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Week 11: Pittsburgh Maulers at New Orleans VooDoo

November 11, 1979
70°
Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 63,496 (87%)
Maulers 16 0 3 0 - 19
VooDoo 0 7 0 3 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Maulers: 2-3-NOV 20 (8:02) 29-Cliff Thomas ran to NOV 0 for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. NOV 0 PIT 7
(Qtr 1) Maulers: 2-28-PIT 44 (4:35) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 31-Eric Metcalf for 56 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Maulers: 4-2-NOV 26 (2:50) 8-Bret Curley 43 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 0 PIT 16
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 3-8-PIT 8 (2:31) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 82-William Ramsey for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Ralph Lopez. NOV 7 PIT 16
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 4-9-NOV 24 (8:20) 8-Bret Curley 42 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 7 PIT 19
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-16-PIT 19 (11:45) 1-Ralph Lopez 36 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 10 PIT 19

Team Statistics

VooDoo Maulers
First Downs 20 14
- Rushing 8 8
- Passing 12 4
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 368 328
- Offensive Plays 76 60
- Yards Per Play 4.84 5.47
Net Rushing Yards 170 158
- Rushing Attempts 33 29
- Yards Per Rush 5.15 5.45
Net Passing Yards 198 170
- Att/Comp/Int 40 / 19 / 2 30 / 15 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 219 178
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 21 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.60 5.48
- Yards Per Completion 11.53 11.87
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 18 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 8.3
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 70 4 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 17 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 22
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 36 2 / 54
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 30
Time of Possession 34:42 25:18

Drive Charts

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
1 14:51 2:55 OWN 28 8 45 Downs
1 7:57 2:01 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 4:25 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
1 2:46 2:09 OWN 25 4 14 Punt
2 13:27 4:51 OWN 5 8 53 Punt
2 7:05 4:37 OWN 47 9 53 Touchdown
2 1:42 1:42 OWN 11 3 8 Half
3 8:16 2:27 OWN 25 6 41 Punt
3 3:30 6:49 OWN 14 12 67 Field Goal
4 10:51 0:20 OPP 38 3 0 Punt
4 9:43 5:03 OWN 32 11 52 Interception
4 3:13 1:03 OPP 37 3 -16 Punt
4 1:45 0:37 OPP 46 4 25 Downs

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:57 0:06 OPP 36 1 0 Fumble
1 11:56 3:59 OWN 35 8 65 Touchdown
1 5:55 1:30 OWN 22 4 78 Touchdown
1 4:21 1:34 OPP 34 3 8 Field Goal
1 0:37 2:10 OWN 18 5 23 Punt
2 8:36 1:31 OWN 14 3 -5 Punt
2 2:27 0:46 OWN 25 4 42 Interception
3 15:00 6:44 OWN 26 11 47 Field Goal
3 5:49 2:19 OWN 9 6 34 Punt
4 11:41 0:51 OWN 25 3 7 Interception
4 10:31 0:48 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
4 4:40 1:27 OPP 42 4 12 Interception
4 2:10 0:25 OWN 4 3 -2 Punt
4 1:08 1:08 OWN 40 3 0 Game

Rushing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kenneth Boyd 23 99 4.30 18 5 0
James Nantz 8 58 7.25 24 2 0
Joe Doyle 2 13 6.50 14 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 12 91 7.58 20 4 1
John Murray 9 54 6.00 12 4 0
Robert Ensley 5 13 2.60 15 1 0
Scott Deal 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Tate 40 19 219 3 / 21 1 25 2 51.98

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Deal 30 15 178 1 / 8 1 56 3 40.00

