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Preseason Week 1: New York (NY) Stars at Southern California Sun

August 16, 1980
80°
Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) Attendance: 39,688 (58%)
(NY) Stars 0 0 17 6 - 23
Sun 0 7 14 0 - 21

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Sun: 3-3-NYS 7 (6:10) 34-John Horn ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 7 NYS 0
(Qtr 3) (NY) Stars: 4-10-SCS 16 (8:51) 2-Christopher Meade 35 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 7 NYS 3
(Qtr 3) (NY) Stars: 1-1-SCS 0 (2:33) 37-Leonard Arredondo ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. SCS 7 NYS 10
(Qtr 3) Sun: (2:31) 2-Christopher Meade kicks 69 yards from NYS 35 to SCS -4. 22-Kenneth Marks for 105yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 14 NYS 10
(Qtr 3) (NY) Stars: 1-15-SCS 43 (1:25) 37-Leonard Arredondo ran for 43 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. SCS 14 NYS 17
(Qtr 3) Sun: 1-10-SCS 25 (1:17) 5-Richard Garrett pass complete to 14-William Alanis to NYS 0 for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 21 NYS 17
(Qtr 4) (NY) Stars: 4-5-SCS 5 (7:07) 2-Christopher Meade 23 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 21 NYS 20
(Qtr 4) (NY) Stars: 4-9-SCS 27 (1:29) 2-Christopher Meade 45 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 21 NYS 23

Team Statistics

Sun (NY) Stars
First Downs 10 9
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 7 5
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 271 265
- Offensive Plays 58 65
- Yards Per Play 4.67 4.08
Net Rushing Yards 82 83
- Rushing Attempts 26 34
- Yards Per Rush 3.15 2.44
Net Passing Yards 189 182
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 16 / 1 31 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 220 182
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 31 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.91 5.87
- Yards Per Completion 13.75 11.38
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 14 2 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.2 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 8 / 56 6 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 18 8 / 87
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 131 2 / 59
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 26
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 36
Time of Possession 31:01 28:42

Drive Charts

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:29 4:22 OWN 24 7 34 Punt
1 8:16 1:33 OWN 44 3 6 Punt
1 2:28 2:10 OWN 17 3 5 Punt
2 13:37 0:48 OWN 33 3 -2 Punt
2 10:32 4:25 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown
2 4:44 2:53 OWN 31 5 3 Punt
3 15:00 1:31 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 11:56 1:43 OWN 5 3 2 Punt
3 8:48 4:13 OWN 16 7 45 Interception
3 2:14 0:57 OPP 25 2 -75 Touchdown
3 1:16 0:12 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 0:02 0:59 OWN 27 3 -1 Punt
4 12:25 1:41 OWN 11 3 -4 Punt
4 7:05 0:55 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
4 4:09 2:12 OWN 10 3 5 Punt
4 1:25 0:27 OWN 25 3 2 Fumble

New York (NY) Stars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:31 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 9:07 0:52 OWN 3 3 -1 Punt
1 6:42 4:15 OWN 20 6 18 Punt
1 0:18 1:41 OWN 32 3 -12 Punt
2 12:49 2:17 OWN 23 4 18 Punt
2 6:06 1:23 OWN 22 3 1 Punt
2 1:50 1:50 OWN 2 3 4 Punt
3 13:29 1:34 OWN 39 3 2 Punt
3 10:13 1:25 OPP 16 3 0 Field Goal
3 4:35 2:05 OPP 49 7 49 Touchdown
3 1:04 1:02 OWN 33 3 -1 Punt
4 14:03 1:38 OWN 33 3 5 Punt
4 10:44 3:39 OPP 47 8 42 Field Goal
4 6:09 2:00 OWN 37 3 10 Punt
4 1:57 0:32 OWN 42 6 31 Field Goal
4 0:58 0:58 OPP 16 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ronald Diaz 15 30 2.00 6 0 0
Ronald Roney 3 27 9.00 17 1 0
John Horn 7 26 3.71 12 1 1
Gary Denton 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Leonard Arredondo 8 40 5.00 43 1 2
James Clarke 15 27 1.80 16 1 0
Joe Daniels 7 17 2.43 8 0 0
Edward Swafford 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Gary Davis 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Oscar Willis 13 9 111 2 / 14 0 23 0 95.35
Richard Garrett 15 7 109 2 / 17 1 75 1 65.69

