Week 12: Phoenix Firebirds at Boston Admirals

November 24, 1985
70°
Dallas Stadium (Boston, MA) Attendance: 56,131 (70%)
Firebirds 3 6 7 3 - 19
Admirals 3 0 0 27 - 30

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Firebirds: 4-8-BOS 27 (9:05) 13-Charles Siler 44 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 0 PHO 3
(Qtr 1) Admirals: 4-2-PHO 27 (2:50) 90-Viktor Yevtushenko 46 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 3 PHO 3
(Qtr 2) Firebirds: 4-2-BOS 2 (12:28) 13-Charles Siler 19 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 3 PHO 6
(Qtr 2) Firebirds: 4-1-BOS 5 (0:11) 13-Charles Siler 23 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 3 PHO 9
(Qtr 3) Firebirds: 3-4-BOS 4 (4:45) 8-David Hart pass complete to 87-Irving Young for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Charles Siler. BOS 3 PHO 16
(Qtr 4) Admirals: 4-1-PHO 12 (12:56) 90-Viktor Yevtushenko 30 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 6 PHO 16
(Qtr 4) Firebirds: 4-3-BOS 6 (7:13) 13-Charles Siler 23 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 6 PHO 19
(Qtr 4) Admirals: 3-10-BOS 38 (6:22) 19-Harold Copeland pass complete to 22-Brian Macdonald for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 90-Viktor Yevtushenko. BOS 13 PHO 19
(Qtr 4) Admirals: 4-10-PHO 35 (1:58) 90-Viktor Yevtushenko 53 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 16 PHO 19
(Qtr 4) Admirals: 3-1-PHO 1 (0:32) 19-Harold Copeland pass complete to 84-Holden Hitchcock for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 90-Viktor Yevtushenko. PHO 96-Anthony Buscher was injured on the play. BOS 23 PHO 19
(Qtr 4) Admirals: 2-4-PHO 4 (0:09) 23-Thomas Hayes ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 90-Viktor Yevtushenko. BOS 30 PHO 19

Team Statistics

Admirals Firebirds
First Downs 16 22
- Rushing 5 4
- Passing 8 16
- Penalty 3 2
Total Net Yards 328 345
- Offensive Plays 63 63
- Yards Per Play 5.21 5.48
Net Rushing Yards 94 82
- Rushing Attempts 25 22
- Yards Per Rush 3.76 3.73
Net Passing Yards 234 263
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 25 / 0 39 / 29 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 234 278
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 15
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.16 6.41
- Yards Per Completion 9.36 9.59
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 14 5 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.0 7.6
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 24 7 / 66
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 69
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 26
Time of Possession 25:06 34:47

Drive Charts

Boston Admirals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:01 6:15 OWN 25 12 48 Field Goal
2 12:26 2:01 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 5:29 2:10 OWN 4 3 6 Punt
2 0:09 0:09 OWN 25 2 28 Half
3 15:00 1:33 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 11:16 2:19 OWN 35 4 18 Punt
3 4:43 6:50 OWN 25 12 63 Field Goal
4 7:10 0:57 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 4:39 2:45 OWN 21 6 44 Field Goal
4 0:14 0:07 OPP 9 2 9 Touchdown

Phoenix Firebirds

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:59 OWN 25 9 48 Field Goal
1 2:47 5:21 OWN 31 9 67 Field Goal
2 10:25 4:56 OWN 23 7 31 Punt
2 3:19 3:10 OWN 46 9 49 Field Goal
3 13:27 2:11 OWN 19 3 0 Punt
3 8:57 4:14 OWN 8 9 92 Touchdown
4 12:53 5:43 OWN 25 10 69 Field Goal
4 6:13 1:34 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 1:54 1:24 OWN 35 13 -39 Touchdown
4 0:29 0:15 OWN 25 4 -16 Downs

