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Week 4: Charlotte Hornets at Florida Blazers

September 25, 1977
83°
Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL) Attendance: 38,120 (73%)
Hornets 7 6 20 0 - 33
Blazers 14 0 0 13 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blazers: 2-10-CHA 39 (9:23) 19-Nathaniel Cherry pass complete to 14-Chad Swanson for 39 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Michael Hughes. FLA 7 CHA 0
(Qtr 1) Hornets: 1-6-FLA 6 (1:59) 47-Humberto Gray ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. FLA 7 CHA 7
(Qtr 1) Blazers: (1:56) 17-Willie Putnam kicks 58 yards from CHA 35 to FLA 7. 88-Carlos Harley for 94yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Michael Hughes. FLA 14 CHA 7
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 4-5-FLA 20 (14:18) 17-Willie Putnam 38 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 14 CHA 10
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 3-12-FLA 27 (0:19) 17-Willie Putnam 44 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 14 CHA 13
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 3-10-CHA 35 (12:12) 4-Chad Pierson pass complete to 82-Emil Hoban for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 2-4-FLA 20 (4:17) 87-Jorge Dougherty ran to FLA 0 for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. FLA 14 CHA 26
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 1-10-FLA 34 (0:09) 4-Chad Pierson pass complete to 82-Emil Hoban to FLA 0 for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. FLA 14 CHA 33
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 1-4-CHA 4 (6:10) 19-Nathaniel Cherry pass complete to 88-Carlos Harley for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Michael Hughes. FLA 21 CHA 33
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 4-4-FLA 13 (3:30) 19-Nathaniel Cherry pass complete to 86-Peter Kaplan for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Blazers Hornets
First Downs 17 16
- Rushing 4 7
- Passing 12 7
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 489 459
- Offensive Plays 72 74
- Yards Per Play 6.79 6.20
Net Rushing Yards 100 197
- Rushing Attempts 22 39
- Yards Per Rush 4.55 5.05
Net Passing Yards 389 262
- Att/Comp/Int 50 / 24 / 4 33 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 389 276
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 14
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.78 7.49
- Yards Per Completion 16.21 15.33
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 14 4 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.9 7.0
4th Down Conversions 2 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 55 5 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 20 2 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 129 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 30
Time of Possession 27:05 32:45

Drive Charts

Florida Blazers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:21 2:06 OWN 3 5 97 Touchdown
1 6:52 2:05 OWN 17 5 14 Punt
1 1:42 2:28 OPP 25 8 -55 Field Goal
2 14:14 2:17 OWN 35 3 6 Punt
2 9:55 0:47 OWN 30 3 8 Interception
2 6:46 3:11 OWN 18 6 27 Punt
2 1:52 0:48 OWN 26 5 25 Interception
2 0:15 0:15 OWN 25 1 -1 Half
3 15:00 0:07 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 13:58 1:03 OWN 8 3 5 Punt
3 12:03 3:32 OWN 25 7 33 Fumble
3 4:11 1:29 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 0:03 2:59 OWN 25 7 34 Interception
4 9:59 1:00 OWN 38 5 11 Punt
4 6:59 0:53 OWN 46 4 54 Touchdown
4 4:00 0:44 OWN 8 4 92 Touchdown
4 1:51 1:21 OWN 1 10 55 Downs

Charlotte Hornets

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:39 OWN 25 8 47 Punt
1 9:16 2:24 OWN 25 5 12 Punt
1 4:47 2:52 OWN 29 5 71 Touchdown
2 11:57 2:03 OWN 5 3 8 Punt
2 9:08 2:22 OWN 29 4 7 Punt
2 3:35 1:43 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
2 1:04 0:49 OWN 34 5 37 Field Goal
3 14:53 0:55 OWN 37 3 4 Punt
3 12:55 0:52 OWN 35 3 65 Touchdown
3 8:32 4:20 OWN 34 9 66 Touchdown
3 2:42 2:39 OWN 24 5 76 Touchdown
4 12:04 2:05 OWN 17 3 6 Punt
4 9:00 2:00 OWN 13 3 -2 Punt
4 6:07 2:06 OPP 44 3 7 Punt
4 3:16 1:25 OPP 45 3 9 Punt
4 0:31 0:31 OWN 41 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Mandel 21 95 4.52 16 4 0
Lorenzo Grant 1 5 5.00 5 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jerry Roux 20 127 6.35 29 5 0
Humberto Gray 16 42 2.63 12 1 1
Jorge Dougherty 2 28 14.00 20 1 1
Chad Pierson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Nathaniel Cherry 50 24 389 0 / 0 3 87 4 61.17

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chad Pierson 33 18 276 2 / 14 2 65 0 102.59

