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Week 2: Canton Bulldogs at Rock Island Independents

September 11, 1977
69°
Browning Field (Rock Island, IL) Attendance: 54,593 (73%)
Bulldogs 7 0 13 7 - 27
Independents 0 17 0 0 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bulldogs: 2-9-RII 9 (11:55) 32-Ronald Jones ran for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gerald Andrews. RII 0 Can 7
(Qtr 2) Independents: 2-9-Can 36 (13:02) 9-Peter Hoyt pass complete to 83-Paul Rankins for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Javier Carter. RII 7 Can 7
(Qtr 2) Independents: 1-2-Can 2 (7:14) 9-Peter Hoyt pass complete to 84-Roberto Funk for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Javier Carter. RII 14 Can 7
(Qtr 2) Independents: 4-5-Can 5 (1:09) 5-Javier Carter 22 yard field goal is GOOD. RII 17 Can 7
(Qtr 3) Bulldogs: 3-5-RII 6 (10:38) 9-Travis Miller pass complete to 13-Joshua Guajardo to RII 0 for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gerald Andrews. RII 17 Can 14
(Qtr 3) Bulldogs: 4-4-RII 21 (7:28) 12-Gerald Andrews 40 yard field goal is GOOD. RII 17 Can 17
(Qtr 3) Bulldogs: 4-8-RII 23 (1:52) 12-Gerald Andrews 41 yard field goal is GOOD. RII 17 Can 20
(Qtr 4) Bulldogs: 3-1-RII 15 (1:56) 9-Peter Hoyt pass INTERCEPTED by 50-John Gustafson at RII 16. 50-John Gustafson to RII 0 for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Gerald Andrews. RII 17 Can 27

Team Statistics

Independents Bulldogs
First Downs 16 5
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 12 3
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 347 227
- Offensive Plays 67 55
- Yards Per Play 5.18 4.13
Net Rushing Yards 85 62
- Rushing Attempts 15 22
- Yards Per Rush 5.67 2.82
Net Passing Yards 262 165
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 30 / 3 30 / 18 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 300 186
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 38 3 / 21
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.04 5.00
- Yards Per Completion 10.00 10.33
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.5 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 23 3 / 23
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 25 4 / 50
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 69 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / 17
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 39
Time of Possession 30:48 29:11

Drive Charts

Rock Island Independents

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:32 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 11:51 2:58 OWN 31 4 18 Punt
1 7:24 2:55 OWN 45 6 37 Missed FG
1 2:10 1:46 OWN 16 3 6 Punt
1 0:02 2:06 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 11:23 4:13 OWN 22 9 78 Touchdown
2 5:43 4:36 OWN 40 8 55 Field Goal
3 11:15 0:42 OWN 12 3 -12 Touchdown
3 10:34 2:13 OWN 25 4 -1 Interception
3 7:25 2:51 OWN 25 6 -8 Punt
3 1:49 1:58 OWN 29 4 17 Punt
4 9:11 0:18 OWN 8 3 0 Punt
4 8:07 0:03 OWN 46 1 0 Interception
4 6:32 2:15 OWN 7 3 5 Punt
4 2:11 0:22 OWN 6 3 9 Interception

Canton Bulldogs

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:28 1:37 OWN 20 3 80 Touchdown
1 8:53 1:29 OWN 11 3 6 Punt
1 4:28 2:18 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 0:24 0:22 OPP 42 3 0 Punt
2 12:56 1:32 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 7:10 1:27 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
2 1:06 1:06 OWN 25 2 5 Half
3 15:00 3:45 OWN 25 6 23 Punt
3 8:21 0:56 OPP 27 3 6 Field Goal
3 4:34 2:45 OWN 47 4 30 Field Goal
4 14:51 5:40 OWN 14 9 34 Punt
4 8:53 0:47 OPP 49 2 2 Interception
4 8:04 1:32 OWN 47 3 0 Punt
4 4:17 2:06 OPP 47 3 6 Punt
4 1:49 0:42 OPP 25 5 -23 Downs
4 1:07 1:07 OPP 48 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Charles Loucks 13 72 5.54 32 2 0
Kenneth Wyant 2 13 6.50 10 1 0

Canton Bulldogs

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Rodriguez 12 36 3.00 14 1 0
Ronald Jones 5 24 4.80 9 0 1
Peter Matthews 3 2 0.67 1 0 0
Travis Miller 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Peter Hoyt 47 30 300 5 / 38 2 36 3 69.46

Canton Bulldogs

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Travis Miller 30 18 186 3 / 21 1 75 1 75.14

Receiving Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Rankins 3 58 19.33 36 1
Roberto Funk 7 52 7.43 16 1
Charles Loucks 5 43 8.60 30 0
Kenneth Wyant 4 42 10.50 25 0
Steven Diaz 2 35 17.50 26 0
Charles Shade 4 34 8.50 12 0
Robert Martin 3 24 8.00 12 0
Wallace Dalton 1 10 10.00 10 0
Richard Cox 1 2 2.00 2 0

