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Week 4: Los Angeles Stars at San Diego Sharks

September 24, 1989
70°
San Diego County Stadium (San Diego, CA) Attendance: 75,000 (100%)
Stars 0 0 7 6 - 13
Sharks 3 10 3 16 - 32

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sharks: 4-4-L.A 34 (6:11) 4-Leroy Stewart 52 yard field goal is GOOD. S.D 3 L.A 0
(Qtr 2) Sharks: 4-5-L.A 32 (4:13) 4-Leroy Stewart 50 yard field goal is GOOD. S.D 6 L.A 0
(Qtr 2) Sharks: 1-6-L.A 6 (1:01) 7-John Maness pass complete to 14-Robert Compton for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Leroy Stewart. S.D 13 L.A 0
(Qtr 3) Sharks: 4-3-L.A 32 (9:35) 4-Leroy Stewart 51 yard field goal is GOOD. S.D 16 L.A 0
(Qtr 3) Stars: 2-8-L.A 27 (8:49) 17-Larry Merritt pass complete to 11-Enrique Clark for 73 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Jake Akers. S.D 16 L.A 7
(Qtr 4) Sharks: 1-3-L.A 3 (15:00) 46-Jonathan Thorp ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Sharks: 4-7-L.A 30 (7:26) 4-Leroy Stewart 49 yard field goal is GOOD. S.D 25 L.A 7
(Qtr 4) Stars: 2-20-L.A 34 (5:09) 17-Larry Merritt pass complete to 19-James Flowers for 66 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Sharks: 3-3-L.A 4 (0:57) 46-Jonathan Thorp ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Leroy Stewart. S.D 32 L.A 13

Team Statistics

Sharks Stars
First Downs 15 8
- Rushing 8 1
- Passing 6 5
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 298 186
- Offensive Plays 68 58
- Yards Per Play 4.38 3.21
Net Rushing Yards 120 14
- Rushing Attempts 39 16
- Yards Per Rush 3.08 0.88
Net Passing Yards 178 172
- Att/Comp/Int 29 / 19 / 0 31 / 17 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 178 277
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 11 / 105
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.14 4.10
- Yards Per Completion 9.37 16.29
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.6 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 2 / 12
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 48 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 26
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 22
Time of Possession 35:48 24:13

Drive Charts

San Diego Sharks

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:28 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 11:41 5:34 OWN 30 8 36 Field Goal
1 4:11 1:24 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
2 14:45 3:53 OWN 1 7 25 Punt
2 10:01 2:09 OWN 30 3 8 Punt
2 6:13 2:04 OPP 48 4 16 Field Goal
2 1:51 0:53 OWN 43 4 57 Touchdown
3 13:17 3:46 OWN 38 7 30 Field Goal
3 8:38 1:25 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 3:39 3:42 OWN 46 8 54 Touchdown
4 12:52 5:30 OWN 40 9 29 Field Goal
4 4:59 1:04 OWN 0 7 46 Downs
4 3:55 2:01 OPP 47 3 0 Punt
4 1:49 0:55 OPP 28 5 28 Touchdown

Los Angeles Stars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:32 1:52 OWN 22 3 3 Punt
1 6:07 1:56 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 2:47 3:02 OWN 24 7 16 Punt
2 10:53 0:52 OWN 26 3 3 Punt
2 7:52 1:38 OWN 15 3 -12 Punt
2 4:09 2:19 OWN 16 3 7 Punt
2 0:57 0:57 OWN 25 2 3 Half
3 15:00 1:43 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
3 9:31 0:53 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
3 7:13 3:34 OWN 22 6 7 Punt
4 14:57 2:05 OWN 25 4 -11 Punt
4 7:22 2:23 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
4 1:53 0:05 OWN 8 1 0 Interception
4 0:54 0:54 OWN 25 3 47 Game

Rushing Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jonathan Thorp 10 51 5.10 10 1 2
William Williams 12 26 2.17 10 1 0
Ernest Mead 5 23 4.60 9 0 0
Dwight Brummitt 12 20 1.67 6 0 0

Los Angeles Stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Johnson 11 13 1.18 6 0 0
David Bell 2 2 1.00 3 0 0
Roger Tucker 3 -1 -0.33 1 0 0

