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Week 1: New Orleans Breakers at Baton Rouge Blaze

September 06, 1981
70°
Fire House (Baton Rouge, LA) Attendance: 38,118 (55%)
Breakers 21 3 0 3 - 27
Blaze 0 10 3 0 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Breakers: (15:00) 11-Bobby Bayne kicks 63 yards from Bat 35 to NEW 2. 34-Shannon Manning for 99yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Blanks. Bat 0 NEW 7
(Qtr 1) Breakers: 3-3-Bat 5 (4:07) 28-Raymond Griffin ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Blanks. Bat 0 NEW 14
(Qtr 1) Breakers: 1-1-Bat 0 (0:38) 28-Raymond Griffin ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Blanks. Bat 0 NEW 21
(Qtr 2) Blaze: 4-3-NEW 8 (12:55) 11-Bobby Bayne 25 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 3 NEW 21
(Qtr 2) Breakers: 4-10-Bat 20 (4:13) 7-James Blanks 39 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 3 NEW 24
(Qtr 2) Blaze: 3-1-NEW 0 (1:04) 6-Harold Brown pass complete to 24-William Molina for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Bobby Bayne. Bat 10 NEW 24
(Qtr 3) Blaze: 4-1-NEW 1 (6:44) 11-Bobby Bayne 18 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 13 NEW 24
(Qtr 4) Breakers: 4-5-Bat 17 (1:07) 7-James Blanks 35 yard field goal is GOOD. Bat 13 NEW 27

Team Statistics

Blaze Breakers
First Downs 13 17
- Rushing 8 12
- Passing 4 4
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 236 232
- Offensive Plays 65 68
- Yards Per Play 3.63 3.41
Net Rushing Yards 110 154
- Rushing Attempts 25 35
- Yards Per Rush 4.40 4.40
Net Passing Yards 126 78
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 18 / 1 31 / 17 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 134 96
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 2 / 18
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.15 2.36
- Yards Per Completion 7.44 5.65
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 16 7 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.7
4th Down Conversions 2 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 11 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 27 3 / 19
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 59 4 / 184
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 3 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 29
Time of Possession 22:46 37:01

Drive Charts

Baton Rouge Blaze

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 4:03 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
1 0:36 1:21 OWN 28 3 5 Punt
2 11:17 1:36 OWN 36 3 6 Punt
2 4:09 0:17 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 2:28 1:28 OWN 30 8 70 Touchdown
3 15:00 8:19 OWN 36 12 62 Field Goal
3 3:53 1:25 OWN 41 3 0 Punt
3 0:52 1:06 OWN 32 4 9 Punt
4 11:20 2:13 OWN 39 3 4 Punt
4 6:57 2:34 OWN 34 11 37 Downs
4 2:24 1:20 OWN 34 5 -16 Field Goal
4 1:04 1:04 OWN 25 4 10 Game

New Orleans Breakers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:45 3:32 OPP 25 5 -21 Punt
1 11:12 7:09 OWN 20 13 80 Touchdown
1 4:00 3:24 OPP 26 7 26 Touchdown
2 14:15 1:23 OWN 27 5 -19 Field Goal
2 12:52 1:35 OWN 28 3 -8 Punt
2 9:41 5:32 OWN 15 11 65 Field Goal
2 3:53 1:25 OWN 27 3 -2 Punt
2 1:00 1:00 OWN 20 3 5 Half
3 6:41 2:48 OWN 29 8 29 Interception
3 2:29 1:37 OWN 17 3 4 Punt
4 14:46 3:26 OWN 1 6 12 Punt
4 9:07 2:10 OWN 16 3 7 Punt
4 4:24 2:00 OWN 29 3 -2 Punt

Rushing Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Molina 18 71 3.94 12 4 0
Timothy Walter 6 27 4.50 11 1 0
Harold Brown 1 12 12.00 12 1 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Shannon Manning 18 112 6.22 14 6 0
Raymond Griffin 16 34 2.13 13 2 2
George Benito 1 8 8.00 8 0 0

Passing Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Harold Brown 39 18 134 1 / 8 1 45 1 52.72

New Orleans Breakers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Williams 31 17 96 2 / 18 0 14 1 47.24

Receiving Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jeffrey Goss 3 55 18.33 45 0
William Molina 4 20 5.00 7 1
Stephen Mengel 2 19 9.50 14 0
David Potts 1 12 12.00 12 0
Justin Brunner 3 10 3.33 4 0
Timothy Walter 3 9 3.00 9 0
Carl Severson 1 5 5.00 5 0
Nelson Cole 1 4 4.00 4 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Richard Salvo 3 32 10.67 14 0
Todd Hamm 4 20 5.00 10 0
Shannon Goodrum 3 20 6.67 10 0
George Benito 2 10 5.00 8 0
Shannon Manning 3 9 3.00 5 0
Fernando Hendren 1 6 6.00 6 0
Raymond Griffin 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

