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Week 1: San Jose SaberCats at Denver Gold

September 04, 1977
85°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 52,045 (68%)
SaberCats 7 7 0 7 - 21
Gold 0 14 0 11 - 25

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 2-3-DEN 4 (1:49) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 17-David Perez for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. DEN 0 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) Gold: 2-20-SJS 42 (14:53) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 17-Joseph Dailey for 42 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. DEN 7 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 3-10-DEN 10 (10:32) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. DEN 7 SJS 14
(Qtr 2) Gold: 3-12-SJS 49 (4:23) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. DEN 14 SJS 14
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 3-6-SJS 35 (4:12) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. DEN 14 SJS 21
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-10-DEN 25 (4:03) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 15-Ryan Woods for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DEN 22 SJS 21
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-13-SJS 33 (1:54) 11-Robert Allison 52 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 25 SJS 21

Team Statistics

Gold SaberCats
First Downs 13 16
- Rushing 6 2
- Passing 6 14
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 434 408
- Offensive Plays 70 70
- Yards Per Play 6.20 5.83
Net Rushing Yards 94 40
- Rushing Attempts 21 16
- Yards Per Rush 4.48 2.50
Net Passing Yards 340 368
- Att/Comp/Int 45 / 21 / 2 49 / 28 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 365 406
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 25 5 / 38
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.94 6.81
- Yards Per Completion 17.38 14.50
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 3 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.5 8.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 8 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 80
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 2 / 18
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 24
Time of Possession 28:15 31:48

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:03 2:54 OWN 15 6 41 Punt
1 8:42 0:21 OWN 42 3 0 Punt
1 6:14 1:35 OWN 30 4 14 Interception
1 1:46 1:59 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 10:28 0:58 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 6:36 2:20 OWN 7 6 93 Touchdown
2 2:00 1:21 OWN 4 3 10 Punt
2 0:20 0:20 OWN 23 1 -1 Half
3 15:00 0:49 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 12:37 4:43 OWN 37 8 48 Interception
3 6:39 0:49 OWN 22 3 2 Punt
3 3:23 2:26 OWN 9 6 23 Punt
4 14:48 2:48 OWN 34 5 26 Punt
4 10:14 2:14 OWN 33 4 4 Punt
4 4:03 0:09 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
4 2:56 1:06 OPP 31 3 -3 Field Goal
4 1:23 1:23 OPP 43 4 11 Game

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:57 OWN 22 5 18 Punt
1 10:09 1:27 OWN 5 3 6 Punt
1 8:21 2:07 OWN 16 3 6 Punt
1 4:39 2:53 OPP 43 5 43 Touchdown
2 14:47 4:19 OWN 33 7 67 Touchdown
2 9:30 2:55 OWN 22 6 29 Punt
2 4:16 2:16 OWN 25 5 27 Punt
2 0:39 0:19 OWN 42 3 21 Interception
3 14:11 1:34 OWN 28 3 -11 Punt
3 7:54 1:16 OWN 20 3 30 Interception
3 5:50 2:27 OWN 31 4 27 Punt
3 0:57 1:09 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
4 12:00 1:46 OWN 11 4 14 Punt
4 8:00 3:58 OWN 4 7 96 Touchdown
4 3:53 0:57 OWN 25 4 6 Downs
4 1:50 0:28 OWN 20 5 35 Downs

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 13 91 7.00 17 5 0
Donald Dahlquist 2 3 1.50 2 0 0
Roy Rumph 3 0 0.00 1 0 0
Dustin Nichols 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 9 31 3.44 9 0 0
David Schmitt 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
Jeffrey Matson 4 3 0.75 5 0 0
Daniel Bailey 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 45 21 365 4 / 25 3 75 2 78.47

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 49 28 406 5 / 38 3 65 2 87.63

