So, we headed into our bye week after a soul-crushing loss, and come out of it facing a road game against a fierce division rival. That ought to inspire the best in my boys, right? Right?
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Box Score: Tucson at Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV.
Week 6, 2009
Attendance: 57,100 (68,000).
Weather: 93 degrees, fair.
1Q: 04:38 LVS - Craig Greene 1 run.
1Q: 04:38 LVS - Felix Savoy extra point.
2Q: 11:47 LVS - Felix Savoy 50 field goal.
2Q: 08:43 TUC - Sydney Armitage 5 pass from Milan "Colonel" Hogan.
2Q: 08:43 TUC - Rubin Castorena extra point.
3Q: 12:01 LVS - Felix Savoy 24 field goal.
3Q: 03:44 LVS - Felix Savoy 37 field goal.
4Q: 04:30 LVS - Marc Maxcy 7 pass from Lenny "Jackpot" Olsen.
4Q: 04:30 LVS - Felix Savoy extra point.
4Q: 02:11 LVS - Felix Savoy 26 field goal.
4Q: 00:00 TUC - Brent Garcia 39 pass from Milan "Colonel" Hogan.
4Q: 00:00 TUC - Daryl Bradley run for conversion.
Game MVP: LVS 1 Lenny "Jackpot" Olsen
Tucson 0 7 0 8 - 15
Las Vegas 7 3 6 10 - 26
Team Statistics TUC LVS
First Downs 18 21
Total Rushes 20 33
Rushing Yards 78 154
Yards Per Carry 3.9 4.6
Pass Attempts 38 33
Completions 20 18
Passing Yards 266 162
Yards Per Attempt 7.0 4.9
Sacked 3 0
Yards Lost 21 0
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
Total Plays 61 66
Total Yards 323 316
Yards Per Play 5.2 4.7
3rd Down Plays 4/13 5/15
Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.5 6.9
4th Down Plays 2/2 0/1
Penalties 8 9
Penalty Yards 68 73
Avg. Drive Start OWN 15 OWN 45
Time Of Possession 27:07 32:53
Tucson Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
42 Holliday 13 53 4.0 15 0
22 Bradley 3 13 4.3 7 0
89 Armitage 2 7 3.5 5 0
80 Higginbotham 1 4 4.0 4 0
26 Jeffries 1 1 1.0 1 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
4 Hogan 38 20 266 7.0 47 2 2 3
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
26 Jeffries 5 42 8.4 20 11 0
82 Torres 5 52 10.4 4 12 0
80 Higginbotham 2 62 31.0 0 47 0
89 Armitage 2 30 15.0 1 25 1
22 Bradley 2 17 8.5 2 9 0
87 Sheehy 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
42 Holliday 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
11 Housley 1 13 13.0 1 13 0
85 Garcia 1 39 39.0 0 39 1
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
22 Bradley 1 2 2.0 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
85 Garcia 5 90 18.0 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
15 Winters 6 250 41.6 52 0
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
13 Castorena 0 1 0 1 1
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
52 Wash 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
58 Watford 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 Stoltzfus 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Neubauer 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
31 Enoch 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
25 Minahan 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Bernard 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 McCloskey 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Hartung 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
55 Trujillo 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
90 Jarrard 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
82 Torres 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
75 Grier 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
89 Armitage 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Bloch 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Franck 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
63 Pitman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Bennett 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Mirer 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
64 Connell 0 0 0 0 1 1
78 Odum 0 0 0 0 0 2
63 Pitman 0 1 0 0 1 0
71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 Jeffries 0 0 0 0 1 0
85 Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 0
Las Vegas Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
22 Jennings 22 100 4.5 25 0
45 Greene 10 52 5.2 24 1
28 Woolridge 1 2 2.0 2 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
