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Preseason Week 1: New York Titans at Iowa Hunters

August 05, 1978
70°
The Big Red Barn (Des Moines, IA) Attendance: 62,279 (75%)
Titans 0 0 0 0 - 0
Hunters 7 21 11 16 - 55

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Hunters: 1-10-NYT 38 (5:36) 8-James Myer pass complete to 19-Troy Shupe for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Jorge Robinson. Iow 7 NYT 0
(Qtr 2) Hunters: 4-3-NYT 4 (14:16) 8-James Myer pass complete to 19-Troy Shupe for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Jorge Robinson. Iow 14 NYT 0
(Qtr 2) Hunters: 3-10-Iow 36 (11:31) 8-James Myer pass complete to 19-Troy Shupe for 64 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Jorge Robinson. Iow 21 NYT 0
(Qtr 2) Hunters: 1-2-NYT 2 (1:23) 8-James Myer pass complete to 12-Michael Hopkins for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Jorge Robinson. Iow 28 NYT 0
(Qtr 3) Hunters: 4-7-NYT 7 (12:35) 17-Jorge Robinson 25 yard field goal is GOOD. Iow 31 NYT 0
(Qtr 3) Hunters: 4-3-NYT 18 (11:04) 17-Jorge Robinson 37 yard field goal is GOOD. Iow 34 NYT 0
(Qtr 3) Hunters: 4-21-NYT 35 (9:28) 17-Jorge Robinson 53 yard field goal is GOOD. Iow 37 NYT 0
(Qtr 3) Hunters: 3-20-NYT 8 (2:35) 19-Thomas Brennan sacked at NYT -1 for -10 yards (92-John Koffler). Sack allowed by 78-Jeffrey McSherry. SAFETY! (92-John Koffler) Iow 39 NYT 0
(Qtr 4) Hunters: 1-10-Iow 33 (11:39) 39-Rosendo Smith ran for 67 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Jorge Robinson. Iow 46 NYT 0
(Qtr 4) Hunters: 1-8-NYT 8 (9:49) 81-Charles Bjorklund ran for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Jorge Robinson. Iow 53 NYT 0
(Qtr 4) Hunters: 3-18-NYT 4 (5:46) 19-Thomas Brennan sacked at NYT -5 for -9 yards (54-Jim Koester). Sack allowed by 66-Andrew Jefferson. SAFETY! (54-Jim Koester) Iow 55 NYT 0

Team Statistics

Hunters Titans
First Downs 23 7
- Rushing 13 2
- Passing 9 4
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 530 41
- Offensive Plays 80 63
- Yards Per Play 6.63 0.65
Net Rushing Yards 279 29
- Rushing Attempts 38 15
- Yards Per Rush 7.34 1.93
Net Passing Yards 251 12
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 23 / 4 40 / 13 / 5
- Gross Passing Yards 275 83
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 24 8 / 71
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.98 0.25
- Yards Per Completion 11.96 6.38
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 2 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.5 11.7
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 27 3 / 21
Punt Returns/Yards 7 / 51 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 68 2 / 56
Int Returns/Yards 5 / 52 4 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 42 OWN 25
Time of Possession 37:50 22:11

Drive Charts

Iowa Hunters

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:28 3:27 OWN 11 7 57 Interception
1 6:54 1:24 OPP 49 3 49 Touchdown
1 4:02 4:49 OWN 35 9 65 Touchdown
2 12:13 0:51 OWN 36 3 64 Touchdown
2 8:44 1:30 OWN 20 3 24 Interception
2 5:22 2:16 OWN 2 6 28 Punt
2 2:18 0:59 OPP 37 4 37 Touchdown
3 15:00 0:42 OWN 25 2 8 Interception
3 13:58 1:26 OPP 11 5 4 Field Goal
3 12:23 1:22 OPP 25 3 7 Field Goal
3 10:49 1:25 OPP 24 3 -11 Field Goal
3 7:14 2:50 OWN 15 5 36 Punt
3 2:32 0:47 OPP 50 3 9 Interception
3 1:11 3:55 OWN 16 6 5 Punt
4 11:38 0:12 OWN 33 1 67 Touchdown
4 11:15 1:30 OPP 19 4 19 Touchdown
4 9:27 3:21 OWN 31 5 26 Punt
4 5:42 2:07 OWN 46 3 1 Punt
4 2:57 2:57 OWN 48 5 24 Game

