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Wild Card: Birmingham Stallions at Dakota Sioux

December 26, 1976
25°
Black Hills Stadium (Rapid City, SD) Attendance: 191,195 (96%)
Stallions 3 7 0 3 - 13
Sioux 7 3 0 0 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sioux: 3-4-BIR 4 (6:09) 11-Dale Canales pass complete to 47-Steve Unger for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Poteet. DAK 7 BIR 0
(Qtr 1) Stallions: 4-2-DAK 32 (3:22) 10-Maurice Maly 50 yard field goal is GOOD. DAK 7 BIR 3
(Qtr 2) Sioux: 4-5-BIR 5 (9:54) 7-James Poteet 22 yard field goal is GOOD. DAK 10 BIR 3
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 2-6-DAK 16 (5:28) 14-Lawrence Clack pass complete to 85-Peter Morgan for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Maurice Maly. DAK 10 BIR 10
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 2-1-DAK 29 (0:02) 10-Maurice Maly 47 yard field goal is GOOD. DAK 10 BIR 13

Team Statistics

Sioux Stallions
First Downs 16 14
- Rushing 5 2
- Passing 10 12
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 277 319
- Offensive Plays 64 54
- Yards Per Play 4.33 5.91
Net Rushing Yards 120 59
- Rushing Attempts 26 11
- Yards Per Rush 4.62 5.36
Net Passing Yards 157 260
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 28 / 1 42 / 32 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 166 268
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 9 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.13 6.05
- Yards Per Completion 5.93 8.38
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 15 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.2 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 5 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 5 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 26
Time of Possession 33:17 26:45

Drive Charts

Dakota Sioux

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:51 4:46 OWN 46 10 54 Touchdown
1 3:18 8:27 OWN 25 14 70 Field Goal
2 5:24 0:43 OWN 25 2 -2 Interception
2 2:27 0:45 OWN 33 3 7 Punt
2 0:12 0:12 OWN 6 1 1 Half
3 15:00 5:29 OWN 22 10 47 Fumble
3 8:29 2:54 OWN 37 5 25 Punt
3 1:50 3:16 OWN 4 6 13 Punt
4 12:01 4:53 OWN 9 7 34 Punt
4 6:18 1:33 OPP 50 3 7 Punt
4 1:54 0:19 OWN 10 3 6 Punt

Birmingham Stallions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:09 OWN 25 7 36 Missed FG
1 6:05 2:47 OWN 25 4 43 Field Goal
2 9:51 4:27 OWN 27 8 73 Touchdown
2 4:42 2:14 OPP 32 3 6 Missed FG
2 1:43 1:31 OWN 11 8 36 Punt
3 9:31 1:03 OWN 20 3 -6 Punt
3 5:35 3:44 OWN 8 7 47 Punt
4 13:35 1:34 OWN 39 3 6 Punt
4 7:08 0:49 OWN 9 3 -3 Punt
4 4:46 2:52 OWN 20 4 24 Punt
4 1:35 1:35 OWN 36 4 35 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steve Unger 15 70 4.67 16 2 0
Curt Cruz 9 46 5.11 10 1 0
Lee Savage 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Steve Burns 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steven Murry 11 59 5.36 10 2 0

Passing Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dale Canales 37 28 166 1 / 9 1 13 1 81.59

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Lawrence Clack 42 32 268 1 / 8 1 35 0 100.10

Receiving Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Weed 9 71 7.89 13 0
Matthew Ellis 6 27 4.50 12 0
Steve Unger 5 21 4.20 11 1
Curt Cruz 2 19 9.50 13 0
Ward Kay 2 15 7.50 11 0
Lee Savage 1 11 11.00 11 0
Steve Burns 3 2 0.67 3 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Rodriguez 10 126 12.60 35 0
Bryan Napier 6 47 7.83 17 0
Steven Murry 5 30 6.00 10 0
Robert McNear 2 20 10.00 14 0
Bobby William 6 18 3.00 8 0
Peter Morgan 1 16 16.00 16 1
Kevin Gardner 2 11 5.50 6 0

