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Preseason Week 1: New Orleans Breakers at Seattle Freeze

August 04, 1979
66°
Universal Stadium (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 65,827 (55%)
Breakers 0 3 3 0 0 - 6
Freeze 3 0 0 3 3 - 9

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Freeze: 4-2-NEW 38 (7:30) 15-Anthony Estep 56 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 3 NEW 0
(Qtr 2) Breakers: 4-1-SEA 1 (0:49) 7-James Blanks 20 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 3 NEW 3
(Qtr 3) Breakers: 4-7-SEA 27 (7:55) 7-James Blanks 45 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (SEA 98-John Peterson) (Declined) SEA 3 NEW 6
(Qtr 4) Freeze: 4-2-NEW 2 (6:30) 15-Anthony Estep 21 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 6 NEW 6
(OT) Freeze: 1-10-NEW 15 (3:14) 15-Anthony Estep 33 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 9 NEW 6

Team Statistics

Freeze Breakers
First Downs 17 13
- Rushing 12 4
- Passing 4 7
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 282 197
- Offensive Plays 66 58
- Yards Per Play 4.27 3.40
Net Rushing Yards 173 52
- Rushing Attempts 44 27
- Yards Per Rush 3.93 1.93
Net Passing Yards 109 145
- Att/Comp/Int 21 / 18 / 0 29 / 19 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 118 156
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 9 2 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.95 4.68
- Yards Per Completion 6.56 8.21
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 16 6 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 24 2 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 61 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 19
Time of Possession 38:16 28:35

Drive Charts

Seattle Freeze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:39 OWN 21 5 22 Punt
1 10:53 3:28 OWN 22 6 40 Field Goal
1 5:10 4:03 OWN 21 6 24 Punt
2 12:40 4:12 OWN 20 6 20 Punt
2 6:09 2:12 OWN 31 3 6 Punt
2 0:47 0:47 OWN 31 3 23 Half
3 7:51 2:49 OWN 25 4 11 Punt
3 2:08 10:41 OWN 31 17 67 Field Goal
4 3:00 2:08 OWN 15 8 22 Punt
OT 10:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
OT 6:58 3:47 OWN 48 6 36 Field Goal

New Orleans Breakers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:21 1:28 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
1 7:26 2:16 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 1:07 3:27 OWN 20 9 19 Punt
2 8:28 2:20 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
2 3:56 3:10 OWN 15 13 83 Field Goal
3 15:00 7:09 OWN 25 11 48 Field Goal
3 5:02 2:53 OWN 4 4 8 Punt
4 6:27 3:27 OWN 25 5 15 Punt
4 0:52 0:52 OWN 12 4 17 Punt
OT 8:30 1:33 OWN 25 3 0 Punt

Rushing Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Travis Hurst 22 91 4.14 12 3 0
Floyd Braggs 9 43 4.78 16 2 0
Jaime Walker 10 27 2.70 9 0 0
Joseph Langer 3 12 4.00 8 0 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Henry Alvarado 10 28 2.80 12 2 0
Ronald Metcalfe 7 19 2.71 9 0 0
William Williams 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
Shannon Manning 7 -1 -0.14 3 0 0
George Benito 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Frank Brousseau 10 9 62 1 / 9 0 14 0 92.50
Curtis Williams 11 9 56 0 / 0 0 22 0 87.88

New Orleans Breakers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Williams 18 10 84 0 / 0 0 23 0 67.82
Dale Burnett 11 9 72 2 / 11 0 20 0 93.94

