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Week 3: Houston Gamblers at Denver Gold

September 18, 1977
74°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 49,866 (65%)
Gamblers 3 10 3 0 - 16
Gold 7 3 3 9 - 22

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 4-5-DEN 29 (7:51) 19-Daniel McCormack 47 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (DEN 90-Clyde Raines) (Declined) DEN 0 HOU 3
(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-10-DEN 25 (7:47) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 17-Joseph Dailey for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. DEN 7 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 4-10-DEN 13 (10:25) 19-Daniel McCormack 31 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 7 HOU 6
(Qtr 2) Gold: 4-2-HOU 33 (6:59) 11-Robert Allison 52 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 10 HOU 6
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-7-DEN 7 (1:54) 6-Walton Vasquez pass complete to 16-Todd Summers for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. DEN 10 HOU 13
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-11-DEN 11 (4:32) 19-Daniel McCormack 29 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 67-Micah McEvoy was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DEN 10 HOU 16
(Qtr 3) Gold: 4-9-HOU 31 (2:11) 11-Robert Allison 49 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 55-Boris Riggins was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DEN 13 HOU 16
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-1-HOU 0 (8:36) 43-Donald Dahlquist ran to HOU 0 for a short gain. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-4-HOU 9 (2:07) 11-Robert Allison 28 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 22 HOU 16

Team Statistics

Gold Gamblers
First Downs 14 16
- Rushing 4 4
- Passing 9 12
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 416 295
- Offensive Plays 60 72
- Yards Per Play 6.93 4.10
Net Rushing Yards 68 31
- Rushing Attempts 18 24
- Yards Per Rush 3.78 1.29
Net Passing Yards 348 264
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 20 / 2 46 / 29 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 371 282
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 23 2 / 18
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.29 5.50
- Yards Per Completion 18.55 9.72
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 13 5 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.3 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 8 / 46 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 11 2 / 20
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 19
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 31
Time of Possession 24:48 35:12

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:20 0:22 OWN 5 3 -2 Punt
1 7:47 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 4:51 3:21 OWN 11 7 59 Missed FG
2 10:22 1:37 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 8:41 1:46 OPP 41 3 8 Field Goal
2 3:04 0:12 OWN 7 2 -4 Interception
2 1:51 1:27 OWN 25 5 15 Interception
3 15:00 2:07 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
3 8:39 1:23 OWN 7 3 -2 Punt
3 4:29 2:22 OWN 25 7 44 Field Goal
3 1:10 1:22 OWN 46 3 -1 Punt
4 11:21 2:48 OWN 17 5 83 Touchdown
4 6:57 1:06 OWN 28 4 23 Punt
4 4:52 2:48 OWN 42 5 49 Field Goal
4 1:57 1:57 OPP 48 5 30 Missed FG

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:40 OWN 25 6 35 Punt
1 10:59 3:12 OPP 46 5 17 Field Goal
1 7:37 2:46 OWN 25 4 27 Punt
1 1:30 6:07 OWN 37 11 50 Field Goal
2 8:45 0:04 OWN 35 1 0 Interception
2 6:55 3:51 OWN 25 6 36 Punt
2 2:51 1:00 OPP 34 4 34 Touchdown
2 0:24 0:24 OWN 31 5 -1 Half
3 12:53 4:14 OWN 18 8 45 Punt
3 7:16 2:47 OPP 50 5 38 Field Goal
3 2:07 0:57 OWN 17 3 -8 Punt
4 14:48 3:27 OWN 20 6 19 Punt
4 8:33 1:37 OWN 25 4 -2 Punt
4 5:51 0:59 OWN 9 3 -2 Punt
4 2:04 0:07 OWN 25 2 0 Interception

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 10 42 4.20 19 1 0
Roy Rumph 2 23 11.50 12 2 0
Donald Dahlquist 3 3 1.00 2 0 1
Dustin Nichols 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Connelly 13 33 2.54 13 1 0
Everett Pettit 6 5 0.83 5 0 0
George Webb 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0 0
August Madrid 4 -4 -1.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 29 13 280 1 / 10 1 75 2 62.43
Adam Cates 10 7 91 2 / 13 0 18 0 98.33

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Walton Vasquez 46 29 282 2 / 18 1 32 2 69.29

