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Week 12: New York (NY) Stars at Chicago Blitz

November 23, 1980
45°
Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) Attendance: 45,740 (68%)
(NY) Stars 7 13 7 0 - 27
Blitz 10 3 13 3 - 29

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blitz: 2-6-CHI 29 (14:18) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 89-Joey Walker for 71 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. CHI 7 NYS 0
(Qtr 1) Blitz: 4-6-NYS 28 (10:25) 11-Matthew Eno 46 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 10 NYS 0
(Qtr 1) (NY) Stars: 1-10-NYS 41 (1:46) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 84-Danny Merrill for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. CHI 10 NYS 7
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 4-5-NYS 16 (12:55) 11-Matthew Eno 34 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 13 NYS 7
(Qtr 2) (NY) Stars: 3-4-CHI 4 (11:22) 17-Eric Roberge pass complete to 82-Anthony Salgado for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. CHI 13 NYS 14
(Qtr 2) (NY) Stars: 4-17-CHI 34 (7:18) 2-Christopher Meade 52 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 13 NYS 17
(Qtr 2) (NY) Stars: 4-6-CHI 16 (1:04) 2-Christopher Meade 35 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (CHI 54-William Kennedy) (Declined) CHI 13 NYS 20
(Qtr 3) (NY) Stars: (15:00) 11-Matthew Eno kicks 75 yards from CHI 35 to NYS -10. 85-Allan Howard for 110yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. CHI 13 NYS 27
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 4-6-NYS 31 (10:32) 11-Matthew Eno 49 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 16 NYS 27
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 4-8-NYS 24 (8:55) 11-Matthew Eno 42 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 19 NYS 27
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 2-6-NYS 7 (6:45) 34-Bruce Fine ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. CHI 85-George Allen was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CHI 26 NYS 27
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 4-7-NYS 30 (11:17) 11-Matthew Eno 48 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 29 NYS 27

Team Statistics

Blitz (NY) Stars
First Downs 17 13
- Rushing 8 4
- Passing 7 7
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 443 375
- Offensive Plays 79 60
- Yards Per Play 5.61 6.25
Net Rushing Yards 204 65
- Rushing Attempts 40 21
- Yards Per Rush 5.10 3.10
Net Passing Yards 239 310
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 19 / 1 37 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 249 321
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 2 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.13 7.95
- Yards Per Completion 13.11 15.29
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 3 4 / 3
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 18 2 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 49 7 / 59
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 26 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 27 1 / 110
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 5 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 31
Time of Possession 31:33 28:16

Drive Charts

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:53 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 13:03 2:41 OWN 36 5 36 Field Goal
1 6:49 3:43 OWN 8 8 52 Punt
1 1:37 3:45 OWN 25 10 59 Field Goal
2 11:19 1:13 OWN 25 3 9 Interception
2 7:14 2:01 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
2 2:57 1:04 OWN 5 3 4 Punt
2 1:00 1:00 OWN 25 2 0 Half
3 9:43 0:52 OPP 25 3 2 Field Goal
3 8:49 2:07 OPP 31 5 31 Touchdown
3 4:29 0:05 OWN 41 1 0 Fumble
3 4:13 1:24 OPP 31 3 1 Fumble
3 0:11 3:59 OWN 17 8 53 Field Goal
4 10:19 0:17 OWN 30 3 0 Punt
4 9:06 2:34 OWN 22 5 23 Punt
4 4:25 2:32 OWN 23 4 31 Punt
4 1:23 1:11 OPP 11 5 -22 Fumble
4 0:12 0:12 OWN 29 2 14 Game

New York (NY) Stars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:07 1:04 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
1 10:22 3:33 OWN 25 6 30 Punt
1 3:06 1:30 OWN 9 3 91 Touchdown
2 12:52 1:33 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 10:06 2:52 OPP 39 4 5 Field Goal
2 5:13 2:16 OWN 36 5 25 Punt
2 1:53 0:53 OWN 45 7 39 Field Goal
3 14:45 4:17 OPP 26 9 -43 Field Goal
3 10:28 0:45 OWN 25 2 0 Fumble
3 8:51 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 6:42 2:13 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
3 4:23 0:11 OPP 45 1 0 Fumble
3 2:49 2:38 OWN 18 6 19 Punt
4 11:13 0:54 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 10:03 0:57 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 6:32 2:07 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
4 1:53 0:30 OWN 9 2 -6 Interception

Rushing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Max Howard 26 133 5.12 14 4 0
Bruce Fine 12 66 5.50 14 2 1
Daniel McKee 2 5 2.50 5 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Leonard Arredondo 8 35 4.38 11 2 0
James Clarke 12 25 2.08 12 2 0
Joe Daniels 1 5 5.00 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel McKee 38 19 249 1 / 10 1 71 1 68.86

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Roberge 37 21 321 2 / 11 2 66 2 81.02

