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Week 8: Michigan Panthers at Houston Gamblers

October 23, 1977
70°
Houston Astrodome (Houston, TX) Attendance: 43,074 (63%)
Panthers 14 0 0 10 - 24
Gamblers 14 24 14 3 - 55

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Panthers: 1-10-HOU 19 (11:38) 4-Michael London pass complete to 83-Nathan Farmer for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Richard Lamar. HOU 0 MIC 7
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-2-MIC 2 (10:00) 26-James Connelly ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 89-Clifford Crumley was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. HOU 7 MIC 7
(Qtr 1) Panthers: 1-1-HOU 1 (5:17) 4-Michael London pass complete to 19-Julio Prince for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Richard Lamar. HOU 7 MIC 14
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 3-10-HOU 44 (3:02) 6-Walton Vasquez pass complete to 2-Everett Pettit for 56 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 14 MIC 14
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 4-3-MIC 3 (14:56) 19-Daniel McCormack 21 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 17 MIC 14
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-3-MIC 3 (10:08) 30-George Webb ran to MIC 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 24 MIC 14
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 3-6-MIC 33 (5:10) 11-James Lightfoot pass complete to 82-Larry Perez for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 31 MIC 14
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 2-1-MIC 21 (1:32) 11-James Lightfoot pass complete to 83-David Nelson for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 38 MIC 14
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 1-10-HOU 45 (13:13) 11-James Lightfoot pass complete to 83-David Nelson for 55 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 45 MIC 14
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 2-1-MIC 0 (3:33) 30-George Webb ran to MIC 0 for a short gain. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 52 MIC 14
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-1-MIC 24 (13:17) 19-Daniel McCormack 42 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 55 MIC 14
(Qtr 4) Panthers: 2-7-HOU 7 (11:49) 4-Michael London pass complete to 81-Darrell Trotter for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Richard Lamar. HOU 55 MIC 21
(Qtr 4) Panthers: 4-10-HOU 17 (6:10) 5-Richard Lamar 35 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 55 MIC 24

Team Statistics

Gamblers Panthers
First Downs 19 21
- Rushing 4 0
- Passing 15 20
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 669 480
- Offensive Plays 81 63
- Yards Per Play 8.26 7.62
Net Rushing Yards 130 18
- Rushing Attempts 38 2
- Yards Per Rush 3.42 9.00
Net Passing Yards 539 462
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 27 / 2 59 / 32 / 7
- Gross Passing Yards 546 476
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 2 / 14
- Yards Per Pass Play 12.53 7.57
- Yards Per Completion 20.22 14.88
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 10 / 18 0 / 6
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.0 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 37 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 38 2 / 50
Int Returns/Yards 7 / 12 2 / 12
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 3 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 20
Time of Possession 39:00 20:58

Drive Charts

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:33 1:36 OWN 33 3 67 Touchdown
1 5:13 2:22 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 2:04 2:11 OPP 44 7 41 Field Goal
2 13:11 3:07 OWN 20 6 80 Touchdown
2 9:13 3:05 OWN 41 6 22 Punt
2 6:03 0:59 OPP 38 3 38 Touchdown
2 3:28 2:01 OWN 29 4 71 Touchdown
2 0:02 0:02 OWN 2 1 0 Half
3 15:00 1:56 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
3 13:00 1:29 OPP 39 3 11 Interception
3 10:23 3:04 OWN 20 6 42 Punt
3 7:11 0:49 OPP 22 2 6 Interception
3 6:16 2:47 OPP 38 6 38 Touchdown
3 2:19 4:06 OWN 27 9 48 Field Goal
4 11:45 1:19 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 10:21 2:13 OPP 48 3 6 Punt
4 6:07 2:07 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 3:47 3:47 OWN 44 6 18 Game

Michigan Panthers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:27 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 9:57 4:44 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 2:51 0:47 OWN 25 2 8 Fumble
2 14:53 1:42 OWN 25 5 66 Interception
2 10:04 0:51 OWN 15 2 16 Interception
2 6:08 0:05 OWN 4 1 0 Interception
2 5:04 1:36 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
2 1:27 1:24 OWN 15 6 28 Punt
3 13:04 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 11:31 1:08 OWN 10 4 54 Punt
3 7:19 0:09 OWN 7 2 0 Interception
3 6:21 0:05 OWN 33 1 0 Fumble
3 3:29 1:10 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
4 13:13 1:28 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
4 10:25 0:04 OWN 21 1 0 Interception
4 8:07 2:01 OWN 8 8 75 Field Goal
4 3:59 0:13 OWN 28 3 0 Interception

Rushing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Connelly 16 69 4.31 10 1 1
Everett Pettit 12 32 2.67 8 0 0
James Lightfoot 2 15 7.50 13 1 0
George Webb 7 13 1.86 8 0 2
August Madrid 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Roy Weeks 2 18 9.00 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Lightfoot 41 26 490 1 / 7 3 59 2 108.79
Walton Vasquez 1 1 56 0 / 0 1 56 0 158.33

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael London 59 32 476 2 / 14 3 54 7 58.26

