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Week 4: Pittsburgh Maulers at New York (NY) Stars

September 24, 1978
59°
Downing Stadium (New York City, NY) Attendance: 45,422 (91%)
Maulers 0 0 3 17 - 20
(NY) Stars 3 7 3 0 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) (NY) Stars: 4-4-PIT 34 (4:54) 2-Christopher Meade 52 yard field goal is GOOD. NYS 3 PIT 0
(Qtr 2) (NY) Stars: 3-5-PIT 5 (1:16) 4-Leo Brixey pass complete to 14-David Wicker for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. NYS 10 PIT 0
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 4-10-NYS 12 (11:11) 8-Bret Curley 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NYS 10 PIT 3
(Qtr 3) (NY) Stars: 4-3-PIT 25 (2:47) 2-Christopher Meade 43 yard field goal is GOOD. NYS 13 PIT 3
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 2-5-NYS 9 (15:00) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 86-John Gordon for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. NYS 13 PIT 10
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 4-10-NYS 29 (10:29) 8-Bret Curley 47 yard field goal is GOOD. NYS 13 PIT 13
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 2-9-NYS 32 (2:06) 4-Leo Brixey sacked at NYS 27 for -6 yards (90-John Hunter). Sack allowed by 67-Dave Lapham. 4-Leo Brixey FUMBLES (90-John Hunter) recovered by PIT-90-John Hunter to NYS 0 for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. NYS 13 PIT 20

Team Statistics

(NY) Stars Maulers
First Downs 15 15
- Rushing 4 1
- Passing 10 13
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 215 288
- Offensive Plays 71 66
- Yards Per Play 3.03 4.36
Net Rushing Yards 79 64
- Rushing Attempts 23 23
- Yards Per Rush 3.43 2.78
Net Passing Yards 136 224
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 23 / 0 41 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 182 240
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 46 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.83 5.21
- Yards Per Completion 7.91 11.43
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 17 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 7.2
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 3 2 / 18
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 65 2 / 54
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 2 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 31
Time of Possession 29:26 30:35

Drive Charts

New York (NY) Stars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:30 OWN 27 3 2 Punt
1 11:59 2:46 OWN 32 4 2 Punt
1 7:51 3:02 OWN 26 6 40 Field Goal
2 14:14 2:13 OWN 9 3 -6 Punt
2 8:21 2:14 OWN 3 4 3 Punt
2 6:03 4:51 OPP 43 9 43 Touchdown
3 11:08 1:08 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 7:51 2:05 OWN 19 5 35 Punt
3 4:58 2:15 OPP 32 3 7 Field Goal
4 14:56 1:40 OWN 25 4 28 Fumble
4 10:25 4:17 OWN 25 9 30 Punt
4 5:07 0:58 OWN 32 3 1 Punt
4 2:25 0:27 OWN 32 2 1 Punt

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:30 1:31 OWN 26 3 -1 Punt
1 9:13 1:22 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 4:50 5:36 OWN 21 8 43 Punt
2 12:01 3:40 OWN 38 6 17 Punt
2 6:07 0:04 OWN 45 1 0 Interception
2 1:12 1:12 OWN 25 5 58 Missed FG
3 15:00 3:52 OWN 25 10 62 Field Goal
3 10:00 2:09 OWN 16 5 15 Punt
3 5:46 0:48 OWN 20 2 4 Interception
3 2:43 2:47 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
4 13:16 2:51 OPP 40 6 11 Field Goal
4 6:08 1:01 OWN 12 3 8 Punt
4 4:09 1:44 OWN 22 3 -2 Punt
4 1:58 1:47 OPP 25 13 -44 Downs
4 0:11 0:11 OWN 31 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Aaron Chavez 14 59 4.21 17 4 0
Leonard Arredondo 9 20 2.22 8 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Ensley 13 35 2.69 11 1 0
Eric Metcalf 6 20 3.33 9 0 0
Robert Richards 3 9 3.00 6 0 0
Michael White 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Leo Brixey 37 23 182 6 / 46 1 26 0 83.39
Eric Roberge 5 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael White 36 18 209 2 / 16 0 32 2 44.79
Scott Deal 5 3 31 0 / 0 1 17 0 117.50

