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Week 16: Charlotte Hornets at Pittsburgh Maulers

December 16, 1979
33°
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 52,320 (89%)
Hornets 7 0 3 0 - 10
Maulers 7 10 7 3 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Hornets: 3-8-CHA 39 (13:27) 12-Wayne Cole pass complete to 85-Samuel Kiefer for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. PIT 0 CHA 7
(Qtr 1) Maulers: 2-4-CHA 4 (7:59) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 7 CHA 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-1-CHA 12 (15:00) 8-Bret Curley 29 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 10 CHA 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 3-5-CHA 49 (0:59) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 83-Robert Diaz for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 17 CHA 7
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 1-10-CHA 17 (4:33) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 85-Barry Farrell for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 24 CHA 7
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 4-18-PIT 19 (2:52) 17-Willie Putnam 36 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 24 CHA 10
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 4-16-CHA 18 (12:07) 8-Bret Curley 36 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 27 CHA 10

Team Statistics

Maulers Hornets
First Downs 16 8
- Rushing 5 1
- Passing 11 7
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 402 173
- Offensive Plays 79 60
- Yards Per Play 5.09 2.88
Net Rushing Yards 77 34
- Rushing Attempts 39 9
- Yards Per Rush 1.97 3.78
Net Passing Yards 325 139
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 22 / 0 40 / 16 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 333 222
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 11 / 83
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.13 2.73
- Yards Per Completion 15.14 13.88
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 19 5 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.2 13.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 55 3 / 11
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 29
Int Returns/Yards 1 / -1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 28
Time of Possession 39:19 20:45

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:18 5:23 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
1 5:53 5:56 OWN 41 9 48 Field Goal
2 12:43 1:23 OWN 24 3 -4 Punt
2 11:14 3:41 OWN 28 6 19 Punt
2 5:46 2:53 OWN 37 5 14 Punt
2 1:11 0:20 OWN 46 3 54 Touchdown
3 15:00 1:42 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 10:37 1:30 OWN 14 3 -1 Punt
3 7:20 2:53 OWN 8 5 92 Touchdown
3 3:29 0:10 OWN 24 2 0 Fumble
3 2:49 5:45 OWN 25 9 57 Field Goal
4 11:27 2:05 OWN 29 5 7 Punt
4 8:42 1:24 OWN 46 3 -11 Punt
4 6:10 1:32 OWN 23 3 3 Punt
4 3:57 0:57 OWN 36 3 -1 Punt
4 1:45 1:45 OWN 30 7 36 Game

Charlotte Hornets

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:42 OWN 27 4 73 Touchdown
1 7:55 2:02 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 14:57 2:14 OWN 25 6 5 Punt
2 11:20 0:06 OWN 36 1 0 Interception
2 7:33 1:47 OWN 8 3 5 Punt
2 2:53 1:42 OWN 5 3 4 Punt
2 0:51 0:51 OWN 25 5 38 Missed FG
3 13:18 2:41 OWN 31 4 15 Punt
3 9:07 1:48 OWN 43 4 11 Punt
3 4:26 0:58 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 3:19 0:31 OPP 11 3 -8 Field Goal
4 12:04 0:37 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 9:22 0:40 OWN 18 3 -6 Punt
4 7:19 1:09 OWN 20 6 12 Punt
4 4:38 0:42 OWN 23 3 -7 Punt
4 3:00 1:15 OWN 19 6 7 Punt

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 14 35 2.50 14 2 0
John Murray 13 30 2.31 11 3 0
Robert Ensley 8 7 0.88 9 0 0
Charles Holt 2 5 2.50 7 0 0
Scott Deal 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jerry Roux 9 34 3.78 15 2 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Deal 39 22 333 1 / 8 3 49 0 110.31

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Wayne Cole 36 14 211 11 / 83 1 61 1 56.60
Stanley Snyder 4 2 11 0 / 0 0 10 0 56.25

