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Week 1: Wheeling Ironmen at New Jersey Generals

September 06, 1981
71°
Houston Stadium (Asbury Park, NJ) Attendance: 65,306 (65%)
Ironmen 0 7 3 10 - 20
Generals 0 0 0 8 - 8

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Ironmen: 2-3-NJG 5 (10:53) 42-John Hamilton ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Edward Barber. NJG 0 WIM 7
(Qtr 3) Ironmen: 4-3-NJG 39 (7:18) 8-Edward Barber 57 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 0 WIM 10
(Qtr 4) Generals: 1-10-WIM 2 (13:28) 10-David Jackson sacked at WIM -6 for -8 yards (56-Lawrence Brooks). Sack allowed by 71-Vincent Murrow. SAFETY! (56-Lawrence Brooks) PENALTY - Holding (WIM 87-Leroy Puckett) (Declined) NJG 2 WIM 10
(Qtr 4) Generals: 2-1-WIM 16 (9:55) 30-Anthony Kirkham ran to WIM 0 for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 3-2-NJG 2 (7:48) 42-John Hamilton ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Edward Barber. NJG 8 WIM 17
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 4-4-NJG 21 (2:00) 8-Edward Barber 38 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 8 WIM 20

Team Statistics

Generals Ironmen
First Downs 12 12
- Rushing 6 9
- Passing 5 3
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 207 279
- Offensive Plays 59 56
- Yards Per Play 3.51 4.98
Net Rushing Yards 114 218
- Rushing Attempts 29 38
- Yards Per Rush 3.93 5.74
Net Passing Yards 93 61
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 17 / 1 17 / 13 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 120 69
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 27 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.10 3.39
- Yards Per Completion 7.06 5.31
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.8 5.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 4 / 31
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 4 7 / 66
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 39 1 / 32
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 5
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 25
Time of Possession 28:29 31:33

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:56 OWN 25 4 15 Punt
1 5:02 2:01 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
1 0:48 1:45 OWN 9 5 16 Punt
2 10:49 0:57 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 8:15 5:33 OWN 16 10 40 Punt
2 1:53 1:14 OWN 38 4 16 Punt
3 12:48 2:08 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 7:14 4:37 OWN 25 8 32 Punt
3 0:39 2:12 OWN 41 3 6 Punt
4 13:24 3:35 OWN 46 6 54 Touchdown
4 7:46 0:58 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 1:57 0:33 OWN 25 6 19 Interception

Wheeling Ironmen

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:04 7:02 OWN 12 11 45 Punt
1 3:00 2:13 OWN 37 4 13 Punt
2 14:03 3:14 OWN 38 6 62 Touchdown
2 9:52 1:38 OWN 27 3 7 Punt
2 2:42 0:49 OWN 13 3 4 Punt
2 0:39 0:39 OWN 11 2 10 Half
3 15:00 2:12 OWN 27 3 4 Punt
3 10:40 3:26 OWN 30 6 31 Field Goal
3 2:37 1:58 OWN 11 3 4 Punt
4 13:27 0:03 OWN 2 1 -10 Safety
4 9:49 2:04 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 6:48 4:51 OWN 45 7 34 Field Goal
4 1:24 1:24 OWN 49 3 0 Game

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Larry Butler 18 66 3.67 12 2 0
Eric Griffin 10 32 3.20 19 1 0
Anthony Kirkham 1 16 16.00 16 1 1

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Johnnie Bybee 12 149 12.42 68 5 0
John Hamilton 22 62 2.82 11 2 2
Thomas Stansberry 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
David Jackson 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Jackson 27 17 120 3 / 27 0 14 1 57.64

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Jackson 17 13 69 1 / 8 0 13 0 82.72

