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Week 1: Tampa Bay Bandits at Birmingham Stallions

September 06, 1981
77°
Legion Field (Birmingham, AL) Attendance: 76,468 (100%)
Bandits 0 3 0 0 - 3
Stallions 3 10 3 9 - 25

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Stallions: 4-5-TBY 11 (5:06) 10-Maurice Maly 28 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 3 TBY 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-4-BIR 14 (14:14) 18-Wesley Johnson 32 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 3 TBY 3
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 4-2-TBY 35 (5:05) 10-Maurice Maly 52 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 6 TBY 3
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 1-1-TBY 1 (3:01) 14-Lawrence Clack pass complete to 17-Larry Brooks for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Maurice Maly. BIR 13 TBY 3
(Qtr 3) Stallions: 4-5-TBY 8 (4:36) 10-Maurice Maly 25 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 16 TBY 3
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 4-11-TBY 32 (14:57) 10-Maurice Maly 50 yard field goal is GOOD. BIR 19 TBY 3
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 1-10-TBY 29 (11:48) 14-Lawrence Clack pass complete to 88-James Hill for 29 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Stallions Bandits
First Downs 18 7
- Rushing 12 1
- Passing 5 5
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 319 125
- Offensive Plays 68 50
- Yards Per Play 4.69 2.50
Net Rushing Yards 163 38
- Rushing Attempts 43 20
- Yards Per Rush 3.79 1.90
Net Passing Yards 156 87
- Att/Comp/Int 25 / 18 / 0 28 / 13 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 156 103
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.24 2.90
- Yards Per Completion 8.67 7.92
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 14 1 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.6 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 1 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 59 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 19 3 / 83
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 24
Time of Possession 37:35 22:24

Drive Charts

Birmingham Stallions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:56 OWN 30 3 3 Punt
1 11:46 6:43 OWN 37 10 52 Field Goal
2 14:11 2:07 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 11:17 2:09 OWN 41 4 25 Fumble
2 7:39 2:39 OWN 44 5 21 Field Goal
2 4:56 1:59 OPP 26 4 26 Touchdown
2 1:05 0:20 OWN 34 3 6 Punt
3 11:50 7:16 OWN 24 13 68 Field Goal
3 3:41 3:49 OWN 42 7 26 Field Goal
4 13:14 1:31 OWN 48 3 52 Touchdown
4 10:11 4:07 OWN 1 6 18 Punt
4 4:16 2:09 OWN 20 3 -2 Punt
4 1:50 1:50 OWN 23 4 11 Game

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:04 2:17 OWN 19 3 -7 Punt
1 5:03 5:52 OWN 18 9 68 Field Goal
2 12:03 0:46 OWN 19 3 2 Punt
2 9:08 1:29 OWN 22 3 6 Punt
2 5:01 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
2 2:57 1:52 OWN 24 3 7 Punt
2 0:45 0:45 OWN 16 2 5 Half
3 15:00 3:10 OWN 25 6 12 Punt
3 4:33 0:52 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 14:52 1:38 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
4 11:43 1:32 OWN 30 7 33 Punt
4 6:04 1:48 OWN 27 4 9 Punt
4 2:07 0:18 OWN 38 3 0 Punt

Rushing Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Rankins 29 108 3.72 14 4 0
Brad Curl 7 41 5.86 12 3 0
Matthew Messer 7 14 2.00 6 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Burdine 16 26 1.63 11 1 0
Joe Callahan 4 12 3.00 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Lawrence Clack 25 18 156 0 / 0 2 29 0 114.75

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Robert Chandler 28 13 103 2 / 16 0 37 1 41.22

Receiving Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Alfredo Spataro 5 44 8.80 12 0
James Hill 2 33 16.50 29 1
Michael Newhouse 3 33 11.00 25 0
Larry Brooks 4 21 5.25 10 1
Paul Rankins 2 17 8.50 13 0
Brad Curl 2 8 4.00 7 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Richard Swisher 1 37 37.00 37 0
Michael Knight 3 31 10.33 16 0
James Richardson 3 19 6.33 10 0
Paul Burdine 3 9 3.00 6 0
Alejandro Means 2 5 2.50 5 0
David Burgess 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ralph Rubio 0 5 0 1
Kenneth Carmona 0 3 0 0
Craig Dobson 11 2 0 0
Alfredo Spataro 1 36 0 1
Larry Brooks 0 30 0 0
Edward Sievers 2 6 0 0
James Hill 0 23 0 3
Matthew Messer 2 19 0 3
Jeffrey Stamp 10 0 0 0
Richard Fernandez 11 1 0 0
Brad Curl 0 1 0 0
Robert Price 0 3 0 1
Reid Diaz 0 3 0 0
Nicholas McIntyre 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Ortiz 0 1 0 0
Robert Ryan 0 2 0 0
Anton Fisher 11 0 0 0
Milan Vreeland 11 3 0 0
Larry Glasscock 0 4 0 0
Johnny Craft 0 6 0 0
Steven Reyes 0 2 0 1
Ronald Guzman 0 3 0 0
David Pool 0 4 0 0
Julio Ortega 3 4 0 0
Stanley Seldon 0 2 0 0
Wayne Garrett 0 4 0 0
Bruce Warren 0 1 0 0
Paul Rankins 6 3 0 0
Collin McNamara 36 45 0 3
Travis Noel 31 47 0 2
Dustin House 31 42 0 1
Claud Kellum 23 53 0 7
Francis Lupo 31 44 0 6
Michael Newhouse 15 34 0 1
Stephen Cohen 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Emerson 17 12 1 2
Charles Turner 25 16 1 2
Ronnie Rodriguez 40 26 0 2
James Miller 0 3 0 0
Stephen Alcantara 0 1 0 0
Donald Quinones 2 0 0 0
Jim Aguilar 0 8 0 0
Adam Gantt 0 9 0 0
Richard Swisher 0 6 0 0
Michael Knight 0 9 0 0
Edward Wade 0 3 0 0
Adam Legrand 0 2 0 0
James Richardson 0 19 0 0
David Burgess 0 10 0 0
David Shannon 0 3 0 0
John Lewis 0 3 0 1
Lewis Stone 0 3 0 0
Donald Gustafson 41 30 0 2
Pedro Cedillo 0 3 0 0
Cody Boudreaux 0 3 0 0
Alejandro Means 10 19 0 2
James Mello 0 3 0 0
Oscar Qualls 12 0 0 0
Thomas Griffin 16 8 0 0
Walter Molina 6 3 0 1
Joe Callahan 8 2 0 0
Paul Burdine 8 4 0 0
James Salazar 29 23 0 0
Harry Escobar 37 21 0 1
Joseph Gardner 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Harold Bruning 1 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Fumble Stats

Birmingham Stallions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Larry Brooks 1 0 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Knight 1 1 0 0
David Shannon 0 1 0 0
Joseph Gardner 0 0 1 0

Punting

Birmingham Stallions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Larry Lear 5 237 47.40 47.80 54 3

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Felipe Garza 10 450 45.00 37.20 63 1

Kicking

Birmingham Stallions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Maurice Maly 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 52 1 / 2

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Wesley Johnson 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 0 / 0

Punt Return

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Rankins 4 38 9.5 15 0
Ronald Guzman 1 21 21.0 21 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Kick Return

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Carmona 1 19 19.0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Knight 3 83 27.7 0

Defensive Stats