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Week 8: Pittsburgh Maulers at New Orleans VooDoo

October 26, 1980
70°
Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 57,037 (78%)
Maulers 3 10 0 7 - 20
VooDoo 13 14 9 23 - 59

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 1-10-PIT 14 (12:42) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 32-Kenneth Boyd for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Nathan Booker. NOV 7 PIT 0
(Qtr 1) Maulers: 4-21-NOV 21 (4:42) 8-Bret Curley 38 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 7 PIT 3
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 2-10-PIT 41 (3:01) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 32-Kenneth Boyd for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 2-7-PIT 7 (12:34) 17-Joe Doyle ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Nathan Booker. NOV 20 PIT 3
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 1-10-NOV 28 (6:17) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 32-Kenneth Boyd for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Nathan Booker. NOV 27 PIT 3
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-7-NOV 30 (2:01) 8-Bret Curley 47 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 27 PIT 6
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 2-10-NOV 11 (0:42) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. NOV 27 PIT 13
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 2-5-PIT 9 (3:37) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 12-James Sheckler for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Nathan Booker. NOV 34 PIT 13
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 1-14-PIT 4 (1:24) 12-Scott Deal sacked at PIT -4 for -8 yards (93-Jeffrey Alfaro). Sack allowed by 61-Barry Unger. SAFETY! (93-Jeffrey Alfaro) 61-Barry Unger missed that block completely. NOV 36 PIT 13
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 3-8-PIT 17 (10:49) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 85-James Walkowiak for 17 yards. Nice adjustment by 85-James Walkowiak to catch that ball. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 1-10-PIT 49 (7:52) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 13-Joseph Baker for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Nathan Booker. NOV 49 PIT 13
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 1-2-PIT 2 (4:23) 28-Clayton Worthey ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Nathan Booker. NOV 56 PIT 13
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 3-10-PIT 25 (4:13) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 82-Dennis McLean for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. NOV 56 PIT 20
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-8-PIT 24 (1:57) 3-Nathan Booker 41 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 59 PIT 20

Team Statistics

VooDoo Maulers
First Downs 15 17
- Rushing 1 5
- Passing 14 11
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 543 371
- Offensive Plays 69 88
- Yards Per Play 7.87 4.22
Net Rushing Yards 41 105
- Rushing Attempts 9 29
- Yards Per Rush 4.56 3.62
Net Passing Yards 502 266
- Att/Comp/Int 55 / 27 / 2 51 / 22 / 5
- Gross Passing Yards 534 325
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 32 8 / 59
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.37 4.51
- Yards Per Completion 19.78 14.77
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 7 / 22
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 11.3 10.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 32 6 / 39
Punt Returns/Yards 8 / 79 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 28 4 / 92
Int Returns/Yards 5 / 26 2 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 5 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 22
Time of Possession 24:35 35:24

Drive Charts

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:22 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 4:38 1:43 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 0:25 0:47 OWN 26 4 20 Punt
2 13:07 0:36 OPP 10 2 10 Touchdown
2 10:32 1:30 OWN 22 3 -14 Punt
2 6:57 0:51 OWN 13 2 87 Touchdown
2 1:57 0:55 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 0:38 0:12 OWN 25 2 35 Interception
3 13:21 0:54 OWN 34 3 6 Punt
3 8:17 1:04 OWN 35 3 2 Punt
3 5:12 0:56 OWN 33 3 2 Punt
3 4:13 0:38 OPP 14 2 14 Touchdown
3 2:15 0:49 OWN 41 3 7 Punt
3 1:21 0:56 OWN 43 2 21 Interception
4 14:06 3:21 OWN 33 7 67 Touchdown
4 10:26 1:43 OWN 41 5 13 Punt
4 7:52 0:07 OPP 49 1 49 Touchdown
4 7:12 2:52 OWN 47 5 53 Touchdown
4 4:01 0:54 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
4 3:02 1:09 OPP 26 3 2 Field Goal
4 1:26 0:16 OWN 40 3 0 Punt

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:38 8:00 OWN 24 12 55 Field Goal
1 2:55 2:29 OWN 26 3 7 Punt
2 14:39 1:31 OWN 7 3 3 Interception
2 12:31 1:59 OWN 25 5 10 Punt
2 9:03 2:06 OWN 43 5 9 Punt
2 6:06 4:09 OWN 25 9 45 Field Goal
2 1:02 0:25 OWN 21 5 79 Touchdown
2 0:26 0:26 OWN 40 3 -7 Half
3 15:00 1:39 OWN 22 3 1 Punt
3 12:26 4:09 OWN 16 6 13 Punt
3 7:14 2:01 OWN 15 3 9 Punt
3 4:16 0:03 OWN 15 1 0 Interception
3 3:34 1:19 OWN 22 4 -11 Punt
3 1:26 0:05 OWN 8 1 -13 Safety
3 0:25 1:19 OWN 16 6 13 Punt
4 10:45 0:19 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
4 8:43 0:52 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
4 7:45 0:33 OWN 25 3 4 Interception
4 4:21 0:19 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 3:07 0:05 OWN 26 1 0 Interception
4 1:53 0:27 OWN 25 2 16 Interception
4 1:09 1:09 OWN 12 5 31 Game

