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Divisional Round: New York (NY) Stars at New Jersey Generals

December 30, 1979
33°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 80,242 (100%)
(NY) Stars 0 0 0 3 - 3
Generals 3 7 7 0 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-3-NYS 14 (2:07) 14-Dustin Henry 31 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 NYS 0
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-1-NYS 8 (2:00) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 85-Chad Ochocinco for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 10 NYS 0
(Qtr 3) Generals: 1-7-NYS 7 (10:48) 34-Herschel Walker ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 17 NYS 0
(Qtr 4) (NY) Stars: 4-15-NJG 23 (12:13) 2-Christopher Meade 41 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 17 NYS 3

Team Statistics

Generals (NY) Stars
First Downs 16 9
- Rushing 5 2
- Passing 9 7
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 367 218
- Offensive Plays 74 66
- Yards Per Play 4.96 3.30
Net Rushing Yards 113 42
- Rushing Attempts 30 13
- Yards Per Rush 3.77 3.23
Net Passing Yards 254 176
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 22 / 1 44 / 19 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 269 248
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 9 / 72
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.77 3.32
- Yards Per Completion 12.23 13.05
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 18 0 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.0 11.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 3
Penalties/Yards 8 / 60 5 / 48
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 3 2 / 12
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 55
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 3 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 24
Time of Possession 31:36 28:22

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:09 OWN 25 8 38 Downs
1 9:25 1:30 OWN 19 3 6 Punt
1 7:00 4:57 OWN 29 10 57 Field Goal
1 0:15 1:36 OWN 36 3 3 Punt
2 10:55 2:24 OWN 21 6 28 Punt
2 4:04 2:07 OWN 9 6 91 Touchdown
2 1:36 0:44 OWN 28 4 25 Punt
3 12:53 2:08 OWN 22 5 78 Touchdown
3 8:37 3:42 OWN 38 8 28 Missed FG
3 4:02 1:34 OWN 47 3 7 Punt
3 0:23 0:37 OWN 46 3 -4 Punt
4 12:09 1:25 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 9:13 0:05 OWN 31 1 0 Interception
4 8:16 1:28 OWN 1 3 0 Punt
4 4:50 1:59 OWN 45 3 -5 Punt
4 1:30 0:20 OWN 48 3 -8 Punt
4 0:51 0:51 OPP 14 2 0 Game

New York (NY) Stars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:51 1:26 OWN 45 3 -8 Punt
1 7:55 0:55 OWN 29 3 -9 Punt
1 2:03 1:48 OWN 25 4 46 Missed FG
2 13:39 2:43 OWN 2 4 26 Punt
2 8:31 4:27 OWN 1 8 47 Punt
2 1:57 0:21 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 0:52 0:52 OWN 8 2 0 Half
3 15:00 2:07 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 10:45 2:08 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
3 4:54 0:53 OWN 41 3 -10 Interception
3 2:27 2:05 OWN 1 3 5 Punt
4 14:45 2:36 OWN 17 5 60 Field Goal
4 10:44 1:30 OWN 27 3 -3 Punt
4 9:09 0:53 OPP 46 3 5 Punt
4 6:48 1:58 OPP 47 4 22 Downs
4 2:51 1:21 OWN 11 6 63 Downs
4 1:10 0:19 OWN 14 4 36 Downs

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herschel Walker 8 57 7.13 21 3 1
Rudi Johnson 20 56 2.80 16 3 0
Stephan Labelle 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Clarke 11 42 3.82 16 1 0
Gary Davis 2 0 0.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Stephan Labelle 42 22 269 2 / 15 1 59 1 70.44

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Roberge 41 18 233 7 / 57 0 47 1 52.18
Leo Brixey 3 1 15 2 / 15 0 15 0 50.69

