Week 3: Seattle Freeze at Birmingham Stallions

September 22, 1974
74°
Legion Field (Birmingham, AL) Attendance: 66,997 (88%)
Freeze 0 0 7 7 - 14
Stallions 10 24 7 7 - 48

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Stallions: 1-3-SEA 3 (13:27) 5-Todd Hamm ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Thomas Wilmoth. BIR 7 SEA 0
(Qtr 1) Stallions: 4-3-SEA 38 (6:29) 6-Thomas Wilmoth 56 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 10 SEA 0
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 4-1-SEA 11 (10:20) 6-Thomas Wilmoth 30 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 13 SEA 0
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 1-10-SEA 38 (6:52) 1-Richard Shoemaker pass complete to 89-Robert McNear for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Thomas Wilmoth. BIR 20 SEA 0
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 1-10-SEA 25 (6:46) 6-John Anders pass complete to 46-Joseph Langer to SEA 26 for 1 yards. 46-Joseph Langer FUMBLES (23-Nathaniel McHenry) recovered by BIR-98-Kevin Routh for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Thomas Wilmoth. BIR 27 SEA 0
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 2-3-SEA 3 (4:14) 1-Richard Shoemaker pass complete to 82-Ronald Cope for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Thomas Wilmoth. BIR 34 SEA 0
(Qtr 3) Stallions: 1-7-SEA 7 (7:11) 1-Richard Shoemaker pass complete to 89-Robert McNear for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Thomas Wilmoth. BIR 41 SEA 0
(Qtr 3) Freeze: 3-2-BIR 2 (0:56) 6-John Anders pass complete to 37-David Marcus for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-David McCall. BIR 41 SEA 7
(Qtr 4) Freeze: 1-1-BIR 1 (11:54) 6-John Anders pass complete to 14-Larry Kern for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-David McCall. BIR 41 SEA 14
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 1-5-SEA 5 (3:09) 5-Todd Hamm ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Thomas Wilmoth. BIR 48 SEA 14

Team Statistics

Stallions Freeze
First Downs 20 14
- Rushing 9 6
- Passing 9 6
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 388 177
- Offensive Plays 59 59
- Yards Per Play 6.58 3.00
Net Rushing Yards 158 100
- Rushing Attempts 40 23
- Yards Per Rush 3.95 4.35
Net Passing Yards 230 77
- Att/Comp/Int 19 / 16 / 0 30 / 21 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 230 126
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 6 / 49
- Yards Per Pass Play 12.11 2.14
- Yards Per Completion 14.38 6.00
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 5 / 3
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 9 5 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.6 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 17 5 / 31
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 48 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 33 1 / 24
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 43 OWN 22
Time of Possession 33:54 26:08

Drive Charts

Birmingham Stallions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:52 1:28 OPP 30 4 30 Touchdown
1 9:00 2:34 OWN 30 4 32 Field Goal
1 4:09 2:11 OWN 41 4 49 Fumble
2 14:14 3:56 OPP 45 6 34 Field Goal
2 8:50 2:04 OWN 40 4 60 Touchdown
2 6:37 0:04 OPP 25 1 8 Fumble
2 6:34 2:23 OPP 15 5 15 Touchdown
2 1:04 1:04 OWN 10 2 0 Half
3 15:00 2:17 OWN 25 4 23 Punt
3 10:28 3:20 OPP 43 6 43 Touchdown
3 0:52 1:02 OWN 30 3 7 Punt
4 12:45 0:55 OWN 31 4 -36 Touchdown
4 11:50 8:44 OWN 25 14 75 Touchdown
4 1:52 1:52 OWN 31 3 26 Game

Seattle Freeze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:08 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
1 13:24 4:25 OWN 25 7 34 Fumble
1 6:25 2:16 OWN 14 3 5 Punt
1 1:58 2:45 OWN 11 5 0 Punt
2 10:18 1:28 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
2 6:46 0:09 OWN 25 1 0 Punt
2 4:11 3:07 OWN 25 6 11 Punt
3 12:43 2:15 OWN 20 3 -16 Punt
3 7:08 6:16 OWN 25 15 75 Touchdown
4 14:50 2:05 OWN 22 5 10 Punt
4 3:05 1:14 OWN 25 4 3 Punt

Rushing Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Todd Hamm 29 100 3.45 10 1 2
Anthony Taylor 9 56 6.22 14 2 0
Edwin Peters 2 2 1.00 2 0 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Molina 19 77 4.05 12 3 0
Albert Ramos 4 23 5.75 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Richard Shoemaker 19 16 230 0 / 0 3 43 0 156.69

