We're off to a good start at 2-0, but we face perhaps our toughest test of the young season with Seattle coming to town. I've outlined their several excellent players above, and I fully expect we'll have our hands full. Seattle started off as one of the worst teams in the league, but they've come a long way over the last several seasons. They've not yet made the playoffs, but I am quite certain this will be the year they break through. Let's just hope we don't help them out too much.
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Box Score: Seattle at Tucson
Tucson, AZ.
Week 3, 2009
Attendance: 67,000 (69,800).
Weather: 101 degrees, fair.
1Q: 07:55 SEA - Cole Faison 11 pass from Charles Dever.
1Q: 07:55 SEA - Darrell Styblo extra point.
1Q: 01:08 TUC - Rubin Castorena 26 field goal.
2Q: 07:56 SEA - Randolph Downing 5 pass from Charles Dever.
2Q: 07:56 SEA - Darrell Styblo extra point.
2Q: 04:11 TUC - Rubin Castorena 52 field goal.
2Q: 00:37 SEA - Cole Faison 22 pass from Charles Dever.
2Q: 00:37 SEA - Darrell Styblo extra point.
3Q: 07:45 SEA - Darrell Styblo 46 field goal.
3Q: 02:46 TUC - Anthony Torres 3 pass from Milan "Colonel" Hogan.
3Q: 02:46 TUC - Drew Holliday run for conversion.
4Q: 11:43 SEA - Cole Faison 10 pass from Charles Dever.
4Q: 11:43 SEA - Darrell Styblo extra point.
4Q: 06:00 TUC - Sydney Armitage 9 pass from Milan "Colonel" Hogan.
4Q: 06:00 TUC - Rubin Castorena extra point.
Game MVP: SEA 8 Charles Dever
Seattle 7 14 3 7 - 31
Tucson 3 3 8 7 - 21
Team Statistics SEA TUC
First Downs 25 19
Total Rushes 38 22
Rushing Yards 129 123
Yards Per Carry 3.3 5.5
Pass Attempts 31 27
Completions 23 16
Passing Yards 235 179
Yards Per Attempt 7.5 6.6
Sacked 0 3
Yards Lost 0 15
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
Total Plays 69 52
Total Yards 364 287
Yards Per Play 5.2 5.5
3rd Down Plays 11/16 5/11
Avg. YTG on 3rd 5.1 8.0
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/1
Penalties 5 6
Penalty Yards 28 34
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 35:03 24:57
Seattle Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
28 Liszkiewicz 33 95 2.8 12 0
8 Dever 3 29 9.6 24 0
23 Kellogg 1 3 3.0 3 0
80 Prochelo 1 2 2.0 2 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
8 Dever 31 23 235 7.5 23 4 0 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
28 Liszkiewicz 10 86 8.6 72 18 0
88 Downing 6 51 8.5 4 13 1
85 Faison 5 72 14.4 9 22 3
81 Shaner 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
80 Prochelo 1 23 23.0 0 23 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
85 Faison 1 6 6.0 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
81 Shaner 2 32 16.0 0
28 Liszkiewicz 2 51 25.5 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Johnstone 3 103 34.3 38 0
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
3 Styblo 1 1 46 4 4
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
58 Glode 4 2 1.0 0 0 0
71 Hall 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
53 Lee 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
59 Oburn 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
95 Manning 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Scott 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Eaddy 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
38 Westbrook 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
41 Purcell 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Shumpert 2 2 1.0 0 0 0
39 Reed 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
47 Farr 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
88 Downing 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
34 Yingling 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Heflin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Apple 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Cobb 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Kellogg 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Brisby 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
62 Duque 0 0 0 0 3 0
88 Downing 0 0 0 0 2 0
67 Beyer 0 0 0 0 2 0
42 Kimmel 0 0 0 0 1 0
85 Faison 0 0 1 0 0 0
79 Pointer 0 0 0 0 1 0
50 Golden 0 0 0 0 1 0
73 Aaron 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 Liszkiewicz 1 0 0 0 0 0
75 Sutherland 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tucson Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
42 Holliday 19 111 5.8 26 0
22 Bradley 2 11 5.5 12 0
26 Jeffries 1 1 1.0 1 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
4 Hogan 27 16 179 6.6 38 2 0 3
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