Rushing Stats

Boston Admirals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rocky Starr 16 64 4.00 12 2 0
Thomas Hayes 6 23 3.83 13 1 1
Harold Copeland 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
Tommy Radford 2 0 0.00 1 0 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Booth 19 68 3.58 12 3 0
Abram Adkins 3 14 4.67 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Boston Admirals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Harold Copeland 38 25 234 0 / 0 2 62 0 100.11

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Hart 39 29 278 2 / 15 1 21 0 102.30

Receiving Stats

Boston Admirals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brian Macdonald 3 81 27.00 62 1
Corey Hunter 5 53 10.60 32 0
Theo Campbell 7 37 5.29 10 0
Tommy Radford 3 18 6.00 8 0
Holden Hitchcock 2 15 7.50 14 1
Johnny Paycheck 1 12 12.00 12 0
Bo Jangles 1 10 10.00 10 0
Rocky Starr 3 8 2.67 7 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Huse 8 54 6.75 13 0
Robert Booth 6 52 8.67 21 0
Richard Crowe 4 51 12.75 19 0
James Ellis 3 45 15.00 20 0
Irving Young 3 33 11.00 18 1
James Baldwin 1 15 15.00 15 0
Carl Jordan 2 14 7.00 12 0
Abram Adkins 2 14 7.00 12 0

Blocking Stats

Boston Admirals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Wong 45 27 0 0
Theo Campbell 0 10 0 0
Dante' Rock 0 1 0 0
Dusty Carr 0 1 0 0
Thomas Hayes 7 3 0 0
Michel Chambers 4 2 0 0
Sal Monella 11 2 0 0
Stanley Yarnell 10 0 0 0
Holden Hitchcock 0 9 0 1
Brian Macdonald 0 5 0 0
Jermaine Richardson 47 30 0 3
Corey Hunter 12 23 0 3
Tommy Radford 25 20 0 0
Rocky Starr 12 10 0 1
Johnny Paycheck 0 14 0 1
John Santos 45 37 0 4
Nicolas Medlin 49 31 0 2
Johnny Rambo 49 29 0 0
Bo Jangles 0 2 0 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dusty Goodman 46 30 2 3
Frank Loftus 47 27 0 1
Austin Kennedy 0 2 0 1
Irving Young 0 2 0 0
Carl Jordan 0 8 0 0
Gary Pape 0 2 0 0
Anthony Buscher 0 1 0 0
Winfred Newell 0 3 0 0
Francisco Buchanan 0 2 0 0
Joe Musgrave 0 2 0 0
Harvey Clancy 2 2 0 0
Anthony McWilliams 0 2 0 0
Herbert Osborn 0 2 0 0
William Hoff 0 3 0 0
Michael Gunn 9 5 0 0
Emilio Barton 5 0 0 0
Ken Holland 48 25 0 1
George Hodges 8 0 0 0
Austin Council 8 2 0 0
Abram Adkins 5 9 0 0
Henry Davis 0 13 0 1
James Baldwin 23 25 0 2
Richard Crowe 5 20 0 1
Timothy Huse 0 11 0 0
Robert Booth 15 1 0 1
Noel Martin 48 27 0 1
Paul Page 49 27 0 1
James Ellis 0 17 0 1
Terry Dennison 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Boston Admirals

Phoenix Firebirds

Fumble Stats

Boston Admirals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Theo Campbell 1 1 0 0
Steve Denny 0 1 0 0

Phoenix Firebirds

Punting

Boston Admirals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
George Terrazas 4 179 44.75 44.75 48 2

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Cristobal Powell 3 140 46.67 45.00 52 1

Kicking

Boston Admirals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Viktor Yevtushenko 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 53 3 / 3

Phoenix Firebirds

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Charles Siler 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 1 / 1

Punt Return

Boston Admirals

Phoenix Firebirds

Kick Return

Boston Admirals

Phoenix Firebirds

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Booth 2 69 34.5 0

Defensive Stats