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Week 15: Tampa Bay Bandits at Pittsburgh Maulers

December 09, 1979
35°
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 55,802 (95%)
Bandits 7 7 7 9 - 30
Maulers 10 6 3 0 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Maulers: 4-1-TAM 20 (11:41) 8-Bret Curley 37 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 3 TAM 0
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 3-1-PIT 1 (6:46) 37-James Haigh ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. PIT 3 TAM 7
(Qtr 1) Maulers: 1-9-TAM 9 (3:10) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 84-Javier Rudolph for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 10 TAM 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-2-TAM 2 (13:33) 8-Bret Curley 20 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 13 TAM 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-2-TAM 35 (7:21) 8-Bret Curley 52 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 16 TAM 7
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 1-10-PIT 14 (4:28) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 80-David Albrecht for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. PIT 16 TAM 14
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 3-17-PIT 24 (8:23) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. PIT 16 TAM 21
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 4-10-TAM 31 (4:11) 8-Bret Curley 48 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 19 TAM 21
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-8-PIT 12 (15:00) 15-Thomas Hummell 29 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 39-Ralph Allen was injured on the play. PIT 19 TAM 24
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-8-PIT 16 (5:10) 15-Thomas Hummell 33 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 80-David Albrecht was injured on the play. PIT 19 TAM 27
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-15-PIT 33 (2:00) 15-Thomas Hummell 50 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 19 TAM 30

Team Statistics

Maulers Bandits
First Downs 12 20
- Rushing 5 5
- Passing 7 15
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 319 387
- Offensive Plays 56 67
- Yards Per Play 5.70 5.78
Net Rushing Yards 152 114
- Rushing Attempts 31 25
- Yards Per Rush 4.90 4.56
Net Passing Yards 167 273
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 13 / 1 40 / 22 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 181 287
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 14 2 / 14
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.68 6.50
- Yards Per Completion 13.92 13.05
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 12 6 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.7 9.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 2 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 8 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 92
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 4 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 3 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 27
Time of Possession 29:18 30:42

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:55 2:17 OWN 33 4 47 Field Goal
1 6:44 1:59 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 4:40 1:35 OPP 31 3 31 Touchdown
1 1:23 2:53 OWN 42 5 54 Field Goal
2 11:51 1:40 OPP 46 3 5 Punt
2 9:54 2:37 OWN 45 4 19 Field Goal
2 4:23 3:12 OWN 25 7 27 Punt
3 15:00 1:27 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 8:19 4:12 OWN 25 7 44 Field Goal
4 14:57 5:33 OWN 25 9 75 Downs
4 5:07 1:39 OWN 25 4 0 Downs
4 1:56 0:14 OWN 25 4 8 Interception

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:05 OWN 21 3 -1 Punt
1 11:37 4:53 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
1 4:45 0:05 OWN 20 1 0 Interception
1 3:05 1:42 OWN 24 3 -7 Punt
2 13:30 1:39 OWN 22 3 0 Punt
2 10:10 0:17 OWN 2 3 9 Punt
2 7:17 2:54 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 1:12 1:12 OWN 20 2 1 Half
3 13:33 5:14 OWN 21 11 79 Touchdown
3 4:07 4:10 OWN 25 8 63 Field Goal
4 9:24 4:18 OWN 19 9 65 Field Goal
4 3:27 1:31 OPP 25 3 -7 Field Goal
4 1:42 1:42 OPP 49 4 16 Game

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 13 87 6.69 38 3 0
John Murray 9 35 3.89 10 1 0
Robert Ensley 8 22 2.75 7 0 0
Charles Holt 1 8 8.00 8 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ralph Allen 12 76 6.33 23 3 0
James Haigh 9 30 3.33 12 1 1
Luis Gero 3 9 3.00 9 0 0
Frank Owens 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Deal 23 13 181 2 / 14 1 43 1 78.35

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Luis Gero 30 17 229 2 / 14 2 24 1 89.44
Tyrone Harvell 10 5 58 0 / 0 0 18 0 67.92

