* NFC Playoff * 01-23-2002 Temp:34 Wind:0-5 MVP:Dixon 2000 Traverse Bay Blizzar (10-7) 3 3 3 0 9 2000 Akron Pros (13-4) 7 0 7 3 17 1 Akron TD Smith,R 6 run (Brien) (9-83-4:55) 9:51 0-7 1 Traverse Bay FG Edinger 42 (9-33-4:18) 2:41 3-7 2 Traverse Bay FG Edinger 21 (15-76-3:56) 0:01 6-7 3 Akron TD Dixon 69 interception return (Brien) (0-0-0:00) 12:26 6-14 3 Traverse Bay FG Edinger 23 (15-65-8:34) 3:41 9-14 4 Akron FG Brien 43 (4-22-0:33) 2:00 9-17 TB Akr First Downs 25 13 Rushes 36-125 16-92 Passes 55-26-262 24-11-148 Sacked 3-30 7-46 Fumble 3 2 Penalties 10-73 6-47 Turnovers 2 2 Time 39:27 20:28 Third Down 8-21 2-11 Fourth Down 0-0 0-0 Net Offense 357 194 Injuries: 2000 Traverse Bay Blizzard Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Garner 23 75 3.3 3 7 11 0 Garner 6 1 38 6.3 0 2 11 0 Anderson 8 30 3.8 1 2 15 0 Riemersma 5 0 35 7.0 0 2 11 0 Banks 2 9 4.5 0 1 8 0 Anderson 4 0 32 8.0 0 1 11 0 Muhammad 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Johnson,C 3 0 34 11.3 0 3 14 0 Johnson,C 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 0 Muhammad 3 1 60 20.0 1 2 27 0 Barnes 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Rison 2 1 45 22.5 1 1 32 0 36 125 3.5 4 11 15 0 Weaver 2 3 12 6.0 0 1 8 0 Shepherd 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 26 6 262 10.1 2 12 42 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Banks 55 26 47.3 262 10.1 32 4 2 1 1.8 3 0 0.0 53.8 55 26 47.3 262 10.1 32 4 2 1 1.8 3 0 0.0 53.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Edinger 0 0 0.0 3 3 100.0 100.0 0.0 42 9 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Jett 6 253 46 0 0 2 4 31 37.0 42.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Horne 4 97 24.3 31 0 Horne 1 0 5 5.0 5 0 4 97 24.3 31 0 Shepherd 4 0 56 14.0 15 0 5 0 61 12.2 15 0 Fumbles Banks 1 Anderson 1 Weaver 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Lewis,M 4 Sapp,W 2 Boyd 2 Sanders 2 Brown,C 1 Jenkins 1 Porcher 1 Smith,B 1 Buchanan 2 Lewis,M 1 Collins 1 Brown,C 1 Moore 1 Bishop 1 Tackles Boyd 8 Brown,C 4 Whigham 2 Moore 1 Smith,F 1 Bishop 7 Schneck 4 Buchanan 1 Sapp,W 1 Smith,B 1 Lewis,M 6 Sanders 3 Porcher 1 Fredrick 1 Larrimor 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Buchanan 2 11 5.5 11 0 2 11 5.5 11 0 2000 Akron Pros Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Smith,R 14 95 6.8 4 3 22 1 Morris 5 0 48 9.6 0 2 14 0 Martin 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Walls 3 0 34 11.3 0 2 12 0 Ismail 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 0 0 Moulds 2 0 45 22.5 1 2 35 0 16 92 5.8 4 3 22 1 Autry 1 0 21 21.0 0 1 21 0 11 1 148 13.5 1 7 35 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Martin 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 Grbac 22 11 50.0 148 13.5 35 3 1 2 9.1 6 0 0.0 33.9 24 11 45.8 148 13.5 35 4 1 2 8.3 7 0 0.0 31.