Conference Championship: (NY) Stars at Bandits
January 08, 1978 74° Tampa Stadium
Attendance: 74,301 (100%)
(NY) Stars 13 0 7 7 - 27
Bandits 14 27 10 10 - 61
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) (NY) Stars: 2-19-NYS 29 (13:06) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 85-Allan Howard for 71 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Paul Holder. TAM 0 NYS 7
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 1-10-NYS 42 (12:13) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 42 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 7 NYS 7
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 1-2-NYS 2 (4:45) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 27-Frank Owens for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 14 NYS 7
(Qtr 1) (NY) Stars: 2-10-TAM 46 (3:52) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 85-Allan Howard for 46 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 2-1-NYS 0 (14:16) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 83-Michael Popa for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 21 NYS 13
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-4-NYS 4 (9:02) 15-Thomas Hummell 21 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 24 NYS 13
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 2-10-TAM 20 (7:15) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 39-Ralph Allen for 80 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 31 NYS 13
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 1-10-TAM 32 (4:28) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 68 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 79-Bradley Davis was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. TAM 31-Brandon Roberge was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. TAM 38 NYS 13
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 3-1-NYS 0 (0:04) 15-Thomas Hummell 17 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 41 NYS 13
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 3-2-NYS 2 (12:13) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 18-Daryl Smythe for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 48 NYS 13
(Qtr 3) (NY) Stars: 1-1-TAM 1 (9:17) 33-Danial Lasseter ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Paul Holder. TAM 48 NYS 20
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 4-11-NYS 33 (4:09) 15-Thomas Hummell 51 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 51 NYS 20
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-11-NYS 26 (11:51) 15-Thomas Hummell 43 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 54 NYS 20
(Qtr 4) (NY) Stars: 2-6-TAM 6 (9:15) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 85-Allan Howard for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Paul Holder. TAM 54 NYS 27
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 1-4-NYS 4 (2:09) 37-James Haigh ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 61 NYS 27
Team Statistics
Bandits (NY) Stars
First Downs 35 13
- Rushing 7 3
- Passing 26 10
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 842 366
- Offensive Plays 89 62
- Yards Per Play 9.46 5.90
Net Rushing Yards 135 39
- Rushing Attempts 22 6
- Yards Per Rush 6.14 6.50
Net Passing Yards 707 327
- Att/Comp/Int 66 / 43 / 0 50 / 26 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 713 373
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 6 6 / 46
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.55 5.84
- Yards Per Completion 16.58 14.35
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 11 2 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.1 10.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 50 3 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 50 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / -1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 7 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 2 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 25
Time of Possession 39:17 20:44
Drive Charts
Bandits
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:57 0:51 OWN 18 3 82 Touchdown
1 11:13 0:54 OWN 21 3 0 Punt
1 8:14 3:32 OWN 10 8 90 Touchdown
1 3:46 4:33 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
2 12:39 3:40 OWN 25 8 72 Field Goal
2 7:17 0:15 OWN 20 2 80 Touchdown
2 5:15 0:57 OWN 20 2 80 Touchdown
2 2:53 2:52 OWN 18 8 82 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:51 OWN 17 7 83 Touchdown
3 10:42 1:28 OWN 12 3 -12 Touchdown
3 9:14 1:37 OWN 25 4 7 Punt
3 6:06 2:02 OWN 45 6 21 Field Goal
3 1:59 1:45 OWN 29 3 10 Punt
4 14:45 2:58 OWN 37 7 37 Field Goal
4 9:12 7:05 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
4 1:57 1:57 OPP 42 4 31 Game
(NY) Stars
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:03 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 12:06 0:53 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 10:19 2:06 OWN 36 4 9 Punt
1 4:41 0:56 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 14:13 1:34 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 8:59 1:42 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
2 7:03 1:48 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
