Week 6: Toronto Rhinos at New York Knights

October 11, 1981
59°
New York Stadium (New York City, NY) Attendance: 54,716 (66%)
Rhinos 7 3 0 7 - 17
Knights 10 0 3 7 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Knights: 4-2-TOR 26 (7:59) 1-James Sickels 43 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 3 TOR 0
(Qtr 1) Rhinos: 3-2-NYK 2 (0:39) 45-Matthew Bogan ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-James Valley. NYK 3 TOR 7
(Qtr 1) Knights: (0:36) 15-James Valley kicks 61 yards from TOR 35 to NYK 4. 11-Fernando Phillips for 96yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-James Sickels. NYK 10 TOR 7
(Qtr 2) Rhinos: 4-1-NYK 28 (9:34) 15-James Valley 46 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 10 TOR 10
(Qtr 3) Knights: 4-1-TOR 10 (9:57) 1-James Sickels 27 yard field goal is GOOD. NYK 13 TOR 10
(Qtr 4) Knights: 1-5-TOR 5 (5:30) 23-Wallace Taylor ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-James Sickels. NYK 20 TOR 10
(Qtr 4) Rhinos: 1-7-NYK 7 (3:30) 9-James Barrera pass complete to 88-Walter Harley for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-James Valley. NYK 20 TOR 17

Team Statistics

Knights Rhinos
First Downs 14 17
- Rushing 6 9
- Passing 6 8
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 214 335
- Offensive Plays 51 72
- Yards Per Play 4.20 4.65
Net Rushing Yards 99 136
- Rushing Attempts 26 36
- Yards Per Rush 3.81 3.78
Net Passing Yards 115 199
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 15 / 2 35 / 22 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 121 202
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 6 1 / 3
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.60 5.53
- Yards Per Completion 8.07 9.18
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 5 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.6 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 3
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 5 / 28
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 18 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 197 1 / 19
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 21 2 / 4
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 31
Time of Possession 32:45 27:02

Drive Charts

New York Knights

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:24 0:04 OWN 12 1 0 Interception
1 11:27 3:32 OWN 36 6 38 Field Goal
1 0:23 5:53 OPP 20 10 -53 Field Goal
2 9:30 1:38 OWN 33 3 2 Punt
2 5:39 2:01 OWN 33 4 13 Interception
2 1:52 1:31 OWN 20 3 -3 Punt
3 15:00 5:06 OWN 31 10 59 Field Goal
3 5:43 5:50 OWN 7 10 48 Punt
4 12:52 1:22 OWN 48 3 4 Fumble
4 9:31 4:05 OWN 42 7 58 Touchdown
4 3:27 1:33 OWN 34 3 6 Punt
4 0:10 0:10 OWN 43 1 0 Game

Toronto Rhinos

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:36 OWN 25 4 20 Punt
1 12:20 0:53 OPP 25 3 -2 Interception
1 7:55 7:19 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
2 7:52 2:12 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
2 3:38 1:46 OPP 50 3 7 Punt
2 0:21 0:21 OWN 36 2 -3 Half
3 9:54 4:11 OWN 25 6 23 Punt
4 14:54 2:02 OWN 4 3 10 Punt
4 11:30 1:58 OWN 42 5 23 Missed FG
4 5:27 2:00 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
4 1:54 1:44 OWN 12 11 41 Downs

Rushing Stats

New York Knights

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Wallace Taylor 16 77 4.81 11 4 1
Murray Woodson 7 19 2.71 14 1 0
Timothy Smith 2 3 1.50 2 0 0
Russell McVeigh 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Toronto Rhinos

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Daniel Tingley 24 81 3.38 15 3 0
Matthew Bogan 11 50 4.55 12 2 1
Jerry Plummer 1 5 5.00 5 0 0

Passing Stats

New York Knights

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Russell McVeigh 24 15 121 1 / 6 0 17 2 40.45

Toronto Rhinos

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Barrera 35 22 202 1 / 3 1 28 1 76.13

