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Week 2: Dakota Sioux at New York Titans

September 11, 1977
73°
Polo Grounds (New York City, NY) Attendance: 53,930 (67%)
Sioux 0 7 3 6 - 16
Titans 3 6 0 0 - 9

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Titans: 4-9-DAK 13 (8:08) 6-Robert Mercado 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 3 DAK 0
(Qtr 2) Sioux: 3-1-NYT 12 (6:04) 26-Lee Savage ran for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Poteet. NYT 93-Donald Richardson was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NYT 3 DAK 7
(Qtr 2) Titans: 4-4-DAK 20 (1:07) 6-Robert Mercado 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 6 DAK 7
(Qtr 2) Titans: 2-12-DAK 36 (0:02) 6-Robert Mercado 53 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 9 DAK 7
(Qtr 3) Sioux: 4-5-NYT 27 (5:43) 7-James Poteet 44 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 9 DAK 10
(Qtr 4) Sioux: 4-13-NYT 13 (12:03) 7-James Poteet 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 9 DAK 13
(Qtr 4) Sioux: 4-8-NYT 31 (1:55) 7-James Poteet 48 yard field goal is GOOD. NYT 9 DAK 16

Team Statistics

Titans Sioux
First Downs 9 10
- Rushing 5 9
- Passing 3 1
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 101 248
- Offensive Plays 59 55
- Yards Per Play 1.71 4.51
Net Rushing Yards 98 180
- Rushing Attempts 28 42
- Yards Per Rush 3.50 4.29
Net Passing Yards 3 68
- Att/Comp/Int 22 / 12 / 0 13 / 7 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 83 68
- Sacks/Yards Lost 9 / 80 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 0.10 5.23
- Yards Per Completion 6.92 9.71
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 17 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 11.7 5.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 6 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 26
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 29 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 39
Time of Possession 29:34 30:28

Drive Charts

New York Titans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:55 OWN 25 12 62 Field Goal
1 6:38 1:30 OWN 26 3 4 Punt
1 2:50 2:13 OWN 24 3 6 Punt
2 12:20 0:47 OWN 20 3 -2 Punt
2 10:11 1:29 OWN 8 3 1 Punt
2 6:00 4:57 OWN 25 11 55 Field Goal
2 0:13 0:13 OPP 34 1 -2 Field Goal
3 12:10 2:38 OWN 20 4 -4 Punt
3 5:40 1:40 OWN 28 3 -9 Punt
3 2:01 1:27 OWN 18 3 -9 Punt
4 11:59 2:06 OWN 25 3 -15 Punt
4 8:00 2:05 OWN 8 3 9 Punt
4 1:51 1:34 OWN 25 7 8 Downs

Dakota Sioux

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:05 1:27 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 5:07 2:17 OWN 26 3 4 Punt
1 0:37 3:17 OWN 27 6 28 Punt
2 11:33 1:22 OWN 38 3 9 Punt
2 8:42 2:42 OWN 46 5 54 Touchdown
2 1:03 0:51 OWN 25 2 4 Fumble
3 15:00 2:50 OWN 33 5 11 Punt
3 9:32 3:53 OWN 35 6 37 Field Goal
3 4:00 1:59 OWN 34 3 1 Punt
3 0:34 3:35 OPP 50 7 37 Field Goal
4 9:54 1:53 OPP 47 3 3 Punt
4 5:55 4:05 OWN 42 8 27 Field Goal
4 0:17 0:17 OPP 33 1 -1 Game

Rushing Stats

New York Titans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Basil Wheeler 7 56 8.00 23 3 0
Gregory Correll 21 42 2.00 13 1 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steve Unger 17 117 6.88 23 6 0
Lee Savage 21 58 2.76 15 4 1
Curt Cruz 3 5 1.67 8 0 0
Dale Canales 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New York Titans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Richard Glenn 22 12 83 9 / 80 0 24 0 63.26

Dakota Sioux

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dale Canales 13 7 68 0 / 0 0 19 0 68.75

Receiving Stats

New York Titans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Felix Pursell 2 29 14.50 24 0
Gregory Correll 2 22 11.00 13 0
Kenneth Gillon 3 19 6.33 8 0
Steven Howe 1 12 12.00 12 0
Lewis Weinman 1 2 2.00 2 0
Brian Vaught 2 2 1.00 2 0
Basil Wheeler 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Steve Unger 2 27 13.50 18 0
Curt Cruz 2 21 10.50 19 0
Thomas Owens 1 8 8.00 8 0
David Weed 1 6 6.00 6 0
Lee Savage 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

