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World Bowl XXXIX: Houston Gamblers vs. New Jersey Generals

January 23, 1983
72°
Legion Field (Birmingham, AL) Attendance: 68,003 (95%)
Gamblers 7 3 14 13 - 37
Generals 14 3 3 0 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 2-10-HOU 21 (10:25) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 32-Rudi Johnson to HOU 0 for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 7 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Generals: 1-10-HOU 16 (2:54) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 32-Rudi Johnson for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 14 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 2-8-HOU 42 (1:29) 83-James Connelly ran for 58 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. NJG 14 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-3-HOU 26 (8:44) 3-Lucio Grant 44 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 17 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 4-2-NJG 37 (1:58) 19-Daniel McCormack 56 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 17 HOU 10
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 3-3-NJG 4 (7:38) 6-Mario Valencia pass complete to 22-Danny Keating for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. NJG 17 HOU 17
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-1-HOU 12 (2:22) 3-Lucio Grant 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 20 HOU 17
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 1-10-HOU 25 (2:20) 6-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-James Connelly for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. NJG 20 HOU 24
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 3-2-NJG 2 (14:14) 6-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-James Connelly to NJG 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. NJG 20 HOU 31
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-10-NJG 28 (1:51) 19-Daniel McCormack 46 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 20 HOU 34
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-17-NJG 39 (1:30) 19-Daniel McCormack 57 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 20 HOU 37

Team Statistics

Generals Gamblers
First Downs 15 14
- Rushing 10 1
- Passing 5 13
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 306 394
- Offensive Plays 61 68
- Yards Per Play 5.02 5.79
Net Rushing Yards 176 116
- Rushing Attempts 33 28
- Yards Per Rush 5.33 4.14
Net Passing Yards 130 278
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 13 / 1 37 / 22 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 130 307
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 29
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.64 6.95
- Yards Per Completion 10.00 13.95
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 11 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.3 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 3 / 22
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 5
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 31 1 / 29
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 32
Time of Possession 28:52 31:07

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:41 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
1 6:40 3:51 OWN 42 7 58 Touchdown
1 1:19 2:36 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
2 12:11 3:31 OWN 42 6 32 Field Goal
2 6:32 2:49 OWN 35 6 33 Missed FG
2 1:54 0:49 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 0:48 0:15 OWN 32 3 0 Punt
3 7:35 5:16 OWN 25 8 63 Field Goal
3 2:07 0:51 OWN 25 2 -8 Fumble
4 14:11 1:31 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 10:28 2:00 OWN 28 3 10 Punt
4 1:48 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 1:26 0:37 OWN 25 3 0 Punt

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:19 3:39 OWN 25 9 28 Interception
1 2:49 1:30 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 13:43 1:31 OWN 11 3 -3 Punt
2 8:40 2:08 OWN 24 3 -10 Punt
2 3:43 1:49 OWN 40 4 23 Field Goal
2 1:05 0:17 OWN 23 3 0 Punt
2 0:33 0:33 OWN 23 2 60 Half
3 15:00 7:25 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
3 2:19 0:12 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 1:16 2:05 OPP 21 5 21 Touchdown
4 12:40 2:12 OWN 29 3 -12 Punt
4 8:28 6:40 OWN 26 15 45 Field Goal
4 1:43 0:17 OPP 32 3 -7 Field Goal
4 0:49 0:49 OWN 29 2 5 Game

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 14 87 6.21 15 4 0
Magic Johnson 10 63 6.30 13 3 0
Snake Plissken 4 19 4.75 7 0 0
James Roberson 5 7 1.40 4 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Connelly 15 94 6.27 58 2 1
August Madrid 9 22 2.44 7 0 0
Chase Miles 2 0 0.00 1 0 0
Mario Valencia 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Stephan Labelle 28 13 130 0 / 0 2 22 1 69.05

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 37 22 307 3 / 29 3 75 1 101.97

