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Week 1: Birmingham Stallions at Southern California Sun

September 02, 1979
78°
Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) Attendance: 45,579 (66%)
Stallions 0 0 0 0 - 0
Sun 7 21 6 0 - 34

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sun: 3-3-BIR 27 (10:09) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 18-Thomas Dayton for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 7 BIR 0
(Qtr 2) Sun: 2-1-BIR 1 (12:51) 34-John Horn ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 14 BIR 0
(Qtr 2) Sun: 3-4-SCS 24 (9:19) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 18-Thomas Dayton for 76 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 21 BIR 0
(Qtr 2) Sun: 2-8-SCS 41 (1:26) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 18-Thomas Dayton for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 28 BIR 0
(Qtr 3) Sun: 4-6-BIR 22 (7:45) 17-Alan Grossi 40 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 31 BIR 0
(Qtr 3) Sun: 4-6-BIR 20 (2:41) 17-Alan Grossi 38 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 34 BIR 0

Team Statistics

Sun Stallions
First Downs 14 11
- Rushing 7 0
- Passing 7 11
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 461 188
- Offensive Plays 67 56
- Yards Per Play 6.88 3.36
Net Rushing Yards 101 -6
- Rushing Attempts 45 12
- Yards Per Rush 2.24 -0.50
Net Passing Yards 360 194
- Att/Comp/Int 21 / 17 / 0 39 / 16 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 366 228
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 6 5 / 34
- Yards Per Pass Play 16.36 4.41
- Yards Per Completion 21.53 14.25
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 17 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.7 11.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 5 / 26
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 17 1 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 5 / 106
Int Returns/Yards 2 / -1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 21
Time of Possession 39:43 20:16

Drive Charts

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:00 2:56 OWN 33 5 67 Touchdown
1 5:08 7:19 OWN 11 13 89 Touchdown
2 10:42 1:34 OWN 17 3 83 Touchdown
2 7:11 1:24 OWN 15 4 16 Punt
2 3:46 1:34 OWN 27 3 2 Punt
2 1:30 0:12 OWN 40 2 60 Touchdown
3 15:00 7:19 OWN 25 11 53 Field Goal
3 7:19 4:42 OWN 23 7 57 Field Goal
3 1:10 1:49 OWN 38 3 0 Punt
4 13:19 3:24 OWN 31 5 15 Punt
4 9:33 4:11 OWN 39 6 20 Punt
4 4:40 2:08 OWN 46 3 4 Punt
4 1:11 1:11 OWN 20 2 0 Game

Birmingham Stallions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:00 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 10:04 4:56 OWN 23 8 16 Punt
2 12:49 2:07 OWN 21 4 15 Punt
2 9:08 1:57 OWN 23 5 15 Punt
2 5:47 2:01 OWN 22 4 2 Punt
2 2:12 0:41 OWN 28 7 39 Missed FG
2 1:18 1:18 OWN 25 3 -9 Half
3 7:41 0:22 OWN 26 3 0 Punt
3 2:38 1:28 OWN 20 3 20 Interception
4 14:21 1:02 OWN 16 3 7 Punt
4 9:54 0:21 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
4 5:22 0:42 OWN 6 3 2 Punt
4 2:32 1:21 OWN 20 6 58 Interception

Rushing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 25 72 2.88 13 2 1
Gary Denton 17 25 1.47 9 0 0
Kenneth Marks 3 4 1.33 6 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Joe Wilson 2 3 1.50 3 0 0
Jimmy Manning 2 -1 -0.50 1 0 0
Carlos Miller 8 -8 -1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Oscar Willis 21 17 366 1 / 6 3 76 0 158.33

