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Week 6: Rock Island Independents at Baton Rouge Blaze

October 12, 1980
70°
Fire House (Baton Rouge, LA) Attendance: 50,159 (72%)
Independents 0 3 3 3 - 9
Blaze 10 10 0 3 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blaze: 4-6-RII 12 (9:13) 11-Bobby Bayne 29 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 3 RII 0
(Qtr 1) Blaze: 3-5-RII 5 (7:08) 6-Harold Brown pass complete to 38-Timothy Walter for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Bobby Bayne. Bat 10 RII 0
(Qtr 2) Independents: 4-10-Bat 15 (14:22) 9-David Thomas 32 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 10 RII 3
(Qtr 2) Blaze: 4-5-RII 7 (6:22) 11-Bobby Bayne 24 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 13 RII 3
(Qtr 2) Blaze: 2-3-RII 3 (1:14) 6-Harold Brown pass complete to 12-Justin Brunner for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Bobby Bayne. Bat 20 RII 3
(Qtr 3) Independents: 4-3-Bat 13 (3:24) 9-David Thomas 30 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 20 RII 6
(Qtr 4) Independents: 4-20-Bat 20 (2:00) 9-David Thomas 37 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 20 RII 9
(Qtr 4) Blaze: 4-6-RII 33 (0:28) 11-Bobby Bayne 50 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 23 RII 9

Team Statistics

Blaze Independents
First Downs 15 10
- Rushing 11 2
- Passing 3 6
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 285 107
- Offensive Plays 63 52
- Yards Per Play 4.52 2.06
Net Rushing Yards 205 31
- Rushing Attempts 45 19
- Yards Per Rush 4.56 1.63
Net Passing Yards 80 76
- Att/Comp/Int 18 / 15 / 0 28 / 19 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 80 113
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 5 / 37
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.44 2.30
- Yards Per Completion 5.33 5.95
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 15 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.3 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 7 / 53 2 / 8
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 22 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 31 2 / 48
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 40
Time of Possession 35:45 24:16

Drive Charts

Baton Rouge Blaze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:02 4:52 OWN 36 7 52 Field Goal
1 9:03 1:59 OPP 20 4 20 Touchdown
2 14:19 8:00 OWN 23 13 70 Field Goal
2 3:02 1:52 OPP 43 8 43 Touchdown
3 15:00 4:02 OWN 25 6 19 Punt
3 9:29 2:05 OWN 6 3 7 Punt
3 3:20 2:17 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 14:51 4:50 OWN 13 8 24 Fumble
4 8:27 2:12 OWN 8 3 4 Punt
4 5:32 2:03 OWN 21 3 1 Punt
4 1:57 1:33 OPP 49 5 16 Field Goal

Rock Island Independents

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:58 OWN 18 3 8 Punt
1 9:10 0:07 OWN 21 1 0 Fumble
1 7:04 7:45 OWN 25 12 60 Field Goal
2 6:19 3:17 OWN 25 6 13 Interception
2 1:10 1:10 OWN 25 2 4 Half
3 10:58 1:29 OWN 43 3 0 Punt
3 7:23 4:03 OPP 31 6 18 Field Goal
3 1:04 1:13 OWN 47 3 0 Punt
4 10:01 1:34 OPP 48 3 2 Punt
4 6:16 0:43 OPP 26 4 7 Downs
4 3:30 1:33 OPP 45 7 25 Field Goal
4 0:24 0:24 OWN 25 2 -4 Game

Rushing Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Molina 31 142 4.58 21 8 0
Timothy Walter 14 63 4.50 12 2 0

Rock Island Independents

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Billy Dammann 12 16 1.33 9 0 0
Edwin Johnson 7 15 2.14 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Harold Brown 18 15 80 0 / 0 2 14 0 122.22

Rock Island Independents

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Alan Rush 28 19 113 5 / 37 0 24 1 60.57

Receiving Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Walter 2 19 9.50 14 1
William Molina 5 18 3.60 8 0
Larry McCray 2 17 8.50 10 0
Justin Brunner 3 13 4.33 5 1
Jeffrey Goss 2 8 4.00 5 0
Stephen Mengel 1 5 5.00 5 0

Rock Island Independents

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Anaya 2 34 17.00 24 0
Anthony Freeborn 2 19 9.50 11 0
Raymond Scott 3 18 6.00 10 0
Tom Vansant 4 13 3.25 4 0
Joseph Balling 3 13 4.33 7 0
Billy Dammann 4 12 3.00 10 0
Ward Kay 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Wade 0 2 0 0
Marty Patterson 10 0 0 0
Jamie Shelby 0 2 0 0
Kevin Tolson 0 1 0 0
Anthony Falcon 0 1 0 1
Edward Henry 0 1 0 0
David Bednar 5 1 0 0
Colin Martin 0 2 0 0
Donald Thomas 0 1 0 0
Thomas Reed 0 1 0 0
Charles Robertson 0 2 0 0
Joseph Miller 5 1 0 0
Bruce Waugh 10 0 0 0
Eugene Davis 10 3 0 0
Marcus Cosentino 0 2 0 0
Scott Jones 27 49 0 2
Stephen Mengel 5 25 0 1
Nigel Egan 0 14 0 1
Terry Hasegawa 0 2 0 0
Robert Smith 1 18 0 1
Justin Brunner 0 12 0 0
Timothy Walter 3 3 0 0
Jeffrey Goss 0 21 0 0
Roger Calloway 24 52 0 3
Troy Quesenberry 26 49 0 3
Charles Creswell 28 49 0 1
William Carter 26 46 0 7
David Potts 2 33 0 2
Larry McCray 0 20 0 0
William Molina 3 4 0 1

Rock Island Independents

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Kuhn 40 23 3 4
James Shanks 40 25 1 1
Stephen Delaney 3 2 0 0
James Carrasco 3 1 0 0
Larry Clark 0 1 0 0
Harold Zambrano 0 1 0 0
William Anaya 0 3 0 0
Ward Kay 0 1 0 0
Hassan Draves 4 1 0 0
Billy Dammann 9 3 0 2
Anthony Freeborn 0 6 0 0
Tom Vansant 0 8 0 2
Raymond Scott 3 18 0 1
Dale Laird 0 6 0 0
Anthony Baptista 0 10 0 0
Robert Miller 0 1 0 0
Steve Hoffman 7 1 0 0
Matthew Schroeder 0 1 0 0
Joseph Dones 0 2 0 1
Carlos Loveday 7 1 0 0
Edwin Johnson 3 0 0 0
Joseph Balling 19 16 0 3
Reuben Bryden 36 19 0 2
Chester Ezell 40 30 0 2
Anton Fisher 40 21 0 1
John Payne 0 3 0 0
Joseph Abbott 0 2 0 0
Joseph Stephens 0 2 0 0
Charles Goff 0 2 0 0
Paul Williams 0 2 0 1
Warren Franks 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
David Bednar 1 1 1.00 0

Rock Island Independents

Fumble Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Molina 1 0 0 0
Joseph Miller 0 1 1 0
David Bednar 0 1 0 0

Rock Island Independents

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Edwin Johnson 1 0 0 0
Joseph Abbott 0 1 1 0

Punting

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jared Amundsen 5 48 9.60 18.60 25 0

Rock Island Independents

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Ramirez 4 188 47.00 42.00 51 3

Kicking

Baton Rouge Blaze

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

Rock Island Independents

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Thomas 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 0 / 0

Punt Return

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Molina 2 22 11.0 11 0

Rock Island Independents

Kick Return

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Molina 1 31 31.0 0

Rock Island Independents

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Billy Dammann 2 48 24.0 0

Defensive Stats