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Week 4: Shreveport Steamer at Houston Gamblers

September 25, 1977
70°
Houston Astrodome (Houston, TX) Attendance: 49,223 (72%)
Steamer 3 6 0 10 - 19
Gamblers 3 10 0 0 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Steamer: 4-3-HOU 13 (11:25) 10-James Hooper 31 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 0 SHR 3
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 4-17-SHR 17 (4:31) 19-Daniel McCormack 35 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 SHR 3
(Qtr 2) Steamer: 4-12-HOU 23 (10:23) 10-James Hooper 42 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 SHR 6
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 3-20-SHR 26 (8:33) (Hot Read) 6-Walton Vasquez pass complete to 82-Larry Perez to SHR 0 for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 10 SHR 6
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 4-20-SHR 28 (3:03) 19-Daniel McCormack 47 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 13 SHR 6
(Qtr 2) Steamer: 4-8-HOU 15 (0:04) 10-James Hooper 33 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 13 SHR 9
(Qtr 4) Steamer: 1-10-SHR 41 (12:10) (Hot Read) 1-Fred Murphy pass complete to 27-Robert Tuttle for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. SHR 47-Donald Farrer was injured on the play. HOU 13 SHR 16
(Qtr 4) Steamer: 4-8-HOU 37 (1:47) 10-James Hooper 56 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 13 SHR 19

Team Statistics

Gamblers Steamer
First Downs 12 19
- Rushing 2 8
- Passing 9 11
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 294 370
- Offensive Plays 67 76
- Yards Per Play 4.39 4.87
Net Rushing Yards 33 130
- Rushing Attempts 17 30
- Yards Per Rush 1.94 4.33
Net Passing Yards 261 240
- Att/Comp/Int 49 / 22 / 0 43 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 271 258
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 3 / 18
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.22 5.22
- Yards Per Completion 12.32 11.22
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 3 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.5 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 50 4 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 26 2 / 7
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 28
Time of Possession 26:03 33:58

Drive Charts

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:22 6:54 OWN 25 12 58 Field Goal
1 1:56 0:59 OWN 13 3 0 Punt
2 10:19 1:51 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 6:14 2:09 OWN 13 3 2 Punt
2 3:53 0:54 OPP 33 4 5 Field Goal
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 2 Half
3 15:00 0:20 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 13:01 3:34 OWN 12 7 44 Punt
3 6:46 1:34 OWN 21 4 42 Fumble
3 3:37 2:12 OWN 13 6 23 Punt
3 0:20 0:38 OWN 31 4 12 Punt
4 12:00 0:47 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 9:38 1:26 OWN 38 3 8 Punt
4 6:43 1:50 OWN 45 3 -22 Punt
4 1:42 0:54 OWN 25 4 18 Downs

Shreveport Steamer

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:38 OWN 25 7 62 Field Goal
1 4:28 2:32 OWN 29 4 15 Punt
1 0:58 5:39 OWN 38 9 38 Field Goal
2 8:28 2:14 OWN 25 5 24 Punt
2 4:04 0:12 OWN 40 3 0 Fumble
2 2:59 2:58 OWN 25 10 60 Field Goal
3 14:40 1:39 OWN 28 3 6 Punt
3 9:27 2:42 OWN 8 6 26 Punt
3 5:11 1:35 OWN 34 4 13 Punt
3 1:25 1:05 OWN 19 4 11 Punt
4 14:42 2:42 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
4 11:12 1:34 OWN 27 3 -4 Punt
4 8:12 1:29 OWN 8 3 3 Punt
4 4:53 3:10 OWN 29 8 34 Field Goal
4 0:49 0:49 OPP 33 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Connelly 8 13 1.63 9 0 0
Everett Pettit 4 12 3.00 11 1 0
August Madrid 3 4 1.33 4 0 0
George Webb 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
James Lightfoot 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Tuttle 16 71 4.44 14 5 0
Dee Spray 10 61 6.10 17 4 0
Fred Murphy 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Nelson Keister 2 -2 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Lightfoot 47 21 245 1 / 10 0 57 0 61.04
Walton Vasquez 2 1 26 0 / 0 1 26 0 135.42

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Fred Murphy 43 23 258 3 / 18 1 59 0 79.41

