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Wild Card: New Orleans VooDoo at New Jersey Generals

December 27, 1987
28°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 80,242 (100%)
VooDoo 3 8 0 0 - 11
Generals 10 14 3 7 - 34

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-4-NOV 27 (10:37) 3-Lucio Grant 44 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 70-Otis Bourbeau was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NJG 3 NOV 0
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 4-5-NJG 5 (6:55) 12-Jordan Fuller 24 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 NOV 3
(Qtr 1) Generals: 1-1-NOV 0 (2:10) 83-Richard Hansen ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 10 NOV 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-9-NJG 28 (14:15) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 32-Rudi Johnson for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 17 NOV 3
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 2-4-NJG 19 (11:10) 5-James Perry pass complete to 88-Ricky Hash for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 29-Socrates Rogers ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! NJG 17 NOV 11
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-10-NOV 18 (6:53) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 11-Corey True for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 24 NOV 11
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-14-NOV 38 (0:48) 3-Lucio Grant 55 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 27 NOV 11
(Qtr 4) Generals: 1-10-NOV 32 (2:57) 5-James Perry pass INTERCEPTED by 21-Bob Marley at NOV 34. 21-Bob Marley to NOV 0 for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 34 NOV 11

Team Statistics

Generals VooDoo
First Downs 17 16
- Rushing 7 3
- Passing 10 12
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 368 377
- Offensive Plays 56 61
- Yards Per Play 6.57 6.18
Net Rushing Yards 121 67
- Rushing Attempts 28 23
- Yards Per Rush 4.32 2.91
Net Passing Yards 247 310
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 21 / 0 38 / 26 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 247 310
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.82 8.16
- Yards Per Completion 11.76 11.92
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 11 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.8 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 3 / 19 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 34 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 29 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 34 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 23
Time of Possession 33:08 26:52

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:27 OWN 25 8 48 Field Goal
1 6:53 4:45 OWN 24 8 76 Touchdown
1 0:24 1:21 OWN 16 3 84 Touchdown
2 11:05 4:15 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
2 2:57 1:04 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
3 13:33 1:28 OWN 32 3 4 Punt
3 9:27 1:27 OWN 35 3 10 Punt
3 5:50 5:07 OWN 38 8 24 Field Goal
3 0:00 2:17 OWN 19 5 16 Punt
4 7:29 4:09 OWN 22 6 27 Punt
4 2:49 2:01 OPP 25 9 -74 Downs
4 0:47 0:47 OWN 5 2 1 Game

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:33 3:41 OWN 25 6 70 Field Goal
1 2:08 1:44 OWN 25 4 13 Punt
2 14:03 2:58 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 6:50 3:53 OWN 25 7 55 Downs
2 1:53 1:53 OWN 28 3 5 Punt
3 15:00 1:27 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 12:05 2:39 OWN 17 4 14 Punt
3 8:00 2:10 OWN 13 3 4 Punt
3 0:43 0:43 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 12:43 5:14 OWN 23 10 48 Interception
4 3:19 0:30 OWN 20 3 12 Interception

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 15 73 4.87 12 3 0
Richard Hansen 11 30 2.73 11 1 1
Fred Dunagan 2 18 9.00 12 1 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ricky Hash 6 32 5.33 18 2 0
Billy Brink 10 26 2.60 7 0 0
Socrates Rogers 2 9 4.50 7 0 0
Louie Perry 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
James Sheckler 2 -2 -1.00 0 0 0
Magic Johnson 2 -4 -2.00 -2 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ric Flair 28 21 247 0 / 0 2 72 0 125.15

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Perry 38 26 310 0 / 0 1 54 2 79.93

