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Wild Card: New Jersey Generals at Pittsburgh Maulers

December 25, 1977
24°
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 56,424 (96%)
Generals 7 0 3 10 - 20
Maulers 0 3 0 7 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 2-2-PIT 2 (3:20) 2-Doug Fluty pass complete to 86-Tom McConnaughey for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Ralph Lopez. PIT 0 NJG 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-8-NJG 15 (2:40) 8-Bret Curley 33 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 3 NJG 7
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-1-PIT 29 (8:11) 5-Ralph Lopez 48 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 3 NJG 10
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-3-PIT 3 (15:00) 5-Ralph Lopez 22 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 3 NJG 13
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 3-9-PIT 47 (13:02) 13-Michael White pass complete to 31-Eric Metcalf for 53 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 10 NJG 13
(Qtr 4) Generals: 3-2-PIT 2 (4:43) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 84-Leroy Selmon for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Ralph Lopez. PIT 10 NJG 20

Team Statistics

Maulers Generals
First Downs 15 18
- Rushing 6 6
- Passing 8 10
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 352 379
- Offensive Plays 65 64
- Yards Per Play 5.42 5.92
Net Rushing Yards 81 124
- Rushing Attempts 28 31
- Yards Per Rush 2.89 4.00
Net Passing Yards 271 255
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 20 / 0 32 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 278 262
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.32 7.73
- Yards Per Completion 13.90 13.10
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 6.7
4th Down Conversions 2 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 14 5 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 5
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 24 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 24
Time of Possession 29:24 30:36

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:43 1:24 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
1 9:32 2:19 OWN 5 5 13 Punt
1 3:16 2:05 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 14:50 2:16 OWN 3 5 19 Punt
2 10:36 7:58 OWN 26 12 60 Field Goal
2 1:34 1:34 OWN 7 3 46 Half
3 15:00 2:16 OWN 21 6 17 Punt
3 8:07 3:43 OWN 25 8 68 Fumble
4 14:58 2:06 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
4 11:54 1:28 OWN 23 3 7 Punt
4 4:40 2:15 OWN 25 10 52 Downs

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:17 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 12:19 2:47 OWN 29 5 23 Punt
1 7:13 3:57 OWN 32 7 68 Touchdown
1 1:11 1:21 OWN 29 3 10 Punt
2 12:34 1:58 OWN 28 3 3 Punt
2 2:37 1:04 OWN 25 5 25 Punt
3 12:44 4:37 OWN 17 8 54 Field Goal
3 4:24 4:26 OWN 2 7 95 Field Goal
4 12:52 0:58 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 10:26 5:46 OWN 21 13 79 Touchdown
4 2:25 2:25 OWN 31 7 21 Game

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 14 51 3.64 11 2 0
Robert Ensley 12 31 2.58 17 1 0
Eric Metcalf 2 -1 -0.50 1 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herschel Walker 21 110 5.24 21 5 0
Maurice Carthon 8 15 1.88 9 0 0
Doug Fluty 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Lonnie Wooding 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael White 34 20 278 1 / 7 1 53 0 94.98
Brandon Rocha 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Doug Fluty 19 10 135 1 / 7 1 30 0 93.09
Stephan Labelle 13 10 127 0 / 0 1 27 0 132.53

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Eric Metcalf 4 88 22.00 53 1
Vito Moffat 5 47 9.40 17 0
John Gordon 3 43 14.33 19 0
Robert Diaz 2 43 21.50 35 0
Robert Richards 1 31 31.00 31 0
Robert Ensley 2 13 6.50 8 0
Bobby King 1 6 6.00 6 0
Dustin Adams 1 4 4.00 4 0
Cliff Thomas 1 3 3.00 3 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Clarence Collins 5 88 17.60 27 0
Tom McConnaughey 4 51 12.75 30 1
Damon Rosato 2 37 18.50 27 0
Herschel Walker 1 23 23.00 23 0
Maurice Carthon 2 21 10.50 12 0
Jeff Speck 1 19 19.00 19 0
Leroy Selmon 4 16 4.00 6 1
Steve Jobs 1 7 7.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Vito Moffat 0 15 0 0
Michael Mills 8 1 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 1 0 0
Luther Gilbert 0 1 0 0
Charles Smith 0 1 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 1 0 0
Arthur Shipman 0 1 0 1
Calvin Ladner 0 1 0 0
Dennis McLean 2 3 0 0
Albert Holly 0 4 0 0
Bobby King 0 5 0 0
Robert Ensley 4 0 0 0
Dustin Adams 9 6 0 0
Pete Gabriel 8 0 0 0
Sidney Woosley 37 30 0 0
Jeff Orr 6 1 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 6 2 0 0
Raymond Weems 11 4 0 0
Jon Brantley 7 1 0 0
Robert Diaz 11 24 0 1
John Gordon 0 17 0 1
Eric Metcalf 4 14 0 0
Robert Richards 0 24 0 0
Larry Fazio 42 38 0 1
Tim Kaufman 38 34 0 0
Herman Winn 34 39 0 3
Andre Adkins 39 39 0 1
Eric Reed 0 1 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Elvis Presley 43 38 1 2
Clarence Collins 0 13 0 1
Cody Adkins 0 5 0 0
Daniel Tosh 0 1 0 1
Mike Williams 0 1 0 0
Freddie Gilbert 0 1 0 0
Dustin Diamond 0 1 0 0
Bobby Leopold 0 2 0 0
Lawrence Bruce 4 0 0 0
Frank Naylor 4 0 0 0
Steve Jobs 0 4 0 1
Marcus Anderson 0 4 0 0
Tom McConnaughey 0 9 0 0
Maurice Carthon 7 0 0 0
Jeff Speck 12 26 0 1
John Jewell 14 2 0 0
Gregory Johnson 6 1 0 1
Herschel Walker 4 2 0 0
Leroy Selmon 10 35 0 2
Steve Niehaus 43 34 0 2
Jimmy Hoffa 39 35 0 0
John Piche 43 37 0 3
Kent Hull 41 38 0 3
Damon Rosato 0 23 0 0
Doug Mackie 0 3 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

New Jersey Generals

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Ensley 1 0 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gregory Johnson 0 0 1 0
Jerry Holmes 0 1 0 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 6 286 47.67 47.00 50 1

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 6 278 46.33 46.50 58 1

Kicking

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 33 1 / 1

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ralph Lopez 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 2 / 2

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Eric Metcalf 1 0 0.0 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Maurice Carthon 1 5 5.0 5 0

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Ensley 1 24 24.0 0

New Jersey Generals

Defensive Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Bradley Martinez 6 0
Brian Lowe 6 0
Randy Ertel 6 0
Morton Wright 4 0
Calvin Ladner 3 0
Charles Smith 3 0
Leonel Martinsen 3 0
Nathaniel Miles 3 1
George Grant 3 0
John Hunter 3 0
Michael Large 2 0
Marvin Anderson 2 0
Paul Brooks 2 0
Charles Yerby 2 0
John Gordon 1 0
Arthur Shipman 1 0
Eric Reed 1 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Jim LeClair 8 0
Gregory Johnson 5 0
Mike Williams 5 0
John Joyce 5 0
Dustin Diamond 4 0
Bobby Leopold 4 0
Jerry Holmes 3 1
Gary Barbaro 3 0
Daniel Tosh 3 0
James Lockette 3 0
Kerry Justin 2 0
Freddie Gilbert 2 0
Tom Woodland 1 0
Tony Perez 1 0