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World Bowl XL: Houston Gamblers vs. New Jersey Generals

January 20, 1985
70°
Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 73,208 (100%)
Gamblers 7 7 3 10 - 27
Generals 10 10 0 3 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-7-HOU 20 (11:19) 3-Lucio Grant 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-8-NJG 8 (8:27) 24-Chase Miles ran for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. NJG 3 HOU 7
(Qtr 1) Generals: 2-10-HOU 15 (7:01) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 34-Fred Dunagan for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 10 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-6-HOU 6 (14:19) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 85-Chad Ochocinco for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 17 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-10-NJG 12 (7:59) 11-Tony Dean pass complete to 24-Chase Miles to NJG 0 for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. NJG 17 HOU 14
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-10-HOU 14 (0:05) 3-Lucio Grant 31 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 20 HOU 14
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-6-NJG 19 (2:34) 19-Daniel McCormack 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 20 HOU 17
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-10-HOU 21 (11:48) 3-Lucio Grant 38 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 23 HOU 17
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 3-2-HOU 33 (10:25) 11-Tony Dean pass complete to 80-Gabriel Ahrens for 67 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. NJG 23 HOU 24
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-6-NJG 24 (2:17) 19-Daniel McCormack 42 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 23 HOU 27

Team Statistics

Generals Gamblers
First Downs 21 13
- Rushing 9 3
- Passing 12 10
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 448 404
- Offensive Plays 76 53
- Yards Per Play 5.89 7.62
Net Rushing Yards 178 47
- Rushing Attempts 35 16
- Yards Per Rush 5.09 2.94
Net Passing Yards 270 357
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 27 / 0 37 / 24 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 270 357
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.59 9.65
- Yards Per Completion 10.00 14.88
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 18 3 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.7 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 7 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 40 1 / 18
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 28 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 27
Time of Possession 34:25 25:32

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:24 2:09 OPP 23 3 3 Field Goal
1 8:23 1:27 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 5:22 6:07 OWN 29 11 71 Touchdown
2 12:11 2:08 OWN 11 4 39 Punt
2 7:53 4:56 OWN 25 7 46 Missed FG
2 2:11 2:09 OWN 19 10 68 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:29 OWN 25 6 40 Missed FG
3 10:03 3:26 OWN 4 5 17 Punt
3 2:30 3:25 OWN 30 6 21 Punt
4 13:26 1:41 OPP 42 6 21 Field Goal
4 10:16 1:00 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 7:38 1:18 OWN 23 3 -5 Punt
4 2:13 1:10 OWN 25 9 47 Downs

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:36 OWN 25 4 13 Interception
1 11:15 2:52 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 6:56 1:34 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 14:15 2:05 OWN 25 4 19 Punt
2 10:02 2:09 OWN 6 5 94 Touchdown
2 2:57 0:46 OWN 36 3 2 Punt
3 11:31 1:28 OWN 42 3 2 Punt
3 6:36 4:06 OWN 35 7 46 Field Goal
4 14:05 0:39 OWN 17 2 22 Interception
4 11:45 1:29 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 9:15 1:38 OWN 24 5 13 Punt
4 6:19 4:07 OWN 36 6 39 Field Goal
4 1:03 1:03 OWN 28 2 -1 Game

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 19 157 8.26 61 6 0
Magic Johnson 14 24 1.71 9 0 0
Fred Dunagan 2 -3 -1.50 0 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Chase Miles 12 45 3.75 16 2 1
Mark Lambert 2 2 1.00 2 0 0
Tony Dean 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Stephan Labelle 41 27 270 0 / 0 2 36 0 100.66

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 37 24 357 0 / 0 2 71 2 91.84

