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October 09, 1977 78° Giants Stadium
Attendance: 62,950 (78%)
Hornets 0 3 0 6 - 9
Generals 10 3 10 6 - 29
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Generals: 1-2-CHA 2 (12:12) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 86-Tom McConnaughey for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Ralph Lopez. NJG 7 CHA 0
(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-30-CHA 35 (5:43) 5-Ralph Lopez 53 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 10 CHA 0
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-1-CHA 0 (12:03) 5-Ralph Lopez 18 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 73-Doug Mackie was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CHA 49-Robert Carroll was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NJG 13 CHA 0
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 4-11-NJG 28 (0:37) 17-Willie Putnam 45 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 13 CHA 3
(Qtr 3) Generals: 2-1-CHA 5 (12:45) 33-Maurice Carthon ran to CHA 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Ralph Lopez. NJG 20 CHA 3
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-4-CHA 18 (11:53) 5-Ralph Lopez 36 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 23 CHA 3
(Qtr 4) Hornets: 4-17-NJG 24 (9:21) 17-Willie Putnam 42 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 23 CHA 6
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-7-CHA 14 (5:13) 5-Ralph Lopez 32 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 26 CHA 6
(Qtr 4) Hornets: 4-16-NJG 18 (2:36) 17-Willie Putnam 35 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 26 CHA 9
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-5-CHA 5 (1:51) 5-Ralph Lopez 23 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 29 CHA 9
Team Statistics
Generals Hornets
First Downs 23 9
- Rushing 5 0
- Passing 17 8
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 472 134
- Offensive Plays 87 60
- Yards Per Play 5.43 2.23
Net Rushing Yards 104 10
- Rushing Attempts 29 9
- Yards Per Rush 3.59 1.11
Net Passing Yards 368 124
- Att/Comp/Int 56 / 32 / 2 44 / 16 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 383 174
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 7 / 50
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.34 2.43
- Yards Per Completion 11.97 10.88
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 17 1 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.5 10.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 45 4 / 28
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 10 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 30 3 / 92
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 15 2 / 4
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 7 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 5 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 27
Time of Possession 39:27 20:33
Drive Charts
Generals
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:51 OWN 29 5 71 Touchdown
1 10:24 0:56 OWN 23 3 -7 Punt
1 9:19 3:40 50 6 13 Field Goal
1 2:53 5:53 OWN 32 11 68 Field Goal
2 10:23 2:16 OWN 42 5 18 Punt
2 6:02 2:43 OWN 38 5 26 Missed FG
2 0:32 0:32 OWN 25 2 -2 Half
3 14:15 1:33 OPP 44 4 44 Touchdown
3 12:40 0:51 OPP 24 3 6 Field Goal
3 10:15 4:12 OWN 20 6 26 Punt
3 4:19 2:53 OWN 34 6 18 Punt
3 0:42 0:46 OWN 40 3 10 Interception
4 14:36 3:36 OWN 15 6 29 Punt
4 10:43 0:21 OWN 30 3 0 Punt
4 9:17 4:08 OWN 25 9 61 Field Goal
4 3:38 0:09 OWN 20 2 0 Interception
4 2:32 0:44 OWN 25 5 70 Field Goal
4 1:44 1:23 OPP 45 3 4 Punt
Hornets
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:09 1:45 OWN 25 4 6 Punt
1 9:28 0:09 OWN 35 2 0 Interception
1 5:39 2:46 OWN 25 4 8 Punt
2 12:00 1:37 OWN 24 3 -14 Punt
2 8:07 2:05 OWN 4 3 6 Punt
2 3:19 2:47 OWN 43 6 30 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:45 OWN 25 2 11 Interception
3 12:42 0:01 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
3 11:50 1:35 OWN 35 3 -9 Punt
3 6:03 1:44 OWN 13 3 7 Punt
3 1:26 0:44 OWN 6 3 -4 Punt
4 14:56 0:20 OWN 42 3 0 Punt
4 10:59 0:17 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
4 10:22 1:04 OWN 23 6 52 Field Goal
4 5:10 1:32 OWN 27 6 29 Punt
4 3:29 0:57 OPP 23 5 5 Field Goal
4 1:48 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 0:21 0:21 OWN 13 1 6 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Generals
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#25 Herschel Walker 18 69 3.83 10 3 0
#33 Maurice Carthon 10 32 3.20 13 1 1
#39 Stuart Haney 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
Hornets
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#47 Humberto Gray 8 12 1.50 9 0 0
#48 Jerry Roux 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0
Passing Stats
Generals
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#2 Doug Fluty 32 14 205 1 / 8 0 40 2 39.19
