Week 1, 2018

Game MVP: Freddie Pitt, Miami Mercenaries

played in New Orleans, LA

64 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Drive Charts

Rushing Statistics

Passing Statistics

Receiving Statistics

Interception Statistics

Fumble Statistics

Punting Statistics

Kicking Statistics

Punt Return Statistics

Kick Return Statistics

Defensive Statistics

Pass Rush Statistics

Pass Defense Statistics

Blocking Statistics

Special Teams Statistics

Directional Rushing Statistics

Detailed Passing Statistics

Directional Passing Statistics

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Third Down Passing Statistics

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Miami Mercenaries	3	3	14	10	-	30
New Orleans Shamans	3	0	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:24 MIA - Harold Hanson 42 field goal
1Q: 02:57 NO - Wade Sinclair 32 field goal
2Q: 02:19 MIA - Harold Hanson 18 field goal
3Q: 10:38 MIA - Adam Vaughn 13 run (Harold Hanson extra point)
3Q: 02:14 MIA - Earl Slechta 6 pass from Gilbert Coffey (Harold Hanson extra point)
4Q: 14:12 MIA - Chester Abdul-Malik 4 pass from Gilbert Coffey (Harold Hanson extra point)
4Q: 08:58 MIA - Harold Hanson 46 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:24 MIA - Harold Hanson 42 field goal
1Q: 02:57 NO - Wade Sinclair 32 field goal
2Q: 02:19 MIA - Harold Hanson 18 field goal
3Q: 10:38 MIA - Adam Vaughn 13 run (Harold Hanson extra point)
3Q: 02:14 MIA - Earl Slechta 6 pass from Gilbert Coffey (Harold Hanson extra point)
4Q: 14:12 MIA - Chester Abdul-Malik 4 pass from Gilbert Coffey (Harold Hanson extra point)
4Q: 08:58 MIA - Harold Hanson 46 field goal

Team Statistics MIA NO
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 24 9
- by Rushing 10 1
- by Passing 12 8
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 387 182
- Offensive Plays 68 51
- Yards per Play 5.69 3.57
Net Rushing Yards 173 19
- Rushing Attempts 37 8
- Yards per Rush 4.68 2.38
Net Passing Yards 214 163
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 21 - 0 43 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 220 163
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.90 3.79
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 9/70 5/31
Punt Returns/Yards 2/52 2/5
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 6/129
Interception Ret./Yards 1/21 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 37:48 22:12

Team Statistics	MIA	NO
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	24	9
- by Rushing	10	1
- by Passing	12	8
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	387	182
- Offensive Plays	68	51
- Yards per Play	5.69	3.57
Net Rushing Yards	173	19
- Rushing Attempts	37	8
- Yards per Rush	4.68	2.38
Net Passing Yards	214	163
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 21 - 0	43 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	220	163
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.90	3.79
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	6.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/70	5/31
Punt Returns/Yards	2/52	2/5
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	6/129
Interception Ret./Yards	1/21	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 25
Time of Possession	37:48	22:12

Miami Mercenaries
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:45	4:26	OWN 22	8	53	Field Goal
1	2:51	4:11	OWN 36	6	-8	Punt
2	10:06	1:36	OWN 28	3	2	Punt
2	7:11	4:58	OWN 26	13	73	Field Goal
2	1:17	1:14	OWN 32	3	5	Punt
3	15:00	4:28	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
3	7:56	5:49	OWN 12	12	88	Touchdown
3	1:10	2:08	OPP 40	6	40	Touchdown
4	10:47	1:55	OPP 28	3	-1	Field Goal
4	7:52	2:27	OWN 23	3	7	Punt
4	2:25	2:25	OWN 5	4	14	Game

