Week 12: Georgia Force at Pittsburgh Maulers

November 18, 1979
59°
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 48,391 (82%)
Force 0 3 3 0 - 6
Maulers 7 14 6 6 - 33

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Maulers: 3-4-GAF 4 (3:11) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 84-Javier Rudolph for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 7 GAF 0
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 2-9-GAF 9 (12:56) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 86-John Gordon for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 14 GAF 0
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 1-10-PIT 35 (6:26) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 84-Javier Rudolph for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 21 GAF 0
(Qtr 2) Force: 4-1-PIT 21 (2:00) 57-Jimmy Rice 40 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 21 GAF 3
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 2-4-GAF 5 (11:34) 29-Cliff Thomas ran to GAF 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Force: 4-14-PIT 14 (2:57) 57-Jimmy Rice 32 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 27 GAF 6
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 4-8-GAF 21 (12:29) 8-Bret Curley 38 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 30 GAF 6
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 4-6-GAF 17 (9:19) 8-Bret Curley 35 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 33 GAF 6

Team Statistics

Maulers Force
First Downs 18 12
- Rushing 7 0
- Passing 11 10
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 386 160
- Offensive Plays 66 62
- Yards Per Play 5.85 2.58
Net Rushing Yards 104 23
- Rushing Attempts 28 11
- Yards Per Rush 3.71 2.09
Net Passing Yards 282 137
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 22 / 2 42 / 20 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 290 215
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 9 / 78
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.42 2.69
- Yards Per Completion 13.18 10.75
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 14 2 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.7 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 40 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 11 3 / 14
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 81 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 2 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 31
Time of Possession 34:38 25:24

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:55 4:09 OWN 30 7 48 Interception
1 7:52 4:44 OWN 35 9 65 Touchdown
1 1:31 3:39 OWN 36 8 64 Touchdown
2 11:27 0:52 OWN 36 3 1 Punt
2 7:43 1:28 OWN 22 3 78 Touchdown
2 1:57 0:24 OWN 30 3 -8 Punt
3 15:00 3:29 OWN 43 6 57 Touchdown
3 8:33 2:03 OWN 7 3 4 Punt
3 2:54 5:28 OWN 40 9 39 Field Goal
4 12:22 3:07 OPP 37 6 19 Field Goal
4 7:32 2:03 OWN 16 5 15 Punt
4 4:25 1:22 OWN 26 3 -3 Punt
4 2:17 1:07 OWN 6 4 20 Punt
4 0:44 0:43 OWN 4 2 2 Interception

Georgia Force

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
1 8:46 0:54 OWN 21 3 2 Punt
1 3:08 1:37 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
2 12:52 1:25 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
2 10:36 2:53 OWN 16 6 17 Punt
2 6:15 4:18 OWN 25 8 53 Field Goal
2 1:33 1:33 OWN 31 3 2 Half
3 11:31 2:59 OWN 25 6 26 Punt
3 6:30 3:36 OWN 47 6 39 Field Goal
4 12:25 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 9:15 1:43 OWN 25 5 9 Punt
4 5:29 1:04 OWN 24 4 4 Punt
4 3:03 0:46 OWN 28 4 34 Punt
4 1:10 0:26 OWN 31 5 20 Punt
4 0:02 0:02 OPP 10 1 1 Game

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 10 44 4.40 15 2 1
John Murray 10 39 3.90 15 1 0
Robert Ensley 6 25 4.17 14 1 0
Eric Metcalf 2 -4 -2.00 -2 0 0

Georgia Force

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Burgess 9 12 1.33 7 0 0
Herman Wiltse 2 11 5.50 10 1 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Deal 37 22 290 1 / 8 3 65 2 88.80

Georgia Force

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Phillip Anderson 40 19 182 6 / 54 0 34 1 50.21
Norman Shaw 2 1 33 3 / 24 0 33 0 95.83

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Javier Rudolph 4 102 25.50 65 2
Robert Richards 7 60 8.57 19 0
Vito Moffat 5 51 10.20 16 0
Robert Diaz 3 33 11.00 18 0
Eric Metcalf 1 29 29.00 29 0
John Gordon 1 9 9.00 9 1
Robert Ensley 1 6 6.00 6 0

Georgia Force

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dominique Barrientos 6 99 16.50 34 0
Ricky Black 2 27 13.50 18 0
Ralph Vaughn 5 22 4.40 11 0
Charles Berke 2 20 10.00 15 0
Jonathan Carlyle 2 18 9.00 16 0
Willian Malone 1 12 12.00 12 0
Robert Lamon 1 11 11.00 11 0
James Burgess 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Diaz 9 21 1 1
Terry Goodwin 0 3 0 0
Jon Brantley 10 3 0 0
Charles Miller 0 1 0 0
Robert Ensley 4 0 0 0
Charles Yerby 0 3 0 0
Charles Smith 0 3 0 0
George Rice 0 3 0 0
Larry Barber 5 6 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 6 0 0 0
John Murray 3 0 0 0
Arthur Phillips 0 4 0 0
Morton Wright 0 4 0 1
Michael Mills 12 2 0 0
Pete Gabriel 12 0 0 0
Jeff Orr 6 5 0 0
Dennis McLean 11 9 0 1
Paul Brooks 0 6 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 5 0 1
John Gordon 0 3 0 0
Cliff Thomas 3 2 0 0
Javier Rudolph 0 32 0 0
Eric Metcalf 4 12 0 1
Robert Richards 0 28 0 0
Vito Moffat 0 25 0 1
Larry Fazio 54 40 0 1
Tim Kaufman 49 35 0 0
Herman Winn 48 38 0 3
Andre Adkins 49 42 0 1
Sidney Woosley 49 27 0 2
Robert Keese 0 1 0 0

Georgia Force

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Travis Dean 51 14 5 5
Leslie Knudson 51 17 4 5
Dominique Barrientos 0 9 0 0
Herman Wiltse 8 1 0 0
Donald Schultz 0 1 0 0
Sean Huskins 0 1 0 0
Wilford Gray 1 0 0 0
Ralph Vaughn 0 1 0 0
David Myers 0 1 0 0
Richard Glasgow 0 1 0 0
Ralph Johnson 0 2 0 1
Larry Hardiman 2 1 0 0
Ronald Stanfill 2 0 0 0
Jonathan Carlyle 0 2 0 0
Ricky Black 0 4 0 0
Yong Kolb 0 2 0 0
John Brown 0 1 0 0
Norman Field 60 14 0 1
Timothy Ross 12 7 0 2
Neil Choate 12 0 0 0
Robert Marsh 8 0 0 0
Jeffrey Cloyd 12 3 0 0
Robert Lamon 17 5 0 0
James Burgess 16 1 0 0
Jimmy Rice 60 14 0 0
Gilbert Christensen 63 15 0 2
Willian Malone 4 13 0 2
Charles Berke 2 7 0 0
Michael Monday 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
George Grant 1 0 0.00 0

Georgia Force

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fritz Patterson 1 1 1.00 0
Harold Lindsay 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Georgia Force

Punting

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 6 288 48.00 45.67 50 0

Georgia Force

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Randy Mead 10 457 45.70 44.60 51 2

Kicking

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 3 / 4

Georgia Force

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jimmy Rice 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 40 0 / 0

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Murray 2 7 3.5 5 0
John Gordon 1 4 4.0 4 0

Georgia Force

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Burgess 3 14 4.7 7 0

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Murray 3 81 27.0 0

Georgia Force

Defensive Stats