Week 3: Charlotte Hornets at New Jersey Generals

September 17, 1989
69°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 70,222 (88%)
Hornets 0 10 7 7 - 24
Generals 7 10 21 10 - 48

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 1-3-CHA 3 (10:50) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 81-Marcus Medina for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 7 CHA 0
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 4-12-NJG 34 (8:55) 16-Lawrence Linville 52 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 7 CHA 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-10-CHA 21 (5:16) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 88-Cody Schiavo for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 14 CHA 3
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 3-4-NJG 4 (1:14) 19-Robert Ament pass complete to 13-James Lombardo for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Lawrence Linville. NJG 14 CHA 10
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-10-CHA 32 (0:03) 3-Lucio Grant 50 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 17 CHA 10
(Qtr 3) Generals: 1-10-NJG 25 (15:00) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 81-Marcus Medina for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 24 CHA 10
(Qtr 3) Generals: 1-10-CHA 30 (11:22) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 13-Roger Rabbit for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 31 CHA 10
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 1-10-CHA 47 (6:48) 19-Robert Ament pass complete to 17-Harry Henry for 53 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Lawrence Linville. NJG 31 CHA 17
(Qtr 3) Generals: 1-6-CHA 6 (0:25) 85-Duncan Meyer ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 38 CHA 17
(Qtr 4) Generals: 2-9-CHA 9 (10:47) 32-Rudi Johnson ran for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 45 CHA 17
(Qtr 4) Hornets: 1-10-CHA 43 (9:55) 19-Robert Ament pass complete to 13-James Lombardo for 57 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Lawrence Linville. NJG 45 CHA 24
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-2-CHA 27 (4:36) 3-Lucio Grant 44 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 48 CHA 24

Team Statistics

Generals Hornets
First Downs 24 8
- Rushing 9 4
- Passing 12 4
- Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 503 259
- Offensive Plays 67 56
- Yards Per Play 7.51 4.63
Net Rushing Yards 141 40
- Rushing Attempts 36 17
- Yards Per Rush 3.92 2.35
Net Passing Yards 362 219
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 28 / 1 39 / 20 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 362 219
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 11.68 5.62
- Yards Per Completion 12.93 10.95
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 11 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 20 6 / 39
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 17 1 / 19
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 92
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 29 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 33
Time of Possession 36:41 23:19

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:03 3:16 OWN 30 6 70 Touchdown
1 8:18 2:06 OWN 10 3 -2 Punt
1 5:24 1:25 OWN 26 3 8 Punt
1 1:42 1:49 OWN 26 3 5 Punt
2 12:13 2:06 OWN 3 4 24 Interception
2 8:50 3:40 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 3:37 0:06 OWN 18 1 -5 Fumble
2 1:11 1:11 OWN 25 4 43 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 14:00 2:44 OWN 18 5 82 Touchdown
3 6:40 6:19 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
4 14:10 1:59 OWN 35 3 -6 Punt
4 11:30 0:47 OPP 10 2 10 Touchdown
4 9:46 5:14 OWN 25 8 48 Field Goal
4 4:16 3:46 OWN 30 6 10 Punt
4 0:03 0:03 OPP 15 1 -1 Game

Charlotte Hornets

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:57 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
1 10:47 2:29 OWN 25 7 25 Punt
1 6:12 0:48 OPP 40 3 1 Interception
1 3:58 2:16 OWN 21 3 10 Punt
2 14:53 2:41 OWN 20 5 38 Punt
2 10:07 1:17 OPP 32 3 -2 Field Goal
2 5:11 1:33 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 3:31 2:20 OPP 13 6 13 Touchdown
3 14:50 0:50 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 11:16 4:35 OWN 24 7 76 Touchdown
3 0:21 1:11 OWN 27 3 6 Punt
4 12:11 0:41 OWN 25 2 -1 Interception
4 10:43 0:57 OWN 30 3 70 Touchdown
4 4:32 0:16 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 0:31 0:28 OWN 12 2 1 Interception

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duncan Meyer 22 100 4.55 15 5 1
Greg Ayala 4 23 5.75 8 0 0
Rudi Johnson 10 18 1.80 9 0 1

