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Wild Card: Shreveport Steamer at Pittsburgh Maulers

December 24, 1978
15°
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 59,000 (100%)
Steamer 3 0 7 3 - 13
Maulers 7 14 10 7 - 38

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Steamer: 4-8-PIT 26 (5:02) 10-James Hooper 44 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 0 SHR 3
(Qtr 1) Maulers: 1-10-SHR 49 (2:09) 29-Cliff Thomas ran for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 7 SHR 3
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 3-1-SHR 2 (7:19) 13-Michael White pass complete to 86-John Gordon for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 14 SHR 3
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 3-5-SHR 15 (0:44) (Hot Read) 13-Michael White pass complete to 83-Robert Diaz for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 21 SHR 3
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 1-2-SHR 2 (11:01) 27-John Murray ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 28 SHR 3
(Qtr 3) Steamer: 1-5-PIT 5 (5:49) 27-Robert Tuttle ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. PIT 28 SHR 10
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 4-3-SHR 3 (0:28) 8-Bret Curley 20 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 73-Michael Mills was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. PIT 31 SHR 10
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 3-8-SHR 8 (6:19) 27-John Murray ran to SHR 0 for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 38 SHR 10
(Qtr 4) Steamer: 4-13-PIT 29 (3:44) 10-James Hooper 47 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 38 SHR 13

Team Statistics

Maulers Steamer
First Downs 25 14
- Rushing 10 3
- Passing 13 11
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 549 307
- Offensive Plays 65 51
- Yards Per Play 8.45 6.02
Net Rushing Yards 276 85
- Rushing Attempts 38 19
- Yards Per Rush 7.26 4.47
Net Passing Yards 273 222
- Att/Comp/Int 25 / 21 / 0 28 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 291 253
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 4 / 31
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.11 6.94
- Yards Per Completion 13.86 12.65
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 11 / 13 4 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.1 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 3 / 27
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 33 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 23
Time of Possession 34:23 25:37

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:27 2:55 OWN 8 6 47 Punt
1 4:58 2:58 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 13:09 5:54 OWN 34 10 66 Touchdown
2 3:04 2:23 OWN 14 9 86 Touchdown
3 15:00 4:01 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
3 5:46 5:20 OWN 25 8 72 Field Goal
4 13:27 7:12 OWN 12 12 88 Touchdown
4 3:40 3:40 OWN 23 7 57 Game

Shreveport Steamer

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:33 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 10:32 5:33 OWN 9 9 65 Field Goal
1 2:01 3:52 OWN 25 9 55 Downs
2 7:15 4:12 OWN 25 8 24 Punt
2 0:40 0:40 OWN 25 2 8 Half
3 10:59 5:14 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
3 0:26 1:58 OWN 25 4 25 Punt
4 6:15 2:35 OWN 25 7 46 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 14 150 10.71 49 7 1
John Murray 13 73 5.62 14 3 2
Robert Ensley 10 45 4.50 13 2 0
Eric Metcalf 1 8 8.00 8 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Tuttle 13 51 3.92 10 2 1
Dee Spray 6 34 5.67 12 2 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael White 25 21 291 2 / 18 2 41 0 141.83

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Fred Murphy 28 20 253 4 / 31 0 38 0 99.26

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Vito Moffat 4 89 22.25 33 0
Robert Richards 2 54 27.00 41 0
Robert Diaz 4 41 10.25 20 1
Eric Metcalf 4 35 8.75 19 0
Dennis McLean 2 27 13.50 16 0
John Gordon 2 25 12.50 23 1
John Murray 2 17 8.50 13 0
Cliff Thomas 1 3 3.00 3 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Esposito 5 82 16.40 25 0
Michael Diaz 4 59 14.75 38 0
Jonathan Hagen 5 58 11.60 21 0
Johnny Brennan 1 23 23.00 23 0
Robert Tuttle 2 14 7.00 13 0
Nelson Keister 1 9 9.00 9 0
Dee Spray 2 8 4.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Sidney Woosley 31 39 1 5
Andre Adkins 33 41 1 4
Vito Moffat 0 20 0 0
Pete Gabriel 7 0 0 0
Charles Yerby 0 1 0 0
Luther Gilbert 0 1 0 0
Charles Smith 0 1 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 1 0 0
Arthur Shipman 0 1 0 0
Morton Wright 0 1 0 0
George Rice 0 1 0 1
Robert Ensley 0 1 0 0
Barry Farrell 0 5 0 0
Jon Brantley 8 3 0 0
Michael Mills 7 2 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 1 0 0 0
Jeff Orr 1 1 0 0
Raymond Weems 9 0 0 0
Cliff Thomas 6 3 0 0
Dennis McLean 10 11 0 0
John Murray 5 2 0 0
John Gordon 0 25 0 1
Eric Metcalf 1 18 0 0
Robert Diaz 4 29 0 0
Robert Richards 0 34 0 1
Larry Fazio 35 44 0 1
Tim Kaufman 34 43 0 1
Herman Winn 32 39 0 5
Arthur Phillips 0 1 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Philip Castillon 34 29 2 3
Lonnie Robinson 37 24 1 5
Michael Yang 38 21 1 1
Robert Reece 38 29 0 1
Michael Souther 6 0 0 0
Malcolm McNish 3 0 0 0
Dennis Brock 2 2 0 0
Cleo Davis 0 4 0 0
Dee Spray 1 1 0 0
Robert Tuttle 6 1 0 0
Johnny Brennan 0 8 0 0
Robby Shiflett 6 1 0 0
Russell Colbert 3 0 0 0
Thomas Esposito 0 18 0 1
Jonathan Hagen 0 18 0 1
Nelson Keister 27 15 0 2
Michael Diaz 1 18 0 0
Bryan Leblanc 32 24 0 0
Charlie Happel 2 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Shreveport Steamer

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Shreveport Steamer

Punting

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 1 36 36.00 36.00 36 1

Shreveport Steamer

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eugene Manuel 3 133 44.33 44.33 58 3

Kicking

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 5 / 5

Shreveport Steamer

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Hooper 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 47 1 / 1

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Shreveport Steamer

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Murray 1 33 33.0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Defensive Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Randy Ertel 5 0
Paul Brooks 5 0
George Grant 4 0
Charles Smith 4 0
Bradley Martinez 4 0
Brian Lowe 3 0
John Hunter 3 1
Nathaniel Miles 3 2
Charles Miller 2 0
Michael Large 2 0
Marvin Anderson 1 0
Morton Wright 1 0
Terry Goodwin 1 0
Eric Reed 1 1
Jeff Orr 1 0
Arthur Shipman 1 0
Arthur Phillips 1 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Tackles Sacks
Russell Colbert 8 0
Thomas Rainey 6 0
Ray Ruiz 6 0
Oscar Rodriguez 5 0
James Courtney 5 2
Frank Fischer 4 0
Lloyd McCoy 3 0
John Cintron 3 0
Anthony Kent 3 0
Todd David 3 0
Robert Gonzales 3 0
Mark Suazo 3 0
George Compton 2 0
William Tate 2 0
Maurice Blackstone 1 0