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Brien 2 2 100.0 1 1 100.0 100.0 0.0 43 5 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Richardson 8 350 57 2 0 6 5 61 31.1 43.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Williams,J 3 75 25.0 31 0 Jacquet 1 0 -4 -4.0 0 0 3 75 25.0 31 0 Johnson,L 3 0 35 11.7 17 0 4 0 31 7.8 17 0 Fumbles Smith,R 1 Campbell 1 0 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Morabito 2 Upshaw 4 Smith,D 2 Harris,C 3 Biekert 1 Ismail 1 Upshaw 1 McCrary 1 Dixon 2 Smith,D 2 Flowers 1 Grunhard 1 Morabito 1 Brown,M 2 Brown,M 1 Biekert 1 Biekert 1 Flowers 1 Gildon 1 McCrary 1 Thomas,D 1 Tackles Brown,M 11 Smith,D 5 Flowers 3 Buckley 2 Mickens 1 Biekert 10 Hasty 5 Upshaw 3 Thomas,D 2 Wells 1 Dixon 7 Harris,C 5 Bennett 3 Langham 2 McCrary 1 Gildon 6 Morabito 5 Darling 3 Parker 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Dixon 1 69 69.0 69 1 1 69 69.0 69 1 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Akr Williams,J return of 31 KO-deep 1 10 own17 14:46 Akr Grbac to Morris 11 M-out key-M 1 10 own28 14:03 Akr Grbac to Morris 6 M-out key-Z 2 4 own34 13:26 Akr Grbac sacked by Lewis,M M-hitch Bz2-M 3 11 own27 12:43 Akr Grbac to Walls 12 M-hitch pas-tZ 1 10 own39 12:01 Akr Grbac to Moulds X S-out key-tM 2 10 own39 11:55 Akr Grbac to Morris 10 S-slant Bz2-Z 3 0 own49 11:18 Akr Grbac to Moulds 35 M-out goa-tM agg 1 10 opp16 10:35 Akr Grbac to Moulds 10 M-out Bz2-Z 1 6 opp6 9:56 Akr Smith,R 6 TD pitchL Bz2-Z agg 0-7 KO 9:51 TB Horne return of 24 KO-deep 1 10 own28 9:44 TB Banks to Muhammad X S-slant dou-M 2 10 own28 9:37 TB Banks to Garner 4 S- pas-Z dlI 3 6 own32 8:52 TB Muhammad 5 endaround pas-M 4 1 own37 8:04 TB Punt Jett 40,Jacquet 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own23 8:00 Akr Grbac sacked by Lewis,M S-flat Bz2-Z 2 16 own17 7:13 Akr Grbac to Walls 10 M-cross pas-M 3 6 own27 7:09 Akr Martin to Sanders X S-hitch pas-sZ 4 6 own27 7:03 Akr Punt Richardson 43,Shepherd Pt-deep 1 10 own42 6:59 TB Banks to Anderson 8 S-hitch run-Z 2 2 50 6:18 TB Banks to Riemersma 5 M-slant dou-M dlI 1 10 opp45 5:33 TB Banks to Anderson 11 S-flat run-Z 1 10 opp34 4:54 TB Garner 2 trapL dou-M 2 8 opp32 4:14 TB Garner 11 sweepR pas-Z 1 10 opp21 3:33 TB