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Preseason Week 4: Arizona Scorpions at Birmingham Stallions

August 25, 1979
80°
Legion Field (Birmingham, AL) Attendance: 57,980 (76%)
Scorpions 7 0 3 0 - 10
Stallions 7 20 0 10 - 37

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Scorpions: 1-5-BIR 5 (10:55) 49-Thomas Juan ran to BIR 0 for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Thomas. BIR 0 ARI 7
(Qtr 1) Stallions: 1-1-ARI 1 (8:05) 85-Peter Morgan ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Maurice Maly. BIR 7 ARI 7
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 1-5-ARI 5 (15:00) 9-Joe Callahan ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Maurice Maly. BIR 14 ARI 7
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 4-4-ARI 22 (12:13) 10-Maurice Maly 39 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 17 ARI 7
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 2-1-ARI 6 (6:23) 13-Louis Pierce pass complete to 85-Peter Morgan for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Maurice Maly. BIR 24 ARI 7
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 4-15-ARI 36 (0:03) 10-Maurice Maly 53 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 27 ARI 7
(Qtr 3) Scorpions: 4-10-BIR 31 (9:29) 9-David Thomas 48 yard field goal is GOOD. ARI 88-John Brown was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. BIR 27 ARI 10
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 2-1-ARI 1 (12:54) 38-Edward Sievers ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Maurice Maly. BIR 34 ARI 10
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 4-8-ARI 20 (5:48) 10-Maurice Maly 37 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 37 ARI 10

Team Statistics

Stallions Scorpions
First Downs 19 14
- Rushing 13 6
- Passing 5 6
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 375 190
- Offensive Plays 65 58
- Yards Per Play 5.77 3.28
Net Rushing Yards 275 87
- Rushing Attempts 47 24
- Yards Per Rush 5.85 3.63
Net Passing Yards 100 103
- Att/Comp/Int 17 / 13 / 1 31 / 15 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 107 126
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 3 / 23
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.56 3.03
- Yards Per Completion 8.23 8.40
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 3 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 10 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 8.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 36 4 / 31
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 4 1 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 24
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 6 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 28
Time of Possession 35:16 24:43

Drive Charts

Birmingham Stallions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:45 OWN 25 2 4 Interception
1 10:52 2:49 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 5:57 2:14 OWN 18 3 5 Punt
1 2:56 2:59 OPP 28 6 28 Touchdown
2 14:12 2:02 OPP 38 5 17 Field Goal
2 10:22 4:03 OWN 35 7 65 Touchdown
2 2:51 2:51 OWN 20 9 44 Field Goal
3 9:25 5:39 OWN 25 8 34 Punt
3 1:41 3:49 OWN 42 7 58 Touchdown
4 10:56 2:03 OWN 8 3 6 Punt
4 8:21 2:36 OPP 44 4 24 Field Goal
4 4:51 2:15 OWN 24 3 3 Punt
4 1:11 1:11 OWN 23 2 2 Game

Arizona Scorpions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:15 3:23 OPP 49 7 49 Touchdown
1 8:02 2:05 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 3:43 0:47 OWN 22 3 5 Interception
2 14:57 0:46 OWN 25 2 5 Fumble
2 12:10 1:47 OWN 18 5 4 Punt
2 6:20 3:29 OWN 25 6 12 Punt
3 15:00 5:35 OWN 25 10 44 Field Goal
3 3:46 2:05 OWN 20 3 -10 Punt
4 12:52 1:56 OWN 25 4 21 Punt
4 8:53 0:32 OWN 39 3 -3 Interception
4 5:44 0:53 OWN 25 5 3 Punt
4 2:36 1:25 OWN 34 7 42 Interception

Rushing Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Rankins 28 152 5.43 28 6 0
Joe Callahan 11 50 4.55 12 1 1
Peter Morgan 4 40 10.00 22 2 1
Louis Pierce 1 19 19.00 19 1 0
Edward Sievers 3 14 4.67 9 0 1

Arizona Scorpions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Thomas Juan 15 43 2.87 8 0 1
Lawrence Nelson 5 31 6.20 11 1 0
Richard Cox 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
Dale Laird 3 4 1.33 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Louis Pierce 14 11 79 1 / 7 1 22 0 113.99
Lawrence Clack 3 2 28 0 / 0 0 26 1 56.94

Arizona Scorpions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Pedro Smith 26 12 108 3 / 23 0 28 2 25.80
Sean McNeil 5 3 18 0 / 0 0 10 1 27.50

Receiving Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Todd Hamm 1 26 26.00 26 0
Cecil Khoury 3 25 8.33 16 0
Paul Rankins 3 23 7.67 22 0
Christopher Joiner 3 20 6.67 12 0
Peter Morgan 2 11 5.50 6 1
Joe Callahan 1 2 2.00 2 0

