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Week 7: New York (NY) Stars at Southern California Sun

October 18, 1981
76°
Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) Attendance: 45,798 (66%)
(NY) Stars 0 0 0 6 - 6
Sun 3 3 14 0 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sun: 4-4-NYS 14 (8:06) 17-Alan Grossi 32 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 3 NYS 0
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-1-NYS 11 (11:11) 17-Alan Grossi 29 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 6 NYS 0
(Qtr 3) Sun: 2-10-NYS 33 (12:07) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 86-Gregory Drayton to NYS 0 for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 13 NYS 0
(Qtr 3) Sun: 2-4-NYS 4 (5:34) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 30-Mark Field for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 20 NYS 0
(Qtr 4) (NY) Stars: 4-1-SCS 4 (6:29) 2-Christopher Meade 21 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 20 NYS 3
(Qtr 4) (NY) Stars: 4-1-SCS 13 (1:34) 2-Christopher Meade 30 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 20 NYS 6

Team Statistics

Sun (NY) Stars
First Downs 14 17
- Rushing 4 5
- Passing 10 12
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 341 296
- Offensive Plays 53 60
- Yards Per Play 6.43 4.93
Net Rushing Yards 108 61
- Rushing Attempts 28 17
- Yards Per Rush 3.86 3.59
Net Passing Yards 233 235
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 19 / 0 41 / 34 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 245 252
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 12 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.32 5.47
- Yards Per Completion 12.89 7.41
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 10 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.1 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 10 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 2 1 / 7
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 18 3 / 88
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 25
Time of Possession 32:58 27:02

Drive Charts

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:02 4:59 OWN 20 8 66 Field Goal
1 6:58 3:31 OWN 24 5 23 Punt
1 1:19 5:11 OWN 37 8 52 Field Goal
2 8:51 5:26 OWN 7 8 41 Punt
2 1:53 1:01 OWN 38 3 9 Punt
3 15:00 3:01 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 10:18 4:48 OWN 30 9 70 Touchdown
4 12:56 1:21 OWN 20 3 -11 Punt
4 6:26 2:09 OWN 14 3 10 Punt
4 1:31 1:31 OWN 13 8 11 Game

New York (NY) Stars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:58 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 8:03 1:05 OWN 29 3 -1 Punt
1 3:27 2:07 OWN 4 3 9 Punt
2 11:08 2:17 OWN 27 4 29 Punt
2 3:26 1:33 OWN 11 3 5 Punt
2 0:52 0:52 OWN 18 3 20 Half
3 11:59 1:41 OWN 28 3 -6 Punt
3 5:30 7:33 OWN 25 12 74 Missed FG
4 11:36 5:10 OWN 40 10 56 Field Goal
4 4:17 2:46 OWN 39 9 48 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ronald Diaz 20 72 3.60 15 3 0
Douglas Donald 8 36 4.50 15 1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ernest Lynch 15 62 4.13 13 4 0
Joe Daniels 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Oscar Willis 24 19 245 1 / 12 2 36 0 136.98

New York (NY) Stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Roberge 41 34 252 2 / 17 0 26 0 92.28