New York Titans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Tony Heath 26 30 2 4
Andrew Jefferson 30 32 2 4
Alexander Bunker 43 32 1 1
Kevin Houston 42 30 1 1
Joshua Arrington 17 5 1 1
Gregory Correll 11 3 1 2
Christopher Hendrix 0 2 0 1
Joe Stack 0 1 0 0
Thomas Fielding 0 2 0 0
Melvin Birdsell 0 1 0 0
Harold Bernstein 0 1 0 0
Alton Mathews 1 1 0 0
Andrew La 12 0 0 0
Kenneth Hurlburt 0 1 0 0
Tim Gibbons 0 1 0 0
Brian Ly 0 1 0 1
Brian Bates 0 1 0 0
Joseph Rocha 3 1 0 0
William Breaux 12 0 0 0
Nicholas McIntyre 8 1 0 0
Leopoldo Salcido 0 12 0 1
Joseph Hugo 12 1 0 0
Basil Wheeler 6 6 0 2
Steven Howe 0 15 0 1
Felix Pursell 0 10 0 0
Brian Vaught 0 12 0 0
Jody Young 40 30 0 5
Kenneth Gillon 1 31 0 2
Lewis Weinman 5 14 0 0
Patrick Harrington 0 1 0 0

Dakota Sioux

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Mitchell McEachern 0 24 0 0
James Hendricks 0 5 0 1
Michael Smith 0 6 0 0
Douglas Shriver 0 2 0 0
David Garcia 0 1 0 0
Michael Bush 0 2 0 0
Bruce Moore 0 1 0 0
Robert Hoffman 0 2 0 0
Michael Torres 0 1 0 0
Willie Oleary 4 0 0 0
Matthew Ellis 0 14 0 0
Lee Savage 2 3 0 1
David Weed 0 18 0 1
Ward Kay 0 11 0 0
Jerry Myers 0 2 0 0
Steve Unger 6 17 0 2
Lawrence Boyd 0 4 0 1
Albert Strickland 0 2 0 0
Dustin Arnold 11 0 0 0
James Tarrance 11 3 0 0
Anthony Charles 10 0 0 0
Carl Jepsen 7 2 0 0
Donald Mauer 18 38 0 3
Ronald Kent 24 46 0 3
Harry Waddell 24 45 0 3
Mark Johnson 24 42 0 0
Thomas Owens 3 26 0 3
Chad Bland 23 32 0 0
Curt Cruz 1 23 0 2
George Goodson 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

New York Titans

Dakota Sioux

Fumble Stats

New York Titans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Nicholas McIntyre 0 0 1 0
Brian Ly 0 1 0 0
Christopher Hendrix 0 0 1 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Harvey Sylvester 1 1 0 0
Steve Unger 1 0 0 0

Punting

New York Titans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Carlos Shubert 9 410 45.56 43.56 51 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Corey Ullery 7 328 46.86 40.29 58 3

Kicking

New York Titans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Mercado 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 0 / 0

Dakota Sioux

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Poteet 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 48 1 / 1

Punt Return

New York Titans

Dakota Sioux

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Harvey Sylvester 3 26 8.7 11 0

Kick Return

New York Titans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Basil Wheeler 1 29 29.0 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lee Savage 1 33 33.0 0

Defensive Stats

New York Titans

Name Tackles Sacks
Christopher Hendrix 9 0
Joe Stack 7 0
Gregory Cox 5 0
Donald Richardson 4 0
Patrick Harrington 4 0
Joseph Rocha 4 0
Kenneth Hurlburt 3 0
Brian Ly 3 0
Nicholas McIntyre 3 0
Melvin Birdsell 2 0
Tim Gibbons 2 0
Robert Mercado 1 0
Andrew La 1 0
Harold Bernstein 1 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Tackles Sacks
David Franklin 7 0
George Goodson 6 0
Gary Grove 5 0
Gary Diaz 4 0
Albert Strickland 4 3
Michael Bush 4 0
Michael Torres 3 0
John Johnson 3 2
Jerry Myers 3 0
Douglas Shriver 3 0
Bruce Moore 3 1
Carl Jepsen 3 3
Pedro King 1 0
Curt Cruz 1 0
Alvin Robinson 1 0