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Week 2: New Orleans VooDoo at Shreveport Steamer

September 10, 1978
84°
State Fair Stadium (Shreveport, LA) Attendance: 46,353 (94%)
VooDoo 14 3 6 3 - 26
Steamer 14 7 0 6 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 1-7-SHR 7 (7:58) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 82-William Ramsey for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. SHR 0 NOV 7
(Qtr 1) Steamer: (7:55) 3-John Langdon kicks 74 yards from NOV 35 to SHR -9. 18-Gerry Tucker for 109yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. SHR 7 NOV 7
(Qtr 1) Steamer: 1-1-NOV 0 (3:08) 1-Fred Murphy pass complete to 27-Robert Tuttle for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. SHR 14 NOV 7
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 2-5-SHR 10 (0:13) (Hot Read) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 42-Wayne Williams to SHR 0 for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. SHR 14 NOV 14
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 4-8-SHR 34 (11:33) 3-John Langdon 51 yard field goal is GOOD. SHR 14 NOV 17
(Qtr 2) Steamer: 2-4-NOV 4 (2:05) 1-Fred Murphy pass complete to 88-Jonathan Hagen to NOV 0 for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. SHR 21 NOV 17
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 2-14-NOV 48 (9:08) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 19-Thomas Canale for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Steamer: 4-16-NOV 16 (8:27) 10-James Hooper 34 yard field goal is GOOD. SHR 24 NOV 23
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-18-SHR 23 (5:18) 3-John Langdon 40 yard field goal is GOOD. SHR 24 NOV 26
(Qtr 4) Steamer: 1-10-NOV 31 (0:02) 10-James Hooper 49 yard field goal is GOOD. SHR 72-Robby Shiflett was injured on the play. SHR 27 NOV 26

Team Statistics

Steamer VooDoo
First Downs 18 13
- Rushing 4 2
- Passing 13 8
- Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 294 342
- Offensive Plays 59 59
- Yards Per Play 4.98 5.80
Net Rushing Yards 99 60
- Rushing Attempts 19 30
- Yards Per Rush 5.21 2.00
Net Passing Yards 195 282
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 25 / 1 29 / 18 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 226 282
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 31 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.88 9.72
- Yards Per Completion 9.04 15.67
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 9.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 9 / 85 8 / 60
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 21
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 163 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 5 1 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 28
Time of Possession 30:56 28:49

Drive Charts

Shreveport Steamer

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:16 OWN 25 7 49 Fumble
1 7:38 0:43 OPP 25 2 -10 Fumble
1 6:55 3:50 OPP 43 7 43 Touchdown
1 0:10 0:15 OWN 25 2 18 Interception
2 11:28 2:57 OWN 32 4 19 Punt
2 7:41 5:42 OWN 36 10 64 Touchdown
3 10:46 0:59 OWN 7 3 -2 Punt
3 9:01 1:33 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
3 3:16 2:11 OWN 20 4 20 Punt
4 14:16 1:32 OWN 32 3 -1 Punt
4 11:53 3:29 OPP 22 6 6 Field Goal
4 5:14 1:35 OWN 22 3 2 Punt
4 1:54 1:54 OWN 30 7 40 Field Goal

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:44 2:49 OWN 37 5 63 Touchdown
1 3:05 2:55 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 14:55 3:27 OWN 43 7 24 Field Goal
2 8:31 0:50 OWN 20 3 -3 Punt
2 2:00 2:00 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 15:00 4:14 OWN 25 8 34 Punt
3 9:47 0:47 OPP 47 2 47 Touchdown
3 7:28 4:11 OWN 32 6 14 Punt
3 1:05 1:50 OWN 13 3 7 Punt
4 12:44 0:51 OWN 27 3 -5 Interception
4 8:24 3:10 OWN 25 6 52 Field Goal
4 3:39 1:45 OWN 16 3 6 Punt

Rushing Stats

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Joseph Ring 14 88 6.29 14 5 0
Robert Tuttle 5 11 2.20 7 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kenneth Boyd 20 56 2.80 16 2 0
James Nantz 10 4 0.40 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Fred Murphy 33 23 205 4 / 31 2 21 1 93.62
Christopher Gimenez 3 2 21 0 / 0 0 17 0 86.81

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Tate 29 18 282 0 / 0 3 52 1 114.44

