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October 07, 1979 82° Florida Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 35,424 (68%)
Panthers 7 7 0 0 - 14
Blazers 3 13 14 10 - 40
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Panthers: 2-10-FLA 27 (10:45) 16-Jerry Ruiz pass complete to 19-Gerald Miller to FLA 0 for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Donald Gary. FLA 0 MIC 7
(Qtr 1) Blazers: 4-6-MIC 7 (5:42) 11-Robert Allison 26 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 3 MIC 7
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 4-7-MIC 7 (7:30) 11-Robert Allison 25 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 6 MIC 7
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 1-2-FLA 2 (5:14) 28-Steven Napier ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Donald Gary. FLA 6 MIC 14
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 1-10-FLA 11 (2:06) (Hot Read) 4-Michael London pass complete to 49-Jordan Devers for 89 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. FLA 13 MIC 14
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 4-4-MIC 4 (0:25) 11-Robert Allison 23 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 16 MIC 14
(Qtr 3) Blazers: 1-10-MIC 14 (10:54) 32-Jaime Giles ran for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. FLA 23 MIC 14
(Qtr 3) Blazers: 3-1-MIC 1 (5:09) 4-Michael London pass complete to 14-Chad Swanson for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. FLA 30 MIC 14
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 4-1-MIC 13 (8:19) 11-Robert Allison 32 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 33 MIC 14
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 1-2-MIC 2 (2:51) 49-Jordan Devers ran to MIC 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. FLA 40 MIC 14
Team Statistics
Blazers Panthers
First Downs 26 13
- Rushing 13 0
- Passing 13 13
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 538 265
- Offensive Plays 84 51
- Yards Per Play 6.40 5.20
Net Rushing Yards 266 2
- Rushing Attempts 46 3
- Yards Per Rush 5.78 0.67
Net Passing Yards 272 263
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 23 / 0 42 / 20 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 278 306
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 6 6 / 43
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.16 5.48
- Yards Per Completion 12.09 15.30
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 17 3 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.6 11.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 25 5 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 25 2 / 24
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 5 / 138
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 8 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 4 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 22
Time of Possession 38:43 21:18
Drive Charts
Blazers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:40 5:01 OWN 25 11 68 Field Goal
1 1:42 9:15 OWN 7 16 86 Field Goal
2 5:12 2:08 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 2:12 0:19 OWN 1 2 99 Touchdown
3 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 4 21 Punt
3 12:52 2:03 OPP 37 4 37 Touchdown
3 9:50 4:45 OPP 48 9 48 Touchdown
3 2:41 1:25 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
3 0:37 0:49 OWN 21 3 4 Punt
4 14:08 1:14 OWN 41 6 19 Punt
4 12:19 4:03 50 6 37 Field Goal
4 7:39 4:51 OWN 36 8 64 Touchdown
4 0:45 0:45 OWN 37 2 6 Game
Panthers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:20 OWN 19 10 81 Touchdown
1 5:39 3:57 OWN 31 7 12 Punt
2 7:27 2:16 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 3:03 0:51 OWN 19 2 68 Interception
2 1:52 1:30 OWN 16 4 -11 Field Goal
2 0:23 0:23 OWN 25 1 0 Half
3 12:55 0:03 OWN 36 1 0 Interception
3 10:49 0:59 OWN 16 3 -8 Punt
3 5:05 2:24 OWN 25 8 47 Punt
3 1:16 0:39 OWN 30 3 3 Punt
4 14:48 0:41 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
4 12:53 0:34 OWN 4 3 0 Punt
4 8:16 0:37 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
4 2:48 1:46 OWN 23 3 -10 Fumble
4 1:02 0:18 OWN 16 3 0 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blazers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#49 Jordan Devers 27 137 5.07 23 6 1
#32 Jaime Giles 19 129 6.79 21 7 1
Panthers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 Steven Napier 2 2 1.00 2 0 1
#45 Bryan Salinas 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Blazers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Michael London 37 23 278 1 / 6 2 89 0 103.21
