Week 1: Georgia Force at Florida Blazers

September 07, 1980
89°
Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL) Attendance: 37,031 (71%)
Force 14 13 7 7 - 41
Blazers 0 6 3 10 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Force: 2-4-FLA 4 (7:50) (Hot Read) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 89-Norman Shaw for 4 yards. 89-Norman Shaw made a great diving catch! TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Donald Gary. FLA 0 GAF 7
(Qtr 1) Force: 3-3-FLA 3 (1:36) 35-James Burgess ran to FLA 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Donald Gary. FLA 0 GAF 14
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 4-2-GAF 18 (11:36) 11-Robert Allison 36 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 3 GAF 14
(Qtr 2) Force: 4-8-FLA 9 (7:17) 9-Donald Gary 26 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 3 GAF 17
(Qtr 2) Force: 4-2-FLA 20 (3:53) 9-Donald Gary 38 yard field goal is GOOD. GAF 42-Robert Lamon was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. FLA 3 GAF 20
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 4-5-GAF 30 (1:21) 11-Robert Allison 48 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 6 GAF 20
(Qtr 2) Force: 1-10-GAF 25 (1:18) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 13-Dominique Barrientos for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Donald Gary. FLA 6 GAF 27
(Qtr 3) Blazers: 4-8-GAF 20 (9:11) 11-Robert Allison 38 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 9 GAF 27
(Qtr 3) Force: 1-9-FLA 9 (5:34) 35-James Burgess ran for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Donald Gary. FLA 9 GAF 34
(Qtr 4) Force: 1-10-FLA 16 (13:38) 35-James Burgess ran for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Donald Gary. FLA 9 GAF 41
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 2-7-GAF 9 (10:14) 4-Michael London pass complete to 49-Jordan Devers for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. FLA 16 GAF 41
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 4-11-GAF 13 (3:49) 11-Robert Allison 32 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 19 GAF 41

Team Statistics

Blazers Force
First Downs 16 21
- Rushing 4 2
- Passing 12 18
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 407 580
- Offensive Plays 66 66
- Yards Per Play 6.17 8.79
Net Rushing Yards 107 114
- Rushing Attempts 16 27
- Yards Per Rush 6.69 4.22
Net Passing Yards 300 466
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 26 / 4 38 / 26 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 317 473
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 17 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.00 11.95
- Yards Per Completion 12.19 18.19
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 3 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 16 6 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.5 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 5 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 2 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 39 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 4 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 4 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 33
Time of Possession 27:18 32:42

Drive Charts

Florida Blazers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:54 2:18 OWN 30 4 27 Interception
1 7:48 1:31 OWN 25 3 -17 Punt
1 1:33 5:00 OWN 25 9 57 Field Goal
2 7:14 0:48 OWN 25 3 9 Interception
2 3:49 2:32 OWN 25 4 45 Field Goal
2 1:07 1:07 OWN 25 2 2 Half
3 15:00 5:52 OWN 25 11 55 Field Goal
3 5:30 1:38 OWN 37 3 7 Punt
4 13:33 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 12:01 1:53 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown
4 9:12 1:07 OWN 33 4 30 Punt
4 5:58 2:12 OWN 24 9 63 Field Goal
4 1:19 1:15 OWN 18 6 24 Interception

Georgia Force

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:06 OWN 25 4 51 Interception
1 10:36 2:48 OWN 30 5 70 Touchdown
1 6:17 4:44 OWN 47 8 53 Touchdown
2 11:33 4:19 OWN 25 8 66 Field Goal
2 6:27 2:37 OPP 43 5 22 Field Goal
2 1:17 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 9:08 3:37 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
3 3:52 5:19 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
4 13:28 1:27 OWN 47 5 44 Missed FG
4 10:09 0:57 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
4 8:05 2:07 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
4 3:46 2:27 OWN 25 5 12 Punt
4 0:04 0:04 OPP 47 1 10 Game

Rushing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jaime Giles 12 112 9.33 28 6 0
Jordan Devers 4 -5 -1.25 0 0 0

