Week 2: Phoenix Firebirds at New York Knights

September 14, 1980
71°
New York Stadium (New York City, NY) Attendance: 49,111 (59%)
Firebirds 7 0 0 0 - 7
Knights 0 3 3 0 - 6

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Firebirds: 1-5-NYK 5 (0:20) 12-Michael Centeno pass complete to 48-Nestor Cloutier for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Charles Siler. NYK 0 PHO 7
(Qtr 2) Knights: 4-9-PHO 25 (9:46) 1-James Sickels 42 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 3 PHO 7
(Qtr 3) Knights: 4-6-PHO 21 (7:52) 1-James Sickels 38 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 6 PHO 7

Team Statistics

Knights Firebirds
First Downs 13 11
- Rushing 4 2
- Passing 9 8
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 243 191
- Offensive Plays 57 52
- Yards Per Play 4.26 3.67
Net Rushing Yards 101 68
- Rushing Attempts 31 20
- Yards Per Rush 3.26 3.40
Net Passing Yards 142 123
- Att/Comp/Int 25 / 19 / 0 29 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 150 147
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 3 / 24
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.46 3.84
- Yards Per Completion 7.89 7.00
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 13 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.0 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 11 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 3 2 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 26
Time of Possession 33:10 26:52

Drive Charts

New York Knights

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:32 2:51 OWN 20 5 22 Punt
1 0:16 1:32 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 12:53 3:11 OWN 40 6 34 Field Goal
2 6:57 2:11 OWN 13 3 4 Punt
2 2:51 1:36 OWN 16 3 -6 Punt
2 0:27 0:27 OWN 10 1 3 Half
3 15:00 7:12 OWN 25 11 54 Field Goal
3 5:43 5:30 OWN 30 8 52 Missed FG
4 14:15 3:33 OWN 25 5 16 Punt
4 8:27 2:12 OPP 38 6 17 Missed FG
4 4:49 2:55 OWN 32 6 29 Fumble

Phoenix Firebirds

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:28 OWN 25 7 24 Punt
1 7:41 7:25 OWN 9 12 91 Touchdown
2 13:43 0:50 OWN 24 3 -10 Punt
2 9:43 2:46 OWN 25 5 30 Punt
2 4:46 1:55 OWN 36 3 3 Punt
2 1:15 0:48 OWN 39 3 8 Punt
3 7:48 2:06 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 0:13 0:59 OWN 24 3 9 Punt
4 10:42 2:15 OWN 17 5 22 Fumble
4 6:15 1:26 OWN 27 3 -3 Punt
4 1:54 1:54 OWN 32 6 15 Game

Rushing Stats

New York Knights

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Wallace Taylor 9 31 3.44 10 1 0
Larry Rider 8 30 3.75 8 0 0
Roger Bryant 8 24 3.00 10 2 0
Murray Woodson 6 16 2.67 8 0 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Nestor Cloutier 15 60 4.00 13 2 0
Clarence Koch 2 8 4.00 5 0 0
Michael Centeno 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New York Knights

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Russell McVeigh 25 19 150 1 / 8 0 18 0 90.42

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael Centeno 29 21 147 3 / 24 1 17 0 95.04

Receiving Stats

New York Knights

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Donaldson 3 35 11.67 18 0
Fernando Phillips 3 33 11.00 18 0
Earl Sizemore 2 17 8.50 12 0
Matthew Brice 2 16 8.00 10 0
Lawrence Aiello 1 16 16.00 16 0
John Henton 2 9 4.50 7 0
Everett Blose 1 7 7.00 7 0
Wallace Taylor 1 6 6.00 6 0
Roger Bryant 2 4 2.00 3 0
Murray Woodson 1 4 4.00 4 0
Marco Wages 1 3 3.00 3 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Mercado 5 41 8.20 11 0
Keith May 2 23 11.50 17 0
Nestor Cloutier 5 23 4.60 9 1
Clarence Koch 1 15 15.00 15 0
Maurice Walter 2 14 7.00 7 0
Daniel Middlebrook 1 11 11.00 11 0
Tom Bell 3 9 3.00 4 0
Allan Jarmon 1 6 6.00 6 0
Christopher Lepage 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

New York Knights

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Henton 0 9 0 1
Carl John 12 5 0 1
Juan Urick 2 1 0 0
Matthew Brice 0 6 0 0
Lawrence Aiello 0 6 0 1
Larry Rider 4 0 0 0
Wallace Taylor 2 4 0 0
Kenneth Riley 0 1 0 0
Vincent Fox 0 1 0 0
Joe Hanson 0 1 0 0
Adolfo Harding 0 2 0 0
Donald Mandel 11 7 0 1
Marco Wages 0 11 0 0
Jack Anderson 33 34 0 2
Lino Calhoun 27 31 0 3
Everett Blose 1 8 0 0
Donald Smith 13 11 0 2
Roger Bryant 9 3 0 0
David Donaldson 0 10 0 0
Raymond Volz 30 27 0 0
Fernando Phillips 0 7 0 1
Earl Sizemore 14 23 0 1
David Cooper 29 29 0 3
Paul Ferris 28 33 0 1
Murray Woodson 2 1 0 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ken Holland 38 18 2 4
Noel Martin 36 25 1 1
Daniel Middlebrook 0 7 0 0
Robert Johnson 0 2 0 0
Jon Hurd 0 1 0 1
Michael Moore 0 1 0 0
Paul Page 2 1 0 0
Corey Tipton 0 2 0 0
Austin Kennedy 0 1 0 1
Herbert Osborn 0 1 0 0
Patrick Lamphear 0 1 0 0
Keith May 0 2 0 0
Richard Crowe 0 1 0 0
David Hobbs 9 1 0 0
Anthony McWilliams 5 0 0 0
Maurice Walter 0 13 0 1
Tom Bell 25 13 0 1
Allan Jarmon 9 11 0 0
Clarence Koch 4 2 0 0
Nestor Cloutier 11 0 0 0
Frank Orr 39 25 0 0
Christopher Lepage 0 9 0 0
Peter Guyette 34 28 0 1
Wesley Davis 40 20 0 0
Timothy Mercado 11 14 0 1
Francisco Buchanan 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New York Knights

Phoenix Firebirds

Fumble Stats

New York Knights

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Larry Rider 1 0 0 0
Donald Brown 0 1 0 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Centeno 1 0 0 0
Austin Kennedy 0 1 1 0

Punting

New York Knights

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Carl Copenhaver 5 241 48.20 47.80 52 2

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Tharpe 8 356 44.50 40.75 58 3

Kicking

New York Knights

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Sickels 2 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 0 / 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Charles Siler 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

New York Knights

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fernando Phillips 1 3 3.0 3 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nestor Cloutier 2 4 2.0 3 0

Kick Return

New York Knights

Phoenix Firebirds

Defensive Stats