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Wild Card: Shreveport Steamer at New Jersey Generals

December 28, 1980
49°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 80,242 (100%)
Steamer 0 10 7 18 - 35
Generals 7 17 10 0 - 34

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 1-10-NJG 26 (13:16) 32-Rudi Johnson ran for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 7 SHR 0
(Qtr 2) Steamer: 4-11-NJG 19 (14:13) 10-James Hooper 37 yard field goal is GOOD. SHR 76-Noel Albert was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NJG 52-Mike Weddington was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NJG 7 SHR 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-10-SHR 21 (12:34) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 87-Damon Rosato for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 14 SHR 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-8-SHR 37 (5:22) 14-Dustin Henry 54 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 17 SHR 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-17-SHR 32 (1:48) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 13-Kenneth William for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 24 SHR 3
(Qtr 2) Steamer: 1-10-SHR 40 (0:45) 17-Edgar Jones pass complete to 81-Joseph Ring for 60 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. NJG 24 SHR 10
(Qtr 3) Generals: 2-10-SHR 34 (13:25) 32-Rudi Johnson ran for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. NJG 31 SHR 10
(Qtr 3) Steamer: 3-10-NJG 20 (6:12) 17-Edgar Jones pass complete to 88-Jonathan Hagen for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. NJG 31 SHR 17
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-9-SHR 31 (1:57) 14-Dustin Henry 49 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 34 SHR 17
(Qtr 4) Steamer: 3-8-NJG 22 (10:22) 17-Edgar Jones pass complete to 42-Michael Diaz for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 17-Edgar Jones pass complete to 49-Thomas Esposito for 2 yards. Nice adjustment by 49-Thomas Esposito to catch that ball. CONVERSION GOOD! NJG 34 SHR 25
(Qtr 4) Steamer: 4-5-NJG 5 (4:17) 10-James Hooper 23 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 34 SHR 28
(Qtr 4) Steamer: 1-1-NJG 1 (1:12) 17-Edgar Jones pass complete to 81-Joseph Ring for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-James Hooper. NJG 34 SHR 35

Team Statistics

Generals Steamer
First Downs 17 22
- Rushing 3 1
- Passing 12 20
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 460 562
- Offensive Plays 69 80
- Yards Per Play 6.67 7.03
Net Rushing Yards 188 56
- Rushing Attempts 19 15
- Yards Per Rush 9.89 3.73
Net Passing Yards 272 506
- Att/Comp/Int 43 / 21 / 1 62 / 39 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 323 529
- Sacks/Yards Lost 7 / 51 3 / 23
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.44 7.78
- Yards Per Completion 15.38 13.56
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 13 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.7 9.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 44 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 16 3 / 16
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 120
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 0 7
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 33
Time of Possession 27:00 32:59

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:15 0:12 OWN 26 1 74 Touchdown
1 12:15 2:09 OWN 29 6 44 Interception
1 4:41 2:52 OWN 11 5 19 Punt
2 14:09 1:41 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 9:21 4:03 OWN 20 7 43 Field Goal
2 4:08 2:26 OWN 8 9 92 Touchdown
2 0:36 0:36 OWN 25 2 0 Half
3 15:00 1:43 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
3 12:18 0:58 OWN 33 3 -6 Punt
3 9:03 0:47 OWN 12 3 2 Punt
3 6:07 4:14 OWN 25 8 44 Field Goal
4 13:20 1:02 OWN 4 3 0 Punt
4 10:18 2:48 OWN 25 6 11 Punt
4 4:15 0:52 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 1:08 0:37 OWN 25 4 -14 Downs

Shreveport Steamer

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:45 OWN 24 3 6 Punt
1 13:03 0:49 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 10:05 5:24 OWN 21 9 73 Fumble
1 1:49 2:40 OWN 23 5 58 Field Goal
2 12:29 3:08 OWN 25 7 62 Missed FG
2 5:17 1:10 OWN 45 3 3 Punt
2 1:41 1:05 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
3 13:17 1:00 OWN 22 3 5 Punt
3 11:19 2:16 OWN 24 5 16 Punt
3 8:16 2:09 OWN 42 6 58 Touchdown
3 1:53 3:33 OWN 25 6 23 Punt
4 12:18 2:00 OPP 44 4 44 Touchdown
4 7:30 3:15 OWN 20 10 75 Field Goal
4 3:22 2:15 OWN 34 9 66 Touchdown
4 0:30 0:30 OPP 11 3 0 Game

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 14 181 12.93 74 5 2
James Roberson 5 7 1.40 6 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Joseph Ring 7 18 2.57 7 0 0
Edgar Jones 3 16 5.33 14 1 0
Robert Tuttle 4 13 3.25 8 0 0
Clarence Scott 1 9 9.00 9 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Stephan Labelle 43 21 323 7 / 51 2 32 1 79.89