New Orleans Shamans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:15	OWN 28	5	16	Punt
1	8:19	5:28	OWN 36	10	49	Field Goal
2	13:40	3:34	OWN 25	6	22	Punt
2	8:30	1:19	OWN 32	3	4	Punt
2	2:13	0:56	OWN 24	3	0	Punt
2	0:03	0:03	OWN 12	1	15	Half
3	10:32	2:36	OWN 20	5	22	Punt
3	2:07	0:57	OWN 30	3	0	Punt
4	14:02	3:15	OWN 27	6	23	Interception
4	8:52	1:00	OWN 22	3	0	Punt
4	5:25	3:00	OWN 23	6	21	Punt

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Shane Wallace	5	9	1.80	4	0	0
Sammie Prosser	3	10	3.33	9	0	0

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gilbert Coffey	30	21	220	1/6	2	27	0	113.2

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jeff Brzezinski	43	23	163	0/0	0	21	1	52.8

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mel Dunn	8	11	121	15.13	49	27	0
TE Mickey Malinsky	6	6	75	12.50	11	27	0
RB Clarence Mayes	2	2	5	2.50	3	5	0
WR Chester Abdul-Malik	2	4	3	1.50	0	4	1
WR Earl Slechta	2	3	17	8.50	2	11	1
WR Cary Rhoden	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
FB Karl Schwartz	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Bernie Adler	6	9	52	8.67	22	21
WR Maurice Terrell	4	10	36	9.00	12	11
TE Kenneth Barnes	3	4	15	5.00	0	8
RB Sammie Prosser	2	3	8	4.00	5	5
FB Clarence Finley	2	2	11	5.50	2	8
WR Broderick Simmons	2	5	11	5.50	0	6
WR Jay Johnston	2	4	25	12.50	0	15
TE Shannon Anthony	1	2	3	3.00	0	3
RB Shane Wallace	1	3	2	2.00	0	2
WR Grady Weber	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Mel Burke	1	21	21.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bert Hamernik	4	188	47.0	45.8	51	1

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Zack Abernathy	8	346	43.3	36.8	51	3

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Harold Hanson	3/3	2/2	0/0	46	3/3

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wade Sinclair	1/1	0/0	0/0	32	0/0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dixon O'Toole	2	52	26.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Shane Wallace	1	6	6.0	0
Jay Johnston	1	-1	-1.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mel Burke	1	22	22.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg
Bernie Adler	4	90	22.5
Brant Stokes	1	21	21.0
Thomas Jordan	1	18	18.0

Miami	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
CB Mel Burke	5	0	6	40
S Josh Hookfin	4	0	7	39
OLB Jorge Perkins	4	0	6	28
CB Brant Luce	3	2	6	31
S Dixon O'Toole	3	0	5	34
DE Arnold Dilger	2	0	7	30
CB Lawrence Umenyiora	2	0	5	33
OLB Howie Wellman	2	0	4	15
ILB Horace Cassidy	1	1	3	12
CB Billy Sinclair	1	0	6	30
DE Josh Hasting	1	0	2	21
ILB Tony Chapa	1	0	6	32
OLB Otis Beito	1	0	0	3
S Dixon Sawyer	1	0	4	22
DT Marcus Felker	0	1	4	28
DE Nick Joiner	0	1	7	30
DT Russell Callis	0	1	7	19

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kyle Okunevich	9	2	0.0	31	26
OLB Nolan Hampton	6	1	0.0	28	26
S Will Lynch	5	2	0.0	27	24
DE Gilbert Maguire	5	0	0.0	22	19
CB Brant Stokes	5	0	0.0	17	16
DE Wendell Uribe	4	2	1.0	15	14
DE Winfred Rodriguez	4	2	0.0	37	31
ILB Rex Walters	3	1	0.0	15	10
OLB Rod Harden	2	2	0.0	14	11
DT Thomas Myers	2	2	0.0	29	18
S Marcus Varitek	2	1	0.0	26	18
OLB Benjamin Burns	2	1	0.0	8	1
CB Mitchell Cooper	2	0	0.0	23	22
CB Moe Cook	2	0	0.0	25	23
DT Xavier Clements	1	1	0.0	30	23
RB Shane Wallace	1	0	---	---	---
CB Cory Mahnken	1	0	0.0	2	3
S Brent Renze	0	1	0.0	13	16

