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Preseason Week 2: Baton Rouge Blaze at New York Knights

August 12, 1978
70°
Polo Grounds (New York City, NY) Attendance: 53,197 (66%)
Blaze 3 0 0 0 - 3
Knights 7 10 14 9 - 40

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Knights: 1-9-Bat 9 (11:30) 89-Bart Eskridge ran for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Gilbert. NYK 7 Bat 0
(Qtr 1) Blaze: 4-7-NYK 12 (4:34) 2-David Madrid 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 7 Bat 3
(Qtr 2) Knights: 3-5-Bat 5 (15:00) 8-Robert Ramey pass complete to 35-Blade Runner for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Gilbert. NYK 14 Bat 3
(Qtr 2) Knights: 4-17-Bat 19 (6:46) 4-Ronald Gilbert 36 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 17 Bat 3
(Qtr 3) Knights: 3-2-Bat 38 (12:04) 13-Darrell Carroll pass complete to 19-James Coleman for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Gilbert. NYK 24 Bat 3
(Qtr 3) Knights: 1-1-Bat 1 (5:04) 13-Darrell Carroll pass complete to 35-Blade Runner for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Gilbert. NYK 31 Bat 3
(Qtr 4) Knights: 3-11-Bat 3 (13:44) 8-Bruce King sacked at Bat -8 for -10 yards (94-Terry Herr). Sack allowed by 19-Tommie Waiters. SAFETY! (94-Terry Herr) NYK 33 Bat 3
(Qtr 4) Knights: 1-4-Bat 4 (5:15) 17-Terrence Whaley ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Gilbert. NYK 40 Bat 3

Team Statistics

Knights Blaze
First Downs 26 9
- Rushing 14 1
- Passing 11 6
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 485 103
- Offensive Plays 72 46
- Yards Per Play 6.74 2.24
Net Rushing Yards 244 29
- Rushing Attempts 47 14
- Yards Per Rush 5.19 2.07
Net Passing Yards 241 74
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 21 / 0 28 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 251 107
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 4 / 33
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.64 2.31
- Yards Per Completion 11.95 6.69
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 10 / 15 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.1 10.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 55 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 20 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 62 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 21
Time of Possession 40:34 19:27

Drive Charts

New York Knights

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:34 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 4:31 4:33 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 12:07 5:25 OWN 9 9 72 Field Goal
2 4:45 2:01 OWN 36 3 6 Punt
2 1:01 0:46 OWN 32 3 5 Punt
3 14:43 2:46 OWN 34 5 66 Touchdown
3 11:36 6:35 OWN 27 13 73 Touchdown
3 2:54 3:01 OWN 35 5 14 Punt
4 13:41 8:29 OWN 29 13 71 Touchdown
4 3:26 3:24 OWN 11 6 16 Punt

Baton Rouge Blaze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:26 6:55 OWN 25 13 63 Field Goal
2 14:58 2:51 OWN 25 5 16 Punt
2 6:42 1:57 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 2:44 1:43 OWN 11 4 14 Punt
2 0:15 0:15 OWN 15 2 16 Half
3 15:00 0:17 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 11:57 0:21 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 5:01 2:07 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
4 14:53 1:12 OWN 4 3 -12 Safety
4 5:12 1:46 OWN 25 6 17 Punt
4 0:03 0:03 OWN 25 1 14 Game

Rushing Stats

New York Knights

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bart Eskridge 9 61 6.78 12 3 1
Terrence Whaley 10 55 5.50 12 2 1
Ray Allen 12 51 4.25 16 2 0
Elbert Mayo 8 31 3.88 10 2 0
Brent Kimberly 2 17 8.50 11 1 0
Robert Ramey 1 12 12.00 12 1 0
Shawn Scanlon 3 9 3.00 6 0 0
Blade Runner 2 8 4.00 9 0 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Charles Costello 5 12 2.40 12 1 0
William Molina 5 9 1.80 7 0 0
Milton Swain 4 8 2.00 7 0 0

Passing Stats

New York Knights

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Robert Ramey 13 11 155 0 / 0 1 38 0 141.99
Darrell Carroll 11 10 96 1 / 10 2 38 0 142.61

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Patrick Laurel 14 10 74 2 / 15 0 28 0 83.63
Bruce King 14 6 33 2 / 18 0 14 0 50.30

Receiving Stats

New York Knights

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Enright 2 58 29.00 38 0
James Coleman 2 49 24.50 38 1
Stephen Lopez 3 32 10.67 16 0
David Greeley 3 27 9.00 16 0
Russell Clancy 2 26 13.00 19 0
Shawn Scanlon 2 19 9.50 10 0
Ray Allen 2 17 8.50 10 0
Blade Runner 3 9 3.00 5 2
Elbert Mayo 1 8 8.00 8 0
Billy Campbell 1 6 6.00 6 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fernando Hendren 4 37 9.25 28 0
Charles Costello 4 36 9.00 14 0
Larry McCray 2 23 11.50 13 0
Milton Swain 2 5 2.50 8 0
Terry Hasegawa 2 4 2.00 2 0
William Molina 2 2 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

