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Conference Championship: Pittsburgh Maulers at New Jersey Generals

January 06, 1980
10°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 80,242 (100%)
Maulers 0 3 0 10 - 13
Generals 14 10 7 6 - 37

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 3-6-NJG 24 (9:51) 32-Rudi Johnson ran for 76 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 7 PIT 0
(Qtr 1) Generals: 1-10-PIT 14 (1:27) 32-Rudi Johnson ran for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 14 PIT 0
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-1-NJG 4 (13:35) 8-Bret Curley 21 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 14 PIT 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-10-PIT 22 (1:32) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 82-Clarence Collins to PIT 0 for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 21 PIT 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-5-PIT 36 (0:14) 14-Dustin Henry 53 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 24 PIT 3
(Qtr 3) Generals: 3-3-PIT 6 (2:59) 34-Herschel Walker ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 31 PIT 3
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-3-PIT 22 (12:30) 14-Dustin Henry 40 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 34 PIT 3
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 1-6-NJG 6 (11:07) 13-Michael White pass complete to 86-John Gordon for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. NJG 34 PIT 10
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 4-11-NJG 11 (9:32) 8-Bret Curley 28 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 34 PIT 13
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-18-PIT 32 (5:48) 14-Dustin Henry 49 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 37 PIT 13

Team Statistics

Generals Maulers
First Downs 20 13
- Rushing 8 3
- Passing 11 10
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 529 315
- Offensive Plays 75 72
- Yards Per Play 7.05 4.38
Net Rushing Yards 233 25
- Rushing Attempts 36 17
- Yards Per Rush 6.47 1.47
Net Passing Yards 296 290
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 22 / 1 49 / 23 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 309 340
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 13 6 / 50
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.59 5.27
- Yards Per Completion 14.05 14.78
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 14 3 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.9 10.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 33 8 / 61
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 13 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 47
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 5
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 30
Time of Possession 35:33 24:29

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:04 OWN 25 4 16 Interception
1 10:31 0:52 OWN 20 3 80 Touchdown
1 6:42 5:20 OWN 6 11 94 Touchdown
2 13:32 6:58 OWN 25 12 44 Missed FG
2 3:44 2:17 OWN 4 7 96 Touchdown
2 0:31 0:21 OWN 31 2 33 Field Goal
3 13:41 1:33 OWN 27 3 10 Punt
3 9:39 0:18 OWN 13 3 0 Punt
3 8:12 3:28 OWN 13 5 33 Punt
3 4:14 1:18 OPP 13 3 13 Touchdown
3 0:39 3:14 OWN 41 6 37 Field Goal
4 11:03 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
4 9:29 0:53 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 8:33 2:50 OPP 42 5 10 Field Goal
4 5:24 2:12 OWN 26 4 58 Fumble
4 2:33 1:52 OPP 18 3 -15 Missed FG

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:56 2:25 OPP 47 5 4 Punt
1 9:39 2:58 OWN 25 5 34 Punt
1 1:22 2:50 OWN 25 6 71 Field Goal
2 6:35 2:50 OWN 38 5 -1 Punt
2 1:28 0:57 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 0:09 0:09 OWN 25 3 0 Half
3 15:00 1:19 OWN 30 3 -2 Punt
3 12:08 2:29 OWN 3 7 39 Punt
3 9:20 1:09 OWN 39 4 4 Punt
3 4:43 0:29 OWN 20 3 8 Fumble
3 2:56 2:17 OWN 25 8 41 Missed FG
4 12:26 1:23 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
4 11:00 1:31 OPP 26 5 15 Field Goal
4 8:37 0:03 OWN 28 1 0 Interception
4 5:44 0:19 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 3:13 0:40 OWN 11 4 8 Downs
4 0:41 0:41 OWN 40 3 -12 Game

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 22 195 8.86 76 6 2
Herschel Walker 14 38 2.71 14 2 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 11 28 2.55 13 1 0
John Murray 6 -3 -0.50 2 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Stephan Labelle 37 22 309 2 / 13 1 38 1 84.18

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Deal 46 21 314 6 / 50 0 78 1 59.51
Michael White 3 2 26 0 / 0 1 20 0 133.33

