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Divisional Round: New Jersey Generals at Tampa Bay Bandits

January 01, 1978
71°
Tampa Stadium (Tampa, FL) Attendance: 74,301 (100%)
Generals 0 0 0 0 - 0
Bandits 10 17 10 10 - 47

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bandits: 1-2-NJG 2 (11:29) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 7 NJG 0
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 4-10-NJG 31 (8:24) 15-Thomas Hummell 48 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 10 NJG 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 3-3-NJG 15 (15:00) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 17 NJG 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 2-5-NJG 23 (8:48) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 24 NJG 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-1-NJG 19 (1:47) 15-Thomas Hummell 36 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 96-James Lockette was injured on the play. TAM 27 NJG 0
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 4-5-NJG 18 (6:49) 15-Thomas Hummell 35 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 30 NJG 0
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 2-7-NJG 7 (4:27) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 83-Michael Popa for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 37 NJG 0
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 3-6-NJG 6 (12:50) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 27-Frank Owens for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 44 NJG 0
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-11-NJG 28 (5:26) 15-Thomas Hummell 45 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 47 NJG 0

Team Statistics

Bandits Generals
First Downs 20 8
- Rushing 6 3
- Passing 14 4
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 496 103
- Offensive Plays 69 56
- Yards Per Play 7.19 1.84
Net Rushing Yards 118 58
- Rushing Attempts 31 21
- Yards Per Rush 3.81 2.76
Net Passing Yards 378 45
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 26 / 0 27 / 13 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 396 102
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 18 8 / 57
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.95 1.29
- Yards Per Completion 15.23 7.85
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 14 2 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 9.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 9 / 61 1 / -1
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 31 2 / 65
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 24
Time of Possession 33:36 26:24

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:18 2:52 OWN 46 7 54 Touchdown
1 9:54 1:34 OWN 34 5 35 Field Goal
1 6:41 2:07 OWN 29 3 9 Punt
1 2:14 2:18 OWN 49 5 51 Touchdown
2 10:45 2:02 OWN 44 4 56 Touchdown
2 6:45 1:25 OWN 30 3 3 Punt
2 3:36 1:52 OWN 28 6 53 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:55 OWN 21 3 2 Punt
3 10:39 3:53 OWN 42 6 40 Field Goal
3 5:48 1:25 OPP 49 3 49 Touchdown
3 2:35 4:49 OWN 19 9 81 Touchdown
4 11:45 6:23 OWN 34 10 39 Field Goal
4 3:12 1:55 OWN 20 4 19 Punt
4 0:06 0:06 OPP 49 1 4 Game

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:42 OWN 25 2 1 Interception
1 11:26 1:32 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 8:20 1:39 OWN 24 4 8 Punt
1 4:34 2:20 OWN 17 3 -12 Punt
2 14:56 4:11 OWN 25 7 38 Missed FG
2 8:44 1:59 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 5:20 1:44 OWN 17 4 13 Punt
2 1:44 1:44 OWN 25 3 4 Half
3 14:05 3:26 OWN 31 6 34 Missed FG
3 6:45 0:57 OWN 25 3 -17 Punt
3 4:24 1:49 OWN 25 6 16 Punt
4 12:46 1:01 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
4 5:22 2:10 OWN 27 6 24 Punt
4 1:16 1:10 OWN 20 3 -13 Punt

Rushing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ralph Allen 14 60 4.29 13 4 0
James Haigh 10 42 4.20 11 2 0
Jimmy Manning 7 16 2.29 10 1 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herschel Walker 17 54 3.18 13 2 0
Lonnie Wooding 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Maurice Carthon 3 -1 -0.33 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Luis Gero 28 22 352 3 / 18 4 43 0 158.33
Tyrone Harvell 7 4 44 0 / 0 1 29 0 115.48

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Doug Fluty 18 9 77 7 / 49 0 27 1 38.43
Stephan Labelle 9 4 25 1 / 8 0 11 0 51.62

