Regular Season Week 1: VooDoo at Force
September 03, 1978 85° Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Attendance: 47,019 (78%)
VooDoo 21 21 3 0 - 45
Force 0 13 0 0 - 13
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 1-10-GAF 25 (11:43) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 82-William Ramsey for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. GAF 0 NOV 7
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 2-2-GAF 2 (6:18) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 19-Thomas Canale for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. GAF 0 NOV 14
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 1-10-NOV 5 (3:10) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 82-William Ramsey for 95 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. GAF 0 NOV 21
(Qtr 2) Force: 2-5-NOV 5 (10:50) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 88-Francis Ball for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Paul Roberts. GAF 7 NOV 21
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 3-1-GAF 1 (8:35) 80-Kenneth Boyd ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. GAF 7 NOV 28
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 1-10-NOV 35 (4:44) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 19-Thomas Canale for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. GAF 7 NOV 35
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 1-10-NOV 39 (1:09) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 19-Thomas Canale for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. GAF 7 NOV 42
(Qtr 2) Force: (1:00) 3-John Langdon kicks 72 yards from NOV 35 to GAF -7. 87-Dean Williamson for 107yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 4-1-GAF 30 (3:23) 3-John Langdon 48 yard field goal is GOOD. GAF 13 NOV 45
Team Statistics
Force VooDoo
First Downs 12 15
- Rushing 1 9
- Passing 10 5
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 210 611
- Offensive Plays 57 65
- Yards Per Play 3.68 9.40
Net Rushing Yards 63 175
- Rushing Attempts 11 42
- Yards Per Rush 5.73 4.17
Net Passing Yards 147 436
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 19 / 1 21 / 14 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 231 453
- Sacks/Yards Lost 11 / 84 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.20 18.96
- Yards Per Completion 12.16 32.36
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 12 6 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.0 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 47 6 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 210 1 / 32
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 21
Time of Possession 25:54 33:51
Drive Charts
Force
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:38 0:27 OWN 24 3 5 Punt
1 6:14 3:05 OWN 33 5 6 Punt
1 2:56 2:24 OWN 37 6 21 Interception
2 14:07 3:21 OWN 41 7 59 Touchdown
2 8:32 1:39 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 4:34 0:53 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 2:52 1:44 OWN 27 3 -7 Punt
2 0:44 0:44 OPP 25 2 -2 Half
3 15:00 3:02 OWN 25 5 24 Punt
3 9:29 2:07 OWN 10 3 -7 Punt
3 3:18 1:29 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 12:59 1:43 OWN 8 5 48 Punt
4 7:22 0:33 OWN 19 3 -10 Punt
4 4:10 2:43 OWN 10 9 45 Punt
VooDoo
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:22 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 11:12 4:57 OWN 22 8 78 Touchdown
1 3:09 0:14 OWN 5 1 95 Touchdown
1 0:32 1:24 OWN 5 3 2 Punt
2 10:46 2:14 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 6:54 2:19 OWN 22 4 78 Touchdown
2 3:42 0:49 OWN 21 3 0 Punt
2 1:08 0:09 OWN 39 1 61 Touchdown
3 11:58 2:29 OWN 9 6 34 Punt
3 7:22 4:04 OWN 48 6 22 Field Goal
3 1:49 3:50 OWN 24 8 24 Punt
4 11:16 3:53 OWN 7 6 25 Punt
4 6:49 2:40 OWN 42 4 20 Punt
4 1:27 1:27 OWN 0 3 7 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Force
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#35 James Burgess 9 56 6.22 22 2 0
#40 Herman Wiltse 2 7 3.50 8 0 0
VooDoo
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#32 Kenneth Boyd 25 109 4.36 21 4 1
#33 James Nantz 17 66 3.88 16 3 0
Passing Stats
Force
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#10 Phillip Anderson 33 17 211 9 / 64 1 59 1 69.13