#18 Stephan Labelle 24 18 178 1 / 7 1 35 0 109.38
Hornets
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#1 Chad Pierson 39 15 162 6 / 44 0 26 3 19.39
#3 George Melton 5 1 12 1 / 6 0 12 0 39.58
Receiving Stats
Generals
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Leroy Selmon 8 142 17.75 40 0
#17 Damon Rosato 7 89 12.71 30 0
#82 Clarence Collins 6 83 13.83 35 0
#86 Tom McConnaughey 5 33 6.60 14 1
#73 Jeff Speck 2 14 7.00 13 0
#17 Marcus Anderson 2 12 6.00 6 0
#25 Herschel Walker 1 8 8.00 8 0
#15 Walter Broughton 1 2 2.00 2 0
Hornets
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Emil Hoban 4 75 18.75 26 0
#85 Samuel Kiefer 3 35 11.67 13 0
#48 Jerry Roux 4 26 6.50 13 0
#49 Robert Carroll 1 19 19.00 19 0
#34 Ricky Jackson 3 13 4.33 6 0
#47 Humberto Gray 1 6 6.00 6 0
Blocking Stats
Generals
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 Steve Niehaus 73 42 1 3
#55 Elvis Presley 72 44 1 2
#63 Bobby Leopold 0 3 0 0
#23 John Preston 0 1 0 0
#26 Gary Barbaro 6 4 0 1
#52 Mike Weddington 0 3 0 0
#25 Mike Williams 0 2 0 1
#23 Kerry Justin 0 2 0 0
#92 Albert Donaldson 0 2 0 1
#93 Jim LeClair 0 1 0 0
#35 Daniel Tosh 0 3 0 0
#98 Dustin Diamond 0 2 0 0
#63 John Jewell 71 37 0 3
#58 Kent Hull 72 46 0 4
#65 John Piche 73 45 0 2
#82 Clarence Collins 0 13 0 1
#73 Jeff Speck 17 22 0 0
#17 Damon Rosato 0 23 0 0
#80 Leroy Selmon 15 24 0 1
#25 Herschel Walker 18 5 0 1
#63 Doug Mackie 8 1 0 0
#50 Frank Naylor 10 0 0 0
#57 Lawrence Bruce 8 0 0 0
#39 Stuart Haney 5 2 0 1
#86 Tom McConnaughey 0 21 0 0
#17 Marcus Anderson 0 9 0 1
#15 Walter Broughton 0 2 0 0
#96 James Lockette 0 2 0 0
#91 Jim Byrne 0 1 0 0
#47 John Joyce 0 1 0 0
#66 Tom Woodland 0 1 0 0
#74 Tony Perez 0 1 0 0
#33 Maurice Carthon 4 3 0 0
Hornets
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#68 John Abdallah 50 15 3 3
#69 Jorge Knox 65 12 2 3
#78 Wayne Harris 52 14 1 1
#62 Michael Becker 61 16 0 1
#64 Norris Scott 52 11 0 1
#35 Shawn Ayala 10 6 0 0
#47 Humberto Gray 25 1 0 0
#84 Bruce Souza 13 2 0 0
#22 Richard Green 13 8 0 0
#45 Gregory Williams 13 0 0 0
#85 Samuel Kiefer 12 11 0 1
#88 Paul Williams 13 3 0 0
#82 Emil Hoban 0 8 0 0
#34 Ricky Jackson 0 8 0 0
#97 David Bronson 0 3 0 1
#59 Stephen Miller 0 3 0 0
#91 Brian Queen 1 4 0 1
#69 Morris Sterling 0 3 0 0
#72 Kevin Staten 0 4 0 0
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 0 3 0 0
#99 Fernando Stone 0 3 0 1
#48 Jerry Roux 0 9 0 0
#73 Jesse Doolan 5 1 0 0
#26 William Dolloff 3 0 0 0
#59 Frank Greenbaum 0 1 0 0
#46 Carl Hammond 1 0 0 1
#67 Daniel Macdougall 0 1 0 0
#37 Paul Fuller 1 0 0 0
#49 Robert Carroll 0 1 0 0
#23 Charles McMillan 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Generals
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#26 Gary Barbaro 1 14 14.00 0
#23 John Preston 1 1 1.00 0
#93 Jim LeClair 1 0 0.00 0
Hornets
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#59 Stephen Miller 1 2 2.00 0
#38 Joseph Abernathy 1 2 2.00 0
Fumble Stats
Generals
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#91 Jim Byrne 0 1 0 0
Hornets
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#1 Chad Pierson 1 0 0 0
Punting
Generals
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Maurice Lester 7 300 42.86 39.86 57 2
Hornets
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Thomas Desantiago 10 484 48.40 45.70 56 0
Kicking
Generals
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Ralph Lopez 5 / 6 1 / 2 1 / 2 53 2 / 2
Hornets
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#17 Willie Putnam 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 45 0 / 0
Punt Return
Generals
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#33 Maurice Carthon 2 10 5.0 7 0
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Generals
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#33 Maurice Carthon 1 30 30.0 0
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#48 Jerry Roux 3 92 30.7 0
Defensive Stats
Generals
Name Tackles Sacks
#35 Daniel Tosh 6 0
#23 Kerry Justin 5 0
#91 Jim Byrne 4 3
#66 Tom Woodland 3 2
#93 Jim LeClair 3 1
#26 Gary Barbaro 3 0
#47 John Joyce 2 0
#25 Mike Williams 2 0
#96 James Lockette 2 1
#98 Dustin Diamond 1 0
#74 Tony Perez 1 0
#1 Ralph Lopez 1 0
#52 Mike Weddington 1 0
#86 Tom McConnaughey 1 0
#45 Jerry Holmes 1 0
#82 Clarence Collins 1 0
Hornets
Name Tackles Sacks
#99 Fernando Stone 11 0
#38 Joseph Abernathy 10 0
#34 Thomas Vasquez 7 0
#23 Charles McMillan 6 0
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 4 0
#51 Alfonso Bessey 4 0
#69 Morris Sterling 4 1
#91 Brian Queen 4 0
#97 David Bronson 4 0
#67 Daniel Macdougall 3 1
#59 Frank Greenbaum 3 0
#95 Michael Griffith 2 0
#34 Ricky Jackson 1 0
#1 Chad Pierson 1 0
#64 Norris Scott 1 0
#85 Samuel Kiefer 1 0
#94 Steven Klock 1 0
#88 Paul Williams 1 0
#72 Kevin Staten 1 0