2 10 own39 9:53 Hou Pen-Hou10 S-cross pas-M
2 20 own29 9:45 Hou Elway to Calloway X M-hitch bas-dZ
3 20 own29 9:37 Hou Elway to Calloway 24 S-hitch pas-dM
1 10 opp47 8:49 Hou Elway to Glover X M-cross blz4-M
2 10 opp47 8:44 Hou Hearst -1 pitchL bas-Z
3 11 opp48 7:52 Hou Pen-Bal5 L-hitch blz2-Z
3 6 opp43 7:52 Hou Elway to Calloway 22 M-out pas-M
1 10 opp21 7:03 Hou Elway to Griffith 4 M-cross bas-Z
1 2 opp2 6:59 Hou Elway to Reed,A X S-out bas-sZ
2 2 opp2 6:51 Hou Elway to Reed,A 2 TD M-hitch goa-sM 0-31
KO 6:45 Bal Mack return of 25 KO-deep
1 10 own30 6:37 Bal McNair to Galloway 1 S-hitch bas-Z
2 9 own31 5:58 Bal Pen-Hou15 L-cross bas-Z
1 10 own46 5:51 Bal McNair to Holmes,P 4 M-slant bas-M
2 6 50 5:25 Bal Holmes,P 50 TD draw pas-Z 7-31
KO 5:11 Hou Fair return of 22 KO-deep
1 10 own23 5:04 Hou Elway to Hearst X S- bas-sM dlI
2 10 own23 4:57 Hou Elway to Moulds X M-out bas-mM
3 10 own23 4:53 Hou Elway to Calloway X S-cross pas-M
4 10 own23 4:45 Hou Punt Royals 38,Barlow 10 Pt-deep
1 10 own49 4:39 Bal McNair to Sanders,F X M-cross bas-M
2 10 own49 4:31 Bal Holmes,P 2 dive dou-M
3 8 opp49 4:01 Bal McNair to Wycheck X M-cross pas-M
4 8 opp49 3:57 Bal Punt Richardson 43,Howard, Pt-side
1 10 own6 3:51 Hou Hearst 4 offtackl pas-M
2 6 own10 3:08 Hou Elway to Hearst X S-cross bas-M dlI
3 6 own10 3:02 Hou Elway to Reed,A 9 B-fly pas-Z
1 10 own19 2:10 Hou Pen-Hou10 B-post bas-dZ
1 20 own9 2:02 Hou Hearst 0 draw bas-sM
2 20 own9 1:54 Hou Elway 3 L-hitch bas-dM
3 17 own12 1:47 Hou Elway to Calloway 13 M-slant pas-dZ
4 4 own25 1:38 Hou Punt Royals 43,Barlow 12 Pt-deep
1 10 own44 1:33 Bal Staley 0 sweepL bas-M
2 10 own44 1:10 Bal McNair sacked by Washingto S-out bas-dZ
3 17 own37 0:43 Bal McNair to AlexanderD 10 S-out pas-dM
4 7 own47 0:39 Bal Punt Richardson 38,Howard, Pt-deep
1 10 own17 0:32 Hou Elway to Moulds 35 M-out bas-Z dlI
1 10 opp48 0:18 Hou Hearst 4 dive dou-M
2 6 opp44 0:11 Hou Elway to Reed,A 25 L-out bas-Z
1 10 opp19 0:04 Hou FG Andersen,M 36 good FG 7-34
3rd Quarter
KO 15:00 Hou Fair return of 29 KO-deep
1 10 own33 14:52 Hou Elway sacked by Edwards,D L-hitch bas-M
2 21 own22 14:04 Hou Elway to Moulds 30 L-cross bas-dZ
1 10 opp48 13:11 Hou Elway to Moulds 4 M-out dou-M
2 6 opp44 12:16 Hou Hearst -1 trapL bas-M
3 7 opp45 11:31 Hou Elway to Glover 2 S-flat dou-M
4 5 opp43 10:38 Hou Punt Royals 37,Barlow 0 Pt-side
1 10 own6 10:31 Bal Pen-Bal3 M-slant bas-M
1 13 own3 10:31 Bal Staley 1 dive bas-sZ
2 12 own4 9:54 Bal McNair to Galloway 4 L-straig pas-dZ
1 10 own23 9:49 Bal Holmes,P 1 pitchR blz2-M
2 9 own24 9:21 Bal McNair to AlexanderD X S-hitch bas-Z
3 9 own24 9:15 Bal McNair to Wycheck X M-straig dou-M
4 9 own24 9:07 Bal Punt Richardson 54,Howard, Pt-deep
1 10 own22 9:01 Hou Elway to Reed,A 19 L-slant key-M
1 10 own41 8:51 Hou Hearst 7 offtackl bas-Z
2 3 own48 7:58 Hou Hearst -1 Fmb trapR bas-M
3 4 own47 7:54 Hou Elway 7 M-cross bas-dM dlI
1 10 opp46 7:00 Hou Hearst 46 TD offtackl bas-Z 7-41
