Regular Season Week 3: Hornets at Express
September 17, 1978 86° Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 77,284 (86%)
Hornets 13 3 3 0 - 19
Express 7 12 10 9 - 38
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Express: 3-4-CHA 20 (12:12) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 7 CHA 0
(Qtr 1) Hornets: 2-2-LAX 2 (8:39) 48-Jerry Roux ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. LAX 7 CHA 7
(Qtr 1) Hornets: 1-4-LAX 4 (1:08) 3-George Melton pass complete to 35-Shawn Ayala for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Express: 2-9-CHA 4 (14:02) 3-George Melton sacked at CHA -3 for -7 yards (99-Thomas Martin). Sack allowed by 71-Harold White. SAFETY! (99-Thomas Martin) LAX 9 CHA 13
(Qtr 2) Express: 3-1-CHA 1 (11:14) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 16 CHA 13
(Qtr 2) Express: 4-3-CHA 30 (2:36) 1-Roger Ruzich 47 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 19 CHA 13
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 2-1-LAX 1 (0:04) 17-Willie Putnam 18 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 56-Randall Solis was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. LAX 19 CHA 16
(Qtr 3) Express: 4-4-CHA 26 (11:16) 1-Roger Ruzich 44 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 22 CHA 16
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 4-19-LAX 26 (5:39) 17-Willie Putnam 43 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 22 CHA 19
(Qtr 3) Express: 2-10-LAX 25 (5:32) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 29 CHA 19
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-3-CHA 3 (8:25) 1-Roger Ruzich 21 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 32 CHA 19
(Qtr 4) Express: 1-6-CHA 6 (3:21) 24-Shannon Smith ran to CHA 0 for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
Team Statistics
Express Hornets
First Downs 18 13
- Rushing 5 2
- Passing 13 11
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 526 287
- Offensive Plays 79 64
- Yards Per Play 6.66 4.48
Net Rushing Yards 115 46
- Rushing Attempts 34 16
- Yards Per Rush 3.38 2.88
Net Passing Yards 411 241
- Att/Comp/Int 45 / 26 / 3 41 / 19 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 411 298
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 7 / 57
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.13 5.02
- Yards Per Completion 15.81 15.68
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 16 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 10.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 7 / 51 1 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 75 2 / 54
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 3 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 26
Time of Possession 34:32 25:26
Drive Charts
Express
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:52 OWN 29 5 71 Touchdown
1 8:36 5:11 OWN 22 9 40 Punt
1 1:04 1:18 OWN 25 4 31 Punt
2 13:58 2:49 OWN 44 5 56 Touchdown
2 9:36 1:28 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 6:45 0:05 OWN 41 1 0 Interception
2 5:41 3:10 OWN 34 7 36 Field Goal
2 1:31 0:39 OWN 20 2 6 Fumble
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 1 Half
3 13:27 2:15 OWN 43 6 30 Field Goal
3 8:49 0:06 OWN 20 1 0 Interception
3 5:35 0:14 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
3 4:24 2:08 OWN 33 3 7 Punt
3 0:48 3:25 OWN 20 7 50 Interception
4 11:26 3:04 OPP 46 8 43 Field Goal
4 7:26 4:08 OWN 37 8 63 Touchdown
4 2:16 0:32 OWN 37 3 -4 Punt
4 1:07 1:07 OWN 32 3 3 Game
Hornets
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:08 3:32 OWN 34 7 66 Touchdown
1 3:25 2:21 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 14:46 0:48 OWN 3 2 -5 Safety
2 11:10 1:33 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 8:08 1:23 OWN 26 3 -8 Punt
2 6:40 0:59 OWN 32 3 -8 Punt
2 2:31 1:00 OWN 25 5 26 Punt
2 0:52 0:51 OPP 33 3 32 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:33 OWN 23 3 12 Interception
3 11:12 2:23 OWN 25 5 27 Punt
3 8:43 3:07 OWN 39 6 36 Field Goal
3 5:21 0:57 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 2:16 1:28 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
4 12:23 0:56 OWN 12 3 17 Interception
4 8:22 0:56 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
4 3:18 1:02 OWN 25 4 -7 Punt
4 1:44 0:37 OWN 18 3 5 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Express
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Seth Wynn 21 78 3.71 19 2 0
#24 Shannon Smith 10 39 3.90 11 2 1
#8 Gene Nowlin 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
#28 Jason Ferguson 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0
Hornets
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#20 Robert Bonfiglio 9 36 4.00 13 1 0
#48 Jerry Roux 6 10 1.67 5 0 1
#3 George Melton 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Express
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Gene Nowlin 45 26 411 0 / 0 3 75 3 82.73
Hornets
