Week 12: San Jose SaberCats at New Orleans VooDoo

November 18, 1979
70°
Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 69,813 (95%)
SaberCats 0 7 0 0 - 7
VooDoo 0 21 0 10 - 31

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 2-6-SJS 6 (12:29) 21-James Nantz ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Ralph Lopez. SJS 74-Steven Peterson was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SJS 69-Jeffery Mackey was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NOV 7 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 2-1-SJS 17 (8:18) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 88-Steven Melin for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Ralph Lopez. NOV 14 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 2-20-NOV 24 (4:15) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. NOV 14 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 3-1-SJS 1 (0:31) 21-James Nantz ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Ralph Lopez. NOV 21 SJS 7
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 1-9-SJS 9 (14:12) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 82-William Ramsey for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Ralph Lopez. NOV 28 SJS 7
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-5-SJS 20 (1:10) 1-Ralph Lopez 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 31 SJS 7

Team Statistics

VooDoo SaberCats
First Downs 22 12
- Rushing 9 2
- Passing 12 10
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 426 260
- Offensive Plays 78 53
- Yards Per Play 5.46 4.91
Net Rushing Yards 191 39
- Rushing Attempts 38 10
- Yards Per Rush 5.03 3.90
Net Passing Yards 235 221
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 24 / 1 41 / 22 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 242 238
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 7 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.88 5.14
- Yards Per Completion 10.08 10.82
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 16 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.5 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 5 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 60 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 30 1 / 31
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 27 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 23
Time of Possession 38:53 21:06

Drive Charts

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:57 OWN 21 5 20 Punt
1 9:39 1:31 OWN 24 3 3 Punt
1 5:32 8:06 OWN 17 14 83 Touchdown
2 11:06 2:52 OWN 32 7 68 Touchdown
2 4:10 3:41 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
3 12:07 4:10 OWN 15 7 43 Interception
3 5:51 3:40 OWN 20 7 29 Punt
4 14:52 0:44 OPP 18 2 18 Touchdown
4 13:25 7:19 OWN 29 12 55 Missed FG
4 5:24 1:30 OWN 24 3 2 Punt
4 3:32 1:40 OWN 35 3 9 Punt
4 1:21 0:15 OPP 26 3 5 Field Goal
4 0:28 0:28 OWN 27 1 0 Game

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:03 2:23 OWN 16 4 15 Punt
1 8:08 2:36 OWN 26 4 19 Punt
2 12:26 1:20 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 8:13 4:04 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 0:28 0:28 OWN 25 3 7 Half
3 15:00 2:53 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
3 7:57 2:07 OWN 36 5 32 Interception
3 2:11 2:19 OWN 4 5 36 Interception
4 14:08 0:43 OWN 29 3 2 Punt
4 6:06 0:42 OWN 22 4 13 Punt
4 3:54 0:22 OWN 24 3 0 Punt
4 1:52 0:31 OWN 20 2 1 Interception
4 1:06 0:38 OWN 25 3 9 Punt

Rushing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kenneth Boyd 21 143 6.81 14 9 0
James Nantz 15 48 3.20 11 1 2
Joe Doyle 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Ty Fleming 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 7 29 4.14 11 1 0
Daniel Bailey 2 8 4.00 9 0 0
Antoine Smith 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Tate 37 24 242 2 / 7 2 24 1 90.15
Ty Fleming 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 41 22 238 2 / 17 1 26 3 48.63

Receiving Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Ramsey 10 129 12.90 24 1
Steven Melin 5 61 12.20 20 1
Joseph Baker 2 19 9.50 11 0
James Nantz 2 14 7.00 9 0
James Sheckler 2 11 5.50 7 0
Thomas Canale 3 8 2.67 4 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Perez 7 84 12.00 24 0
Jose Lohman 3 43 14.33 21 0
John Martin 3 38 12.67 24 1
Samuel Rutherford 2 35 17.50 26 0
Christopher Gray 4 26 6.50 13 0
Joseph Sanders 1 8 8.00 8 0
Charles May 1 7 7.00 7 0
Antoine Smith 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gerald Demott 51 52 2 3
Robert Newton 4 5 0 0
Steven Melin 12 29 0 5
Wesley Villanueva 3 3 0 1
Stanley Wright 0 2 0 0
Frank Mattiace 0 1 0 0
Kyle Grimmett 0 1 0 0
James Tompkins 4 1 0 0
Joseph Baker 0 9 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 1 0 0
James Nantz 15 5 0 1
James Sheckler 0 23 0 0
Wayne Williams 17 10 0 0
Thomas Canale 0 30 0 1
John Marshall 0 13 0 0
Russel Nutter 45 40 0 4
William Ramsey 8 23 0 1
Joseph Deslauriers 0 2 0 0
Damon Fisher 51 47 0 6
Donald Glenn 43 44 0 1
Kenneth Boyd 16 4 0 0
Dave Lapham 43 46 0 2
Miguel Gross 1 2 0 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 4 0 0
Troy Tomas 0 5 0 1
Rick Edwards 0 5 0 1
Wayne Bouchard 0 3 0 0
Larry Ackman 0 1 0 0
Anthony Munoz 0 4 0 2
Ramon Boldt 0 7 0 1
Joe Cerna 0 4 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Warren 49 17 1 1
Andres Holm 8 2 0 0
Charles May 0 2 0 0
Donny Harris 0 1 0 0
Scott Smith 0 1 0 0
Chad Carter 0 1 0 0
Charles Grant 0 1 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 2 0 0
Steven Peterson 0 1 0 0
James Peeler 3 2 0 1
Daniel Bailey 2 3 0 0
Evan Cunningham 1 0 0 0
David Perez 0 11 0 0
Joseph Sanders 2 2 0 0
Eddie Wilson 17 1 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 2 0 0
Christopher Gray 13 5 0 0
John Martin 5 9 0 0
Antoine Smith 18 7 0 1
James Smith 40 16 0 2
Richard Mosley 45 18 0 0
Jose Lohman 13 8 0 0
Donald Bonner 47 16 0 2
Charles Martin 50 16 0 1
William McMartin 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Larry Ackman 1 25 25.00 0
Ramon Boldt 1 2 2.00 0
Harvey Miller 1 0 0.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jack Englert 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

San Jose SaberCats

Punting

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jeff Johnson 5 247 49.40 44.80 59 2

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 8 381 47.63 40.50 54 0

Kicking

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ralph Lopez 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 4 / 4

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Ramsey 4 36 9.0 10 0
Thomas Canale 2 24 12.0 12 0

San Jose SaberCats

Kick Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Ramsey 1 30 30.0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Gray 1 31 31.0 0

Defensive Stats