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December 18, 1977 71° American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 35,287 (71%)
Breakers 0 7 10 7 - 24
Hornets 20 13 0 10 - 43
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Hornets: 1-10-CHA 25 (15:00) 4-Chad Pierson pass complete to 47-Humberto Gray for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. CHA 7 BOS 0
(Qtr 1) Hornets: 1-10-BOS 47 (11:22) 4-Chad Pierson pass complete to 48-Jerry Roux for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Hornets: 3-5-BOS 7 (5:55) 4-Chad Pierson pass complete to 34-Ricky Jackson for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. CHA 45-Gregory Williams was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CHA 73-Jesse Doolan was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CHA 20 BOS 0
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 4-5-BOS 5 (10:54) 17-Willie Putnam 22 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 23 BOS 0
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 4-7-BOS 30 (8:51) 17-Willie Putnam 47 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 26 BOS 0
(Qtr 2) Breakers: 2-18-CHA 18 (4:59) 9-Michael Temples pass complete to 16-Jonathan Miller for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Timothy Riley. CHA 26 BOS 7
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 1-10-CHA 47 (2:32) 4-Chad Pierson pass complete to 82-Emil Hoban for 53 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. CHA 33 BOS 7
(Qtr 3) Breakers: 2-1-CHA 1 (9:56) 21-Matthew Brinkley ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Timothy Riley. CHA 33 BOS 14
(Qtr 3) Breakers: 4-10-CHA 23 (8:12) 12-Timothy Riley 41 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 33 BOS 17
(Qtr 4) Hornets: 3-10-BOS 15 (13:29) 4-Chad Pierson pass complete to 48-Jerry Roux for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. BOS 44-Kyle Henrich was injured on the play. CHA 40 BOS 17
(Qtr 4) Breakers: 2-10-CHA 10 (7:38) 9-Michael Temples pass complete to 28-Richard Marshall for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Timothy Riley. BOS 21-Matthew Brinkley was injured on the play. CHA 40 BOS 24
(Qtr 4) Hornets: 4-7-BOS 15 (1:56) 17-Willie Putnam 32 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 43 BOS 24
Team Statistics
Hornets Breakers
First Downs 15 15
- Rushing 5 2
- Passing 10 11
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 537 316
- Offensive Plays 71 63
- Yards Per Play 7.56 5.02
Net Rushing Yards 120 55
- Rushing Attempts 34 15
- Yards Per Rush 3.53 3.67
Net Passing Yards 417 261
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 24 / 1 47 / 23 / 6
- Gross Passing Yards 449 268
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 32 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 11.27 5.44
- Yards Per Completion 18.71 11.65
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 17 4 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 45 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 17 1 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 5 / 132
Int Returns/Yards 6 / 14 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 25
Time of Possession 36:30 23:31
Drive Charts
Hornets
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:12 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 12:48 1:39 OWN 41 3 59 Touchdown
1 10:45 4:53 OWN 22 8 78 Touchdown