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rudi Johnson 8 147 18.38 72 1
Calvin Hobbes 5 35 7.00 14 0
Richard Hansen 5 34 6.80 17 0
Corey True 1 18 18.00 18 1
Aaron Paul 2 13 6.50 11 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Sheckler 9 99 11.00 42 0
Ricky Hash 5 64 12.80 29 1
Billy Brink 2 54 27.00 54 0
Socrates Rogers 5 31 6.20 12 0
Magic Johnson 2 30 15.00 23 0
Clayton Worthey 2 29 14.50 17 0
Louie Perry 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Everett Bowers 37 31 0 1
Bernardo Schoenberger 0 1 0 0
John Diehl 0 1 0 0
James Dell 0 1 0 0
Mike Tyson 0 3 0 0
Justin Orlowski 0 4 0 0
Carlos Zambrano 0 5 0 0
Todd Christensen 0 12 0 0
Rudi Johnson 2 2 0 1
Martin Riggs 0 1 0 0
Marty McFly 0 4 0 1
Rod Martin 0 3 0 0
Charlie Spencer 0 3 0 1
Jeff Hanneman 0 3 0 0
Lars Ulrich 0 5 0 0
Walter Moore 3 5 0 1
Bon Scott 0 6 0 0
Justin Timberlake 0 22 0 1
Freddie Mercury 0 6 0 0
Don "Donkey" Kong 36 32 0 3
Tony Berryhill 30 29 0 1
Dusty Baker 37 32 0 1
Radar O'Reilly 13 17 0 1
Andre The Giant 27 33 0 1
Calvin Hobbes 4 24 0 3
Aaron Paul 0 9 0 0
Bruce Dickinson 0 4 0 0
Richard Hansen 2 0 0 0
Corey True 0 19 0 2
Ponyboy Curtis 11 0 0 0
Kent Hull 8 4 0 0
Max Headroom 11 1 0 0
Kirby Puckett 9 0 0 0
Len Bias 0 1 0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Harris 10 18 0 0
Ricky Hash 0 9 0 0
Allen Petties 2 1 0 0
Billy Brink 0 3 0 0
Roderick Patterson 0 1 0 0
Luis Thompson 6 3 0 0
Thomas Hendrickson 9 3 0 0
Joseph Ingram 0 6 0 0
Tyson Patillo 7 1 0 0
Clayton Worthey 0 2 0 0
Donald Cook 32 17 0 3
Magic Johnson 0 9 0 0
Donald Cox 1 7 0 0
Franklin Thompson 25 10 0 1
Socrates Rogers 2 11 0 1
Daniel Reiss 15 14 0 0
Stanley Wright 11 14 0 1
Ricardo Outten 30 22 0 1
Jacob Owens 34 18 0 0
Samuel Simeon 33 30 0 0
Mitchell Jackson 43 30 0 2
Bernard McCarter 0 8 0 0
Joe Daniels 0 8 0 0
James Sheckler 0 18 0 2
Louie Perry 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bob Marley 1 34 34.00 1
Bernardo Schoenberger 1 0 0.00 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Walter Moore 0 0 1 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Billy Brink 1 0 0 0
Joseph Ingram 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 5 235 47.00 42.00 56 2

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Henry Vogt 6 281 46.83 41.33 53 2

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 55 4 / 4

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jordan Fuller 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 24 0 / 0

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Aaron Paul 3 34 11.3 16 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Aaron Paul 1 29 29.0 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Rod Martin 7 0
Marty McFly 6 0
Jeff Hanneman 5 0
Bob Marley 5 0
Martin Riggs 4 0
Bon Scott 3 0
Bruce Dickinson 3 0
Carlos Zambrano 3 0
Lars Ulrich 2 0
Charlie Spencer 2 0
James Dell 2 0
Mikhail Gorbachev 2 0
John Diehl 1 0

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Tackles Sacks
Fredrick Brown 7 0
Luis Thompson 7 0
Paul Rivera 6 0
Rocky Garfield 6 0
Joseph Natoli 3 0
Miguel Gross 3 0
Dennis Camp 3 0
Curtis Taylor 3 0
Robert Shuler 2 0
Chris McAdams 2 0
David Crocker 1 0
Joseph Walton 1 0
Juan Bennett 1 0
Jerry Sims 1 0
Ricky Mardis 1 0
Roderick Patterson 1 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 1 0
Otis Bourbeau 1 0