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Preseason Week 1: Birmingham Stallions at Baton Rouge Blaze

August 04, 1979
70°
Fire House (Baton Rouge, LA) Attendance: 34,525 (49%)
Stallions 0 17 10 6 - 33
Blaze 0 14 0 0 - 14

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Blaze: 1-10-BIR 10 (13:45) 2-Jared Amundsen pass complete to 13-Larry McCray for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Bobby Bayne. Bat 7 BIR 0
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 2-1-BIR 35 (12:58) 14-Lawrence Clack pass complete to 85-Peter Morgan for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Maurice Maly. Bat 7 BIR 7
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 2-1-Bat 13 (2:54) 14-Lawrence Clack pass complete to 85-Peter Morgan for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Maurice Maly. Bat 7 BIR 14
(Qtr 2) Blaze: 1-10-BIR 33 (1:08) 2-Jared Amundsen pass complete to 19-Tommie Waiters for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Bobby Bayne. Bat 14 BIR 14
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 1-10-Bat 33 (0:03) 10-Maurice Maly 50 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 14 BIR 17
(Qtr 3) Stallions: 1-10-BIR 38 (10:24) 13-Louis Pierce pass complete to 18-Brad Curl for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Maurice Maly. Bat 14 BIR 24
(Qtr 3) Stallions: 4-1-Bat 4 (2:05) 10-Maurice Maly 21 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 14 BIR 27
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 4-6-Bat 14 (9:32) 10-Maurice Maly 31 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 14 BIR 30
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 4-7-Bat 27 (4:51) 10-Maurice Maly 45 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 14 BIR 33

Team Statistics

Blaze Stallions
First Downs 12 17
- Rushing 4 9
- Passing 8 8
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 244 545
- Offensive Plays 59 66
- Yards Per Play 4.14 8.26
Net Rushing Yards 79 156
- Rushing Attempts 23 33
- Yards Per Rush 3.43 4.73
Net Passing Yards 165 389
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 22 / 0 33 / 22 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 193 389
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 28 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.58 11.79
- Yards Per Completion 8.77 17.68
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 25 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 4 / 26
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 26 1 / 30
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 22
Time of Possession 27:55 32:05

Drive Charts

Baton Rouge Blaze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:33 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 11:15 2:47 OWN 21 6 21 Punt
1 6:18 2:21 OWN 36 5 11 Punt
1 2:36 3:54 OWN 44 7 56 Touchdown
2 12:48 3:29 OWN 25 7 27 Punt
2 7:08 2:46 OWN 33 4 13 Punt
2 2:49 1:47 OWN 22 10 78 Touchdown
3 13:12 1:29 OWN 24 3 9 Punt
3 10:14 2:20 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 2:02 3:33 OWN 25 5 17 Punt
4 9:29 1:17 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
4 4:48 0:39 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt

Birmingham Stallions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:27 2:12 OWN 22 3 8 Punt
1 8:27 2:09 OWN 11 3 10 Punt
1 3:57 1:22 OWN 3 3 4 Punt
2 13:42 0:54 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
2 9:20 2:12 OWN 11 3 8 Punt
2 4:21 1:32 OWN 20 3 80 Touchdown
2 1:02 1:02 OWN 25 5 42 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:48 OWN 24 5 8 Punt
3 11:43 1:29 OWN 18 4 82 Touchdown
3 7:54 5:52 OWN 28 9 68 Field Goal
4 13:30 4:01 OWN 10 8 76 Field Goal
4 8:11 3:24 OWN 46 7 27 Field Goal
4 4:08 4:08 OWN 43 11 36 Game

Rushing Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steven Koch 13 44 3.38 8 0 0
Jared Amundsen 2 20 10.00 14 1 0
William Molina 5 17 3.40 11 1 0
Charles Costello 3 -2 -0.67 1 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Rankins 13 74 5.69 13 4 0
Joe Callahan 11 41 3.73 11 2 0
Edward Sievers 2 19 9.50 15 1 0
Peter Morgan 3 14 4.67 8 0 0
Lawrence Clack 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
Louis Pierce 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jared Amundsen 26 19 166 0 / 0 2 33 0 115.22
Harold Brown 7 3 27 3 / 28 0 17 0 53.87

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Louis Pierce 24 15 218 0 / 0 1 62 0 105.90
Lawrence Clack 9 7 171 0 / 0 2 65 0 158.33

