Regular Season Week 12: Maulers at Hornets
November 19, 1978 71° American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 37,728 (75%)
Maulers 0 14 20 21 - 55
Hornets 3 0 7 7 - 17
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Hornets: 4-5-PIT 31 (7:29) 17-Willie Putnam 48 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 3 PIT 0
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 2-1-CHA 0 (13:27) 27-John Murray ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 3 PIT 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 1-10-CHA 11 (9:31) 13-Michael White pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 3 PIT 14
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 2-16-CHA 16 (13:29) 13-Michael White pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 3 PIT 21
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 1-10-CHA 22 (10:45) 13-Michael White pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 3 PIT 28
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 1-4-CHA 4 (5:54) 24-Robert Ensley ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Hornets: (5:51) 8-Bret Curley kicks 67 yards from PIT 35 to CHA -2. 20-Robert Bonfiglio for 102yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. CHA 10 PIT 34
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 1-7-CHA 7 (15:00) 24-Robert Ensley ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 10 PIT 41
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 3-1-CHA 6 (13:41) 24-Robert Ensley ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 10 PIT 48
(Qtr 4) Hornets: 3-11-CHA 19 (7:29) 3-George Melton pass complete to 48-Jerry Roux for 81 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. PIT 95-Leonel Martinsen was injured on the play. CHA 17 PIT 48
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 1-3-CHA 3 (2:02) 24-Robert Ensley ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 17 PIT 55
Team Statistics
Hornets Maulers
First Downs 10 23
- Rushing 5 10
- Passing 5 12
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 241 606
- Offensive Plays 54 65
- Yards Per Play 4.46 9.32
Net Rushing Yards 70 202
- Rushing Attempts 15 37
- Yards Per Rush 4.67 5.46
Net Passing Yards 171 404
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 16 / 3 26 / 22 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 234 421
- Sacks/Yards Lost 8 / 63 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.38 14.43
- Yards Per Completion 14.63 19.14
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 2 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 12 6 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.9 5.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 48 7 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 171 2 / 53
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 9
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 7 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 37
Time of Possession 26:18 33:28
Drive Charts
Hornets
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:29 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
1 13:25 1:35 OWN 40 3 1 Punt
1 10:18 2:53 OWN 36 6 33 Field Goal
1 5:49 4:01 OWN 35 6 28 Punt
2 13:25 1:44 OWN 31 3 -5 Punt
2 9:27 3:55 OWN 25 6 13 Punt
2 1:51 1:51 OWN 4 3 12 Half
3 13:25 2:05 OWN 25 5 1 Interception
3 10:41 1:25 OWN 25 5 38 Interception
3 5:36 2:03 OPP 25 3 -9 Punt
3 3:34 1:35 OWN 17 7 33 Punt
4 14:57 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
4 13:38 0:36 OWN 27 3 2 Interception
4 8:15 0:59 OWN 20 3 80 Touchdown
4 1:58 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
Maulers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:31 0:06 OWN 33 1 0 Interception
1 11:50 1:32 OWN 18 3 0 Punt
1 7:25 1:36 OWN 25 3 -11 Punt
1 1:48 3:23 OWN 20 7 80 Touchdown
2 11:41 2:14 OWN 29 5 71 Touchdown
2 5:32 3:42 OWN 18 6 31 Punt
3 15:00 1:35 OWN 24 3 76 Touchdown
3 11:19 0:39 OPP 33 2 33 Touchdown
3 9:16 3:25 OWN 24 6 76 Touchdown
3 1:58 2:01 OWN 13 5 87 Touchdown
4 14:54 1:16 OPP 15 3 15 Touchdown
4 13:03 4:47 OPP 48 7 46 Missed FG
4 7:17 5:18 OWN 29 9 71 Touchdown
4 1:55 1:54 OPP 18 3 14 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Hornets
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#48 Jerry Roux 8 56 7.00 24 4 0
#47 Humberto Gray 3 12 4.00 10 1 0
#20 Robert Bonfiglio 4 2 0.50 3 0 0
Maulers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#29 Cliff Thomas 12 106 8.83 18 6 0
#24 Robert Ensley 9 51 5.67 11 1 4
#27 John Murray 16 45 2.81 10 1 1
Passing Stats
Hornets
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 George Melton 31 16 234 8 / 63 1 81 3 47.72
Maulers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#14 Michael White 23 19 383 2 / 17 3 67 1 140.22
#12 Scott Deal 3 3 38 0 / 0 0 28 0 118.75
Receiving Stats
Hornets
