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Week 1: New York Knights at Seattle Freeze

September 06, 1981
61°
Universal Stadium (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 102,200 (85%)
Knights 3 3 3 17 - 26
Freeze 0 3 3 3 - 9

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Knights: 4-6-SEA 18 (5:42) 6-Robert Mercado 35 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 0 NYK 3
(Qtr 2) Knights: 4-8-SEA 31 (8:10) 6-Robert Mercado 48 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 0 NYK 6
(Qtr 2) Freeze: 1-4-NYK 4 (0:05) 15-Anthony Estep 22 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 3 NYK 6
(Qtr 3) Knights: 4-6-SEA 6 (7:48) 6-Robert Mercado 23 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 3 NYK 9
(Qtr 3) Freeze: 4-2-NYK 21 (3:06) 15-Anthony Estep 39 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 6 NYK 9
(Qtr 4) Knights: 3-4-SEA 4 (9:49) 35-Blade Runner ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Mercado. SEA 6 NYK 16
(Qtr 4) Knights: 2-1-NYK 45 (7:05) 89-Bart Eskridge ran for 55 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Mercado. SEA 6 NYK 23
(Qtr 4) Knights: 4-3-SEA 9 (4:04) 6-Robert Mercado 26 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 6 NYK 26
(Qtr 4) Freeze: 4-17-NYK 17 (2:00) 15-Anthony Estep 35 yard field goal is GOOD. SEA 9 NYK 26

Team Statistics

Freeze Knights
First Downs 16 16
- Rushing 2 7
- Passing 14 7
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 277 354
- Offensive Plays 52 62
- Yards Per Play 5.33 5.71
Net Rushing Yards 49 208
- Rushing Attempts 16 41
- Yards Per Rush 3.06 5.07
Net Passing Yards 228 146
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 29 / 0 21 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 247 146
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 19 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.33 6.95
- Yards Per Completion 8.52 9.13
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 9 7 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.7 4.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 24 6 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 23
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 103 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 32
Time of Possession 26:03 33:59

Drive Charts

Seattle Freeze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:32 2:35 OWN 20 4 16 Punt
1 5:38 1:35 OWN 15 3 5 Punt
1 0:00 3:58 OWN 5 6 17 Punt
2 8:06 3:54 OWN 25 7 52 Fumble
2 2:40 2:38 OWN 29 8 67 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:44 OWN 24 3 4 Punt
3 7:45 4:42 OWN 25 8 54 Field Goal
4 9:45 2:05 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 6:57 0:49 OWN 12 3 15 Fumble
4 4:01 2:03 OWN 26 7 57 Field Goal

New York Knights

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:28 OWN 23 3 8 Punt
1 10:57 5:19 OWN 16 9 66 Field Goal
1 4:04 4:04 OWN 34 6 19 Punt
2 11:02 2:57 OWN 29 6 39 Field Goal
2 4:12 1:32 OWN 24 3 1 Punt
2 0:02 0:02 OWN 25 1 1 Half
3 13:16 5:31 OWN 33 9 61 Field Goal
3 3:03 8:18 OWN 25 14 75 Touchdown
4 7:41 0:44 OWN 37 2 63 Touchdown
4 6:07 2:07 OPP 16 3 7 Field Goal
4 1:57 1:57 OWN 25 6 12 Game

Rushing Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Floyd Braggs 13 35 2.69 13 1 0
Carroll Barr 3 14 4.67 11 1 0

New York Knights

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Terrence Whaley 12 72 6.00 15 3 0
Bart Eskridge 3 59 19.67 55 1 1
Garland Stevens 15 50 3.33 11 1 0
Blade Runner 8 27 3.38 9 0 1
Darrell Carroll 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Kenneth Greenwood 33 29 247 3 / 19 0 25 0 97.85

New York Knights

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Darrell Carroll 21 16 146 0 / 0 0 26 0 94.54

Receiving Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Daniel Swift 4 73 18.25 25 0
Floyd Braggs 10 45 4.50 25 0
George Masters 3 32 10.67 17 0
Jaime Walker 3 27 9.00 12 0
Carroll Barr 3 25 8.33 16 0
Felix Pursell 3 22 7.33 10 0
Jonathan Boivin 2 15 7.50 13 0
Joseph Olivarez 1 8 8.00 8 0

