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Regular Season Week 5: Sun at Force
September 30, 1979 84° Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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
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
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
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Force
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#10 Phillip Anderson 1 45 45.00 45 1 0
#35 James Burgess 12 42 3.50 12 1 0
Sun
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#43 John Horn 25 55 2.20 9 0 0
#17 Oscar Willis 2 15 7.50 13 1 0
#25 Gary Denton 7 7 1.00 4 0 0
Passing Stats
Force
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#10 Phillip Anderson 35 20 351 12 / 102 3 75 0 120.06
Sun
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 Oscar Willis 25 15 277 1 / 6 2 65 0 124.92
Receiving Stats
Force
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#35 James Burgess 2 77 38.50 75 1
#13 Dominique Barrientos 6 77 12.83 34 0
#62 Robert Lamon 2 46 23.00 35 1
#19 Jonathan Carlyle 2 41 20.50 27 0
#11 Ricky Black 1 27 27.00 27 1
#84 Charles Berke 2 26 13.00 16 0
#17 Ralph Vaughn 2 22 11.00 19 0
#40 Herman Wiltse 1 18 18.00 18 0
#85 Willian Malone 2 17 8.50 17 0
Sun
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#18 Thomas Dayton 7 134 19.14 65 2
#87 David Tucker 4 57 14.25 38 0
#22 Kenneth Marks 1 53 53.00 53 0
#86 Gregory Drayton 3 33 11.00 23 0
Blocking Stats
Force
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#42 Travis Dean 44 23 6 6
#68 Leslie Knudson 48 19 2 4
#69 Norman Field 61 22 1 2
#68 Gilbert Christensen 60 16 1 3
#62 Robert Lamon 13 9 1 1
#40 Herman Wiltse 4 0 1 1
#13 Dominique Barrientos 0 23 0 0
#17 Ralph Vaughn 0 9 0 0
#85 Willian Malone 7 10 0 0
#75 Jimmy Rice 56 22 0 0
#51 Jeffrey Cloyd 6 2 0 0
#79 William Hartig 13 7 0 0
#95 Robert Marsh 11 4 0 0
#61 Thomas Williams 13 3 0 1
#96 Neil Choate 11 4 0 0
#84 Charles Berke 1 12 0 0
#35 James Burgess 15 5 0 1
#44 Yong Kolb 0 5 0 2
#45 Ralph Johnson 0 5 0 0
#39 Fritz Patterson 0 4 0 1
#33 Richard Glasgow 0 3 0 0
#11 Ricky Black 0 7 0 1
#98 John Brown 0 3 0 0
#50 Wilford Gray 3 0 0 0
#19 Jonathan Carlyle 0 5 0 0
#92 Donald Schultz 0 1 0 0
#52 Michael Monday 0 1 0 0
#41 James Byler 0 1 0 0
#64 Ronald Stanfill 4 0 0 0
#67 James Clay 4 2 0 0
#22 Timothy Ross 1 0 0 0
#89 Norman Shaw 0 1 0 0
Sun
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Rudolph Guerrero 41 40 1 2
#71 John Burke 39 36 0 5
#52 Kevin Bell 41 43 0 2
#43 John Horn 19 11 0 2
#58 Charles Long 41 35 0 2
#69 Guy Rojas 27 34 0 4
#86 Gregory Drayton 8 28 0 3
#83 Dan Fredericks 0 17 0 0
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 0 4 0 0
#87 David Tucker 0 4 0 0
#39 Stuart Haney 13 26 0 0
#18 Thomas Dayton 0 13 0 2
#50 Javier Woods 5 2 0 0
#66 Thomas Regan 13 0 0 0
#75 Steven Bunger 1 2 0 0
#51 Scott Dotson 11 0 0 0
#25 Gary Denton 3 4 0 0
#50 Robert Carrion 0 3 0 0
#48 Brian Middleton 0 5 0 1
#99 James Kelley 0 2 0 0
#73 David Ellis 1 2 0 0
#51 Brent Couture 0 2 0 0
#90 Douglas Banda 0 3 0 0
#68 Ricky McLean 0 1 0 0
#22 Kenneth Marks 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Force
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Sun
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Force
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#35 James Burgess 1 0 0 0
#77 Sean Huskins 0 1 1 0
Sun
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#25 Gary Denton 1 0 0 0
#18 Thomas Dayton 0 0 1 0
#14 Alan Grossi 0 1 0 0
Punting
Force
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#14 Randy Mead 8 382 47.75 45.75 52 0
Sun
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Clyde Perrotta 8 366 45.75 43.63 51 2
Kicking
Force
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#16 James Hodge 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 3 / 3
Sun
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Alan Grossi 3 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 0 49 1 / 1
Punt Return
Force
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#35 James Burgess 2 17 8.5 10 0
Sun
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#25 Gary Denton 3 15 5.0 5 0
Kick Return
Force
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#35 James Burgess 3 87 29.0 0
Sun
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#22 Kenneth Marks 2 55 27.5 0
Defensive Stats
Force
Name Tackles Sacks
#33 Richard Glasgow 8 0
#45 Ralph Johnson 7 0
#41 James Byler 6 0
#95 Robert Marsh 5 0
#92 Donald Schultz 5 0
#45 Harold Lindsay 4 0
#97 Richard Naylor 3 0
#39 Fritz Patterson 3 0
#61 Thomas Williams 2 1
#44 Yong Kolb 2 0
#52 Michael Monday 2 0
#75 Jimmy Rice 1 0
#11 Ricky Black 1 0
#51 Jeffrey Cloyd 1 0
#79 William Hartig 1 0
#77 Sean Huskins 1 0
Sun
Name Tackles Sacks
#75 Tony Newby 8 8
#48 Brian Middleton 6 0
#99 James Kelley 6 0
#32 Gary Carroll 5 0
#39 Robert Ridley 5 0
#68 Ricky McLean 4 1
#42 Johnny Beard 2 0
#18 Thomas Dayton 2 0
#50 Javier Woods 2 1
#90 Douglas Banda 2 0
#66 David Aguila 2 2
#71 John Burke 1 0
#96 David Natividad 1 0
#33 Travis Rooks 1 0