Receiving Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gregory Drayton 4 103 25.75 36 1
David Tucker 3 50 16.67 21 0
Douglas Donald 2 29 14.50 25 0
Mark Field 4 29 7.25 10 1
Ronald Diaz 4 14 3.50 7 0
Stuart Haney 1 14 14.00 14 0
Thomas Dayton 1 6 6.00 6 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Carmen Nelson 7 88 12.57 26 0
Joe Daniels 8 36 4.50 19 0
Wendell Figueroa 4 27 6.75 15 0
Allan Howard 2 24 12.00 14 0
Leonard Arredondo 4 19 4.75 10 0
Ernest Lynch 5 17 3.40 9 0
Joseph Leblanc 1 16 16.00 16 0
Anthony Salgado 1 10 10.00 10 0
Robert Freese 1 8 8.00 8 0
Danny Merrill 1 7 7.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Guy Rojas 32 30 1 8
Thomas Dayton 0 26 0 0
Steven Bunger 13 4 0 2
Thomas Erwin 0 1 0 0
Javier Woods 0 1 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 1 0 0
Ronald Peters 2 3 0 1
Brent Couture 2 1 0 0
Cary Gagne 0 2 0 0
Douglas Donald 5 3 0 0
Dan Fredericks 6 0 0 0
Brian Middleton 2 2 0 0
Stuart Haney 11 2 0 0
John Martin 0 28 0 1
David Nelson 0 5 0 0
Ronald Diaz 3 0 0 0
Mark Field 8 21 0 2
David Ellis 25 28 0 3
Dennis Lee 25 32 0 0
Gregory Drayton 7 18 0 0
Charles Long 33 30 0 0
David Tucker 0 19 0 1
Mark Trask 27 28 0 3
Edward Standley 0 1 0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Arellano 49 27 1 2
Joe Daniels 5 1 1 2
Earl Murtagh 51 25 0 0
Daniel Roth 0 1 0 0
Donald Fernandez 0 8 0 1
Anthony Salgado 0 1 0 0
Robert Moore 0 1 0 0
Trey Pittman 0 1 0 1
Earl Campbell 0 1 0 0
Danny Merrill 0 12 0 0
Ernest Lynch 4 8 0 1
Allen Maloney 0 3 0 0
Ronnie Stahl 0 3 0 0
Geoffrey Melvin 0 2 0 0
Ronnie Davila 0 4 0 0
Joshua Nickols 0 4 0 0
Rodney Preston 0 4 0 1
Larry Williams 0 2 0 0
Kurt Kim 0 3 0 0
Paul Reed 0 3 0 0
William Dew 10 0 0 0
Eric Bigham 6 6 0 2
Samuel Robles 9 0 0 0
Wendell Figueroa 5 10 0 0
Robert Freese 0 13 0 1
Joseph Leblanc 3 17 0 0
Gaston Gross 52 27 0 1
Joseph Brooks 48 28 0 1
Carmen Nelson 3 20 0 2
Curtis Hartig 50 25 0 1
Allan Howard 0 13 0 0
Leonard Arredondo 8 11 0 1
Howard Zacharias 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Southern California Sun

New York (NY) Stars

Fumble Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Edward Standley 0 0 1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Allan Howard 1 0 0 0
Allen Maloney 0 1 0 0
Donald Fernandez 0 1 0 0

Punting

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 5 222 44.40 43.00 51 3

New York (NY) Stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Bruce Kester 6 280 46.67 46.17 51 2

Kicking

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Alan Grossi 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 2 / 2

New York (NY) Stars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Meade 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 30 0 / 0

Punt Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Cary Gagne 1 2 2.0 2 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Allan Howard 1 7 7.0 7 0

Kick Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Ronald Diaz 1 18 18.0 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Allan Howard 3 88 29.3 0

Defensive Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Thomas Koenig 9 0
Gary Carroll 8 0
Robert Ridley 7 0
Donald Weaver 4 0
Edward Standley 4 0
Donald Martinez 4 0
William Purcell 3 1
Elmer Bunting 3 0
Brian Middleton 3 0
Javier Woods 3 0
Travis Rooks 2 0
Thomas Erwin 2 0
Michael Huff 1 0
Thomas Dayton 1 0
Timothy Foreman 1 1
Ricky McLean 1 0
Norman Brown 1 0

New York (NY) Stars

Name Tackles Sacks
Alejandro Cavanaugh 9 1
Paul Reed 6 0
Larry Williams 5 0
Eric Bigham 5 0
Daniel Roth 4 0
John Dipaolo 4 0
Geoffrey Melvin 3 0
Ronnie Davila 2 0
Joshua Nickols 2 0
Robert Moore 2 0
Kurt Kim 1 0
Patrick Floyd 1 0
Earl Campbell 1 0
Rodney Preston 1 0
James Akers 1 0