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Week 1: Southern California Sun at Houston Gamblers

September 03, 1978
70°
Houston Astrodome (Houston, TX) Attendance: 50,197 (74%)
Sun 6 10 0 7 - 23
Gamblers 14 7 17 7 - 45

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sun: 1-10-SCS 13 (14:56) 10-James Perry pass complete to 18-Thomas Dayton for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 2-6-SCS 6 (8:02) 11-James Lightfoot pass complete to 16-Todd Summers for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 7 SCS 6
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 2-2-HOU 28 (4:43) 41-Justin Pryor ran for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 14 SCS 6
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-6-HOU 26 (11:45) 16-James Hodge 43 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 14 SCS 9
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-10-SCS 42 (9:41) 11-James Lightfoot pass complete to 16-Todd Summers for 42 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 21 SCS 9
(Qtr 2) Sun: 3-7-SCS 46 (2:00) 10-James Perry pass complete to 18-Thomas Dayton for 54 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Hodge. HOU 21 SCS 16
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 1-18-HOU 17 (14:57) 11-James Lightfoot pass complete to 83-David Nelson for 83 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 28 SCS 16
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-4-SCS 19 (5:41) 19-Daniel McCormack 37 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 31 SCS 16
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 2-12-HOU 46 (3:10) 30-George Webb ran for 54 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 38 SCS 16
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 3-5-SCS 6 (12:17) 41-Justin Pryor ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 45 SCS 16
(Qtr 4) Sun: 1-10-HOU 18 (7:19) 10-James Perry pass complete to 35-Ronald Roney for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Hodge. HOU 45 SCS 23

Team Statistics

Gamblers Sun
First Downs 14 10
- Rushing 4 2
- Passing 9 7
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 588 351
- Offensive Plays 66 58
- Yards Per Play 8.91 6.05
Net Rushing Yards 224 31
- Rushing Attempts 37 23
- Yards Per Rush 6.05 1.35
Net Passing Yards 364 320
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 20 / 0 35 / 22 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 373 320
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 9 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 12.55 9.14
- Yards Per Completion 18.65 14.55
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 2 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.6 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 9 / 90 6 / 55
Punt Returns/Yards 8 / 41 1 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 95 1 / 20
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 27
Time of Possession 32:58 27:01

Drive Charts

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:45 2:29 OWN 33 4 10 Punt
1 10:47 2:48 OWN 43 5 57 Touchdown
1 5:27 0:56 OWN 21 2 79 Touchdown
1 2:06 1:31 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
2 11:41 2:08 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 7:26 2:14 OWN 29 5 26 Punt
2 1:53 1:06 OWN 24 3 -2 Punt
3 15:00 0:16 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 13:07 0:54 OWN 29 3 14 Fumble
3 10:14 4:36 OWN 20 8 61 Field Goal
3 4:32 1:33 OWN 36 4 64 Touchdown
3 1:27 4:13 OWN 36 8 64 Touchdown
4 10:33 1:59 OWN 9 3 -1 Punt
4 7:12 2:05 OWN 27 3 -7 Punt
4 4:32 3:15 OWN 18 6 7 Punt
4 0:55 0:55 OWN 29 2 -4 Game

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:15 OWN 13 1 87 Touchdown
1 12:16 1:29 OWN 15 3 1 Punt
1 7:58 2:31 OWN 25 6 12 Punt
1 4:31 2:26 OWN 25 5 29 Punt
1 0:35 3:54 OWN 34 6 40 Field Goal
2 9:34 2:08 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 5:11 3:18 OWN 11 6 89 Touchdown
2 0:47 0:47 OWN 33 2 -7 Half
3 14:44 1:37 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 12:13 1:59 OWN 42 3 9 Punt
3 5:37 1:06 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 2:58 1:31 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
4 12:14 1:41 OWN 25 4 25 Punt
4 8:34 1:21 OWN 47 4 53 Touchdown
4 5:08 0:36 OWN 31 3 8 Punt
4 1:17 0:22 OWN 24 3 9 Punt

Rushing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Justin Pryor 13 112 8.62 72 3 2
George Webb 8 78 9.75 54 2 1
Everett Pettit 14 24 1.71 16 1 0
James Lightfoot 1 13 13.00 13 1 0
August Madrid 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jeremy Cooper 17 21 1.24 12 1 0
Ronald Roney 6 10 1.67 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Lightfoot 26 19 355 1 / 9 3 83 0 153.53
Walton Vasquez 2 1 18 0 / 0 0 18 0 81.25

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Perry 35 22 320 0 / 0 3 87 0 121.13

