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Week 3: Baltimore Stars at Pittsburgh Maulers

September 16, 1979
79°
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 50,757 (86%)
Stars 0 7 14 6 - 27
Maulers 7 19 7 19 - 52

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Maulers: 1-3-BLT 3 (5:41) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 7 BLT 0
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 2-9-BLT 9 (15:00) 13-Michael White pass complete to 17-Robert Richards for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 14 BLT 0
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-4-BLT 26 (8:35) 8-Bret Curley 43 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 17 BLT 0
(Qtr 2) Stars: 3-10-PIT 39 (5:59) 17-Edgar Jones pass complete to 82-Scott Ayotte for 39 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Jessie Graves. PIT 17 BLT 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 1-10-BLT 6 (2:10) 17-Edgar Jones sacked at BLT -1 for -7 yards (99-Robert Keese). Sack allowed by 55-Micheal Wilt. SAFETY! (99-Robert Keese) PIT 19 BLT 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 1-10-BLT 45 (1:51) 13-Michael White pass complete to 17-Robert Richards to BLT 0 for 45 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 26 BLT 7
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 2-7-BLT 16 (11:38) 13-Michael White pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat to BLT 0 for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 33 BLT 7
(Qtr 3) Stars: 3-8-PIT 25 (3:38) 17-Edgar Jones pass complete to 82-Scott Ayotte for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Jessie Graves. PIT 33 BLT 14
(Qtr 3) Stars: 2-8-BLT 49 (0:22) 13-Michael White pass INTERCEPTED by 57-Gregory Hubbard at PIT 49. 57-Gregory Hubbard to PIT 0 for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Jessie Graves. PIT 33 BLT 21
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 1-10-BLT 5 (14:02) 17-Edgar Jones sacked at BLT -1 for -7 yards (99-Robert Keese). Sack allowed by 55-Micheal Wilt. SAFETY! (99-Robert Keese) BLT 70-Kenneth South was injured on the play. PENALTY - Holding (BLT 67-Jonathan Nash) (Declined) PIT 35 BLT 21
(Qtr 4) Maulers: (13:59) 19-Jessie Graves kicks 75 yards from BLT 20 to PIT 5. 27-John Murray for 96yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 82-Dennis McLean was injured on the play. PIT 42 BLT 21
(Qtr 4) Stars: 1-10-PIT 37 (11:16) 17-Edgar Jones pass complete to 88-Kenneth Bender for 37 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 4-11-BLT 26 (3:18) 8-Bret Curley 43 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 45 BLT 27
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 1-10-BLT 6 (0:29) 17-Edgar Jones sacked at BLT -1 for -7 yards (99-Robert Keese). Sack allowed by 55-Micheal Wilt. 17-Edgar Jones FUMBLES (99-Robert Keese) recovered by PIT-90-John Hunter for -1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 52 BLT 27

Team Statistics

Maulers Stars
First Downs 18 10
- Rushing 7 1
- Passing 11 8
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 473 216
- Offensive Plays 76 74
- Yards Per Play 6.22 2.92
Net Rushing Yards 154 37
- Rushing Attempts 31 16
- Yards Per Rush 4.97 2.31
Net Passing Yards 319 179
- Att/Comp/Int 45 / 25 / 2 48 / 17 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 319 245
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 10 / 66
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.09 3.09
- Yards Per Completion 12.76 14.41
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 14 5 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 10.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 40 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 36 2 / 5
Kick Returns/Yards 5 / 207 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 50
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 25
Time of Possession 36:03 23:43

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:39 OWN 38 4 13 Punt
1 11:57 0:59 OWN 35 3 1 Punt
1 9:25 3:47 OWN 28 7 72 Touchdown
1 4:47 4:50 OWN 24 9 76 Touchdown
2 12:39 4:08 OWN 20 7 54 Field Goal
2 5:52 3:43 OWN 28 6 27 Punt
2 2:07 0:24 OWN 39 3 61 Touchdown
3 13:29 1:57 OWN 43 4 57 Touchdown
3 10:36 1:38 OWN 26 3 5 Punt
3 8:02 1:31 OWN 39 3 6 Punt
3 5:12 0:03 OWN 47 1 0 Interception
3 3:33 0:19 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 1:46 0:15 OWN 31 3 0 Missed FG
3 1:31 1:22 OWN 38 3 12 Interception
4 13:44 2:35 OPP 25 5 -75 Touchdown
4 11:09 0:49 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 7:56 4:42 OWN 31 7 43 Field Goal
4 2:20 0:35 OWN 24 3 -2 Punt
4 0:49 0:21 OWN 39 3 10 Punt
4 0:25 0:17 OPP 25 3 0 Punt
4 0:09 0:09 OWN 28 1 0 Game

