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Preseason Week 4: Seattle Freeze at New York Knights

August 25, 1979
82°
Polo Grounds (New York City, NY) Attendance: 63,580 (79%)
Freeze 0 7 0 7 - 14
Knights 7 14 3 13 - 37

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Knights: 3-1-SEA 0 (1:08) 9-Ray Allen ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Mercado. NYK 7 SEA 0
(Qtr 2) Freeze: 2-4-NYK 9 (13:20) 4-Curtis Williams pass complete to 14-Jonathan Boivin to NYK 0 for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Anthony Estep. NYK 7 SEA 7
(Qtr 2) Knights: 2-1-SEA 43 (10:38) 8-Robert Ramey pass complete to 19-James Coleman for 43 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Mercado. NYK 14 SEA 7
(Qtr 2) Knights: 2-3-SEA 10 (3:02) 8-Robert Ramey pass complete to 18-Shawn Scanlon for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Mercado. NYK 21 SEA 7
(Qtr 3) Knights: 4-5-SEA 26 (6:11) 6-Robert Mercado 43 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 24 SEA 7
(Qtr 4) Knights: 4-5-SEA 24 (12:58) 6-Robert Mercado 41 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 27 SEA 7
(Qtr 4) Freeze: (12:55) 6-Robert Mercado kicks 73 yards from NYK 35 to SEA -8. 41-Christopher Phillips for 108yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Anthony Estep. NYK 27 SEA 14
(Qtr 4) Knights: 4-5-SEA 15 (5:13) 6-Robert Mercado 32 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 30 SEA 14
(Qtr 4) Knights: 3-4-SEA 4 (1:53) 82-Billy Campbell ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Mercado. NYK 37 SEA 14

Team Statistics

Knights Freeze
First Downs 27 7
- Rushing 17 1
- Passing 10 4
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 531 105
- Offensive Plays 75 40
- Yards Per Play 7.08 2.63
Net Rushing Yards 285 32
- Rushing Attempts 48 12
- Yards Per Rush 5.94 2.67
Net Passing Yards 246 73
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 23 / 0 25 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 246 98
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 25
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.11 2.61
- Yards Per Completion 10.70 6.13
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 12 3 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.6 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 21 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 8 1 / 5
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 33 3 / 169
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 36
Time of Possession 33:49 25:56

Drive Charts

New York Knights

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:37 10:33 OWN 4 17 96 Touchdown
2 14:07 0:04 OWN 5 1 0 Fumble
2 13:15 2:43 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 6:30 3:31 OWN 15 6 85 Touchdown
2 1:51 1:51 OWN 29 8 27 Half
3 15:00 1:55 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 11:40 5:33 OWN 16 9 59 Field Goal
3 3:15 5:21 OWN 18 8 59 Field Goal
4 4:09 2:18 OWN 38 7 62 Touchdown

Seattle Freeze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:23 OWN 25 5 16 Punt
1 1:05 1:57 OWN 25 4 24 Punt
2 14:03 0:49 OPP 15 2 15 Touchdown
2 10:32 4:02 OWN 25 6 25 Punt
2 2:58 1:07 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 13:05 1:25 OWN 26 3 3 Punt
3 6:07 2:52 OWN 25 6 20 Punt
4 12:39 7:29 OPP 29 11 -56 Field Goal
4 5:10 1:01 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
4 1:51 1:51 OWN 31 8 26 Game

Rushing Stats

New York Knights

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ray Allen 10 72 7.20 14 5 1
Blade Runner 8 65 8.13 30 2 0
Bart Eskridge 12 64 5.33 18 4 0
Terrence Whaley 15 52 3.47 12 2 0
Billy Campbell 3 32 10.67 16 2 1

Seattle Freeze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Floyd Braggs 9 26 2.89 10 1 0
Christopher Phillips 2 3 1.50 2 0 0
Charles Bjorklund 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

Passing Stats

New York Knights

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Robert Ramey 18 15 176 0 / 0 2 43 0 144.44
Darrell Carroll 9 8 70 0 / 0 0 23 0 99.07

Seattle Freeze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Curtis Williams 10 9 56 1 / 8 1 16 0 123.33
Frank Brousseau 15 7 42 2 / 17 0 15 0 53.47

Receiving Stats

New York Knights

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Coleman 3 79 26.33 43 1
Leroy Puckett 1 31 31.00 31 0
Stephen Lopez 2 27 13.50 18 0
Ray Allen 2 21 10.50 18 0
Russell Clancy 3 21 7.00 11 0
Shawn Scanlon 2 20 10.00 10 1
Terrence Whaley 4 19 4.75 7 0
David Greeley 2 10 5.00 8 0
Blade Runner 1 8 8.00 8 0
Billy Campbell 2 7 3.50 6 0
Bart Eskridge 1 3 3.00 3 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jonathan Boivin 7 44 6.29 15 1
Floyd Braggs 2 17 8.50 16 0
Jaime Walker 2 16 8.00 15 0
Edward Wade 1 11 11.00 11 0
Christopher Phillips 3 8 2.67 6 0
Felix Pursell 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

