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Preseason Week 1: Philadelphia Bells at New Jersey Generals

August 04, 1979
72°
Houston Stadium (Asbury Park, NJ) Attendance: 49,974 (49%)
Bells 0 0 7 7 - 14
Generals 3 3 0 5 - 11

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-3-PHI 24 (7:52) 11-Michael Wild 41 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 PHI 0
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-10-PHI 10 (1:59) 11-Michael Wild 28 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 6 PHI 0
(Qtr 3) Bells: 2-12-NJG 29 (0:59) 6-Norman Cheshire pass complete to 85-Gary Chisolm for 29 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Edward Pons. PHI 76-Bernard Garcia was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NJG 6 PHI 7
(Qtr 4) Bells: 3-2-NJG 2 (14:17) 6-Norman Cheshire pass complete to 80-Walter Lane for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Edward Pons. NJG 6 PHI 14
(Qtr 4) Generals: 3-15-PHI 5 (11:18) 6-Norman Cheshire sacked at PHI -4 for -10 yards (97-Joe Everett). Sack allowed by 23-Vance Ragsdale. SAFETY! (97-Joe Everett) 23-Vance Ragsdale completely missed his blocking assignment. NJG 8 PHI 14
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-6-PHI 6 (4:13) 11-Michael Wild 23 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 11 PHI 14

Team Statistics

Generals Bells
First Downs 21 5
- Rushing 12 4
- Passing 7 1
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 280 127
- Offensive Plays 71 48
- Yards Per Play 3.94 2.65
Net Rushing Yards 162 62
- Rushing Attempts 30 19
- Yards Per Rush 5.40 3.26
Net Passing Yards 118 65
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 20 / 2 26 / 17 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 152 93
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 34 3 / 28
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.88 2.24
- Yards Per Completion 7.60 5.47
Fumbles/Lost 4 / 3 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 14 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.0 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 6 / 32
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 24 2 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 87 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 3 2 / 4
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 30
Time of Possession 37:15 22:46

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:23 5:35 OWN 20 9 56 Field Goal
1 5:34 0:46 OWN 30 3 15 Interception
1 1:14 5:49 OWN 13 9 38 Punt
2 8:44 6:48 OPP 50 12 40 Field Goal
3 15:00 4:53 OWN 22 8 48 Missed FG
3 10:05 2:49 OPP 34 6 23 Interception
3 6:21 0:11 OWN 40 2 0 Fumble
3 4:51 0:20 OWN 36 3 0 Punt
3 1:36 0:43 OWN 27 2 -27 Touchdown
3 0:53 0:41 OWN 25 2 -1 Fumble
4 14:14 1:36 OWN 28 5 17 Punt
4 11:14 7:04 OWN 42 12 52 Field Goal

Philadelphia Bells

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:37 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 7:48 2:15 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 4:48 3:34 OWN 46 6 13 Punt
2 10:25 1:41 OWN 4 3 4 Punt
2 1:56 1:56 OWN 25 3 7 Half
3 10:07 0:03 OWN 37 1 0 Interception
3 7:15 0:54 OWN 9 3 1 Punt
3 6:10 1:19 OPP 48 3 6 Interception
3 4:31 2:55 OWN 17 5 11 Punt
3 0:12 0:58 OPP 15 4 15 Touchdown
4 12:38 1:24 OWN 11 3 -16 Safety
4 4:10 4:10 OWN 25 9 40 Game

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Larry Butler 12 73 6.08 19 1 0
James Jackson 2 28 14.00 15 2 0
Juan Schilling 6 22 3.67 10 1 0
Jerry Weaver 2 22 11.00 14 1 0
Billy Denny 7 17 2.43 12 1 0
Nathan Brady 1 0 0.00 - 0 0

Philadelphia Bells

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Vance Ragsdale 6 33 5.50 12 1 0
Donald Donaldson 3 21 7.00 10 1 0
Steve Burns 3 5 1.67 3 0 0
Jeff Kuo 5 3 0.60 2 0 0
Norman Cheshire 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Jackson 14 10 76 3 / 16 0 15 1 54.46
Nathan Brady 22 10 76 2 / 18 0 15 1 35.42

Philadelphia Bells

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Norman Cheshire 16 10 64 2 / 18 2 29 2 70.83
Jason Barnett 10 7 29 1 / 10 0 9 0 72.92

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerry Weaver 3 29 9.67 12 0
Juan Schilling 2 16 8.00 15 0
Timothy Gatto 2 15 7.50 13 0
Larry Butler 3 15 5.00 13 0
George Lee 1 15 15.00 15 0
Carl Severson 1 14 14.00 14 0
Michael Brunner 2 13 6.50 7 0
Timothy Reynolds 2 12 6.00 7 0
Billy Denny 2 11 5.50 8 0
James Hill 1 6 6.00 6 0
Ryan Gregory 1 6 6.00 6 0