Canton Bulldogs

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Allen 2 84 42.00 75 0
Austin Cortes 4 43 10.75 28 0
Joshua Guajardo 3 20 6.67 9 1
John Rodriguez 3 12 4.00 7 0
Ronald Jones 1 11 11.00 11 0
Melvin King 1 9 9.00 9 0
Peter Matthews 3 4 1.33 4 0
Alan Alvarado 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Rick Ridgway 60 26 2 2
Donald Serrano 63 25 2 5
Paul Rankins 0 11 0 1
Richard Cox 0 1 0 0
Patrick Williams 10 5 0 0
David Gore 5 0 0 0
Roy Rivera 0 1 0 0
Douglas Lewis 0 2 0 1
Paul Pineda 0 2 0 0
Scott Deforge 61 23 0 0
Tony Johnson 2 0 0 0
Kenneth Wyant 8 7 0 0
Roderick Young 0 2 0 0
Gary Bollman 0 2 0 1
Michael Witt 2 1 0 0
John Garcia 0 3 0 0
Michael Peters 0 1 0 0
Fidel Connor 0 1 0 0
Chester Ezell 4 0 0 0
Steven Diaz 0 12 0 2
Roberto Funk 0 9 0 1
Brian Kells 4 3 0 0
Darrell Ledesma 63 30 0 0
James Shanks 50 14 0 1
Charles Loucks 11 8 0 0
Robert Martin 20 19 0 1
Michael Yarbrough 11 0 0 0
Keith Morris 8 2 0 0
Brady Montgomery 0 2 0 0
Charles Shade 0 10 0 0
Israel Jones 0 2 0 0
Douglas Foster 0 3 0 0
Joseph Corbo 0 2 0 0
Wallace Dalton 0 5 0 0
Daniel Boulton 0 3 0 0
Robert Best 0 5 0 3
Robert Miller 0 1 0 0

Canton Bulldogs

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Giovanni Coffield 45 29 1 3
George Whitton 33 26 1 4
Micheal Smith 38 28 1 2
Patrick Chess 0 3 0 0
Kenneth Allen 0 7 0 0
Angel Pace 9 5 0 0
Saul Nettles 9 0 0 0
Samuel Gonzales 0 3 0 0
Robert Kinsey 0 2 0 0
Pat Craig 0 2 0 0
Richard Campbell 0 2 0 0
Clifford Miller 0 2 0 0
Ralph Rubio 0 2 0 0
Larry Kern 0 1 0 0
Mohammed Rabinowitz 1 0 0 0
Steven Kirk 0 1 0 0
Melvin King 0 6 0 0
Jose Watt 5 2 0 0
Joshua Guajardo 0 5 0 0
Charles Benitez 14 0 0 0
Sam Perkins 14 5 0 1
Joshua Dickey 14 3 0 0
Robert Jarmon 5 7 0 1
Matthew McClintock 15 2 0 0
Austin Cortes 4 20 0 2
Alan Alvarado 0 9 0 0
Leo McGuire 32 23 0 2
John Rodriguez 4 5 0 0
Patrick Houghtaling 0 13 0 0
Ivan Williams 7 1 0 0
Peter Matthews 17 17 0 2
Aurelio Morales 33 29 0 1
Ronald Jones 2 2 0 0
Joel Hill 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Roy Rivera 1 0 0.00 0

Canton Bulldogs

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Gustafson 2 17 8.50 1
Sam Perkins 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kenneth Wyant 1 0 0 0
Matthew Gray 0 0 1 0

Canton Bulldogs

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Rodriguez 1 0 0 0
Peter Matthews 0 1 0 0
Sam Perkins 0 0 1 0
Ralph Rubio 0 1 0 0

Punting

Rock Island Independents

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Ramirez 7 305 43.57 36.71 46 3

Canton Bulldogs

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Larry King 9 403 44.78 40.33 53 5

Kicking

Rock Island Independents

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Javier Carter 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 22 2 / 2

Canton Bulldogs

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gerald Andrews 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 3 / 3

Punt Return

Rock Island Independents

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Wyant 4 25 6.3 12 0

Canton Bulldogs

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Melvin King 4 50 12.5 25 0

Kick Return

Rock Island Independents

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Wyant 2 69 34.5 0

Canton Bulldogs

Defensive Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Tackles Sacks
Douglas Foster 5 0
Matthew Gray 5 0
Daniel Boulton 4 0
Robert Best 4 0
Roy Rivera 3 0
Douglas Lewis 3 0
Israel Jones 3 1
Daniel Clark 3 1
Robert Miller 2 1
Fidel Connor 2 0
Michael Peters 2 0
Brian Kells 2 0
Joseph Corbo 2 0
Wallace Dalton 1 0
Paul Rankins 1 0
Kenneth Badillo 1 0
Steven Diaz 1 0
Darrell Ledesma 1 0

Canton Bulldogs

Name Tackles Sacks
Joel Hill 8 0
Clifford Miller 7 0
Robert Jarmon 5 2
Samuel Gonzales 5 2
Steven Kirk 4 1
Ralph Rubio 4 0
Robert Kinsey 4 0
John Gustafson 4 0
Sam Perkins 3 0
Claude McKenzie 2 0
Gerald Andrews 1 0
Joshua Dickey 1 0
Richard Campbell 1 0
Melvin King 1 0