Miami	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Nick Joiner	1	1	0	30
ILB Tony Chapa	1	0	0	32
DT Marcus Felker	0	2	2	28
DE Arnold Dilger	0	2	0	30
S Dixon O'Toole	0	1	0	34

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Wendell Uribe	1.0	0	1	0	14
ILB Kyle Okunevich	0.0	1	0	0	26
DE Winfred Rodriguez	0.0	0	2	1	31
DT Xavier Clements	0.0	0	1	1	23

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Mel Burke	5	0	1	40
S Josh Hookfin	3	2	0	39
CB Brant Luce	3	1	0	31
CB Lawrence Umenyiora	2	1	0	33
S Dixon O'Toole	2	0	0	34
OLB Howie Wellman	2	0	0	15
CB Billy Sinclair	1	1	0	30
OLB Jorge Perkins	1	1	0	28
S Dixon Sawyer	1	1	0	22
ILB Tony Chapa	1	0	0	32
ILB Horace Cassidy	1	0	0	12
OLB Otis Beito	1	0	0	3

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Nolan Hampton	4	1	26
CB Brant Stokes	4	0	16
ILB Rex Walters	2	0	10
ILB Kyle Okunevich	2	0	26
S Will Lynch	2	0	24
CB Mitchell Cooper	1	1	22
S Marcus Varitek	1	0	18
OLB Rod Harden	1	0	11
CB Moe Cook	1	0	23
DE Gilbert Maguire	1	0	19
CB Thomas Jordan	1	0	19
CB Cory Mahnken	1	0	3
DT Thomas Myers	0	1	18

Miami	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Freddie Pitt	10	15	3	37	0	30
Johnny Terrell	2	8	0	33	0	25
Rob Hopper	2	5	0	25	0	25
Roderick Lange	2	3	1	32	1	27
Rusty Delgado	2	3	0	12	0	6
Dwayne Cash	1	2	0	14	0	14
Carlos Fulton	0	1	0	29	0	22

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Gilbert Breshears	1	2	8	43
Lionel Winter	0	2	4	28
Darryl Krawczyk	0	2	4	15
Daniel Denson	0	1	2	8
Karl Bivens	0	1	6	35

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Earl Slechta	1	20
Mel Burke	1	12
Xavier Brown	1	12
Tim Burke	1	12
Clarence Mayes	1	11
Dixon O'Toole	1	10
Horace Cassidy	1	9
Karl Schwartz	1	5
Brant Luce	0	27
Randy Musser	0	22
Spencer Ellis	0	16
Howie Wellman	0	14
Harold Hanson	0	10
Josh Hookfin	0	9
Mickey Malinsky	0	8
Josh Hasting	0	8
Bert Hamernik	0	7
Rob Hopper	0	7
Dwayne Cash	0	7
Rusty Delgado	0	7
Carlos Fulton	0	6
Cary Rhoden	0	6
Brad Watkins	0	5
Curtis Moran	0	5
Pete Cunningham	0	4
Johnny Terrell	0	3
Marcus Felker	0	3
Otis Beito	0	2
Nick Joiner	0	2
Chester Abdul-Malik	0	2
Adam Vaughn	0	1
Tony Chapa	0	1
Jorge Perkins	0	1
Dixon Sawyer	0	1