Banks to Anderson X L-slant pas-Z 2 20 opp31 3:28 TB Banks to Rison X M-slant pas-M 3 20 opp31 3:24 TB Banks to Shepherd 6 L-hitch pas-Z 4 14 opp25 2:41 TB FG Edinger 42 good FG 3-7 KO 2:36 Akr Williams,J return of 24 KO-deep 1 10 own20 2:24 Akr Martin to Sanders X M-hitch key-Z 2 10 own20 2:16 Akr Martin 2 M-slant Bz2-tM 3 8 own22 1:34 Akr Smith,R 4 draw pas-Z 4 4 own26 0:45 Akr Punt Richardson 40,Shepherd Pt-deep 1 10 own49 0:40 TB Banks to Johnson,C X M-cross dou-M 2 10 own49 0:36 TB Banks 1 Fmb M-slant dou-M 1 10 opp41 0:30 Akr Smith,R 13 dive Bz3-tZ 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp28 15:00 Akr Grbac to Sanders X M-out bas-Z 2 10 opp28 14:55 Akr Grbac to Morris INT Buchana L-straight key-M 1 10 own4 14:42 TB Anderson -1 draw dou-M dlI 2 11 own3 13:55 TB Banks to Anderson 10 M-cross pas-Z 3 1 own13 13:09 TB Garner 1 trapL dou-M 1 10 own14 13:05 TB Pen-TB5 M-slant dou-M 1 15 own9 12:59 TB Banks to Weaver X M-slant pas-Z dlI 2 15 own9 12:54 TB Banks to Weaver X L-hitch pas-Z dlI 3 15 own9 12:49 TB Banks to Weaver X L-hitch pas-Z agg 4 15 own9 12:44 TB Punt Jett 40,Jacquet-4 Pt-deep 1 10 own47 12:39 Akr Grbac to Walls 12 M-hitch run-Z 1 10 opp41 11:54 Akr Grbac sacked by Porcher L-straight key-Z 2 17 opp48 11:09 Akr Pen-Akr10 pitchL Bz2-tM 2 27 own42 11:04 Akr Grbac to Sanders X M-slant Bz1-dZ 3 27 own42 10:57 Akr Grbac to Morris X L-out pas-dM con d 4 27 own42 10:51 Akr Punt Richardson 36,Shepherd Pt-deep 1 10 own37 10:47 TB Garner 6 sweepL pas-Z 2 4 own43 10:03 TB Anderson 4 sweepR dou-M dlI 1 10 own47 9:18 TB Anderson 15 offtackleL dou-M 1 10 opp38 9:11 TB Banks sacked by Morabito M-hitch key-Z 2 19 opp47 8:35 TB Banks to Rison 13 M-cross pas-Z dlI 3 6 opp34 7:53 TB Garner -2 sweepL pas-M 4 8 opp36 7:13 TB Pen:TB FG 4 18 opp46 7:08 TB Punt Jett 37,Johnson,L 0 Pt-side 1 10 own9 7:03 Akr Grbac to Walls X M-out Bz2-tM 2 10 own9 6:57 Akr Pen/Offset S-slant Bz2-Z 2 10 own9 6:53 Akr Grbac sacked by Lewis,M Fmb M-slant Bz3-M 3 18 own1 6:48 Akr Grbac to Sanders X M-out pas-dZ 4 18 own1 6:43 Penalty Pt-deep 4 13 own6 6:38 Akr Punt Richardson 44,Shepherd Pt-deep 1 10 opp36 6:33 TB Anderson 0 offtackleR run-Z 2 10 opp36 5:51 TB Garner -1 sweepL pas-M 3 11 opp37 5:13 TB Banks to Johnson,C X M-hitch pas-Z dlI 4 11 opp37 5:08 TB Banks to Muhammad X M-hitch pas-Z 1 10 own37 5:03 Akr Smith,R 22 dive key-Z 1 10 opp41 4:21 Akr Pen-TB5 S-cross Bz3-Z 1 5 opp36 4:21 Akr Pen-TB5 S-flat Bz3-Z agg 1 10 opp31 4:21 Akr Smith,R 16 dive Bz3-Z agg 1 7 opp7 4:11 Akr Grbac to Walls X M-cross Bz2-tM 2 7 