1 3:45 2:53 OWN 16 5 32 Punt
1 0:10 4:19 OWN 44 7 51 Field Goal
2 10:02 1:15 OPP 33 3 3 Field Goal
2 4:55 1:44 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 2:31 0:10 OWN 47 1 53 Touchdown
2 1:51 1:39 OWN 34 6 9 Punt
3 9:53 0:12 OWN 25 3 0 Interception
3 8:09 1:58 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
3 4:05 5:41 OWN 13 10 87 Touchdown
4 12:32 2:47 50 4 13 Punt
4 8:07 0:35 OWN 23 4 -23 Touchdown
4 7:32 3:59 OWN 25 6 25 Punt
4 2:57 1:04 OPP 18 3 3 Field Goal
4 1:30 1:30 OWN 32 4 22 Game
Breakers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:48 2:00 OWN 25 4 29 Interception
1 11:09 0:25 OWN 27 3 0 Punt
1 5:51 2:06 OWN 25 4 21 Interception
1 0:52 0:43 OWN 20 2 15 Interception
2 10:51 0:49 OWN 24 2 0 Interception
2 8:47 3:51 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 3:12 0:41 OWN 18 2 13 Interception
2 2:21 0:29 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 0:13 0:13 OWN 20 1 1 Half
3 15:00 5:07 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
3 9:42 1:33 OPP 41 6 19 Field Goal
3 6:10 2:05 OWN 37 3 6 Punt
4 13:24 0:53 OWN 22 1 2 Interception
4 9:44 1:37 OWN 11 4 19 Punt
4 3:33 0:36 OWN 8 4 9 Downs
4 1:53 0:23 OWN 24 3 0 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Hornets
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#47 Humberto Gray 17 71 4.18 15 3 0
#48 Jerry Roux 13 46 3.54 13 2 0
#18 David Dirksen 2 5 2.50 5 0 0
#1 Chad Pierson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
#49 Robert Carroll 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0
Breakers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#48 Matthew Brinkley 13 55 4.23 22 2 1
#28 Richard Marshall 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Hornets
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#1 Chad Pierson 32 24 449 5 / 32 5 75 1 143.23
Breakers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Michael Temples 47 23 268 1 / 7 2 22 6 41.22
Receiving Stats
Hornets
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Emil Hoban 7 118 16.86 53 1
#48 Jerry Roux 5 109 21.80 47 2
#86 Jorge Dougherty 3 94 31.33 43 0
#47 Humberto Gray 2 85 42.50 75 1
#34 Ricky Jackson 4 13 3.25 7 1
#26 William Dolloff 1 12 12.00 12 0
#49 Robert Carroll 1 11 11.00 11 0
#88 Paul Williams 1 7 7.00 7 0
Breakers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#16 Jonathan Miller 8 99 12.38 22 1
#14 William Delatorre 6 77 12.83 15 0
#85 Jeff King 4 41 10.25 21 0
#88 Jeremiah Henderson 1 22 22.00 22 0
#28 Richard Marshall 2 17 8.50 10 1
#10 Charles Bouton 1 7 7.00 7 0
#48 Matthew Brinkley 1 5 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Hornets
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#64 Norris Scott 37 37 3 6
#78 Wayne Harris 23 23 1 1
#71 Harold White 37 43 1 2
#45 Gregory Williams 37 30 1 1
#35 Shawn Ayala 7 17 0 3
#36 Jame Harrell 35 28 0 4
#69 Jorge Knox 42 39 0 5
#84 Bruce Souza 14 0 0 0
#22 Richard Green 14 1 0 0
#73 Jesse Doolan 15 0 0 0
#26 William Dolloff 6 4 0 0
#47 Humberto Gray 23 14 0 0
#46 Carl Hammond 3 0 0 0
#97 David Bronson 0 1 0 0
#91 Brian Queen 0 2 0 0
#29 Robert Mason 5 4 0 2
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 0 2 0 0
#23 Charles McMillan 0 2 0 1
#38 Joseph Abernathy 0 2 0 0
#82 Emil Hoban 0 14 0 2
#86 Jorge Dougherty 0 14 0 1
#34 Ricky Jackson 8 36 0 3
#48 Jerry Roux 7 17 0 0
#77 Derek Mattison 1 2 0 0
#88 Paul Williams 7 13 0 0
#51 Alfonso Bessey 0 3 0 0