Receiving Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Felix Pursell 3 29 9.67 22 0
Travis Hurst 5 26 5.20 14 0
Jaime Walker 3 16 5.33 9 0
Joseph Olivarez 1 14 14.00 14 0
Joseph Langer 2 12 6.00 7 0
George Masters 2 12 6.00 8 0
Floyd Braggs 1 6 6.00 6 0
Daniel Swift 1 3 3.00 3 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
George Roberts 4 28 7.00 14 0
Roger Lass 2 26 13.00 20 0
Mitchell McEachern 1 23 23.00 23 0
Fernando Hendren 2 23 11.50 18 0
George Benito 5 22 4.40 12 0
Shannon Manning 2 13 6.50 9 0
Richard Mathis 1 11 11.00 11 0
Henry Alvarado 1 6 6.00 6 0
Ronald Metcalfe 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Randy Clough 13 28 1 1
Gerard Bessey 0 2 0 0
Hans Hutzler 3 8 0 1
Jeff Zellmer 21 26 0 2
Carl Conley 22 32 0 3
Floyd Braggs 2 1 0 0
Orlando Maag 17 29 0 5
Robert Trowbridge 15 30 0 5
Robert Brenner 1 1 0 0
Kevin Routh 2 2 0 0
Joseph Langer 7 12 0 0
Tracy Davis 0 16 0 0
James Ward 1 2 0 0
Travis Hurst 1 4 0 0
Joseph Olivarez 0 5 0 1
Daniel Swift 0 2 0 0
George Masters 6 24 0 2
Walter Wilson 1 13 0 0
James Bracy 9 3 0 0
Roland Flaherty 12 17 0 1
Leon Burton 1 2 0 0
Richard Ahrens 0 3 0 0
Jose Deese 5 3 0 0
Robert Hanson 0 4 0 0
Kerry Osuna 0 4 0 0
James Nova 1 3 0 0
Whitney Miracle 16 23 0 3
Delbert Wright 11 20 0 0
Felix Pursell 0 7 0 1
Jaime Walker 6 26 0 1
Kenneth Smith 16 20 0 0
Jonathan Boivin 0 17 0 1
Edward Wade 0 17 0 1
Jerry Daniel 10 15 0 1
Alex Hill 3 1 0 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Edgar Eichler 24 21 2 4
Dennis Wyatt 24 13 0 2
Joseph Burleigh 0 8 0 0
Donald Rubin 1 0 0 0
Neal Carlson 2 2 0 0
Frank Hudgins 0 2 0 0
Barry Eason 1 4 0 1
James Lynch 8 5 0 0
Man Valentin 16 13 0 0
Clarence Duncan 1 0 0 0
George Trahan 0 1 0 0
Jon Bracey 1 1 0 0
Foster Stiffler 0 1 0 0
Ray Richter 3 0 0 0
Henry Alvarado 7 7 0 0
George Roberts 0 9 0 0
Richard Mathis 0 7 0 0
Kelly Abrams 23 18 0 1
Ronald Metcalfe 4 7 0 0
Shannon Manning 2 6 0 1
Enrique Young 18 12 0 1
Weston Garcia 9 3 0 0
Christopher Ritchey 23 18 0 3
Kenneth London 6 16 0 1
Angel Lopez 19 13 0 1
Roger Lass 0 14 0 1
Fernando Hendren 0 13 0 1
Mitchell McEachern 1 4 0 0
Thomas Himes 31 21 0 3
Henry Bruno 20 16 0 0
George Benito 8 15 0 3
Michael Gentile 2 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Seattle Freeze

New Orleans Breakers

Fumble Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jaime Walker 1 0 0 0
Frank Brousseau 1 0 0 0
Jeff Zellmer 0 1 0 0
Randy Clough 0 1 0 0

New Orleans Breakers

Punting

Seattle Freeze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nathan Collins 7 374 53.43 45.14 64 3

New Orleans Breakers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ronald Hall 8 402 50.25 44.88 61 1

Kicking

Seattle Freeze

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Anthony Estep 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 56 0 / 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Blanks 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 0 / 0

Punt Return

Seattle Freeze

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jonathan Boivin 2 19 9.5 18 0
Floyd Braggs 1 5 5.0 5 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Shannon Manning 2 9 4.5 8 0

Kick Return

Seattle Freeze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Floyd Braggs 2 61 30.5 0

New Orleans Breakers

Defensive Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name Tackles Sacks
James Ward 7 2
Jose Deese 6 0
James Nova 5 0
Robert Hanson 4 0
Robert Brenner 3 0
Jewell Medley 3 0
Kerry Osuna 3 0
Leon Burton 3 0
Donald Lanier 2 0
Rex Frei 2 0
Richard Ahrens 2 0
John Burley 2 0
Tony Woodall 1 0
Andrew Yearby 1 0
Edward Wade 1 0
Orlando Maag 1 0
Travis Hurst 1 0
James Bracy 1 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Tackles Sacks
George Trahan 9 0
Donald Rubin 7 0
Brandon Lira 6 0
Gary Grove 5 0
Craig Long 4 0
Weston Garcia 4 0
Ray Richter 3 0
Harrison Snow 3 0
Wayne Nichols 3 0
Robert Shively 3 0
Foster Stiffler 3 0
Jon Bracey 3 0
Charles Martinez 3 0
Glenn Lazo 2 0
Michael Gentile 2 0
Bradford Reese 1 0
Dennis Wyatt 1 0
James Blanks 1 0
William Tucker 1 0
James Salmeron 1 0
Roger Dancer 1 0
Peter Gorrell 1 1