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Week 2: Philadelphia Bell at Washington Federals

September 10, 1978
85°
RFK Stadium (Washington, D. C., DC) Attendance: 41,771 (74%)
Bell 16 3 0 3 - 22
Federals 6 7 0 0 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bell: 4-6-WAS 6 (9:11) 15-Matthew Williams 23 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 0 PHI 3
(Qtr 1) Bell: 1-5-WAS 5 (7:01) 2-Roy Rhyne pass complete to 32-Steve McKenzie for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Matthew Williams. WAS 0 PHI 10
(Qtr 1) Federals: 1-6-PHI 6 (3:31) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 38-Gary Munch for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Bell: 1-10-PHI 28 (3:24) 32-Steve McKenzie ran for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Bell: 4-4-WAS 33 (8:47) 15-Matthew Williams 50 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 6 PHI 19
(Qtr 2) Federals: 2-12-PHI 12 (4:05) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 84-Danny Merrill for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 38-Gary Munch. WAS 13 PHI 19
(Qtr 4) Bell: 4-9-WAS 30 (3:45) 15-Matthew Williams 47 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 13 PHI 22

Team Statistics

Federals Bell
First Downs 14 13
- Rushing 4 4
- Passing 7 8
- Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 252 363
- Offensive Plays 65 60
- Yards Per Play 3.88 6.05
Net Rushing Yards 43 155
- Rushing Attempts 25 25
- Yards Per Rush 1.72 6.20
Net Passing Yards 209 208
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 24 / 0 32 / 16 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 224 234
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 3 / 26
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.23 5.94
- Yards Per Completion 9.33 14.63
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 14 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 30 11 / 99
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 25 5 / 42
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 22 3 / 56
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 30
Time of Possession 31:31 28:29

Drive Charts

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:55 OWN 25 3 -11 Punt
1 9:08 0:44 OWN 25 3 8 Fumble
1 6:57 1:25 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 5:05 1:38 OPP 45 5 45 Touchdown
1 3:13 6:00 OWN 18 9 56 Missed FG
2 8:43 4:41 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 1:39 1:39 OWN 10 3 -6 Punt
3 10:53 1:39 OWN 12 3 1 Punt
3 7:40 1:57 OWN 18 3 3 Punt
3 4:10 2:17 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
3 1:48 1:31 OPP 49 3 7 Punt
4 11:26 5:36 OWN 14 10 53 Missed FG
4 3:41 0:46 OWN 25 4 6 Punt
4 1:47 0:39 OPP 48 3 -11 Punt
4 0:04 0:04 OWN 27 1 32 Game

Philadelphia Bell

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:05 4:57 OWN 38 10 56 Field Goal
1 8:24 1:27 OPP 33 3 33 Touchdown
1 5:32 0:27 OWN 19 3 -9 Punt
1 3:27 0:14 OWN 28 1 72 Touchdown
2 12:13 3:30 OWN 33 7 34 Field Goal
2 4:02 2:23 OWN 28 7 34 Punt
3 15:00 4:07 OWN 29 6 21 Punt
3 9:13 1:34 OWN 45 3 -5 Punt
3 5:43 1:33 OWN 38 3 9 Punt
3 1:53 0:05 OWN 20 1 0 Interception
3 0:17 3:51 OWN 8 8 40 Punt
4 5:50 2:09 OWN 40 4 30 Field Goal
4 2:54 1:08 OWN 7 3 2 Punt
4 1:08 1:04 OWN 18 3 5 Punt

Rushing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gary Munch 22 34 1.55 12 2 0
John Horn 2 9 4.50 7 0 0
Carlton Smith 1 0 0.00 - 0 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steve McKenzie 19 135 7.11 72 4 1
Joe Wilson 2 14 7.00 9 0 0
Cornelius Sanor 4 6 1.50 7 0 0

Passing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 38 24 224 2 / 15 2 32 0 96.82

Philadelphia Bell

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Roy Rhyne 32 16 234 3 / 26 1 34 1 71.61

