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Wild Card: Shreveport Steamer at Pittsburgh Maulers

December 23, 1979
46°
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 57,753 (98%)
Steamer 14 0 0 0 - 14
Maulers 7 10 0 10 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Steamer: 3-11-SHR 24 (13:36) 1-Fred Murphy pass complete to 27-Robert Tuttle for 76 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. PIT 0 SHR 7
(Qtr 1) Maulers: 2-15-SHR 18 (7:52) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 15-Charles Holt for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 7 SHR 7
(Qtr 1) Steamer: 3-3-PIT 48 (1:23) 85-Dee Spray ran for 48 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. PIT 7 SHR 14
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-6-SHR 14 (5:15) 8-Bret Curley 31 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 10 SHR 14
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 2-3-SHR 3 (1:14) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 15-Charles Holt for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 17 SHR 14
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 2-14-SHR 4 (8:30) 1-Fred Murphy pass INTERCEPTED by 55-George Grant at SHR 12. 55-George Grant to SHR 0 for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 24 SHR 14
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 4-18-SHR 19 (2:57) 8-Bret Curley 36 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 27 SHR 14

Team Statistics

Maulers Steamer
First Downs 19 6
- Rushing 10 2
- Passing 9 4
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 370 229
- Offensive Plays 69 51
- Yards Per Play 5.36 4.49
Net Rushing Yards 176 63
- Rushing Attempts 36 25
- Yards Per Rush 4.89 2.52
Net Passing Yards 194 166
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 16 / 0 24 / 14 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 215 182
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 21 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.88 6.38
- Yards Per Completion 13.44 13.00
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 11.8 8.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 6 / 60 2 / 14
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 25 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 11 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 41 OWN 18
Time of Possession 36:24 23:36

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:22 5:36 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 6:19 2:15 OPP 42 3 -2 Punt
1 1:15 3:29 OWN 25 7 7 Punt
2 8:04 2:52 OWN 14 5 72 Field Goal
2 3:43 2:33 OWN 24 9 76 Touchdown
3 15:00 2:22 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
3 11:12 1:27 OWN 44 3 5 Punt
3 8:13 1:28 OPP 46 3 -10 Punt
3 4:48 3:06 OWN 31 6 18 Punt
4 14:54 2:19 OWN 32 4 21 Punt
4 10:19 1:42 OWN 44 4 -2 Punt
4 8:24 1:26 OPP 25 4 -23 Fumble
4 6:58 4:04 OPP 35 6 17 Field Goal
4 1:45 1:45 OPP 41 5 15 Game

Shreveport Steamer

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:38 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 7:46 1:27 OWN 25 3 -4 Interception
1 4:04 2:49 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 12:45 4:42 OWN 22 8 21 Punt
2 5:12 1:28 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 1:10 1:10 OWN 25 2 -1 Half
3 12:38 1:26 OWN 10 3 0 Punt
3 9:46 1:32 OWN 2 3 -1 Punt
3 6:45 1:58 OWN 12 3 9 Punt
3 1:41 1:48 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
4 12:34 2:16 OWN 10 3 2 Punt
4 8:37 0:13 OWN 9 2 -4 Interception
4 2:54 1:09 OWN 25 6 16 Downs

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 11 89 8.09 58 2 0
John Murray 11 69 6.27 12 5 0
Robert Ensley 11 21 1.91 9 0 0
Scott Deal 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Charles Holt 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dee Spray 9 41 4.56 48 1 1
Robert Tuttle 16 22 1.38 11 2 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Deal 30 16 215 3 / 21 2 31 0 98.61

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Fred Murphy 24 14 182 2 / 16 1 76 2 61.46

