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Preseason Week 4: Baton Rouge Blaze at New Orleans Breakers

August 25, 1979
70°
Witch Doctor Field (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 38,177 (40%)
Blaze 0 3 20 6 - 29
Breakers 7 0 0 3 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Breakers: 2-7-Bat 7 (2:39) 18-William Williams pass complete to 25-George Benito for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Blanks. NEW 7 Bat 0
(Qtr 2) Blaze: 4-8-NEW 8 (4:59) 11-Bobby Bayne 25 yard field goal is GOOD. NEW 7 Bat 3
(Qtr 3) Blaze: 3-4-NEW 8 (10:45) 38-Charles Costello ran to NEW 0 for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Blaze: 1-2-NEW 2 (3:04) 42-Steven Koch ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Bobby Bayne. NEW 7 Bat 16
(Qtr 3) Blaze: 1-10-Bat 23 (0:54) 6-Harold Brown pass complete to 19-Tommie Waiters for 77 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Bobby Bayne. NEW 7 Bat 23
(Qtr 4) Breakers: 4-4-Bat 9 (6:46) 7-James Blanks 26 yard field goal is GOOD. NEW 10 Bat 23
(Qtr 4) Blaze: 1-6-NEW 6 (4:24) 28-Nigel Egan ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Breakers Blaze
First Downs 14 13
- Rushing 3 5
- Passing 11 6
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 266 359
- Offensive Plays 71 60
- Yards Per Play 3.75 5.98
Net Rushing Yards 59 132
- Rushing Attempts 19 37
- Yards Per Rush 3.11 3.57
Net Passing Yards 207 227
- Att/Comp/Int 51 / 26 / 0 22 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 216 237
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 9 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.98 9.87
- Yards Per Completion 8.31 14.81
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 19 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.3 4.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 25 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 8 3 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 101 2 / 51
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 3 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 32
Time of Possession 28:58 31:02

Drive Charts

New Orleans Breakers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:31 0:58 OWN 34 3 -1 Punt
1 9:45 7:09 OWN 16 13 84 Touchdown
2 12:58 3:24 OWN 5 5 20 Punt
2 4:56 3:04 OWN 25 6 16 Punt
3 15:00 0:29 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 10:41 1:31 OWN 24 3 4 Punt
3 3:02 2:08 OWN 26 3 10 Punt
3 0:42 1:34 OWN 15 3 1 Punt
4 12:40 5:57 OWN 18 15 73 Field Goal
4 4:37 0:13 OWN 1 4 5 Downs
4 4:20 1:36 OWN 28 9 22 Punt
4 1:44 0:55 OWN 45 5 21 Missed FG

Baton Rouge Blaze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:29 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
1 12:33 2:48 OWN 22 6 16 Punt
1 2:35 4:37 OWN 26 8 35 Punt
2 9:34 4:39 OWN 32 7 60 Field Goal
2 1:52 1:52 OWN 20 3 8 Half
3 14:31 3:50 OWN 28 8 72 Touchdown
3 9:10 6:09 OWN 27 10 73 Touchdown
3 0:53 0:12 OWN 23 1 77 Touchdown
4 14:08 1:27 OWN 35 3 2 Punt
4 6:43 2:07 OWN 28 3 8 Punt
4 4:23 0:03 OPP 6 1 6 Touchdown
4 2:44 1:00 OWN 20 3 -2 Punt
4 0:49 0:49 OWN 41 3 10 Game

Rushing Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ronald Metcalfe 8 28 3.50 11 2 0
Henry Alvarado 10 26 2.60 12 2 0
Shannon Manning 1 5 5.00 5 0 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Nigel Egan 13 45 3.46 10 1 1
William Molina 12 42 3.50 11 1 0
Steven Koch 6 29 4.83 14 2 1
Charles Costello 2 13 6.50 8 0 1
Samuel Weaver 2 3 1.50 3 0 0
Harold Brown 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dale Burnett 36 17 137 1 / 9 0 20 0 57.29
William Williams 15 9 79 0 / 0 1 15 0 96.25

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Harold Brown 11 9 174 0 / 0 1 77 0 149.05
Jared Amundsen 11 7 63 1 / 10 0 39 0 78.98

