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Week 7: Charlotte Hornets at Washington Federals

October 17, 1976
72°
RFK Stadium (Washington, D. C., DC) Attendance: 40,319 (71%)
Hornets 14 6 6 0 - 26
Federals 0 7 7 2 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Hornets: 2-6-WAS 6 (10:57) 2-Jonathan Keefe pass complete to 82-Emil Hoban for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. WAS 61-Matthew McGinley was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. WAS 0 CHA 7
(Qtr 1) Hornets: 1-10-WAS 45 (4:36) 2-Jonathan Keefe pass complete to 85-Samuel Kiefer for 45 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. WAS 0 CHA 14
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 4-14-WAS 16 (11:25) 17-Willie Putnam 33 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 0 CHA 17
(Qtr 2) Federals: 1-7-CHA 7 (5:53) 28-John Horn ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. WAS 7 CHA 17
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 4-1-WAS 22 (0:13) 17-Willie Putnam 39 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 7 CHA 20
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 4-1-WAS 16 (9:38) 17-Willie Putnam 33 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 7 CHA 23
(Qtr 3) Federals: 2-1-WAS 34 (8:51) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 13-Matt Ellis for 66 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. WAS 14 CHA 23
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 4-10-WAS 19 (3:52) 17-Willie Putnam 36 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 14 CHA 26
(Qtr 4) Federals: 2-10-CHA 7 (5:26) 48-Jerry Roux FUMBLES recovered by CHA-2-Jonathan Keefe for -1 yards. Tackle by 56-John Hughes. SAFETY! (56-John Hughes) WAS 61-Matthew McGinley was injured on the play. WAS 16 CHA 26

Team Statistics

Federals Hornets
First Downs 14 17
- Rushing 1 4
- Passing 13 13
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 356 446
- Offensive Plays 53 68
- Yards Per Play 6.72 6.56
Net Rushing Yards 50 50
- Rushing Attempts 16 34
- Yards Per Rush 3.13 1.47
Net Passing Yards 306 396
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 21 / 1 34 / 25 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 339 396
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 33 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.27 11.65
- Yards Per Completion 16.14 15.84
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 3 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 10 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.3 8.1
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 5 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 13
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 87 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 26
Time of Possession 24:54 35:07

Drive Charts

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:53 2:57 OWN 16 5 30 Punt
1 4:30 2:55 OWN 25 5 27 Punt
2 11:22 1:32 OWN 19 4 19 Punt
2 7:51 2:02 OWN 22 4 78 Touchdown
2 3:46 1:54 OWN 27 3 7 Punt
2 0:09 0:09 OWN 25 2 24 Half
3 15:00 2:06 OWN 25 4 36 Interception
3 9:35 0:54 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
3 3:48 1:42 OWN 18 3 -3 Punt
3 1:09 4:04 OWN 13 6 25 Punt
4 8:54 2:49 OWN 29 4 20 Punt
4 5:21 0:43 OWN 33 3 -7 Punt
4 2:30 1:07 OWN 18 8 22 Downs

Charlotte Hornets

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:07 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 7:56 3:27 OWN 5 6 95 Touchdown
1 1:35 5:13 OWN 20 10 64 Field Goal
2 9:49 1:59 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
2 5:49 2:03 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 1:52 1:43 OWN 26 7 53 Field Goal
3 12:54 3:19 OWN 33 6 51 Field Goal
3 8:41 4:53 OWN 25 8 56 Field Goal
3 2:06 0:57 OWN 40 4 16 Punt
4 12:04 3:11 OWN 18 5 8 Punt
4 6:05 0:43 OWN 7 2 -9 Safety
4 4:38 2:09 OWN 30 3 4 Punt
4 1:23 1:23 OPP 41 3 -1 Game

Rushing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 14 48 3.43 13 1 1
Gary Munch 2 2 1.00 2 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jerry Roux 18 43 2.39 9 0 0
Humberto Gray 11 8 0.73 5 0 0
Jonathan Keefe 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Jorge Dougherty 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 32 21 339 5 / 33 1 66 1 98.31

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jonathan Keefe 34 25 396 0 / 0 2 46 0 131.50