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Vito Moffat 10 153 15.30 38 1
Robert Diaz 3 55 18.33 49 1
John Murray 2 49 24.50 44 0
Javier Rudolph 3 33 11.00 23 0
Barry Farrell 1 17 17.00 17 1
Cliff Thomas 2 14 7.00 8 0
John Gordon 1 12 12.00 12 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Samuel Kiefer 2 80 40.00 61 1
Emil Hoban 7 74 10.57 23 0
Jorge Dougherty 2 38 19.00 22 0
Carl Hammond 1 17 17.00 17 0
Ricky Jackson 2 11 5.50 7 0
Paul Williams 1 1 1.00 1 0
Robert Bonfiglio 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Diaz 12 35 1 1
Sidney Woosley 48 37 0 1
Nathaniel Miles 0 2 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 1 0 0
Robert Ensley 5 2 0 0
Paul Brooks 1 1 0 0
Michael Large 0 1 0 0
Michael Switzer 0 1 0 0
Larry Barber 9 2 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 9 1 0 0
Barry Farrell 0 4 0 0
John Murray 5 8 0 2
Lamont Thielen 6 3 0 1
Charles Smith 0 1 0 0
Jeff Orr 4 2 0 1
Terry Goodwin 0 1 0 0
Eric Reed 0 4 0 0
Andre Adkins 45 52 0 3
Morton Wright 0 2 0 1
Michael Mills 17 2 0 0
Raymond Weems 14 1 0 0
Jon Brantley 6 1 0 0
Javier Rudolph 0 17 0 2
John Gordon 0 20 0 0
Cliff Thomas 5 4 0 0
Dennis McLean 15 29 0 1
Vito Moffat 0 13 0 1
Pete Gabriel 54 44 0 0
Tim Kaufman 43 40 0 3
Herman Winn 41 41 0 6
Mark Fisher 0 1 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jorge Knox 66 17 4 4
Harold White 38 12 3 3
Gregory Williams 26 4 2 2
Paul Fuller 32 9 1 1
Michael Becker 65 17 1 3
Wayne Harris 0 1 0 0
Carl Hammond 1 2 0 0
Robert Bonfiglio 5 0 0 0
Stanley Snyder 15 15 0 0
Humberto Gray 28 5 0 1
Jame Harrell 3 0 0 0
Jesse Doolan 5 0 0 0
Richard Green 14 2 0 0
Paul Williams 38 11 0 0
Jerry Roux 19 4 0 0
Ricky Jackson 16 14 0 0
Derek Mattison 0 3 0 0
Norris Scott 16 7 0 0
Joseph Abernathy 0 3 0 0
Fernando Stone 0 1 0 0
Samuel Kiefer 1 5 0 1
Eduardo Sorenson 1 3 0 0
Emil Hoban 0 7 0 0
Robert Mason 11 6 0 0
Morris Sterling 0 1 0 1
Brian Queen 0 2 0 1
Jorge Dougherty 0 6 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bradley Martinez 1 -1 -1.00 0

Charlotte Hornets

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Scott Deal 1 0 0 0
John Murray 1 1 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Alfonso Bessey 0 1 0 0
Derek Mattison 0 0 1 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 9 409 45.44 45.44 52 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Desantiago 12 560 46.67 42.58 53 1

Kicking

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 36 3 / 3

Charlotte Hornets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Willie Putnam 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 36 1 / 1

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Murray 6 55 9.2 18 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerry Roux 3 11 3.7 6 0

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Bonfiglio 1 29 29.0 0

Defensive Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Bradley Martinez 5 0
Michael Large 5 0
Robert Keese 5 5
Morton Wright 4 0
Michael Switzer 4 3
Nathaniel Miles 3 3
Brian Lowe 3 0
Charles Smith 2 0
Marvin Anderson 2 0
Randy Ertel 2 0
Charles Yerby 1 0
Howard Vaughn 1 0
George Grant 1 0
Andre Adkins 1 0
Paul Brooks 1 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Mefford 9 0
Joseph Abernathy 9 0
Robert Mason 9 0
Courtney Cracraft 6 0
Fernando Stone 6 0
Thomas Vasquez 5 0
Robert Neal 5 0
Eduardo Sorenson 4 0
Morris Sterling 2 0
Charles Lewis 2 0
Humberto Gray 2 0
Richard Green 1 0
Alfonso Bessey 1 0
Emil Hoban 1 0
Steven Klock 1 0
Derek Mattison 1 1