Receiving Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edward Conner 11 199 18.09 43 3
Michael Popa 6 135 22.50 35 1
George Begay 2 20 10.00 10 0
Daryl Smythe 1 16 16.00 16 0
Kevin Stoneking 1 13 13.00 13 0
Frank Owens 3 9 3.00 6 1
James Haigh 1 3 3.00 3 0
Ralph Allen 1 1 1.00 1 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Damon Rosato 3 45 15.00 27 0
Clarence Collins 3 33 11.00 15 0
Leroy Selmon 4 17 4.25 6 0
Herschel Walker 1 5 5.00 5 0
Tom McConnaughey 1 1 1.00 1 0
Maurice Carthon 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Mathew Funk 14 2 1 1
Martin Wildermuth 0 1 0 0
John Burke 14 1 0 0
Andres Neal 0 2 0 1
Christopher Shaw 0 5 0 0
Joseph Poulsen 0 3 0 0
Michael Popa 0 15 0 0
Al Schwartz 4 7 0 1
John Hernandez 0 4 0 2
Jim Stewart 0 4 0 0
Ernest Seal 0 9 0 0
Edward Conner 0 21 0 0
Corey Garcia 0 4 0 1
Wayne Williams 9 0 0 0
Kevin Stoneking 1 6 0 2
Phillip Carr 0 1 0 1
Ralph Allen 20 2 0 0
Frank Owens 3 23 0 2
James Haigh 10 5 0 0
George Begay 0 22 0 0
William Dillon 37 34 0 0
James Smith 48 43 0 7
Jimmy Manning 25 20 0 0
Brandon Roberge 49 36 0 1
Joseph Frost 51 40 0 1
Bradley Davis 45 37 0 0
Brian Newberry 0 1 0 0
Daniel Middleton 0 1 0 0
Stanley Dale 0 3 0 0
Stephen Proctor 0 1 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Elvis Presley 45 25 4 5
Steve Niehaus 47 24 2 3
Herschel Walker 10 4 1 1
Jeff Speck 11 15 0 0
Albert Donaldson 0 2 0 0
Cody Adkins 0 3 0 0
Tom McConnaughey 0 6 0 0
Stuart Haney 0 2 0 0
Lawrence Bruce 7 4 0 0
Frank Naylor 7 0 0 0
Doug Mackie 3 1 0 0
Clarence Collins 0 9 0 0
Dustin Diamond 0 3 0 0
Daniel Tosh 0 2 0 1
Jim LeClair 0 2 0 0
Mike Williams 1 2 0 0
Kerry Justin 0 2 0 0
Damon Rosato 0 7 0 0
Mike Weddington 0 2 0 0
Gary Barbaro 0 2 0 0
John Preston 0 3 0 0
John Jewell 11 0 0 0
Gregory Johnson 9 3 0 0
Leroy Selmon 7 16 0 1
Jimmy Hoffa 45 27 0 3
John Piche 39 26 0 1
Kent Hull 46 28 0 4
Maurice Carthon 3 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jim Stewart 1 1 1.00 0

New Jersey Generals

Fumble Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jimmy Manning 1 0 0 0
William Lewis 0 0 1 0
James Smith 0 1 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Herschel Walker 1 1 0 0
Maurice Carthon 0 1 0 0
Albert Donaldson 0 0 1 0

Punting

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 4 203 50.75 46.50 62 1

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 10 483 48.30 40.80 52 0

Kicking

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 4 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 48 5 / 5

New Jersey Generals

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

Punt Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Haigh 9 61 6.8 10 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Maurice Carthon 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0

Kick Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Daryl Smythe 1 31 31.0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Maurice Carthon 2 65 32.5 0

Defensive Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
Daniel Middleton 6 3
John Hernandez 5 0
Terry Crum 5 0
Martin Wildermuth 5 0
William Lewis 4 3
Stephen Proctor 3 2
Julian Kimmel 3 0
Brian Newberry 3 0
Phillip Carr 2 0
Al Schwartz 2 0
Corey Garcia 2 0
Jim Stewart 1 0
Stanley Dale 1 0
Lewis Lum 1 0
Michael Popa 1 0
Randy Dukes 1 0
Joseph Poulsen 1 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
John Joyce 9 0
Gary Barbaro 7 0
Gregory Johnson 6 0
Tony Perez 6 0
Mike Williams 5 0
Dustin Diamond 5 0
Jim LeClair 5 1
Mike Weddington 4 0
Emanuel Weaver 2 0
Freddie Gilbert 2 0
Barry Noland 2 1
Jerry Holmes 2 0
Albert Donaldson 2 0
Tom Woodland 1 0
Kent Hull 1 0
Clarence Collins 1 0
Daniel Tosh 1 0
Kerry Justin 1 0
James Lockette 1 1
Leroy Selmon 1 0
Jim Byrne 1 0