Blocking Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Roger Calloway 51 34 1 1
Charles Wagner 50 34 0 3
David Bednar 0 4 0 1
Paul Wade 0 1 0 0
Donald Richardson 0 1 0 0
Carl Severson 0 4 0 0
Shad Grier 0 1 0 0
Joseph Miller 3 4 0 1
Eugene Davis 3 0 0 0
Timothy Walter 4 2 0 0
Brian Hoffman 0 2 0 0
Tracy Taylor 0 2 0 0
Dennis Robinson 0 2 0 0
Kelly Brown 0 2 0 0
Robert May 0 2 0 0
Joseph Washington 0 5 0 0
Donald Thomas 0 2 0 0
Colin Martin 0 4 0 0
Scott Jones 51 29 0 1
William Molina 6 4 0 1
Bruce Waugh 10 0 0 0
Jamie Shelby 3 8 0 1
Chester Ezell 7 1 0 0
Joe Jones 3 8 0 0
Marcus Cosentino 0 10 0 0
Stephen Mengel 17 14 0 3
Jeffrey Goss 0 12 0 0
Justin Brunner 0 7 0 1
Charles Creswell 51 31 0 1
William Carter 51 30 0 4
David Potts 7 20 0 0
Nelson Cole 0 8 0 0
Steve Yates 0 1 0 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Harold Selby 36 42 2 3
Clarence Duncan 10 9 0 1
Dean Nelson 0 1 0 0
Edwin Lynch 0 1 0 0
Andre Burnett 0 1 0 0
James Goo 0 14 0 0
Fernando Hendren 0 1 0 0
Donald Angelo 2 10 0 1
Raymond Griffin 5 9 0 1
Antonio Quillen 0 12 0 1
Richard Salvo 3 35 0 2
Todd Hamm 0 17 0 1
Edgar Eichler 33 41 0 4
Shannon Manning 7 3 0 1
George Benito 7 28 0 1
Jimmie Graham 44 42 0 1
Roger Dancer 0 2 0 0
Thomas Himes 44 46 0 3
James Lynch 44 42 0 0
Enrique Young 11 1 0 0
Man Valentin 5 0 0 0
Weston Garcia 11 5 0 0
Joshua Yarbrough 10 2 0 0
Wayne Nichols 0 5 0 0
Michael Gentile 0 6 0 0
Ray Richter 3 6 0 0
James Salmeron 0 8 0 1
Glenn Lazo 0 6 0 0
Shannon Goodrum 0 24 0 1
Craig Long 0 5 0 2
Arthur Braggs 1 6 0 1
Donald Rubin 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Joseph Miller 1 3 3.00 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gary Grove 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Nelson Cole 1 0 0 0
Jamie Shelby 0 1 1 0
Paul Wade 0 0 1 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Shannon Manning 2 1 0 0
Weston Garcia 0 1 0 0
James Salmeron 0 0 1 0

Punting

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Duane Bean 7 345 49.29 43.86 58 4

New Orleans Breakers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ronald Hall 6 290 48.33 44.67 53 0

Kicking

Baton Rouge Blaze

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

New Orleans Breakers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Blanks 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 3 / 3

Punt Return

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nelson Cole 3 27 9.0 11 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Shannon Manning 3 19 6.3 7 0

Kick Return

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Molina 2 59 29.5 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Shannon Manning 4 184 46.0 1

Defensive Stats

Baton Rouge Blaze

Name Tackles Sacks
Kenneth Janus 10 0
Steve Yates 6 0
Colin Martin 6 0
Jamie Shelby 5 0
Brian Hoffman 5 2
David Bednar 4 0
Joseph Miller 4 0
Dennis Robinson 3 0
Donald Thomas 3 0
Paul Wade 3 0
Tracy Taylor 3 0
Robert May 3 0
David Potts 1 0
Joseph Washington 1 0
Timothy William 1 0
Nelson Cole 1 0

New Orleans Breakers

Name Tackles Sacks
Gary Grove 7 0
Andre Burnett 5 0
William Tucker 4 0
Clarence Duncan 4 0
Glenn Lazo 3 0
Brad Taylor 3 0
James Salmeron 3 0
Edwin Lynch 3 0
Donald Rubin 3 0
Michael Gentile 3 0
Craig Long 2 0
Weston Garcia 2 0
James Blanks 1 0
Thomas Himes 1 0
Chris Dillard 1 0
Shannon Manning 1 0
Ray Richter 1 0
Roger Dancer 1 1