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Week 1: San Antonio Gunslingers at New Orleans VooDoo

September 06, 1981
70°
Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 64,125 (88%)
Gunslingers 7 7 7 7 - 28
VooDoo 14 3 14 3 - 34

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gunslingers: 1-10-STO 48 (12:57) 14-Tony Smith pass complete to 80-Freddie Mercury for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Hensley. NOV 0 STO 7
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 3-2-STO 2 (7:54) 32-Kenneth Boyd ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. NOV 7 STO 7
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 1-4-STO 4 (4:14) 32-Kenneth Boyd ran to STO 0 for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. NOV 14 STO 7
(Qtr 2) Gunslingers: 2-4-NOV 4 (13:09) (Hot Read) 14-Tony Smith pass complete to 38-Hoyt Axton for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Hensley. NOV 14 STO 14
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 4-4-STO 10 (7:14) 2-Jose Fouche 28 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 17 STO 14
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 2-10-STO 29 (10:54) 17-James Lightfoot pass complete to 12-James Sheckler for 29 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. NOV 24 STO 14
(Qtr 3) Gunslingers: 1-10-NOV 26 (5:27) 14-Tony Smith pass complete to 87-Cory Cox for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Hensley. NOV 24 STO 21
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 2-5-STO 5 (0:33) 39-Bernard McCarter ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. NOV 31 STO 21
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-2-STO 25 (9:04) 2-Jose Fouche 44 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 34 STO 21
(Qtr 4) Gunslingers: 1-10-NOV 15 (6:16) 14-Tony Smith pass complete to 81-Lee Williams to NOV 0 for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Hensley. STO 64-Anthony Hicks was injured on the play. NOV 34 STO 28

Team Statistics

VooDoo Gunslingers
First Downs 17 20
- Rushing 10 5
- Passing 6 15
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 375 484
- Offensive Plays 57 66
- Yards Per Play 6.58 7.33
Net Rushing Yards 209 103
- Rushing Attempts 40 22
- Yards Per Rush 5.23 4.68
Net Passing Yards 166 381
- Att/Comp/Int 16 / 11 / 0 43 / 27 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 168 389
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 2 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.76 8.66
- Yards Per Completion 15.27 14.41
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 10 7 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.9 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 23 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 17
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 6 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 25
Time of Possession 31:22 28:39

Drive Charts

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:50 4:59 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 6:21 2:10 OWN 47 4 53 Touchdown
2 13:05 5:54 OWN 25 9 65 Field Goal
2 7:02 2:14 OPP 41 3 8 Punt
2 2:41 1:01 OWN 37 4 30 Punt
3 15:00 4:12 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
3 5:21 4:51 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
4 12:40 1:29 OWN 16 3 3 Punt
4 11:08 2:08 OPP 33 3 8 Field Goal
4 6:13 2:06 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 1:09 0:18 OWN 12 3 -3 Punt

San Antonio Gunslingers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:10 OWN 19 4 81 Touchdown
1 7:51 1:30 OWN 25 4 25 Interception
1 4:11 6:05 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
2 7:12 0:10 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
2 4:48 2:08 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
2 1:40 1:40 OWN 20 3 12 Half
3 10:48 5:28 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
3 0:30 2:49 OWN 25 6 24 Punt
4 11:11 0:03 OWN 31 1 0 Interception
4 9:00 2:47 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
4 4:07 2:58 OWN 22 11 68 Interception
4 0:51 0:51 OWN 40 4 29 Game

Rushing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bernard McCarter 16 98 6.13 30 4 1
Kenneth Boyd 16 74 4.63 12 3 2
Albert Naquin 8 37 4.63 15 3 0

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Tony Smith 3 51 17.00 28 3 0
Jeffrey Graham 5 28 5.60 11 2 0
Travis Tucker 13 23 1.77 13 1 0
Hoyt Axton 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Lightfoot 16 11 168 1 / 2 1 37 0 123.96

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Smith 43 27 389 1 / 8 4 52 4 84.35

Receiving Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Steven Melin 5 51 10.20 20 0
James Sheckler 2 41 20.50 29 1
Kenneth Boyd 1 37 37.00 37 0
William Ramsey 1 23 23.00 23 0
Albert Naquin 1 16 16.00 16 0
Bernard McCarter 1 0 0.00 0 0

