Wild Card: New Orleans VooDoo at Washington Federals

December 25, 1983
39°
RFK Stadium (Washington, D. C., DC) Attendance: 56,692 (100%)
VooDoo 7 0 6 10 - 23
Federals 0 13 0 3 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 2-1-WAS 7 (7:28) 18-Bruno Wilson pass complete to 39-Bernard McCarter to WAS 0 for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Jordan Fuller. WAS 0 NOV 7
(Qtr 2) Federals: 4-7-NOV 9 (13:48) 16-John Bazile 27 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 3 NOV 7
(Qtr 2) Federals: 1-10-NOV 15 (4:43) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 83-John Sanders for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Bazile. WAS 10 NOV 7
(Qtr 2) Federals: 4-10-NOV 19 (3:39) 16-John Bazile 37 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 13 NOV 7
(Qtr 3) VooDoo: 1-10-NOV 36 (11:27) 18-Bruno Wilson pass complete to 88-Ricky Hash for 64 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-1-WAS 1 (11:57) 12-Jordan Fuller 20 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 13 NOV 16
(Qtr 4) Federals: 4-3-NOV 19 (5:30) 16-John Bazile 37 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 16 NOV 16
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 1-10-WAS 11 (2:39) 18-Bruno Wilson pass complete to 13-James Sheckler for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Jordan Fuller. WAS 16 NOV 23

Team Statistics

Federals VooDoo
First Downs 13 19
- Rushing 3 5
- Passing 10 11
- Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 263 399
- Offensive Plays 70 70
- Yards Per Play 3.76 5.70
Net Rushing Yards 60 96
- Rushing Attempts 19 28
- Yards Per Rush 3.16 3.43
Net Passing Yards 203 303
- Att/Comp/Int 51 / 28 / 0 42 / 24 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 203 303
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.98 7.21
- Yards Per Completion 7.25 12.63
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 3 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 17 4 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 7.8
4th Down Conversions 1 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 47 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 10 4 / 40
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 26 3 / 54
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 17 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 30
Time of Possession 28:42 31:19

Drive Charts

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:50 1:33 OWN 21 3 -1 Punt
1 7:23 2:13 OWN 25 4 27 Punt
1 3:41 4:56 OPP 50 8 42 Field Goal
2 10:25 5:42 OWN 6 11 70 Fumble
2 3:46 0:11 OPP 19 3 0 Field Goal
2 1:35 1:35 OWN 5 3 6 Half
3 15:00 2:21 OWN 27 3 1 Punt
3 11:17 1:39 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
3 3:03 2:07 OWN 6 4 8 Punt
4 11:55 1:08 OWN 25 6 10 Punt
4 9:56 0:20 OWN 23 3 0 Punt
4 8:53 3:27 OPP 42 6 24 Field Goal
4 2:36 0:58 OWN 25 8 19 Downs
4 0:39 0:32 OWN 20 4 12 Downs

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:10 OWN 25 4 21 Punt
1 11:17 3:54 OWN 32 7 68 Touchdown
1 5:11 1:29 OWN 5 3 -4 Punt
2 13:45 3:20 OWN 12 7 32 Punt
2 4:42 0:04 OWN 15 1 -15 Touchdown
2 4:38 0:52 OWN 21 2 -11 Interception
2 3:35 2:01 OWN 18 7 48 Punt
3 12:39 1:22 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
3 9:38 6:36 OWN 20 12 37 Punt
3 0:55 4:00 OWN 39 10 60 Field Goal
4 10:47 0:51 OWN 27 3 -1 Punt
4 9:36 0:43 OPP 44 2 1 Interception
4 5:27 2:51 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
4 1:38 0:59 OPP 44 3 -1 Punt
4 0:07 0:07 OPP 23 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jason Laughlin 7 31 4.43 13 2 0
Cory Martin 12 29 2.42 6 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Socrates Rogers 19 85 4.47 17 5 0
Bernard McCarter 8 11 1.38 5 0 0
Bruno Wilson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 51 28 203 0 / 0 1 26 0 70.96

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Bruno Wilson 42 24 303 0 / 0 3 64 2 83.73