Seattle Freeze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Anders 30 21 126 6 / 49 2 16 1 86.25

Receiving Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert McNear 9 170 18.89 43 2
Shawn Brewer 3 30 10.00 17 0
Ronald Cope 2 17 8.50 14 1
John Rodriguez 1 13 13.00 13 0
Todd Hamm 1 0 0.00 0 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Marcus 4 32 8.00 15 1
Ronnie Maynard 3 30 10.00 16 0
William Molina 6 22 3.67 7 0
Albert Ramos 2 13 6.50 7 0
Joseph Langer 2 11 5.50 10 0
Mark Sawyer 1 10 10.00 10 0
Wayne Durbin 1 5 5.00 5 0
Larry Kern 2 3 1.50 2 1

Blocking Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Bellis 0 5 0 1
Robert McNear 0 15 0 0
Robert Price 0 4 0 0
Alfredo Hood 0 2 0 0
Bryant Cox 0 12 0 2
Jason Carpenter 0 3 0 0
Lincoln Cox 0 3 0 0
Harrison Snow 0 5 0 0
William Morgan 4 3 0 1
Anthony Taylor 4 6 0 1
George Figueroa 0 1 0 0
Gerard Bessey 0 3 0 0
Richard Kelley 0 2 0 0
Gary Finch 0 1 0 0
David Johnson 0 1 0 1
Salvatore Cota 0 3 0 0
Harry Nowak 1 2 0 0
Richard Martin 0 5 0 0
Ronald Cope 0 20 0 1
Nathaniel McHenry 0 6 0 0
John Rodriguez 14 23 0 0
David Wingler 26 39 0 1
Clifton Rich 29 41 0 4
Shawn Brewer 1 27 0 1
Raymond Foster 27 44 0 2
Elmer Davis 28 44 0 2
Jeffrey Lirette 28 43 0 1
George Benito 2 14 0 0
Todd Hamm 8 2 0 0
Patrick Houghtaling 1 16 0 0
Hector Grossman 10 4 0 0
Alfredo Carter 10 5 0 0
Kevin Routh 5 1 0 0
Lewis Lee 10 4 0 0
Keith Austin 0 4 0 1
Ronald Davey 1 3 0 0
Kevin Scott 0 1 0 0

Seattle Freeze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Steven Jackson 40 29 3 4
Ronnie Rodriguez 42 23 2 4
Neil Appleton 44 30 1 1
Albert Ramos 2 0 0 0
Raymond Grove 5 1 0 0
Kenneth Kurtz 0 1 0 0
Dwayne Schmidt 10 0 0 0
Lewis Finn 6 1 0 0
Matthew Rutland 11 2 0 1
Michael Brito 0 1 0 0
Teddy Crosby 0 2 0 0
Kenneth Jones 0 1 0 0
Ruben Valentine 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Brown 0 1 0 0
Dennis Shah 0 2 0 0
David Burrier 7 1 0 0
Richard Diaz 0 1 0 0
Mike Lee 0 2 0 0
Larry Kern 0 2 0 0
Wayne Durbin 0 6 0 0
Ronnie Maynard 0 7 0 0
Manuel Taylor 0 10 0 0
David Marcus 3 7 0 0
Mark Sawyer 4 22 0 1
Alan Landers 0 9 0 0
William Molina 9 1 0 0
Joseph Langer 24 18 0 1
Merle Neel 37 33 0 2
Cyrus Daum 40 29 0 2
Lorenzo Hooks 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Martin 1 0 0.00 0

Seattle Freeze

Fumble Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Todd Hamm 1 0 0 0
Robert McNear 1 0 0 0
Salvatore Cota 0 1 1 0
Richard Kelley 0 0 1 0
Kevin Routh 0 2 0 1
Nathaniel McHenry 0 0 1 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Molina 2 0 0 0
Albert Ramos 1 0 0 0
John Anders 1 2 0 0
Joseph Langer 1 0 0 0
Ruben Valentine 0 1 0 0
Patrick Cruse 0 0 1 0
Jeffrey Brown 0 1 1 0

Punting

Birmingham Stallions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Vernon Jaramillo 2 94 47.00 36.50 53 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Neal Brown 7 335 47.86 41.00 54 1

Kicking

Birmingham Stallions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Wilmoth 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 56 6 / 6

Seattle Freeze

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David McCall 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert McNear 5 48 9.6 11 0

Seattle Freeze

Kick Return

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Patrick Houghtaling 1 33 33.0 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Wayne Durbin 1 24 24.0 0

Defensive Stats