1 Olsen 33 18 162 4.9 20 1 0 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Feeney 6 67 11.1 6 20 0
83 Poole 3 29 9.6 1 15 0
28 Woolridge 2 17 8.5 18 11 0
12 Barrett 2 23 11.5 19 13 0
22 Jennings 2 8 4.0 4 6 0
45 Greene 1 3 3.0 2 3 0
88 McDonald 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
87 Maxcy 1 7 7.0 0 7 1
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
83 Poole 2 21 10.5 0
21 Lyon 1 9 9.0 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
22 Jennings 2 72 36.0 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
6 Money 5 185 37.0 45 5
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Savoy 4 4 50 2 2
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
51 Butler 9 3 0.0 0 0 0
55 Saxon 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
71 Ah Yat 5 0 1.0 0 0 0
42 Grayvil 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Grider 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
21 Lyon 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Walton 3 2 0.0 1 9 0
33 Brewer 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Weaver 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
25 Beesley 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
92 Aaron 1 1 1.0 0 0 0
97 Spalding 1 0 0.0 1 0 0
99 Abdullah 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
22 Jennings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Lopez 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
44 Bunn 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Baker 0 0 0 0 3 0
78 Twisp 0 0 0 0 2 0
75 Smalls 0 0 0 0 1 0
72 Lopez 0 0 1 0 0 0
45 Greene 0 0 1 0 0 0
51 Butler 0 1 0 0 0 0
28 Woolridge 0 0 0 0 1 0
74 de la Rosa 0 0 0 0 1 0
69 Bettis 0 0 0 0 1 0
83 Poole 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tucson Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:05 1:30 OWN 16 3 1 Punt
1 4:38 4:35 OWN 8 9 17 Punt
2 11:47 3:04 OWN 32 6 68 Touchdown
2 7:14 3:54 OWN 12 10 48 Missed FG
2 1:31 1:31 OWN 5 4 20 Punt
3 15:00 1:00 OWN 15 2 1 Interception
3 12:01 1:14 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
3 9:07 2:47 OWN 7 4 11 Punt
3 3:44 3:04 OWN 27 5 28 Interception
4 12:22 3:01 OWN 12 6 15 Punt
4 2:11 2:11 OWN 14 9 86 Touchdown
Las Vegas Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:55 OWN 32 4 21 Punt
1 10:35 5:57 OWN 36 10 64 Touchdown
1 0:03 3:16 OWN 38 8 29 Field Goal
2 8:43 1:29 OPP 48 3 7 Punt
2 3:20 1:49 OWN 47 4 8 Punt
3 14:00 1:59 OPP 30 7 23 Field Goal
3 10:47 1:40 OWN 39 4 14 Punt
3 6:20 2:36 OWN 40 7 40 Field Goal
3 0:40 3:18 OWN 29 8 16 Punt
4 9:21 4:51 OWN 32 8 68 Touchdown
4 4:20 2:09 OPP 19 5 10 Field Goal
Tucson Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
1 1 0
Las Vegas Red Zone Profile
Visits TDs FGs
4 2 2
*sigh*
Special teams played a huge role in this game - our starting field position was at
our own 15, while theirs was a their 45! Las Vegas' punter Money was just that, nailing five, count 'em,
five punts inside our 20. Another part of the problem was my coach's insane desire to kick 57 yard field goals in non-critical situations (such as in the middle of the 2nd quarter in a 10-7 game), which of course was missed and gave Vegas the ball at their 47. We also had some questionable return decisions by KR Garcia, who twice tried to return kicks from 3-to 5-yards deep in our endzone (not to mention a crushing fumble on a late 4th quarter kickoff return - recovered by Vegas and converted into points). Regardless of the causes, that kind of field position discrepancy is hard to overcome.
Hogan tossed a couple of uncharacteristic interceptions, the coach again got away from Holliday (I really don't know what to do about that) and instead handed off three times to wide receivers (?). Soltzfus had some impact on the pass rush with two hurries, but didn't do diddly to shore up our run defense (154 yards allowed). In a nutshell, Las Vegas (Jennings, Money, and the D-line in particular) was on today, and we were off. Way off.
This loss puts us in last place in our division, when we were expecting to be battling for first. Arizona is 5-1 and we're 2.5 games back after just 6 weeks. We'll have to keep plugging away and hope that we can turn this ship around.