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Clarence Collins 5 122 24.40 38 1
Chad Ochocinco 6 89 14.83 35 0
Kenneth William 3 24 8.00 9 0
Johnny Fever 1 21 21.00 21 0
Damon Rosato 1 19 19.00 19 0
Rudi Johnson 2 18 9.00 16 0
Leroy Selmon 3 15 5.00 9 0
Jeff Speck 1 1 1.00 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Holt 2 109 54.50 78 0
Vito Moffat 8 104 13.00 30 0
John Gordon 5 69 13.80 20 1
Eric Metcalf 3 33 11.00 20 0
Robert Diaz 3 18 6.00 8 0
Robert Richards 1 11 11.00 11 0
Dennis McLean 1 -4 -4.00 -4 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Elvis Presley 50 43 1 4
Clarence Collins 0 20 0 0
Johnny Fever 0 1 0 0
Kerry Justin 0 1 0 0
Mike Weddington 0 1 0 0
Tony Perez 0 2 0 0
Tom Woodland 0 2 0 0
Mike Williams 4 1 0 1
John Preston 0 1 0 0
Doug Mackie 2 2 0 1
Daniel Tosh 0 2 0 1
Bobby Leopold 0 1 0 0
Cody Adkins 0 1 0 0
Rudi Johnson 9 5 0 0
Damon Rosato 0 3 0 0
Jeff Speck 16 21 0 2
Herschel Walker 2 1 0 0
Frank Naylor 13 0 0 0
John Jewell 10 0 0 0
James McDevitt 9 0 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 14 0 0
Kenneth William 0 19 0 0
Leroy Selmon 15 31 0 1
Steve Niehaus 52 44 0 2
Jimmy Hoffa 50 43 0 0
John Piche 52 39 0 2
Kent Hull 50 41 0 2
Barry Noland 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Herman Winn 57 29 3 2
Michael Mills 21 5 1 1
Larry Fazio 57 23 1 3
Sidney Woosley 52 16 1 1
George Rice 0 3 0 1
Lamont Thielen 7 2 0 0
Charles Holt 0 3 0 0
John Murray 4 3 0 1
Robert Ensley 1 2 0 0
Morton Wright 0 2 0 0
Jeff Orr 8 2 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 3 0 1
Paul Brooks 0 3 0 0
Charles Yerby 0 2 0 0
Arthur Phillips 1 2 0 0
George Grant 1 2 0 0
Brian Lowe 0 1 0 0
Pete Gabriel 19 4 0 1
Cliff Thomas 13 4 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 8 1 0 0
Jon Brantley 9 3 0 0
Michael Switzer 0 1 0 0
Eric Metcalf 0 9 0 0
Robert Richards 0 10 0 0
Robert Diaz 6 17 0 1
Tim Kaufman 51 23 0 1
Andre Adkins 60 32 0 2
Dennis McLean 27 17 0 0
Vito Moffat 0 15 0 0
Robert Keese 0 3 0 0
Charles Smith 0 4 0 0
Eric Reed 0 2 0 1
Michael Large 0 1 0 0
Marvin Anderson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jerry Holmes 1 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Brian Lowe 1 5 5.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Rudi Johnson 2 0 0 0
Roy Sullivan 0 1 2 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Scott Deal 2 1 0 0
Charles Smith 0 1 1 0
John Hunter 0 1 0 0
Randy Ertel 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 4 214 53.50 46.25 63 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 8 380 47.50 42.88 58 2

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 3 / 5 2 / 4 1 / 2 53 4 / 4

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 28 1 / 1

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chad Ochocinco 2 13 6.5 7 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Murray 2 47 23.5 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Kerry Justin 6 0
Bobby Leopold 6 0
Mike Williams 6 0
Venus Flytrap 3 0
Mike Weddington 3 1
Roy Sullivan 3 3
Daniel Tosh 3 0
John Joyce 3 0
Tom Woodland 3 2
Jimmy Hoffa 2 0
Tony Perez 2 1
Dustin Diamond 2 0
Gary Barbaro 1 0
John Jolley 1 0
Gregory Johnson 1 0
Jerry Holmes 1 0
Rudi Johnson 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
George Grant 12 1
Michael Large 6 0
Brian Lowe 5 0
Randy Ertel 5 0
Eric Reed 4 1
John Hunter 4 0
Paul Brooks 4 0
Charles Smith 4 0
Bradley Martinez 4 0
Charles Yerby 3 0
Marvin Anderson 2 0
Robert Keese 2 0
Lamont Thielen 1 0
Morton Wright 1 0
Scott Deal 1 0
Robert Richards 1 0