New York Knights

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Daniel 22 33 1 3
Jeffrey Cohen 0 1 0 1
Stephen Lopez 0 4 0 0
Ray Allen 1 3 0 1
Brent Kimberly 2 12 0 2
James Coleman 2 11 0 0
Terrence Whaley 3 7 0 1
Garrett Gray 19 33 0 1
Bart Eskridge 2 1 0 0
Vince Lewis 0 1 0 0
Douglas Shriver 0 2 0 0
Joseph Trent 10 21 0 1
Karl Paquin 0 1 0 0
Billy Campbell 1 9 0 1
Daniel Conner 5 0 0 0
Robert Cancel 11 7 0 0
Larry McLean 0 1 0 0
Michael Crowley 0 5 0 0
Ellis Bennett 1 1 0 0
Ed Martins 0 2 0 0
James Chace 0 1 0 0
Stanley Barker 0 1 0 1
Gary Bishop 21 33 0 2
James Lester 20 33 0 4
Charles Neely 0 2 0 0
David Greeley 5 36 0 4
Wayne White 0 1 0 0
James Perkins 0 2 0 1
Roy Christy 0 1 0 0
James Williams 0 1 0 0
Eddie Goldman 1 2 0 0
Brandon Snipes 0 4 0 0
John Sherman 0 5 0 1
Strickland Banks 1 5 0 0
Leroy Puckett 3 8 0 1
Kevin Patterson 17 16 0 0
Shawn Scanlon 0 10 0 1
Paul Seeman 17 16 0 0
Harry Spires 19 20 0 2
Raymond Grove 19 20 0 3
Russell Clancy 7 14 0 0
Dewayne Fleming 19 18 0 2
Elbert Mayo 1 2 0 0
Louis Sheets 0 8 0 0
Blade Runner 8 26 0 0
Kevin Enright 0 14 0 0
Dennis Neal 0 1 0 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Tommie Waiters 6 3 2 2
Kevin Graves 20 18 1 2
Marty Patterson 24 4 0 0
Gilbert Allison 0 1 0 0
Justin Brunner 1 1 0 0
Arthur Harley 1 1 0 0
Joseph Miller 4 0 0 0
Tracy Taylor 4 0 0 0
Joseph Washington 2 1 0 0
Thomas Stadler 14 9 0 1
Colin Martin 2 0 0 0
Bruce Waugh 21 8 0 0
Eugene Davis 25 7 0 0
Mark Pierce 1 1 0 0
Gregory Theisen 8 9 0 0
Charles Costello 13 5 0 1
William Molina 4 2 0 0
Larry McCray 0 5 0 1
Terry Hasegawa 0 3 0 0
Robert Smith 0 11 0 1
John Munoz 2 7 0 1
Fernando Hendren 1 8 0 0
Milton Swain 23 7 0 1
Troy Quesenberry 19 16 0 0
Charles Creswell 19 12 0 0
Stewart Stonge 20 16 0 1
Scott Jones 20 12 0 0
Jamie Shelby 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New York Knights

Baton Rouge Blaze

Fumble Stats

New York Knights

Baton Rouge Blaze

Punting

New York Knights

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Hiram McCallum 4 192 48.00 48.00 49 3

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Byrd 7 334 47.71 45.86 52 2

Kicking

New York Knights

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ronald Gilbert 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 36 5 / 5

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Madrid 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 30 0 / 0

Punt Return

New York Knights

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Stephen Lopez 3 19 6.3 10 0
Kevin Enright 2 1 0.5 1 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Kick Return

New York Knights

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Terrence Whaley 2 62 31.0 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Defensive Stats

New York Knights

Name Tackles Sacks
Wayne White 5 0
Brandon Snipes 4 1
Daniel Butler 3 0
Eddie Goldman 2 1
Karl Paquin 2 0
Charles Neely 2 0
Ed Martins 2 0
Nicholas Jamison 2 0
Douglas Shriver 2 0
Roger White 2 0
Terry Herr 2 1
Strickland Banks 1 0
Ron Cox 1 0
James Chace 1 0
Vince Lewis 1 1
James Williams 1 0
Stanley Barker 1 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Tackles Sacks
Mark Pierce 8 0
Robert May 6 0
Joseph Miller 6 0
Jamie Shelby 6 0
Joseph Washington 5 0
Joseph Easton 5 0
Gilbert Allison 4 0
Dewey Rogers 4 0
Colin Martin 4 0
Gary Walkowiak 3 0
Tracy Taylor 3 0
Oscar Covey 3 1
Raymond Leon 3 0
Orlando Freund 2 0
Donald Thomas 2 0
Charles Newell 2 0
Kevin Tolson 2 0
Anthony Falcon 2 0
Julian Lawrence 1 0