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rudi Johnson 4 72 18.00 21 2
Magic Johnson 1 22 22.00 22 0
Justin Timberlake 4 13 3.25 10 0
Chad Ochocinco 2 11 5.50 6 0
Kenneth William 1 7 7.00 7 0
Johnny Fever 1 5 5.00 5 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Connelly 7 131 18.71 75 2
Gabriel Ahrens 3 51 17.00 26 0
August Madrid 2 41 20.50 37 0
John Risinger 4 28 7.00 13 0
Danny Keating 3 28 9.33 23 1
Bruce Edwards 2 24 12.00 12 0
Chase Miles 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jimmy Hoffa 38 35 0 1
Eddie Head 11 4 0 0
Bon Scott 0 1 0 0
Daniel Tosh 0 1 0 0
John Joyce 0 1 0 0
Jim LeClair 0 1 0 1
Mike Weddington 0 1 0 0
Gary Barbaro 0 1 0 0
Bobby Leopold 0 1 0 0
James McDevitt 9 9 0 0
Dustin Diamond 3 1 0 0
Andrew Zeller 7 1 0 0
Dusty Baker 9 2 0 0
Bruce Dickinson 0 3 0 1
James Roberson 3 2 0 0
Steve Niehaus 39 38 0 2
Steve Jobs 0 3 0 0
Kenneth William 0 7 0 0
Johnny Fever 0 4 0 0
Magic Johnson 6 2 0 0
Snake Plissken 10 20 0 0
Justin Timberlake 0 11 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 15 0 0
Leroy Selmon 4 30 0 4
Tony Berryhill 29 35 0 0
Don "Donkey" Kong 37 41 0 0
Rudi Johnson 4 0 0 0
Elvis Presley 30 36 0 2
Indiana Jones 0 1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Keith Barge 46 31 1 3
Christopher Jarman 39 24 1 1
Luis Davidson 46 22 0 0
Marcus Medina 0 2 0 0
Irvin Balzer 3 3 0 0
Philip King 0 2 0 1
Luis Torres 0 2 0 0
Stuart Plemons 14 10 0 0
Willie Nelson 0 3 0 0
Martin Cabrera 2 0 0 0
Antone Posey 1 0 0 0
Roderick Carver 0 3 0 0
Robert Cole 0 1 0 0
Travis Dean 1 1 0 0
William McCoy 2 5 0 1
Brandon Boyd 0 1 0 0
Malcolm Nazario 0 2 0 0
Lloyd McCoy 0 1 0 0
Jerry Aiello 0 1 0 0
Carl Lawlor 49 32 0 1
August Peterson 0 2 0 0
Thomas Knotts 1 17 0 0
David Peralta 0 3 0 0
Douglas Cormier 11 3 0 0
August Madrid 15 11 0 2
Chase Miles 6 8 0 1
James Connelly 3 3 0 0
Gabriel Ahrens 0 9 0 0
Bruce Edwards 0 13 0 0
Danny Keating 11 28 0 0
John Risinger 0 21 0 1
Philip Johnson 44 28 0 1
Jeffrey Lovelace 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bob Marley 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Glasgow 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Rudi Johnson 1 0 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Malcolm Nazario 0 1 1 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 6 264 44.00 43.67 49 1

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 4 198 49.50 49.50 53 0

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 44 2 / 2

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 3 / 3 3 / 3 2 / 2 57 4 / 4

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Connelly 2 5 2.5 4 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Rudi Johnson 1 31 31.0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Connelly 1 29 29.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
John Joyce 7 0
Bruce Dickinson 7 0
Indiana Jones 6 0
Dustin Diamond 5 0
Daniel Tosh 4 0
Bon Scott 4 0
Ernest Huggins 3 1
James Lockette 2 1
Mike Williams 2 0
Jim LeClair 2 0
Kerry Justin 2 0
Bob Marley 2 0
Mike Weddington 1 0
John Jolley 1 0
Tony Perez 1 0
Steve Niehaus 1 0
Tom Woodland 1 1
Leroy Selmon 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Malcolm Nazario 11 0
Jerry Aiello 7 0
Roderick Carver 5 0
Philip King 4 0
Michael Pollock 3 0
David Peralta 3 0
James Beasley 3 0
Robert Cole 2 0
August Peterson 2 0
Bruce Edwards 1 0
Richard Glasgow 1 0
Luis Torres 1 0