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Preseason Week 2: New Jersey Generals at Birmingham Stallions

August 12, 1978
78°
Legion Field (Birmingham, AL) Attendance: 50,505 (66%)
Generals 7 0 7 0 - 14
Stallions 3 3 3 6 - 15

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Stallions: 4-4-NJG 38 (12:15) 10-Maurice Maly 55 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 3 NJG 0
(Qtr 1) Generals: 2-1-BIR 1 (2:02) 47-Adam Ireland ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Michael Wild. BIR 3 NJG 7
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 4-4-NJG 4 (8:02) 10-Maurice Maly 21 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 6 NJG 7
(Qtr 3) Stallions: 4-8-NJG 37 (12:02) 10-Maurice Maly 55 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 9 NJG 7
(Qtr 3) Generals: 1-6-BIR 6 (0:19) 40-Michael Markowitz ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Michael Wild. BIR 58-Jose Damiani was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. BIR 9 NJG 14
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 2-10-NJG 38 (1:17) 13-Louis Pierce pass complete to 89-Robert McNear for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Stallions Generals
First Downs 19 12
- Rushing 8 6
- Passing 10 3
- Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 408 163
- Offensive Plays 67 51
- Yards Per Play 6.09 3.20
Net Rushing Yards 132 131
- Rushing Attempts 30 27
- Yards Per Rush 4.40 4.85
Net Passing Yards 276 32
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 26 / 1 19 / 9 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 285 69
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 9 5 / 37
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.46 1.33
- Yards Per Completion 10.96 7.67
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 1 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.4 7.2
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 27 2 / 13
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 80 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 18 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 73
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 35
Time of Possession 32:10 27:51

Drive Charts

Birmingham Stallions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:49 OWN 25 5 37 Field Goal
1 9:05 2:10 OWN 33 3 4 Punt
1 4:09 0:45 OWN 12 2 5 Fumble
1 1:59 9:00 OWN 25 14 71 Field Goal
2 1:55 1:55 OWN 9 4 30 Half
3 13:24 1:26 OWN 48 4 15 Field Goal
3 8:59 1:27 OWN 48 3 6 Punt
3 3:36 2:34 OWN 35 5 61 Interception
3 0:16 1:46 OWN 15 3 10 Punt
4 9:52 3:45 OWN 3 7 61 Missed FG
4 4:40 3:29 OWN 3 11 97 Touchdown
4 1:04 1:04 OPP 36 5 16 Game

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:11 3:05 OWN 25 6 8 Punt
1 6:56 2:47 OWN 20 4 19 Punt
1 3:24 1:25 OPP 19 5 19 Touchdown
2 7:59 6:04 OWN 25 11 63 Fumble
3 15:00 1:36 OWN 25 3 -14 Punt
3 11:58 2:59 OWN 25 5 14 Punt
3 7:33 3:57 OWN 20 5 16 Punt
3 1:02 0:46 OPP 25 2 25 Touchdown
4 13:30 3:38 OWN 24 5 15 Punt
4 6:07 1:27 OWN 43 3 6 Punt
4 1:11 0:07 OWN 25 3 0 Interception

Rushing Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Joe Callahan 14 65 4.64 16 2 0
Steven Murry 8 54 6.75 25 2 0
Leslie Slattery 3 10 3.33 7 0 0
Peter Morgan 2 3 1.50 2 0 0
Christopher Joiner 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Louis Pierce 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Thibodeaux 9 43 4.78 17 1 0
Adam Ireland 10 41 4.10 10 1 1
Nathan Brady 1 24 24.00 24 1 0
Michael Markowitz 7 23 3.29 6 0 1

Passing Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Louis Pierce 20 12 204 2 / 9 1 38 1 90.42
Lawrence Clack 15 14 81 0 / 0 0 20 0 89.17

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Nathan Brady 11 6 48 4 / 28 0 20 1 27.84
James Jackson 8 3 21 1 / 9 0 11 0 45.83