Receiving Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Nelson 5 146 29.20 83 1
James Connelly 4 79 19.75 42 0
Bradley Sharp 5 69 13.80 20 0
Todd Summers 2 48 24.00 42 2
Larry Perez 3 17 5.67 8 0
Justin Pryor 1 14 14.00 14 0

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Dayton 3 144 48.00 87 2
William Alanis 5 50 10.00 16 0
David Tucker 4 44 11.00 25 0
Gregory Drayton 2 25 12.50 19 0
Jason Walker 1 20 20.00 20 0
Ronald Roney 2 18 9.00 18 1
Jeremy Cooper 2 8 4.00 5 0
Wesley Villanueva 1 7 7.00 7 0
Carlos Shortt 1 3 3.00 3 0
Ruben Charlton 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Clifford Crumley 7 12 0 0
Larry Perez 10 31 0 1
Irvin Balzer 0 2 0 0
Charles Huntington 0 1 0 0
Cory Vargas 0 2 0 0
Reginald Martin 4 0 0 0
James Connelly 0 20 0 0
Bradley Sharp 0 15 0 0
Justin Pryor 1 6 0 1
Lamar Reynolds 0 5 0 1
Benjamin Morrison 0 4 0 0
George Webb 11 5 0 1
Everett Pettit 4 3 0 0
David Nelson 0 15 0 1
Todd Summers 0 25 0 0
Patrick Eveland 43 35 0 2
Tony Lehman 13 6 0 1
James Presley 30 42 0 2
Carl Lawlor 38 44 0 5
August Madrid 22 21 0 1
Dennis Self 30 39 0 4
Luis Davidson 44 45 0 1
Eugene Holland 0 6 0 2
Andrew Zeller 14 6 0 0
Roderick Carver 0 3 0 1
Jerry Aiello 0 3 0 0
August Peterson 0 4 0 0
Wayne Mashburn 0 6 0 2
John Lawrence 0 4 0 0
Douglas Cormier 16 7 0 0
Eugene Gregory 0 1 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Brent Couture 0 1 0 0
Charles Walker 11 4 0 0
Javier Woods 1 1 0 0
Travis Rooks 0 1 0 0
Johnny Beard 0 1 0 0
Jason Walker 0 2 0 0
Gary Denton 0 6 0 0
David Tucker 0 3 0 0
William Alanis 0 6 0 0
Jeremy Cooper 5 4 0 0
Ruben Charlton 3 14 0 0
Stuart Plemons 4 0 0 0
John Hannah 6 0 0 0
Albert Campos 42 20 0 1
Gregory Drayton 14 26 0 2
Kevin Bell 45 30 0 3
Rudolph Guerrero 47 37 0 0
Wesley Villanueva 15 21 0 1
Charles Long 51 32 0 1
Alton Garner 10 11 0 1
Ronald Roney 7 14 0 0
Leslie Musto 51 31 0 1
David Wilkins 0 1 0 0
Galen Cummins 0 1 0 0
Jose Murphy 0 2 0 0
Thomas Dayton 7 6 0 1
James Kelley 0 2 0 1
Jeffrey Crossman 0 2 0 1
Brian Middleton 1 1 0 0
Tony Newby 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Gamblers

Southern California Sun

Fumble Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Lightfoot 1 0 0 0
Justin Pryor 1 0 0 0
George Webb 0 1 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Travis Rooks 0 0 1 0
Ricky McLean 0 1 1 0

Punting

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 7 318 45.43 44.86 51 0

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 11 526 47.82 41.00 53 0

Kicking

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 6 / 6

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Hodge 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 2 / 3

Punt Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Connelly 8 41 5.1 9 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Marks 1 4 4.0 4 0

Kick Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Connelly 3 95 31.7 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gary Denton 1 20 20.0 0

Defensive Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Cory Vargas 7 0
Thomas Erwin 6 0
Wayne Mashburn 5 0
Roderick Carver 4 0
Eugene Holland 4 0
Donald Barry 3 0
Gabriel Meza 3 0
Lamar Reynolds 2 0
Jeffrey Keeley 2 0
August Peterson 2 0
Benjamin Morrison 1 0
Charles Huntington 1 0
James Cruz 1 0
Justin Pryor 1 0
Jerry Aiello 1 0
Irvin Balzer 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
James Kelley 9 0
David Natividad 7 1
Jeffrey Crossman 6 0
Brian Middleton 6 0
Johnny Beard 6 0
Gary Carroll 5 0
Jose Murphy 4 0
Galen Cummins 4 0
Ricky McLean 4 0
Travis Rooks 3 0
Javier Woods 3 0
Tony Newby 2 0
Charles Walker 1 0
Christopher Reynolds 1 0
Martin Arellano 1 0