opp7 4:03 Akr Grbac to Moulds INT Buchana M-fade Bz3-tZ 1 10 own20 3:57 TB Banks to Garner X L-cross pas-Z 2 10 own20 3:51 TB Banks to Riemersma 9 M-out dou-M dlI 3 1 own29 3:08 TB Garner 6 offtackleL pas-M agg 1 10 own35 2:20 TB Garner 6 sweepL pas-Z 2 4 own41 2:00 TB Garner 9 pitchL Bz1-Z 1 10 50 1:52 TB Banks to Garner X L-out pas-Zo 2 10 50 1:47 TB Banks to Riemersma 4 M-hitch pas-M dlI 3 6 opp46 1:37 TB Garner 5 pitchL pas-Z dlI 4 1 opp41 1:28 TB Garner 4 sweepL pas-tM 1 10 opp37 1:21 TB Banks to Johnson,C X M-cross pas-tZo 2 10 opp37 1:17 TB Banks to Riemersma 6 M-hitch pas-Mo 3 4 opp31 0:54 TB Banks to Muhammad 27 M-hitch pas-Z 1 2 opp2 0:47 TB Garner -1 offtackleL run-tM agg Spike Ball 3 3 opp3 0:24 TB Garner -1 sweepL dou-M agg dl 4 4 opp4 0:01 TB FG Edinger 21 good FG 6-7 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 TB Horne return of 31 KO-deep 1 10 own31 14:50 TB Anderson 9 offtackleL key-Z 2 1 own40 14:09 TB Banks to Muhammad X L-straight key-Z 3 1 own40 14:03 TB Banks to Johnson,C 7 S-hitch run-Z 1 10 own47 13:19 TB Banks to Garner 10 S-slant dou-M 1 10 opp43 12:37 TB Banks to Riemersma INT Dixo M-cross run-Z 6-14 KO 12:26 TB Horne return of 25 KO-deep 1 10 own29 12:15 TB Banks to Riemersma 11 S-cross dou-M dlI 1 10 own40 11:38 TB Banks sacked by Morabito M-slant run-Z 2 18 own32 10:52 TB Banks to Garner X M-slant pas-M 3 18 own32 10:44 TB Banks to Muhammad 22 L-hitch pas-Z 1 10 opp46 10:33 TB Garner 0 trapL key-Z 2 10 opp46 9:51 TB Garner 6 pitchL pas-M 3 4 opp40 9:08 TB Anderson 1 sweepR dou-M dlR 4 3 opp39 8:32 TB Johnson,C 3 reverse dou-sM dlR 1 10 opp36 7:51 TB Banks to Anderson 3 Fmb S-hitch run-Z 2 7 opp33 7:46 TB Banks to Weaver 8 S-slant dou-M dlI 1 10 opp25 7:03 TB Banks to Muhammad 11 M-cross key-Z 1 10 opp14 6:22 TB Garner 10 offtackleL dou-M 1 4 opp4 5:38 TB Garner -1 trapL run-tM 2 5 opp5 5:00 TB Garner 1 pitchR pas-Z 3 4 opp4 4:17 TB Garner -2 sweepL pas-M agg 4 6 opp6 3:41 TB FG Edinger 23 good FG 9-14 KO 3:36 Akr Williams,J return of 20 KO-deep 1 10 own23 3:29 Akr Smith,R 4 dive Bz2-Z 2 6 own27 2:47 Akr Grbac to Morris 7 L-straight pas-Z 1 10 own34 2:02 Akr Smith,R 5 dive dou-M 2 5 own39 1:15 Akr Grbac to Ismail X S-out dou-M 3 5 own39 1:07 Akr Smith,R 5 sweepL pas-tZ 4 0 own44 0:19 Akr Punt Richardson 56,Horne 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 0:14 TB Anderson 0 offtackleL dou-M dlR 4th Quarter 2 10 own20 15:00 TB Pen-TB10 M-cross pas-Z 2 20 own10 14:54 TB Banks to Garner X M-hitch pas-Z agg 3 20 own10 14:48 TB Banks to Rison 32 L-hitch pas-Z