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Week 2: Washington Federals at Boston Breakers

September 11, 1977
77°
Nickerson Field (Boston, MA) Attendance: 38,315 (77%)
Federals 7 13 3 23 - 46
Breakers 7 6 28 10 - 51

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Federals: 1-10-BOS 41 (12:18) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 89-James West for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Daniel Hall. BOS 0 WAS 7
(Qtr 1) Breakers: 3-8-WAS 38 (8:57) 6-Eric Pierce pass complete to 14-William Delatorre for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Timothy Riley. BOS 7 WAS 7
(Qtr 2) Federals: 4-1-BOS 8 (6:17) 16-Daniel Hall 25 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 44-Kyle Henrich was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. BOS 7 WAS 10
(Qtr 2) Breakers: 1-10-BOS 25 (6:15) (Hot Read) 6-Eric Pierce pass complete to 21-Matthew Brinkley for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Federals: 1-15-WAS 33 (4:41) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 82-Roger Saddler for 67 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Daniel Hall. BOS 13 WAS 17
(Qtr 2) Federals: 1-1-BOS 1 (0:05) 16-Daniel Hall 18 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 13 WAS 20
(Qtr 3) Breakers: 1-10-BOS 25 (15:00) 21-Matthew Brinkley ran for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Timothy Riley. BOS 20 WAS 20
(Qtr 3) Breakers: 1-10-WAS 25 (14:48) (Hot Read) 6-Eric Pierce pass complete to 21-Matthew Brinkley for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Timothy Riley. WAS 52-Travis Curcio was injured on the play. BOS 27 WAS 20
(Qtr 3) Breakers: 1-3-WAS 3 (8:24) 21-Matthew Brinkley ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Timothy Riley. WAS 88-Steven Melin was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. BOS 34 WAS 20
(Qtr 3) Breakers: 2-10-BOS 37 (6:03) 6-Eric Pierce pass complete to 85-Jeff King for 63 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Timothy Riley. BOS 21-Matthew Brinkley was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. BOS 41 WAS 20
(Qtr 3) Federals: 4-7-BOS 7 (3:07) 16-Daniel Hall 24 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 41 WAS 23
(Qtr 4) Breakers: 2-8-WAS 8 (14:23) 6-Eric Pierce pass complete to 21-Matthew Brinkley for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Timothy Riley. BOS 48 WAS 23
(Qtr 4) Breakers: 4-13-WAS 36 (11:35) 12-Timothy Riley 55 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 69-David Correa was injured on the play. WAS 52-Travis Curcio was injured on the play. BOS 51 WAS 23
(Qtr 4) Federals: 1-10-WAS 25 (11:31) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 13-Matt Ellis for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Daniel Hall. BOS 51 WAS 30
(Qtr 4) Federals: 2-10-WAS 29 (7:11) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 13-Matt Ellis for 71 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Daniel Hall. BOS 51 WAS 37
(Qtr 4) Federals: 4-12-BOS 12 (2:47) 16-Daniel Hall 29 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 51 WAS 40
(Qtr 4) Federals: 3-8-BOS 40 (0:10) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 82-Roger Saddler for 40 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Breakers Federals
First Downs 21 23
- Rushing 8 7
- Passing 12 16
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 671 733
- Offensive Plays 61 73
- Yards Per Play 11.00 10.04
Net Rushing Yards 198 109
- Rushing Attempts 35 22
- Yards Per Rush 5.66 4.95
Net Passing Yards 473 624
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 22 / 0 50 / 31 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 473 631
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 18.19 12.24
- Yards Per Completion 21.50 20.35
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 7 5 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.5 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 35 6 / 41
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 3 1 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 39 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 4
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 23
Time of Possession 30:20 29:38

Drive Charts

Boston Breakers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:10 3:19 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 6:38 3:27 OWN 18 6 54 Missed FG
1 1:43 3:56 OWN 21 6 38 Punt
2 6:14 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 4:31 1:42 OWN 25 4 46 Fumble
2 0:02 0:02 OWN 25 1 0 Half
3 15:00 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 14:48 0:05 OPP 25 1 25 Touchdown
3 13:09 4:48 OWN 27 9 73 Touchdown
3 6:45 0:53 OWN 19 3 81 Touchdown
3 3:04 3:46 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
4 13:33 2:03 OPP 33 3 -3 Field Goal
4 11:18 2:54 OWN 35 4 20 Punt
4 6:57 2:02 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
4 2:44 0:57 OWN 48 4 8 Punt
4 0:04 0:04 OPP 40 1 0 Game

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:50 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
1 8:51 2:13 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
1 3:11 1:27 OWN 36 3 -3 Punt
2 12:47 6:33 OWN 11 11 81 Field Goal
2 6:03 1:32 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 2:49 2:47 OWN 20 9 80 Field Goal
3 14:49 0:01 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
3 14:43 1:34 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 8:21 1:36 OWN 25 4 12 Punt
3 5:53 2:48 OWN 25 6 68 Field Goal
4 14:19 0:45 OWN 25 2 1 Interception
4 11:30 0:12 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
4 8:24 1:27 OWN 8 5 92 Touchdown
4 4:54 2:10 OWN 40 8 48 Field Goal
4 1:47 1:43 OWN 10 8 90 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Matthew Brinkley 24 182 7.58 75 7 2
Joshua Kissner 10 16 1.60 8 0 0
Eric Pierce 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 13 58 4.46 11 2 0
Gary Munch 8 39 4.88 17 1 0
Johnny Aguilar 1 12 12.00 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Pierce 26 22 473 0 / 0 5 75 0 158.33

