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Week 1: Los Angeles Express at Southern California Sun

September 04, 1977
82°
Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) Attendance: 49,717 (72%)
Express 14 7 14 0 - 35
Sun 7 0 0 11 - 18

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Express: 2-4-SCS 4 (7:20) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 86-Robert Herrera for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SCS 0 LAX 7
(Qtr 1) Sun: 1-5-LAX 5 (3:47) 10-James Perry pass complete to 18-Thomas Dayton for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Hodge. SCS 7 LAX 7
(Qtr 1) Express: 3-8-LAX 38 (1:37) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 86-Robert Herrera for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SCS 7 LAX 14
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-10-SCS 14 (1:01) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 86-Robert Herrera for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SCS 7 LAX 21
(Qtr 3) Express: 1-10-SCS 24 (11:55) 23-Seth Wynn ran to SCS 0 for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SCS 7 LAX 28
(Qtr 3) Express: 1-1-SCS 1 (0:38) 23-Seth Wynn ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SCS 7 LAX 35
(Qtr 4) Sun: 4-3-LAX 15 (11:08) 16-James Hodge 33 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 10 LAX 35
(Qtr 4) Sun: 2-4-LAX 4 (1:10) 10-James Perry pass complete to 82-James Rodriquez for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 10-James Perry pass complete to 86-Gregory Drayton for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SCS 18 LAX 35

Team Statistics

Sun Express
First Downs 17 11
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 12 9
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 361 371
- Offensive Plays 75 60
- Yards Per Play 4.81 6.18
Net Rushing Yards 51 107
- Rushing Attempts 19 30
- Yards Per Rush 2.68 3.57
Net Passing Yards 310 264
- Att/Comp/Int 56 / 32 / 3 28 / 19 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 310 280
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.54 8.80
- Yards Per Completion 9.69 14.74
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.0 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 29 7 / 43
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 8 2 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 15 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 8
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 31
Time of Possession 29:34 30:29

Drive Charts

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:16 3:34 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 1:28 2:10 OWN 25 4 29 Punt
2 12:43 0:48 OPP 49 3 1 Punt
2 11:00 3:41 OWN 28 6 13 Punt
2 4:52 0:51 OWN 11 3 1 Punt
2 2:34 1:27 OWN 20 3 3 Fumble
2 0:57 0:57 OWN 25 2 8 Half
3 15:00 2:19 OWN 25 5 38 Interception
3 11:49 1:04 OWN 17 3 6 Punt
3 8:02 3:34 OWN 10 8 36 Punt
3 2:49 0:45 OWN 41 2 0 Interception
3 0:35 4:30 OWN 25 8 60 Field Goal
4 8:59 0:53 OWN 29 3 9 Punt
4 6:07 1:18 OWN 39 4 15 Punt
4 2:40 1:34 OWN 44 10 56 Touchdown
4 0:43 0:09 OWN 21 2 0 Interception

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 7:44 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
1 3:42 2:15 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 14:18 1:34 OWN 9 3 3 Punt
2 11:55 0:55 OWN 13 3 9 Punt
2 7:19 2:28 OWN 22 4 14 Punt
2 4:01 1:27 OWN 46 3 -2 Punt
2 1:07 0:10 OPP 30 2 30 Touchdown
3 12:41 0:52 OWN 41 3 59 Touchdown
3 10:46 2:44 OWN 30 5 17 Punt
3 4:27 1:39 OWN 10 3 5 Punt
3 2:04 1:29 OPP 44 3 44 Touchdown
4 11:05 2:06 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 8:06 1:59 OWN 16 3 2 Punt
4 4:49 2:09 OWN 8 3 3 Punt
4 1:06 0:23 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 0:35 0:35 OPP 20 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Leonard Arredondo 14 37 2.64 14 1 0
Gary Denton 5 14 2.80 7 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Sanders 10 59 5.90 34 1 0
Seth Wynn 17 38 2.24 24 1 2
Gene Nowlin 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
William Trombly 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Perry 53 31 280 0 / 0 2 35 3 61.83
Nolan Loos 3 1 30 0 / 0 0 30 0 71.53

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 27 18 260 1 / 8 3 62 0 134.80
William Trombly 1 1 20 1 / 8 0 20 0 118.75

