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Conference Championship: Washington Federals at New Orleans VooDoo

January 11, 1981
70°
Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 73,208 (100%)
Federals 14 7 0 7 - 28
VooDoo 15 6 14 5 - 40

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 2-5-WAS 5 (13:30) 20-Joe Doyle ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Federals: 1-9-NOV 9 (9:15) 24-Jeremy Cooper ran for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Melvin Woods. NOV 6 WAS 7
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 3-16-WAS 4 (6:12) 9-Joe Richardson sacked at WAS -4 for -7 yards (50-Anthony Munoz) SAFETY! (50-Anthony Munoz) NOV 8 WAS 7
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 1-10-WAS 23 (4:40) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 32-Kenneth Boyd for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Nathan Booker. NOV 15 WAS 7
(Qtr 1) Federals: 1-10-WAS 25 (4:36) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 84-Matt Ellis for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Melvin Woods. WAS 89-James West was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NOV 15 WAS 14
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 2-12-NOV 34 (3:15) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 32-Kenneth Boyd for 66 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Federals: 1-10-NOV 20 (1:30) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 81-Jacob Scully for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Melvin Woods. WAS 81-Jacob Scully was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NOV 21 WAS 21
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 1-2-WAS 2 (5:35) 20-Joe Doyle ran to WAS 0 for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Nathan Booker. NOV 28 WAS 21
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 1-15-WAS 38 (2:31) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 32-Kenneth Boyd for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Nathan Booker. NOV 35 WAS 21
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-4-WAS 4 (13:02) 3-Nathan Booker 23 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 38 WAS 21
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 1-19-WAS 9 (9:14) 9-Joe Richardson sacked at WAS 0 for -9 yards (48-Robert Newton) SAFETY! (48-Robert Newton) NOV 40 WAS 21
(Qtr 4) Federals: 2-10-WAS 8 (5:22) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 80-Allan Boyer for 92 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Melvin Woods. WAS 71-Joel Lossett was injured on the play. NOV 40 WAS 28

Team Statistics

VooDoo Federals
First Downs 16 13
- Rushing 8 1
- Passing 7 12
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 464 465
- Offensive Plays 75 67
- Yards Per Play 6.19 6.94
Net Rushing Yards 137 18
- Rushing Attempts 41 19
- Yards Per Rush 3.34 0.95
Net Passing Yards 327 447
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 18 / 0 46 / 19 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 348 463
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 21 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.62 9.31
- Yards Per Completion 19.33 24.37
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 17 5 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 11.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 40 8 / 61
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 25 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 86 5 / 101
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 3 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 17
Time of Possession 36:49 23:11

Drive Charts

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:34 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 9:12 2:09 OWN 25 5 26 Punt
1 6:09 1:33 OWN 41 3 59 Touchdown
1 4:25 2:58 OWN 31 5 22 Punt
2 14:54 1:26 OWN 37 3 -1 Punt
2 12:37 1:28 OWN 41 3 -4 Punt
2 7:16 1:45 OWN 23 4 11 Punt
2 3:59 0:54 OWN 36 2 64 Touchdown
2 1:26 1:26 OWN 25 5 14 Half
3 12:54 7:23 OWN 13 12 87 Touchdown
3 4:34 2:09 OWN 41 4 59 Touchdown
3 1:49 3:50 OPP 34 8 30 Field Goal
4 11:28 2:11 OWN 48 3 -15 Punt
4 9:11 1:32 OPP 48 3 3 Punt
4 6:50 1:23 OWN 29 3 6 Punt
4 5:09 1:39 OWN 49 3 10 Punt
4 1:49 0:19 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
4 1:10 1:10 OPP 20 3 -4 Game

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:26 4:15 OWN 16 8 84 Touchdown
1 7:03 0:54 OWN 9 3 -13 Safety
1 4:36 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 1:27 1:34 OWN 3 3 10 Punt
2 13:27 0:50 OWN 16 3 0 Punt
2 11:09 3:54 OWN 17 7 13 Punt
2 5:31 1:32 OWN 19 3 4 Punt
2 3:05 1:39 OWN 18 5 82 Touchdown
3 15:00 2:06 OWN 30 4 22 Punt
3 5:31 0:57 OWN 22 3 -5 Punt
3 2:25 0:36 OWN 25 2 4 Interception
4 13:00 1:31 OWN 20 3 -5 Punt
4 9:18 0:07 OWN 19 1 -19 Safety
4 7:39 0:49 OWN 7 6 15 Punt
4 5:27 0:17 OWN 8 2 92 Touchdown
4 3:30 1:40 OWN 8 9 78 Interception
4 1:30 0:20 OWN 30 4 5 Downs

Rushing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kenneth Boyd 17 63 3.71 14 2 0
Joe Doyle 18 35 1.94 18 1 2
James Lightfoot 4 28 7.00 16 2 0
Clayton Worthey 2 11 5.50 8 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cory Martin 13 19 1.46 14 1 0
Jeremy Cooper 6 -1 -0.17 9 0 1