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 50 31 631 1 / 7 5 75 1 130.83

Receiving Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Delatorre 7 146 20.86 38 1
Matthew Brinkley 5 124 24.80 75 3
Jeff King 4 107 26.75 63 1
James Walkowiak 3 68 22.67 40 0
Patrick Burke 2 22 11.00 15 0
Charles Bouton 1 6 6.00 6 0

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matt Ellis 5 197 39.40 75 2
Roger Saddler 4 124 31.00 67 2
Danny Merrill 6 113 18.83 40 0
Jacob Scully 7 63 9.00 13 0
James West 2 59 29.50 41 1
Joseph Baker 3 57 19.00 24 0
John Horn 3 16 5.33 14 0
Johnny Aguilar 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Boston Breakers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Nixon 35 44 0 7
William Delatorre 0 13 0 1
Dan Gordan 1 1 0 0
Roy Edelman 0 1 0 0
James Lord 0 1 0 0
Fred Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
Eric Benson 0 1 0 0
John Coleman 0 1 0 0
Richard Russell 0 1 0 0
Nathan Smith 0 1 0 1
Curtis Sandoval 0 2 0 0
Charles Bouton 0 2 0 0
Jason Myrick 0 3 0 0
Clayton Vasquez 0 2 0 0
Clint Leddy 3 1 0 0
John Fuentes 9 0 0 0
Alton Garner 26 40 0 4
David Correa 9 0 0 0
Carl Burns 13 0 0 0
Lee Jarrett 13 2 0 0
Joshua Kissner 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Killebrew 12 0 0 0
James Walkowiak 0 9 0 1
Jeff King 0 19 0 0
Patrick Burke 0 37 0 0
Paul Mailloux 13 36 0 1
Raymond Cole 36 35 0 0
Matthew Brinkley 16 5 0 0
Joseph Gregory 26 37 0 2
Wendell Borges 39 47 0 0
Brian Pruett 0 1 0 0

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Samuel Gragg 49 32 0 3
Samuel Clark 2 2 0 0
Jessie Draper 0 1 0 0
Travis Curcio 3 1 0 0
Garland Gipson 1 0 0 0
Ken Eldridge 0 1 0 1
John Hughes 0 1 0 0
Richard Nelson 0 1 0 0
Jake Howard 0 3 0 1
Johnny Aguilar 1 3 0 0
Roger Saddler 0 9 0 0
Danny Merrill 0 8 0 1
Matt Ellis 0 6 0 0
Arthur Schneider 15 1 0 0
Joel Lossett 50 28 0 1
Freddie Brown 16 2 0 0
Steven Chapman 9 2 0 0
Carlton Smith 12 6 0 0
Gary Munch 13 9 0 1
Joseph Baker 0 8 0 1
James West 29 21 0 1
John Horn 14 5 0 1
Daniel Dailey 51 26 0 0
Jacob Scully 22 20 0 1
Ted Jarrett 57 30 0 1
Stephen Coppock 54 36 0 1
Steven Melin 10 14 0 0
Richard Brazier 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Brian Pruett 1 1 1.00 0

Washington Federals

Fumble Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Matthew Brinkley 1 1 0 0
Refugio Hudson 0 1 0 0
Charles Frady 0 1 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joe Richardson 1 0 0 0
Danny Merrill 1 1 0 0
Arthur Stewart 0 0 1 0
Joseph Whitcher 0 1 0 0

Punting

Boston Breakers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eric Beach 4 147 36.75 34.25 45 1

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
George Hill 4 183 45.75 45.25 50 1

Kicking

Boston Breakers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Timothy Riley 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 55 6 / 7

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel Hall 4 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 4 / 4

Punt Return

Boston Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Delatorre 2 3 1.5 3 0

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Danny Merrill 1 8 8.0 8 0

Kick Return

Boston Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Delatorre 1 39 39.0 0

Washington Federals

Defensive Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Tackles Sacks
Kyle Henrich 10 0
Nathan Smith 7 0
Roy Edelman 5 0
Brian Pruett 5 0
Clint Leddy 5 0
James Lord 4 1
Richard Russell 3 0
Eric Benson 3 0
Juan Cortez 3 0
Daniel Fenner 2 0
Raymond Cole 1 0
Earl Skinner 1 0
Matthew Brinkley 1 0
Juan Bellino 1 0

Washington Federals

Name Tackles Sacks
Brian Gould 8 0
Richard Brazier 7 0
Travis Curcio 6 0
Corey Norwood 5 0
Robert Ridley 5 0
Tyler Helton 4 0
Arthur Stewart 3 0
Richard Nelson 3 0
Ken Eldridge 3 0
Jessie Draper 2 0
John Hughes 2 0
Richard Fleming 1 0
Samuel Gragg 1 0
Jacob Scully 1 0
Johnny Aguilar 1 0
Joseph Whitcher 1 0
Matt Ellis 1 0