#69 Morris Sterling 0 1 0 0
#67 Daniel Macdougall 0 1 0 0
#99 Fernando Stone 0 1 0 0
#14 Thomas Ross 0 1 0 0
#34 Thomas Vasquez 0 2 0 0
#49 Robert Carroll 0 2 0 0
#95 Michael Griffith 0 1 0 0
Breakers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#40 Paul Mailloux 16 16 0 2
#57 Kenneth Killebrew 52 23 0 2
#70 Alton Garner 49 22 0 1
#65 Bobby Slocum 51 28 0 1
#88 Jeremiah Henderson 12 22 0 1
#79 Wendell Borges 48 27 0 1
#75 Joseph Gregory 45 16 0 1
#16 Jonathan Miller 0 6 0 0
#56 Richard Russell 0 5 0 2
#86 John Coleman 0 5 0 0
#59 Eric Benson 0 5 0 0
#52 Ryan Willey 0 3 0 0
#95 James Lord 0 5 0 0
#98 Roy Edelman 0 2 0 0
#60 Dan Gordan 1 5 0 1
#43 Clint Leddy 3 6 0 0
#64 Lee Jarrett 9 0 0 0
#78 Carl Burns 11 2 0 0
#69 David Correa 7 0 0 0
#48 Matthew Brinkley 16 4 0 0
#14 William Delatorre 0 4 0 0
#91 Fred Rodriguez 0 3 0 0
#28 Richard Marshall 3 2 0 0
#68 John Fuentes 5 0 0 0
#51 Michael Souther 4 1 0 0
#85 James Walkowiak 0 3 0 0
#73 Jeremy Derby 7 3 0 0
#85 Patrick Burke 0 2 0 0
#44 Kyle Henrich 0 1 0 1
#54 Earl Skinner 0 2 0 0
#85 Jeff King 0 2 0 0
#38 Roy Printz 2 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Hornets
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#59 Frank Greenbaum 1 12 12.00 0
#38 Joseph Abernathy 2 2 1.00 0
#34 Thomas Vasquez 1 0 0.00 0
#29 Robert Mason 2 0 0.00 0
Breakers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#37 Charles Frady 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Hornets
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#48 Jerry Roux 2 0 0 0
#1 Chad Pierson 1 1 0 0
#78 Wayne Harris 0 1 0 0
Breakers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#9 Michael Temples 1 0 0 0
#79 Wendell Borges 0 1 0 0
#56 Richard Russell 0 0 2 0
#64 Lee Jarrett 0 1 0 0
#88 Jeremiah Henderson 0 0 1 0
Punting
Hornets
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Thomas Desantiago 6 282 47.00 37.33 58 2
Breakers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Eric Beach 5 240 48.00 45.00 57 1
Kicking
Hornets
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#17 Willie Putnam 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 4 / 5
Breakers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Timothy Riley 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 3 / 3
Punt Return
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#48 Jerry Roux 2 17 8.5 13 0
Breakers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 William Delatorre 1 10 10.0 10 0
Kick Return
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Breakers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#14 William Delatorre 5 132 26.4 0
Defensive Stats
Hornets
Name Tackles Sacks
#29 Robert Mason 8 0
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 8 1
#23 Charles McMillan 5 0
#59 Frank Greenbaum 5 0
#99 Fernando Stone 4 0
#34 Thomas Vasquez 3 0
#91 Brian Queen 2 0
#38 Joseph Abernathy 2 0
#77 Derek Mattison 2 0
#82 Emil Hoban 2 0
#94 Steven Klock 1 0
#51 Alfonso Bessey 1 0
#69 Morris Sterling 1 0
#67 Daniel Macdougall 1 0
Breakers
Name Tackles Sacks
#54 Earl Skinner 8 0
#27 Brian Pruett 8 0
#37 Charles Frady 7 0
#30 Nathan Smith 7 0
#96 Refugio Hudson 7 4
#56 Juan Cortez 5 0
#59 Eric Benson 4 0
#44 Kyle Henrich 3 0
#24 Juan Bellino 2 0
#56 Richard Russell 2 1
#16 Jonathan Miller 2 0
#52 Ryan Willey 2 0
#40 Paul Mailloux 1 0
#14 William Delatorre 1 0
#85 Jeff King 1 0
#98 Roy Edelman 1 0
#95 James Lord 1 0
#65 Gary Greco 1 1