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Week 3: Tampa Bay Bandits at San Jose SaberCats

September 21, 1980
70°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 51,025 (73%)
Bandits 0 10 0 10 - 20
SaberCats 10 6 10 6 - 32

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 1-10-TAM 23 (12:01) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 14-Charles May for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 7 TAM 0
(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 4-10-TAM 14 (5:02) 1-Tommie Prather 31 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 10 TAM 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 2-5-SJS 5 (11:40) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 37-James Haigh to SJS 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. SJS 10 TAM 7
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-9-TAM 15 (6:37) 1-Tommie Prather 32 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 13 TAM 7
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-1-SJS 20 (1:13) 15-Thomas Hummell 37 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 31-Brandon Roberge was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SJS 13 TAM 10
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 3-8-TAM 23 (0:03) 1-Tommie Prather 40 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 16 TAM 10
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 4-8-TAM 23 (9:22) 1-Tommie Prather 40 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 19 TAM 10
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 1-6-TAM 6 (0:04) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 14-Charles May for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 26 TAM 10
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-1-SJS 1 (12:41) 15-Thomas Hummell 18 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 26 TAM 13
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 4-7-TAM 15 (6:24) 1-Tommie Prather 32 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 29 TAM 13
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 1-10-SJS 44 (5:33) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 37-James Haigh for 44 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. SJS 29 TAM 20
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 4-2-TAM 22 (2:37) 1-Tommie Prather 39 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 32 TAM 20

Team Statistics

SaberCats Bandits
First Downs 20 18
- Rushing 5 6
- Passing 13 11
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 442 403
- Offensive Plays 81 76
- Yards Per Play 5.46 5.30
Net Rushing Yards 115 126
- Rushing Attempts 26 17
- Yards Per Rush 4.42 7.41
Net Passing Yards 327 277
- Att/Comp/Int 53 / 28 / 1 58 / 28 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 338 284
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 11 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.95 4.69
- Yards Per Completion 12.07 10.14
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 18 8 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 6 / 55 4 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 16
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 13 1 / 18
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 30
Time of Possession 33:18 26:43

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:36 1:40 OPP 46 4 46 Touchdown
1 9:38 4:40 OWN 20 9 66 Field Goal
1 2:51 1:28 OWN 43 3 3 Punt
2 11:35 5:01 OWN 25 9 60 Field Goal
2 1:09 1:09 OWN 25 7 52 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:25 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 11:25 2:06 OWN 20 5 57 Field Goal
3 5:42 1:00 OWN 20 3 -12 Punt
3 4:25 4:24 OWN 20 9 80 Touchdown
4 12:39 0:58 OWN 25 4 12 Interception
4 11:35 0:53 OWN 40 3 0 Punt
4 10:06 3:45 OWN 41 10 45 Field Goal
4 5:23 2:49 OPP 48 6 26 Field Goal
4 2:18 0:35 OPP 25 3 -10 Missed FG
4 1:25 1:25 OPP 47 3 0 Game

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:24 OWN 25 4 18 Interception
1 11:56 2:18 OWN 25 4 23 Punt
1 4:58 2:07 OWN 25 6 21 Fumble
1 1:23 4:48 OWN 20 12 80 Touchdown
2 6:34 5:25 OWN 25 11 55 Field Goal
3 13:35 2:10 OWN 28 4 22 Punt
3 9:19 3:36 OWN 25 7 25 Punt
3 4:43 0:18 OPP 50 3 0 Punt
3 0:00 2:22 OWN 25 9 74 Field Goal
4 11:41 0:05 OPP 30 1 0 Interception
4 10:43 0:37 OWN 17 3 -3 Punt
4 6:21 0:59 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
4 2:33 0:15 OWN 25 4 13 Downs
4 1:44 0:19 OWN 42 4 6 Downs

