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Week 5: Southern California Sun at Georgia Force

September 30, 1979
84°
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, GA) Attendance: 46,594 (77%)
Sun 0 13 0 9 - 22
Force 7 0 14 0 - 21

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Force: 1-10-GAF 25 (15:00) (Hot Read) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 35-James Burgess for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Hodge. GAF 7 SCS 0
(Qtr 2) Sun: 2-4-SCS 35 (15:00) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 18-Thomas Dayton for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. GAF 7 SCS 7
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-12-GAF 30 (11:53) 17-Alan Grossi 49 yard field goal is GOOD. GAF 7 SCS 10
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-2-GAF 31 (6:14) 17-Alan Grossi 49 yard field goal is GOOD. GAF 7 SCS 13
(Qtr 3) Force: 2-10-SCS 11 (12:35) (Hot Read) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 42-Robert Lamon for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Hodge. SCS 65-Gary Greco was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. GAF 14 SCS 13
(Qtr 3) Force: 1-20-SCS 27 (1:12) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 11-Ricky Black for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Hodge. GAF 21 SCS 13
(Qtr 4) Sun: 4-7-GAF 13 (9:49) 17-Alan Grossi 32 yard field goal is GOOD. GAF 21 SCS 16
(Qtr 4) Sun: 1-3-GAF 3 (1:13) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 18-Thomas Dayton for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Force Sun
First Downs 11 10
- Rushing 1 2
- Passing 10 7
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 336 348
- Offensive Plays 60 60
- Yards Per Play 5.60 5.80
Net Rushing Yards 87 77
- Rushing Attempts 13 34
- Yards Per Rush 6.69 2.26
Net Passing Yards 249 271
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 20 / 0 25 / 15 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 351 277
- Sacks/Yards Lost 12 / 102 1 / 6
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.30 10.42
- Yards Per Completion 17.55 18.47
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 3 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 12.6 7.7
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 60 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 17 3 / 15
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 87 2 / 55
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 31
Time of Possession 29:07 30:52

Drive Charts

Georgia Force

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 12:14 3:56 OWN 12 7 54 Missed FG
1 6:44 1:36 OWN 24 4 11 Punt
1 2:12 1:33 OWN 18 3 9 Punt
2 14:51 0:59 OWN 28 3 -9 Punt
2 11:49 1:33 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 6:10 0:10 OWN 37 1 0 Fumble
2 6:00 3:42 OWN 36 6 29 Missed FG
2 1:19 1:19 OWN 16 2 9 Half
3 13:32 1:02 OWN 44 3 56 Touchdown
3 10:14 2:01 OWN 21 3 -14 Punt
3 5:38 4:32 OWN 29 7 71 Touchdown
3 0:11 0:19 OWN 27 3 0 Punt
4 9:46 1:33 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
4 5:46 3:31 OWN 13 6 4 Punt
4 1:10 1:10 OWN 29 7 4 Game

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:49 2:35 OWN 25 4 21 Punt
1 8:18 1:34 OWN 40 3 -6 Punt
1 5:07 2:55 OWN 16 4 20 Punt
1 0:40 0:49 OWN 29 2 71 Touchdown
2 13:52 2:03 OWN 34 4 36 Field Goal
2 10:16 4:06 OWN 28 7 41 Field Goal
2 2:18 0:59 OWN 42 3 -7 Punt
3 15:00 1:28 OWN 21 3 -5 Punt
3 12:30 2:15 OWN 30 3 3 Punt
3 8:14 2:36 OWN 47 4 31 Missed FG
3 1:05 0:54 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 14:52 5:06 OWN 28 9 59 Field Goal
4 8:13 2:27 OWN 39 5 11 Punt
4 2:15 1:05 OWN 36 4 64 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Georgia Force

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Phillip Anderson 1 45 45.00 45 1 0
James Burgess 12 42 3.50 12 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 25 55 2.20 9 0 0
Oscar Willis 2 15 7.50 13 1 0
Gary Denton 7 7 1.00 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Georgia Force

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Phillip Anderson 35 20 351 12 / 102 3 75 0 120.06

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Oscar Willis 25 15 277 1 / 6 2 65 0 124.92