Receiving Stats

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jacob Scully 7 114 16.29 39 0
Roger Saddler 5 83 16.60 29 0
Matt Ellis 2 77 38.50 66 1
John Horn 3 19 6.33 17 0
Carlton Smith 1 18 18.00 18 0
Danny Merrill 1 17 17.00 17 0
Steven Melin 2 11 5.50 8 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Emil Hoban 9 139 15.44 33 1
Jorge Dougherty 6 120 20.00 33 0
Jerry Roux 2 49 24.50 46 0
Samuel Kiefer 1 45 45.00 45 1
Shawn Ayala 2 31 15.50 23 0
Ricky Jackson 4 11 2.75 4 0
Richard Green 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Samuel Gragg 38 23 2 3
Ted Jarrett 34 22 1 3
Joel Lossett 38 16 1 2
Gary Munch 9 3 0 0
Garland Gipson 0 1 0 0
Carlton Smith 0 3 0 0
Danny Merrill 0 2 0 0
Joseph Baker 0 1 0 0
Robert Bynum 10 9 0 0
Freddie Brown 7 0 0 0
Jacob Scully 11 11 0 0
James West 28 17 0 1
Matt Ellis 0 5 0 1
Roger Saddler 0 9 0 1
Stephen Coppock 38 16 0 1
Travis Curcio 0 3 0 0
Daniel Dailey 36 23 0 0
John Horn 6 3 0 0
Brian Walker 3 4 0 0
Roger Dunn 0 2 0 0
Ben Fabiano 0 4 0 0
Steven Melin 12 12 0 0
David Albrecht 8 6 0 0
Douglas Beasley 10 12 0 0
John Hughes 0 4 0 1
Arthur Schneider 6 0 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Becker 45 40 0 1
Chad Pierson 11 6 0 0
Fernando Stone 0 1 0 0
Robert Mason 0 1 0 1
Michael Griffith 0 1 0 0
Alfonso Bessey 0 1 0 0
Paul Fuller 1 0 0 0
Robert Carroll 1 1 0 0
Stephen Miller 0 1 0 0
David Bronson 5 1 0 1
Thomas Ross 0 1 0 0
Jerry Roux 3 7 0 1
William Dolloff 10 6 0 0
Gregory Williams 11 4 0 0
Harold White 34 35 0 2
Richard Green 6 14 0 2
Bruce Souza 13 3 0 0
Carl Hammond 0 2 0 0
Ricky Jackson 2 32 0 6
Humberto Gray 14 20 0 1
Jorge Dougherty 0 12 0 0
Samuel Kiefer 11 11 0 0
Emil Hoban 1 10 0 0
Jorge Knox 39 38 0 3
Shawn Ayala 5 16 0 1
Norris Scott 38 40 0 2
John Abdallah 34 36 0 4
Kevin Staten 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Washington Federals

Charlotte Hornets

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fernando Stone 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joe Richardson 1 1 0 0
Richard Fleming 0 0 1 0
Travis Curcio 0 0 1 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Humberto Gray 1 0 0 0
Jorge Dougherty 1 0 0 0
Jerry Roux 1 0 0 0
Eduardo Sorenson 0 0 1 0
Richard Green 0 1 0 0
Jonathan Keefe 0 1 0 0

Punting

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
George Hill 8 368 46.00 42.25 53 1

Charlotte Hornets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Desantiago 5 215 43.00 43.00 51 2

Kicking

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Matthew Eno 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Charlotte Hornets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Willie Putnam 4 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 2 / 2

Punt Return

Washington Federals

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerry Roux 2 13 6.5 9 0
Emil Hoban 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kick Return

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Roger Saddler 4 87 21.8 0

Charlotte Hornets

Defensive Stats

Washington Federals

Name Tackles Sacks
Ben Fabiano 8 0
Travis Curcio 8 0
Corey Norwood 5 0
Robert Ridley 5 0
Richard Nelson 5 0
Tyler Helton 5 0
John Hughes 4 0
Garland Gipson 3 0
Matthew McGinley 3 0
Jessie Draper 3 0
Arthur Stewart 2 0
Ulysses Hewitt 1 0
Gary Munch 1 0
Robert Bynum 1 0
Roger Saddler 1 0
Brian Gould 1 0
Richard Fleming 1 0
Brian Walker 1 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Tackles Sacks
Fernando Stone 8 0
Robert Mason 8 0
Charles McMillan 4 1
Eduardo Sorenson 4 1
Frank Greenbaum 4 0
Morris Sterling 3 1
Michael Griffith 2 0
David Bronson 2 0
Kevin Staten 2 1
Brian Queen 2 0
Emil Hoban 1 0
Stephen Miller 1 0
Arthur Bridges 1 0
Samuel Kiefer 1 0
Alfonso Bessey 1 1