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Divisional Round: Pittsburgh Maulers at Tampa Bay Bandits

December 30, 1979
76°
Tampa Stadium (Tampa, FL) Attendance: 73,245 (99%)
Maulers 7 6 0 0 - 13
Bandits 0 7 0 3 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Maulers: 2-5-TAM 5 (5:05) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. TAM 0 PIT 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-1-TAM 0 (13:08) 8-Bret Curley 18 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 0 PIT 10
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 3-1-PIT 1 (8:12) 37-James Haigh ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 7 PIT 10
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-5-TAM 5 (1:57) 8-Bret Curley 22 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 7 PIT 13
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-7-PIT 24 (6:51) 15-Thomas Hummell 41 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 10 PIT 13

Team Statistics

Bandits Maulers
First Downs 9 21
- Rushing 0 4
- Passing 9 16
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 191 363
- Offensive Plays 49 78
- Yards Per Play 3.90 4.65
Net Rushing Yards 31 107
- Rushing Attempts 13 34
- Yards Per Rush 2.38 3.15
Net Passing Yards 160 256
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 15 / 1 41 / 24 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 183 280
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 23 3 / 24
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.44 5.82
- Yards Per Completion 12.20 11.67
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 6 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.1 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 23 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 30
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 30 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 31
Time of Possession 21:52 38:09

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:48 OWN 25 5 25 Punt
1 10:02 0:53 OWN 22 3 -10 Punt
1 5:01 2:17 OWN 25 6 10 Punt
2 13:05 4:55 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 1:55 1:55 OWN 25 3 10 Half
3 12:51 0:04 OWN 19 1 0 Interception
3 11:47 2:07 OWN 4 3 6 Punt
3 6:16 3:02 OWN 8 4 24 Punt
3 1:43 0:50 OWN 28 3 6 Punt
4 12:51 1:01 OWN 20 4 18 Punt
4 7:43 0:57 OPP 27 3 3 Field Goal
4 3:07 1:03 OWN 19 5 44 Downs

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:12 2:10 OWN 20 5 14 Punt
1 9:09 4:08 OWN 46 9 54 Touchdown
1 2:45 4:39 OWN 19 9 81 Field Goal
2 8:10 6:15 OWN 25 13 70 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:09 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 12:47 1:00 OPP 40 3 4 Punt
3 9:40 3:24 OWN 39 6 19 Punt
3 3:14 1:31 OWN 17 3 7 Punt
3 0:53 3:02 OWN 17 7 37 Punt
4 11:50 4:07 OWN 20 7 26 Interception
4 6:47 3:40 OWN 20 5 11 Punt
4 2:04 2:04 OPP 37 8 34 Game

Rushing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Haigh 6 24 4.00 10 1 1
Ralph Allen 6 5 0.83 5 0 0
Frank Owens 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 21 97 4.62 16 5 0
John Murray 10 10 1.00 9 0 0
Scott Deal 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Luis Gero 29 14 177 3 / 23 0 21 1 53.38
Tyrone Harvell 4 1 6 0 / 0 0 6 0 39.58

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Deal 41 24 280 3 / 24 1 27 1 77.29

Receiving Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edward Conner 4 61 15.25 21 0
Michael Popa 2 32 16.00 20 0
Ernest Seal 2 26 13.00 14 0
David Albrecht 2 22 11.00 19 0
George Begay 1 17 17.00 17 0
James Haigh 1 13 13.00 13 0
Frank Owens 1 6 6.00 6 0
Joesph Wagner 1 3 3.00 3 0
Ralph Allen 1 3 3.00 3 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Richards 5 73 14.60 22 0
Eric Metcalf 5 72 14.40 22 0
Vito Moffat 6 69 11.50 27 1
Robert Diaz 2 25 12.50 21 0
Charles Holt 1 17 17.00 17 0
Cliff Thomas 4 12 3.00 4 0
John Murray 1 12 12.00 12 0

Blocking Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Dillon 41 15 1 3
Joseph Frost 42 18 1 4
James Templeton 6 2 1 1
Bradley Davis 42 20 0 1
David Wilcox 0 1 0 0
Lewis Lum 0 1 0 0
William Lewis 0 1 0 0
Phillip Carr 0 1 0 0
John Hernandez 0 1 0 0
Jim Stewart 0 1 0 0
George Begay 0 2 0 0
Ernest Seal 0 8 0 0
Christopher Shaw 0 3 0 0
James Haigh 9 3 0 0
Al Schwartz 7 1 0 0
Ira Edge 10 0 0 0
Frank Owens 4 12 0 1
Joesph Wagner 0 1 0 0
Kevin Stoneking 0 1 0 0
David Albrecht 7 9 0 0
Michael Popa 0 10 0 0
Edward Conner 0 11 0 0
James Smith 45 21 0 0
Ralph Allen 17 4 0 0
Brandon Roberge 42 19 0 0
Virgil Tindell 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andre Adkins 40 35 1 2
Robert Diaz 8 37 1 2
John Murray 3 4 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 2 0 1
Charles Yerby 0 1 0 0
George Rice 0 1 0 0
Terry Goodwin 0 1 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 2 0 0
Bradley Martinez 0 1 0 1
Michael Switzer 0 1 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 6 0 0 0
Charles Smith 0 2 0 0
Morton Wright 0 3 0 2
Charles Holt 0 3 0 0
Robert Richards 0 18 0 1
Cliff Thomas 8 5 0 0
John Gordon 0 1 0 0
Eric Reed 0 1 0 0
Sidney Woosley 47 40 0 4
Lamont Thielen 7 2 0 0
Michael Mills 10 0 0 0
Pete Gabriel 17 4 0 0
Jeff Orr 5 8 0 0
Jon Brantley 16 10 0 2
Eric Metcalf 11 23 0 2
Vito Moffat 0 23 0 1
Dennis McLean 9 19 0 0
Larry Fazio 51 35 0 1
Tim Kaufman 47 40 0 2
Robert Ensley 0 4 0 0
Herman Winn 40 34 0 1
Arthur Phillips 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Brian Newberry 1 30 30.00 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Charles Smith 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Pittsburgh Maulers

Punting

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 7 367 52.43 44.57 62 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 7 309 44.14 40.29 53 2

Kicking

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 1 / 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 22 1 / 1

Punt Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Murray 3 17 5.7 10 0

Kick Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Murray 1 30 30.0 0

Defensive Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
Randy Dukes 9 0
Phillip Carr 6 0
Lewis Lum 6 0
Brian Newberry 6 0
Al Schwartz 5 0
Terry Crum 5 0
Daniel Middleton 5 1
Virgil Tindell 4 0
John Hernandez 4 1
David Wilcox 3 1
William Lewis 2 0
Raymond Holt 2 0
Douglas Mullins 2 0
Joesph Wagner 1 0
Joseph Poulsen 1 0
Jim Stewart 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Keese 5 2
Paul Brooks 4 0
Charles Smith 4 0
Charles Yerby 3 0
Brian Lowe 3 0
Marvin Anderson 2 0
George Grant 2 0
Eric Reed 2 0
Bradley Martinez 2 0
John Hunter 1 1
Michael Large 1 0
Randy Ertel 1 0