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Week 12: Pittsburgh Maulers at Charlotte Hornets

November 19, 1978
71°
American Legion Memorial Stadium (Charlotte, NC) 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

Charlotte 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

Pittsburgh 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

Rushing Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jerry Roux 8 56 7.00 24 4 0
Humberto Gray 3 12 4.00 10 1 0
Robert Bonfiglio 4 2 0.50 3 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 12 106 8.83 18 6 0
Robert Ensley 9 51 5.67 11 1 4
John Murray 16 45 2.81 10 1 1

Passing Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
George Melton 31 16 234 8 / 63 1 81 3 47.72

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael White 23 19 383 2 / 17 3 67 1 140.22
Scott Deal 3 3 38 0 / 0 0 28 0 118.75

Receiving Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerry Roux 2 91 45.50 81 1
Humberto Gray 2 40 20.00 24 0
Emil Hoban 6 37 6.17 8 0
Robert Bonfiglio 3 33 11.00 23 0
Jorge Dougherty 2 29 14.50 24 0
Samuel Kiefer 1 4 4.00 4 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Richards 5 125 25.00 67 0
John Gordon 3 105 35.00 58 0
Vito Moffat 5 65 13.00 22 3
Robert Diaz 3 44 14.67 24 0
Dennis McLean 3 41 13.67 36 0
John Murray 1 28 28.00 28 0
Javier Rudolph 2 13 6.50 8 0

Blocking Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Harold White 39 22 4 4
John Abdallah 40 23 1 1
Norris Scott 39 21 1 1
Jorge Knox 49 25 1 3
Michael Becker 48 17 0 1
Robert Mason 0 3 0 0
Shawn Ayala 4 5 0 0
Stephen Miller 0 3 0 0
Wayne Harris 0 3 0 0
Fernando Stone 0 3 0 0
Frank Greenbaum 0 3 0 1
Samuel Kiefer 1 4 0 0
Jorge Dougherty 0 10 0 2
Robert Carroll 2 1 0 0
Jerry Roux 7 6 0 1
William Dolloff 1 2 0 0
Emil Hoban 0 6 0 0
Robert Bonfiglio 5 11 0 1
Richard Green 4 2 0 0
Bruce Souza 3 0 0 0
Michael Griffith 0 1 0 0
Brian Queen 0 4 0 0
David Bronson 0 3 0 1
Paul Williams 8 3 0 0
Jame Harrell 9 0 0 0
Eduardo Sorenson 6 3 0 0
Jesse Doolan 9 0 0 0
Gregory Williams 9 0 0 0
Humberto Gray 10 6 0 0
Ricky Jackson 1 13 0 1
Joseph Abernathy 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Diaz 8 28 1 1
Sidney Woosley 39 30 0 1
Arthur Phillips 0 3 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 2 0 0 0
George Rice 0 2 0 0
Arthur Shipman 0 2 0 0
Charles Smith 0 1 0 0
Luther Gilbert 1 2 0 1
Charles Yerby 0 3 0 0
Eric Reed 0 1 0 0
Michael Large 0 2 0 1
John Murray 5 2 0 0
George Grant 0 2 0 0
Brian Lowe 0 1 0 0
John Hunter 0 2 0 0
Terry Goodwin 0 1 0 1
Guadalupe Pierce 0 1 0 0
Howard Vaughn 0 1 0 0
Robert Ensley 1 1 0 0
Dennis McLean 13 13 0 1
Andre Adkins 37 39 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 2 0 0
Herman Winn 30 31 0 1
Tim Kaufman 33 29 0 0
Pete Gabriel 44 36 0 1
John Gordon 0 15 0 2
Randy Ertel 0 2 0 0
Jeff Orr 5 3 0 0
Cliff Thomas 3 6 0 1
David Aybar 17 8 0 0
Eric Metcalf 0 24 0 3
Vito Moffat 0 8 0 0
Robert Richards 0 22 0 0
Javier Rudolph 0 25 0 1
Jon Brantley 14 7 0 0
Raymond Weems 17 8 0 0
Michael Mills 19 11 0 0
Charles Miller 1 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Charles McMillan 1 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Randy Ertel 1 0 0.00 0
Paul Brooks 2 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
George Melton 3 0 0 0
Norris Scott 0 1 0 0
Stephen Miller 0 0 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Ensley 1 1 0 0
George Rice 0 1 0 0
Brian Lowe 0 0 1 0
Eric Reed 0 1 1 0

Punting

Charlotte Hornets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Desantiago 6 263 43.83 38.17 50 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 4 193 48.25 48.25 50 1

Kicking

Charlotte Hornets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Willie Putnam 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 2 / 2

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 7 / 8

Punt Return

Charlotte Hornets

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Murray 1 10 10.0 10 0

Kick Return

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Bonfiglio 3 171 57.0 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Murray 1 31 31.0 0
Robert Ensley 1 22 22.0 0

Defensive Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Tackles Sacks
Joseph Abernathy 15 0
Eduardo Sorenson 9 0
Charles McMillan 6 0
Brian Queen 5 0
Robert Mason 5 0
Stephen Miller 3 0
David Bronson 2 0
Frank Greenbaum 2 0
Steven Klock 2 0
Alfonso Bessey 2 1
Jorge Dougherty 2 0
George Melton 2 0
Emil Hoban 1 0
Robert Bonfiglio 1 0
Fernando Stone 1 0
Wayne Harris 1 0
Michael Griffith 1 1
Thomas Ross 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Michael Large 6 0
Bradley Martinez 6 0
George Grant 3 0
Paul Brooks 3 0
Brian Lowe 3 1
Leonel Martinsen 3 1
Terry Goodwin 3 1
Eric Reed 2 3
George Rice 2 0
Randy Ertel 1 0
Jeff Orr 1 0
Guadalupe Pierce 1 0
Charles Smith 1 0
Bret Curley 1 0
John Hunter 1 1
Charles Yerby 1 0
Robert Richards 1 0
Michael Switzer 1 1