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Conference Championship: New York (NY) Stars at Tampa Bay Bandits

January 08, 1978
74°
Tampa Stadium (Tampa, FL) 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

Tampa Bay 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

New York (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

Rushing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ralph Allen 11 85 7.73 28 4 0
James Haigh 8 48 6.00 12 4 1
Jimmy Manning 3 2 0.67 3 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Danial Lasseter 4 28 7.00 14 2 1
Daniel Ritter 2 11 5.50 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Luis Gero 43 31 509 0 / 0 4 80 0 142.49
Tyrone Harvell 23 12 204 1 / 6 2 68 0 111.50

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Roberge 37 21 320 5 / 40 3 71 1 101.18
Leo Brixey 13 5 53 1 / 6 0 23 1 19.07

Receiving Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edward Conner 14 321 22.93 68 2
George Begay 8 100 12.50 18 0
Ernest Seal 5 95 19.00 31 0
Ralph Allen 2 75 37.50 80 1
Michael Popa 4 70 17.50 47 1
Kevin Stoneking 4 46 11.50 20 0
Frank Owens 2 3 1.50 2 1
Daryl Smythe 1 2 2.00 2 1
James Haigh 3 1 0.33 2 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Allan Howard 9 182 20.22 71 3
Joseph Leblanc 2 52 26.00 29 0
Jerry Nalls 3 52 17.33 24 0
Donald Cosper 1 25 25.00 25 0
Danial Lasseter 3 19 6.33 8 0
Anthony Salgado 2 14 7.00 10 0
Rod Hendrickson 3 13 4.33 6 0
Larry Brown 2 10 5.00 7 0
Wendell Figueroa 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Wayne Williams 47 17 1 2
Jimmy Manning 35 16 0 0
Daniel Middleton 0 1 0 0
Guillermo Cooper 0 1 0 0
Martin Wildermuth 0 1 0 0
John Hernandez 0 1 0 0
James Haigh 10 2 0 0
Daryl Smythe 0 1 0 0
George Begay 0 13 0 0
Kevin Stoneking 4 8 0 0
Frank Owens 8 24 0 4
Ernest Seal 0 9 0 0
Edward Conner 0 18 0 1
Mathew Funk 35 21 0 0
Jim Stewart 0 2 0 0
Joseph Poulsen 0 1 0 0
John Burke 14 0 0 0
William Dillon 72 31 0 2
James Smith 79 37 0 4
Ralph Allen 35 6 0 1
Brandon Roberge 39 15 0 0
Joseph Frost 80 39 0 0
Bradley Davis 53 18 0 0
Michael Popa 1 33 0 0
Stanley Dale 0 4 0 0
Andres Neal 0 3 0 0
Christopher Shaw 0 3 0 0
Corey Garcia 0 2 0 0
Al Schwartz 3 2 0 0
William Lewis 0 1 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Luis Carswell 57 13 2 3
Timothy Seeber 48 11 2 2
James Foster 11 2 1 2
Terrence Gahagan 54 13 0 0
Manuel Nance 5 0 0 0
Larry Brown 0 3 0 0
Jerry Nalls 0 4 0 1
Daniel Ritter 4 3 0 0
Allan Howard 0 6 0 0
Richard Sykes 8 0 0 0
Dave Lapham 15 5 0 0
Frank Boyles 18 4 0 0
Anthony Salgado 10 8 0 0
Danial Lasseter 24 7 0 0
Joseph Leblanc 12 6 0 0
Daniel Jaramillo 13 1 0 0
Wendell Figueroa 15 4 0 0
Rod Hendrickson 16 6 0 0
Donald Fernandez 0 8 0 0
Daniel Wells 51 13 0 0
Michael Arellano 68 17 0 0
Gary Patterson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Hernandez 1 0 0.00 0
Joseph Poulsen 1 -1 -1.00 0

New York (NY) Stars

Fumble Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Haigh 1 0 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Lewis Wadsworth 0 1 0 0

Punting

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 3 141 47.00 45.00 50 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Bruce Kester 9 445 49.44 44.44 62 1

Kicking

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 51 7 / 7

New York (NY) Stars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Paul Holder 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 4

Punt Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Allan Howard 2 8 4.0 4 0

Kick Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Daryl Smythe 2 50 25.0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Defensive Stats