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Week 9: New Orleans VooDoo at Houston Gamblers

October 30, 1977
70°
Houston Astrodome (Houston, TX) Attendance: 52,547 (77%)
VooDoo 13 3 0 14 - 30
Gamblers 7 3 3 10 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 1-10-NOV 25 (15:00) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 19-Thomas Canale for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. HOU 0 NOV 7
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 3-6-HOU 6 (5:14) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 82-William Ramsey for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 2-4-HOU 49 (3:13) 6-Walton Vasquez pass complete to 82-Larry Perez for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 7 NOV 13
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 4-10-HOU 21 (5:58) 3-John Langdon 38 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 7 NOV 16
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 2-6-NOV 40 (0:05) 19-Daniel McCormack 58 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 10 NOV 16
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-8-NOV 27 (9:58) 19-Daniel McCormack 45 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 13 NOV 16
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 1-15-HOU 23 (14:11) 26-James Connelly ran for 77 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. NOV 50-Anthony Munoz was injured on the play. HOU 20 NOV 16
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-1-NOV 23 (9:02) 19-Daniel McCormack 41 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 23 NOV 16
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 1-8-HOU 8 (7:35) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 14-Brian Jones for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. HOU 23 NOV 23
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 1-3-HOU 3 (1:06) 21-James Nantz ran to HOU 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. HOU 23 NOV 30

Team Statistics

Gamblers VooDoo
First Downs 9 17
- Rushing 2 6
- Passing 6 10
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 330 449
- Offensive Plays 58 70
- Yards Per Play 5.69 6.41
Net Rushing Yards 133 117
- Rushing Attempts 21 36
- Yards Per Rush 6.33 3.25
Net Passing Yards 197 332
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 20 / 0 31 / 20 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 203 352
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 6 3 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.32 9.76
- Yards Per Completion 10.15 17.60
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 7 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 55 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 3 3 / 22
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 39 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 31
Time of Possession 25:28 34:34

Drive Charts

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:50 1:33 OWN 16 3 1 Punt
1 10:45 1:27 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
1 5:10 2:06 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 0:21 1:15 OWN 4 3 2 Punt
2 12:29 1:34 OWN 10 3 6 Punt
2 5:54 3:25 OWN 25 6 14 Punt
2 1:10 1:10 OWN 33 6 27 Field Goal
3 15:00 5:06 OWN 25 9 47 Field Goal
3 7:52 1:28 OWN 18 4 18 Punt
3 2:22 2:05 OWN 17 3 6 Punt
4 14:10 0:12 OWN 28 1 72 Touchdown
4 11:41 2:43 OWN 43 6 34 Field Goal
4 7:31 1:05 OWN 18 3 1 Punt
4 1:03 0:19 OWN 25 4 6 Downs

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 13:17 2:33 OWN 34 5 23 Punt
1 9:18 4:08 OWN 33 7 67 Touchdown
1 3:04 2:43 OWN 25 5 22 Punt
2 14:05 1:36 OWN 47 3 3 Punt
2 10:55 5:01 OWN 40 11 39 Field Goal
2 2:29 1:19 OWN 18 3 7 Punt
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 7 Half
3 9:54 2:02 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 6:24 4:02 OWN 17 8 72 Interception
3 0:17 1:06 OWN 27 3 0 Punt
4 13:58 2:17 OWN 25 3 -14 Punt
4 8:58 1:27 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 6:27 5:24 OWN 36 12 64 Touchdown
4 0:45 0:45 OPP 31 2 -1 Game

Rushing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Connelly 13 123 9.46 77 2 1
Everett Pettit 7 11 1.57 5 0 0
August Madrid 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Nantz 13 53 4.08 13 3 1
Kenneth Boyd 15 52 3.47 13 2 0
Alex Flores 6 12 2.00 7 0 0
Ryan Tate 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Walton Vasquez 36 20 203 1 / 6 1 51 0 81.13

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Tate 31 20 352 3 / 20 3 75 1 121.98

