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Week 2: Pittsburgh Maulers at Charlotte Hornets

September 12, 1976
84°
American Legion Memorial Stadium (Charlotte, NC) Attendance: 33,854 (68%)
Maulers 7 10 0 21 - 38
Hornets 7 3 0 0 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Hornets: 3-8-PIT 36 (7:14) 2-Jonathan Keefe pass complete to 82-Emil Hoban for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. CHA 7 PIT 0
(Qtr 1) Maulers: 1-10-CHA 47 (4:24) 13-Michael White pass complete to 83-Robert Diaz for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 7 PIT 7
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 3-7-CHA 14 (14:13) 13-Michael White pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 7 PIT 14
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 4-6-CHA 24 (5:20) 8-Bret Curley 42 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 7 PIT 17
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 4-10-PIT 10 (4:20) 17-Willie Putnam 27 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 10 PIT 17
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 2-11-CHA 43 (11:12) 13-Michael White pass complete to 27-John Murray for 43 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 10 PIT 24
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 1-10-CHA 15 (8:11) 27-John Murray ran to CHA 0 for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 10 PIT 31
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 3-4-CHA 8 (2:25) 13-Michael White pass complete to 83-Robert Diaz for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. CHA 10 PIT 38

Team Statistics

Hornets Maulers
First Downs 8 17
- Rushing 2 4
- Passing 4 13
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 243 432
- Offensive Plays 54 80
- Yards Per Play 4.50 5.40
Net Rushing Yards 61 147
- Rushing Attempts 18 36
- Yards Per Rush 3.39 4.08
Net Passing Yards 182 285
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 14 / 2 42 / 25 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 188 301
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 6 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.06 6.48
- Yards Per Completion 13.43 12.04
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 14 10 / 20
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 40 6 / 39
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 28 1 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 43 1 / 29
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 30
Time of Possession 20:57 39:05

Drive Charts

Charlotte Hornets

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 9:15 2:07 OWN 39 4 61 Touchdown
1 4:15 1:35 OWN 25 4 10 Fumble
2 14:09 2:52 OWN 15 4 22 Punt
2 5:16 0:59 OWN 25 5 65 Field Goal
2 2:43 1:24 OWN 19 3 -1 Punt
2 0:44 0:44 OWN 20 2 2 Half
3 12:45 2:20 OWN 46 5 25 Interception
3 8:54 0:20 OWN 44 3 0 Punt
3 7:10 3:35 OWN 36 5 28 Punt
3 2:12 1:33 OPP 46 3 7 Punt
4 11:03 0:36 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
4 8:47 0:37 OWN 13 4 9 Downs
4 8:07 0:20 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 6:15 0:05 OWN 32 1 0 Interception
4 2:21 0:20 OWN 14 3 0 Punt

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:30 4:15 OWN 20 7 47 Missed FG
1 7:08 2:54 OWN 28 5 72 Touchdown
1 2:40 3:31 OPP 42 7 42 Touchdown
2 11:17 6:01 OWN 6 10 70 Field Goal
2 4:17 1:34 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 1:19 0:35 OWN 33 6 14 Punt
3 15:00 2:15 OWN 25 3 -17 Punt
3 10:25 1:31 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
3 8:35 1:25 OWN 10 3 7 Punt
3 3:35 1:23 OWN 6 3 -1 Punt
3 0:39 4:35 OWN 4 10 96 Touchdown
4 10:27 1:39 OWN 35 3 6 Punt
4 8:11 0:04 OPP 15 1 15 Touchdown
4 7:47 1:32 OWN 29 3 -1 Punt
4 6:11 3:50 OPP 47 8 47 Touchdown
4 2:01 2:01 OWN 38 4 17 Game

Rushing Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Humberto Gray 5 28 5.60 11 1 0
Jerry Roux 11 25 2.27 13 1 0
Jorge Dougherty 2 8 4.00 9 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 16 83 5.19 22 4 0
John Murray 14 59 4.21 15 1 1
Joe Wilson 2 3 1.50 5 0 0
Robert Ensley 4 2 0.50 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jonathan Keefe 35 14 188 1 / 6 1 36 2 43.51

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael White 39 22 272 2 / 16 4 47 0 112.34
Brandon Rocha 3 3 29 0 / 0 0 18 0 106.94