Passing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Lightfoot 31 18 348 3 / 21 3 66 0 129.50

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 46 19 463 2 / 16 3 92 2 82.07

Receiving Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Boyd 6 172 28.67 66 3
Steven Melin 3 89 29.67 65 0
James Sheckler 2 30 15.00 21 0
Stanley Braun 2 20 10.00 12 0
Clayton Worthey 2 16 8.00 18 0
William Ramsey 1 16 16.00 16 0
Joe Doyle 2 5 2.50 3 0

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matt Ellis 4 151 37.75 75 1
Allan Boyer 2 108 54.00 92 1
Roger Saddler 3 73 24.33 43 0
Jacob Scully 3 55 18.33 20 1
Gary Munch 3 46 15.33 21 0
Tom Torres 1 13 13.00 13 0
Cory Martin 2 9 4.50 8 0
Jeremy Cooper 1 8 8.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Emmitt James 51 40 1 5
Damon Fisher 52 37 1 3
Gerald Demott 51 45 0 2
Ramon Boldt 0 5 0 0
Jason Shinkle 0 1 0 0
Andre Stevens 0 1 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 3 0 0
Stanley Braun 0 7 0 0
James Walkowiak 1 0 0 0
Miguel Gross 0 4 0 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 6 0 1
Troy Tomas 0 8 0 1
Rick Edwards 0 7 0 1
Larry Ackman 0 8 0 2
Anthony Munoz 1 3 0 0
Robert Newton 0 6 0 0
Robert Johannes 0 4 0 0
Kenneth Boyd 10 22 0 1
Joe Doyle 8 3 0 0
James Sheckler 0 22 0 0
Steven Melin 13 32 0 0
William Ramsey 12 19 0 0
Curtis McLean 2 4 0 0
Chris Moneymaker 0 1 0 0
Clayton Worthey 1 2 0 0
Wayne Williams 20 23 0 0
Rudolph Guerrero 46 42 0 2
Donald Glenn 38 38 0 2
Wayne Bouchard 0 1 0 0

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Travis Curcio 0 5 0 0
Cory Martin 9 3 0 0
Caleb Young 1 1 0 0
Kevin Rickard 0 2 0 0
Jeremy Cooper 4 0 0 0
Paul Wright 13 0 0 0
Garland Gipson 0 3 0 0
Donald Williams 16 2 0 0
Mark Roberts 12 0 0 0
Matt Ellis 0 8 0 0
Tom Torres 9 18 0 1
Gary Munch 7 11 0 0
Wesley Griffin 50 28 0 1
Brian Vazquez 0 6 0 0
David Aybar 45 20 0 0
Frank Castillo 47 30 0 3
Jacob Scully 13 19 0 1
Roger Saddler 0 15 0 0
Joel Lossett 53 21 0 1
Brian Pollack 49 23 0 0
Matthew Minor 0 6 0 0
Richard Brazier 0 6 0 0
James West 11 6 0 0
Dale Harris 8 5 0 0
Ulysses Hewitt 0 4 0 0
Jeffrey Smith 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Miguel Gross 1 2 2.00 0
Ramon Boldt 1 1 1.00 0

Washington Federals

Fumble Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Juan Bennett 0 0 1 0
Joseph Baker 0 1 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Cory Martin 1 0 0 0
Tom Torres 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jeff Johnson 10 446 44.60 44.60 57 9

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Garland Hubler 8 368 46.00 43.00 53 1

Kicking

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Nathan Booker 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 23 3 / 5

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Melvin Woods 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 4 / 4

Punt Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Ramsey 3 25 8.3 12 0

Washington Federals

Kick Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Ramsey 3 86 28.7 0

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gary Munch 5 101 20.2 0

Defensive Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Tackles Sacks
Larry Ackman 6 0
Troy Tomas 5 0
Rick Edwards 5 0
Miguel Gross 5 0
Ramon Boldt 3 0
Jeffrey Keeley 3 0
Kyle Grimmett 3 0
Anthony Munoz 3 1
Robert Newton 2 1
Curtis McLean 2 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 1 0
Juan Bennett 1 0
Cameron Herring 1 0

Washington Federals

Name Tackles Sacks
Craig Edson 11 1
Travis Curcio 6 0
Ulysses Hewitt 6 0
Richard Brazier 5 0
Dino Perez 5 0
John Broussard 5 1
Willie Hoover 3 0
Francis Vanhoose 3 0
Dale Harris 3 0
Matthew Minor 3 0
William Kyle 2 0
Douglas Beasley 2 0
Jeffrey Danko 2 0
Roy Stewart 2 1
Emanuel Mozee 1 0
Richard Fleming 1 0
Cory Martin 1 0
Paul Holder 1 0
Brian Pollack 1 0