#8 August Campbell 2 2 20 2 / 20 0 12 0 108.33
VooDoo
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#10 Ryan Tate 21 14 453 2 / 17 5 95 0 149.31
Receiving Stats
Force
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 Ralph Vaughn 3 89 29.67 59 0
#13 Dominique Barrientos 4 44 11.00 19 0
#87 Dean Williamson 4 25 6.25 11 0
#85 Willian Malone 2 23 11.50 16 0
#35 James Burgess 2 21 10.50 12 0
#11 Ricky Black 2 13 6.50 7 0
#15 David Creasey 1 11 11.00 11 0
#88 Francis Ball 1 5 5.00 5 1
VooDoo
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 William Ramsey 5 269 53.80 95 2
#19 Thomas Canale 7 171 24.43 65 3
#87 Joe Cerna 1 8 8.00 8 0
#23 Wayne Williams 1 5 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Force
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 Norman Field 58 17 3 3
#42 Travis Dean 44 16 2 3
#79 Dave Maloney 46 20 2 4
#35 James Burgess 19 7 1 1
#40 Herman Wiltse 3 1 1 1
#79 William Hartig 14 5 0 0
#45 Ralph Johnson 0 4 0 0
#95 Robert Marsh 11 5 0 0
#85 Willian Malone 1 18 0 3
#15 David Creasey 0 4 0 0
#11 Ricky Black 0 4 0 0
#20 Marshall Forbes 0 4 0 1
#68 Gilbert Christensen 59 18 0 0
#75 Jimmy Rice 55 23 0 0
#21 Timothy Jackson 17 8 0 0
#70 Byron Herrera 13 0 0 0
#61 Thomas Williams 3 0 0 0
#33 Richard Glasgow 9 4 0 1
#13 Dominique Barrientos 0 10 0 1
#62 Ira Edge 5 0 0 0
#17 Ralph Vaughn 0 3 0 0
#87 Dean Williamson 0 5 0 0
#58 Thomas Stacy 0 1 0 0
#88 Francis Ball 1 8 0 0
#67 James Clay 1 1 0 0
#51 Jeffrey Cloyd 2 1 0 0
#22 Timothy Ross 1 0 0 0
#43 William Keen 2 3 0 0
#19 Jonathan Carlyle 0 1 0 0
VooDoo
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#60 Dale Gregory 23 36 1 2
#75 Gerald Demott 32 50 1 2
#48 Robert Newton 6 1 0 0
#99 Joseph Deslauriers 0 1 0 0
#19 Thomas Canale 0 15 0 0
#90 Ramon Boldt 0 1 0 0
#50 Anthony Munoz 0 2 0 0
#24 Larry Ackman 0 1 0 0
#38 Harvey Miller 0 1 0 0
#21 Rick Edwards 0 2 0 1
#33 Troy Tomas 0 1 0 0
#98 Miguel Gross 0 1 0 0
#66 Donald Glenn 23 47 0 1
#65 Emmitt James 36 53 0 0
#66 Damon Fisher 34 54 0 4
#87 Joe Cerna 0 11 0 0
#23 Wayne Williams 5 38 0 2
#32 Kenneth Boyd 12 5 0 0
#82 Stephen Durbin 0 26 0 0
#66 Thomas Regan 22 29 0 2
#33 James Nantz 12 19 0 0
#83 William Ramsey 11 16 0 0
#83 Jamie Aponte 7 1 0 0
#77 Greg Murtha 9 0 0 0
#93 Jeffrey Alfaro 0 3 0 0
#79 Pablo Goodwin 6 2 0 0
#91 Joseph Douglas 0 1 0 0
#43 Terry Moody 0 7 0 0
Interception Stats
Force
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
VooDoo
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#24 Larry Ackman 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Force
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#87 Dean Williamson 1 1 0 0
#10 Phillip Anderson 1 0 0 0
#75 Jimmy Rice 0 1 0 0
VooDoo
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Force
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#14 Randy Mead 11 506 46.00 46.00 56 3
VooDoo
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Nicolas Alleyne 6 268 44.67 45.00 52 0
Kicking
Force
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Paul Roberts 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 1 / 2
VooDoo
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 John Langdon 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 6 / 6
Punt Return
Force
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
VooDoo
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Force
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#87 Dean Williamson 4 210 52.5 1
VooDoo
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#32 Kenneth Boyd 1 32 32.0 0
Defensive Stats
Force
Name Tackles Sacks
#20 Marshall Forbes 9 0
#45 Ralph Johnson 8 0
#41 James Byler 8 0
#51 Jeffrey Cloyd 7 0
#52 Michael Monday 5 0
#95 Robert Marsh 3 0
#97 Richard Naylor 3 0
#33 Richard Glasgow 3 0
#61 Thomas Williams 2 1
#60 Brandon Kidney 2 1
#13 Dominique Barrientos 1 0
#92 Donald Schultz 1 0
#29 Ronald Bartholomew 1 0
VooDoo
Name Tackles Sacks
#98 Miguel Gross 7 5
#24 Larry Ackman 6 0
#90 Ramon Boldt 6 0
#48 Robert Newton 4 0
#21 Rick Edwards 4 0
#38 Harvey Miller 4 0
#93 Jeffrey Alfaro 3 3
#54 Juan Bennett 3 1
#50 Anthony Munoz 2 1
#51 Wayne Bouchard 1 0
#3 John Langdon 1 0
#99 Joseph Deslauriers 1 0
#91 Joseph Douglas 1 1
#78 David Packer 1 0