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Box Score: San Diego Chargers at Arizona Cardinals
Posted: Sun December 27, 1998 at 8:36 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
SAN DIEGO 0 3 0 10 13
ARIZONA 7 3 3 3 16 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ARI - TD, ADRIAN MURRELL 4 YD RUN (CHRIS JACKE KICK),
9:48. Drive: 9 plays, 86 yards in 3:05. Key
plays: Plummer 23-yard pass to Centers on
3rd-and-9 to Arizona 38; Plummer 36-yard pass
to Moore to San Diego 26; Murrell 1-yard run
plus 8-yard personal foul penalty on Chargers'
Harrison to San Diego 8. ARIZONA 7-0
2ND QUARTER: ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 37 YD, 2:28. Drive: 11 plays, 51
yards in 4:55. Key plays: Plummer 13-yard pass
to Sanders to San Diego 41; Plummer 20-yard
pass to Sanders on 3rd-and-15 to San Diego 26;
Plummer 14-yard pass to Sanders on 3rd-and-17
to San Diego 19. ARIZONA 10-0
SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 31 YD, 11:45. Drive: 11 plays, 49
yards in 5:29. Key plays: Whelihan 12-yard pass
to F Jones on 3rd-and-2 to Arizona 42; Fletcher
9-yard run to Arizona 33; Whelihan 11-yard pass
to Hartley to Arizona 16. ARIZONA 10-3
3RD QUARTER: ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 36 YD, 12:03. Drive: 6 plays, 9
yards in 1:48. Key plays: Rice recovery of
Whelihan fumble at San Diego 27. ARIZONA 13-3
4TH QUARTER: SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 26 YD, 5:14. Drive: 17 plays, 71
yards in 8:11. Key plays: Whelihan 2-yard run
on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 42; Whelihan 4-yard
pass to Stephens on 4th-and-3 to Arizona 32;
Whelihan 15-yard pass to F Jones on 3rd-and-7
to Arizona 15. ARIZONA 13-6
SDG - TD, RYAN THELWELL 30 YD PASS FROM CRAIG WHELIHAN
(JOHN CARNEY KICK), 14:44. Drive: 10 plays, 68
yards in 1:39. Key plays: San Diego takes over
after missed field goal at Chargers 32;
Whelihan 24-yard pass to C. Jones on 4th-and-3
to Arizona 38; Whelihan 17-yard pass to Ricks
to Arizona 21. SAN DIEGO 13, ARIZONA 13
ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 52 YD, 15:00. Drive: 1 play, 10
yards in 0:07. Key plays: Metcalf 46-yard
kickoff return to San Diego 44; Plummer 10-yard
pass to Sanders to San Diego 34. ARIZONA 16-13
TEAM STATISTICS
SDG ARI
FIRST DOWNS 22 16
Rushing 10 3
Passing 12 9
Penalty 0 4
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-15 3-14
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-3 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 377 270
Total plays 78 63
Average gain 4.8 4.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 174 25
Rushes 36 18
Average per rush 4.8 1.4
NET YARDS PASSING 203 245
Completed-attempted 16-40 20-41
Yards per pass 4.8 5.4
Sacked-yards lost 2-11 4-29
Had intercepted 4 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-45.6 7-43.4
RETURN YARDAGE 81 165
Punts-returns 3-8 1-7
Kickoffs-returns 4-73 4-122
Interceptions-returns 0-0 4-36
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-54 2-9
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 0-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:53 25:07
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Arizona (Chris Jacke 45, 42).
San Diego rushing: Terrell Fletcher 23-127, Tremayne Stephens 10-42,
Craig Whelihan 3-5.
Arizona rushing: Adrian Murrell 18-25.
San Diego passing: Craig Whelihan 16-40 for 214 yards, 4 INT, 1 TD.
Arizona passing: Jake Plummer 20-41 for 274 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
San Diego receiving: Ryan Thelwell 5-84, Mikhael Ricks 3-39, Freddie
Jones 2-26, Terrell Fletcher 2-21, Tremayne Stephens 2-9, Charlie
Jones 1-24, Frank Hartley 1-11.
Arizona receiving: Frank Sanders 8-106, Larry Centers 6-59, Rob Moore
4-94, Adrian Murrell 1-8, Chris Gedney 1-7.
San Diego tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Junior Seau 6-4-0,
Rodney Harrison 5-2-1, Greg Jackson 6-0-0, Charles Dimry 5-1-0, Marco
Coleman 5-0-1, Gerald Dixon 2-3-0, Steve Tovar 2-1-1, John Parrella
1-2-0, Terrance Shaw 2-0-0, Jimmy Spencer 2-0-0, Norman Hand 2-0-0,
William Fuller 1-1-0, Chris Mims 1-0-1, James Burgess 0-1-0, Mike
Mohring 0-1-0.
Arizona tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Tommy Bennett 5-7-0,
Ronald Mckinnon 7-4-0, Kwamie Lassiter 6-5-0, Corey Chavous 5-2-0,
Jamir Miller 4-2-0, Aeneas Williams 3-2-0, Tony Mccombs 2-3-0, J.j.
Mccleskey 4-0-0, Rashod Swinger 4-0-0, Mark Smith 3-1-2, Patrick Sapp
3-0-0, J.b. Brown 0-3-0, Simeon Rice 2-0-0, Pat Tillman 2-0-0, Andre
Wadsworth 2-0-0, Mike Moten 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Arizona (Kwamie Lassiter 4 for 36 yards).
Fumbles lost: San Diego (Craig Whelihan).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Arizona (Simeon Rice).
Officials: Referee-B. Mcelweed, Umpire-S. Dawson, Head linesman-T.
Stabile, Line judge-R. Phares, Back judge-B. Lovett, Side judge-L.
Rose, Field judge-B. Smith.
A: 71,670; T: 3:12.
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