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Thomas Jordan	1	18
Rex Walters	1	17
Clarence Finley	1	10
Sammie Prosser	0	22
Brant Stokes	0	19
Jumbo Asturias	0	17
Kenneth Barnes	0	15
Broderick Simmons	0	13
Brent Renze	0	11
Kyle Okunevich	0	11
Grady Weber	0	10
Benjamin Burns	0	10
Daniel Denson	0	9
Derrick Bell	0	9
Roman Nelson	0	8
Zack Abernathy	0	8
Jeffrey Butler	0	8
Gilbert Maguire	0	6
Bernie Adler	0	6
Shannon Anthony	0	5
Moe Cook	0	4
Winfred Rodriguez	0	4
Wendell Uribe	0	3
Wade Sinclair	0	3
Xavier Clements	0	3
Nolan Hampton	0	3
Rod Harden	0	3
Thomas Myers	0	3
Will Lynch	0	3
Shane Wallace	0	3
Marcus Varitek	0	2
Vinny Bessette	0	2
Gilbert Breshears	0	1
Mitchell Cooper	0	1
Chuck Mitchell	0	1
Harris Rochon	0	1
Jay Johnston	0	1
Darryl Krawczyk	0	1
Cory Mahnken	0	1

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	65	5.4
Middle	21	87	4.1
Right	4	21	5.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	5	1.7
Middle	4	12	3.0
Right	1	2	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gilbert Coffey	30	21	4	1	0	3	4	2	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jeff Brzezinski	43	23	1	1	3	7	6	2	1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	28	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	10	75	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	7	90	10.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	27	9.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	5	20	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	14	89	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	4	54	5.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mel Dunn	11	8	121	3	19
TE Mickey Malinsky	6	6	75	1	20
WR Chester Abdul-Malik	4	2	3	0	23
WR Earl Slechta	3	2	17	0	13
WR Cary Rhoden	3	1	-1	0	24
RB Clarence Mayes	2	2	5	0	7
FB Karl Schwartz	1	0	0	0	7

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Maurice Terrell	10	4	1	36	0	32
WR Bernie Adler	9	6	0	52	1	31
WR Broderick Simmons	5	2	1	11	0	29
TE Kenneth Barnes	4	3	0	15	0	19
WR Jay Johnston	4	2	0	25	0	19
RB Sammie Prosser	3	2	0	8	0	15
RB Shane Wallace	3	1	0	2	0	26
TE Shannon Anthony	2	1	1	3	0	13
FB Clarence Finley	2	2	0	11	0	19
WR Grady Weber	1	0	0	0	0	5

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Randy Musser	3	13	4.33	5.11
Adam Vaughn	1	13	13.00	4.73
Clarence Mayes	1	1	1.00	2.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sammie Prosser	1	-1	-1.00	3.33

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gilbert Coffey	6	4	20	3.33	7.33

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jeff Brzezinski	2	1	3	1.50	3.79

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Earl Slechta	3	2	17	5.67	5.67
WR Chester Abdul-Malik	2	2	3	1.50	0.75
WR Cary Rhoden	1	0	0	0.00	-0.33

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Sammie Prosser	1	1	3	3.00	2.67
WR Broderick Simmons	1	0	0	0.00	2.20

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Clarence Mayes	2	1
Randy Musser	1	0
Karl Schwartz	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gilbert Coffey	8	7	4

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jeff Brzezinski	14	7	4

Randy Musser

Adam Vaughn

Clarence Mayes

Karl Schwartz

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mel Dunn	3	2	1
TE Mickey Malinsky	2	2	1
RB Clarence Mayes	1	1	0
WR Chester Abdul-Malik	1	1	1
WR Earl Slechta	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bernie Adler	4	3	1
WR Maurice Terrell	2	0	0
FB Clarence Finley	2	2	1
TE Kenneth Barnes	2	1	1
RB Sammie Prosser	1	0	0
RB Shane Wallace	1	0	0
WR Broderick Simmons	1	0	0
WR Jay Johnston	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,100 (77,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,500 (23,400)
End Zone 10,600 (16,900)
Mezzanine 6,100 (9,800)
Sideline Seats 9,400 (15,000)
Club Seats 4,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,900 (5,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,100 (77,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,500 (23,400)
End Zone	10,600 (16,900)
Mezzanine	6,100 (9,800)
Sideline Seats	9,400 (15,000)
Club Seats	4,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,900 (5,200)