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Clarence Collins 6 116 19.33 59 0
Kenneth William 3 40 13.33 30 0
Chad Ochocinco 5 38 7.60 18 1
Rudi Johnson 3 35 11.67 18 0
Damon Rosato 1 18 18.00 18 0
Jeff Speck 1 10 10.00 10 0
Leroy Selmon 2 8 4.00 5 0
Johnny Fever 1 4 4.00 4 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Wicker 5 67 13.40 33 0
Allan Howard 2 66 33.00 47 0
Robert Freese 2 49 24.50 44 0
Carmen Nelson 2 20 10.00 18 0
Danny Merrill 1 15 15.00 15 0
Gary Davis 2 11 5.50 6 0
James Clarke 3 8 2.67 3 0
Anthony Salgado 1 8 8.00 8 0
Donald Fernandez 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andrew Zeller 40 31 1 6
Jeff Speck 16 20 0 1
Herschel Walker 5 1 0 0
Venus Flytrap 0 1 0 0
Roy Sullivan 0 1 0 0
Tony Perez 0 1 0 0
Jim LeClair 0 1 0 1
Tom Woodland 0 1 0 0
Kerry Justin 0 1 0 0
Jerry Holmes 0 1 0 0
Mike Williams 0 1 0 0
Damon Rosato 0 1 0 0
Dustin Diamond 0 2 0 0
Maurice Carthon 2 0 0 0
Leroy Selmon 17 27 0 1
Kent Hull 13 8 0 1
Frank Naylor 15 0 0 0
John Jewell 6 1 0 0
James McDevitt 5 0 0 0
Johnny Fever 0 4 0 0
Cody Adkins 0 1 0 0
Rudi Johnson 7 5 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 22 0 1
Kenneth William 0 14 0 1
Clarence Collins 0 24 0 1
Elvis Presley 55 40 0 1
Steve Niehaus 59 35 0 3
Jimmy Hoffa 59 40 0 0
John Piche 57 38 0 0
Gregory Johnson 2 0 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Arellano 61 19 2 3
Christopher Morgan 22 6 1 1
Dale Jarrett 61 14 1 2
Gary Davis 4 2 1 1
Carmen Nelson 3 3 1 2
Wayne Mashburn 0 2 0 1
Jimmy Atwell 0 1 0 0
Adrian Hill 0 1 0 0
Donald Fernandez 0 2 0 0
David Wicker 0 5 0 1
George Moore 5 2 0 0
James Clarke 9 5 0 0
Eric Bigham 0 2 0 0
Rodney Preston 0 2 0 0
Earl Murtagh 56 18 0 0
Hollis Owens 0 2 0 0
Freddie Brown 58 18 0 0
Larry Williams 9 3 0 0
Wendell Figueroa 19 8 0 0
Daniel Wells 17 6 0 0
Joseph Leblanc 14 10 0 0
Robert Freese 0 10 0 0
Allan Howard 0 12 0 0
Danny Merrill 0 5 0 0
Anthony Salgado 11 11 0 1
Luis Carswell 43 17 0 1
Earl Campbell 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gary Barbaro 1 3 3.00 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Ronnie Davila 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Roy Sullivan 0 0 1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Eric Roberge 1 1 0 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 10 473 47.30 46.40 58 5

New York (NY) Stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Bruce Kester 10 465 46.50 46.50 52 0

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 31 2 / 2

New York (NY) Stars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Meade 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 41 0 / 0

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chad Ochocinco 3 3 1.0 3 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Allan Howard 2 12 6.0 12 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Allan Howard 2 55 27.5 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Bobby Leopold 9 3
Jim LeClair 5 0
John Joyce 4 0
Tony Perez 3 2
Kerry Justin 3 1
Gary Barbaro 3 0
Roy Sullivan 3 2
Dustin Diamond 2 1
Mike Williams 2 0
Daniel Tosh 2 0
Mike Weddington 2 0
Gregory Johnson 2 0
Jerry Holmes 2 0
Tom Woodland 1 0
Barry Noland 1 0
Venus Flytrap 1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Tackles Sacks
Larry Williams 8 0
Eric Bigham 7 1
Daniel Roth 6 1
Wayne Mashburn 5 0
Ben Fabiano 5 0
Adrian Hill 4 0
Joshua Nickols 4 0
Jimmy Atwell 3 0
Ronnie Davila 2 0
Kurt Kim 2 0
Earl Campbell 2 0
Rodney Preston 2 0
Howard Zacharias 2 0
Antonio Renfro 1 0
Wendell Figueroa 1 0
Trey Pittman 1 0