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#48 Jerry Roux 2 91 45.50 81 1
#47 Humberto Gray 2 40 20.00 24 0
#82 Emil Hoban 6 37 6.17 8 0
#20 Robert Bonfiglio 3 33 11.00 23 0
#86 Jorge Dougherty 2 29 14.50 24 0
#85 Samuel Kiefer 1 4 4.00 4 0
Maulers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 Robert Richards 5 125 25.00 67 0
#86 John Gordon 3 105 35.00 58 0
#89 Vito Moffat 5 65 13.00 22 3
#83 Robert Diaz 3 44 14.67 24 0
#82 Dennis McLean 3 41 13.67 36 0
#27 John Murray 1 28 28.00 28 0
#84 Javier Rudolph 2 13 6.50 8 0
Blocking Stats
Hornets
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#71 Harold White 39 22 4 4
#68 John Abdallah 40 23 1 1
#64 Norris Scott 39 21 1 1
#69 Jorge Knox 49 25 1 3
#62 Michael Becker 48 17 0 1
#34 Ricky Jackson 1 13 0 1
#47 Humberto Gray 10 6 0 0
#45 Gregory Williams 9 0 0 0
#73 Jesse Doolan 9 0 0 0
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 6 3 0 0
#36 Jame Harrell 9 0 0 0
#88 Paul Williams 8 3 0 0
#97 David Bronson 0 3 0 1
#91 Brian Queen 0 4 0 0
#95 Michael Griffith 0 1 0 0
#20 Robert Bonfiglio 5 11 0 1
#84 Bruce Souza 3 0 0 0
#22 Richard Green 4 2 0 0
#86 Jorge Dougherty 0 10 0 2
#82 Emil Hoban 0 6 0 0
#35 Shawn Ayala 4 5 0 0
#59 Stephen Miller 0 3 0 0
#78 Wayne Harris 0 3 0 0
#29 Robert Mason 0 3 0 0
#59 Frank Greenbaum 0 3 0 1
#85 Samuel Kiefer 1 4 0 0
#99 Fernando Stone 0 3 0 0
#49 Robert Carroll 2 1 0 0
#48 Jerry Roux 7 6 0 1
#26 William Dolloff 1 2 0 0
#38 Joseph Abernathy 0 1 0 0
Maulers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#83 Robert Diaz 8 28 1 1
#60 Sidney Woosley 39 30 0 1
#50 Andre Adkins 37 39 0 0
#75 Herman Winn 30 31 0 1
#69 Tim Kaufman 33 29 0 0
#76 Pete Gabriel 44 36 0 1
#86 John Gordon 0 15 0 2
#47 Randy Ertel 0 2 0 0
#53 Jeff Orr 5 3 0 0
#33 Paul Brooks 0 2 0 0
#29 Cliff Thomas 3 6 0 1
#31 Eric Metcalf 0 24 0 3
#89 Vito Moffat 0 8 0 0
#15 Robert Richards 0 22 0 0
#84 Javier Rudolph 0 25 0 1
#63 Jon Brantley 14 7 0 0
#78 Raymond Weems 17 8 0 0
#78 Michael Mills 19 11 0 0
#74 David Aybar 17 8 0 0
#82 Dennis McLean 13 13 0 1
#27 John Murray 5 2 0 0
#24 Robert Ensley 1 1 0 0
#98 Leonel Martinsen 2 0 0 0
#20 George Rice 0 2 0 0
#42 Arthur Shipman 0 2 0 0
#38 Charles Smith 0 1 0 0
#52 Luther Gilbert 1 2 0 1
#25 Charles Yerby 0 3 0 0
#57 Arthur Phillips 0 3 0 0
#37 Michael Large 0 2 0 1
#58 Eric Reed 0 1 0 0
#99 George Grant 0 2 0 0
#55 Brian Lowe 0 1 0 0
#90 John Hunter 0 2 0 0
#91 Terry Goodwin 0 1 0 1
#35 Guadalupe Pierce 0 1 0 0
#70 Howard Vaughn 0 1 0 0
#66 Charles Miller 1 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Hornets
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#23 Charles McMillan 1 0 0.00 0
Maulers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#47 Randy Ertel 1 0 0.00 0
#33 Paul Brooks 2 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Hornets
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#3 George Melton 3 0 0 0
#64 Norris Scott 0 1 0 0
#59 Stephen Miller 0 0 1 0
Maulers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#24 Robert Ensley 1 1 0 0
#20 George Rice 0 1 0 0
#55 Brian Lowe 0 0 1 0
#58 Eric Reed 0 1 1 0
Punting
Hornets
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Thomas Desantiago 6 263 43.83 38.17 50 0
Maulers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#5 Julian Nolan 4 193 48.25 48.25 50 1
Kicking
Hornets
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#17 Willie Putnam 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 2 / 2
Maulers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#8 Bret Curley 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 7 / 8
Punt Return
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Maulers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#27 John Murray 1 10 10.0 10 0
Kick Return
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#20 Robert Bonfiglio 3 171 57.0 1
Maulers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#27 John Murray 1 31 31.0 0
#24 Robert Ensley 1 22 22.0 0
Defensive Stats
Hornets
Name Tackles Sacks
#38 Joseph Abernathy 15 0
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 9 0
#23 Charles McMillan 6 0
#91 Brian Queen 5 0
#29 Robert Mason 5 0
#59 Stephen Miller 3 0
#59 Frank Greenbaum 2 0
#51 Alfonso Bessey 2 1
#86 Jorge Dougherty 2 0
#97 David Bronson 2 0
#3 George Melton 2 0
#94 Steven Klock 2 0
#95 Michael Griffith 1 1
#78 Wayne Harris 1 0
#20 Robert Bonfiglio 1 0
#99 Fernando Stone 1 0
#82 Emil Hoban 1 0
#14 Thomas Ross 1 0
Maulers
Name Tackles Sacks
#37 Michael Large 6 0
#44 Bradley Martinez 6 0
#99 George Grant 3 0
#98 Leonel Martinsen 3 1
#33 Paul Brooks 3 0
#55 Brian Lowe 3 1
#91 Terry Goodwin 3 1
#58 Eric Reed 2 3
#20 George Rice 2 0
#15 Robert Richards 1 0
#25 Charles Yerby 1 0
#38 Charles Smith 1 0
#90 John Hunter 1 1
#8 Bret Curley 1 0
#47 Randy Ertel 1 0
#35 Guadalupe Pierce 1 0
#53 Jeff Orr 1 0
#97 Michael Switzer 1 1