Shreveport Steamer

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Edgar Jones 62 39 529 3 / 23 4 60 0 111.56

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Leroy Selmon 2 59 29.50 32 0
Damon Rosato 4 56 14.00 21 1
Kenneth William 3 52 17.33 32 1
James Roberson 3 44 14.67 23 0
Rudi Johnson 3 36 12.00 24 0
Steve Jobs 2 31 15.50 29 0
Chad Ochocinco 2 20 10.00 15 0
Cody Adkins 1 16 16.00 16 0
Johnny Fever 1 9 9.00 9 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Ring 9 141 15.67 60 2
Ernest Seal 8 132 16.50 28 0
Michael Diaz 4 85 21.25 36 1
Jonathan Hagen 5 66 13.20 26 1
Frederick Hays 2 42 21.00 22 0
Thomas Esposito 3 34 11.33 27 0
James Tafolla 1 24 24.00 24 0
Clarence Scott 1 2 2.00 2 0
Nelson Keister 1 2 2.00 2 0
Robert Tuttle 5 1 0.20 5 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Eddie Head 60 27 4 4
Steve Niehaus 62 26 2 6
Leroy Selmon 12 19 1 3
Jeff Speck 9 16 0 0
James Rodriguez 1 1 0 0
Jim LeClair 3 1 0 0
Roger Daltrey 0 1 0 0
Mike Weddington 0 1 0 0
Gary Barbaro 0 1 0 0
Bobby Leopold 0 1 0 0
Frank Naylor 2 0 0 0
Cody Adkins 0 5 0 0
Steve Jobs 0 5 0 0
John Piche 8 0 0 0
James Roberson 3 1 0 0
Johnny Fever 0 6 0 0
Rudi Johnson 8 3 0 0
Damon Rosato 0 17 0 0
Roy Sullivan 0 1 0 1
Dustin Diamond 0 1 0 0
Kenneth William 0 7 0 0
Gregory Johnson 0 2 0 0
James McDevitt 6 0 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 16 0 0
Elvis Presley 57 21 0 0
Andrew Zeller 61 33 0 3
Jimmy Hoffa 61 25 0 0
Bruce Dickinson 0 1 0 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Leslie Musto 74 25 1 2
Philip Castillon 64 25 1 1
William Lewis 10 2 1 0
Lonnie Robinson 29 9 0 1
Bryan Leblanc 4 0 0 0
Anthony Kent 0 1 0 0
David Ryan 0 1 0 0
David McMillan 0 5 0 1
James Tafolla 0 2 0 0
Clarence Scott 7 1 0 0
Johnny Brennan 0 4 0 0
Thomas Esposito 0 6 0 1
Kyle Verrill 1 1 0 0
Robert Tuttle 11 5 0 0
Frederick Hays 11 5 0 0
Raymond Weems 14 1 0 1
Frank Fischer 0 5 0 0
Jonathan Hagen 0 21 0 3
Nelson Keister 35 17 0 0
Noel Albert 51 27 0 0
Ernest Seal 0 18 0 1
Scott Dotson 66 24 0 1
Michael Diaz 1 15 0 0
John Cintron 0 3 0 0
Joseph Ring 2 14 0 1
Robert Gonzales 0 6 0 2
Michael Yang 76 30 0 0
Russell Colbert 0 4 0 2
Patrick Morales 0 4 0 0
Thomas Rainey 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Shreveport Steamer

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Todd David 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Lockette 0 1 1 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Edgar Jones 1 0 0 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 6 277 46.17 44.00 50 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eugene Manuel 6 288 48.00 45.33 53 3

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 54 4 / 4

Shreveport Steamer

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Hooper 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 3 / 3

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chad Ochocinco 2 16 8.0 14 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Tuttle 3 16 5.3 10 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Shreveport Steamer

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Tuttle 4 120 30.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Mike Williams 10 0
Bruce Dickinson 8 0
Dustin Diamond 8 0
Jim LeClair 6 0
John Joyce 4 0
Barry Noland 3 0
Gary Barbaro 3 0
John Preston 2 0
Jerry Holmes 2 0
Roy Sullivan 2 1
Daniel Tosh 2 0
Bobby Leopold 2 0
James Lockette 1 2
James Roberson 1 0
Mike Weddington 1 0
Gregory Johnson 1 0
Jim Byrne 1 0

Shreveport Steamer

Name Tackles Sacks
Thomas Rainey 7 0
Todd David 6 0
Kyle Verrill 5 5
James Courtney 4 1
Galen Cummins 4 0
Russell Colbert 3 0
Anthony Kent 3 1
Robert Gonzales 2 0
David Kirby 2 0
Maurice Blackstone 1 0
Philip Castillon 1 0
David Ryan 1 0
John Cintron 1 0
Frank Fischer 1 0
Edgar Jones 1 0
Chris McAdams 1 0
Ricardo Magee 1 0