Georgia Force

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Burgess 18 93 5.17 16 3 3
Herman Wiltse 8 20 2.50 12 1 0
Timothy Ross 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael London 47 26 317 3 / 17 1 41 4 47.92

Georgia Force

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Phillip Anderson 38 26 473 1 / 7 2 75 1 117.54

Receiving Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jaime Giles 5 81 16.20 41 0
Jordan Devers 8 53 6.63 25 1
Richard Lamp 2 53 26.50 35 0
Arthur Strickland 2 46 23.00 24 0
Lorenzo Grant 2 24 12.00 14 0
Chad Swanson 2 23 11.50 15 0
Peter Kaplan 1 18 18.00 18 0
Peter Vargas 3 16 5.33 7 0
Steven Kapp 1 3 3.00 3 0

Georgia Force

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dominique Barrientos 5 164 32.80 75 1
Jonathan Carlyle 5 98 19.60 36 0
Norman Shaw 6 87 14.50 24 1
Herman Wiltse 3 44 14.67 24 0
James Burgess 3 35 11.67 16 0
Ricky Black 3 34 11.33 24 0
Stephen Durbin 1 11 11.00 11 0

Blocking Stats

Florida Blazers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Larry Buckner 55 29 1 1
Paul Waller 0 2 0 0
Jamie Seymour 3 3 0 0
Vincent Shor 0 1 0 0
James Dell 0 1 0 0
Shelby Kemp 0 2 0 1
David Watkins 0 2 0 0
Robert Miller 0 1 0 0
Barry Litchford 0 1 0 0
Stanley Thomas 0 1 0 0
Travis Pino 0 2 0 0
Peter Kaplan 0 10 0 0
Jaime Giles 8 2 0 0
Jordan Devers 11 5 0 0
Morris Burbach 0 2 0 0
Steven Kapp 3 1 0 0
Richard Lamp 0 4 0 0
Lorenzo Grant 31 19 0 0
Arthur Strickland 0 15 0 2
Peter Vargas 5 20 0 0
Dean Park 55 37 0 2
Chad Swanson 0 15 0 1
David Smith 51 20 0 1
James Foster 49 26 0 1
Gene Aguilar 58 27 0 1
William Heller 0 2 0 0

Georgia Force

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Hartig 49 39 1 3
Dominique Barrientos 0 17 0 3
Herman Wiltse 0 2 0 0
James Byler 0 1 0 0
Ralph Johnson 0 1 0 0
Ricky Black 0 6 0 1
Everett Bowers 11 0 0 0
Charlie Happel 11 0 0 0
Timothy Ross 9 2 0 0
Thomas Regan 8 0 0 0
Charles Berke 0 5 0 0
Norman Shaw 0 29 0 1
Michael Monday 3 2 0 0
Brent Gould 36 38 0 0
Brandon Kidney 0 1 0 0
Donald Schultz 0 2 0 0
Wesley Ochs 0 3 0 0
George Broom 0 1 0 0
Stephen Durbin 13 27 0 2
James Burgess 6 1 0 0
Jeffrey Thompson 39 35 0 1
Robert Lamon 18 12 0 0
James Clay 39 25 0 1
Jonathan Carlyle 0 23 0 0
Jimmy Rice 49 33 0 0
Robert Willis 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Scott Tuttle 1 0 0.00 0

Georgia Force

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Marsh 1 0 0.00 0
Yong Kolb 1 0 0.00 0
Michael Ross 2 -1 -0.50 0

Fumble Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael London 1 0 0 0
Paul Waller 0 0 2 0
Jaime Giles 0 1 0 0
Shelby Kemp 0 0 1 0

Georgia Force

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Herman Wiltse 3 2 0 0
William Hartig 0 1 0 0

Punting

Florida Blazers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Medley 3 145 48.33 32.33 62 0

Georgia Force

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Randy Mead 3 138 46.00 45.67 49 1

Kicking

Florida Blazers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Allison 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 1 / 1

Georgia Force

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Gary 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 5 / 5

Punt Return

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Strickland 1 2 2.0 2 0

Georgia Force

Kick Return

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Arthur Strickland 1 39 39.0 0

Georgia Force

Defensive Stats