Conference Championship: Federals at VooDoo
January 11, 1981 70° Superdome
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
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
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
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
VooDoo
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#32 Kenneth Boyd 17 63 3.71 14 2 0
#20 Joe Doyle 18 35 1.94 18 1 2
#4 James Lightfoot 4 28 7.00 16 2 0
#12 Clayton Worthey 2 11 5.50 8 0 0
Federals
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#33 Cory Martin 13 19 1.46 14 1 0
#43 Jeremy Cooper 6 -1 -0.17 9 0 1
Passing Stats
VooDoo
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 James Lightfoot 31 18 348 3 / 21 3 66 0 129.50
Federals
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#2 Joe Richardson 46 19 463 2 / 16 3 92 2 82.07
Receiving Stats
VooDoo
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#32 Kenneth Boyd 6 172 28.67 66 3
#80 Steven Melin 3 89 29.67 65 0
#13 James Sheckler 2 30 15.00 21 0
#11 Stanley Braun 2 20 10.00 12 0
#12 Clayton Worthey 2 16 8.00 18 0
#83 William Ramsey 1 16 16.00 16 0
#20 Joe Doyle 2 5 2.50 3 0
Federals
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#84 Matt Ellis 4 151 37.75 75 1
#80 Allan Boyer 2 108 54.00 92 1
#82 Roger Saddler 3 73 24.33 43 0
#85 Jacob Scully 3 55 18.33 20 1
#83 Gary Munch 3 46 15.33 21 0
#42 Tom Torres 1 13 13.00 13 0
#33 Cory Martin 2 9 4.50 8 0
#43 Jeremy Cooper 1 8 8.00 8 0
Blocking Stats
VooDoo
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Emmitt James 51 40 1 5
#66 Damon Fisher 52 37 1 3
#75 Gerald Demott 51 45 0 2
#32 Kenneth Boyd 10 22 0 1
#66 Donald Glenn 38 38 0 2
#79 Rudolph Guerrero 46 42 0 2
#23 Wayne Williams 20 23 0 0
#12 Clayton Worthey 1 2 0 0
#69 Chris Moneymaker 0 1 0 0
#99 Curtis McLean 2 4 0 0
#83 William Ramsey 12 19 0 0
#80 Steven Melin 13 32 0 0
#13 James Sheckler 0 22 0 0
#20 Joe Doyle 8 3 0 0
#48 Robert Newton 0 6 0 0
#31 Robert Johannes 0 4 0 0
#90 Ramon Boldt 0 5 0 0
#50 Anthony Munoz 1 3 0 0
#24 Larry Ackman 0 8 0 2
#21 Rick Edwards 0 7 0 1
#33 Troy Tomas 0 8 0 1
#93 Jeffrey Alfaro 0 6 0 1
#98 Miguel Gross 0 4 0 0
#85 James Walkowiak 1 0 0 0
#11 Stanley Braun 0 7 0 0
#54 Juan Bennett 0 3 0 0
#80 Andre Stevens 0 1 0 0
#59 Jason Shinkle 0 1 0 0
#51 Wayne Bouchard 0 1 0 0
Federals
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#56 Travis Curcio 0 5 0 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 0 6 0 0
#30 Ulysses Hewitt 0 4 0 0
#95 Dale Harris 8 5 0 0
#89 James West 11 6 0 0
#35 Richard Brazier 0 6 0 0
#43 Matthew Minor 0 6 0 0
#60 Brian Pollack 49 23 0 0
#71 Joel Lossett 53 21 0 1
#82 Roger Saddler 0 15 0 0
#85 Jacob Scully 13 19 0 1
#79 Frank Castillo 47 30 0 3
#74 David Aybar 45 20 0 0
#62 Wesley Griffin 50 28 0 1
#33 Cory Martin 9 3 0 0
#83 Gary Munch 7 11 0 0
#42 Tom Torres 9 18 0 1
#84 Matt Ellis 0 8 0 0
#69 Mark Roberts 12 0 0 0
#78 Donald Williams 16 2 0 0
#92 Garland Gipson 0 3 0 0
#67 Paul Wright 13 0 0 0
#43 Jeremy Cooper 4 0 0 0
#59 Kevin Rickard 0 2 0 0
#31 Caleb Young 1 1 0 0
#63 Jeffrey Smith 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
VooDoo
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#98 Miguel Gross 1 2 2.00 0
#90 Ramon Boldt 1 1 1.00 0
Federals
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
VooDoo
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#54 Juan Bennett 0 0 1 0
#82 Joseph Baker 0 1 0 0
Federals
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#33 Cory Martin 1 0 0 0
#42 Tom Torres 0 1 0 0
Punting
VooDoo
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Jeff Johnson 10 446 44.60 44.60 57 9
Federals
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Garland Hubler 8 368 46.00 43.00 53 1
Kicking
VooDoo
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 Nathan Booker 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 23 3 / 5
Federals
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#19 Melvin Woods 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 4 / 4
Punt Return
VooDoo
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 William Ramsey 3 25 8.3 12 0
Federals
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
VooDoo
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#83 William Ramsey 3 86 28.7 0
Federals
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#83 Gary Munch 5 101 20.2 0
Defensive Stats
VooDoo
Name Tackles Sacks
#24 Larry Ackman 6 0
#21 Rick Edwards 5 0
#33 Troy Tomas 5 0
#98 Miguel Gross 5 0
#90 Ramon Boldt 3 0
#46 Jeffrey Keeley 3 0
#90 Kyle Grimmett 3 0
#50 Anthony Munoz 3 1
#48 Robert Newton 2 1
#99 Curtis McLean 2 0
#93 Jeffrey Alfaro 1 0
#54 Juan Bennett 1 0
#55 Cameron Herring 1 0
Federals
Name Tackles Sacks
#52 Craig Edson 11 1
#56 Travis Curcio 6 0
#30 Ulysses Hewitt 6 0
#35 Richard Brazier 5 0
#57 Dino Perez 5 0
#98 John Broussard 5 1
#43 Matthew Minor 3 0
#95 Dale Harris 3 0
#42 Francis Vanhoose 3 0
#21 Willie Hoover 3 0
#93 Roy Stewart 2 1
#53 William Kyle 2 0
#58 Douglas Beasley 2 0
#32 Jeffrey Danko 2 0
#47 Emanuel Mozee 1 0
#58 Richard Fleming 1 0
#33 Cory Martin 1 0
#11 Paul Holder 1 0
#60 Brian Pollack 1 0