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 George Melton 39 19 298 7 / 57 1 61 2 61.70
#1 Brian Sipe 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 39.58
Receiving Stats
Express
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#11 Santiago Smith 9 160 17.78 75 3
#18 Cordell Mosteller 4 115 28.75 44 0
#21 Jose Queen 6 42 7.00 17 0
#36 Dennis McRae 2 30 15.00 17 0
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 1 26 26.00 26 0
#24 Shannon Smith 1 23 23.00 23 0
#26 Seth Wynn 2 13 6.50 7 0
#16 Jimmy Landon 1 2 2.00 2 0
Hornets
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#86 Jorge Dougherty 7 120 17.14 29 0
#82 Emil Hoban 6 78 13.00 31 0
#85 Samuel Kiefer 1 61 61.00 61 0
#20 Robert Bonfiglio 3 33 11.00 18 0
#35 Shawn Ayala 1 4 4.00 4 1
#34 Ricky Jackson 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Express
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#42 Walter Silva 0 4 0 1
#42 Maurice Matzke 0 7 0 3
#79 Charles Martin 50 43 0 2
#41 Allen Ellison 0 6 0 1
#23 Daniel Ibarra 0 5 0 1
#54 Richard Owen 0 4 0 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 5 6 0 1
#46 Paul Moore 0 6 0 2
#53 Randall Solis 0 3 0 0
#59 William Theis 0 3 0 0
#11 Santiago Smith 0 13 0 0
#51 Scott Dotson 24 25 0 0
#21 Jose Queen 14 15 0 0
#36 Dennis McRae 7 28 0 3
#47 Jose Sherlock 39 31 0 4
#78 Patrick Tobias 46 38 0 3
#65 Edgar Austin 41 13 0 4
#71 Leonardo Putnam 55 46 0 3
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 0 12 0 2
#16 Jimmy Landon 0 13 0 1
#32 William Mitchell 13 20 0 0
#75 Michael Robertson 16 6 0 0
#87 Raymundo Edmonson 7 4 0 0
#68 Christopher Spotts 7 0 0 0
#26 Seth Wynn 7 0 0 0
#18 Cordell Mosteller 0 9 0 0
#52 Larry Newsom 0 4 0 0
#98 Robert Falkner 0 1 0 0
#92 Louis Duron 0 2 0 0
#97 Joshua Lilley 0 1 0 0
#24 Shannon Smith 3 1 0 0
#77 Loren Williams 1 0 0 0
#73 Martin Hindman 1 0 0 0
#59 Rufus Aguilar 0 1 0 0
Hornets
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#37 Paul Fuller 41 18 3 4
#71 Harold White 49 19 2 3
#20 Robert Bonfiglio 7 5 2 2
#97 David Bronson 0 2 0 0
#59 Stephen Miller 0 2 0 1
#77 Derek Mattison 0 5 0 0
#91 Brian Queen 0 3 0 0
#29 Robert Mason 10 4 0 0
#82 Emil Hoban 0 10 0 0
#59 Frank Greenbaum 0 3 0 0
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 0 3 0 0
#85 Samuel Kiefer 0 3 0 0
#99 Fernando Stone 0 1 0 0
#62 Michael Becker 62 20 0 0
#84 Bruce Souza 12 7 0 0
#69 Jorge Knox 63 20 0 1
#88 Paul Williams 48 20 0 1
#47 Humberto Gray 18 6 0 0
#34 Ricky Jackson 8 16 0 1
#86 Jorge Dougherty 0 4 0 0
#22 Richard Green 14 1 0 0
#45 Gregory Williams 10 1 0 0
#73 Jesse Doolan 13 0 0 0
#36 Jame Harrell 11 0 0 0
#35 Shawn Ayala 4 3 0 0
#48 Jerry Roux 3 2 0 0
#69 Morris Sterling 0 1 0 0
#23 Charles McMillan 0 1 0 0
#34 Thomas Vasquez 0 2 0 1
Interception Stats
Express
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#48 Carlos Turner 1 0 0.00 0
#59 William Theis 1 0 0.00 0
Hornets
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#29 Robert Mason 3 -1 -0.33 0
Fumble Stats
Express
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#11 Santiago Smith 2 1 0 0
#26 Seth Wynn 1 0 0 0
#52 Larry Newsom 0 1 0 0
Hornets
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#69 Jorge Knox 0 0 1 0
#99 Fernando Stone 0 1 0 0
#23 Charles McMillan 0 0 1 0
Punting
Express
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Richard Huber 5 225 45.00 38.60 49 1
Hornets
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Thomas Desantiago 10 510 51.00 40.80 53 0
Kicking
Express
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Roger Ruzich 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 47 3 / 3
Hornets
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#17 Willie Putnam 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 1 / 2
Punt Return
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#11 Santiago Smith 7 51 7.3 12 0
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#48 Jerry Roux 1 9 9.0 9 0
Kick Return
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#26 Seth Wynn 3 75 25.0 0
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#48 Jerry Roux 2 54 27.0 0
Defensive Stats
Express
Name Tackles Sacks
#46 Paul Moore 6 0
#48 Carlos Turner 6 0
#42 Maurice Matzke 4 0
#59 Rufus Aguilar 4 2
#99 Thomas Martin 4 2
#47 Stephen Farmer 3 0
#11 Santiago Smith 3 0
#98 Robert Falkner 3 0
#53 Randall Solis 2 0
#92 Louis Duron 2 2
#59 William Theis 2 0
#1 Roger Ruzich 1 0
#42 Walter Silva 1 0
#97 Joshua Lilley 1 1
#79 Charles Martin 1 0
#54 Richard Owen 1 0
#50 Donn Webb 1 0
#21 Jose Queen 1 0
#41 Allen Ellison 1 0
Hornets
Name Tackles Sacks
#29 Robert Mason 9 0
#38 Joseph Abernathy 8 0
#69 Morris Sterling 8 0
#77 Derek Mattison 8 0
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 7 0
#23 Charles McMillan 5 0
#34 Thomas Vasquez 4 0
#59 Frank Greenbaum 4 0
#99 Fernando Stone 4 0
#91 Brian Queen 2 0
#59 Stephen Miller 1 0
#85 Samuel Kiefer 1 0
#88 Paul Williams 1 0
#86 Jorge Dougherty 1 0
#96 Charles Lewis 1 0
#20 Robert Bonfiglio 1 0
#75 Michael Keys 1 0