Receiving Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Nelson 5 66 13.20 21 0
Larry Perez 2 57 28.50 51 1
Todd Summers 3 22 7.33 13 0
August Madrid 2 16 8.00 13 0
Bradley Sharp 1 14 14.00 14 0
Charles Berke 3 12 4.00 9 0
James Connelly 3 12 4.00 6 0
Jared Kelly 1 4 4.00 4 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Canale 8 225 28.13 75 1
Jimmy Rupe 5 45 9.00 24 0
William Ramsey 2 26 13.00 20 1
Kenneth Boyd 1 24 24.00 24 0
Alex Flores 1 13 13.00 13 0
Wayne Williams 1 11 11.00 11 0
Brian Jones 1 8 8.00 8 1
Julius Holguin 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Clifford Crumley 5 2 0 0
Charles Berke 13 12 0 1
Boris Riggins 0 1 0 0
Eugene Gregory 0 1 0 0
Benjamin Morrison 0 1 0 0
Paul Walker 0 1 0 1
August Peterson 0 1 0 0
Everett Pettit 2 1 0 0
Bradley Sharp 0 5 0 0
Marshall Leister 8 0 0 0
Todd Summers 0 9 0 0
Larry Perez 1 19 0 1
William Loggins 13 1 0 0
George Webb 15 12 0 0
Micah McEvoy 37 25 0 0
Todd David 0 3 0 0
Carl Lawlor 49 31 0 3
James Connelly 7 8 0 0
Theodore Valdez 37 26 0 0
August Madrid 24 19 0 2
Reginald Martin 36 27 0 0
David Nelson 0 10 0 0
Luis Davidson 40 35 0 1
Cory Vargas 0 2 0 0
Andrew Zeller 13 4 0 0
Jared Kelly 0 2 0 0
Wayne Mashburn 0 1 0 0
Douglas Cormier 12 2 0 0
Roderick Carver 0 2 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Wyatt 34 38 1 3
James Nantz 22 24 1 1
Wilford Gray 34 35 1 3
William Ramsey 15 34 0 2
Kenneth Boyd 9 20 0 2
Julius Holguin 0 3 0 0
Brian Jones 0 1 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 3 0 2
Anthony Munoz 0 2 0 0
Ramon Boldt 0 1 0 0
Joseph Deslauriers 0 1 0 0
Troy Tomas 0 3 0 0
Harvey Miller 0 1 0 0
Larry Ackman 0 4 0 1
Robert Newton 7 0 0 0
Jimmy Rupe 0 14 0 0
Alex Flores 4 13 0 1
Dale Gregory 34 38 0 2
Thomas Canale 0 11 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 2 0 0
Pablo Goodwin 4 0 0 0
Greg Murtha 9 0 0 0
Marc Gowdy 11 0 0 0
Stephen Durbin 5 2 0 0
Wayne Williams 7 17 0 0
Emmitt James 45 45 0 3
Gerald Demott 45 42 0 2
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Matthew Hard 1 0 0.00 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Fumble Stats

Houston Gamblers

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kenneth Boyd 1 1 0 0

Punting

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 8 393 49.13 46.38 54 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicolas Alleyne 7 324 46.29 42.14 50 1

Kicking

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 3 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 1 58 2 / 2

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Langdon 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 3 / 4

Punt Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Connelly 1 3 3.0 3 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Boyd 3 22 7.3 11 0

Kick Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jessie Castillo 2 39 19.5 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Defensive Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Thomas Erwin 10 0
Rolando Moulton 7 2
Wayne Mashburn 5 0
Eugene Holland 5 0
Paul Walker 4 1
Todd David 4 0
Roderick Carver 4 0
Jessie Castillo 3 0
Leo Thompson 3 0
James Cruz 2 0
David Burt 2 0
Matthew Hard 2 0
August Peterson 1 0
August Madrid 1 0
Boris Riggins 1 0
Cory Vargas 1 0
Benjamin Morrison 1 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Tackles Sacks
Ramon Boldt 7 0
Harvey Miller 6 0
Joseph Deslauriers 6 0
Anthony Munoz 6 1
Rick Edwards 4 0
Robert Newton 3 0
Larry Ackman 3 0
Jose Thompson 2 0
Charles Anderson 2 0
Juan Bennett 1 0
Dennis Noel 1 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 1 0
James Nantz 1 0
Troy Tomas 1 0