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Week 2: Pittsburgh Maulers at Tampa Bay Bandits

September 11, 1977
89°
Tampa Stadium (Tampa, FL) Attendance: 74,301 (100%)
Maulers 0 0 7 0 - 7
Bandits 7 24 7 10 - 48

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bandits: 1-10-PIT 23 (13:32) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 83-Michael Popa for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 7 PIT 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-8-PIT 8 (9:23) 15-Thomas Hummell 25 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 10 PIT 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 3-8-PIT 8 (3:55) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 81-George Begay for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 17 PIT 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 1-6-PIT 6 (1:26) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 13-Ernest Seal for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 24 PIT 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 1-10-TAM 30 (1:04) 39-Ralph Allen ran for 70 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 31 PIT 0
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 3-3-TAM 41 (10:36) 13-Michael White pass tipped by 45-Jim Stewart, complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. TAM 31 PIT 7
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 1-1-PIT 1 (6:33) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 38 PIT 7
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-3-PIT 23 (14:24) 15-Thomas Hummell 40 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 41 PIT 7
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 1-10-PIT 22 (10:58) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 27-Frank Owens for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 48 PIT 7

Team Statistics

Bandits Maulers
First Downs 25 10
- Rushing 9 1
- Passing 15 9
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 681 218
- Offensive Plays 81 63
- Yards Per Play 8.41 3.46
Net Rushing Yards 262 20
- Rushing Attempts 33 7
- Yards Per Rush 7.94 2.86
Net Passing Yards 419 198
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 35 / 1 47 / 22 / 5
- Gross Passing Yards 426 269
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 9 / 71
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.73 3.54
- Yards Per Completion 12.17 12.23
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 3 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.1 10.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 25 3 / 24
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 19 2 / 5
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 5 / -1 1 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 23
Time of Possession 39:41 20:22

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:33 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 11:17 2:09 OWN 20 4 39 Punt
1 7:24 3:25 OWN 4 7 42 Punt
1 0:03 5:43 OWN 17 10 75 Field Goal
2 8:20 4:30 OWN 30 9 70 Touchdown
2 2:32 1:09 OWN 44 5 56 Touchdown
2 1:04 0:11 OWN 30 1 70 Touchdown
2 0:23 0:23 OWN 3 1 -1 Half
3 14:05 1:28 OWN 32 3 6 Punt
3 10:29 0:55 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 8:37 2:07 OWN 43 5 57 Touchdown
3 5:57 3:27 OPP 38 6 38 Interception
3 1:56 2:36 OPP 41 5 18 Field Goal
4 13:10 0:59 OPP 48 3 -1 Punt
4 11:44 0:52 OPP 40 2 40 Touchdown
4 9:32 2:46 OWN 36 5 16 Fumble
4 5:39 3:47 OWN 12 6 42 Punt
4 1:41 1:41 OPP 47 3 17 Game

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:27 2:11 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 9:08 1:44 OWN 7 5 30 Punt
1 3:59 3:56 OWN 20 8 28 Punt
2 9:20 1:00 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 3:50 1:18 OWN 25 3 18 Interception
2 1:23 0:20 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 0:52 0:30 OWN 25 4 35 Punt
3 15:00 0:55 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
3 12:37 2:08 OWN 23 6 77 Touchdown
3 9:34 0:57 OWN 25 3 -16 Punt
3 6:30 0:33 OWN 25 3 12 Interception
3 2:30 0:34 OWN 20 3 7 Interception
4 14:20 1:10 OWN 25 3 -23 Punt
4 12:11 0:27 OWN 20 3 -8 Interception
4 10:52 1:21 OWN 25 5 46 Missed FG
4 6:46 1:07 OWN 29 3 5 Punt
4 1:52 0:11 OWN 20 2 0 Interception

Rushing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ralph Allen 12 119 9.92 70 3 1
James Haigh 10 89 8.90 28 5 0
Frank Owens 8 36 4.50 17 1 0
Jimmy Manning 3 18 6.00 10 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 4 16 4.00 12 1 0
Eric Metcalf 3 4 1.33 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tyrone Harvell 37 28 365 0 / 0 3 32 0 133.28
Luis Gero 10 7 61 1 / 7 2 22 1 85.83