Rushing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Joe Doyle 5 24 4.80 11 1 1
James Lightfoot 1 12 12.00 12 1 0
Clayton Worthey 3 5 1.67 2 0 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Murray 10 56 5.60 17 3 0
Cliff Thomas 13 31 2.38 12 2 0
Robert Ensley 6 18 3.00 13 1 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Lightfoot 51 27 534 5 / 32 6 72 2 112.70
Ryan Tate 4 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Deal 50 21 316 7 / 53 2 75 5 37.17
Brandon Rocha 1 1 9 1 / 6 0 9 0 104.17

Receiving Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Boyd 5 173 34.60 72 3
Andre Stevens 6 96 16.00 35 0
James Sheckler 5 80 16.00 28 1
Joseph Baker 1 49 49.00 49 1
William Ramsey 3 47 15.67 29 0
James Walkowiak 2 38 19.00 21 1
Joe Doyle 3 25 8.33 13 0
Wayne Williams 1 20 20.00 20 0
Clayton Worthey 1 6 6.00 6 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dennis McLean 4 118 29.50 75 1
Robert Richards 2 57 28.50 55 0
Vito Moffat 5 43 8.60 15 1
Cliff Thomas 2 38 19.00 29 0
Robert Diaz 2 34 17.00 20 0
Charles Holt 2 20 10.00 16 0
John Murray 1 8 8.00 8 0
Robert Ensley 4 7 1.75 4 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Emmitt James 80 16 1 1
Damon Fisher 79 18 1 2
Rudolph Guerrero 77 15 1 2
James Tompkins 61 13 1 3
Gerald Demott 76 30 0 1
Robert Johannes 0 5 0 1
Joseph Douglas 0 1 0 0
Wayne Bouchard 0 1 0 0
Curtis McLean 2 2 0 0
Larry Ackman 0 6 0 0
Kenneth Boyd 2 10 0 0
Miguel Gross 1 4 0 1
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 5 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 4 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 6 0 1
Kyle Grimmett 0 3 0 0
Troy Tomas 0 9 0 0
Robert Newton 0 6 0 0
Anthony Munoz 7 3 0 0
Stanley Braun 0 5 0 0
Ramon Boldt 0 6 0 1
Wayne Williams 17 6 0 0
Andre Stevens 9 6 0 0
Donald Glenn 19 0 0 0
Clayton Worthey 7 1 0 0
James Walkowiak 3 1 0 0
Joe Doyle 16 5 0 0
William Ramsey 9 18 0 0
James Sheckler 0 16 0 1
Arthur Ellis 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Barry Unger 61 34 3 7
Larry Fazio 75 36 3 3
John Murray 17 6 1 1
Sidney Woosley 62 36 1 3
Jon Brantley 17 13 0 1
Eric Reed 0 1 0 0
Raymond Hampton 7 3 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 11 2 0 0
Michael Mills 12 0 0 0
Pete Gabriel 12 0 0 0
Robert Ensley 11 2 0 0
Charles Holt 0 23 0 2
Robert Diaz 7 29 0 2
Robert Richards 0 22 0 0
Tim Kaufman 64 42 0 4
Larry Barber 10 3 0 1
Andre Adkins 59 41 0 1
Dennis McLean 29 24 0 3
Vito Moffat 0 17 0 0
Lamont Thielen 0 2 0 0
Arthur Phillips 0 4 0 0
Charles Yerby 0 5 0 1
Paul Brooks 0 4 0 0
Charles Smith 1 5 0 0
Brian Lowe 1 4 0 1
Randy Ertel 0 4 0 0
George Grant 1 4 0 0
Howard Vaughn 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Larry Ackman 2 24 12.00 0
Ramon Boldt 1 1 1.00 0
Anthony Munoz 1 1 1.00 0
Robert Newton 1 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Arthur Phillips 1 0 0.00 0
Michael Large 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jason Shinkle 0 0 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Cliff Thomas 1 0 0 0
Scott Deal 1 0 0 0
Robert Diaz 0 1 0 0
John Murray 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jeff Johnson 10 485 48.50 45.90 52 6

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 10 469 46.90 39.30 57 1

Kicking

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Nathan Booker 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 6 / 8

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 2 / 2

Punt Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Ramsey 8 79 9.9 15 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Kick Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Ramsey 1 28 28.0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Ensley 4 92 23.0 0

Defensive Stats