82 Torres 6 46 7.6 6 13 1
89 Armitage 3 33 11.0 3 12 1
80 Higginbotham 2 54 27.0 12 38 0
84 Joyner 2 17 8.5 6 15 0
87 Sheehy 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
22 Bradley 1 4 4.0 7 4 0
11 Housley 1 17 17.0 2 17 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
22 Bradley 2 34 17.0 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
85 Garcia 3 59 19.6 0
88 Ramirez 2 36 18.0 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
15 Winters 3 118 39.3 44 2
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
13 Castorena 2 2 52 1 1
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
58 Watford 10 2 0.0 0 0 0
96 Stansell 8 2 0.0 0 0 0
90 Jarrard 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
52 Wash 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
37 Rosenberry 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
31 Enoch 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
70 Neubauer 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
46 Bloch 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 McCloskey 3 4 0.0 0 0 0
25 Minahan 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
33 Mirer 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Bernard 1 4 0.0 0 0 0
78 Odum 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Rudd 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Horn 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Crane 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 Jeffries 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Bennett 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
75 Grier 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 2 1
64 Connell 0 0 0 0 1 1
63 Pitman 0 0 0 0 1 1
78 Odum 0 0 0 0 1 0
71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0
96 Stansell 0 1 0 0 0 0
26 Jeffries 0 0 0 0 1 0
82 Torres 0 0 0 0 1 0
Seattle Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 7:05 OWN 24 13 76 Touchdown
1 1:08 8:12 OWN 33 16 67 Touchdown
2 6:00 1:14 OWN 9 3 3 Punt
2 4:11 3:34 OWN 21 7 79 Touchdown
3 12:12 4:27 OWN 36 8 35 Field Goal
3 2:46 6:03 OWN 36 13 64 Touchdown
4 6:00 2:28 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
4 2:25 1:39 OWN 14 6 18 Punt
Tucson Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:55 6:47 OWN 22 13 69 Field Goal
2 7:56 1:56 OWN 20 4 27 Punt
2 4:46 0:35 OPP 35 3 0 Field Goal
2 0:37 0:37 OWN 28 3 19 Half
3 15:00 2:48 OWN 14 4 19 Punt
3 7:45 4:59 OWN 29 10 71 Touchdown
4 11:43 5:43 OWN 35 9 65 Touchdown
4 3:32 1:07 OWN 43 3 6 Punt
4 0:46 0:46 OPP 47 4 -11 Downs
Seattle Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
4 4 0
Tucson Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
3 2 1
Well, that was a suboptimal outcome. Seattle marched up and down the field on us, and we had no answer for their big weapons. Faison especially surprised us, as he had a 5-72-3 day despite being double-teamed 100% of the time. We handled Liszkiewicz on the ground, but not through the air as his 10-86 receiving performance converted 3rd down after 3rd down for them. On the day they were 11/16 on 3rd down, which shocked the hell out of me considering that we'd only been allowing a 20% conversion rate coming into this game. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of our defensive performance was the complete lack of pressure we got on Dever - he was able to sit in the pocket and pick us apart. Seattle's O-line is (not to be unkind) fairly terrible, and that we got just one hurry and no sacks on Dever is flabbergasting. We even blitzed a bit more than normal - that probably hurt us more than it helped us, in retrospect.
On offense we were okay, but Hogan repeatedly failed to convert 3rd down passes when we needed him the most, and 3rd WR Housley (who set the world on fire in the preseason) dropped two key passes. Holliday did okay, but the O-line wasn't able to pass block as well as they run blocked today, giving up 3 sacks and 4 hurries.
Still, we had a chance late in the 4th quarter. We got the ball back at our 43 with 3:32 left to go and the infamous comeback engine seemed primed and ready to go for us. Alas, a 3-and-out did us in. We got the ball back on Seattle's 47, but lost 11 yards on consecutive sacks and turned it over on downs. A pathetic way to end the game.
The silver lining in this game? No new injuries. And in all honesty I'd expected us to be, at best, 2-1 after 3 games. These first three teams have all been very tough, and a 1-2 or 0-3 start wasn't at all out of the realm of possibility.
Next up: at Santa Cruz.