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 9 231 25.67 75 2
Joseph Dailey 5 88 17.60 42 1
Roy Rumph 1 27 27.00 27 0
Adam Kerr 4 11 2.75 9 0
Duane Cunningham 1 6 6.00 6 0
Ryan Woods 1 2 2.00 2 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Perez 9 126 14.00 28 1
John Martin 6 125 20.83 65 2
William Kendrick 4 66 16.50 20 0
Jose Lohman 5 33 6.60 10 0
Joseph Sanders 1 29 29.00 29 0
William Alanis 1 19 19.00 19 0
Jeffrey Matson 1 5 5.00 5 0
Daniel Bailey 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Allen Bateman 39 23 3 4
Hector Courtney 43 23 1 4
Adam Kerr 13 22 0 0
William Reaves 5 0 0 0
Mathew Snow 0 1 0 0
Blaine Hernandez 0 1 0 0
William Kyle 0 2 0 0
Ronald Green 0 2 0 1
Eric Aaron 0 2 0 0
John Short 0 2 0 1
Timothy Despres 0 1 0 0
Marvin Waldron 0 1 0 1
Michael Atkinson 0 2 0 0
Don Thompson 3 0 0 0
Don Wilkerson 7 1 0 1
Paul Wright 12 0 0 0
Roy Rumph 5 7 0 0
Joseph Dailey 0 15 0 0
Duane Cunningham 13 7 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 0 10 0 0
Felix Perez 0 5 0 0
Thomas Abbas 10 3 0 0
Donald Dahlquist 20 10 0 0
Keith Barge 61 29 0 2
Jonathan Crabtree 60 23 0 2
Donald Glenn 59 23 0 0
Dennis Poteete 11 17 0 0
Michael Rider 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Martin 66 26 2 2
Donald Bonner 55 19 2 2
Richard Mosley 60 26 1 2
Jeffrey Matson 25 15 0 0
Christopher Gray 14 5 0 0
Eddie Wilson 4 0 0 0
Daniel Bailey 4 3 0 1
Paul Reed 0 3 0 0
Charles Grant 0 1 0 0
Elmo Mixon 0 1 0 0
Robert Oakley 0 1 0 0
Richard McCarthy 0 1 0 0
David Perez 0 9 0 0
William Kendrick 0 5 0 0
Jose Sterling 18 3 0 0
Jose Lohman 17 23 0 0
Joseph Sanders 7 6 0 0
William McMartin 0 3 0 0
John Martin 5 21 0 1
Jeffery Mackey 0 3 0 1
Frank Wakefield 0 4 0 0
James Smith 60 29 0 1
Brian Vazquez 4 3 0 0
Michael Warren 67 28 0 0
Dale Adams 3 3 0 1

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mathew Snow 1 0 0.00 0
Marvin Waldron 1 0 0.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Donny Harris 1 17 17.00 0
Paul Reed 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joseph Dailey 1 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wesley Bradley 9 402 44.67 44.11 60 2

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 9 404 44.89 43.56 52 4

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Allison 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 2 / 2

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Dailey 1 8 8.0 8 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Gray 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Gray 3 80 26.7 0

Defensive Stats

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Marvin Waldron 10 0
Don Wilkerson 8 0
Ronald Green 7 0
William Kyle 4 0
Donald Lopez 4 0
Eric Aaron 3 2
Blaine Hernandez 2 0
John Short 2 1
Roy Wiley 2 0
Mathew Snow 2 0
Michael Sonnenberg 2 0
Timothy Despres 2 2
Joseph Dailey 1 0
David Aguila 1 0
Roy Rumph 1 0
Robert Allison 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Oakley 6 0
Paul Reed 6 0
Bryan Leisure 4 0
Frank Wakefield 4 2
Charles Grant 4 0
Richard McCarthy 3 0
Jeffery Mackey 3 2
Elmo Mixon 2 0
Donny Harris 2 0
David Perez 2 0
Craig Edson 2 0
Brian Vazquez 2 0
John Martin 1 0
Charley Salazar 1 0