agg 1 10 own42 14:04 TB Banks to Johnson,C 13 M-cross key-Z dlI 1 10 opp45 13:17 TB Garner 4 offtackleL pas-Z 2 6 opp41 12:41 TB Garner 1 trapL pas-Z 3 5 opp40 12:00 TB Barnes 3 sweepL pas-Z dlR 4 2 opp37 11:21 TB Banks to Muhammad X S-hitch run-tM 1 10 own37 11:16 Akr Pen-TB5 L-straight Bz3-Z agg 1 5 own42 11:16 Akr Grbac sacked by Brown,C S- Bz3-Z 2 14 own33 10:40 Akr Smith,R 0 Fmb draw Bz3-M 3 14 own33 10:35 Akr Grbac to Morris 14 M-seam pas-tZ 4 0 own47 9:53 Akr Punt Richardson 34,Horne 0 Pt-side 1 10 own19 9:47 TB Banks to Garner X M-hitch key-Z 2 10 own19 9:39 TB Banks to Garner 11 M-hitch pas-M 1 10 own30 8:55 TB Banks to Garner X M-hitch key-Z 2 10 own30 8:48 TB Banks to Weaver X M-cross pas-M 3 10 own30 8:40 TB Banks to Muhammad X M-cross pas-Z agg 4 10 own30 8:33 TB Punt Jett 45,Johnson,L 13 Pt-deep 1 10 own38 8:26 Akr Ismail -5 endaround Bz3-Z 2 15 own33 7:43 Akr Grbac to Morris X M-isolate Bz2-tM 3 15 own33 7:38 Akr Smith,R 12 draw Bz1-Z 4 3 own45 7:27 Akr Punt Richardson 40,Horne 5 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 7:20 TB Anderson 2 sweepR dou-M 2 8 own22 6:46 TB Banks to Weaver 4 Fmb S-slant dou-M 3 4 own26 6:40 TB Banks to Johnson,C X S-hitch run-tM 4 4 own26 6:35 TB Punt Jett 46,Johnson,L 17 Pt-deep 1 10 own45 6:29 Akr Smith,R 2 trapL key-Z 2 8 own47 6:24 Akr Smith,R 3 dive Bz2-tM agg 3 5 50 5:50 Akr Grbac sacked by Bishop S-out Bz3-tZ agg 4 12 own43 5:11 Akr Punt Richardson 57,Horne 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 5:05 TB Garner 10 pitchR pas-M 2 0 own30 4:26 TB Garner 1 draw pas-M 1 10 own31 3:47 TB Banks to Rison X M-hitch pas-Z 2 10 own31 3:42 TB Pen-TB10 M-cross pas-Z dlI 2 20 own21 3:35 TB Banks to Heiden X M-hitch pas-Z 3 20 own21 3:27 TB Banks sacked by Upshaw L-hitch pas-dZ 4 33 own8 2:45 TB Punt Jett 45,Johnson,L 5 Pt-deep 1 10 opp48 2:38 Akr Grbac to Autry 21 S-hitch Bz2-Z agg 1 10 opp27 2:30 Akr Smith,R -1 trapL Bz2-Z agg 2 11 opp28 2:20 Akr Kanell sacked by Lewis,M S-shovel Bz2-Z agg 3 13 opp30 2:12 Akr Smith,R 4 dive dou-tM agg 4 9 opp26 2:00 Akr FG Brien 43 good FG 9-17 KO 1:56 TB Horne return of 17 KO-deep 1 10 own23 1:48 TB Banks to Garner 4 B-post pas-Zo 1 10 own42 1:42 TB Banks to Muhammad X L-hitch pas-M 2 10 own42 1:38 TB Banks to Garner 5 L-hitch pas-Mo 3 5 own47 1:11 TB Banks to Garner 4 M-hitch pas-tZ 4 1 opp49 0:45 TB Banks 8 M-slant pas-M con Spike Ball 2 10 opp41 0:24 TB Pen-Akr5 L-slant pas-dZ 2 5 opp36 0:24 TB Banks to Rison X L-slant pas-dZ 3 5 opp36 0:16 TB Banks to Johnson,C 14 M-hitch pas-dZ con Spike Ball