Wild Card: (NY) Stars at VooDoo
December 23, 1979 70° Superdome
Attendance: 73,208 (100%)
(NY) Stars 14 0 7 0 - 21
VooDoo 7 0 0 0 - 7
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) (NY) Stars: 2-7-NOV 10 (10:32) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 85-Allan Howard for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. NOV 0 NYS 7
(Qtr 1) (NY) Stars: 3-8-NYS 20 (0:21) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 85-Allan Howard for 80 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. NOV 0 NYS 14
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: (0:10) 2-Christopher Meade kicks 68 yards from NYS 35 to NOV -3. 82-William Ramsey for 103yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Ralph Lopez. NOV 7 NYS 14
(Qtr 3) (NY) Stars: 3-8-NOV 9 (3:26) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 85-Allan Howard for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. NOV 7 NYS 21
Team Statistics
VooDoo (NY) Stars
First Downs 12 15
- Rushing 2 4
- Passing 9 11
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 224 364
- Offensive Plays 62 74
- Yards Per Play 3.61 4.92
Net Rushing Yards 30 55
- Rushing Attempts 12 22
- Yards Per Rush 2.50 2.50
Net Passing Yards 194 309
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 23 / 1 44 / 29 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 216 378
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 22 8 / 69
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.88 5.94
- Yards Per Completion 9.39 13.03
Fumbles/Lost 4 / 2 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 14 7 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.8 9.0
4th Down Conversions 2 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 10 5 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 18 3 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 103 1 / 30
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 31
Time of Possession 23:32 36:18
Drive Charts
VooDoo
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:28 0:08 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
1 8:14 2:55 OWN 39 6 12 Punt
1 1:59 0:22 OWN 34 3 0 Punt
1 0:00 0:51 OPP 25 3 9 Punt
2 14:09 0:24 OWN 41 3 0 Punt
2 10:04 1:18 OWN 6 3 2 Punt
2 7:18 0:53 OWN 9 3 0 Punt
2 5:22 1:39 OWN 12 4 41 Punt
2 2:18 0:04 OWN 38 1 0 Interception
2 1:16 1:16 OWN 7 2 16 Half
3 15:00 1:59 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
3 12:07 1:22 OWN 23 4 14 Fumble
3 9:11 1:32 OWN 9 4 18 Punt
3 3:23 2:18 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
4 8:22 3:41 OWN 34 7 34 Missed FG
4 3:10 2:50 OWN 20 16 80 Downs
(NY) Stars
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:32 OWN 23 8 77 Touchdown
1 10:21 2:07 OPP 37 4 5 Missed FG
1 5:19 3:20 OWN 8 6 6 Punt
1 1:37 1:27 OWN 18 3 82 Touchdown
2 13:45 3:41 OWN 12 6 47 Punt
2 8:46 1:28 OWN 43 3 -6 Punt
2 6:25 1:03 OWN 47 3 7 Punt
2 3:42 1:24 OWN 20 3 -6 Punt
2 2:15 0:58 OPP 45 5 8 Punt
3 13:01 0:54 OWN 31 3 4 Punt
3 10:45 1:34 OPP 37 3 -13 Punt
3 7:39 4:16 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
3 1:04 7:43 OWN 21 12 52 Missed FG
4 4:41 1:31 OWN 39 3 7 Punt
4 0:20 0:20 OWN 1 1 0 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
VooDoo
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#33 James Nantz 11 31 2.82 14 2 0
#20 Joe Doyle 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0
(NY) Stars
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#38 James Clarke 14 41 2.93 15 3 0
#37 Leonard Arredondo 7 15 2.14 8 0 0
#24 Wendell Figueroa 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0
Passing Stats
VooDoo
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#10 Ryan Tate 47 23 216 3 / 22 0 29 1 53.15
(NY) Stars
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Eric Roberge 41 29 378 7 / 62 3 80 0 123.83
#4 Leo Brixey 3 0 0 1 / 7 0 0 0 39.58
Receiving Stats
VooDoo
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 Thomas Canale 7 59 8.43 16 0
#83 William Ramsey 4 47 11.75 23 0
#13 James Sheckler 2 32 16.00 29 0
#80 Steven Melin 4 29 7.25 10 0
#33 James Nantz 2 15 7.50 8 0
#83 Clifford Crumley 1 12 12.00 12 0
#87 Joe Cerna 1 10 10.00 10 0
#20 Joe Doyle 1 10 10.00 10 0
#82 Joseph Baker 1 2 2.00 2 0
(NY) Stars
