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Week 5: Pittsburgh Maulers at New Jersey Generals

September 30, 1979
65°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 80,242 (100%)
Maulers 0 3 7 0 - 10
Generals 3 0 7 3 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-10-PIT 34 (3:51) 14-Dustin Henry 52 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 PIT 0
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-2-NJG 2 (14:53) 8-Bret Curley 20 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 PIT 3
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 1-3-NJG 3 (4:50) 13-Michael White pass complete to 82-Dennis McLean for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. NJG 3 PIT 10
(Qtr 3) Generals: 3-3-NJG 49 (2:18) 32-Rudi Johnson ran for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 10 PIT 10
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-15-PIT 21 (8:44) 14-Dustin Henry 38 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 13 PIT 10

Team Statistics

Generals Maulers
First Downs 9 16
- Rushing 3 3
- Passing 4 11
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 280 340
- Offensive Plays 61 69
- Yards Per Play 4.59 4.93
Net Rushing Yards 145 89
- Rushing Attempts 31 15
- Yards Per Rush 4.68 5.93
Net Passing Yards 135 251
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 16 / 2 50 / 29 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 135 275
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 4 / 24
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.50 4.65
- Yards Per Completion 8.44 9.48
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 16 3 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 6.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 7 / 69 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 16 3 / 15
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 30
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 25 2 / 22
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 28
Time of Possession 30:13 29:52

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:59 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 12:08 2:18 OWN 30 3 8 Punt
1 8:10 4:23 OWN 21 8 44 Field Goal
2 14:51 1:57 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 8:10 1:32 OWN 11 3 -1 Punt
2 4:33 2:06 OWN 7 3 6 Punt
2 2:19 0:32 OPP 42 3 8 Interception
3 14:03 2:51 OWN 25 5 45 Interception
3 10:11 1:39 OWN 12 3 7 Punt
3 4:45 2:38 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
3 0:04 0:20 OWN 16 3 -1 Punt
4 13:03 2:05 OWN 13 3 -8 Punt
4 10:49 2:09 OPP 38 4 16 Field Goal
4 5:02 3:11 OWN 16 10 40 Punt
4 0:33 0:33 OWN 24 2 8 Game

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:01 0:53 OWN 18 3 2 Punt
1 9:50 1:41 OWN 10 4 25 Punt
1 3:47 3:56 OWN 25 9 73 Field Goal
2 12:54 4:44 OWN 24 7 22 Punt
2 6:39 2:06 OWN 47 3 8 Punt
2 2:27 0:08 OWN 37 2 0 Interception
2 1:48 1:48 OWN 13 6 58 Missed FG
3 15:00 0:57 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
3 11:12 1:01 OWN 34 3 6 Punt
3 8:32 3:47 OWN 32 7 68 Touchdown
3 2:08 2:04 OWN 25 4 17 Punt
4 14:44 1:41 OWN 38 3 6 Punt
4 10:58 0:09 OPP 49 1 0 Interception
4 8:40 3:38 OWN 25 6 32 Punt
4 1:52 1:19 OWN 17 9 42 Interception

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 22 109 4.95 51 4 1
Herschel Walker 8 36 4.50 14 2 0
Doug Fluty 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Murray 8 73 9.13 20 4 0
Robert Ensley 7 16 2.29 11 1 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Doug Fluty 30 16 135 0 / 0 0 30 2 37.50

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael White 47 27 247 4 / 24 1 38 3 52.35
Scott Deal 3 2 28 0 / 0 0 24 0 96.53