Receiving Stats

Georgia Force

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Burgess 2 77 38.50 75 1
Dominique Barrientos 6 77 12.83 34 0
Robert Lamon 2 46 23.00 35 1
Jonathan Carlyle 2 41 20.50 27 0
Ricky Black 1 27 27.00 27 1
Charles Berke 2 26 13.00 16 0
Ralph Vaughn 2 22 11.00 19 0
Herman Wiltse 1 18 18.00 18 0
Willian Malone 2 17 8.50 17 0

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Dayton 7 134 19.14 65 2
David Tucker 4 57 14.25 38 0
Kenneth Marks 1 53 53.00 53 0
Gregory Drayton 3 33 11.00 23 0

Blocking Stats

Georgia Force

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Travis Dean 44 23 6 6
Leslie Knudson 48 19 2 4
Norman Field 61 22 1 2
Gilbert Christensen 60 16 1 3
Robert Lamon 13 9 1 1
Herman Wiltse 4 0 1 1
Dominique Barrientos 0 23 0 0
Jonathan Carlyle 0 5 0 0
John Brown 0 3 0 0
Wilford Gray 3 0 0 0
Michael Monday 0 1 0 0
Donald Schultz 0 1 0 0
Richard Glasgow 0 3 0 0
James Byler 0 1 0 0
Ronald Stanfill 4 0 0 0
James Clay 4 2 0 0
Timothy Ross 1 0 0 0
Ricky Black 0 7 0 1
Yong Kolb 0 5 0 2
Fritz Patterson 0 4 0 1
Ralph Johnson 0 5 0 0
James Burgess 15 5 0 1
Charles Berke 1 12 0 0
Neil Choate 11 4 0 0
Thomas Williams 13 3 0 1
Robert Marsh 11 4 0 0
William Hartig 13 7 0 0
Jeffrey Cloyd 6 2 0 0
Jimmy Rice 56 22 0 0
Willian Malone 7 10 0 0
Ralph Vaughn 0 9 0 0
Norman Shaw 0 1 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Rudolph Guerrero 41 40 1 2
John Burke 39 36 0 5
Steven Bunger 1 2 0 0
Ricky McLean 0 1 0 0
Douglas Banda 0 3 0 0
Brent Couture 0 2 0 0
David Ellis 1 2 0 0
James Kelley 0 2 0 0
Brian Middleton 0 5 0 1
Robert Carrion 0 3 0 0
Gary Denton 3 4 0 0
Scott Dotson 11 0 0 0
Javier Woods 5 2 0 0
Thomas Regan 13 0 0 0
Kevin Bell 41 43 0 2
Thomas Dayton 0 13 0 2
Stuart Haney 13 26 0 0
David Tucker 0 4 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 4 0 0
Dan Fredericks 0 17 0 0
Gregory Drayton 8 28 0 3
Guy Rojas 27 34 0 4
Charles Long 41 35 0 2
John Horn 19 11 0 2
Kenneth Marks 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Georgia Force

Southern California Sun

Fumble Stats

Georgia Force

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Burgess 1 0 0 0
Sean Huskins 0 1 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gary Denton 1 0 0 0
Thomas Dayton 0 0 1 0
Alan Grossi 0 1 0 0

Punting

Georgia Force

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Randy Mead 8 382 47.75 45.75 52 0

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 8 366 45.75 43.63 51 2

Kicking

Georgia Force

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Hodge 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 - 3 / 3

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Alan Grossi 3 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 0 49 1 / 1

Punt Return

Georgia Force

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Burgess 2 17 8.5 10 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Denton 3 15 5.0 5 0

Kick Return

Georgia Force

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Burgess 3 87 29.0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Marks 2 55 27.5 0

Defensive Stats

Georgia Force

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Glasgow 8 0
Ralph Johnson 7 0
James Byler 6 0
Robert Marsh 5 0
Donald Schultz 5 0
Harold Lindsay 4 0
Richard Naylor 3 0
Fritz Patterson 3 0
Thomas Williams 2 1
Yong Kolb 2 0
Michael Monday 2 0
Jimmy Rice 1 0
Ricky Black 1 0
Jeffrey Cloyd 1 0
William Hartig 1 0
Sean Huskins 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Tony Newby 8 8
Brian Middleton 6 0
James Kelley 6 0
Gary Carroll 5 0
Robert Ridley 5 0
Ricky McLean 4 1
Johnny Beard 2 0
Thomas Dayton 2 0
Javier Woods 2 1
Douglas Banda 2 0
David Aguila 2 2
John Burke 1 0
David Natividad 1 0
Travis Rooks 1 0