Receiving Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Clifford Crumley 1 57 57.00 57 0
Todd Summers 4 41 10.25 19 0
August Madrid 2 41 20.50 25 0
David Nelson 4 40 10.00 15 0
Larry Perez 3 29 9.67 26 1
Bradley Sharp 1 25 25.00 25 0
Jared Kelly 4 20 5.00 7 0
Everett Pettit 1 10 10.00 10 0
James Connelly 2 8 4.00 6 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jonathan Hagen 7 72 10.29 21 0
Robert Tuttle 3 72 24.00 59 1
Johnny Brennan 5 59 11.80 28 0
Scott Maddux 5 37 7.40 17 0
Gerry Tucker 2 16 8.00 14 0
Joseph Ring 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Theodore Valdez 47 24 1 3
Bradley Sharp 0 7 0 0
Clifford Crumley 2 8 0 1
Roderick Carver 0 1 0 0
August Peterson 0 1 0 0
Matthew Hard 0 1 0 0
James Presley 5 1 0 0
Todd David 0 1 0 0
Benjamin Morrison 0 3 0 0
William Loggins 13 4 0 0
Douglas Cormier 12 3 0 0
Tony Lehman 10 1 0 0
Marshall Leister 15 0 0 0
August Madrid 10 6 0 2
George Webb 11 4 0 1
Luis Davidson 48 26 0 2
Everett Pettit 2 2 0 0
Jared Kelly 0 2 0 0
Larry Perez 19 18 0 2
Frank Wiley 0 1 0 0
James Connelly 7 6 0 0
David Nelson 0 13 0 0
Micah McEvoy 62 21 0 1
Carl Lawlor 46 25 0 1
Reginald Martin 52 20 0 1
Todd Summers 0 9 0 0
Cory Vargas 0 1 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Reece 59 39 1 4
Philip Castillon 47 37 1 2
Robert Tuttle 7 3 1 1
Antonio Renfro 0 1 0 0
David Ryan 0 1 0 0
David McMillan 0 2 0 0
Marcus Town 0 1 0 0
Dee Spray 4 0 0 0
Anthony Kent 0 1 0 0
Daniel Gilstrap 0 2 0 0
Russell Colbert 0 2 0 1
Frank Fischer 0 1 0 0
Tomas Hypes 8 3 0 1
Malcolm McNish 0 1 0 0
Stanley Braun 0 4 0 0
Joseph Ring 1 3 0 0
John Cintron 0 3 0 1
Donald Farrer 13 1 0 0
Robert Zaragoza 6 2 0 0
Robby Shiflett 10 0 0 0
William Brady 5 0 0 0
Jonathan Hagen 0 21 0 0
Johnny Brennan 0 23 0 1
Gerry Tucker 0 15 0 0
Scott Maddux 16 38 0 2
Nelson Keister 40 28 0 0
Michael Yang 58 32 0 2
Bryan Leblanc 44 37 0 1
Lonnie Robinson 58 41 0 4
William Tate 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Gamblers

Shreveport Steamer

Fumble Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Lightfoot 1 0 0 0
Thomas Campbell 0 0 1 0
Paul Walker 0 1 1 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Fred Murphy 1 0 0 0
Gerry Tucker 1 0 0 0
John Cintron 0 1 0 0
Matthew Ford 0 1 0 0
Tomas Hypes 0 0 1 0

Punting

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 9 427 47.44 44.22 60 1

Shreveport Steamer

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eugene Manuel 8 369 46.13 43.38 54 3

Kicking

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 1 / 1

Shreveport Steamer

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Hooper 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 56 1 / 1

Punt Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Connelly 4 26 6.5 10 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gerry Tucker 2 7 3.5 4 0

Kick Return

Houston Gamblers

Shreveport Steamer

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gerry Tucker 1 37 37.0 0

Defensive Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Wayne Mashburn 11 0
Jessie Castillo 7 0
Thomas Erwin 4 0
Todd David 4 1
Matthew Hard 4 0
Cory Vargas 3 0
Roderick Carver 3 0
Paul Walker 3 1
Jerry Aiello 3 0
Jeffrey Keeley 2 0
Thomas Campbell 2 0
Eugene Holland 2 0
Benjamin Morrison 2 0
August Peterson 2 0
Bradley Sharp 1 0
Rolando Moulton 1 1

Shreveport Steamer

Name Tackles Sacks
John Cintron 6 0
David Heim 5 0
Ray Ruiz 5 0
Marcus Town 4 0
Thomas Rainey 4 0
Anthony Kent 3 1
Tomas Hypes 3 0
Russell Colbert 3 0
Lloyd McCoy 2 0
Antonio Renfro 2 0
Frank Fischer 1 0
David Ryan 1 0
Fred Murphy 1 0
William Tate 1 0
David McMillan 1 0
Mark Suazo 1 0