Receiving Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Sanders 11 136 12.36 35 0
Thomas Dayton 6 57 9.50 18 1
Gregory Drayton 7 54 7.71 21 0
James Rodriquez 4 44 11.00 30 1
Charles Walker 1 10 10.00 10 0
Leonard Arredondo 2 9 4.50 6 0
Wesley Villanueva 1 0 0.00 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Herrera 9 167 18.56 62 3
Jose Queen 5 51 10.20 16 0
Santiago Smith 2 43 21.50 25 0
Jimmy Landon 2 13 6.50 11 0
Tyrone Kennedy 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Leslie Musto 66 31 0 2
Leonard Arredondo 23 10 0 0
Edward Porter 1 3 0 1
Gary Denton 5 7 0 0
James Kelley 0 2 0 1
Jeffrey Crossman 0 3 0 0
Brian Middleton 0 3 0 0
Albert Campos 10 0 0 0
James Rodriquez 2 7 0 0
Charles Walker 9 10 0 0
Deangelo Laing 64 28 0 2
Wesley Villanueva 20 17 0 0
Gregory Drayton 7 18 0 2
Thomas Dayton 8 16 0 2
John Sanders 0 12 0 2
Rudolph Guerrero 59 32 0 0
Charles Long 66 35 0 1
Kevin Bell 65 31 0 1
Galen Cummins 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jose Sherlock 41 33 1 4
Charles Martin 40 34 0 4
Michael Robertson 15 0 0 0
Robert Sanders 1 0 0 0
Robert Falkner 0 2 0 0
Randall Solis 0 2 0 0
Walter Silva 0 2 0 0
Stephen Farmer 0 1 0 0
Daniel Ibarra 0 1 0 0
James Johnson 0 2 0 1
Paul Moore 0 4 0 0
Carlos Turner 0 4 0 1
Donn Webb 9 4 0 1
Richard Owen 0 3 0 0
Louis Duron 0 3 0 0
Richard Rogers 15 14 0 0
William Mitchell 1 7 0 0
Jason Westbrooks 46 32 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 7 0 1
Raymundo Edmonson 14 17 0 0
Santiago Smith 0 4 0 0
Seth Wynn 13 5 0 1
Robert Herrera 0 9 0 1
Peter Sibley 34 8 0 0
Jason Graf 22 4 0 0
Scott Dotson 17 25 0 5
Martin Hindman 24 32 0 2
Jimmy Landon 0 12 0 2
Jose Queen 7 31 0 2
Cordell Mosteller 0 13 0 0
Joshua Lilley 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Southern California Sun

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
James Johnson 1 6 6.00 0
Louis Duron 1 1 1.00 0
Walter Silva 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Leonard Arredondo 2 1 0 0
Charles Walker 1 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Johnson 0 0 1 0
Walter Silva 0 0 1 0
Stephen Coleman 0 1 0 0

Punting

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Hershel McLean 8 332 41.50 41.13 49 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 10 475 47.50 44.50 57 2

Kicking

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Hodge 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 33 1 / 1

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 5 / 5

Punt Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Walker 2 8 4.0 4 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Herrera 2 6 3.0 3 0

Kick Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gary Denton 1 15 15.0 0

Los Angeles Express

Defensive Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Jeffrey Crossman 9 0
Javier Woods 6 1
James Kelley 6 0
Brian Middleton 5 0
Tony Newby 5 0
Johnny Beard 4 0
Jose Murphy 2 0
James Peeler 2 0
Galen Cummins 2 0
Travis Rooks 1 0
Kevin Bell 1 0
Deangelo Laing 1 0
Fredrick Tellier 1 0
Steven Pratt 1 1
Thomas Dayton 1 0
Dale Harris 1 0
Leonard Arredondo 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Carlos Turner 9 0
Paul Moore 8 0
Maurice Matzke 7 0
Randall Solis 5 0
James Johnson 4 0
Robert Falkner 4 0
Stephen Farmer 3 0
Walter Silva 3 0
Stephen Coleman 2 0
Donn Webb 2 0
Jose Sherlock 1 0
Louis Duron 1 0
Michael Salzman 1 0
Daniel Ibarra 1 0