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Week 11: Washington Federals at New Orleans VooDoo

November 12, 1978
70°
Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 54,660 (75%)
Federals 0 7 0 12 - 19
VooDoo 3 0 3 17 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 4-7-WAS 11 (3:27) 3-John Langdon 29 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 56-John Hughes was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NOV 3 WAS 0
(Qtr 2) Federals: 3-5-WAS 40 (13:21) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 82-Roger Saddler for 60 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Paul Holder. NOV 3 WAS 7
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 4-4-WAS 10 (7:09) 3-John Langdon 27 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 6 WAS 7
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-7-WAS 12 (10:08) 3-John Langdon 29 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 77-Emmitt James was injured on the play. NOV 9 WAS 7
(Qtr 4) Federals: 2-4-WAS 50 (8:32) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 13-Matt Ellis for 50 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 2-2-WAS 26 (7:34) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 87-Joe Cerna for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. NOV 16 WAS 13
(Qtr 4) Federals: 1-1-NOV 1 (3:39) 24-Jeremy Cooper ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 1-10-WAS 24 (1:34) (Hot Read) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 21-James Nantz for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. NOV 23 WAS 19

Team Statistics

VooDoo Federals
First Downs 19 12
- Rushing 11 3
- Passing 7 9
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 416 275
- Offensive Plays 70 52
- Yards Per Play 5.94 5.29
Net Rushing Yards 220 38
- Rushing Attempts 44 12
- Yards Per Rush 5.00 3.17
Net Passing Yards 196 237
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 13 / 1 33 / 20 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 196 295
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 7 / 58
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.54 5.93
- Yards Per Completion 15.08 14.75
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 2 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 10.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 40 1 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 25 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 88 1 / 29
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 3 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 23
Time of Possession 36:25 23:34

Drive Charts

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:14 OWN 22 4 22 Punt
1 9:38 6:14 OWN 30 12 58 Field Goal
1 1:17 1:33 OWN 35 4 23 Punt
2 13:12 3:03 OWN 23 5 26 Punt
2 7:57 3:06 OWN 37 6 20 Punt
2 4:01 2:08 OPP 45 3 8 Punt
3 13:28 4:09 OWN 30 6 25 Punt
3 9:09 2:03 OPP 15 3 6 Field Goal
3 4:09 0:04 OWN 23 1 0 Interception
3 2:38 7:33 OWN 20 14 68 Field Goal
4 8:23 0:56 OWN 37 4 63 Touchdown
4 3:36 2:07 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 1:15 1:15 OPP 44 4 1 Game

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:46 3:08 OWN 10 6 11 Punt
1 3:23 2:07 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
2 14:44 1:32 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
2 10:08 2:12 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
2 4:50 0:50 OWN 6 3 -1 Punt
2 1:52 1:52 OWN 20 6 28 Half
3 15:00 1:32 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 9:20 0:11 OWN 7 2 0 Fumble
3 7:06 2:57 OWN 25 4 9 Punt
3 4:05 1:26 OPP 29 3 -18 Punt
4 10:05 1:42 OWN 23 3 77 Touchdown
4 7:27 3:51 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
4 1:29 0:14 OWN 25 3 9 Interception

Rushing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kenneth Boyd 18 122 6.78 14 5 0
James Nantz 22 88 4.00 15 4 0
Terry Moody 2 10 5.00 9 0 0
Ryan Tate 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gary Munch 10 39 3.90 13 2 0
Jeremy Cooper 2 -1 -0.50 1 0 1

Passing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Tate 26 13 196 0 / 0 2 26 1 84.78

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 33 20 295 7 / 58 2 60 1 97.41

Receiving Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Canale 3 51 17.00 22 0
Joe Cerna 2 45 22.50 26 1
Wayne Williams 3 45 15.00 21 0
William Ramsey 3 29 9.67 15 0
James Nantz 1 24 24.00 24 1
Thomas Regan 1 2 2.00 2 0

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Roger Saddler 5 101 20.20 60 1
Matt Ellis 4 91 22.75 50 1
Jacob Scully 3 32 10.67 20 0
Gary Munch 4 31 7.75 11 0
Danny Merrill 1 15 15.00 15 0
Joseph Baker 1 12 12.00 12 0
Stuart Haney 1 11 11.00 11 0
Jeremy Cooper 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Newton 6 4 0 0
Joe Cerna 0 28 0 2
Joseph Douglas 0 1 0 0
Terry Moody 1 1 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 2 0 0
Arthur Ellis 0 1 0 0
Greg Murtha 9 1 0 0
Jamie Aponte 5 0 0 0
James Nantz 9 5 0 0
Thomas Regan 13 13 0 0
William Ramsey 11 31 0 0
Kenneth Boyd 14 5 0 0
Wayne Williams 12 47 0 0
Pablo Goodwin 34 49 0 8
Joseph Deslauriers 0 6 0 0
Damon Fisher 37 48 0 0
Emmitt James 35 44 0 4
Donald Glenn 26 45 0 4
Dale Gregory 26 34 0 3
Miguel Gross 0 7 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 5 0 1
Wayne Bouchard 0 3 0 0
Harvey Miller 0 5 0 0
Larry Ackman 0 5 0 1
Anthony Munoz 0 6 0 2
Ramon Boldt 0 7 0 0
Thomas Canale 0 46 0 1
Stephen Durbin 0 2 0 0

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Samuel Gragg 40 19 4 5
Joel Lossett 40 19 2 3
Ted Jarrett 49 19 1 3
Steven Melin 6 1 0 0
Richard Brazier 0 1 0 0
Roger Dunn 0 1 0 0
Corey Norwood 0 1 0 0
Garland Gipson 0 1 0 0
Chris Kyle 0 1 0 0
Donald Weaver 0 1 0 0
Brian Walker 2 0 0 0
Travis Curcio 0 2 0 0
Johnny Aguilar 0 4 0 0
Joseph Baker 1 3 0 1
James West 8 6 0 0
Roger Saddler 0 12 0 0
Don Maggs 8 0 0 0
Freddie Brown 7 0 0 0
John Hughes 6 1 0 0
Jacob Scully 19 8 0 1
Gary Munch 12 3 0 0
Wesley Griffin 41 18 0 1
Danny Merrill 0 10 0 0
Wayne Williams 41 23 0 0
Matt Ellis 0 11 0 1
Stuart Haney 13 7 0 0
Jeremy Cooper 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Larry Ackman 1 0 0.00 0

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Brazier 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kenneth Boyd 1 0 0 0
Robert Newton 0 1 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 0 1 0
Thomas Canale 0 1 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gary Munch 1 0 0 0
Ted Jarrett 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicolas Alleyne 6 260 43.33 32.00 57 1

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
George Hill 7 332 47.43 41.14 51 0

Kicking

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Langdon 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 2 / 2

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Paul Holder 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 2

Punt Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Boyd 5 25 5.0 11 0

Washington Federals

Kick Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Boyd 3 88 29.3 0

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gary Munch 1 29 29.0 0

Defensive Stats