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Holt 5 72 14.40 19 2
Robert Richards 3 69 23.00 31 0
Vito Moffat 4 44 11.00 23 0
John Gordon 1 17 17.00 17 0
Cliff Thomas 1 6 6.00 6 0
John Murray 1 5 5.00 5 0
Robert Diaz 1 2 2.00 2 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Tuttle 1 76 76.00 76 1
Johnny Brennan 3 38 12.67 26 0
Alex Flores 3 36 12.00 16 0
Michael Diaz 5 24 4.80 10 0
Dee Spray 1 4 4.00 4 0
Nelson Keister 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andre Adkins 40 42 1 1
Larry Fazio 46 36 1 1
Pete Gabriel 43 34 1 4
John Murray 3 4 0 0
Terry Goodwin 0 1 0 0
Mark Fisher 0 2 0 0
Morton Wright 0 2 0 1
Randy Ertel 0 3 0 0
Charles Smith 0 2 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 2 0 0
Michael Switzer 0 1 0 0
Marvin Anderson 0 1 0 0
Jeff Orr 6 4 0 1
Bradley Martinez 0 1 0 0
Brian Lowe 0 1 0 0
George Grant 0 1 0 0
John Hunter 0 1 0 0
Lamont Thielen 4 2 0 0
Michael Mills 10 7 0 1
Leonel Martinsen 6 1 0 0
Eric Reed 0 2 0 0
Sidney Woosley 39 32 0 3
Raymond Weems 13 1 0 0
Jon Brantley 13 3 0 0
Robert Ensley 3 4 0 0
Vito Moffat 0 16 0 0
Barry Farrell 0 1 0 0
John Gordon 0 4 0 1
Cliff Thomas 6 2 0 0
Charles Holt 1 16 0 0
Robert Diaz 6 27 0 0
Robert Richards 1 28 0 0
Tim Kaufman 40 40 0 1
Dennis McLean 20 28 0 3
Robert Keese 0 1 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Philip Castillon 30 29 2 3
Lonnie Robinson 8 1 0 0
Frank Fischer 1 0 0 0
Russell Colbert 6 1 0 0
Robert Tuttle 4 0 0 0
Johnny Brennan 0 17 0 1
Erin Lazarus 2 0 0 0
Michael Souther 11 1 0 0
Frederick Hays 8 3 0 0
David McMillan 2 0 0 0
Michael Diaz 4 21 0 2
Thomas Esposito 0 7 0 0
Robby Shiflett 22 16 0 2
Alex Flores 0 9 0 0
Matthew Fisher 11 14 0 1
Charles Leal 25 27 0 0
Nelson Keister 22 21 0 0
Michael Yang 35 28 0 3
Bryan Leblanc 27 29 0 0
Dee Spray 2 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
George Grant 1 12 12.00 1
Michael Large 1 -1 -1.00 0

Shreveport Steamer

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Eric Reed 0 1 0 0
Robert Keese 0 0 1 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Fred Murphy 1 0 0 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 8 366 45.75 40.38 51 3

Shreveport Steamer

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eugene Manuel 7 342 48.86 45.57 57 0

Kicking

Pittsburgh Maulers

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

Shreveport Steamer

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Hooper 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Murray 5 25 5.0 11 0

Shreveport Steamer

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Shreveport Steamer

Defensive Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
George Grant 6 0
Brian Lowe 6 0
Charles Smith 5 0
Eric Reed 4 1
Bradley Martinez 4 0
Robert Keese 4 1
John Hunter 2 0
Paul Brooks 2 0
Charles Yerby 2 0
Michael Large 1 0
Randy Ertel 1 0
Marvin Anderson 1 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Tackles Sacks
Thomas Rainey 8 0
Matthew McGinley 7 1
Russell Colbert 7 0
Robert Gonzales 6 0
John Cintron 6 0
Todd David 5 0
Frank Fischer 4 0
Maurice Blackstone 3 0
James Courtney 3 1
Anthony Kent 2 1
Ray Ruiz 2 0
David McMillan 1 0
Thomas Esposito 1 0
Galen Cummins 1 0
David Ryan 1 0
Philip Castillon 1 0