New York Titans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:32 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
1 9:00 2:06 OWN 21 3 -11 Punt
1 5:31 1:28 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 14:14 2:01 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 11:22 2:38 OWN 25 4 16 Punt
2 7:14 1:52 OWN 48 4 0 Punt
2 3:06 0:48 OWN 18 4 12 Interception
2 1:20 1:20 OWN 25 3 9 Half
3 14:18 0:20 OPP 49 3 7 Interception
3 12:32 0:09 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 11:01 0:12 OWN 25 3 -10 Interception
3 9:24 2:10 OWN 25 6 14 Punt
3 4:24 1:52 OWN 8 5 -10 Safety
3 1:45 0:34 OWN 33 3 6 Punt
4 12:17 0:39 OWN 36 3 -10 Punt
4 11:26 0:11 OWN 13 2 0 Interception
4 9:45 0:18 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
4 6:06 0:24 OWN 11 3 -17 Safety
4 3:35 0:37 OWN 2 3 9 Punt

Rushing Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rosendo Smith 19 137 7.21 67 4 1
Paul Lewis 6 51 8.50 11 4 0
George Farrish 2 34 17.00 20 2 0
Charles Bjorklund 5 30 6.00 10 1 1
William Barrios 4 25 6.25 10 2 0
Ralph Pierce 2 2 1.00 2 0 0

New York Titans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Overton 5 15 3.00 8 0 0
Gregory Correll 8 10 1.25 9 0 0
Basil Wheeler 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Lewis Weinman 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Myer 20 14 209 0 / 0 4 64 2 103.96
Richard Huff 19 9 66 3 / 24 0 19 2 16.45

New York Titans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Richard Glenn 15 11 68 3 / 24 0 13 1 54.31
Thomas Brennan 25 2 15 5 / 47 0 9 4 0.00

Receiving Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Troy Shupe 3 106 35.33 64 3
William Barrios 4 53 13.25 18 0
Ralph Pierce 4 40 10.00 17 0
Paul Lewis 4 30 7.50 19 0
Willie Luse 1 12 12.00 12 0
George Farrish 2 10 5.00 5 0
Charles Bjorklund 1 9 9.00 9 0
Jason Weibel 2 7 3.50 6 0
Don Schiro 1 6 6.00 6 0
Michael Hopkins 1 2 2.00 2 1

New York Titans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brian Vaught 4 44 11.00 13 0
Glen Snell 2 15 7.50 8 0
Felix Pursell 2 8 4.00 5 0
Lewis Weinman 1 8 8.00 8 0
Michael Overton 1 6 6.00 6 0
Gregory Correll 3 2 0.67 7 0

Blocking Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Steve Torres 33 24 1 1
Duane Johnson 14 7 1 1
Guy Chang 25 18 0 0
Jerry Tovar 0 5 0 0
Bert Destefano 0 2 0 0
James Duran 0 6 0 2
Michael Hopkins 0 14 0 0
Rosendo Smith 2 4 0 0
John Koffler 4 6 0 0
Jimmy Hockett 0 1 0 0
Larry Cash 0 4 0 1
Daniel Keen 1 0 0 0
Bruno Yeager 34 26 0 0
Daniel Martindale 0 1 0 0
William Gray 0 1 0 0
Paul Lewis 1 8 0 0
Jason Quinn 0 5 0 0
Jim Koester 0 2 0 0
Charles Bjorklund 1 4 0 0
James Mielke 3 5 0 0
David Jones 0 2 0 0
Clement Butler 0 3 0 0
James Juarez 0 1 0 0
Jeremy Brooks 17 6 0 2
Harry Waddell 28 26 0 1
Troy Shupe 0 8 0 0
Brian Garrett 20 15 0 1
William Barrios 2 4 0 0
Ralph Pierce 17 21 0 1
Mickey Holley 19 16 0 0
Peter Vincent 23 20 0 0
Don Schiro 7 11 0 0
George Farrish 2 11 0 0
Harold Cano 13 21 0 0
Jason Weibel 0 14 0 1
Forrest Myers 16 14 0 0
James Williams 0 13 0 1
Arthur Harris 0 2 0 0
Justin Heal 1 3 0 0
Frank Johnson 0 1 0 0
Victor Blanco 0 6 0 0
Willie Luse 0 8 0 1
William Branch 41 31 0 2
Henry Reyes 36 30 0 5
Joseph Dones 0 1 0 0

