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Preseason Week 1: Dakota Sioux at Baton Rouge Blaze

August 05, 1978
70°
Fire House (Baton Rouge, LA) Attendance: 32,527 (47%)
Sioux 14 10 7 0 - 31
Blaze 3 0 0 0 - 3

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blaze: 4-4-DAK 33 (6:12) 2-David Madrid 51 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 3 DAK 0
(Qtr 1) Sioux: 3-3-DAK 47 (3:31) 11-Dale Canales pass complete to 84-Matthew Ellis for 53 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Poteet. Bat 3 DAK 7
(Qtr 1) Sioux: 2-13-Bat 46 (0:04) 15-Patrick Laurel sacked at Bat 36 for -10 yards (90-Carl Jepsen). Sack allowed by 79-Stewart Stonge. 15-Patrick Laurel FUMBLES (90-Carl Jepsen) recovered by DAK-95-Michael Torres for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Poteet. Bat 3 DAK 14
(Qtr 2) Sioux: 2-1-Bat 1 (11:36) 26-Lee Savage ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Poteet. Bat 3 DAK 21
(Qtr 2) Sioux: 4-7-Bat 15 (4:00) 7-James Poteet 33 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 3 DAK 24
(Qtr 3) Sioux: (15:00) 2-David Madrid kicks 74 yards from Bat 35 to DAK -9. 26-Lee Savage for 110yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Poteet. Bat 3 DAK 31

Team Statistics

Blaze Sioux
First Downs 12 8
- Rushing 5 4
- Passing 6 4
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 133 221
- Offensive Plays 69 54
- Yards Per Play 1.93 4.09
Net Rushing Yards 67 98
- Rushing Attempts 17 40
- Yards Per Rush 3.94 2.45
Net Passing Yards 66 123
- Att/Comp/Int 43 / 21 / 1 12 / 9 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 148 134
- Sacks/Yards Lost 9 / 82 2 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 1.27 8.79
- Yards Per Completion 7.05 14.89
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 17 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 11.6 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 3 / 16
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 29 6 / 33
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 26 1 / 110
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 6
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 38
Time of Possession 25:42 34:01

Drive Charts

Baton Rouge Blaze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:26 OWN 25 7 25 Punt
1 9:27 3:19 OWN 42 6 24 Field Goal
1 3:22 3:22 OWN 25 6 21 Punt
2 11:34 0:31 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 3:57 1:39 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 1:01 1:01 OWN 23 3 3 Half
3 12:28 1:32 OWN 33 3 -14 Punt
3 8:39 3:49 OWN 13 8 22 Punt
3 2:46 1:36 OWN 36 3 -1 Punt
4 14:54 2:52 OWN 25 5 13 Punt
4 9:56 0:33 OWN 31 3 4 Punt
4 6:02 0:34 OWN 9 3 2 Punt
4 2:15 1:28 OWN 47 7 27 Missed FG

Dakota Sioux

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:34 2:07 OWN 12 3 7 Punt
1 6:08 2:46 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
1 0:00 0:51 OPP 25 3 1 Fumble
2 14:09 2:35 OPP 23 5 23 Touchdown
2 11:03 7:06 OWN 31 11 53 Field Goal
2 2:18 1:17 OWN 22 3 -2 Punt
3 14:44 0:56 OPP 25 3 4 Interception
3 13:48 1:21 OPP 19 3 -7 Missed FG
3 10:55 2:16 OWN 36 5 13 Punt
3 4:50 2:05 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
3 1:09 1:16 OWN 21 3 6 Punt
4 12:01 2:05 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
4 9:23 3:21 OWN 23 5 23 Punt
4 5:27 1:10 OWN 45 3 0 Punt
4 4:17 2:01 OWN 9 3 8 Punt
4 0:48 0:48 OWN 33 2 4 Game

Rushing Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Charles Costello 9 31 3.44 12 2 0
William Molina 7 28 4.00 9 0 0
Milton Swain 1 8 8.00 8 0 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Lee Savage 19 63 3.32 21 3 1
Curt Cruz 10 27 2.70 10 1 0
Thomas Valdez 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Brian Tunnell 10 2 0.20 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Bruce King 28 14 88 5 / 46 0 18 1 41.96
Patrick Laurel 15 7 60 4 / 36 0 19 0 57.64

Dakota Sioux

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dale Canales 8 8 130 1 / 5 1 53 0 158.33
Brandon Saunders 4 1 4 1 / 6 0 4 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gregory Theisen 3 34 11.33 18 0
Charles Costello 3 31 10.33 19 0
Milton Swain 5 22 4.40 8 0
Robert Smith 2 19 9.50 10 0
William Molina 3 14 4.67 9 0
Fernando Hendren 2 14 7.00 12 0
Thomas Stadler 1 6 6.00 6 0
Tommie Waiters 1 4 4.00 4 0
John Munoz 1 4 4.00 4 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matthew Ellis 2 56 28.00 53 1
Clifford Davis 2 25 12.50 14 0
David Weed 3 23 7.67 10 0
Brian Tunnell 1 16 16.00 16 0
Ward Kay 1 14 14.00 14 0