Philadelphia Bells

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Chisolm 1 29 29.00 29 1
Randy Garcia 4 28 7.00 10 0
Steve Burns 2 8 4.00 8 0
Jeff Kuo 2 7 3.50 7 0
Vance Ragsdale 3 7 2.33 8 0
Donald Donaldson 2 7 3.50 7 0
Walter Lane 2 5 2.50 3 1
William Jones 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Anthony Boggs 21 15 2 2
Frank Hayes 5 9 1 1
Kenneth Fletcher 22 15 1 2
Michael Ferguson 1 5 0 0
Terry Creed 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Quinn 5 15 0 2
Jeffrey Swindle 0 1 0 0
Gordon Henderson 36 27 0 1
Joe Everett 0 4 0 0
Henry Decesare 14 15 0 3
David Robertson 0 1 0 1
Scott Adams 0 1 0 0
Brian Campbell 1 3 0 0
Robt Moore 2 4 0 0
Jacob Eastman 2 3 0 0
Chester Smalley 1 3 0 0
Timothy Reynolds 3 4 0 0
Brian Johnson 2 4 0 0
Robert Lambert 18 13 0 2
Julio Fredericksen 0 1 0 0
Jose Watt 7 6 0 0
James Hill 0 4 0 0
Juan Schilling 2 1 0 0
Michael Brunner 10 8 0 2
Carl Severson 2 11 0 2
Ryan Gregory 3 12 0 0
Timothy Stitt 40 26 0 0
Billy Denny 9 9 0 1
Larry Butler 6 5 0 0
George Lee 12 15 0 1
Zachary Krantz 19 16 0 0
Alvin Moore 45 23 0 1
Timothy Gatto 2 8 0 0
Jerry Weaver 26 21 0 1
Jonathan Zepeda 0 1 0 0

Philadelphia Bells

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Fred Carter 11 10 1 1
Scott Cranford 17 11 1 3
Vance Ragsdale 4 9 1 1
Steve Burns 10 11 0 0
Anthony Weber 0 2 0 0
Glenn Thomas 0 2 0 0
Mark Pierce 0 4 0 1
George Bothwell 0 2 0 0
Tim Watson 4 3 0 1
Bernard Garcia 2 2 0 0
Richard Strand 2 1 0 0
Raymond Lenahan 0 2 0 0
Donald Donaldson 5 3 0 0
Tony Martin 5 2 0 0
Tim Hayes 0 1 0 0
Kevin Smith 0 1 0 0
Zachary Bingham 0 1 0 0
James Atkinson 0 1 0 0
Dean Castilleja 2 7 0 0
Ernie Lewis 21 15 0 1
Randy Garcia 0 12 0 0
Gary Chisolm 0 10 0 1
Michael Williams 3 0 0 0
Jeff Kuo 4 1 0 0
Daniel Martin 37 23 0 1
Jeffrey Hall 15 11 0 0
Nathaniel Richardson 15 7 0 0
William Jones 0 8 0 1
Ethan Moore 1 13 0 0
Brian McAdams 25 15 0 1
William Hawkins 15 10 0 2
Brian Maher 25 17 0 1
Thomas Reed 0 1 0 0
Randy Mason 0 3 0 0
Carl Martin 0 1 0 1
Paul Sharp 0 4 0 2
Matthew Taylor 0 1 0 0
Matthew Miller 0 3 0 0
Walter Lane 0 7 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Chester Smalley 1 2 2.00 0
Robt Moore 1 1 1.00 0

Philadelphia Bells

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Tim Hayes 1 4 4.00 0
George Bothwell 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Nathan Brady 2 0 0 0
Jerry Weaver 1 0 0 0
Carl Severson 1 0 0 0

Philadelphia Bells

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
George Bothwell 0 1 1 0
Dean Castilleja 0 0 1 0
Tony Martin 0 1 0 0
Paul Sharp 0 1 1 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Kenneth Brown 3 138 46.00 46.00 48 3

Philadelphia Bells

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Mark Whiteman 6 282 47.00 43.83 53 2

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Michael Wild 3 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 0 41 0 / 0

Philadelphia Bells

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edward Pons 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Carl Severson 4 24 6.0 8 0

Philadelphia Bells

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Chisolm 2 3 1.5 2 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Carl Severson 3 87 29.0 0

Philadelphia Bells

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Scott Adams 6 0
Jacob Eastman 4 0
Jeffrey Swindle 3 0
Robert Maddox 3 0
Brian Johnson 3 0
Chester Smalley 2 0
Jonathan Zepeda 2 0
Brian Campbell 2 0
Larry Butler 2 0
Manuel Reyes 2 0
Charles Poole 2 0
Terry Creed 2 0
Joe Everett 2 1
Julio Fredericksen 1 1
David Robertson 1 0
Robt Moore 1 0
James Hill 1 0
Nathan Brady 1 0
Michael Ferguson 1 1
James Helman 1 0

Philadelphia Bells

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Sharp 8 1
Randy Mason 6 0
Edwardo Dow 6 0
Raymond Lenahan 4 0
George Bothwell 4 0
Thomas Reed 3 0
Mark Pierce 3 0
Michael Williams 3 0
Richard Strand 3 0
Glenn Thomas 3 0
James Atkinson 3 0
Tim Hayes 2 0
Gregory Mapes 2 1
Matthew Taylor 2 2
Mark Rucks 1 0
Vance Ragsdale 1 0
Zachary Bingham 1 0
Tim Watson 1 1
Walter Lane 1 0
Carl Martin 1 0
Robert Best 1 0
Bernard Garcia 1 0