Receiving Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fernando Hendren 5 52 10.40 20 0
George Benito 4 30 7.50 17 1
George Roberts 3 25 8.33 14 0
Kenneth London 4 20 5.00 6 0
Frank Hudgins 1 20 20.00 20 0
Henry Alvarado 2 16 8.00 13 0
Shannon Manning 1 15 15.00 15 0
Roger Lass 3 13 4.33 7 0
Richard Mathis 1 12 12.00 12 0
Mitchell McEachern 1 9 9.00 9 0
Ronald Metcalfe 1 4 4.00 4 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tommie Waiters 2 90 45.00 77 1
Larry McCray 5 65 13.00 39 0
John Munoz 1 32 32.00 32 0
Steven Koch 1 10 10.00 10 0
William Molina 1 9 9.00 9 0
Justin Brunner 1 9 9.00 9 0
Nigel Egan 2 6 3.00 9 0
Samuel Weaver 1 6 6.00 6 0
Stephen Mengel 1 5 5.00 5 0
Robert Smith 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Man Valentin 49 12 1 1
Dennis Wyatt 18 13 0 0
Joseph Burleigh 0 1 0 0
Barry Eason 2 4 0 0
Clarence Duncan 1 0 0 0
Ray Richter 1 6 0 0
James Lynch 21 6 0 1
Neal Carlson 7 4 0 1
Jon Bracey 4 6 0 0
Foster Stiffler 0 4 0 0
Donald Rubin 0 4 0 0
George Trahan 0 4 0 0
Michael Gentile 0 4 0 0
Wayne Nichols 0 4 0 0
Bradford Reese 0 2 0 2
Frank Hudgins 0 1 0 0
Fernando Hendren 0 6 0 1
Henry Alvarado 5 3 0 0
Kelly Abrams 19 16 0 0
Shannon Manning 3 7 0 0
Henry Bruno 16 14 0 1
Angel Lopez 10 10 0 0
Thomas Himes 56 25 0 4
Mitchell McEachern 1 9 0 0
Kenneth London 6 17 0 0
George Benito 19 15 0 0
Christopher Ritchey 48 19 0 2
Ronald Metcalfe 2 4 0 0
Weston Garcia 11 5 0 0
Enrique Young 39 14 0 1
George Roberts 0 14 0 2
Edgar Eichler 32 17 0 0
Roger Lass 0 14 0 1
Richard Mathis 0 5 0 0
Ernie Franklin 0 1 0 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Carter 16 17 1 1
Scott Jones 16 18 0 0
John Munoz 0 5 0 0
Justin Brunner 1 4 0 0
Tracy Taylor 7 1 0 1
Joseph Miller 7 1 0 0
Robert May 0 2 0 0
Marcus Cosentino 10 22 0 0
Roger Calloway 15 22 0 3
Travis Palermo 13 19 0 0
Samuel Weaver 1 1 0 0
Steven Koch 4 3 0 0
Russell Woodruff 0 4 0 1
Jeffrey Goss 0 3 0 0
Charles Costello 1 1 0 0
Julian Lawrence 0 2 0 0
Jamie Shelby 0 1 0 0
Oscar Covey 0 1 0 0
Anthony Falcon 0 1 0 0
Robert Smith 8 22 0 2
Raymond Leon 2 4 0 0
Kevin Tolson 0 1 0 0
Nigel Egan 4 4 0 0
Charles Creswell 16 17 0 2
Troy Quesenberry 14 20 0 1
Bruce Waugh 16 18 0 0
Tommie Waiters 0 20 0 2
Joseph Washington 1 5 0 1
Marty Patterson 21 25 0 5
Eugene Davis 20 21 0 0
Terry Hasegawa 0 10 0 0
William Molina 4 0 0 0
Larry McCray 0 19 0 0
Stephen Mengel 6 24 0 2
David Potts 2 11 0 0
Nicholas Gold 3 4 0 0
Charles Robertson 0 1 0 0
Donald Thomas 0 1 0 0
James Cromer 0 3 0 0
Anthony Kaiser 0 1 0 1
Matthew Peterson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Baton Rouge Blaze

Fumble Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Shannon Manning 1 0 0 0
Roger Lass 0 1 0 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Spalding 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Orleans Breakers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ronald Hall 8 388 48.50 42.13 60 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Byrd 6 283 47.17 46.00 63 4

Kicking

New Orleans Breakers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Blanks 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 26 1 / 1

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bobby Bayne 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 25 2 / 3

Punt Return

New Orleans Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Shannon Manning 1 8 8.0 8 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Costello 3 9 3.0 6 0

Kick Return

New Orleans Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Shannon Manning 4 101 25.3 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Smith 1 26 26.0 0
William Molina 1 25 25.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Orleans Breakers

Name Tackles Sacks
Donald Rubin 9 0
George Trahan 7 0
Brandon Lira 4 0
Foster Stiffler 4 0
Harrison Snow 4 0
Charles Martinez 3 0
Jon Bracey 3 0
Glenn Lazo 2 0
Peter Gorrell 2 0
Renaldo Davenport 2 0
James Salmeron 2 0
Ernie Franklin 1 0
Ray Richter 1 0
Wayne Nichols 1 0
William Tucker 1 1
Bradford Reese 1 0
Dean Nelson 1 0
Roger Dancer 1 0
Craig Long 1 0
Gary Grove 1 0
Weston Garcia 1 0

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert May 8 0
James Cromer 5 0
Jamie Shelby 4 0
Nicholas Gold 4 0
Oscar Covey 3 0
Michael Spalding 3 0
Dewey Rogers 3 0
Joseph Easton 2 0
Joseph Miller 2 0
Kevin Tolson 2 0
Colin Martin 2 0
Anthony Falcon 2 1
Christopher Hughes 2 0
Joseph Washington 1 0
Charles Robertson 1 0
Julian Lawrence 1 0
Paul Wade 1 0
Anthony Kaiser 1 0
Tracy Taylor 1 0