New York Knights

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Leroy Puckett 11 11 0 1
Michael Peoples 17 29 0 3
Ed Martins 0 1 0 0
Thomas Christensen 0 1 0 0
Vince Lewis 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Cohen 0 1 0 0
Strickland Banks 0 2 0 0
Tommie Nunez 4 2 0 1
Fred Alexander 4 2 0 0
Ellis Bennett 5 2 0 0
Teddy Robinson 1 1 0 0
Michael Crowley 6 23 0 2
James Lester 13 31 0 1
Billy Campbell 1 25 0 0
Bart Eskridge 3 16 0 3
Gary Bishop 17 30 0 1
Kevin Patterson 20 19 0 0
Paul Daniel 17 29 0 2
Ray Allen 4 1 0 0
Terrence Whaley 4 14 0 1
James Coleman 1 33 0 4
Stephen Lopez 0 12 0 0
Shawn Scanlon 0 13 0 1
Russell Clancy 5 17 0 1
Blade Runner 10 25 0 2
David Greeley 8 37 0 1
Dewayne Fleming 20 20 0 0
Raymond Grove 21 22 0 3
Harry Spires 20 21 0 0
Paul Seeman 21 21 0 1
Roger White 0 1 0 0

Seattle Freeze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Roland Flaherty 16 13 1 1
Orlando Maag 19 8 1 1
Robert Trowbridge 17 5 1 2
Richard Ahrens 0 4 0 0
Jose Deese 1 4 0 0
Alex Hill 1 4 0 0
Randy Clough 17 5 0 1
James Nova 3 4 0 0
James Ward 0 3 0 0
Hans Hutzler 0 2 0 0
Robert Hanson 0 3 0 0
Kerry Osuna 0 3 0 0
Phillip Jones 0 3 0 0
John Peterson 0 3 0 1
Charles Bjorklund 3 0 0 0
Tracy Davis 0 1 0 0
Joseph Langer 3 4 0 0
Robert Brenner 1 0 0 0
Whitney Miracle 16 11 0 1
Delbert Wright 11 11 0 1
Felix Pursell 0 5 0 0
Walter Wilson 2 9 0 0
Jaime Walker 15 15 0 0
Kenneth Smith 16 11 0 1
Jonathan Boivin 0 7 0 0
Jerry Daniel 11 11 0 1
Floyd Braggs 1 2 0 1
Jewell Medley 0 1 0 1
George Masters 6 9 0 0
Christopher Phillips 4 1 0 0
James Bracy 7 3 0 0
Jeff Zellmer 26 8 0 0
Carl Conley 26 7 0 0
Edward Wade 0 4 0 0
Kevin Routh 3 0 0 0
Travis Hurst 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

New York Knights

Seattle Freeze

Fumble Stats

New York Knights

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ray Allen 2 1 0 0
James Chace 0 0 1 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Frank Brousseau 1 1 0 0
Gerard Bessey 0 0 1 0
Leon Burton 0 1 0 0
Rex Frei 0 0 1 0

Punting

New York Knights

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jason Myers 1 47 47.00 42.00 47 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nathan Collins 7 321 45.86 44.86 55 5

Kicking

New York Knights

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Mercado 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 43 4 / 4

Seattle Freeze

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Anthony Estep 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

New York Knights

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Coleman 1 8 8.0 8 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Phillips 1 5 5.0 5 0

Kick Return

New York Knights

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Coleman 1 33 33.0 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Phillips 3 169 56.3 1

Defensive Stats

New York Knights

Name Tackles Sacks
James Chace 4 2
Daniel Butler 3 0
Teddy Robinson 3 0
Fred Alexander 2 0
Karl Paquin 2 0
Wayne White 2 0
Brandon Snipes 2 0
John Sherman 2 0
James Williams 2 0
Robert Mercado 1 0
Ed Martins 1 0
Ron Cox 1 0
John Anderson 1 0
Dennis Neal 1 0
Jeffrey Cohen 1 0
David Greeley 1 0
Eddie Goldman 1 0
James Perkins 1 0
Russell Clancy 1 0
Roy Christy 1 1
Strickland Banks 1 0

Seattle Freeze

Name Tackles Sacks
James Nova 9 0
Richard Ahrens 7 0
Michael Lewandowski 6 0
John Burley 5 0
Robert Hanson 5 0
Rex Frei 4 0
Donald Lanier 4 0
Robert Brenner 4 0
James Ward 4 0
Gerard Bessey 3 0
Jewell Medley 3 0
James Bracy 2 0
Roy Rivera 2 0
Kerry Osuna 2 0
John Peterson 2 0
Jose Deese 1 0
Andrew Yearby 1 0
George Masters 1 0
Tony Woodall 1 0
Phillip Jones 1 0