Blocking Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kevin Graves 23 12 1 1
Justin Brunner 13 6 1 1
Scott Jones 23 14 1 1
Gregory Theisen 16 9 1 1
Thomas Stadler 25 11 1 2
Bruce Waugh 47 8 1 1
Milton Swain 17 16 1 3
Arthur Harley 3 2 1 1
Stewart Stonge 21 14 1 0
Robert May 0 2 0 1
Joseph Easton 0 1 0 0
Anthony Falcon 0 1 0 0
Marion Liddell 0 1 0 0
Tommie Waiters 10 5 0 0
Oscar Covey 2 0 0 0
Jamie Shelby 0 1 0 0
Raymond Leon 1 1 0 0
Gilbert Allison 0 2 0 0
Orlando Freund 0 1 0 0
Colin Martin 0 1 0 0
Gary Walkowiak 0 1 0 1
Donald Thomas 0 1 0 0
Charles Robertson 0 1 0 0
Joseph Miller 10 2 0 1
John Munoz 9 7 0 1
Charles Costello 22 5 0 1
Mark Pierce 2 5 0 0
Joseph Washington 5 4 0 1
Marty Patterson 45 17 0 0
Robert Smith 0 9 0 0
William Molina 2 1 0 0
Larry McCray 2 11 0 0
Terry Hasegawa 0 5 0 1
Fernando Hendren 2 9 0 0
Eugene Davis 63 28 0 1
Troy Quesenberry 21 16 0 1
Tracy Taylor 1 0 0 0

Dakota Sioux

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dustin Arnold 19 24 1 4
Wallace Stamey 1 3 0 0
Albert Strickland 0 1 0 1
David Franklin 0 1 0 0
Harvey Sylvester 0 5 0 0
Ward Kay 0 9 0 0
Nathan Langston 0 1 0 0
Brian Tunnell 0 1 0 0
Peter Fields 0 1 0 0
Kurt Martin 0 1 0 0
Bruce Moore 3 3 0 0
Michael Torres 0 1 0 0
Gary Grove 0 1 0 0
Christopher Hernandez 0 2 0 0
Alvin Robinson 0 2 0 0
Gary Grinder 0 2 0 0
Steve Freeman 0 1 0 0
Jean Spitz 13 19 0 0
Roland Homer 4 9 0 1
Douglas Davis 4 0 0 0
James Richardson 0 1 0 0
Curt Cruz 0 4 0 1
George Goodson 0 2 0 0
Gary Diaz 0 4 0 0
Oliver Mayes 0 1 0 0
James Tarrance 19 24 0 2
Ronald Kent 15 19 0 2
Richard Tallent 13 23 0 1
Chad Bland 14 19 0 1
Mark Johnson 15 19 0 0
David Weed 0 10 0 0
Matthew Ellis 0 8 0 0
Willie Oleary 15 16 0 1
Thomas Owens 2 16 0 1
Willard Francis 2 22 0 1
Clifford Davis 0 13 0 0
Thomas Valdez 10 32 0 2
Lee Savage 2 7 0 1
Anthony Charles 17 23 0 5
Dylan Hudson 9 1 0 0
Bruce Miller 17 22 0 3
Carl Jepsen 0 1 0 0
John Johnson 0 3 0 0
Michael Bush 0 2 0 0
Lawrence Boyd 0 2 0 0
David Garcia 0 2 0 0
John Ceron 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Dakota Sioux

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
David Garcia 1 6 6.00 0

Fumble Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Patrick Laurel 1 0 0 0
Charles Costello 1 0 0 0
Marty Patterson 0 1 0 0
Tommie Waiters 0 0 1 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Harvey Sylvester 1 0 0 0
Carl Jepsen 0 0 1 0
Michael Torres 0 1 0 1
Lawrence Boyd 0 1 0 0
James Hendricks 0 0 1 0

Punting

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Byrd 10 469 46.90 42.20 66 3

Dakota Sioux

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Corey Ullery 8 375 46.88 43.50 57 2

Kicking

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Madrid 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 51 0 / 0

Dakota Sioux

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Poteet 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 33 4 / 4

Punt Return

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fernando Hendren 2 20 10.0 12 0
William Molina 1 9 9.0 9 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Harvey Sylvester 4 27 6.8 9 0
Brian Tunnell 2 6 3.0 5 0

Kick Return

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Molina 1 26 26.0 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lee Savage 1 110 110.0 1

Defensive Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Tackles Sacks
Julian Lawrence 6 1
Kevin Tolson 5 0
Gilbert Allison 5 0
Joseph Washington 3 0
Tracy Taylor 3 0
Joseph Miller 3 0
Gary Walkowiak 3 0
Jamie Shelby 3 0
Colin Martin 3 0
Raymond Leon 3 0
Joseph Easton 3 0
Orlando Freund 2 0
Oscar Covey 2 0
Charles Newell 2 0
Donald Thomas 1 1
Scott Jones 1 0
John Munoz 1 0
Anthony Falcon 1 0
Justin Brunner 1 0
Robert May 1 0
Tommie Waiters 1 0
Dewey Rogers 1 0
Mark Pierce 1 0

Dakota Sioux

Name Tackles Sacks
Christopher Hernandez 4 0
Michael Torres 4 3
James Hendricks 4 0
Alvin Robinson 4 0
David Franklin 4 0
James Richardson 3 0
Bruce Moore 3 0
Lawrence Boyd 3 0
Albert Strickland 3 1
Gary Grinder 2 2
Oliver Mayes 2 0
Gary Diaz 2 1
Gary Grove 2 0
Steve Freeman 1 0
Willard Francis 1 0
Anthony Charles 1 0
George Goodson 1 0
Jerry Myers 1 0
Douglas Davis 1 0
John Johnson 1 1
Nathan Langston 1 0
David Garcia 1 0
Wallace Stamey 1 0
Carl Jepsen 0 1