New Sticky Note

The new user interface is in preview!

Want to check it out? Click here! (If you don't like it, you can still switch back)

Week 4: New Orleans VooDoo at Michigan Panthers

September 24, 1978
61°
Pontiac Silverdome (Pontiac, MI) Attendance: 61,496 (77%)
VooDoo 0 0 3 8 - 11
Panthers 2 10 2 7 - 21

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Panthers: 3-19-NOV 2 (3:44) 16-Ryan Tate sacked at NOV -6 for -8 yards (73-Michael Kay). Sack allowed by 74-Dale Gregory. SAFETY! (73-Michael Kay) MIC 2 NOV 0
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 1-10-NOV 13 (4:50) 4-Michael London pass complete to 80-Anthony Toler for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Richard Lamar. MIC 9 NOV 0
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 4-10-NOV 20 (0:19) 5-Richard Lamar 39 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 99-Juan Bennett was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MIC 12 NOV 0
(Qtr 3) Panthers: 2-27-NOV 8 (14:13) 16-Ryan Tate sacked at NOV -1 for -9 yards (73-Michael Kay). Sack allowed by 74-Dale Gregory. SAFETY! (73-Michael Kay) MIC 14 NOV 0
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 4-3-MIC 3 (7:19) 3-John Langdon 21 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 14 NOV 3
(Qtr 4) Panthers: 2-3-NOV 3 (1:44) 34-Roy Weeks ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Richard Lamar. MIC 21 NOV 3
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 1-10-MIC 41 (1:07) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 19-Thomas Canale for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 82-William Ramsey for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Pressure by 94-Arthur Bowie. MIC 21 NOV 11

Team Statistics

Panthers VooDoo
First Downs 21 12
- Rushing 2 6
- Passing 19 6
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 433 244
- Offensive Plays 80 64
- Yards Per Play 5.41 3.81
Net Rushing Yards 34 97
- Rushing Attempts 9 29
- Yards Per Rush 3.78 3.34
Net Passing Yards 399 147
- Att/Comp/Int 69 / 33 / 2 30 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 412 187
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 13 5 / 40
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.62 4.20
- Yards Per Completion 12.48 10.39
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.2 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 54 4 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 53 1 / 25
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 10
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 22
Time of Possession 27:29 32:31

Drive Charts

Michigan Panthers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:43 OWN 25 5 4 Punt
1 8:41 3:39 OWN 20 6 37 Punt
1 3:41 0:57 OWN 34 3 1 Punt
2 14:18 1:07 OWN 9 5 32 Punt
2 11:40 2:47 OWN 36 6 62 Interception
2 7:22 2:27 OWN 29 8 27 Punt
2 4:50 0:03 OPP 13 1 13 Touchdown
2 1:49 1:34 OWN 13 8 66 Field Goal
3 14:09 0:58 OWN 43 3 9 Punt
3 9:58 0:11 OWN 34 1 -10 Interception
3 7:16 2:30 OWN 25 10 43 Punt
3 1:58 1:39 OWN 18 3 5 Punt
4 10:55 1:07 OWN 20 6 13 Punt
4 7:29 5:48 OWN 13 13 87 Touchdown
4 0:59 0:59 OWN 49 2 0 Game

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:17 4:36 OWN 19 8 36 Punt
1 5:02 1:21 OWN 11 3 -19 Safety
1 2:44 3:27 OWN 18 5 23 Punt
2 13:10 1:31 OWN 13 3 6 Punt
2 8:53 1:31 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
2 4:54 0:04 OWN 8 1 0 Fumble
2 4:47 2:58 OWN 25 7 9 Punt
2 0:16 0:16 OWN 25 1 1 Half
3 15:00 0:51 OWN 25 2 -27 Safety
3 13:12 3:13 OWN 9 5 14 Punt
3 9:48 2:31 OPP 34 4 31 Field Goal
3 4:46 2:48 OWN 12 4 21 Punt
3 0:19 4:23 OWN 32 9 29 Punt
4 9:48 2:19 OWN 24 6 16 Punt
4 1:41 0:42 OWN 27 2 73 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Roy Weeks 6 26 4.33 9 0 1
Steven Napier 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
Michael London 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Nantz 18 82 4.56 19 4 0
Terry Moody 8 19 2.38 5 0 0
Alex Flores 3 -4 -1.33 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael London 51 25 311 1 / 6 1 32 2 58.54
Jerry Ruiz 18 8 101 1 / 7 0 48 0 62.50

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Tate 30 18 187 5 / 40 1 41 0 89.17