Blocking Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Harry Waddell 38 39 1 1
Donald Mauer 38 31 0 3
Kevin Taylor 8 0 0 0
James Hendricks 0 1 0 0
Douglas Shriver 0 2 0 0
Jerry Myers 0 2 0 0
Albert Strickland 0 1 0 0
Michael Bush 3 1 0 1
Jeff Green 0 2 0 1
Robert Hoffman 0 2 0 0
Michael Torres 0 1 0 0
Carl Jepsen 0 1 0 0
George Goodson 0 3 0 0
Peter Fields 0 3 0 0
Dustin Arnold 3 0 0 0
Chad Bland 46 29 0 2
James Tarrance 7 0 0 0
Steve Unger 16 9 0 2
Mitchell McEachern 6 0 0 0
Curt Cruz 9 4 0 1
Ward Kay 0 15 0 0
Steve Burns 26 19 0 1
Mark Johnson 46 34 0 0
Ronald Kent 40 38 0 3
Matthew Ellis 0 20 0 1
David Weed 0 25 0 0
Thomas Owens 10 33 0 2
Lee Savage 1 0 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Stephen Paradis 54 21 1 1
George Webb 43 20 0 1
Alfredo Hood 0 1 0 0
Patrick Harrington 0 1 0 0
Ricky Stewart 0 2 0 0
Harrison Snow 0 3 0 1
Kevin Scott 0 1 0 0
Robert Price 4 1 0 0
John Lewis 0 1 0 0
Harold Bruning 0 1 0 0
Gerard Bessey 0 2 0 0
Todd Hamm 13 4 0 0
James Ward 0 1 0 0
Jose Damiani 0 1 0 1
James Bellis 0 2 0 0
Keith Austin 0 1 0 0
Kevin Routh 0 1 0 0
Peter Morgan 1 1 0 0
Raymond Foster 54 24 0 1
Richard Fernandez 11 2 0 0
Travis Noel 9 1 0 0
Lewis Lee 11 1 0 0
William Osorio 6 0 0 0
David Wingler 11 0 0 0
Joe Callahan 3 4 0 0
Kevin Gardner 0 6 0 0
Bryan Napier 25 8 0 0
Robert McNear 0 16 0 1
Steven Murry 25 6 0 0
John Rodriguez 0 11 0 0
Trey Latham 51 19 0 1
Bobby William 0 20 0 1
Gary Anderson 47 25 0 2
Richard Martin 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Dakota Sioux

Birmingham Stallions

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Santiago 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Curt Cruz 1 0 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kevin Scott 0 1 1 0

Punting

Dakota Sioux

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Corey Ullery 6 268 44.67 40.50 50 3

Birmingham Stallions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Vernon Jaramillo 6 280 46.67 45.83 51 4

Kicking

Dakota Sioux

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Poteet 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 22 1 / 1

Birmingham Stallions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Maurice Maly 2 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 1 50 1 / 1

Punt Return

Dakota Sioux

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Harvey Sylvester 1 5 5.0 5 0

Birmingham Stallions

Kick Return

Dakota Sioux

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lee Savage 1 25 25.0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Steven Murry 1 37 37.0 0

Defensive Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Tackles Sacks
Gary Grove 8 0
Douglas Shriver 8 0
David Franklin 6 0
George Goodson 6 0
Michael Bush 5 0
James Hendricks 2 0
Lawrence Boyd 2 0
Carl Jepsen 2 0
James Poteet 1 0
Curt Cruz 1 0
Donald Mauer 1 0
Jeff Green 1 0
Pedro King 1 0
Michael Torres 1 1

Birmingham Stallions

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Martin 10 0
Christopher Santiago 8 0
Ricky Stewart 7 0
Harrison Snow 6 0
James Bellis 5 0
Jose Damiani 4 0
Nathaniel McHenry 3 0
James Ward 3 0
Wilbert Conners 2 0
Robert Price 2 0
Patrick Harrington 1 0
Keith Austin 1 1
John Lewis 1 0
Gerard Bessey 1 0
Harold Bruning 1 0