Receiving Stats

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Allan Boyer 4 55 13.75 26 0
Cory Martin 9 37 4.11 21 0
Luther Ellis 3 31 10.33 15 0
Jason Laughlin 7 25 3.57 10 0
John Sanders 2 24 12.00 15 1
Ivory Villanueva 1 18 18.00 18 0
Tom Torres 2 13 6.50 11 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Sheckler 9 140 15.56 34 1
Ricky Hash 4 92 23.00 64 1
Bernard McCarter 4 26 6.50 12 1
Socrates Rogers 2 23 11.50 21 0
Kenneth Boyd 2 8 4.00 5 0
Sterling Willis 1 7 7.00 7 0
Dennis Houde 1 6 6.00 6 0
Daniel Reiss 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Brian Pollack 54 23 0 1
Douglas Beasley 0 1 0 0
John Pantoja 0 1 0 0
Dino Perez 0 1 0 0
Warren Wright 2 0 0 0
Jeffrey Danko 0 2 0 0
Kevin Rickard 0 1 0 0
Ulysses Hewitt 0 2 0 0
Maurice Clemmons 0 1 0 0
Garland Gipson 0 1 0 0
Travis Curcio 0 2 0 1
Rocky Garfield 0 2 0 0
Francis Vanhoose 0 2 0 1
Stephen Newton 0 2 0 0
John Broussard 0 2 0 0
Richard Brazier 0 2 0 0
Daniel Dailey 1 2 0 0
Lee Ward 54 29 0 2
Jason Laughlin 5 5 0 0
Joel Lossett 60 33 0 2
James West 21 23 0 1
David Aybar 61 30 0 0
Wesley Griffin 58 27 0 1
Tom Torres 25 18 0 2
Allan Boyer 0 11 0 0
Ivory Villanueva 10 11 0 1
David Byers 0 1 0 0
Paul Wright 10 0 0 0
Matthew Minor 4 4 0 0
Luther Ellis 1 11 0 0
Cory Martin 5 1 0 0
John Sanders 0 13 0 2
Jeffrey Smith 7 1 0 0
Frank Castillo 0 1 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gerald Demott 52 45 0 2
Donald Lopez 0 4 0 0
Donald Cox 1 0 0 0
Justin Pryor 1 1 0 0
Sterling Willis 0 3 0 0
Jose Sherlock 2 0 0 0
Anthony Munoz 0 4 0 0
Thomas Mandell 0 2 0 0
Troy Tomas 4 4 0 0
Paul Rivera 0 4 0 1
Ricky Mardis 0 5 0 0
Juan Jacobson 0 6 0 1
Larry Ackman 0 2 0 0
Bernard McCarter 2 2 0 0
Rudolph Guerrero 50 25 0 1
Rolando Moulton 0 6 0 1
Lawrence Bruce 14 3 0 0
Steven Melin 11 7 0 0
Ricky Hash 0 24 0 0
James Sheckler 0 22 0 0
Dennis Houde 0 20 0 1
Kenneth Boyd 24 32 0 0
Socrates Rogers 10 2 0 0
Mitchell Jackson 36 31 0 6
Daniel Reiss 28 13 0 0
James Tompkins 42 38 0 1
Donald Dahlquist 47 36 0 1
Fredrick Brown 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Brazier 1 17 17.00 0
Jeffrey Danko 1 0 0.00 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Fumble Stats

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joe Richardson 1 0 0 0
Cory Martin 1 0 0 0
Lee Ward 0 1 0 0
Tom Torres 0 0 1 0
Jason Laughlin 0 1 0 0
Ulysses Hewitt 0 0 1 0
James West 0 0 1 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Fredrick Brown 1 1 1 0
Socrates Rogers 1 1 0 0
James Sheckler 1 0 0 0
Juan Jacobson 0 1 0 0

Punting

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Garland Hubler 7 349 49.86 40.14 67 1

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Henry Vogt 7 273 39.00 39.14 59 3

Kicking

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Bazile 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 1 / 1

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jordan Fuller 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 2 / 3

Punt Return

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jeffrey Danko 1 10 10.0 10 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Sheckler 4 40 10.0 29 0

Kick Return

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Ivory Villanueva 1 26 26.0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Bernard McCarter 3 54 18.0 0

Defensive Stats