Receiving Stats

Shreveport Steamer

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Johnny Brennan 5 72 14.40 21 0
Jonathan Hagen 10 68 6.80 17 1
Gerry Tucker 5 41 8.20 14 0
Scott Maddux 1 18 18.00 18 0
Joseph Ring 2 16 8.00 13 0
Robert Tuttle 2 11 5.50 11 1

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Canale 8 167 20.88 52 1
William Ramsey 4 65 16.25 46 1
Joe Cerna 3 22 7.33 11 0
Wayne Williams 2 15 7.50 10 1
Kenneth Boyd 1 13 13.00 13 0

Blocking Stats

Shreveport Steamer

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Tuttle 5 1 1 1
Dennis Brock 22 21 1 1
Robert Reece 46 28 0 1
Malcolm McNish 5 2 0 0
George Compton 0 1 0 0
David Ryan 0 1 0 0
Ben Temple 0 1 0 1
Michael Diaz 0 1 0 0
Anthony Kent 0 1 0 0
Matthew Ford 0 2 0 0
Thomas Rainey 0 1 0 0
Michael Souther 5 0 0 0
Robert Zaragoza 11 0 0 0
Robby Shiflett 15 1 0 0
John Cintron 0 4 0 0
Tomas Hypes 6 3 0 0
Philip Castillon 50 26 0 1
Frank Fischer 0 3 0 0
Johnny Brennan 0 6 0 1
Gerry Tucker 0 15 0 0
Joseph Ring 5 6 0 0
Jonathan Hagen 0 21 0 1
Michael Yang 48 24 0 4
Bryan Leblanc 38 27 0 0
Lonnie Robinson 51 28 0 0
Scott Maddux 15 31 0 0
Cleo Davis 0 2 0 1

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Anthony Munoz 0 3 0 1
William Ramsey 10 12 0 0
Robert Newton 6 3 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 2 0 0
Joseph Douglas 0 1 0 0
Joe Cerna 0 6 0 0
Thomas Canale 0 9 0 0
Jamie Aponte 4 8 0 0
Pablo Goodwin 7 2 0 0
James Nantz 12 4 0 0
Kenneth Boyd 11 7 0 0
Greg Murtha 5 0 0 0
Stephen Durbin 0 17 0 1
Larry Ackman 0 3 0 1
Wayne Williams 4 24 0 1
Damon Fisher 38 39 0 1
Emmitt James 39 33 0 1
Donald Glenn 29 37 0 2
Thomas Regan 21 28 0 4
Gerald Demott 38 40 0 1
Dale Gregory 29 24 0 1
Miguel Gross 0 2 0 1
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 2 0 0
Troy Tomas 0 2 0 0
Ramon Boldt 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Shreveport Steamer

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
David McMillan 1 5 5.00 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Ramon Boldt 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Shreveport Steamer

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Fred Murphy 1 0 0 0
David Ryan 0 1 0 0
Todd David 0 0 1 0
George Compton 0 0 1 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kenneth Boyd 2 0 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 1 0 0
Miguel Gross 0 0 1 0
Gerald Demott 0 1 0 0

Punting

Shreveport Steamer

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eugene Manuel 6 309 51.50 44.67 60 1

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicolas Alleyne 6 265 44.17 44.17 51 1

Kicking

Shreveport Steamer

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Hooper 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 3 / 3

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Langdon 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 51 2 / 3

Punt Return

Shreveport Steamer

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Boyd 2 21 10.5 14 0

Kick Return

Shreveport Steamer

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gerry Tucker 3 163 54.3 1

New Orleans VooDoo

Defensive Stats

Shreveport Steamer

Name Tackles Sacks
John Cintron 7 0
Thomas Rainey 7 0
David Ryan 6 0
Todd David 5 0
Russell Colbert 5 0
Ray Ruiz 3 0
Frank Fischer 2 0
William Tate 2 0
Bryan Leblanc 1 0
Lloyd McCoy 1 0
Tomas Hypes 1 0
Maurice Blackstone 1 0
George Compton 1 0
Scott Maddux 1 0
David McMillan 1 0
Joseph Ring 1 0
Ben Temple 1 0
Matthew Ford 1 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Newton 13 0
Ramon Boldt 7 1
Rick Edwards 7 0
Juan Bennett 4 0
Troy Tomas 3 0
Larry Ackman 3 0
Charles Anderson 3 0
Anthony Munoz 3 0
Miguel Gross 2 3
Stephen Durbin 1 0
Joseph Deslauriers 1 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 1 0
Gerald Demott 1 0