Week 2: Toronto Rhinos at Pittsburgh Miners

September 14, 1980
70°
New England Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 52,389 (76%)
Rhinos 6 10 14 0 - 30
Miners 14 7 7 0 - 28

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Miners: (15:00) 15-James Valley kicks 65 yards from TOR 35 to PIT 0. 21-Manuel Gonzalez for 101yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Ricardo Herring. TOR 48-Lyle Roberson was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. PIT 7 TOR 0
(Qtr 1) Rhinos: 4-3-PIT 28 (10:44) 15-James Valley 46 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 7 TOR 3
(Qtr 1) Rhinos: 4-4-PIT 25 (6:52) 15-James Valley 43 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 7 TOR 6
(Qtr 1) Miners: 2-2-TOR 2 (1:12) 15-Jose Kline pass complete to 83-Troy Brown for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Ricardo Herring. PIT 14 TOR 6
(Qtr 2) Rhinos: 4-6-PIT 6 (12:11) 15-James Valley 25 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 14 TOR 9
(Qtr 2) Rhinos: 3-5-TOR 21 (9:09) 9-James Barrera pass complete to 13-Earl Bonney for 79 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-James Valley. PIT 14 TOR 16
(Qtr 2) Miners: 1-5-TOR 5 (2:14) 15-Jose Kline pass complete to 18-James Kinnison for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Ricardo Herring. PIT 21 TOR 16
(Qtr 3) Miners: 2-6-TOR 6 (11:36) 47-Scotty Moore ran to TOR 0 for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Ricardo Herring. PIT 28 TOR 16
(Qtr 3) Rhinos: 1-10-PIT 19 (10:41) 9-James Barrera pass complete to 43-George Tarver for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-James Valley. PIT 28 TOR 23
(Qtr 3) Rhinos: 1-10-PIT 24 (10:34) 15-Jose Kline sacked at PIT 17 for -7 yards (29-James Kroll). Sack allowed by 52-Walter Gray. 15-Jose Kline FUMBLES (29-James Kroll) recovered by TOR-29-James Kroll for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-James Valley. TOR 93-Michael Potter was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. PIT 96-Roland Moorman was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. PIT 28 TOR 30

Team Statistics

Miners Rhinos
First Downs 17 11
- Rushing 15 1
- Passing 2 9
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 290 392
- Offensive Plays 65 52
- Yards Per Play 4.46 7.54
Net Rushing Yards 198 46
- Rushing Attempts 35 21
- Yards Per Rush 5.66 2.19
Net Passing Yards 92 346
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 18 / 1 29 / 21 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 111 358
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 19 2 / 12
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.07 11.16
- Yards Per Completion 6.17 17.05
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 12 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.8 8.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 6 / 224 3 / 100
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 3
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 36
Time of Possession 34:43 25:02

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Miners

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:46 4:05 OPP 25 7 -47 Field Goal
1 10:40 1:38 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 6:48 5:40 OWN 28 9 72 Touchdown
2 12:09 1:39 OWN 32 3 10 Punt
2 8:57 6:46 OWN 29 11 71 Touchdown
2 0:38 0:38 OWN 20 2 -3 Half
3 14:50 3:17 OPP 41 7 41 Touchdown
3 10:37 0:11 OWN 24 1 0 Punt
3 3:59 6:08 OWN 22 13 40 Punt
4 9:26 2:12 OWN 17 4 18 Interception
4 5:44 1:54 OWN 4 3 10 Punt
4 1:51 0:35 OWN 10 4 9 Downs

Toronto Rhinos

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:02 2:14 OWN 23 5 52 Field Goal
1 1:08 3:59 OWN 30 6 64 Field Goal
2 10:29 1:32 OWN 15 3 85 Touchdown
2 2:11 1:33 OWN 26 5 11 Punt
3 15:00 0:10 OWN 27 1 0 Interception
3 11:33 0:56 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
3 10:26 2:55 OPP 26 5 -17 Punt
3 7:31 3:32 OWN 11 7 21 Punt
4 12:51 3:25 OWN 10 7 30 Punt
4 7:15 1:30 OPP 37 3 0 Punt
4 3:50 2:00 OWN 38 3 7 Punt
4 1:16 1:16 OPP 15 3 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Scotty Moore 20 112 5.60 12 5 1
Timothy Montgomery 14 86 6.14 13 5 0
Kenneth Flanders 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Toronto Rhinos