Receiving Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Marvin Nagle 8 123 15.38 37 0
Cecil Khoury 7 51 7.29 20 0
Robert McNear 2 40 20.00 38 1
Christopher Joiner 2 38 19.00 30 0
Peter Morgan 1 9 9.00 9 0
Todd Hamm 1 8 8.00 8 0
Steven Murry 2 7 3.50 5 0
Kevin Gardner 1 7 7.00 7 0
Joe Callahan 2 2 1.00 2 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Thibodeaux 2 31 15.50 20 0
Hassan Draves 3 21 7.00 11 0
George Lee 1 10 10.00 10 0
Edward Aquirre 2 6 3.00 5 0
Michael Markowitz 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Rooker 22 16 1 1
Collin McNamara 28 18 1 1
Todd Hamm 0 16 0 0
John Lewis 0 4 0 0
Ronald Guzman 0 3 0 0
Richard Smith 0 4 0 1
Marvin Nagle 3 20 0 0
Robert McNear 0 13 0 1
Alfredo Hood 0 1 0 1
Robert Price 1 5 0 0
Elmer Davis 15 15 0 0
Gregory Timmons 0 2 0 0
David Nelson 4 8 0 0
Leslie Slattery 4 6 0 0
George Webb 2 0 0 0
Lynn King 0 1 0 0
Stephen Cohen 0 3 0 0
Nathan Werner 0 6 0 0
George Figueroa 0 1 0 0
Kevin Scott 0 1 0 0
Peter Morgan 0 1 0 0
George Schaller 0 2 0 1
Richard Martin 0 3 0 0
Stephen Paradis 15 14 0 0
Richard Fernandez 31 23 0 3
Steven Murry 5 0 0 0
Bryan Napier 10 11 0 1
Travis Noel 15 17 0 1
Milan Vreeland 18 15 0 0
Claud Kellum 13 15 0 2
Cecil Khoury 1 12 0 0
Bobby William 0 8 0 0
Kevin Gardner 0 8 0 0
Joe Callahan 4 3 0 0
Jose Damiani 0 6 0 1
Raymond Foster 4 3 0 0
William Osorio 7 0 0 0
Gary Anderson 29 18 0 4
Roland Jackson 8 2 0 0
Christopher Joiner 20 18 0 0
Trey Latham 28 18 0 1
Kevin Routh 0 5 0 0
Lincoln Cox 0 3 0 0
Doyle Lederer 0 1 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Alvin Moore 23 16 3 4
Anthony Boggs 9 18 1 1
Zachary Krantz 33 28 1 3
Gordon Henderson 20 15 1 1
Adam Ireland 3 0 0 0
Brian Campbell 0 2 0 0
Kenneth Quinn 0 6 0 0
Billy Denny 0 3 0 0
Robert Thibodeaux 3 0 0 0
Emanuel Bird 7 2 0 0
Thomas Moore 3 5 0 0
Kenneth Hurst 3 1 0 0
Timothy Stitt 23 10 0 0
Carl Severson 0 7 0 1
David Robertson 0 1 0 0
Fred Alexander 1 1 0 0
Joe Everett 0 1 0 0
Anthony Sword 0 1 0 0
Ray Kirchner 12 19 0 2
Edward Aquirre 0 12 0 0
Jacob Stuart 2 13 0 1
James Hill 0 7 0 0
Brian Singh 23 13 0 1
Jose Watt 4 1 0 0
Brian Johnson 2 0 0 0
George Lee 5 11 0 0
Michael Markowitz 2 5 0 1
Hassan Draves 4 17 0 0
Jerry Weaver 9 14 0 1
Kenneth Fletcher 11 17 0 0
Henry Decesare 12 21 0 1
Michael Ferguson 2 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Martin 1 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Quinn 1 73 73.00 0

Fumble Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Steven Murry 1 0 0 0
Keith Austin 0 1 1 0
Gerard Bessey 0 0 1 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Thibodeaux 1 0 0 0
Nathan Brady 1 1 0 0
Brian Johnson 0 1 0 0
David Robertson 0 0 1 0

Punting

Birmingham Stallions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Vernon Jaramillo 2 101 50.50 39.00 52 0
Larry Lear 1 42 42.00 42.00 42 1

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Kenneth Brown 7 346 49.43 38.43 57 3

Kicking

Birmingham Stallions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Maurice Maly 3 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 3 55 0 / 0

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Michael Wild 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Doyle Lederer 3 68 22.7 33 0
Kevin Scott 2 12 6.0 11 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Thibodeaux 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Leslie Slattery 1 18 18.0 0

New Jersey Generals

Defensive Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Martin 4 0
Kevin Routh 3 2
Ricky Stewart 3 0
Ronald Guzman 3 0
Richard Smith 3 0
Robert Price 3 1
Julio Ortega 2 0
Gregory Timmons 2 0
Fidel Connor 2 0
Harold Bruning 2 0
Lynn King 2 1
Kevin Scott 2 0
Robert McNear 1 0
George Figueroa 1 0
Bruce Thoreson 1 0
George Schaller 1 0
Gerard Bessey 1 1
Jose Damiani 1 0
Milan Vreeland 1 0
Wilbert Conners 1 1
Stephen Cohen 1 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Brian Campbell 8 0
Chester Smalley 8 0
Jose Watt 6 1
Reggie Walker 4 0
Manuel Reyes 4 0
Robert Maddox 3 0
Carl Severson 3 0
Anthony Sword 3 0
David Robertson 3 0
Terry Creed 3 0
Zachary Krantz 3 0
Fred Alexander 2 0
Charles Poole 2 0
Michael Ferguson 2 1
Paul Wade 2 0
George Lee 1 0
Brian Johnson 1 0
Timothy Stitt 1 0
Edward Aquirre 1 0