Regular Season Week 1: SaberCats at Gold
September 04, 1977 85° Mile High Stadium
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
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
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
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Gold
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#81 Duane Cunningham 13 91 7.00 17 5 0
#43 Donald Dahlquist 2 3 1.50 2 0 0
#24 Roy Rumph 3 0 0.00 1 0 0
#9 Dustin Nichols 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
SaberCats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#46 Christopher Gray 9 31 3.44 9 0 0
#9 David Schmitt 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 4 3 0.75 5 0 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Gold
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Dustin Nichols 45 21 365 4 / 25 3 75 2 78.47
SaberCats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 David Schmitt 49 28 406 5 / 38 3 65 2 87.63
Receiving Stats
Gold
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 9 231 25.67 75 2
#87 Joseph Dailey 5 88 17.60 42 1
#24 Roy Rumph 1 27 27.00 27 0
#88 Adam Kerr 4 11 2.75 9 0
#81 Duane Cunningham 1 6 6.00 6 0
#15 Ryan Woods 1 2 2.00 2 0
SaberCats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 David Perez 9 126 14.00 28 1
#81 John Martin 6 125 20.83 65 2
#89 William Kendrick 4 66 16.50 20 0
#81 Jose Lohman 5 33 6.60 10 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 1 29 29.00 29 0
#10 William Alanis 1 19 19.00 19 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 1 5 5.00 5 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Gold
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#60 Allen Bateman 39 23 3 4
#76 Hector Courtney 43 23 1 4
#88 Adam Kerr 13 22 0 0
#24 Roy Rumph 5 7 0 0
#21 Dennis Poteete 11 17 0 0
#66 Donald Glenn 59 23 0 0
#78 Jonathan Crabtree 60 23 0 2
#53 Keith Barge 61 29 0 2
#43 Donald Dahlquist 20 10 0 0
#51 Thomas Abbas 10 3 0 0
#83 Felix Perez 0 5 0 0
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 0 10 0 0
#81 Duane Cunningham 13 7 0 0
#87 Joseph Dailey 0 15 0 0
#20 Don Wilkerson 7 1 0 1
#67 Paul Wright 12 0 0 0
#63 William Reaves 5 0 0 0
#74 Don Thompson 3 0 0 0
#18 Michael Atkinson 0 2 0 0
#74 Marvin Waldron 0 1 0 1
#54 Timothy Despres 0 1 0 0
#64 John Short 0 2 0 1
#53 Eric Aaron 0 2 0 0
#49 Ronald Green 0 2 0 1
#53 William Kyle 0 2 0 0
#60 Blaine Hernandez 0 1 0 0
#57 Mathew Snow 0 1 0 0
#33 Michael Rider 0 1 0 0
SaberCats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#72 Charles Martin 66 26 2 2
#78 Donald Bonner 55 19 2 2
#76 Richard Mosley 60 26 1 2
#37 Jeffrey Matson 25 15 0 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 7 6 0 0
#54 Michael Warren 67 28 0 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 4 3 0 0
#63 James Smith 60 29 0 1
#67 Frank Wakefield 0 4 0 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 0 3 0 1
#81 John Martin 5 21 0 1
#97 William McMartin 0 3 0 0
#89 William Kendrick 0 5 0 0
#81 Jose Lohman 17 23 0 0
#60 Jose Sterling 18 3 0 0
#46 Christopher Gray 14 5 0 0
#17 David Perez 0 9 0 0
#31 Richard McCarthy 0 1 0 0
#41 Robert Oakley 0 1 0 0
#65 Elmo Mixon 0 1 0 0
#99 Charles Grant 0 1 0 0
#33 Paul Reed 0 3 0 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 4 3 0 1
#77 Eddie Wilson 4 0 0 0
#61 Dale Adams 3 3 0 1
Interception Stats
Gold
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#57 Mathew Snow 1 0 0.00 0
#74 Marvin Waldron 1 0 0.00 0
SaberCats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#53 Donny Harris 1 17 17.00 0
#33 Paul Reed 1 1 1.00 0
Fumble Stats
Gold
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#87 Joseph Dailey 1 1 0 0
SaberCats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Gold
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Wesley Bradley 9 402 44.67 44.11 60 2
SaberCats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Rodney West 9 404 44.89 43.56 52 4
Kicking
Gold
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Robert Allison 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 2 / 2
SaberCats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Tommie Prather 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 3 / 3
Punt Return
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#87 Joseph Dailey 1 8 8.0 8 0
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#46 Christopher Gray 1 6 6.0 6 0
Kick Return
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#46 Christopher Gray 3 80 26.7 0
Defensive Stats
Gold
Name Tackles Sacks
#74 Marvin Waldron 10 0
#20 Don Wilkerson 8 0
#49 Ronald Green 7 0
#53 William Kyle 4 0
#41 Donald Lopez 4 0
#53 Eric Aaron 3 2
#60 Blaine Hernandez 2 0
#64 John Short 2 1
#26 Roy Wiley 2 0
#57 Mathew Snow 2 0
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 2 0
#54 Timothy Despres 2 2
#87 Joseph Dailey 1 0
#66 David Aguila 1 0
#24 Roy Rumph 1 0
#12 Robert Allison 1 0
SaberCats
Name Tackles Sacks
#41 Robert Oakley 6 0
#33 Paul Reed 6 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 4 0
#67 Frank Wakefield 4 2
#99 Charles Grant 4 0
#31 Richard McCarthy 3 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 3 2
#65 Elmo Mixon 2 0
#53 Donny Harris 2 0
#17 David Perez 2 0
#52 Craig Edson 2 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 2 0
#81 John Martin 1 0
#79 Charley Salazar 1 0