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Leroy Selmon 6 72 12.00 30 0
Chad Ochocinco 5 39 7.80 22 0
Clarence Collins 1 14 14.00 14 0
Kenneth William 2 5 2.50 7 0
Rudi Johnson 1 4 4.00 4 0
Damon Rosato 1 1 1.00 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Javier Rudolph 9 124 13.78 38 0
Robert Richards 5 85 17.00 29 0
Dennis McLean 8 26 3.25 14 1
Robert Ensley 1 17 17.00 17 0
Eric Metcalf 3 9 3.00 4 0
Barry Farrell 1 7 7.00 7 0
John Gordon 1 5 5.00 5 0
John Murray 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kent Hull 34 38 0 2
John Jewell 5 1 0 0
Jim Byrne 0 2 0 0
Kerry Justin 0 1 0 0
Dustin Diamond 0 1 0 0
Greg Brady 1 0 0 0
Daniel Tosh 0 2 0 0
Jim LeClair 0 1 0 0
James Lockette 0 4 0 2
Tony Perez 0 2 0 0
John Joyce 0 2 0 1
Johnny Fever 0 5 0 0
Damon Rosato 0 4 0 0
Cody Adkins 0 4 0 0
Andrew Zeller 1 0 0 0
Doug Mackie 3 1 0 0
James McDevitt 4 0 0 0
John Piche 41 36 0 0
Herschel Walker 6 2 0 0
Mike Williams 0 2 0 0
Mike Weddington 0 2 0 1
Rudi Johnson 4 0 0 0
Clarence Collins 0 14 0 0
Frank Naylor 12 0 0 0
Gregory Johnson 9 3 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 7 0 1
Jeff Speck 11 14 0 1
Elvis Presley 39 36 0 3
Leroy Selmon 12 27 0 5
Steve Niehaus 41 35 0 5
Kenneth William 0 11 0 0
Jimmy Hoffa 35 30 0 1
Roy Sullivan 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Sidney Woosley 58 19 2 2
Dennis McLean 24 24 1 1
John Gordon 0 10 0 1
Arthur Phillips 0 1 0 0
Charles Smith 0 1 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 3 0 0
Robert Keese 0 2 0 0
John Hunter 0 1 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 2 0 1
Eric Reed 0 2 0 0
George Rice 0 2 0 0
Lamont Thielen 0 2 0 0
Guadalupe Pierce 0 3 0 1
Charles Holt 1 4 0 0
Barry Farrell 0 3 0 0
Robert Richards 1 19 0 0
Javier Rudolph 0 8 0 1
Andre Adkins 48 21 0 0
Robert Ensley 1 3 0 0
Michael Mills 15 0 0 0
Pete Gabriel 13 0 0 0
Jeff Orr 9 2 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 9 1 0 0
Morton Wright 9 5 0 2
Jon Brantley 19 10 0 4
John Murray 13 6 0 1
Eric Metcalf 2 20 0 1
Larry Fazio 58 23 0 0
Tim Kaufman 54 32 0 0
Herman Winn 58 26 0 0
Mark Fisher 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mike Weddington 1 25 25.00 0
Mike Williams 1 0 0.00 0
Daniel Tosh 1 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
George Grant 1 24 24.00 0
Brian Lowe 1 -2 -2.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Pittsburgh Maulers

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 9 422 46.89 45.56 54 2

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 9 394 43.78 42.22 50 3

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 20 1 / 1

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chad Ochocinco 4 16 4.0 8 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Barry Farrell 1 11 11.0 11 0
John Murray 2 4 2.0 4 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Murray 1 30 30.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Bobby Leopold 8 1
Gregory Johnson 8 0
Jim LeClair 6 0
Daniel Tosh 5 0
Jim Byrne 4 0
Mike Williams 4 0
Kerry Justin 3 0
John Joyce 3 0
James Lockette 2 1
Jerry Holmes 2 0
Mike Weddington 2 0
Tony Perez 2 2
John Jolley 1 0
Kenneth William 1 0
Dustin Diamond 1 0
Leroy Selmon 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Randy Ertel 7 0
Leonel Martinsen 6 0
Michael Large 5 0
John Hunter 5 0
George Grant 4 0
Bradley Martinez 3 0
Brian Lowe 3 0
Paul Brooks 3 0
Charles Yerby 3 0
Guadalupe Pierce 2 0
Charles Miller 2 0
Morton Wright 2 0
Charles Smith 1 0
Robert Richards 1 0
Eric Reed 1 0
Marvin Anderson 1 0
Javier Rudolph 1 0