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Karl Moore 37 16 228 5 / 34 0 28 2 41.27
Andre Tillman 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Dayton 5 194 38.80 76 3
David Tucker 4 65 16.25 26 0
William Alanis 3 51 17.00 31 0
John Horn 2 30 15.00 35 0
Gregory Drayton 2 17 8.50 16 0
Julius Holguin 1 9 9.00 9 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lee Rice 5 90 18.00 28 0
Wade Wentz 3 55 18.33 21 0
Carlos Miller 3 40 13.33 19 0
Tiger Woods 3 36 12.00 17 0
Jimmy Manning 1 4 4.00 4 0
David Albrecht 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Leslie Musto 33 54 1 5
Jeffrey Crossman 0 2 0 1
Guy Rojas 2 0 0 0
Tony Newby 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Marks 0 1 0 0
Javier Woods 0 1 0 0
Robert Carrion 0 1 0 0
Jose Murphy 0 2 0 0
James Kelley 0 1 0 0
Johnny Beard 0 2 0 0
Julius Holguin 0 2 0 1
Steven Bunger 1 12 0 0
Gary Denton 0 1 0 0
Gregory Drayton 10 37 0 0
Dan Fredericks 0 12 0 0
Thomas Dayton 4 14 0 1
David Tucker 0 14 0 1
Daniel Jaramillo 10 1 0 0
Scott Dotson 7 7 0 0
Stuart Haney 10 30 0 1
Rudolph Guerrero 30 46 0 1
William Alanis 0 15 0 0
Charles Long 29 35 0 3
John Horn 13 4 0 1
Kevin Bell 31 45 0 4
John Burke 30 50 0 6
Ricky McLean 0 1 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jeffrey Thompson 38 12 4 6
Paul Hoover 46 18 1 5
Tony Robinson 46 19 0 0
Rod Serling 0 5 0 1
Marcus Anderson 0 1 0 0
Ruben Stairs 0 1 0 0
Stuart Plemons 8 4 0 1
Dusty Edwards 0 2 0 0
Keith Marsh 0 3 0 0
Christopher Flake 1 7 0 0
Carlos Miller 7 6 0 1
Wade Wentz 0 5 0 0
Lee Rice 0 5 0 0
Tiger Woods 0 5 0 0
Gerry Newton 0 6 0 0
Bruce Sullivan 0 3 0 1
Roger Dunn 0 5 0 0
David Albrecht 14 18 0 1
Christopher Taylor 1 5 0 0
Randolph Riley 9 1 0 0
Antonio Ramos 10 2 0 0
Francis Deleon 12 2 0 0
Albert Campos 6 6 0 1
Ronald Peters 4 2 0 0
Anthony Quinn 54 12 0 1
Robert Clayton 41 9 0 0
Joe Wilson 19 7 0 0
Jimmy Manning 17 6 0 0
Miguel Owens 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Ridley 1 0 0.00 0
Gary Carroll 1 -1 -1.00 0

Birmingham Stallions

Fumble Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Horn 1 0 0 0
James Kelley 0 0 1 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Marcus Anderson 1 0 0 0
Keith Marsh 0 1 0 0
Bruce Sylvester 0 0 1 0

Punting

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 6 279 46.50 39.17 57 1

Birmingham Stallions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jack Carle 9 433 48.11 46.56 51 2

Kicking

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Alan Grossi 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 40 4 / 4

Birmingham Stallions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roland Ellis 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 - 0 / 0

Punt Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Denton 4 17 4.3 9 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Marcus Anderson 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kick Return

Southern California Sun

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Marcus Anderson 5 106 21.2 0

Defensive Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Javier Woods 8 4
Robert Ridley 7 0
Brian Middleton 6 0
Johnny Beard 4 0
Jose Murphy 3 0
Ricky McLean 2 1
James Kelley 2 0
Travis Rooks 2 0
Jeffrey Crossman 2 0
Brent Couture 1 0
Gregory Drayton 1 0
Gary Carroll 1 0
Tony Newby 1 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Tackles Sacks
Christopher Taylor 8 1
Keith Marsh 7 0
Juan Bacote 7 0
Paul Bounds 6 0
Otto Ruark 5 0
Stephen Howard 5 0
Ruben Stairs 4 0
Bruce Sullivan 4 0
Corey Dodson 4 0
Dusty Edwards 4 0
Bruce Sylvester 3 0
Gerry Newton 2 0
Roger Dunn 1 0
Scott Poirier 1 0
Lee Rice 1 0
Grover Blackwell 1 0
Duane Dupree 1 0
Tiger Woods 1 0