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rudi Johnson 3 60 20.00 36 0
Chad Ochocinco 4 38 9.50 19 1
Magic Johnson 4 38 9.50 28 0
Radar O'Reilly 3 33 11.00 23 0
Aaron Paul 4 27 6.75 12 0
Justin Timberlake 3 22 7.33 13 0
Leroy Selmon 2 22 11.00 16 0
Fred Dunagan 2 20 10.00 15 1
Dokie Williams 2 10 5.00 8 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chase Miles 8 161 20.13 71 1
Gabriel Ahrens 2 89 44.50 67 1
Fredrick Skeen 5 45 9.00 17 0
Lonnie Mohr 4 19 4.75 8 0
James Bryant 1 17 17.00 17 0
Willie Nelson 1 17 17.00 17 0
Bruce Edwards 1 6 6.00 6 0
Mark Lambert 2 3 1.50 4 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ernest Huggins 0 1 0 0
Todd Christensen 1 0 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 23 0 0
Magic Johnson 4 2 0 0
Aaron Paul 0 16 0 0
Dokie Williams 0 4 0 1
Rudi Johnson 2 2 0 0
Andrew Zeller 4 0 0 0
Jim LeClair 0 1 0 0
Ponyboy Curtis 24 5 0 0
Daniel Tosh 0 1 0 0
Bon Scott 0 1 0 0
Bernardo Schoenberger 0 1 0 0
Jeff Hanneman 0 1 0 0
Bob Marley 0 1 0 0
James Worthy 0 1 0 0
Leroy Selmon 4 37 0 2
Tony Berryhill 11 2 0 0
James Lockette 0 1 0 0
Rod Martin 0 3 0 0
Tony Perez 0 1 0 0
Dustin Diamond 5 4 0 0
Charles Yerby 0 1 0 0
Bruce Dickinson 0 3 0 0
Indiana Jones 0 2 0 1
Lars Ulrich 0 3 0 0
Kent Hull 53 43 0 0
Eddie Head 42 32 0 3
Everett Bowers 43 38 0 2
Don "Donkey" Kong 49 41 0 5
Radar O'Reilly 18 22 0 2
Jimmy Hoffa 4 3 0 0
Johnny Fever 0 7 0 0
Dusty Baker 51 36 0 1
Justin Timberlake 0 19 0 0
Fred Dunagan 2 0 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Antonio Preston 46 26 0 1
Mark Lambert 3 4 0 2
Michael Pollock 0 1 0 0
Luis Torres 0 1 0 1
David Peralta 0 1 0 0
James Connelly 0 1 0 0
Luis Davidson 1 1 0 0
Zane Baker 3 0 0 0
Pedro Lee 0 1 0 0
Roderick Carver 3 1 0 0
Paul Sabella 1 1 0 0
Christopher Jarman 8 2 0 0
Thomas Knotts 11 3 0 0
Carl Lawlor 46 22 0 0
Gabriel Ahrens 0 14 0 0
Bruce Edwards 0 9 0 1
James Bryant 2 9 0 0
Fredrick Skeen 3 14 0 1
Willie Nelson 0 14 0 1
Lonnie Mohr 23 11 0 0
Chase Miles 3 5 0 1
Philip Johnson 44 23 0 0
Danny Keating 43 23 0 0
Keith Barge 44 23 0 2
John Rogers 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
James Worthy 1 28 28.00 0
Lars Ulrich 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Gamblers

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Rudi Johnson 1 1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Sokol 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 5 211 42.20 42.20 45 2

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 5 228 45.60 44.40 52 3

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 3 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 1 38 2 / 2

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 3 / 3

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Aaron Paul 1 7 7.0 7 0

Houston Gamblers

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Aaron Paul 1 40 40.0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Philip King 1 18 18.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Bruce Dickinson 6 0
Indiana Jones 4 0
Jeff Hanneman 3 0
Charles Yerby 3 0
Lars Ulrich 3 0
James Worthy 3 0
Dustin Diamond 2 0
Daniel Tosh 2 0
Bon Scott 1 0
John Jolley 1 0
Jim LeClair 1 0
John Joyce 1 0
Bernardo Schoenberger 1 0
Rod Martin 1 0
James Lockette 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Sabella 11 0
Roderick Carver 9 0
John Rogers 6 0
Luis Torres 5 0
Robert Sokol 5 0
James Beasley 5 0
Philip King 4 0
Jonathan Fenn 4 0
Paul Cuomo 2 0
Jonathan Short 2 0
Jeffrey Lovelace 1 0
Irvin Balzer 1 0
Willie Nelson 1 0
Carl Lawlor 1 0
Daniel McCormack 1 0
Michael Pollock 1 0
Mike Williams 1 0
Kendall Burnett 1 0