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael White 44 21 249 9 / 71 1 41 5 33.43
Brandon Rocha 3 1 20 0 / 0 0 20 0 57.64

Receiving Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Popa 13 209 16.08 32 1
George Begay 7 84 12.00 23 1
James Haigh 3 34 11.33 18 0
Edward Conner 5 31 6.20 17 1
Daryl Smythe 2 25 12.50 20 0
Frank Owens 1 22 22.00 22 1
James Montgomery 2 15 7.50 11 0
Ernest Seal 2 6 3.00 6 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Vito Moffat 8 119 14.88 41 1
Robert Diaz 5 84 16.80 28 0
Robert Richards 3 33 11.00 16 0
Eric Metcalf 3 22 7.33 20 0
Cliff Thomas 2 8 4.00 6 0
John Murray 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Bradley Davis 63 42 0 0
Stanley Dale 0 4 0 0
James Haigh 2 2 0 0
Christopher Shaw 0 1 0 0
William Lewis 0 1 0 0
Randy Dukes 0 2 0 0
Douglas Mullins 0 3 0 0
Phillip Carr 0 3 0 2
Julian Kimmel 0 2 0 0
James Templeton 4 0 0 0
Kevin Stoneking 1 4 0 0
Ernest Seal 0 5 0 0
Daryl Smythe 0 1 0 0
Michael Popa 0 24 0 0
Stephen Proctor 0 1 0 0
John Burke 64 40 0 2
Corey Garcia 0 5 0 0
Al Schwartz 0 1 0 0
John Hernandez 6 4 0 1
Jim Stewart 0 2 0 1
Wayne Williams 14 1 0 0
James Montgomery 24 26 0 2
Edward Conner 0 28 0 0
George Begay 0 27 0 2
Ralph Allen 13 9 0 1
James Smith 60 40 0 2
Jimmy Manning 24 17 0 1
Brandon Roberge 59 39 0 1
Joseph Frost 62 44 0 3
Martin Wildermuth 0 2 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Diaz 11 11 3 4
Larry Fazio 59 19 2 2
Herman Winn 56 21 1 1
Sidney Woosley 56 13 1 2
Vito Moffat 0 10 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 1 0 1
Brian Lowe 0 1 0 0
Eric Reed 0 1 0 0
Calvin Ladner 0 1 0 0
Nathaniel Miles 0 1 0 0
John Murray 2 0 0 0
Dustin Adams 4 0 0 0
Dennis McLean 2 1 0 0
John Gordon 0 2 0 1
Bobby King 0 1 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 2 0 1
Cliff Thomas 10 4 0 0
Arthur Shipman 0 1 0 0
Jon Brantley 7 1 0 0
Michael Mills 15 1 0 0
Pete Gabriel 12 0 0 0
Jeff Orr 9 0 0 0
Larry Barber 10 0 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 10 2 0 0
Raymond Weems 12 4 0 0
Eric Metcalf 11 10 0 1
Robert Richards 0 10 0 0
Tim Kaufman 50 13 0 0
Andre Adkins 58 16 0 1
Charles Yerby 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Joel Harness 1 0 0.00 0
Jim Stewart 2 0 0.00 0
Corey Garcia 1 0 0.00 0
Brian Newberry 1 -1 -1.00 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Large 1 2 2.00 0

Fumble Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ralph Allen 1 0 0 0
Frank Owens 1 0 0 0
George Begay 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Randy Ertel 0 1 1 0
Bradley Martinez 0 0 1 0

Punting

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 6 281 46.83 35.17 57 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 10 482 48.20 46.60 59 4

Kicking

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 40 6 / 6

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Daryl Smythe 5 19 3.8 7 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Eric Metcalf 2 5 2.5 5 0

Kick Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Pittsburgh Maulers

Defensive Stats