New York Knights

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jared Swan 4 47 11.75 26 0
Michael Crowley 3 34 11.33 15 0
Terrence Whaley 2 14 7.00 9 0
Stephen Lopez 1 12 12.00 12 0
James Coleman 1 11 11.00 11 0
Preston Bryant 2 10 5.00 8 0
Blade Runner 1 10 10.00 10 0
Bart Eskridge 1 8 8.00 8 0
Garland Stevens 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jeff Zellmer 44 26 1 1
Delbert Wright 36 22 1 3
Edwardo Dow 0 5 0 0
James Ward 0 3 0 0
Leon Burton 0 2 0 0
Joseph Olivarez 0 1 0 0
Daniel Swift 0 6 0 0
Felix Pursell 0 5 0 2
Phillip Jones 0 4 0 0
Kerry Osuna 0 4 0 0
Robert Hanson 3 5 0 0
Herbert Coover 3 4 0 0
David Garcia 0 4 0 1
Gerard Bessey 0 4 0 0
Carl Conley 10 0 0 0
Christopher Ramsey 8 0 0 0
Kenneth Smith 42 25 0 0
Alex Hill 5 1 0 0
Kevin Routh 8 4 0 0
Andrew Perkins 5 7 0 0
Carroll Barr 10 5 0 0
Jaime Walker 12 13 0 0
William Ashley 37 27 0 2
Thomas Diaz 44 19 0 1
George Masters 4 21 0 0
Jonathan Boivin 0 9 0 0
Floyd Braggs 5 3 0 0
Christopher Phillips 2 0 0 0

New York Knights

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Perkins 0 3 0 0
Kevin Patterson 9 1 0 0
Stanley Barker 0 1 0 0
Charlie Conerly 0 5 0 0
James Chace 0 1 0 0
Garland Stevens 0 1 0 0
Terry Miller 0 2 0 0
Gabriel Rivera 0 2 0 0
Terrence Whaley 1 9 0 2
Preston Bryant 0 10 0 0
Michael Crowley 0 16 0 1
Stephen Lopez 0 17 0 0
Oscar Covey 0 3 0 0
Dewayne Fleming 9 0 0 0
Donald Nelson 9 0 0 0
Raymond Grove 9 7 0 0
Michael Peoples 30 35 0 4
James Williams 0 3 0 0
David Patton 0 1 0 0
Fred Alexander 0 3 0 0
Tommie Nunez 0 5 0 0
Brandon Snipes 1 3 0 1
John Sherman 0 1 0 0
Dale Disalvo 0 1 0 0
Erick Barnes 0 1 0 0
Orlando Carter 0 1 0 0
Michael Faulkner 27 39 0 3
James Lester 27 42 0 2
Paul Daniel 30 41 0 1
Blade Runner 10 19 0 3
Gary Bishop 27 45 0 0
Bart Eskridge 7 31 0 1
Jared Swan 2 44 0 2
Dennis Neal 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Seattle Freeze

New York Knights

Fumble Stats

Seattle Freeze

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Floyd Braggs 1 0 0 0
Kenneth Greenwood 1 0 0 0
Jack Shuff 0 0 1 0

New York Knights

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Garland Stevens 1 0 0 0
Fred Alexander 0 0 1 0
Oscar Covey 0 1 0 0
Stanley Barker 0 0 1 0
Orlando Carter 0 1 0 0

Punting

Seattle Freeze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nathan Collins 5 242 48.40 44.00 52 1

New York Knights

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dennis Davidson 3 138 46.00 46.00 50 2

Kicking

Seattle Freeze

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Anthony Estep 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 0 / 0

New York Knights

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Mercado 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 2 / 2

Punt Return

Seattle Freeze

New York Knights

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Stephen Lopez 3 23 7.7 14 0

Kick Return

Seattle Freeze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Floyd Braggs 4 103 25.8 0

New York Knights

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Charlie Conerly 1 33 33.0 0

Defensive Stats