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Roberge 18 9 107 0 / 0 0 37 0 68.52
Edward Swafford 11 7 75 0 / 0 0 22 0 83.52
Leo Brixey 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Alanis 2 97 48.50 75 1
David Tucker 3 38 12.67 20 0
Gregory Drayton 2 32 16.00 19 0
Thomas Dayton 1 23 23.00 23 0
Christopher Hubbard 2 22 11.00 19 0
John Horn 1 4 4.00 4 0
Tyrone Kennedy 1 2 2.00 2 0
Ronald Roney 1 2 2.00 2 0
Ronald Diaz 2 1 0.50 5 0
Stuart Haney 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Youkilis 4 51 12.75 28 0
Wendell Figueroa 2 37 18.50 37 0
Joseph Leblanc 2 26 13.00 17 0
Anthony Salgado 1 22 22.00 22 0
Robert Freese 2 21 10.50 15 0
Danny Merrill 2 13 6.50 8 0
Leonard Arredondo 1 6 6.00 6 0
Joe Daniels 1 3 3.00 3 0
James Clarke 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Ellis 15 15 2 3
Steven Bunger 23 15 1 2
Peter Matthews 14 12 1 3
Douglas Banda 0 1 0 0
Israel Rogers 0 2 0 0
Dan Fredericks 17 13 0 1
Johnny Beard 0 1 0 0
Mitchell Plummer 0 2 0 0
Lewis Wadsworth 0 2 0 0
Edward Standley 0 2 0 0
Anthony Baker 0 3 0 0
Ronald Diaz 5 0 0 0
Christopher Hubbard 0 3 0 1
Brent Couture 0 2 0 0
Eddie Tyler 0 1 0 0
Ricky McLean 0 2 0 0
William Williams 1 1 0 0
James Barclay 0 1 0 0
William Alanis 0 7 0 0
Brian Middleton 0 3 0 1
Jose Murphy 0 1 0 0
David Nelson 0 6 0 0
Javier Woods 0 1 0 0
Thomas Dayton 0 4 0 1
Mark Trask 16 11 0 1
Stuart Haney 24 19 0 0
Charles Long 20 18 0 3
Kenneth South 13 15 0 1
Guy Rojas 21 16 0 1
Ronald Roney 11 5 0 0
John Horn 8 4 0 0
David Mackey 10 12 0 1
Gregory Drayton 6 13 0 1
Gary Denton 1 3 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 2 15 0 2
Dale Smith 25 18 0 0
Scott Dotson 31 20 0 0
David Tucker 1 11 0 0
Kenneth Marks 2 1 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Earl Murtagh 26 19 0 0
Howard Zacharias 0 1 0 0
Eric Bigham 0 4 0 1
David Wicker 0 11 0 0
Rodney Preston 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Atwell 0 2 0 0
Adrian Hill 0 2 0 0
Samuel Robles 2 3 0 0
Michael Sorensen 0 2 0 0
Robert Davis 0 2 0 0
Gary Davis 2 6 0 0
Kevin Youkilis 4 14 0 1
Wayne Mashburn 0 1 0 0
Freddie Brown 7 2 0 0
Steven Chapman 2 2 0 0
Hollis Owens 0 1 0 0
Patrick Floyd 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Davila 1 0 0 0
Richard Sykes 0 1 0 0
Antonio Renfro 0 1 0 0
Daniel Roth 0 1 0 0
William Dew 13 18 0 0
George Moore 10 15 0 4
Michael Arellano 26 27 0 2
William Reaves 21 20 0 1
Luis Carswell 16 34 0 0
Danny Merrill 0 14 0 0
Allan Howard 0 7 0 0
Curtis Hartig 30 25 0 1
Carmen Nelson 0 21 0 2
Leonard Arredondo 14 9 0 0
Christopher Morgan 12 1 0 0
Joseph Brooks 12 13 0 2
Anthony Salgado 2 23 0 2
Larry Williams 2 2 0 0
Wendell Figueroa 7 9 0 0
Robert Freese 0 10 0 0
Dale Jarrett 20 8 0 0
Joseph Leblanc 8 18 0 3
Daniel Wells 21 18 0 1
Donald Fernandez 0 9 0 0
Gaston Gross 6 6 0 1
Joe Daniels 8 4 0 0
James Clarke 5 1 0 0
Trey Pittman 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Southern California Sun

New York (NY) Stars

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Ronnie Davila 1 26 26.00 0

Fumble Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Richard Garrett 1 0 0 0
Lewis Wadsworth 0 0 1 0
Johnny Beard 0 0 1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Clarke 1 1 0 0
Leonard Arredondo 1 0 0 0
David Wicker 0 1 0 0
Daniel Roth 0 0 1 0
James Akers 0 1 0 0

Punting

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 11 546 49.64 39.91 63 2

New York (NY) Stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Bruce Kester 11 534 48.55 47.00 54 5

Kicking

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Alan Grossi 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

New York (NY) Stars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Meade 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 2 / 2

Punt Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Nelson 2 13 6.5 7 0
Gary Denton 1 5 5.0 5 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Allan Howard 5 64 12.8 34 0
Danny Merrill 3 23 7.7 12 0

Kick Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Marks 2 131 65.5 1

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Allan Howard 2 59 29.5 0

Defensive Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Brian Middleton 7 0
Edward Standley 6 0
Donald Weaver 5 0
Israel Rogers 4 0
Johnny Beard 4 0
Lewis Wadsworth 3 0
James Kelley 3 0
Robert Ridley 3 0
Jose Murphy 2 0
Douglas Banda 2 0
Mitchell Plummer 2 0
Ronald Roney 2 0
Brent Couture 2 0
Arthur Stewart 1 0
Kenneth Marks 1 0
Jacob Apel 1 0
Anthony Baker 1 0
James Barclay 1 0
Tony Newby 1 0
Norman Brown 1 0
John Horn 1 0
Thomas Dayton 1 0
Richard Garrett 1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Tackles Sacks
Rodney Preston 4 0
Joshua Nickols 4 0
Michael Sorensen 3 0
Kurt Kim 3 0
Ronnie Davila 3 0
Howard Zacharias 3 1
Trey Pittman 3 0
Jimmy Atwell 3 1
Larry Williams 3 0
Paul Reed 3 0
Richard Kirkwood 2 0
Wayne Mashburn 2 0
Robert Davis 2 0
Michael Salzman 2 0
Patrick Floyd 1 1
Daniel Roth 1 1
Earl Campbell 1 0
Adrian Hill 1 0
Hollis Owens 1 0
Eric Bigham 1 0
Brendan Geter 1 0