Receiving Stats

New York Knights

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Wallace Taylor 4 34 8.50 13 0
Fernando Phillips 3 24 8.00 17 0
David Donaldson 2 22 11.00 15 0
David Cuevas 2 17 8.50 10 0
Murray Woodson 3 16 5.33 8 0
Timothy Smith 1 8 8.00 8 0

Toronto Rhinos

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mark Desimone 8 56 7.00 11 0
Daniel Tingley 3 49 16.33 22 0
James Tharp 4 48 12.00 28 0
Matthew Bogan 1 16 16.00 16 0
Earl Bonney 1 14 14.00 14 0
Christopher Oneill 3 12 4.00 9 0
Walter Harley 1 7 7.00 7 1
Justin Lee 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

New York Knights

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Carl John 33 25 1 4
Murray Woodson 11 1 0 0
Fernando Phillips 0 4 0 0
Joseph Gray 0 1 0 0
Gary Esquibel 0 5 0 0
Ronald Robertson 0 4 0 0
Juan Urick 3 5 0 0
Vincent Fox 0 5 0 0
Jason Michaud 0 4 0 0
Donald Mandel 8 1 0 0
David Donaldson 0 10 0 1
Timothy Smith 11 12 0 0
Earl Sizemore 1 11 0 0
John Henton 0 12 0 0
David Cuevas 4 18 0 0
Paul Ferris 33 29 0 2
David Trimble 0 1 0 0
John Calaway 0 1 0 0
Robert Casey 0 7 0 0
Larry Marmolejo 0 5 0 1
Joe Hanson 0 6 0 1
Luther Beck 0 1 0 0
Adolfo Harding 0 6 0 0
Richard Stone 0 7 0 0
Wallace Taylor 11 3 0 0
Raymond Volz 33 31 0 0
Lino Calhoun 33 25 0 1
David Cooper 31 29 0 2
Marco Wages 0 1 0 1

Toronto Rhinos

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Glenn Estrada 41 31 1 2
Raymond Salyer 45 42 0 8
Norbert Serna 0 2 0 0
Matthew Bogan 1 0 0 0
Martin Crawford 0 1 0 0
Terry Oliver 0 1 0 1
Bruce Clements 3 2 0 0
Robert Denson 0 2 0 0
Robert Wright 0 2 0 0
Lyle Roberson 0 3 0 0
Anthony Owens 0 3 0 0
Martin Alexander 5 0 0 0
Michael Potter 4 0 0 0
Daniel Tingley 5 2 0 1
Brian Bishop 2 2 0 0
James Kroll 0 2 0 0
Brandon Greer 0 2 0 1
George Royster 0 2 0 1
Steve Brown 44 46 0 1
Marcus Cortez 0 4 0 0
Lewis Higgs 0 3 0 0
Theodore Northrop 10 2 0 0
Louis Harris 9 0 0 0
Justin Lee 0 26 0 0
George Tarver 0 10 0 1
Gary Asher 5 10 0 0
James Tharp 15 31 0 0
Harry Douglas 35 42 0 2
Mark Desimone 0 17 0 0
Christopher Oneill 17 24 0 0
Earl Bonney 0 24 0 0
Antoine Davis 44 41 0 2
Jerry Plummer 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

New York Knights

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gary Esquibel 1 21 21.00 0

Toronto Rhinos

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Clark Harrell 2 4 2.00 0

Fumble Stats

New York Knights

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gary Esquibel 1 0 0 0
Timothy Smith 1 0 0 0

Toronto Rhinos

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Brian Bishop 0 0 1 0
Lewis Higgs 0 0 1 0
George Royster 0 1 0 0

Punting

New York Knights

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Carl Copenhaver 4 202 50.50 45.25 65 2

Toronto Rhinos

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Russell Bailey 5 228 45.60 38.40 51 2

Kicking

New York Knights

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Sickels 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 2 / 2

Toronto Rhinos

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Valley 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 46 2 / 2

Punt Return

New York Knights

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fernando Phillips 3 18 6.0 10 0

Toronto Rhinos

Kick Return

New York Knights

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Fernando Phillips 4 197 49.3 1

Toronto Rhinos

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jerry Plummer 1 19 19.0 0

Defensive Stats