Arizona Scorpions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Scott Whipple 5 68 13.60 28 0
Nelson Cole 4 28 7.00 15 0
Robert Cruz 2 16 8.00 10 0
Lonnie Byrd 1 7 7.00 7 0
John Brown 2 5 2.50 8 0
Irving McIntyre 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Roland Jackson 30 51 1 5
Milan Vreeland 9 0 0 0
Ricky Stewart 0 1 0 0
Robert Price 0 2 0 1
Clayton Wright 0 1 0 0
Wayne Garrett 0 1 0 0
Edward Sievers 3 18 0 1
Nicholas McIntyre 1 0 0 0
Carl Larson 6 0 0 0
Jose Damiani 0 1 0 0
Francis Lupo 25 33 0 4
Stephen Cohen 0 2 0 0
Peter Morgan 0 16 0 0
Brad Curl 0 8 0 2
Keith Austin 0 2 0 0
Jimmy Ortiz 1 3 0 0
Paul Rankins 2 5 0 0
Lynn King 0 3 0 0
Ralph Rubio 0 1 0 0
Bryan Napier 3 15 0 1
Marvin Nagle 0 14 0 0
Robert Cancel 5 16 0 1
Robert McNear 0 20 0 1
Thomas Rooker 4 13 0 0
Travis Noel 5 15 0 0
Claud Kellum 5 15 0 2
Joe Callahan 2 0 0 0
Cecil Khoury 5 32 0 1
Fidel Connor 0 1 0 1
Christopher Joiner 10 35 0 2
Todd Hamm 0 5 0 0
Leslie Slattery 0 5 0 0
Raymond Foster 9 11 0 0
William Osorio 27 34 0 2
Collin McNamara 27 34 0 1
Robert Blackmon 26 34 0 0
Ronald Guzman 0 1 0 0

Arizona Scorpions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Raymond Robicheaux 37 28 1 3
Dale Laird 6 7 1 2
James Walker 37 21 1 1
Douglas Wright 5 3 0 0
John Elwell 37 17 0 1
Donald Nelson 12 6 0 0
Scott Whipple 0 6 0 0
Leon Cooper 0 4 0 0
Gregory Ward 29 24 0 0
Laurence Howard 0 2 0 1
Frank Slone 0 2 0 0
Daniel Dyer 0 1 0 0
Stephen Jacoby 0 1 0 0
Paul Bridgeforth 0 2 0 0
James Washington 0 1 0 0
Fernando Stamper 0 1 0 0
Thomas Juan 7 2 0 0
Lawrence Winder 33 21 0 3
Robert Gronk 0 7 0 0
James Napper 0 1 0 0
Howard Blackmon 5 10 0 0
Michal Fang 1 1 0 0
Jamaal Breedlove 0 1 0 0
Chris Dillard 0 1 0 0
Bryan Tiller 0 1 0 1
Lawrence Nelson 2 0 0 0
George Whitton 5 9 0 0
Ronald Ward 5 8 0 0
Arnold Connor 5 9 0 0
Irving McIntyre 0 3 0 1
Richard Lander 3 7 0 1
Robert Lemus 5 6 0 0
John Brown 19 16 0 0
Richard Cox 11 13 0 0
Lonnie Byrd 3 20 0 1
Nelson Cole 0 9 0 0
Robert Cruz 0 1 0 0
Jason Bowman 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Kevin Scott 1 3 3.00 0
Jose Damiani 1 2 2.00 0
Alfredo Hood 1 1 1.00 0

Arizona Scorpions

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Leigh Gros 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Alfredo Hood 0 0 1 0
Lynn King 0 1 0 0
George Schaller 0 0 1 0
Stephen Cohen 0 0 1 0

Arizona Scorpions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Thomas Juan 3 0 0 0
Richard Lander 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Winder 0 1 0 0

Punting

Birmingham Stallions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Larry Lear 4 187 46.75 40.25 54 0

Arizona Scorpions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Daniel Pugh 6 297 49.50 45.50 63 2

Kicking

Birmingham Stallions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Maurice Maly 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 4 / 4

Arizona Scorpions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Thomas 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 1 / 1

Punt Return

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Rankins 2 4 2.0 3 0

Arizona Scorpions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nelson Cole 1 4 4.0 4 0

Kick Return

Birmingham Stallions

Arizona Scorpions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Nelson Cole 1 24 24.0 0

Defensive Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Smith 6 0
Stephen Cohen 5 0
Kevin Scott 5 0
Ralph Rubio 4 0
Jimmy Ortiz 4 0
Robert Price 3 0
Lynn King 3 1
George Schaller 3 0
Wayne Garrett 2 0
Fidel Connor 2 0
Jose Damiani 2 2
Ronald Guzman 2 0
Marvin Nagle 1 0
Alfredo Hood 1 0

Arizona Scorpions

Name Tackles Sacks
Fernando Stamper 8 0
Robert Fiore 6 0
Frank Slone 6 0
Douglas Wright 5 0
Cecil Wright 5 0
Jamaal Breedlove 3 0
Earl Williams 3 0
Daniel Dyer 3 0
Nicholas Thomas 3 1
William Slater 3 0
Paul Bridgeforth 3 0
Chris Dillard 2 0
Leigh Gros 2 0
Scott Whipple 1 0
James Gadsden 1 0
James Washington 1 0
Thomas Juan 1 0
Lonnie Redd 1 0
Jason Campbell 1 0
James Napper 1 0
Richard Lander 1 0
Erick Bakken 1 0
Richard Cox 1 0