Panthers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Jerry Ruiz 42 20 306 6 / 43 1 68 2 60.22
Receiving Stats
Blazers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#49 Jordan Devers 3 102 34.00 89 1
#15 Chad Swanson 5 62 12.40 22 1
#32 Jaime Giles 5 33 6.60 12 0
#86 Peter Kaplan 2 25 12.50 18 0
#80 Arthur Strickland 4 23 5.75 13 0
#15 Richard Lamp 1 20 20.00 20 0
#54 Peter Vargas 3 13 4.33 7 0
Panthers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#36 Darrell Trotter 5 91 18.20 68 0
#34 Roy Weeks 5 85 17.00 25 0
#81 Gerald Miller 5 82 16.40 27 1
#80 Anthony Toler 1 19 19.00 19 0
#88 David Billy 1 13 13.00 13 0
#28 Steven Napier 1 11 11.00 11 0
#11 Julio Prince 2 5 2.50 3 0
Blocking Stats
Blazers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 James Foster 49 52 1 1
#49 Jordan Devers 23 20 0 1
#73 Larry Buckner 42 54 0 4
#50 Gene Aguilar 51 51 0 2
#54 David Smith 51 55 0 1
#61 Dean Park 51 61 0 3
#86 Peter Kaplan 0 17 0 0
#54 Peter Vargas 13 37 0 1
#80 Arthur Strickland 0 30 0 0
#15 Chad Swanson 0 29 0 1
#15 Richard Lamp 0 18 0 1
#57 Jason Brown 2 0 0 0
#67 Troy Hulse 8 1 0 0
#32 Jaime Giles 14 16 0 1
#70 James Rodriguez 2 19 0 1
#72 Edward Booth 9 0 0 0
#52 Jamie Seymour 4 2 0 0
#70 Scott Tuttle 0 1 0 0
#65 Ervin Stillman 0 1 0 0
#33 Craig Avery 0 2 0 0
#79 George Compton 0 1 0 0
#53 Robert Miller 0 1 0 1
#94 David Watkins 0 3 0 1
#55 Morris Burbach 0 2 0 0
#93 Travis Pino 0 1 0 0
#20 Barry Litchford 0 2 0 0
#52 David Bearden 0 2 0 1
#41 Shelby Kemp 0 5 0 3
Panthers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#36 Darrell Trotter 7 5 1 1
#67 Jason Graf 49 21 1 2
#72 Marion Long 47 8 1 1
#59 Richard Robinson 55 13 0 0
#88 David Billy 8 5 0 0
#54 Arturo James 49 17 0 0
#79 David Rodman 56 15 0 0
#45 Bryan Salinas 25 9 0 0
#94 Arthur Bowie 0 6 0 0
#56 Alton Pastor 0 8 0 0
#34 Roy Weeks 0 4 0 0
#11 Julio Prince 0 3 0 0
#81 Gerald Miller 0 7 0 0
#35 Lonnie Wooding 9 2 0 0
#41 Elvis Thomas 13 0 0 0
#61 Jason Derosa 6 0 0 0
#60 Timothy Gates 10 4 0 0
#69 Jamie Westbury 4 0 0 0
#86 Cristobal Robinson 0 3 0 0
#28 Steven Napier 4 0 0 0
#66 William Downing 3 0 0 0
#36 Michael Ellis 0 2 0 0
#73 Michael Kay 0 2 0 0
#99 Dwayne Walker 0 1 0 0
#96 William Puckett 0 1 0 0
#93 Samuel Heard 0 2 0 0
#87 George Berndt 0 1 0 0
#15 Philip Bell 1 0 0 0
#49 Walter Daniels 0 1 0 0
#56 Jonathan Hansley 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Blazers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#65 Ervin Stillman 1 0 0.00 0
#33 Craig Avery 1 0 0.00 0
Panthers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Blazers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#32 Jaime Giles 1 0 0 0
#93 Travis Pino 0 2 0 0
#80 Arthur Strickland 0 0 2 0
Panthers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#87 George Berndt 2 0 0 0
#49 Walter Daniels 0 0 1 0
#20 Christopher Chen 0 1 0 0
Punting
Blazers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Thomas Medley 5 222 44.40 40.00 52 1
Panthers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#14 Cruz Townsend 8 371 46.38 41.00 53 1
Kicking
Blazers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Robert Allison 4 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 4 / 4
Panthers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#9 Donald Gary 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 2 / 2
Punt Return
Blazers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Arthur Strickland 4 25 6.3 14 0
Panthers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#87 George Berndt 2 24 12.0 24 0
Kick Return
Blazers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Panthers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#87 George Berndt 5 138 27.6 0
Defensive Stats
Blazers
Name Tackles Sacks
#20 Barry Litchford 7 0
#94 David Watkins 4 1
#52 Jamie Seymour 4 1
#41 Shelby Kemp 3 0
#44 Derek Bouchard 3 0
#53 Robert Miller 2 2
#7 Michael Hughes 1 0
#37 Floyd Brooks 1 0
#33 Craig Avery 1 0
#79 George Compton 1 0
#80 Arthur Strickland 1 0
#95 Paul Waller 1 1
#93 Travis Pino 1 0
#70 Scott Tuttle 1 1
#86 Peter Kaplan 1 0
Panthers
Name Tackles Sacks
#20 Christopher Chen 15 0
#94 Arthur Bowie 7 0
#35 Juan Jacobson 7 0
#49 Walter Daniels 6 0
#44 David Oxford 6 0
#36 Michael Ellis 5 0
#73 Michael Kay 5 0
#70 Henry Crenshaw 4 0
#56 Alton Pastor 4 1
#76 Douglas Couey 3 0
#96 William Puckett 3 0
#57 Carl Shank 2 0
#88 David Billy 2 0
#15 Philip Bell 1 0
#35 Lonnie Wooding 1 0
#45 Bryan Salinas 1 0
#93 Samuel Heard 1 0