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Gatto 6 46 7.67 12 0
Daren Guffey 3 25 8.33 14 0
Larry Butler 3 14 4.67 7 0
Steven Lerma 2 13 6.50 9 0
Eric Griffin 1 11 11.00 11 0
Christopher Lambert 1 9 9.00 9 0
Kenneth Quinn 1 2 2.00 2 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Putman 6 26 4.33 10 0
Leroy Puckett 2 15 7.50 8 0
Jacob Hudson 1 13 13.00 13 0
Mike Anderson 1 7 7.00 7 0
Jonathan McMillan 1 6 6.00 6 0
Johnnie Bybee 2 2 1.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Larry Butler 9 1 1 1
Henry Bruno 40 33 1 3
Richard Tallent 31 32 1 3
Daren Guffey 0 16 0 0
Billy Denny 0 1 0 0
Timothy Brinkley 0 1 0 0
Darrell Bradley 0 1 0 0
Thomas Davis 0 1 0 0
Matthew Winston 0 1 0 0
Russell Gregory 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Brooks 0 1 0 0
Ernest Hamer 0 1 0 0
Astin Riley 0 1 0 0
Dewey Rogers 0 2 0 0
Scott Adams 0 3 0 0
Julio Fredericksen 6 1 0 0
Terry Creed 1 3 0 0
Scott Rouse 40 36 0 2
Christopher Adorno 10 1 0 0
Carlos Hager 9 0 0 0
Kenneth Quinn 0 12 0 0
Juan Schilling 0 10 0 0
Christopher Lambert 13 21 0 3
William Jones 0 9 0 0
Sergio Diaz 39 33 0 2
Robert Lambert 40 34 0 1
Steven Lerma 0 10 0 1
Timothy Gatto 4 23 0 0
Eric Griffin 1 0 0 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Vincent Murrow 21 36 1 2
Jeffrey Cohen 0 1 0 0
Wesley Holt 0 6 0 2
John Davis 0 4 0 1
Henry Belcher 0 3 0 0
Toby Bell 4 0 0 0
Samuel Fox 0 3 0 0
David Smithey 0 5 0 1
Sean Gonzales 25 32 0 2
Christopher Inouye 10 0 0 0
Ben Ortiz 0 2 0 0
George Schaller 0 1 0 0
George Howell 0 3 0 0
James Bennett 0 2 0 0
Johnnie Bybee 1 0 0 0
Wayne White 0 1 0 0
Terrence Oglesby 0 6 0 0
John Anderson 5 5 0 1
Gary Anderson 23 33 0 2
Willie Oleary 10 1 0 0
Lionel Hall 10 1 0 0
Stephen Paradis 10 2 0 0
Bobby Conrad 0 10 0 0
Thomas Stansberry 0 9 0 0
Nicholas Torpey 2 5 0 0
John Hamilton 9 1 0 0
Mike Anderson 12 26 0 1
Bobby Bartlett 20 36 0 1
Jacob Hudson 0 23 0 1
James Putman 0 21 0 1
Cory Tichenor 26 34 0 2
Jonathan McMillan 0 13 0 0
Leroy Puckett 4 31 0 2
Michael Bergeron 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Davis 1 5 5.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Eric Griffin 1 0 0 0
Christopher Lambert 0 1 0 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Thomas Glenn 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Graham 10 451 45.10 39.10 52 5

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Joseph Tebo 6 272 45.33 41.33 51 2

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Wheeling Ironmen

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edward Barber 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 57 2 / 2

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Eric Griffin 1 4 4.0 4 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Hamilton 7 66 9.4 25 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Eric Griffin 1 39 39.0 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Thomas Stansberry 1 32 32.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Dewey Rogers 7 0
Michael Adams 5 0
Darrell Bradley 5 0
Ernest Hamer 4 0
William Mang 4 0
Terry Creed 4 0
Astin Riley 3 0
James Helman 3 0
Scott Rouse 3 0
Julio Fredericksen 3 0
Vince Lewis 3 0
Russell Gregory 3 0
Jose Watt 1 0
Samuel Drum 1 0
Matthew Winston 1 0
Robert Lambert 1 0
Thomas Davis 1 0
Lawrence Brooks 1 1
Michael Green 1 0
James Graham 1 0
Christopher Lambert 1 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Tackles Sacks
Wayne White 13 0
John Smallwood 7 0
George Schaller 6 0
Thomas Loftin 5 0
Samuel Fox 4 1
Ben Ortiz 4 1
Byron Shoulders 3 0
Michael Bergeron 3 0
David Smithey 2 1
Terrence Oglesby 2 0
John Davis 1 0