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Gordon 2 67 33.50 43 0
Javier Rudolph 5 50 10.00 20 1
Vito Moffat 2 31 15.50 21 0
Charles Holt 1 19 19.00 19 0
Robert Diaz 1 7 7.00 7 0
John Murray 2 7 3.50 4 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Popa 5 74 14.80 19 0
Edward Conner 3 64 21.33 24 1
Ernest Seal 5 62 12.40 19 0
David Albrecht 2 35 17.50 21 1
George Begay 2 34 17.00 22 0
James Haigh 1 10 10.00 10 0
Frank Owens 2 4 2.00 2 0
Kevin Stoneking 1 3 3.00 3 0
Ralph Allen 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Herman Winn 30 35 1 2
Terry Goodwin 0 2 0 0
Vito Moffat 0 18 0 0
Eric Reed 0 1 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 2 0 0 0
Barry Farrell 0 5 0 0
Robert Ensley 2 3 0 0
John Murray 4 3 0 1
Paul Brooks 0 2 0 0
Nathaniel Miles 0 1 0 0
Morton Wright 0 1 0 1
Cliff Thomas 1 3 0 1
Robert Keese 0 1 0 0
Bradley Martinez 0 1 0 0
Larry Barber 3 1 0 0
Michael Mills 9 3 0 0
John Gordon 0 11 0 0
Raymond Weems 9 0 0 0
Jon Brantley 5 3 0 0
Javier Rudolph 0 19 0 0
Pete Gabriel 34 32 0 1
Robert Diaz 8 25 0 1
Tim Kaufman 28 28 0 2
Andre Adkins 30 33 0 1
Dennis McLean 11 28 0 1
Sidney Woosley 34 31 0 0
Lamont Thielen 4 2 0 0
Jeff Orr 4 6 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 2 0 0
Charles Holt 1 2 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joseph Frost 53 31 1 1
Jim Stewart 3 3 0 0
Brandon Roberge 46 29 0 1
David Asuncion 0 1 0 1
Walter Forbush 1 0 0 0
Stephen Button 0 1 0 1
George Begay 0 3 0 0
James Haigh 17 8 0 0
Ernest Seal 0 8 0 0
Joesph Wagner 0 2 0 0
Kevin Stoneking 0 1 0 0
Ralph Allen 17 4 0 0
Frank Owens 11 19 0 0
Edward Conner 0 17 0 0
William Dillon 52 24 0 0
Martin Wildermuth 0 3 0 0
James Smith 53 38 0 1
Ira Edge 52 32 0 3
James Templeton 12 3 0 0
Randy Dukes 0 3 0 0
Michael Popa 0 17 0 0
Christopher Shaw 0 3 0 0
Al Schwartz 0 3 0 1
David Albrecht 9 25 0 1
Howard Dailey 0 3 0 1
John Hernandez 0 3 0 0
Joseph Poulsen 0 3 0 0
Douglas Mullins 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Paul Brooks 1 4 4.00 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Brian Newberry 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Cliff Thomas 1 0 0 0
John Murray 1 1 0 0
Tim Kaufman 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Martin Wildermuth 0 0 1 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 4 191 47.75 41.75 52 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 4 185 46.25 39.00 53 0

Kicking

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 3 / 3

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Murray 2 8 4.0 7 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Haigh 3 92 30.7 0

Defensive Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Brian Lowe 7 0
Paul Brooks 7 0
Charles Smith 6 0
George Rice 4 0
Bradley Martinez 4 0
Nathaniel Miles 4 1
Morton Wright 2 0
Michael Large 2 0
George Grant 2 0
Randy Ertel 2 0
Marvin Anderson 2 0
Arthur Phillips 1 0
Robert Keese 1 1
Leonel Martinsen 1 0
Mark Fisher 1 0
Charles Yerby 1 0
Javier Rudolph 1 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
Brian Newberry 8 0
David Asuncion 7 0
Randy Dukes 6 0
Terry Crum 5 0
William Lewis 4 1
Martin Wildermuth 4 0
Al Schwartz 3 0
Douglas Mullins 2 0
David Wilcox 2 1
David Albrecht 1 0
Michael Popa 1 0
John Hernandez 1 0
Joel Harness 1 0
Howard Dailey 1 0
Daniel Middleton 1 0
Lewis Lum 1 0