Receiving Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joey Walker 4 121 30.25 71 1
John Ayala 5 46 9.20 33 0
Michael Steffes 3 44 14.67 23 0
Eric Wilkinson 3 15 5.00 11 0
Clifford Crumley 1 11 11.00 11 0
Bruce Fine 2 8 4.00 4 0
Max Howard 1 4 4.00 4 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Allan Howard 1 66 66.00 66 0
Donald Fernandez 4 63 15.75 34 0
Danny Merrill 1 59 59.00 59 1
Carmen Nelson 4 56 14.00 26 0
James Clarke 5 51 10.20 21 0
Joe Daniels 1 11 11.00 11 0
Anthony Salgado 2 8 4.00 4 1
Leonard Arredondo 2 5 2.50 6 0
Wendell Figueroa 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Willie Salisbury 52 46 1 8
Brian Buckley 48 42 0 1
Buford Leblanc 0 3 0 0
Bruce Fine 4 2 0 0
Kenneth Flowers 0 4 0 0
Richard Kelly 0 1 0 0
August Saari 0 1 0 0
Robert Tate 0 1 0 0
Anthony Crow 0 2 0 1
Brad Meriwether 0 2 0 0
Cesar Collins 2 6 0 0
Dennis Canning 0 1 0 0
George Keyes 1 2 0 0
John Johns 4 5 0 1
Daniel Casarez 0 1 0 0
Samuel Clark 1 0 0 0
Leroy Obrien 0 1 0 0
Jeff Melton 0 4 0 1
Joey Walker 0 19 0 0
John Jackson 54 47 0 0
Peter Mays 4 0 0 0
Aaron Dutton 47 42 0 5
John Ayala 0 28 0 1
George Allen 13 29 0 1
Andre Ochs 41 43 0 2
Max Howard 10 7 0 0
Michael Steffes 0 31 0 2
David Feng 0 8 0 1
Clifford Crumley 4 7 0 0
Ben Watts 0 5 0 0
Willard Clark 0 5 0 0
William Kennedy 0 3 0 0
Eric Wilkinson 11 22 0 0
Adam Kerr 10 2 0 0
Wendell Pinegar 0 7 0 0
Rodolfo Madden 0 1 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Earl Murtagh 50 29 1 2
Michael Arellano 49 31 1 4
Daniel Wells 2 0 0 0
Daniel Roth 0 1 0 0
Richard Kirkwood 0 1 0 0
Kurt Kim 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Davila 0 1 0 0
Larry Williams 0 2 0 0
Rodney Preston 0 1 0 0
Adrian Hill 0 1 0 0
Wayne Mashburn 2 4 0 0
Hollis Owens 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Atwell 0 2 0 0
Eric Bigham 0 3 0 0
Howard Zacharias 0 4 0 0
Paul Reed 0 2 0 1
Joseph Leblanc 1 1 0 0
Donald Fernandez 0 3 0 0
Anthony Salgado 1 10 0 1
Christopher Morgan 5 1 0 0
Kevin Youkilis 0 3 0 0
Allan Howard 0 14 0 1
Danny Merrill 0 18 0 0
Leonard Arredondo 15 3 0 1
Dale Jarrett 11 0 0 0
Wendell Figueroa 21 12 0 2
Gaston Gross 38 31 0 0
Joseph Brooks 39 27 0 2
Robert Freese 0 17 0 0
Carmen Nelson 3 26 0 0
Curtis Hartig 47 29 0 4
James Clarke 17 4 0 0
William Dew 1 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
William Kennedy 1 4 4.00 0
Anthony Crow 1 1 1.00 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Rodney Preston 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Kennedy 1 0 1 0
Max Howard 1 0 0 0
Clifford Crumley 1 0 0 0
Jeff Melton 0 1 0 0
Leroy Obrien 0 1 0 0
Dennis Canning 0 0 1 0
Anthony Crow 0 1 1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Clarke 1 1 0 0
Eric Roberge 1 0 0 0
Carmen Nelson 1 0 0 0
Donald Fernandez 1 0 0 0
Larry Williams 0 0 1 0
Joshua Nickols 0 1 0 0
Paul Reed 0 0 1 0
Kurt Kim 0 1 0 0
Earl Murtagh 0 1 1 0

Punting

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Simon Jones 6 259 43.17 39.17 59 2

New York (NY) Stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Bruce Kester 8 363 45.38 42.38 54 3

Kicking

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Matthew Eno 5 / 5 4 / 4 0 / 0 49 2 / 2

New York (NY) Stars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Meade 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 3 / 3

Punt Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Bruce Fine 4 26 6.5 8 0

New York (NY) Stars

Kick Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Ayala 1 27 27.0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Allan Howard 1 110 110.0 1

Defensive Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Tackles Sacks
Leroy Obrien 6 0
Franklin Corso 4 0
Kenneth Flowers 4 0
Jeff Melton 4 0
Rodolfo Madden 3 0
Cesar Collins 3 1
David Feng 3 0
William Kennedy 3 0
Dennis Canning 2 0
Anthony Crow 2 0
Buford Leblanc 2 1
Brian Buckley 1 0
Aaron Dutton 1 0
August Saari 1 0
Eric Wilkinson 1 0
Doyle Ramirez 1 0
Richard Kelly 1 0
Kurtis Nielsen 1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Tackles Sacks
Eric Bigham 7 0
Rodney Preston 7 0
Joshua Nickols 6 0
Jimmy Atwell 6 0
Kurt Kim 6 0
Larry Williams 5 0
Wayne Mashburn 5 0
Paul Reed 4 0
Robert Freese 2 0
Ronnie Davila 2 0
Richard Kirkwood 2 0
Earl Campbell 2 0
Trey Pittman 2 0
Daniel Roth 1 0
Howard Zacharias 1 1
Hollis Owens 1 0
James Clarke 1 0
Robert Davis 1 0
Donald Fernandez 1 0