Receiving Stats

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Danny Merrill 5 64 12.80 29 1
Roger Saddler 6 54 9.00 24 0
Matt Ellis 2 46 23.00 32 0
Jacob Scully 7 39 5.57 14 0
Gary Munch 3 19 6.33 10 1
Carlton Smith 1 2 2.00 2 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chris Nease 4 64 16.00 34 0
Howard Cardenas 3 61 20.33 25 0
Shawn Martin 3 56 18.67 29 0
Steve McKenzie 4 45 11.25 26 1
Darren Oliveira 2 8 4.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gary Munch 16 9 0 1
Travis Curcio 0 3 0 1
Richard Fleming 0 1 0 0
Matt Ellis 0 3 0 0
Richard Brazier 0 1 0 0
Johnny Aguilar 0 1 0 0
Corey Norwood 0 1 0 1
Brian Walker 6 0 0 0
Freddie Brown 8 1 0 0
Roger Saddler 0 12 0 0
Joseph Baker 0 3 0 0
Garland Gipson 0 3 0 0
Steven Melin 12 5 0 1
Samuel Gragg 42 32 0 1
Danny Merrill 0 11 0 0
James West 12 10 0 0
Jacob Scully 20 22 0 1
Don Maggs 12 0 0 0
John Horn 15 15 0 0
John Hughes 8 2 0 1
Carlton Smith 26 26 0 3
Wesley Griffin 42 29 0 2
Ted Jarrett 50 25 0 1
Wayne Williams 46 30 0 0
Joel Lossett 42 25 0 0
Jessie Draper 0 1 0 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Bob Preston 52 21 1 3
Steve McKenzie 7 5 1 2
Brian Noggle 0 4 0 0
Herbert Lynn 5 3 0 0
Cornelius Sanor 2 0 0 0
James Pittman 0 2 0 0
Laverne Ashlock 0 3 0 0
Jason Hubbard 0 6 0 0
John Smith 0 3 0 1
Noel Kaiser 0 4 0 0
Chris Nease 0 8 0 2
Victor Benedict 2 7 0 2
Gerald Gallagher 0 1 0 0
Kyle Nicholas 0 1 0 0
Herman Nordin 11 2 0 0
Dennis Corbin 13 0 0 0
William Malone 0 5 0 0
Jerry Huang 13 0 0 0
Howard Cardenas 0 15 0 1
Shawn Martin 0 13 0 0
Joe Wilson 19 18 0 1
Paul Elston 50 22 0 3
Carl Denning 41 22 0 5
Michael Defrancisco 57 26 0 0
David Campos 55 24 0 1
Dwayne Radcliff 0 6 0 2
Darren Oliveira 8 24 0 2
Tony Lee 0 4 0 0

Interception Stats

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Brazier 1 0 0.00 0

Philadelphia Bell

Fumble Stats

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Carlton Smith 1 0 0 0
Joe Richardson 1 1 0 0
James West 0 0 1 0
Chris Kyle 0 0 1 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Howard Cardenas 1 0 0 0
Steve McKenzie 1 1 0 0
Curtis Bernard 0 1 1 0
Laverne Ashlock 0 1 0 0

Punting

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
George Hill 9 464 51.56 45.67 71 1

Philadelphia Bell

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Barry Enriquez 8 348 43.50 38.25 54 1

Kicking

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Munch 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 - 1 / 2

Philadelphia Bell

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Matthew Williams 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 50 1 / 2

Punt Return

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Danny Merrill 4 25 6.3 10 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Howard Cardenas 5 42 8.4 10 0

Kick Return

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Roger Saddler 1 22 22.0 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Howard Cardenas 3 56 18.7 0

Defensive Stats

Washington Federals

Name Tackles Sacks
Travis Curcio 11 0
Richard Brazier 7 0
Tyler Helton 5 0
Donald Weaver 4 1
Robert Ridley 3 0
Arthur Stewart 3 0
Corey Norwood 3 0
John Hughes 3 0
Matthew McGinley 2 1
John Horn 2 0
Garland Gipson 1 0
Carlton Smith 1 0
Ulysses Hewitt 1 0
Richard Fleming 1 1
James West 1 0
Jessie Draper 1 0
Jeremy Mullen 1 0
Elmer Bunting 1 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Tackles Sacks
Victor Benedict 12 0
Curtis Bernard 8 2
Herbert Lynn 6 0
Jason Hubbard 6 0
Dwayne Radcliff 5 0
Kyle Nicholas 4 0
Laverne Ashlock 2 0
Gerald Gallagher 2 0
Brian Noggle 2 0
John Smith 2 0
Michael Defrancisco 2 0
Stephen Howard 1 0
Alfred White 1 0
Chris Nease 1 0