2 4:18 1:25 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 8 Half
3 12:09 1:26 OWN 25 4 17 Punt
3 7:37 1:31 OWN 22 3 -14 Punt
3 4:05 2:06 OWN 25 5 43 Interception
3 0:14 0:29 OWN 17 3 -1 Punt
4 11:47 2:35 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
4 2:06 0:09 OWN 25 2 4 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Bandits
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 Ralph Allen 11 85 7.73 28 4 0
#22 James Haigh 8 48 6.00 12 4 1
#49 Jimmy Manning 3 2 0.67 3 0 0
(NY) Stars
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#33 Danial Lasseter 4 28 7.00 14 2 1
#24 Daniel Ritter 2 11 5.50 12 1 0
Passing Stats
Bandits
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Luis Gero 43 31 509 0 / 0 4 80 0 142.49
#13 Tyrone Harvell 23 12 204 1 / 6 2 68 0 111.50
(NY) Stars
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Eric Roberge 37 21 320 5 / 40 3 71 1 101.18
#4 Leo Brixey 13 5 53 1 / 6 0 23 1 19.07
Receiving Stats
Bandits
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#12 Edward Conner 14 321 22.93 68 2
#81 George Begay 8 100 12.50 18 0
#13 Ernest Seal 5 95 19.00 31 0
#39 Ralph Allen 2 75 37.50 80 1
#19 Michael Popa 4 70 17.50 47 1
#82 Kevin Stoneking 4 46 11.50 20 0
#45 Frank Owens 2 3 1.50 2 1
#18 Daryl Smythe 1 2 2.00 2 1
#22 James Haigh 3 1 0.33 2 0
(NY) Stars
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Allan Howard 9 182 20.22 71 3
#83 Joseph Leblanc 2 52 26.00 29 0
#13 Jerry Nalls 3 52 17.33 24 0
#12 Donald Cosper 1 25 25.00 25 0
#33 Danial Lasseter 3 19 6.33 8 0
#82 Anthony Salgado 2 14 7.00 10 0
#80 Rod Hendrickson 3 13 4.33 6 0
#10 Larry Brown 2 10 5.00 7 0
#24 Wendell Figueroa 1 6 6.00 6 0
Blocking Stats
Bandits
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Wayne Williams 47 17 1 2
#45 Jim Stewart 0 2 0 0
#96 Joseph Poulsen 0 1 0 0
#43 Al Schwartz 3 2 0 0
#29 Corey Garcia 0 2 0 0
#98 Christopher Shaw 0 3 0 0
#93 Andres Neal 0 3 0 0
#55 Stanley Dale 0 4 0 0
#19 Michael Popa 1 33 0 0
#79 Bradley Davis 53 18 0 0
#63 Joseph Frost 80 39 0 0
#31 Brandon Roberge 39 15 0 0
#39 Ralph Allen 35 6 0 1
#68 James Smith 79 37 0 4
#64 William Dillon 72 31 0 2
#71 John Burke 14 0 0 0
#49 Jimmy Manning 35 16 0 0
#76 Mathew Funk 35 21 0 0
#12 Edward Conner 0 18 0 1
#13 Ernest Seal 0 9 0 0
#45 Frank Owens 8 24 0 4
#82 Kevin Stoneking 4 8 0 0
#81 George Begay 0 13 0 0
#18 Daryl Smythe 0 1 0 0
#22 James Haigh 10 2 0 0
#91 John Hernandez 0 1 0 0
#95 Martin Wildermuth 0 1 0 0
#51 Guillermo Cooper 0 1 0 0
#79 Daniel Middleton 0 1 0 0
#98 William Lewis 0 1 0 0
(NY) Stars
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#51 Luis Carswell 57 13 2 3
#72 Timothy Seeber 48 11 2 2
#69 James Foster 11 2 1 2
#56 Terrence Gahagan 54 13 0 0
#33 Danial Lasseter 24 7 0 0
#68 Michael Arellano 68 17 0 0
#70 Daniel Wells 51 13 0 0
#81 Donald Fernandez 0 8 0 0
#80 Rod Hendrickson 16 6 0 0
#24 Wendell Figueroa 15 4 0 0
#60 Daniel Jaramillo 13 1 0 0
#83 Joseph Leblanc 12 6 0 0
#69 Frank Boyles 18 4 0 0
#82 Anthony Salgado 10 8 0 0
#68 Dave Lapham 15 5 0 0
#92 Richard Sykes 8 0 0 0
#85 Allan Howard 0 6 0 0
#24 Daniel Ritter 4 3 0 0
#13 Jerry Nalls 0 4 0 1
#10 Larry Brown 0 3 0 0
#64 Manuel Nance 5 0 0 0
#31 Gary Patterson 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Bandits
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#91 John Hernandez 1 0 0.00 0
#96 Joseph Poulsen 1 -1 -1.00 0
(NY) Stars
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Bandits
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#22 James Haigh 1 0 0 0
(NY) Stars
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#36 Lewis Wadsworth 0 1 0 0
Punting
Bandits
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#14 David Manion 3 141 47.00 45.00 50 0
(NY) Stars
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Bruce Kester 9 445 49.44 44.44 62 1
Kicking
Bandits
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#15 Thomas Hummell 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 51 7 / 7
(NY) Stars
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#11 Paul Holder 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 3 / 4
Punt Return
Bandits
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
(NY) Stars
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Allan Howard 2 8 4.0 4 0
Kick Return
Bandits
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#18 Daryl Smythe 2 50 25.0 0
(NY) Stars
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Bandits
Name Tackles Sacks
#91 John Hernandez 7 0
#30 Brian Newberry 4 0
#45 Jim Stewart 4 0
#43 Al Schwartz 3 1
#29 Corey Garcia 3 0
#28 Terry Crum 3 0
#98 William Lewis 3 2
#79 Daniel Middleton 2 1
#93 Andres Neal 1 0
#51 Guillermo Cooper 1 0
#36 Phillip Carr 1 0
#91 Stephen Proctor 1 1
#39 Ralph Allen 1 0
#75 Julian Kimmel 1 1
#45 David Asuncion 1 0
#44 Lewis Lum 1 0
(NY) Stars
Name Tackles Sacks
#31 Gary Patterson 10 0
#46 Ben Fabiano 8 0
#35 Dillon Zimmerman 7 0
#39 Adrian Hill 6 0
#95 Daniel Roth 6 1
#23 Rodney Preston 4 0
#44 George Perez 3 0
#66 Howard Zacharias 3 0
#41 Michael Sorensen 3 0
#93 Hollis Owens 2 0
#36 Lewis Wadsworth 2 0
#96 Jimmy Atwell 2 0
#91 Joshua Nickols 1 0
#54 Martin Wolf 1 0
#23 Kenneth Brooks 1 0
#80 Rod Hendrickson 1 0
#95 Charles Raynor 1 0
#10 Larry Brown 1 0