Receiving Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Larry McCray 5 58 11.60 15 1
Tommie Waiters 1 33 33.00 33 1
Steven Koch 3 27 9.00 17 0
Stephen Mengel 4 16 4.00 8 0
William Molina 3 15 5.00 7 0
Russell Woodruff 2 14 7.00 8 0
Robert Smith 1 12 12.00 12 0
David Potts 1 9 9.00 9 0
John Munoz 1 6 6.00 6 0
Terry Hasegawa 1 3 3.00 3 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Peter Morgan 4 104 26.00 65 2
Cecil Khoury 7 66 9.43 18 0
Brad Curl 1 62 62.00 62 1
Joe Callahan 1 58 58.00 58 0
Kenneth Carmona 1 40 40.00 40 0
Leslie Slattery 2 27 13.50 16 0
Robert McNear 1 16 16.00 16 0
Edward Sievers 2 7 3.50 4 0
Marvin Nagle 1 6 6.00 6 0
Bryan Napier 1 2 2.00 2 0
Paul Rankins 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Marcus Cosentino 9 9 1 2
Travis Palermo 12 8 1 1
James Cromer 0 1 0 0
Tommie Waiters 0 4 0 0
Justin Brunner 0 1 0 1
Tracy Taylor 7 0 0 0
Nicholas Gold 2 1 0 1
Charles Robertson 0 1 0 0
Scott Jones 35 21 0 0
Colin Martin 0 1 0 0
Joseph Miller 8 0 0 0
Julian Lawrence 0 1 0 0
Raymond Leon 0 1 0 0
Anthony Falcon 0 1 0 0
Kevin Tolson 0 1 0 0
Roger Calloway 15 9 0 0
Anthony Kaiser 0 1 0 0
Terry Hasegawa 0 7 0 0
John Munoz 0 5 0 0
Marty Patterson 22 10 0 1
William Carter 34 19 0 0
Charles Creswell 35 16 0 2
Troy Quesenberry 29 17 0 3
Bruce Waugh 35 22 0 0
Steven Koch 6 0 0 0
Joseph Washington 3 1 0 0
Eugene Davis 22 13 0 0
David Potts 0 12 0 0
Larry McCray 0 16 0 3
William Molina 4 3 0 0
Charles Costello 6 5 0 1
Robert Smith 5 10 0 0
Stephen Mengel 12 16 0 0
Russell Woodruff 1 5 0 1
Jeffrey Goss 0 1 0 1

Birmingham Stallions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gregory Timmons 0 1 0 0
Ronald Guzman 0 1 0 0
Peter Morgan 0 15 0 0
Kevin Scott 0 2 0 0
George Schaller 0 2 0 0
Robert Price 0 2 0 0
Stephen Cohen 0 1 0 0
Richard Smith 0 3 0 1
Larry Glasscock 1 1 0 0
John Lewis 0 1 0 0
Julio Ortega 0 1 0 1
Edward Sievers 7 11 0 0
Jimmy Ortiz 0 2 0 0
Paul Rankins 4 0 0 0
Milan Vreeland 28 24 0 1
Brad Curl 0 8 0 0
Francis Lupo 5 0 0 0
Reid Diaz 0 2 0 1
Jose Damiani 0 1 0 0
Nicholas McIntyre 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Carmona 1 12 0 0
Joe Callahan 0 2 0 0
Wayne Garrett 0 1 0 1
Todd Hamm 0 6 0 1
Stephen Paradis 15 13 0 0
Bryan Napier 7 11 0 1
Robert Cancel 16 11 0 1
Marvin Nagle 2 12 0 2
Thomas Rooker 11 12 0 1
Leslie Slattery 0 5 0 0
Travis Noel 16 14 0 0
Claud Kellum 13 12 0 0
Robert McNear 0 16 0 3
Richard Fernandez 31 26 0 2
Cecil Khoury 1 23 0 1
Christopher Joiner 17 20 0 0
Raymond Foster 12 0 0 0
Roland Jackson 37 24 0 0
Alfredo Hood 3 1 0 0
William Osorio 9 0 0 0
Gary Anderson 31 23 0 0
Collin McNamara 32 25 0 2
Robert Blackmon 8 1 0 0
Keith Austin 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Birmingham Stallions

Fumble Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Birmingham Stallions

Punting

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Byrd 10 479 47.90 43.30 55 5

Birmingham Stallions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Larry Lear 5 235 47.00 46.80 50 0

Kicking

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bobby Bayne 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Birmingham Stallions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Maurice Maly 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 50 3 / 3

Punt Return

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Molina 1 1 1.0 1 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Rankins 4 26 6.5 14 0

Kick Return

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Molina 1 26 26.0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Louis Pierce 1 30 30.0 0

Defensive Stats