Passing Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Maness 29 19 178 0 / 0 1 36 0 93.75

Los Angeles Stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Larry Merritt 31 17 277 11 / 105 2 73 1 93.08

Receiving Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Laurence Eberhard 5 69 13.80 36 0
William Williams 3 37 12.33 27 0
Justin Burrows 3 19 6.33 8 0
Dwight Brummitt 3 18 6.00 12 0
Robert Compton 2 17 8.50 11 1
Jeff McKnight 2 13 6.50 7 0
Ken Akins 1 5 5.00 5 0

Los Angeles Stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Flowers 3 81 27.00 66 1
Stephen Lawson 4 75 18.75 49 0
Enrique Clark 1 73 73.00 73 1
Jose Whigham 3 24 8.00 14 0
Paul Johnson 5 20 4.00 9 0
Roger Tucker 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Passmore 35 41 0 4
Jason Durham 6 0 0 0
James Knox 0 1 0 0
Jonathan Thorp 1 0 0 0
Ryan Willhite 0 1 0 0
Dwight Brummitt 2 1 0 0
Michael Johnson 0 2 0 0
Adolfo Allison 0 2 0 0
Jose Hammock 0 4 0 0
Chad Cota 0 3 0 0
Jackie Murphy 0 5 0 0
Daniel Bunyard 0 4 0 0
Justin Stiffler 0 5 0 0
Robert Compton 0 3 0 1
William Williams 7 1 0 0
Kenneth Bailey 10 0 0 0
Warren Colangelo 0 1 0 0
Justin Burrows 5 32 0 1
Glenn Kent 39 36 0 3
Laurence Eberhard 0 21 0 0
Bart Anderson 0 23 0 0
Thomas Evans 41 48 0 3
Jeff McKnight 0 21 0 1
Crush Collision 41 42 0 1
Trent Brown 28 42 0 4
Ken Akins 12 24 0 1
Ernest Mead 0 3 0 0
Carlton Sheets 13 0 0 0
Andy Russell 5 3 0 0
Andre Putney 12 2 0 0
Fausto Johnson 12 0 0 0
Larry Paredes 0 3 0 0
Jarred King 2 8 0 0
Randall Gallagher 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jonathan Perry 51 25 4 6
John Dewitt 44 25 3 3
Otis Sandoval 1 0 1 1
Glenn Howard 3 0 1 1
John Rinehart 45 22 1 2
Richard Taylor 44 24 0 1
Michael Greene 0 1 0 0
Brian Henry 2 0 0 0
Mohammad Lowe 1 0 0 0
Brian Troxel 0 4 0 0
Timothy Sims 1 2 0 0
Johnny Henry 0 1 0 0
Brandon Kemp 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Hill 0 1 0 0
Mario Pisani 0 1 0 0
Stephen Lawson 0 5 0 0
Paul Simpkins 0 1 0 0
Derek Watson 0 1 0 0
Franklin Borders 6 2 0 0
James Flowers 0 12 0 0
Enrique Clark 0 11 0 0
Dannie Smith 11 0 0 0
Harold Diaz 11 1 0 0
Jose Whigham 11 16 0 1
Paul Johnson 9 1 0 0
Roger Tucker 23 13 0 0
Francis Mitchell 41 27 0 1
David Bell 4 3 0 0
Mike Anton 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Daniel Bunyard 1 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Stars

Fumble Stats

San Diego Sharks

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Randall Gallagher 0 0 1 0

Los Angeles Stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Roger Tucker 1 0 0 0
Richard Taylor 0 1 0 0
Brandon Kemp 0 1 0 0

Punting

San Diego Sharks

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Zellmer 6 279 46.50 46.50 50 2

Los Angeles Stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Addy 9 436 48.44 43.22 59 1

Kicking

San Diego Sharks

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Leroy Stewart 4 / 4 4 / 4 3 / 3 52 2 / 2

Los Angeles Stars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jake Akers 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

San Diego Sharks

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Williams 5 48 9.6 22 0

Los Angeles Stars

Kick Return

San Diego Sharks

Los Angeles Stars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Glenn Howard 1 26 26.0 0

Defensive Stats