Receiving Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Canale 5 65 13.00 20 0
James Sheckler 4 64 16.00 20 0
William Ramsey 5 54 10.80 25 1
Steven Melin 2 24 12.00 16 0
James Nantz 1 7 7.00 7 0
Kenneth Boyd 1 4 4.00 4 0
John Marshall 1 1 1.00 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Vito Moffat 4 72 18.00 37 0
Eric Metcalf 1 56 56.00 56 1
Robert Richards 3 30 10.00 16 0
Robert Diaz 3 18 6.00 9 0
Javier Rudolph 2 5 2.50 7 0
Cliff Thomas 1 3 3.00 3 0
John Murray 1 -6 -6.00 -6 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dave Lapham 42 32 2 6
Russel Nutter 52 38 1 7
William Ramsey 4 21 0 1
Miguel Gross 0 1 0 0
Troy Tomas 0 1 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 2 0 0
Kyle Grimmett 0 1 0 0
Anthony Munoz 0 1 0 1
Joe Cerna 0 1 0 0
Joseph Baker 0 3 0 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 3 0 0
Pablo Goodwin 0 3 0 1
Wayne Williams 13 15 0 2
James Nantz 11 3 0 0
Kenneth Boyd 19 3 0 0
Gerald Demott 51 43 0 1
James Sheckler 0 23 0 1
Steven Melin 5 25 0 3
Thomas Canale 0 23 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 4 0 0
Harvey Miller 0 2 0 0
Larry Ackman 0 4 0 1
Ramon Boldt 0 2 0 0
Robert Newton 6 4 0 1
Damon Fisher 51 36 0 0
John Marshall 4 10 0 0
Donald Glenn 47 42 0 0
Joseph Deslauriers 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Herman Winn 37 30 1 2
Michael Large 0 1 0 0
John Gordon 0 3 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 3 0 0
John Hunter 0 2 0 0
Jeff Orr 4 3 0 0
Robert Ensley 3 0 0 0
Larry Barber 4 1 0 0
Morton Wright 0 2 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 2 0 0
John Murray 7 1 0 1
Leonel Martinsen 3 0 0 0
Charles Smith 0 2 0 1
Arthur Phillips 0 1 0 0
Marvin Anderson 0 1 0 0
George Grant 0 1 0 0
Brian Lowe 0 1 0 0
George Rice 0 3 0 0
Michael Mills 9 0 0 0
Nathaniel Miles 0 2 0 1
Larry Fazio 39 34 0 1
Charles Miller 0 3 0 0
Charles Yerby 0 2 0 0
Vito Moffat 0 17 0 0
Sidney Woosley 38 31 0 0
Andre Adkins 37 28 0 4
Tim Kaufman 38 31 0 1
Robert Richards 1 26 0 0
Pete Gabriel 10 4 0 0
Robert Diaz 6 25 0 0
Javier Rudolph 0 23 0 1
Eric Metcalf 1 6 0 1
Cliff Thomas 3 0 0 0
Jon Brantley 9 4 0 0
Dennis McLean 9 10 0 0
Robert Keese 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Rick Edwards 1 36 36.00 0
Troy Tomas 1 0 0.00 0
Anthony Munoz 1 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bradley Martinez 1 54 54.00 0
Paul Brooks 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kenneth Boyd 1 0 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 0 1 0
Troy Tomas 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Cliff Thomas 1 0 0 0
George Rice 0 0 1 0
Charles Yerby 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jeff Johnson 6 231 38.50 35.17 49 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 5 247 49.40 46.20 54 1

Kicking

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ralph Lopez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 36 1 / 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 43 1 / 2

Punt Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Ramsey 2 17 8.5 9 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Kick Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Murray 1 22 22.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Tackles Sacks
Troy Tomas 11 0
Ramon Boldt 8 0
Anthony Munoz 7 0
Larry Ackman 3 0
Harvey Miller 3 0
Kyle Grimmett 3 0
Miguel Gross 2 1
James Sheckler 1 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 1 0
Dave Lapham 1 0
Joseph Deslauriers 1 0
Robert Newton 1 0
Frank Mattiace 1 0
Gerald Demott 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Charles Yerby 8 0
Robert Keese 7 1
Paul Brooks 7 0
Brian Lowe 7 0
Bradley Martinez 5 0
Nathaniel Miles 3 0
Marvin Anderson 3 0
John Hunter 3 2
George Grant 3 0
Charles Miller 2 0
Michael Large 2 0
Randy Ertel 2 0
Morton Wright 1 0
Andre Adkins 1 0
Vito Moffat 1 0
Sidney Woosley 1 0
Dennis McLean 1 0
George Rice 1 0
Robert Richards 1 0
Jeff Orr 1 0