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Week 1: San Jose SaberCats at Pittsburgh Maulers

September 05, 1982
61°
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 38,718 (66%)
SaberCats 0 0 0 0 - 0
Maulers 0 3 10 13 - 26

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-5-SJS 31 (2:17) 8-Bret Curley 48 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 3 SJS 0
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 4-1-SJS 30 (12:44) 8-Bret Curley 47 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 6 SJS 0
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 1-10-SJS 28 (3:19) 9-David Schmitt pass INTERCEPTED by 45-Ralph Johnson at SJS 31. 45-Ralph Johnson to SJS 0 for 31 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 13 SJS 0
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 1-10-PIT 20 (11:20) 27-John Murray ran for 80 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 1-10-SJS 7 (1:58) 9-David Schmitt pass INTERCEPTED by 44-Bradley Martinez at SJS 13. 44-Bradley Martinez to SJS 0 for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 26 SJS 0

Team Statistics

Maulers SaberCats
First Downs 15 9
- Rushing 8 2
- Passing 5 6
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 380 168
- Offensive Plays 73 67
- Yards Per Play 5.21 2.51
Net Rushing Yards 289 21
- Rushing Attempts 43 14
- Yards Per Rush 6.72 1.50
Net Passing Yards 91 147
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 10 / 1 52 / 32 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 91 157
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.03 2.77
- Yards Per Completion 9.10 4.91
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 2 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 14 3 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 3
Penalties/Yards 7 / 53 8 / 60
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 22 2 / 18
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 20 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 44 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 24
Time of Possession 33:54 26:08

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:44 1:23 OWN 12 3 7 Punt
1 8:03 3:23 OWN 3 7 37 Interception
1 3:47 4:07 OWN 12 9 33 Punt
2 12:32 0:51 OWN 44 3 5 Punt
2 9:31 2:18 OWN 45 9 36 Missed FG
2 5:02 2:49 OWN 41 5 27 Field Goal
2 0:57 0:57 OWN 20 4 33 Half
3 15:00 2:21 OWN 18 4 52 Field Goal
3 11:04 0:57 OWN 29 3 -6 Punt
3 7:25 2:07 OWN 35 5 15 Punt
3 3:10 1:24 OPP 25 3 8 Punt
3 1:46 3:14 OWN 41 5 27 Missed FG
4 11:20 0:13 OWN 20 1 80 Touchdown
4 10:31 1:59 OWN 26 3 6 Punt
4 7:32 1:58 OWN 38 3 0 Punt
4 4:37 2:40 OPP 30 6 22 Fumble
4 1:51 0:30 OPP 25 4 -16 Downs
4 1:22 0:43 OPP 26 2 3 Fumble

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:16 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
1 10:21 2:18 OWN 36 5 16 Punt
1 4:40 0:53 OPP 43 3 4 Punt
2 14:40 2:08 OWN 3 3 1 Punt
2 11:41 2:10 OWN 9 3 3 Punt
2 7:13 2:11 OWN 26 3 -6 Punt
2 2:13 1:16 OWN 25 6 21 Punt
3 12:39 1:36 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 10:07 2:42 OWN 32 5 25 Interception
3 5:18 2:08 OWN 13 4 15 Interception
4 13:32 2:13 OWN 39 7 25 Interception
4 11:07 0:36 OWN 25 4 6 Punt
4 8:32 1:00 OWN 23 3 1 Punt
4 5:34 0:56 OWN 20 4 10 Downs
4 1:57 0:06 OWN 7 1 0 Interception
4 0:39 0:39 OWN 12 2 16 Game

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Murray 13 140 10.77 80 3 1
Cliff Thomas 13 98 7.54 44 2 0
Raymond Hampton 12 39 3.25 10 1 0
Alfred Gale 5 12 2.40 14 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Daniel Bailey 8 16 2.00 10 1 0
Ray Bryant 3 5 1.67 4 0 0
Antoine Smith 3 0 0.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Tate 28 10 91 0 / 0 0 17 1 30.51
Scott Deal 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 52 32 157 1 / 10 0 16 4 33.89