Baltimore Stars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:21 1:24 OWN 11 3 9 Punt
1 10:58 1:33 OWN 14 4 12 Punt
1 5:38 0:51 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 14:57 2:18 OWN 25 5 14 Punt
2 8:31 2:39 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
2 2:10 0:03 OWN 6 1 -8 Safety
2 1:43 1:43 OWN 25 4 6 Half
3 15:00 1:31 OWN 25 3 -11 Punt
3 11:33 0:56 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 8:59 0:56 OWN 23 3 -6 Punt
3 6:31 1:19 OWN 13 3 -4 Punt
3 5:09 1:36 OPP 41 5 41 Touchdown
3 3:14 1:28 OWN 31 3 1 Punt
3 0:09 1:07 OPP 25 4 -10 Punt
4 14:01 0:03 OWN 5 1 -7 Safety
4 10:19 2:24 OWN 22 6 9 Punt
4 3:14 0:53 OWN 23 5 11 Punt
4 1:45 0:56 OWN 31 3 -14 Punt
4 0:29 0:03 OWN 6 1 0 Punt

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Ensley 13 83 6.38 31 4 0
John Murray 11 62 5.64 19 2 0
Eric Metcalf 4 8 2.00 8 0 0
Charles Holt 2 1 0.50 1 0 0
Michael White 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Baltimore Stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Richard Bryant 13 36 2.77 14 2 0
Brett Patton 3 1 0.33 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael White 44 24 316 0 / 0 3 45 2 81.25
Scott Deal 1 1 3 0 / 0 1 3 0 118.75

Baltimore Stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Edgar Jones 47 17 245 10 / 66 3 39 0 75.22
John Peters 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Richards 4 104 26.00 45 2
Vito Moffat 8 88 11.00 31 2
Dennis McLean 6 55 9.17 17 0
Javier Rudolph 2 21 10.50 14 0
John Gordon 1 13 13.00 13 0
Robert Ensley 1 10 10.00 10 0
John Murray 1 10 10.00 10 0
Andre Adkins 1 9 9.00 9 0
Eric Metcalf 1 9 9.00 9 0

Baltimore Stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Scott Ayotte 3 70 23.33 39 2
Kenneth Bender 4 66 16.50 37 1
Carl Redmond 4 43 10.75 21 0
Hector Morris 2 36 18.00 24 0
Michael Silverman 2 20 10.00 11 0
Richard Bryant 2 10 5.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jon Brantley 21 8 0 0
John Murray 9 5 0 0
Charles Yerby 0 1 0 0
Eric Reed 0 2 0 0
Terry Goodwin 0 1 0 0
Charles Holt 2 4 0 0
Eric Metcalf 2 17 0 0
Robert Ensley 9 2 0 0
Javier Rudolph 0 27 0 3
John Gordon 0 5 0 1
Vito Moffat 0 21 0 0
Michael Mills 18 2 0 0
Pete Gabriel 20 0 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 10 0 0 0
Dennis McLean 31 31 0 4
Robert Richards 1 25 0 1
George Rice 0 5 0 0
Larry Fazio 60 33 0 1
Tim Kaufman 58 39 0 0
Herman Winn 57 38 0 0
Andre Adkins 58 41 0 1
Sidney Woosley 55 31 0 4
Lamont Thielen 0 8 0 0
Arthur Phillips 0 5 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 5 0 0
Charles Smith 0 5 0 2
Jeff Orr 10 8 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 6 0 1
Guadalupe Pierce 0 10 0 3
Morton Wright 9 10 0 1
Charles Miller 0 1 0 0

Baltimore Stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Micheal Wilt 61 19 8 7
James Robinson 61 19 2 3
Scott Ayotte 20 11 0 1
Curtis McLean 5 1 0 1
Ambrose Oneil 0 1 0 0
Gregory Hubbard 1 1 0 0
Dan Holbert 0 1 0 0
Anthony Edwards 0 1 0 0
Felix Long 0 2 0 0
Robert Johannes 0 2 0 0
Max Melcher 4 3 0 0
Jacob Mummert 0 3 0 1
Johnny Lambert 0 1 0 0
Hilton Ramer 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Bender 0 3 0 0
Mark Murphy 0 2 0 0
Carl Redmond 0 14 0 0
Richard Moore 6 2 0 0
Les Lynch 16 6 0 0
John Laursen 18 2 0 0
Robert Wimbush 23 3 0 0
Harold Galey 12 2 0 0
Tom Nolan 13 1 0 0
Brett Patton 6 0 0 0
Richard Bryant 11 2 0 0
Hector Morris 0 9 0 0
Jonathan Nash 77 28 0 1
Michael Silverman 18 11 0 1
Kenneth South 56 18 0 0
Ken Hancock 72 23 0 4
Gordon Shive 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Baltimore Stars

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gregory Hubbard 1 49 49.00 1
Mathew Stacy 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Murray 1 0 0 0
Charles Holt 1 0 0 0
Michael White 0 1 0 0
John Hunter 0 1 0 1
Robert Keese 0 0 1 0

Baltimore Stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Edgar Jones 1 0 0 0
Gregory Hubbard 0 0 1 0
Robert Wimbush 0 1 0 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 10 469 46.90 46.50 60 4

Baltimore Stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Stephen Jones 13 622 47.85 43.85 63 0

Kicking

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 43 6 / 6

Baltimore Stars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jessie Graves 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 - 3 / 4

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Murray 4 33 8.3 13 0
John Gordon 2 3 1.5 3 0

Baltimore Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Hector Morris 2 5 2.5 5 0

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Murray 5 207 41.4 1

Baltimore Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Hector Morris 1 33 33.0 0

Defensive Stats