Week 1: Philadelphia Bell at New York (NY) Stars

September 07, 1980
81°
Downing Stadium (New York City, NY) Attendance: 39,928 (80%)
Bell 10 6 14 0 - 30
(NY) Stars 14 3 0 0 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) (NY) Stars: 3-6-PHI 9 (9:37) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 38-James Clarke to PHI 0 for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. NYS 7 PHI 0
(Qtr 1) Bell: 4-1-NYS 3 (5:17) 11-Robert Albertson 21 yard field goal is GOOD. NYS 7 PHI 3
(Qtr 1) Bell: 1-10-PHI 28 (3:26) 2-Roy Rhyne pass complete to 84-Chris Nease to NYS 0 for 71 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Albertson. NYS 7 PHI 10
(Qtr 1) (NY) Stars: 1-10-PHI 37 (1:14) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 84-Danny Merrill to PHI 0 for 37 yards. 84-Danny Merrill made a great diving catch! TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. NYS 14 PHI 10
(Qtr 2) Bell: 4-4-NYS 8 (8:47) 11-Robert Albertson 26 yard field goal is GOOD. NYS 14 PHI 13
(Qtr 2) (NY) Stars: 4-2-PHI 27 (2:57) 2-Christopher Meade 45 yard field goal is GOOD. NYS 17 PHI 13
(Qtr 2) Bell: 4-8-NYS 8 (0:57) 11-Robert Albertson 27 yard field goal is GOOD. NYS 17 PHI 16
(Qtr 3) Bell: 1-5-NYS 19 (10:45) 30-Jose Medina ran for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Albertson. NYS 17 PHI 23
(Qtr 3) Bell: 1-10-NYS 34 (1:20) 2-Roy Rhyne pass complete to 85-Edward Gerhardt for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Albertson. NYS 17 PHI 30

Team Statistics

(NY) Stars Bell
First Downs 16 13
- Rushing 2 6
- Passing 10 6
- Penalty 4 1
Total Net Yards 322 490
- Offensive Plays 79 58
- Yards Per Play 4.08 8.45
Net Rushing Yards 60 137
- Rushing Attempts 32 28
- Yards Per Rush 1.88 4.89
Net Passing Yards 262 353
- Att/Comp/Int 45 / 27 / 1 30 / 20 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 275 353
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 13 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.57 11.77
- Yards Per Completion 10.19 17.65
Fumbles/Lost 4 / 2 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 16 2 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 8.7
4th Down Conversions 2 / 4 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 45 9 / 75
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 13 2 / 15
Kick Returns/Yards 5 / 126 3 / 84
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 2 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 35
Time of Possession 35:12 24:49

Drive Charts

New York (NY) Stars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:29 OWN 28 10 72 Touchdown
1 5:15 1:49 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 3:14 2:06 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 14:20 2:02 OWN 39 4 18 Fumble
2 8:44 5:51 OWN 25 9 48 Field Goal
2 0:54 0:54 OWN 25 5 27 Half
3 12:45 1:56 OWN 1 4 12 Interception
3 10:39 0:53 OWN 23 3 -2 Fumble
3 9:38 2:15 OWN 27 3 -3 Punt
3 5:44 2:05 OWN 22 4 13 Punt
3 1:13 2:01 OWN 24 3 7 Punt
4 12:10 0:23 OWN 12 3 0 Punt
4 10:54 2:07 OWN 6 3 8 Punt
4 7:24 4:23 OWN 20 15 78 Downs
4 1:37 0:58 OWN 40 6 20 Downs

Philadelphia Bell

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:31 4:17 OWN 27 7 71 Field Goal
1 3:26 0:12 OWN 28 1 72 Touchdown
1 1:08 1:48 OWN 24 4 38 Interception
2 12:19 3:35 OPP 47 5 39 Field Goal
2 2:53 1:59 OWN 25 10 67 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:15 OWN 27 3 9 Punt
3 10:48 0:09 OPP 24 1 24 Touchdown
3 9:46 0:08 OPP 32 2 0 Interception
3 7:23 1:39 OWN 31 3 1 Punt
3 3:39 2:26 OWN 4 6 96 Touchdown
4 14:12 2:02 OWN 22 4 18 Punt
4 11:47 0:53 OWN 46 2 11 Fumble
4 8:47 1:23 OWN 48 3 6 Punt
4 3:02 1:24 OWN 8 5 18 Punt
4 0:39 0:39 OWN 38 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Clarke 15 39 2.60 10 1 0
Leonard Arredondo 14 22 1.57 6 0 0
Joe Daniels 3 -1 -0.33 0 0 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jose Medina 16 115 7.19 34 4 1
Steve McKenzie 9 13 1.44 12 2 0
Roy Rhyne 3 9 3.00 9 0 0

Passing Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Roberge 40 25 271 2 / 13 2 37 1 88.65
Leo Brixey 5 2 4 0 / 0 0 3 0 47.92