Receiving Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Nelson 11 192 17.45 55 2
Larry Perez 6 178 29.67 59 1
Todd Summers 4 73 18.25 34 0
Everett Pettit 2 67 33.50 56 1
James Connelly 2 15 7.50 9 0
Charles Berke 1 12 12.00 12 0
August Madrid 1 9 9.00 9 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nathan Farmer 7 135 19.29 49 1
Roy Weeks 5 83 16.60 54 0
Julio Prince 6 70 11.67 17 1
Gerald Miller 4 57 14.25 17 0
Darrell Trotter 4 50 12.50 21 1
David Wicker 2 43 21.50 31 0
Samuel Slay 2 29 14.50 17 0
David Billy 1 5 5.00 5 0
James Roberson 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Theodore Valdez 47 41 1 4
Clifford Crumley 9 5 0 0
Bradley Sharp 0 6 0 1
Roderick Carver 0 3 0 0
James Cruz 0 1 0 0
Matthew Hard 0 4 0 1
Rolando Moulton 0 4 0 0
August Peterson 0 1 0 0
Paul Walker 0 3 0 0
Wayne Mashburn 0 2 0 0
Thomas Erwin 0 3 0 0
David Burt 0 2 0 1
Everett Pettit 3 3 0 0
Larry Perez 7 30 0 2
George Webb 15 15 0 3
Todd Summers 0 16 0 0
David Nelson 0 18 0 1
James Connelly 6 14 0 2
Marshall Leister 13 1 0 0
Micah McEvoy 42 39 0 0
Carl Lawlor 61 50 0 4
August Madrid 34 38 0 0
Reginald Martin 47 46 0 1
Luis Davidson 50 44 0 4
Eugene Holland 0 4 0 0
Cory Vargas 0 4 0 0
Andrew Zeller 15 7 0 0
William Loggins 19 5 0 0
Jared Kelly 0 4 0 0
Charles Berke 9 29 0 0
Douglas Cormier 10 1 0 0
Todd David 0 2 0 0
Jessie Castillo 0 1 0 1

Michigan Panthers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Timothy Gates 61 13 2 2
Richard Robinson 60 20 0 0
Nathan Farmer 0 9 0 1
Christopher Besser 4 0 0 0
Delbert Hurley 0 1 0 0
David Oxford 0 1 0 0
Douglas Couey 0 1 0 0
Richard Sharp 0 2 0 0
Marion Long 1 0 0 0
Christopher Chen 0 2 0 0
Ronald Shull 0 3 0 0
Alton Pastor 0 5 0 0
Samuel Heard 4 3 0 0
Arthur Bowie 0 4 0 0
Dwayne Walker 0 2 0 0
Tony Robinson 4 2 0 0
Julio Prince 0 6 0 1
Arturo James 66 12 0 0
James Roberson 10 2 0 0
Elvis Thomas 16 4 0 0
David Rodman 6 2 0 0
Dennis McRae 4 2 0 0
Jason Derosa 13 2 0 0
David Billy 8 3 0 0
David Wicker 0 3 0 0
Bryan Salinas 12 3 0 0
Darrell Trotter 8 5 0 0
Gerald Miller 0 7 0 0
Joseph Estrada 60 12 0 0
Roy Weeks 13 4 0 0
Daniel Bond 56 13 0 0
Manuel West 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Wayne Mashburn 1 14 14.00 0
Jessie Castillo 1 0 0.00 0
Eugene Holland 1 0 0.00 0
Thomas Erwin 1 0 0.00 0
Cory Vargas 1 0 0.00 0
Roderick Carver 1 -1 -1.00 0
August Peterson 1 -1 -1.00 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Ronald Shull 1 12 12.00 0
Walter Daniels 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Matthew Hard 0 1 0 0
Cory Vargas 0 0 1 0
Paul Walker 0 1 0 0
Eugene Holland 0 0 1 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Roy Weeks 1 0 0 0
Darrell Trotter 1 0 0 0

Punting

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 5 195 39.00 37.00 50 1

Michigan Panthers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Cruz Townsend 4 190 47.50 42.25 54 1

Kicking

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 7 / 7

Michigan Panthers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Richard Lamar 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 3 / 3

Punt Return

Houston Gamblers

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Steven Napier 1 10 10.0 10 0

Kick Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jessie Castillo 1 38 38.0 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Steven Napier 2 50 25.0 0

Defensive Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Eugene Holland 6 0
Jeffrey Keeley 6 0
Wayne Mashburn 4 0
Todd David 3 0
Thomas Erwin 2 0
Roderick Carver 2 0
Leo Thompson 2 2
August Peterson 2 0
Jessie Castillo 2 0
David Burt 1 0
Boris Riggins 1 0
Cory Vargas 1 0
David Nelson 1 0
Carl Lawlor 1 0
James Cruz 1 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Tackles Sacks
Walter Daniels 9 0
Delbert Hurley 8 0
David Oxford 8 0
Alton Pastor 7 0
Arthur Bowie 5 0
Samuel Heard 5 0
Dwayne Walker 4 1
Douglas Couey 4 0
Richard Sharp 3 0
Christopher Chen 3 0
Nathan Farmer 2 0
Julio Prince 2 0
Darrell Trotter 1 0
Ronald Shull 1 0
Byron Flanagan 1 0
Nicholas Hixson 1 0
Issac Espinoza 1 0
Bryan Salinas 1 0
Arturo James 1 0
Richard Lamar 1 0