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Beaubien 13 33 2.54 10 1 0
Steve Tarry 4 7 1.75 6 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ric Flair 31 28 362 0 / 0 4 75 1 141.47

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Robert Ament 39 20 219 0 / 0 3 57 3 61.81

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Calvin Hobbes 8 125 15.63 40 0
Marcus Medina 4 99 24.75 75 2
Cody Schiavo 3 40 13.33 21 1
Dane Britt 3 34 11.33 14 0
Roger Rabbit 1 30 30.00 30 1
Duncan Meyer 6 24 4.00 10 0
Richard Hansen 1 9 9.00 9 0
Radar O'Reilly 2 1 0.50 1 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Lombardo 5 100 20.00 57 2
Harry Henry 3 61 20.33 53 1
William Beaubien 4 19 4.75 8 0
Robert Anderson 2 17 8.50 9 0
Alfred Schaefer 3 10 3.33 4 0
Randall Liles 1 8 8.00 8 0
Aaron Hogan 2 4 2.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Don "Donkey" Kong 30 29 0 1
John McClane 0 2 0 0
William S. Preston, Esq. 0 2 0 0
Richard Hansen 2 6 0 2
Cody Schiavo 0 16 0 0
Carlos Zambrano 0 1 0 0
Indiana Jones 0 2 0 0
Jeff Hanneman 0 2 0 0
Nuke LaLoosh 0 2 0 0
Lars Ulrich 0 1 0 0
Andrew Huerta 1 1 0 0
Rudi Johnson 1 3 0 0
Justin Orlowski 0 1 0 0
Len Bias 0 1 0 0
Charlie Spencer 0 1 0 0
Mike Tyson 0 1 0 0
Martin Riggs 0 2 0 1
Bob Marley 0 2 0 0
Marcus Medina 0 19 0 0
Dane Britt 0 17 0 1
Radar O'Reilly 18 24 0 0
Andre The Giant 40 42 0 3
Homer Simpson 27 39 0 2
Kirby Puckett 41 46 0 2
Joey Gladstone 36 43 0 1
Calvin Hobbes 1 33 0 3
Duncan Meyer 11 7 0 0
Rod Martin 4 1 0 0
Tony Berryhill 13 1 0 0
Dusty Baker 20 17 0 2
Carl Winslow 13 1 0 0
Hans Gruber 0 1 0 0
Todd Christensen 2 8 0 1
Kent Hull 14 4 0 0
Allen Maloney 0 1 0 1

Charlotte Hornets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Aaron Hogan 13 6 0 0
Michael Abdullah 0 5 0 0
Dwayne Diederich 0 4 0 0
Joseph Roberson 0 3 0 1
Charles Roberts 0 1 0 1
Blake Bohn 0 1 0 0
Brian Colon 0 1 0 0
Edward Johnson 0 1 0 0
Robert Anderson 0 6 0 1
Robert Shoulders 13 4 0 0
Edward Green 0 4 0 0
Kenneth Carter 0 4 0 0
Jackie Becker 0 4 0 0
Paul Johnson 0 7 0 1
Thomas Allums 0 6 0 0
Clifton Salgado 47 24 0 1
Lucius Vernon 0 5 0 0
James Lombardo 0 12 0 0
Harry Henry 0 6 0 0
William Beaubien 13 4 0 0
Charles Robinson 11 5 0 1
Alfred Schaefer 22 26 0 1
John Thompson 2 7 0 1
Lamont Belt 26 15 0 3
Howard Hunt 40 24 0 3
Jose Balderas 35 21 0 1
Steve Tarry 22 13 0 1
Isaac Long 51 30 0 1
Randall Liles 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Lars Ulrich 1 27 27.00 0
Bob Marley 1 2 2.00 0
Gary Williams 1 0 0.00 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Blake Bohn 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Duncan Meyer 1 0 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Beaubien 1 1 0 0
Kenneth Carter 0 1 0 0
Charles Roberts 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 5 192 38.40 44.20 52 1

Charlotte Hornets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Christopher Khan 8 365 45.63 43.50 54 4

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 50 6 / 6

Charlotte Hornets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lawrence Linville 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 3 / 3

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Greg Ayala 2 17 8.5 11 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Beaubien 1 19 19.0 19 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Beaubien 3 92 30.7 0

Defensive Stats