Philadelphia Bell

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Roy Rhyne 30 20 353 0 / 0 2 71 2 101.11

Receiving Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Danny Merrill 3 68 22.67 37 1
James Clarke 4 56 14.00 19 1
Carmen Nelson 6 56 9.33 21 0
Wendell Figueroa 6 32 5.33 14 0
Joseph Leblanc 1 19 19.00 19 0
Robert Freese 1 18 18.00 18 0
Allan Howard 1 15 15.00 15 0
David Wicker 2 5 2.50 3 0
Joe Daniels 1 5 5.00 5 0
Anthony Salgado 1 1 1.00 1 0
Leonard Arredondo 1 0 0.00 0 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Shawn Martin 3 88 29.33 42 0
Chris Nease 1 71 71.00 71 1
Jim Nicholls 3 69 23.00 39 0
Tony Lee 2 42 21.00 34 0
Jose Medina 8 39 4.88 11 0
Edward Gerhardt 1 34 34.00 34 1
Robert Duncan 1 8 8.00 8 0
Steve McKenzie 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Earl Murtagh 53 46 0 1
Leonard Arredondo 11 6 0 0
Daniel Roth 0 1 0 0
Paul Reed 0 1 0 0
Richard Kirkwood 0 2 0 0
Joe Daniels 4 2 0 0
Christopher Morgan 4 0 0 0
Joshua Nickols 0 2 0 0
Daniel Wells 5 0 0 0
Danny Merrill 0 9 0 1
Wayne Mashburn 3 7 0 0
Ronnie Davila 0 1 0 0
Eric Bigham 0 5 0 0
Jimmy Atwell 0 4 0 0
Dale Jarrett 19 4 0 0
James Clarke 8 1 0 0
Robert Freese 0 9 0 0
Hollis Owens 0 6 0 0
David Wicker 0 4 0 0
Allan Howard 0 17 0 0
Gaston Gross 47 52 0 3
Joseph Brooks 33 37 0 3
Carmen Nelson 3 38 0 1
Curtis Hartig 53 42 0 1
Wendell Figueroa 21 28 0 1
Anthony Salgado 1 19 0 0
Joseph Leblanc 9 13 0 0
Michael Arellano 54 43 0 4
Larry Williams 0 7 0 1
Howard Zacharias 0 6 0 0
Rodney Preston 0 7 0 2
Adrian Hill 1 5 0 1
George Moore 2 0 0 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jose Medina 5 7 0 1
Chris Nease 0 16 0 2
Joseph Natoli 0 1 0 1
Michael Ambrosino 0 2 0 0
Ernesto Johnson 0 2 0 0
Steve McKenzie 2 0 0 0
Curtis Bernard 0 2 0 0
Sean Reulet 0 1 0 0
Jim Nicholls 0 9 0 0
Herbert Lynn 1 2 0 0
Dennis Corbin 10 3 0 0
Herman Nordin 2 0 0 0
Bob Preston 11 0 0 0
Robert Duncan 1 10 0 0
Tony Lee 0 14 0 2
Howard Cardenas 0 2 0 0
Edward Gerhardt 3 26 0 1
Guillermo Pena 0 3 0 0
Robert Shoulders 31 35 0 4
Keneth Ewers 31 33 0 1
Shawn Martin 0 14 0 0
Paul Elston 38 32 0 3
Jerry Huang 41 32 0 0
Timothy Jackson 21 24 0 0
David Campos 40 37 0 4
Jason Hubbard 0 9 0 2
Dwayne Radcliff 0 7 0 0
Laverne Ashlock 0 5 0 1
Victor Benedict 0 5 0 0
William Malone 0 5 0 0
Gregory Anderson 0 4 0 1
Harold Galey 0 2 0 0
Kyle Nicholas 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Rodney Preston 1 1 1.00 0
Larry Williams 1 1 1.00 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jason Hubbard 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New York (NY) Stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Eric Roberge 2 0 0 0
James Clarke 1 0 0 0
Joe Daniels 1 0 0 0
Wayne Mashburn 0 0 1 0
Paul Reed 0 1 0 0
Dale Jarrett 0 1 0 0
Gaston Gross 0 1 0 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Howard Cardenas 1 1 0 0
Tony Lee 1 0 0 0
Laverne Ashlock 0 1 3 0
Dwayne Radcliff 0 0 1 0
Curtis Bernard 0 1 0 0

Punting

New York (NY) Stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Bruce Kester 6 295 49.17 47.00 61 1

Philadelphia Bell

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Barry Enriquez 5 252 50.40 43.40 63 2

Kicking

New York (NY) Stars

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

Philadelphia Bell

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Albertson 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 27 3 / 3

Punt Return

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Allan Howard 1 13 13.0 13 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Howard Cardenas 2 15 7.5 9 0

Kick Return

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Allan Howard 5 126 25.2 0

Philadelphia Bell

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kevin Harvick 3 84 28.0 0

Defensive Stats