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Allan Howard 8 136 17.00 80 3
#81 Robert Freese 2 55 27.50 28 0
#12 Danny Merrill 4 53 13.25 25 0
#82 Anthony Salgado 6 50 8.33 16 0
#37 Leonard Arredondo 4 49 12.25 23 0
#14 David Wicker 3 22 7.33 14 0
#24 Wendell Figueroa 1 10 10.00 10 0
#81 Donald Fernandez 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
VooDoo
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#68 Dave Lapham 39 15 2 3
#66 Damon Fisher 58 16 1 2
#83 William Ramsey 6 15 0 0
#19 Thomas Canale 0 10 0 0
#75 Gerald Demott 62 27 0 0
#82 Joseph Baker 0 6 0 1
#66 Donald Glenn 52 19 0 1
#65 Emmitt James 60 21 0 1
#13 James Sheckler 0 11 0 0
#80 Steven Melin 11 11 0 1
#33 James Nantz 26 7 0 0
#23 Wayne Williams 18 9 0 1
#89 Russel Nutter 8 0 0 0
#48 Robert Newton 4 3 0 1
#99 Joseph Deslauriers 0 2 0 0
#90 Ramon Boldt 0 3 0 0
#50 Anthony Munoz 0 3 0 0
#24 Larry Ackman 0 3 0 0
#51 Wayne Bouchard 0 1 0 0
#21 Rick Edwards 0 4 0 2
#33 Troy Tomas 0 4 0 0
#93 Jeffrey Alfaro 0 2 0 0
#98 Miguel Gross 0 4 0 0
#54 Juan Bennett 0 1 0 0
#20 Joe Doyle 3 1 0 0
#87 Joe Cerna 0 1 0 0
#60 Dale Gregory 11 1 0 0
#83 Clifford Crumley 1 0 0 0
(NY) Stars
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#64 Freddie Brown 56 35 3 3
#74 Christopher Morgan 21 1 2 2
#51 Luis Carswell 46 30 1 3
#56 Earl Murtagh 53 25 0 1
#83 Joseph Leblanc 5 10 0 2
#37 Leonard Arredondo 19 10 0 0
#24 Wendell Figueroa 23 12 0 0
#21 Wayne Mashburn 0 1 0 0
#39 Adrian Hill 0 2 0 1
#70 Daniel Wells 18 9 0 0
#12 Danny Merrill 1 11 0 1
#23 Rodney Preston 0 2 0 0
#99 Eric Bigham 0 2 0 0
#68 Michael Arellano 65 31 0 1
#74 Dale Jarrett 62 25 0 6
#82 Anthony Salgado 12 28 0 0
#85 Allan Howard 0 23 0 1
#38 James Clarke 16 7 0 0
#81 Robert Freese 0 15 0 1
#10 Carmen Nelson 0 9 0 0
#14 David Wicker 0 8 0 1
#98 Richard Kirkwood 0 1 0 0
#46 Ben Fabiano 0 2 0 1
#22 Larry Williams 9 3 0 0
#66 Howard Zacharias 1 0 0 0
#67 Samuel Robles 2 0 0 0
#71 George Moore 1 0 0 0
#96 Jimmy Atwell 0 1 0 0
#93 Hollis Owens 0 1 0 0
#28 Earl Campbell 0 1 0 0
#94 Trey Pittman 0 1 0 0
#95 Daniel Roth 0 1 0 0
#81 Donald Fernandez 0 3 0 0
Interception Stats
VooDoo
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
(NY) Stars
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#66 Howard Zacharias 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
VooDoo
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#87 Joe Cerna 1 0 0 0
#83 William Ramsey 1 1 0 0
#33 James Nantz 1 1 0 0
#10 Ryan Tate 1 0 0 0
(NY) Stars
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#46 Ben Fabiano 0 0 1 0
#58 Kurt Kim 0 1 0 0
#94 Trey Pittman 0 0 1 0
#96 Jimmy Atwell 0 1 0 0
Punting
VooDoo
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Jeff Johnson 9 427 47.44 44.00 52 2
(NY) Stars
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Bruce Kester 10 460 46.00 41.00 64 2
Kicking
VooDoo
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Ralph Lopez 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 1 / 1
(NY) Stars
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Christopher Meade 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 3 / 3
Punt Return
VooDoo
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 William Ramsey 2 18 9.0 11 0
(NY) Stars
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Allan Howard 3 8 2.7 5 0
Kick Return
VooDoo
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#83 William Ramsey 1 103 103.0 1
(NY) Stars
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Allan Howard 1 30 30.0 0
Defensive Stats
VooDoo
Name Tackles Sacks
#48 Robert Newton 6 0
#98 Miguel Gross 6 3
#24 Larry Ackman 6 0
#99 Joseph Deslauriers 6 0
#50 Anthony Munoz 6 0
#21 Rick Edwards 5 0
#54 Juan Bennett 5 2
#38 Harvey Miller 4 0
#90 Kyle Grimmett 4 1
#33 Troy Tomas 4 0
#93 Jeffrey Alfaro 3 0
#90 Ramon Boldt 3 2
#87 Joe Cerna 1 0
#55 Cameron Herring 1 0
#80 Steven Melin 1 0
#75 Gerald Demott 1 0
#53 Arthur Ellis 1 0
(NY) Stars
Name Tackles Sacks
#58 Kurt Kim 5 0
#39 Adrian Hill 5 0
#46 Ben Fabiano 3 0
#96 Jimmy Atwell 3 2
#23 Rodney Preston 3 0
#99 Eric Bigham 3 0
#21 Wayne Mashburn 3 0
#91 Joshua Nickols 3 0
#94 Trey Pittman 2 0
#32 Ronnie Davila 2 0
#33 Paul Reed 2 0
#37 Leonard Arredondo 1 0
#28 Earl Campbell 1 0
#66 Howard Zacharias 1 0
#99 Antonio Renfro 1 1
#98 Richard Kirkwood 1 0