Receiving Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Julio Prince 7 125 17.86 32 0
Anthony Toler 9 115 12.78 25 1
James Roberson 1 48 48.00 48 0
David Billy 4 33 8.25 11 0
Gerald Miller 4 29 7.25 20 0
Darrell Trotter 3 24 8.00 13 0
Roy Weeks 2 20 10.00 15 0
Joseph Durden 2 15 7.50 13 0
Elvis Thomas 1 3 3.00 3 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Canale 6 87 14.50 41 1
William Ramsey 5 56 11.20 27 0
Stephen Durbin 1 15 15.00 15 0
Thomas Regan 2 12 6.00 8 0
Wayne Williams 2 8 4.00 6 0
Joe Cerna 1 6 6.00 6 0
James Nantz 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Bryan Salinas 31 6 1 1
Richard Robinson 67 19 0 1
Gerald Miller 0 9 0 0
Thomas Coley 0 1 0 0
Frank German 4 0 0 0
Anthony Toler 0 9 0 0
Dwayne Walker 0 2 0 0
Julio Prince 0 7 0 0
Douglas Couey 0 1 0 0
Darrell Trotter 6 9 0 0
Alton Pastor 0 2 0 0
Samuel Heard 0 2 0 0
Stanley Thomas 0 4 0 1
Joseph Durden 0 8 0 1
Arturo James 81 21 0 1
James Roberson 10 3 0 1
Arthur Bowie 9 4 0 0
David Billy 12 7 0 0
Steven Napier 9 0 0 0
Jason Derosa 18 5 0 0
Marion Long 13 2 0 0
Roy Weeks 15 7 0 0
Elvis Thomas 70 22 0 0
Timothy Gates 78 25 0 0
David Rodman 78 17 0 0
Freddie Chapman 0 1 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dale Gregory 35 36 2 4
Thomas Canale 0 13 0 0
Pablo Goodwin 2 0 0 0
Troy Tomas 0 2 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 2 0 0
Wayne Bouchard 0 2 0 0
Anthony Munoz 0 2 0 0
Ramon Boldt 0 2 0 0
Alex Flores 0 1 0 0
John Wyatt 1 5 0 1
Larry Ackman 0 3 0 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 2 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 2 0 0
Joseph Douglas 0 1 0 0
Greg Murtha 7 0 0 0
William Ramsey 8 14 0 0
Stephen Durbin 1 15 0 0
Jamie Aponte 3 15 0 2
Robert Newton 9 4 0 0
Joe Cerna 0 7 0 0
James Nantz 16 1 0 0
Wayne Williams 5 24 0 2
Thomas Regan 20 29 0 1
Damon Fisher 42 30 0 3
Emmitt James 43 35 0 1
Donald Glenn 36 32 0 1
Gerald Demott 45 41 0 0
Miguel Gross 0 2 0 1

Interception Stats

Michigan Panthers

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Newton 1 10 10.00 0
Rick Edwards 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Samuel Heard 0 0 2 0
Delbert Hurley 0 1 0 0
Julio Prince 0 1 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Nantz 1 0 0 0
Alex Flores 1 0 0 0
Jamie Aponte 0 1 0 0

Punting

Michigan Panthers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Cruz Townsend 9 365 40.56 39.89 52 2

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicolas Alleyne 9 418 46.44 41.44 52 0

Kicking

Michigan Panthers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Richard Lamar 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 2 / 2

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Langdon 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 21 0 / 0

Punt Return

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Steven Napier 1 0 0.0 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Ramsey 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kick Return

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Julio Prince 2 53 26.5 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Ramsey 1 25 25.0 0

Defensive Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Tackles Sacks
David Oxford 9 0
Delbert Hurley 6 0
Stanley Thomas 5 0
Walter Daniels 4 0
Dwayne Walker 4 0
Samuel Heard 4 0
Arthur Bowie 4 1
Henry Crenshaw 4 0
Alton Pastor 3 1
Christopher Chen 3 0
Michael Kay 2 2
Manuel West 1 1
Paul Funchess 1 0
Roy Weeks 1 0
Anthony Toler 1 0
Freddie Chapman 1 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Tackles Sacks
Rick Edwards 10 1
Robert Newton 8 0
Anthony Munoz 4 0
Troy Tomas 4 0
Larry Ackman 4 0
Wayne Bouchard 3 0
Miguel Gross 2 1
Charles Anderson 2 0
Ramon Boldt 2 0
Thomas Canale 1 0
James Nantz 1 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 1 0
Gregory Frick 1 0