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Dailey 2 89 44.50 75 1
Michael Atkinson 4 85 21.25 30 0
Michael Sonnenberg 4 61 15.25 27 0
Adam Kerr 5 54 10.80 37 0
Donald Dahlquist 1 42 42.00 42 0
Roy Rumph 2 28 14.00 16 0
Duane Cunningham 2 12 6.00 11 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Todd Summers 5 73 14.60 26 1
David Nelson 8 65 8.13 24 0
George Webb 2 43 21.50 32 0
Bradley Sharp 2 41 20.50 23 0
Jared Kelly 4 18 4.50 10 0
Larry Perez 2 17 8.50 10 0
James Connelly 2 10 5.00 7 0
Everett Pettit 1 8 8.00 8 0
Clifford Crumley 3 7 2.33 4 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Abbas 40 24 1 3
William Reaves 48 20 0 1
Felix Perez 0 1 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 1 0 0
Mathew Snow 0 1 0 0
Don Wilkerson 4 2 0 0
Roy Rumph 2 6 0 1
Clyde Raines 0 2 0 0
Marvin Waldron 0 1 0 0
John Short 0 1 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 0 10 0 1
Joseph Dailey 0 12 0 0
Ryan Woods 0 3 0 0
Frank Castillo 2 0 0 0
Michael Atkinson 0 2 0 0
Donald Glenn 52 24 0 0
Duane Cunningham 11 8 0 2
Don Thompson 2 0 0 0
Paul Wright 14 0 0 0
Tom Campbell 14 0 0 0
Eric Aaron 2 0 0 0
Dennis Poteete 12 11 0 0
Adam Kerr 11 18 0 1
Donald Dahlquist 15 9 0 0
Keith Barge 51 22 0 1
Jonathan Crabtree 51 24 0 0
Blaine Hernandez 0 1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Luis Davidson 48 31 1 2
Reginald Martin 58 30 1 2
Jerry Aiello 0 3 0 0
Michael Spencer 0 1 0 0
Paul Walker 0 1 0 0
Matthew Hard 0 2 0 0
Wayne Mashburn 0 2 0 0
Jared Kelly 0 3 0 0
Todd David 0 1 0 0
Rolando Moulton 0 1 0 0
Everett Pettit 2 1 0 0
Douglas Cormier 4 1 0 0
Frank Wiley 0 2 0 0
Bradley Sharp 0 9 0 1
David Nelson 0 11 0 0
Thomas Campbell 0 3 0 0
Todd Summers 0 10 0 0
Benjamin Morrison 0 2 0 1
William Loggins 12 8 0 0
Tony Lehman 11 1 0 0
Marshall Leister 12 0 0 0
Larry Perez 21 25 0 5
Clifford Crumley 4 13 0 0
George Webb 14 7 0 1
James Connelly 5 10 0 2
August Madrid 10 12 0 1
Micah McEvoy 54 32 0 5
Carl Lawlor 48 36 0 2
Theodore Valdez 47 27 0 1
Eugene Gregory 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bradley Leon 1 0 0.00 0
Roy Wiley 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Cory Vargas 2 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ronald Green 0 0 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Connelly 1 0 0 0
Bradley Sharp 0 1 0 0

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wesley Bradley 6 299 49.83 42.00 65 1

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 8 335 41.88 40.50 55 0

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Allison 3 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 1 / 1

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Dailey 1 11 11.0 11 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Connelly 2 20 10.0 12 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jessie Castillo 1 19 19.0 0

Defensive Stats

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Donald Lopez 10 0
Ronald Green 7 0
Eric Aaron 6 1
Roy Wiley 5 0
John Short 5 0
Don Wilkerson 4 0
Mathew Snow 3 0
Timothy Despres 3 1
Blaine Hernandez 3 0
Michael Sonnenberg 3 0
William Kyle 3 0
Clyde Raines 2 0
Marvin Waldron 1 0
David Aguila 1 0
Dennis Poteete 1 0
Bradley Leon 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Thomas Erwin 5 0
Roderick Carver 4 1
Todd David 4 0
Jessie Castillo 3 0
Wayne Mashburn 3 0
Jeffrey Keeley 3 1
Eugene Holland 3 0
James Cruz 2 0
Matthew Hard 2 0
Cory Vargas 2 0
Rolando Moulton 2 0
David Nelson 1 0
August Peterson 1 0
Boris Riggins 1 0
Thomas Campbell 1 1
Todd Summers 1 0