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Woods 17 42 2.47 11 2 0
Daniel Tingley 2 4 2.00 3 0 0
James Barrera 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jose Kline 27 18 111 3 / 19 2 36 1 84.03

Toronto Rhinos

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Barrera 29 21 358 2 / 12 2 79 1 122.49

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Troy Brown 3 46 15.33 36 1
James Kinnison 5 31 6.20 8 1
Jose Lee 2 10 5.00 7 0
Scotty Moore 3 9 3.00 3 0
Jay White 3 9 3.00 3 0
Theron Vick 1 3 3.00 3 0
Timothy Montgomery 1 3 3.00 3 0

Toronto Rhinos

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Earl Bonney 2 130 65.00 79 1
Michael Woods 4 75 18.75 56 0
James Tharp 5 63 12.60 26 0
Justin Lee 2 32 16.00 20 0
Mark Desimone 4 28 7.00 11 0
George Tarver 2 21 10.50 19 1
Daniel Tingley 1 5 5.00 5 0
Martin Crawford 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Walter Gray 28 36 2 4
Willie Kiefer 39 40 1 2
Charles Ferguson 0 5 0 0
Harry Parsons 3 4 0 1
Jose Lee 0 25 0 0
James Kinnison 0 21 0 0
Troy Brown 0 24 0 4
Manuel Gonzalez 0 6 0 1
Clinton Broadnax 0 1 0 0
Daniel Simpson 9 0 0 0
Scotty Moore 11 9 0 1
Kelly McAdams 0 1 0 1
Cary West 0 1 0 0
Theodore Nelson 0 6 0 1
John Dunn 0 1 0 0
John Lacey 0 1 0 0
Alexander Wiley 30 40 0 3
Ted Pettigrew 36 43 0 0
Ronald Walters 5 6 0 1
William Buntin 10 5 0 0
Theron Vick 23 23 0 2
Francis Rooks 9 0 0 0
Jay White 4 13 0 0
Eugene Frigo 37 39 0 2
Darrell Thompson 6 0 0 0
Carl Raymond 0 3 0 0
Jose Pike 0 6 0 0
Robert Godfrey 0 5 0 0
Brian Hammon 0 6 0 0
Fred Colon 0 5 0 1
Jess Richards 0 5 0 0
Frederick Costello 0 7 0 1
Roland Moorman 0 5 0 1
Timothy Montgomery 1 1 0 0

Toronto Rhinos

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Louis Harris 42 24 1 2
James Tharp 15 18 1 1
Steve Brown 38 21 0 0
Lyle Roberson 0 3 0 0
Christopher Bollinger 0 1 0 0
Brian Bishop 1 0 0 0
Gary Asher 0 1 0 0
Bruce Clements 0 3 0 0
James Kroll 0 4 0 1
Robert Denson 0 3 0 0
Robert Wright 0 4 0 1
George Royster 3 4 0 1
Adrian Finch 0 5 0 0
Brandon Greer 0 3 0 0
Clark Harrell 0 4 0 0
Marcus Cortez 0 3 0 0
Justin Lee 0 4 0 0
Martin Crawford 0 1 0 0
Antoine Davis 41 26 0 2
Theodore Northrop 12 0 0 0
Ben Freeman 6 0 0 0
Michael Potter 6 0 0 0
Earl Bonney 0 5 0 0
Mark Desimone 0 8 0 2
Michael Woods 12 6 0 1
Martin Alexander 15 2 0 0
Daniel Tingley 6 9 0 2
Harry Douglas 31 30 0 1
Glenn Estrada 42 22 0 0
Christopher Oneill 19 19 0 2
George Tarver 0 8 0 0
Terry Oliver 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Carl Raymond 1 0 0.00 0

Toronto Rhinos

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Lewis Higgs 1 3 3.00 0

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jose Kline 1 0 0 0

Toronto Rhinos

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Kroll 0 1 1 1

Punting

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Nichols 5 214 42.80 42.80 49 3

Toronto Rhinos

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Russell Bailey 5 212 42.40 42.40 47 3

Kicking

Pittsburgh Miners

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ricardo Herring 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 4 / 4

Toronto Rhinos

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Valley 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 46 3 / 3

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Miners

Toronto Rhinos

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Miners

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Lacey 5 123 24.6 0
Manuel Gonzalez 1 101 101.0 1

Toronto Rhinos

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Woods 3 100 33.3 0

Defensive Stats