Receiving Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Emil Hoban 3 66 22.00 36 1
Jerry Roux 3 43 14.33 21 0
Jorge Dougherty 1 23 23.00 23 0
Richard Green 1 23 23.00 23 0
Ricky Jackson 4 13 3.25 5 0
Samuel Kiefer 1 12 12.00 12 0
Humberto Gray 1 8 8.00 8 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Diaz 5 80 16.00 47 2
Vito Moffat 5 74 14.80 23 1
John Murray 3 59 19.67 43 1
Dennis McLean 5 36 7.20 22 0
John Gordon 3 31 10.33 14 0
Cliff Thomas 3 18 6.00 8 0
Joe Wilson 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Norris Scott 46 19 1 2
Michael Becker 47 23 0 0
William Dolloff 10 2 0 0
Fernando Stone 0 2 0 0
Eduardo Sorenson 0 3 0 0
Kevin Staten 0 3 0 0
Robert Mason 0 3 0 0
Brian Queen 0 3 0 0
Wayne Harris 0 2 0 2
Shawn Ayala 5 12 0 2
Jerry Roux 6 5 0 0
Samuel Kiefer 11 7 0 2
Gregory Williams 11 1 0 0
Chad Pierson 11 8 0 0
Harold White 36 18 0 2
Bruce Souza 9 0 0 0
David Bronson 8 2 0 0
Ricky Jackson 4 15 0 0
Emil Hoban 0 10 0 0
Richard Green 2 8 0 0
John Abdallah 36 17 0 2
Humberto Gray 7 14 0 2
Jorge Knox 40 20 0 1
Jorge Dougherty 0 3 0 0
Stephen Miller 0 2 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Pete Gabriel 60 41 1 10
Robert Diaz 3 32 1 3
Vito Moffat 0 24 0 1
Larry Barber 8 3 0 0
Bobby King 0 2 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 6 0 0 0
Robert Ensley 3 3 0 0
Brian Lowe 0 1 0 0
Terry Goodwin 0 3 0 0
Cliff Thomas 4 3 0 1
Paul Brooks 0 2 0 0
Luther Gilbert 0 1 0 0
Jeff Orr 7 5 0 1
Randy Ertel 0 2 0 0
Arthur Shipman 0 2 0 1
Morton Wright 8 1 0 0
Guadalupe Pierce 0 1 0 0
Sidney Woosley 46 40 0 0
Walter Garrard 0 2 0 0
Dustin Adams 7 1 0 0
Michael Mills 15 1 0 0
Jon Brantley 15 3 0 0
Joe Wilson 34 15 0 2
John Murray 4 3 0 1
Larry Fazio 56 40 0 1
John Gordon 0 34 0 1
Tim Kaufman 52 41 0 0
Andre Adkins 53 45 0 4
Dennis McLean 7 25 0 1
Cecil Sparks 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bradley Martinez 2 1 0.50 0

Fumble Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jerry Roux 1 0 0 0
Jonathan Keefe 1 0 0 0
John Abdallah 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Morton Wright 0 0 1 0
Bradley Martinez 0 1 0 0

Punting

Charlotte Hornets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Desantiago 9 407 45.22 44.89 57 3

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 8 381 47.63 41.25 57 1

Kicking

Charlotte Hornets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Willie Putnam 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 27 1 / 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 42 5 / 5

Punt Return

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerry Roux 3 28 9.3 15 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Morton Wright 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kick Return

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jerry Roux 2 43 21.5 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Ensley 1 29 29.0 0

Defensive Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Tackles Sacks
Kevin Staten 11 1
David Bronson 9 0
Fernando Stone 8 0
Frank Greenbaum 7 0
Charles McMillan 6 0
Eduardo Sorenson 5 1
Robert Mason 4 0
Arthur Bridges 3 0
Michael Griffith 3 0
Morris Sterling 2 0
Emil Hoban 2 0
Shawn Ayala 1 0
Brian Queen 1 0
Alfonso Bessey 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Tackles Sacks
Bradley Martinez 5 0
Paul Brooks 4 0
Brian Lowe 3 0
Leonel Martinsen 3 0
Arthur Shipman 3 0
Charles Miller 3 1
Marvin Anderson 2 0
Michael Large 2 0
Morton Wright 2 0
Guadalupe Pierce 2 0
Terry Goodwin 1 0
Calvin Ladner 1 0
Randy Ertel 1 0
George Grant 1 0
Michael Switzer 1 0
Larry Barber 1 0