Receiving Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chad Swanson 5 136 27.20 39 1
Peter Kaplan 4 99 24.75 87 1
Carlos Harley 6 89 14.83 32 1
Lorenzo Grant 4 39 9.75 18 0
John Mandel 3 18 6.00 10 0
Leonard Ricks 1 7 7.00 7 0
Ruben Bundy 1 1 1.00 1 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Emil Hoban 10 184 18.40 65 2
Ricky Jackson 3 35 11.67 27 0
Jorge Dougherty 2 33 16.50 17 0
Shawn Ayala 1 10 10.00 10 0
Paul Williams 1 8 8.00 8 0
Jerry Roux 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Florida Blazers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Oscar McEvoy 51 27 0 0
John Mandel 4 3 0 0
Paul Waller 0 1 0 0
Craig Avery 0 3 0 0
David Bearden 0 2 0 0
Barry Litchford 0 2 0 0
Bernard Washington 0 1 0 0
Jamie Seymour 1 2 0 0
Randy Dupree 0 2 0 0
William McDonald 0 2 0 0
Ervin Stillman 0 2 0 0
Travis Pino 0 2 0 0
David Watkins 6 5 0 1
Joseph Weaver 5 0 0 0
Larry Buckner 60 27 0 1
David Siciliano 16 5 0 0
James Rodriguez 4 0 0 0
Edward Booth 12 2 0 0
Leonard Ricks 0 5 0 0
Dean Park 60 43 0 2
Chad Swanson 0 16 0 0
David Smith 56 22 0 2
Carlos Harley 0 21 0 1
Lorenzo Grant 31 22 0 1
Peter Kaplan 1 20 0 3
Troy Hulse 52 28 0 0
Ruben Bundy 0 10 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Abdallah 36 40 1 3
Jorge Knox 50 42 1 8
Michael Becker 51 45 0 2
Samuel Kiefer 14 13 0 0
Frank Greenbaum 0 1 0 0
Brian Queen 0 1 0 0
Joseph Abernathy 0 2 0 2
David Bronson 0 1 0 0
Morris Sterling 0 3 0 0
Kevin Staten 0 3 0 0
Derek Mattison 0 2 0 0
Alfonso Bessey 0 1 0 0
Carl Hammond 7 0 0 0
Fernando Stone 0 2 0 0
Eduardo Sorenson 8 3 0 1
William Dolloff 15 2 0 0
Wayne Harris 36 41 0 2
Jesse Doolan 16 2 0 0
Bruce Souza 16 5 0 0
Humberto Gray 12 20 0 0
Jorge Dougherty 0 14 0 1
Jerry Roux 11 12 0 1
Shawn Ayala 3 13 0 1
Paul Williams 10 16 0 0
Ricky Jackson 0 36 0 1
Emil Hoban 0 20 0 2
Norris Scott 36 44 0 3
Robert Carroll 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Florida Blazers

Charlotte Hornets

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Joseph Abernathy 2 0 0.00 0
Fernando Stone 1 0 0.00 0
Thomas Vasquez 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Mandel 1 0 0 0
Chad Swanson 1 0 0 0
Carlos Harley 0 1 0 0
Barry Litchford 0 0 1 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chad Pierson 1 0 0 0
Jerry Roux 1 0 0 0
Norris Scott 0 1 0 0
Charles McMillan 0 0 2 0
Frank Greenbaum 0 1 0 0
Eduardo Sorenson 0 1 0 0
Emil Hoban 0 1 0 0
Joseph Abernathy 0 1 0 0

Punting

Florida Blazers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Medley 6 304 50.67 44.17 57 1

Charlotte Hornets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Desantiago 10 436 43.60 41.80 57 5

Kicking

Florida Blazers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Michael Hughes 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 4

Charlotte Hornets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Willie Putnam 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 3 / 4

Punt Return

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Carlos Harley 3 20 6.7 8 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerry Roux 2 17 8.5 10 0

Kick Return

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Carlos Harley 2 129 64.5 1

Charlotte Hornets

Defensive Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Tackles Sacks
Jamie Seymour 11 0
Barry Litchford 10 0
Ervin Stillman 8 1
Randy Dupree 7 0
Carlos Harley 4 0
Travis Pino 4 0
Bernard Washington 4 0
Brian Wise 3 0
Craig Avery 3 0
Leonard Ricks 2 0
Peter Kaplan 1 0
Paul Waller 1 0
Lorenzo Grant 1 0
Scott Tuttle 1 1
James Olsen 1 0
David Siciliano 1 0
Earl Little 1 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Tackles Sacks
Thomas Vasquez 6 0
Fernando Stone 6 0
Joseph Abernathy 6 0
Charles McMillan 5 0
Eduardo Sorenson 4 0
Brian Queen 4 0
Samuel Kiefer 3 0
Morris Sterling 2 0
Frank Greenbaum 2 0
Kevin Staten 2 0
Willie Putnam 1 0
Derek Mattison 1 0
Daniel Macdougall 1 0
David Bronson 1 0
Stephen Miller 1 0