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Freddie Mercury 2 92 46.00 52 1
Marshall Gibson 7 92 13.14 21 0
Chris Cornell 4 78 19.50 28 0
Travis Tucker 5 30 6.00 10 0
Jeffrey Graham 2 26 13.00 18 0
Cory Cox 1 26 26.00 26 1
Homer Childress 1 25 25.00 25 0
Lee Williams 1 15 15.00 15 1
Hoyt Axton 4 5 1.25 4 1

Blocking Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Ramsey 8 16 0 0
Dave Lapham 4 0 0 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 3 0 0
Bernard McCarter 2 0 0 0
Albert Naquin 1 0 0 0
Al Schwartz 0 3 0 0
Robert Johannes 1 2 0 0
Arthur Ellis 0 2 0 0
Frank Mattiace 0 2 0 0
Rick Edwards 4 2 0 2
Larry Ackman 0 2 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 3 0 0
Troy Tomas 0 3 0 0
Thomas Mandell 0 5 0 0
James Tompkins 0 1 0 0
Steven Melin 8 26 0 0
Joseph Baker 0 4 0 1
Clayton Worthey 0 8 0 0
Ricky Hash 0 11 0 2
Maurice Bennett 4 27 0 2
Stanley Braun 0 4 0 2
James Sheckler 0 18 0 0
Rudolph Guerrero 26 43 0 3
Emmitt James 27 46 0 4
Donald Glenn 26 41 0 1
Tyler Herman 24 39 0 3
Kenneth Boyd 6 10 0 0
Gerald Demott 25 47 0 3
Jason Shinkle 0 1 0 0

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Raymond Andres 49 22 1 2
Jonathan Neal 0 1 0 1
Hoyt Axton 27 28 0 1
Jeffrey Graham 4 5 0 0
Cory Cox 0 6 0 0
Robert Acosta 3 6 0 0
Travis Tucker 3 3 0 1
Lee Williams 6 6 0 1
Lawrence Becker 6 1 0 0
Robert Robinson 8 2 0 0
Harvey Gaertner 6 0 0 0
Chris Cornell 0 11 0 1
Homer Childress 2 15 0 2
John Coltrane 42 19 0 0
Kendall Burnett 0 1 0 0
Freddie Mercury 0 18 0 1
Clarence Clemons 47 24 0 1
Marshall Gibson 0 9 0 0
Kenneth Collins 49 24 0 3
Anthony Hicks 53 38 0 2
Scott Joplin 0 1 0 0
Randall Bridges 0 1 0 0
John Bonham 0 1 0 0
David Wilkins 2 1 0 0
Fred Sanchez 0 1 0 0
Dwight Sullivan 10 4 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Anthony Munoz 3 4 1.33 0
Rick Edwards 1 2 2.00 0

San Antonio Gunslingers

Fumble Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Anthony Munoz 0 0 1 0

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Travis Tucker 1 0 0 0
Robert Acosta 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jeff Johnson 5 212 42.40 34.20 50 0

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Luis Lee 2 93 46.50 36.50 50 1

Kicking

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 4 / 4

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ronald Hensley 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 4 / 4

Punt Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Boyd 1 14 14.0 14 0
William Ramsey 1 9 9.0 9 0

San Antonio Gunslingers

Kick Return

New Orleans VooDoo

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Freddie Mercury 1 17 17.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Tackles Sacks
Rick Edwards 7 0
Paul Rivera 7 0
Troy Tomas 6 0
Al Schwartz 5 0
Jason Shinkle 4 0
Juan Bennett 3 0
Larry Ackman 3 0
Anthony Munoz 2 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 2 1
Frank Mattiace 2 0
Charles Huntington 1 0
Thomas Mandell 1 0
James Wellman 1 0
Jeffrey Keeley 1 0

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Tackles Sacks
Edward Blanco 12 0
Kendall Burnett 7 1
Roger Barrett 5 0
Ron Gonzalez 4 0
Jim Jansen 4 0
Roy Clark 3 0
Hilario Pardee 3 0
Jonathan Neal 2 0
Layne Staley 2 0
Jeffrey Graham 1 0
Homer Childress 1 0
Bruno Miller 1 0
David Wilkins 1 0
Prince Buster 1 0
Jim Morrison 1 0
Jose Lai 1 0
Jose Marrero 1 0
Marshall Gibson 1 0
Hoyt Axton 1 0