Receiving Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Leblanc 4 50 12.50 26 0
Larry Brown 4 46 11.50 15 0
Donald Fernandez 3 28 9.33 12 0
Anthony Salgado 2 21 10.50 19 0
David Wicker 4 19 4.75 12 1
Allan Howard 5 16 3.20 10 0
Donald Cosper 1 2 2.00 2 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Vito Moffat 8 70 8.75 17 0
Javier Rudolph 3 68 22.67 32 0
Robert Richards 4 48 12.00 14 0
John Gordon 2 29 14.50 20 1
Eric Metcalf 1 14 14.00 14 0
Robert Ensley 2 9 4.50 5 0
Robert Diaz 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
George Moore 48 29 2 4
Daniel Wells 51 35 1 0
James Foster 48 31 1 1
Anthony Salgado 6 28 1 1
Dave Lapham 12 19 1 6
Samuel Robles 37 14 0 2
Michael Ellis 0 1 0 1
Donald Fernandez 0 2 0 0
Daniel Roth 0 2 0 0
Ben Fabiano 0 1 0 0
Richard Kirkwood 0 1 0 0
Manuel Nance 13 2 0 0
David Wicker 0 6 0 0
Larry Williams 8 0 0 0
Rod Hendrickson 1 2 0 0
Aaron Chavez 18 7 0 0
Allan Howard 0 20 0 0
Luis Carswell 47 30 0 2
Curtis Hartig 10 3 0 0
Wendell Figueroa 24 18 0 2
Leonard Arredondo 15 11 0 1
Larry Brown 0 11 0 1
Joseph Leblanc 12 23 0 3
William Reaves 11 3 0 0
Patrick Floyd 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Sidney Woosley 38 19 1 3
Andre Adkins 43 27 0 0
Arthur Shipman 0 4 0 0
Nathaniel Miles 0 2 0 0
Terry Goodwin 0 2 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 1 0 1
Luther Gilbert 0 1 0 0
David Aybar 5 0 0 0
Dennis McLean 7 8 0 1
John Gordon 0 6 0 0
Robert Ensley 11 6 0 1
Arthur Phillips 0 3 0 0
Charles Yerby 0 1 0 1
Charles Smith 0 2 0 0
George Rice 0 2 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 2 0 0
Dustin Adams 11 0 0 0
Morton Wright 0 3 0 1
Herman Winn 39 32 0 2
Michael Mills 12 1 0 0
Pete Gabriel 17 2 0 0
Jeff Orr 7 3 0 1
Leonel Martinsen 7 0 0 0
Raymond Weems 15 1 0 0
Jon Brantley 17 6 0 0
Eric Metcalf 3 7 0 0
Vito Moffat 0 11 0 0
Javier Rudolph 1 21 0 1
Robert Diaz 8 17 0 0
Robert Richards 0 19 0 0
Larry Fazio 52 36 0 1
Tim Kaufman 43 39 0 1
John Hunter 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Dillon Zimmerman 1 2 2.00 0
Gary Patterson 1 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Fumble Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Leo Brixey 2 0 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Eric Reed 0 1 1 0
John Hunter 0 1 1 1

Punting

New York (NY) Stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Bruce Kester 8 385 48.13 43.00 59 2

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 7 303 43.29 42.86 49 0

Kicking

New York (NY) Stars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Meade 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 2 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 2 / 2

Punt Return

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Allan Howard 1 3 3.0 3 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Gordon 2 18 9.0 11 0

Kick Return

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Allan Howard 2 65 32.5 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Ensley 2 54 27.0 0

Defensive Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Tackles Sacks
Martin Wolf 6 0
Michael Ellis 6 0
Rodney Preston 4 0
Adrian Hill 4 0
Hollis Owens 4 0
Dillon Zimmerman 3 1
Gary Patterson 3 0
Joshua Nickols 3 0
Larry Williams 3 0
Howard Zacharias 2 0
Daniel Roth 2 1
Ben Fabiano 2 0
Richard Kirkwood 2 0
Patrick Floyd 2 0
Lewis Wadsworth 1 0
Luis Carswell 1 0
Eric Bigham 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Brooks 9 0
Michael Large 7 0
Nathaniel Miles 6 1
Terry Goodwin 6 2
George Grant 4 0
Brian Lowe 3 0
Randy Ertel 3 0
John Hunter 2 1
Charles Smith 2 0
Bradley Martinez 2 0
Charles Miller 2 0
Luther Gilbert 1 0
Javier Rudolph 1 0
Jeff Orr 1 0
Marvin Anderson 1 0
George Rice 1 0
Robert Diaz 1 0
Charles Yerby 1 0
Leonel Martinsen 1 1
Eric Reed 0 1