KO 6:49 Bal Mack return of 27 KO-deep
1 10 own26 6:39 Bal McNair to Wycheck 7 M-straig key-Z
2 3 own33 6:09 Bal McNair to Sanders,F 8 M-cross bas-Z
1 10 own41 5:38 Bal McNair to Wycheck X S-out bas-sZ
2 10 own41 5:30 Bal McNair to Sanders,F 8 M-cross pas-M
3 2 own49 5:01 Bal McNair to Galloway 22 L-slant pas-Z
1 10 opp29 4:28 Bal Pen-Bal5 dive pas-M
1 15 opp34 4:23 Bal McNair to Galloway 4 L-hitch bas-Z
2 11 opp30 3:52 Bal McNair to Sanders,F X M-cross pas-Z
3 11 opp30 3:44 Bal McNair to Sanders,F 5 M-hitch pas-M
4 6 opp25 3:13 Bal FG Elam 42 no good FG
1 10 own32 3:08 Hou Hearst 20 trapR bas-M dlI
1 10 opp48 2:58 Hou Hearst 7 draw bas-sZ
2 3 opp41 2:13 Hou Hearst 6 draw dou-M
1 10 opp35 1:26 Hou Hearst 27 pitchL bas-sM
1 8 opp8 0:39 Hou Hearst -1 sweepR run-M
4th Quarter
2 9 opp9 15:00 Hou Hearst 4 trapL goa-sZ
3 5 opp5 14:09 Hou Hearst 0 pitchL bas-sM
4 5 opp5 13:18 Hou FG Andersen,M 22 good FG 7-44
KO 13:12 Bal Mack return of 26 KO-deep
1 10 own24 13:04 Bal McNair to Sanders,F 13 M-cross pas-M
1 10 own37 12:27 Bal Staley 3 offtackl pas-M
2 7 own40 11:58 Bal Staley 2 draw pas-M
3 5 own42 11:23 Bal McNair to AlexanderD X M-cross bas-Z
4 5 own42 11:15 Bal Punt Richardson 58,Howard, Pt-deep
1 10 own20 11:09 Hou Hearst 0 pitchL bas-M
2 10 own20 10:25 Hou Hearst -3 draw bas-M
3 13 own17 9:34 Hou Hearst -3 pitchL bas-dZ dlI
4 16 own14 8:42 Penalty Pt-deep
4 23 own7 8:35 Hou Punt Royals 56,Barlow 20 Pt-deep
1 10 opp43 8:28 Bal Staley -1 sweepR blz2-Z
2 11 opp44 8:01 Bal McNair to Wycheck X M-hitch pas-M
3 11 opp44 7:55 Bal McNair to AlexanderD X M-hitch pas-Z
4 11 opp44 7:48 Bal Punt Richardson 34,Howard, Pt-side
1 10 own10 7:43 Hou Hearst -3 sweepL bas-M
2 13 own7 6:50 Hou Hearst 4 pitchR bas-Z dlI
3 9 own11 6:01 Hou Hearst -4 pitchR bas-Z
4 13 own7 5:09 Hou Punt Royals 54,Barlow 21 Pt-deep
1 10 opp40 5:02 Bal McNair to Wycheck 5 S-flat pas-Z
2 5 opp35 4:37 Bal Pen-Bal5 M-slant pas-Z dlL
2 10 opp40 4:37 Bal McNair to Sanders,F 7 S-out pas-Z
3 3 opp33 4:32 Bal McNair to Sanders,F 10 M-hitch pas-Z
1 10 opp23 4:10 Bal Staley -1 sweepR pas-Z
2 11 opp24 4:05 Bal McNair to AlexanderD 9 M-straig pas-M
3 2 opp15 3:42 Bal McNair to Galloway X L-straig pas-Zo
4 2 opp15 3:35 Bal Pen-Bal5 L-out pas-dM
4 7 opp20 3:35 Bal McNair to Wycheck X M-cross pas-M
1 10 own20 3:30 Hou Hearst -3 sweepL dou-M
2 13 own17 2:45 Hou Hearst 0 sweepR bas-Z
3 13 own17 2:00 Hou Hearst 2 sweepR run-dZ
4 11 own19 1:09 Hou Punt Royals 45,Barlow 16 Pt-deep
1 10 opp48 1:02 Bal McNair to AlexanderD X S-out blz2-M
2 10 opp48 0:56 Bal McNair to AlexanderD 3 S-out pas-Zo
1 10 opp30 0:52 Bal McNair to Staley 4 M-cross pas-Mo
2 6 opp26 0:42 Bal McNair to Staley 9 M-out pas-Mo
1 10 opp17 0:35 Bal McNair to Galloway X M-out pas-Z
2 10 opp17 0:28 Bal Pen-Bal5 M-cross pas-Mo
2 15 opp22 0:20 Bal McNair to Wycheck X M-out pas-Mo
3 15 opp22 0:13 Bal McNair to Wycheck X M-hitch pas-dM
4 15 opp22 0:07 Bal FG Elam 39 good FG 10-44
KO 0:02 Hou Fair return of 21 KO-deep