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Murray 3 45 15.00 17 0
Charles Holt 2 18 9.00 10 0
Bobby Cantu 1 12 12.00 12 0
Javier Rudolph 2 9 4.50 5 0
Eric Metcalf 1 4 4.00 4 0
Brandon Bonner 1 3 3.00 3 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dusty Heckman 6 46 7.67 16 0
Herbert Schuler 4 29 7.25 8 0
Antoine Smith 3 23 7.67 13 0
Daniel Bailey 8 20 2.50 9 0
David Perez 2 16 8.00 10 0
Ray Bryant 4 10 2.50 8 0
Chad Carter 3 8 2.67 3 0
Evan Cunningham 1 4 4.00 4 0
Adam Gates 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Vito Moffat 0 15 0 1
Bradley Martinez 0 3 0 1
Lamont Thielen 0 3 0 0
Brandon Bonner 5 5 0 0
Charles Smith 0 2 0 0
Arthur Phillips 0 3 0 0
Gerald Patton 1 1 0 0
Cliff Thomas 1 2 0 0
John Hunter 2 3 0 1
Robert Keese 1 6 0 0
Nathaniel Miles 0 1 0 0
Robert McLean 0 1 0 0
Bryan Johnson 0 2 0 0
Bobby Cantu 0 2 0 0
Alfred Gale 0 1 0 1
Eric Reed 0 1 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 4 0 1
Charles Grey 0 2 0 0
Andre Adkins 38 56 0 6
Eugene Burlingame 35 38 0 2
Herman Winn 38 50 0 0
Tim Kaufman 41 50 0 1
Robert Diaz 6 41 0 0
Pete Gabriel 34 29 0 0
Eric Metcalf 0 21 0 3
Javier Rudolph 5 19 0 1
Dennis McLean 17 42 0 1
Gary Crowell 0 2 0 0
Gregory Khan 19 25 0 4
Ralph Johnson 3 0 0 0
Larry Barber 3 3 0 0
Charles Miller 6 5 0 0
Charles Holt 0 4 0 0
Raymond Hampton 4 3 0 0
John Murray 5 1 0 0
Brian Lowe 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Herbert Schuler 7 16 1 1
Michael Warren 57 22 0 0
Paul Maldonado 5 3 0 0
Richard Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
Robert Oakley 0 1 0 0
Douglas Carrigan 0 1 0 1
Timothy Garcia 0 1 0 0
William McMartin 0 2 0 0
Kyle Reed 0 1 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 1 0 0
Nickolas Taylor 0 2 0 0
Roger Luke 0 2 0 0
Dewayne Garcia 2 0 0 0
Adam Gates 4 3 0 0
Kenneth Anderson 0 2 0 1
David Perez 0 5 0 1
Daniel Bailey 5 2 0 0
Richard Mosley 52 23 0 0
Thomas Herring 8 6 0 0
Charles Anthony 7 5 0 0
Reginald Sawyers 15 3 0 0
Evan Cunningham 14 4 0 0
Thomas Trombetta 16 9 0 1
Ray Bryant 15 6 0 0
Chad Carter 0 9 0 1
Dusty Heckman 0 11 0 0
Brian Woodbury 49 19 0 0
Claude Rose 50 22 0 2
Antoine Smith 23 8 0 0
James Smith 56 23 0 4
Ezra Baumgardner 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Ralph Johnson 1 31 31.00 1
Bradley Martinez 1 13 13.00 1
Brian Lowe 1 0 0.00 0
Thomas Chau 1 0 0.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Paul Maldonado 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Raymond Hampton 2 0 0 0
Alfred Gale 1 1 0 0
Lamont Thielen 0 0 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Antoine Smith 1 0 0 0
Claude Rose 0 1 0 0
Charles Grant 0 1 0 0
Ezra Baumgardner 0 0 2 0
Eric Comfort 0 1 0 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 7 325 46.43 44.29 55 4

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 11 500 45.45 41.18 55 3

Kicking

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 2 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 0 48 2 / 2

San Jose SaberCats

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Alfred Gale 3 22 7.3 12 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Perez 2 18 9.0 10 0

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Alfred Gale 1 20 20.0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Defensive Stats