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 10 82 8.20 17 5 0
Antoine Smith 9 15 1.67 6 0 0
Daniel Bailey 3 11 3.67 10 1 0
Ray Bryant 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
David Schmitt 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herschel Walker 10 79 7.90 18 4 0
Ralph Allen 3 17 5.67 11 1 0
Tyrone Harvell 1 15 15.00 15 1 0
Luis Gero 2 15 7.50 13 1 0
Frank Owens 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 53 28 338 2 / 11 2 56 1 77.40

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tyrone Harvell 44 22 198 1 / 7 1 27 2 51.14
Luis Gero 14 6 86 0 / 0 1 44 0 87.20

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles May 4 70 17.50 23 2
David Perez 4 58 14.50 44 0
John Black 1 56 56.00 56 0
Samuel Rutherford 4 46 11.50 27 0
Jose Lohman 3 41 13.67 22 0
Christopher Gray 6 40 6.67 12 0
Daniel Bailey 4 20 5.00 14 0
Antoine Smith 1 4 4.00 4 0
Chad Carter 1 3 3.00 3 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edward Conner 5 68 13.60 21 0
James Haigh 5 64 12.80 44 2
David Albrecht 4 63 15.75 27 0
George Begay 2 25 12.50 18 0
Ralph Allen 6 22 3.67 10 0
Michael Popa 1 20 20.00 20 0
Herschel Walker 4 19 4.75 15 0
Frank Owens 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Mosley 48 30 2 2
Richard McCarthy 0 1 0 1
Eugene Green 8 7 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 1 0 0
Claude Rose 5 0 0 1
John Black 8 4 0 1
Chad Carter 0 7 0 0
Paul Maldonado 0 2 0 1
Samuel Rutherford 0 19 0 0
David Perez 0 19 0 1
Thomas Trombetta 8 2 0 1
Andres Holm 14 7 0 1
Jose Lohman 16 23 0 1
Ray Bryant 15 6 0 0
Daniel Bailey 6 4 0 0
Antoine Smith 18 13 0 0
Adam Jones 0 2 0 0
Christopher Gray 15 15 0 0
James Smith 57 33 0 3
Dale Gregory 44 32 0 0
Donald Bonner 62 27 0 0
Michael Warren 62 29 0 1
Nickolas Taylor 0 2 0 0
William McMartin 0 2 0 0
Jack Englert 0 1 0 0
Samuel Sanjuan 0 1 0 0
Bryan Leisure 0 3 0 0
Donny Harris 0 2 0 0
Charles May 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Bradley Davis 62 25 1 2
Raymond Holt 0 1 0 0
William Lewis 0 1 0 0
Douglas Mullins 0 1 0 0
Terry Crum 0 1 0 0
Phillip Carr 0 1 0 0
Michael Hall 2 1 0 0
James Davison 2 0 0 0
Jim Stewart 2 3 0 0
Randy Dukes 0 2 0 0
Joseph Poulsen 0 1 0 0
Daniel Middleton 0 2 0 0
Al Schwartz 0 1 0 0
Howard Dailey 0 2 0 0
John Hernandez 0 2 0 1
Joseph Gilmer 0 2 0 0
James Haigh 13 5 0 0
Joesph Wagner 0 5 0 0
Ira Edge 11 2 0 0
Herschel Walker 11 4 0 1
Edward Conner 0 18 0 0
Michael Popa 0 18 0 0
George Begay 0 19 0 0
Ralph Allen 16 6 0 1
David Albrecht 15 22 0 0
William Dillon 67 27 0 0
Frank Owens 16 17 0 0
James Smith 69 37 0 0
Brandon Roberge 68 27 0 4
Joseph Frost 66 21 0 1
David Wilcox 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Thomas Martin 1 11 11.00 0
Robert Oakley 1 2 2.00 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Brian Newberry 1 18 18.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Richard McCarthy 0 1 0 0
Adam Jones 0 0 1 0
Chad Carter 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Herschel Walker 1 0 0 0

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 4 197 49.25 41.75 55 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 5 266 53.20 33.40 60 0

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 6 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 1 40 2 / 2

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 2 / 2

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Haigh 2 16 8.0 8 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Defensive Stats