Week 1: Washington Federals at Houston Gamblers

September 07, 1980
70°
Houston Astrodome (Houston, TX) Attendance: 39,623 (58%)
Federals 3 7 0 3 - 13
Gamblers 7 10 3 3 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Federals: 4-3-HOU 25 (8:42) 19-Melvin Woods 44 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 0 WAS 3
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-10-WAS 47 (6:32) 11-James Lightfoot pass complete to 1-Robert Burns for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 7 WAS 3
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 4-2-WAS 8 (11:03) 19-Daniel McCormack 26 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 10 WAS 3
(Qtr 2) Federals: 1-10-HOU 40 (6:23) 33-Cory Martin ran for 40 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Melvin Woods. HOU 10 WAS 10
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-8-WAS 8 (1:22) 11-James Lightfoot pass complete to 87-Jared Kelly for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 17 WAS 10
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-7-WAS 36 (0:52) 19-Daniel McCormack 54 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 20 WAS 10
(Qtr 4) Federals: 4-11-HOU 12 (7:55) 19-Melvin Woods 31 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 20 WAS 13
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-4-WAS 10 (1:56) 19-Daniel McCormack 28 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 23 WAS 13

Team Statistics

Gamblers Federals
First Downs 17 9
- Rushing 9 1
- Passing 7 8
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 393 326
- Offensive Plays 69 55
- Yards Per Play 5.70 5.93
Net Rushing Yards 165 90
- Rushing Attempts 48 22
- Yards Per Rush 3.44 4.09
Net Passing Yards 228 236
- Att/Comp/Int 21 / 16 / 0 33 / 13 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 228 236
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.86 7.15
- Yards Per Completion 14.25 18.15
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 17 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 3 / 21 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 1 1 / 7
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 22 1 / 19
Int Returns/Yards 1 / -1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 19
Time of Possession 37:33 22:26

Drive Charts

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:38 2:14 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 2:55 6:55 OWN 1 12 91 Field Goal
2 9:44 2:35 OWN 27 4 31 Punt
2 6:15 2:57 OWN 22 5 17 Punt
2 2:31 1:12 OWN 39 6 61 Touchdown
3 15:00 3:25 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
3 10:40 1:35 OWN 48 3 1 Punt
3 8:45 1:29 OWN 45 3 0 Punt
3 4:22 3:35 OWN 49 6 15 Field Goal
4 14:47 4:49 OWN 27 7 28 Punt
4 7:52 4:20 OWN 25 6 17 Punt
4 2:49 0:55 OPP 28 4 18 Field Goal
4 1:32 1:32 OWN 35 4 10 Game

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:22 OWN 17 10 57 Field Goal
1 6:24 3:29 OWN 25 6 23 Punt
2 11:00 1:16 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 7:08 0:53 OWN 10 2 90 Touchdown
2 3:18 0:48 OWN 17 3 -2 Punt
2 1:19 1:19 OWN 25 3 16 Half
3 11:35 0:55 OWN 7 3 0 Punt
3 9:05 0:20 OWN 13 3 0 Punt
3 7:16 2:53 OWN 20 5 16 Interception
3 0:48 1:00 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 9:58 2:06 OWN 20 5 68 Field Goal
4 3:32 0:43 OWN 20 4 33 Downs
4 1:53 0:22 OWN 25 5 40 Downs

Rushing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
George Webb 17 83 4.88 13 3 0
Robert Burns 13 51 3.92 10 1 0
August Madrid 6 24 4.00 8 0 0
Benjamin Bennett 10 4 0.40 7 0 0
James Lightfoot 2 3 1.50 3 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cory Martin 15 88 5.87 40 3 1
Jeremy Cooper 5 5 1.00 8 0 0
Tom Torres 2 -3 -1.50 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Lightfoot 21 16 228 0 / 0 2 47 0 142.56

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 33 13 236 0 / 0 0 65 1 52.08

Receiving Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Burns 6 95 15.83 47 1
Todd Summers 3 61 20.33 46 0
Benjamin Bennett 1 36 36.00 36 0
Danny Keating 2 12 6.00 9 0
August Madrid 1 10 10.00 10 0
Jared Kelly 1 8 8.00 8 1
James Connelly 2 6 3.00 4 0

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Roger Saddler 3 95 31.67 50 0
Jacob Scully 2 82 41.00 65 0
Jeremy Cooper 4 22 5.50 15 0
Matt Ellis 2 19 9.50 14 0
Allan Boyer 1 14 14.00 14 0
Cory Martin 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Luis Davidson 22 55 0 3
Danny Keating 7 39 0 1
Charles Shaffer 0 1 0 0
Marcus Anderson 0 2 0 1
Irvin Balzer 0 1 0 0
Charles Huntington 0 3 0 0
Lawrence Allen 0 1 0 0
Leo Thompson 0 2 0 0
Roderick Carver 0 2 0 0
Jerry Aiello 0 5 0 0
Lloyd McCoy 0 3 0 0
Guy Wilbanks 0 2 0 1
Vincent Ryan 0 2 0 0
Jared Kelly 0 6 0 0
Bradley Sharp 0 2 0 0
James Connelly 0 13 0 0
Carl Lawlor 26 47 0 1
Martin Cabrera 13 0 0 0
Stephen Coppock 10 0 0 0
Douglas Cormier 13 11 0 1
Greg Brady 13 0 0 0
George Webb 1 17 0 2
August Madrid 8 36 0 3
Robert Burns 4 22 0 2
Todd Summers 0 10 0 2
Dennis Self 14 8 0 0
Benjamin Bennett 5 28 0 3
Philip Johnson 22 51 0 3
Christopher Jarman 21 48 0 3
Patrick Eveland 28 41 0 3
Mark Turner 0 1 0 1

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Garland Gipson 0 1 0 0
Joel Lossett 38 24 0 3
Maurice Clemmons 0 1 0 0
William Kyle 0 2 0 0
Travis Curcio 0 1 0 0
Paul Wright 10 1 0 1
Donald Williams 10 0 0 0
Mark Roberts 8 2 0 0
Jeremy Cooper 0 2 0 0
Caleb Young 1 5 0 0
Tom Torres 10 11 0 1
Roger Saddler 0 15 0 2
Gary Munch 5 13 0 1
Cory Martin 6 0 0 0
Allan Boyer 0 5 0 0
Brian Vazquez 1 3 0 0
Wesley Griffin 39 28 0 2
David Aybar 32 22 0 1
Frank Castillo 31 25 0 2
Jacob Scully 5 22 0 2
Matt Ellis 0 9 0 0
Brian Pollack 32 27 0 0
Matthew Minor 0 2 0 0
Richard Brazier 0 2 0 0
James West 8 12 0 0
Kevin Rickard 0 1 0 1
Dale Harris 3 1 0 0
Ulysses Hewitt 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Smith 1 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
August Peterson 1 -1 -1.00 0

Washington Federals

Fumble Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Bradley Sharp 1 1 0 0
Paul Declue 0 0 1 0

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jeremy Cooper 1 0 0 0

Punting

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 7 342 48.86 36.86 62 4

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Garland Hubler 6 281 46.83 46.67 51 1

Kicking

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 54 2 / 2

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Melvin Woods 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 1 / 1

Punt Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Bradley Sharp 2 1 0.5 1 0

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Munch 1 7 7.0 7 0

Kick Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Connelly 1 22 22.0 0

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gary Munch 1 19 19.0 0

Defensive Stats