New York Titans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andrew Jefferson 29 7 3 3
Andrew La 47 25 2 4
James Atchison 22 12 1 1
Jody Young 21 16 1 1
Jeffrey McSherry 41 10 1 2
Justin Adkins 30 8 0 0
Basil Wheeler 4 2 0 0
Darrell Pollard 0 1 0 1
Donald Richardson 0 1 0 0
Lewis Weinman 17 11 0 0
Alton Mathews 0 2 0 1
Steven Howe 0 5 0 0
William Reese 2 5 0 1
Ellis Randall 0 1 0 0
Jackie Colon 0 2 0 0
Leopoldo Salcido 4 2 0 0
Augustine Callaway 0 1 0 0
Patrick Harrington 0 2 0 0
Gregory Correll 4 0 0 0
Brian Vaught 0 7 0 0
Tim Gibbons 3 2 0 0
Harold Bernstein 0 1 0 0
Nicholas McIntyre 0 1 0 0
Brian Ly 0 1 0 1
Ignacio Vaughn 0 3 0 1
Tommy Osborne 11 5 0 0
Joseph Rocha 11 2 0 0
William Breaux 52 15 0 1
Michael Overton 18 7 0 1
Kenneth Gillon 6 13 0 1
Tony Heath 18 17 0 2
Kristopher Long 18 12 0 1
Glen Snell 4 11 0 0
James Treat 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Larry Cash 3 52 17.33 0
Bert Destefano 2 0 0.00 0

New York Titans

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
William Hickman 1 0 0.00 0
Ellis Randall 2 0 0.00 0
Mark Rodriguez 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Williams 1 1 0 0
Rosendo Smith 1 0 0 0
Henry Reyes 0 1 0 0

New York Titans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Mark Rodriguez 0 0 1 0

Punting

Iowa Hunters

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Alvin Dunbar 5 219 43.80 43.80 52 4

New York Titans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Carlos Shubert 11 545 49.55 42.73 67 3

Kicking

Iowa Hunters

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jorge Robinson 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 6 / 6

New York Titans

Punt Return

Iowa Hunters

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Williams 7 51 7.3 13 0

New York Titans

Kick Return

Iowa Hunters

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Williams 2 68 34.0 0

New York Titans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Basil Wheeler 2 56 28.0 0

Defensive Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Tackles Sacks
Larry Cash 4 0
James Mielke 4 0
James Duran 4 0
Jeffery Skinner 3 0
Frank Johnson 3 0
William Gray 3 2
John Koffler 2 1
Randall Martinez 2 0
David Bednar 2 0
Jim Koester 2 2
Daniel Keen 2 0
Daniel Martindale 1 1
James Williams 1 0
James Juarez 1 0
Ralph Pierce 1 0
Jason Weibel 1 0
Joseph Dones 1 0
David Jones 1 0
Victor Blanco 1 0
Clement Butler 1 1
Harold Cano 1 0
Jason Quinn 1 1

New York Titans

Name Tackles Sacks
Ignacio Vaughn 9 0
William Reese 7 0
Mark Rodriguez 7 0
John Gilman 6 0
William Hickman 5 0
Tim Gibbons 5 0
Donald Richardson 4 2
Michael Overton 3 0
Brian Ly 3 0
Richard Cruickshank 3 0
Ellis Randall 3 1
Tommy Osborne 3 0
Harold Bernstein 2 0
Alton Mathews 2 0
Robert Mercado 1 0
Peter Thompson 1 0
Jackie Colon 1 0
Darrell Pollard 1 0
Kenneth Gillon 1 0
Brian Vaught 1 0
Christopher Hendrix 1 0
Patrick Harrington 1 0
Andrew La 1 0
James Treat 1 0