Regular Season Week 8: Express at SaberCats

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October 23, 1977 73° Candlestick Park
Attendance: 56,459 (81%)
Express 7 21 16 3 - 47
SaberCats 0 13 3 0 - 16
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Express: 1-4-SJS 4 (6:19) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 86-Robert Herrera for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 0 LAX 7
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-3-LAX 3 (12:12) 1-Tommie Prather 20 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 3 LAX 7
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-10-SJS 40 (11:30) 23-Seth Wynn ran for 40 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 58-Donny Harris was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SJS 3 LAX 14
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 3-2-LAX 2 (6:32) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 23-Daniel Bailey for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 77-Eddie Wilson was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SJS 10 LAX 14
(Qtr 2) Express: 2-9-LAX 26 (5:46) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 86-Robert Herrera for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 10 LAX 21
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-10-SJS 14 (2:34) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 86-Robert Herrera for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 10 LAX 28
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 2-5-LAX 18 (0:04) 1-Tommie Prather 36 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 13 LAX 28
(Qtr 3) Express: 2-10-SJS 8 (11:33) 9-David Schmitt sacked at SJS -2 for -10 yards (97-Joshua Lilley). Sack allowed by 63-James Smith. SAFETY! (97-Joshua Lilley) SJS 13 LAX 30
(Qtr 3) Express: 2-4-SJS 4 (9:57) 24-Shannon Smith ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 13 LAX 37
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 4-9-LAX 19 (7:28) 1-Tommie Prather 36 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 16 LAX 37
(Qtr 3) Express: 1-3-SJS 3 (5:56) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 17-Jimmy Landon for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 16 LAX 44
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-4-SJS 4 (6:01) 1-Roger Ruzich 21 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 16 LAX 47
Team Statistics
SaberCats Express
First Downs 20 22
- Rushing 1 13
- Passing 19 7
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 419 591
- Offensive Plays 67 63
- Yards Per Play 6.25 9.38
Net Rushing Yards 29 334
- Rushing Attempts 12 41
- Yards Per Rush 2.42 8.15
Net Passing Yards 390 257
- Att/Comp/Int 52 / 32 / 3 22 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 414 257
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 24 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.09 11.68
- Yards Per Completion 12.94 16.06
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 12 2 / 8
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.7 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 40 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 5 / 109 1 / 36
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 4 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 30
Time of Possession 26:33 33:26
Drive Charts
SaberCats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:36 OWN 17 7 39 Punt
1 6:16 2:45 OWN 20 6 32 Interception
1 1:11 4:02 OWN 44 7 53 Field Goal
2 11:23 4:54 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 5:36 0:56 OWN 22 3 8 Punt
2 2:30 2:29 OWN 17 7 64 Field Goal
3 11:36 0:07 OWN 8 2 -10 Safety
3 9:54 2:30 OWN 25 7 56 Field Goal
3 5:58 0:03 OWN 8 1 0 Interception
3 5:53 1:28 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
3 0:54 1:08 OWN 6 5 30 Punt
4 5:58 0:34 OWN 25 3 16 Interception
4 3:28 1:01 OWN 21 4 13 Punt
Express
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:24 4:08 OWN 8 9 92 Touchdown
1 3:31 2:19 OWN 41 4 22 Missed FG
2 12:09 0:47 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
2 6:29 0:53 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
2 4:40 2:10 OWN 27 4 73 Touchdown
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 2 Half
3 15:00 3:24 OWN 25 5 34 Punt
3 11:29 1:35 OWN 40 3 60 Touchdown
3 7:24 1:26 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 5:56 0:02 OPP 3 1 3 Touchdown
3 4:25 3:31 OWN 10 7 38 Punt
4 14:46 8:47 OWN 19 14 77 Field Goal
4 5:24 1:56 OWN 30 3 -1 Punt
4 2:27 2:27 OWN 29 5 30 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
SaberCats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#37 Jeffrey Matson 3 12 4.00 8 0 0
#46 Christopher Gray 7 12 1.71 8 0 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 2 5 2.50 9 0 0
Express
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Seth Wynn 17 163 9.59 40 8 1
#22 Robert Sanders 19 149 7.84 53 4 0
#24 Shannon Smith 4 20 5.00 10 1 1
#87 Raymundo Edmonson 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Passing Stats
SaberCats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 David Schmitt 51 32 414 3 / 24 1 24 3 70.22
#18 Antonio Wilson 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 39.58
Express
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Gene Nowlin 19 14 214 0 / 0 4 74 0 150.00
#4 William Trombly 3 2 43 0 / 0 0 24 0 109.72
Receiving Stats
SaberCats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 John Martin 7 104 14.86 20 0
#17 David Perez 6 93 15.50 24 0
#89 William Kendrick 4 71 17.75 23 0
#81 Jose Lohman 6 44 7.33 23 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 3 35 11.67 22 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 2 19 9.50 17 1
#10 William Alanis 2 18 9.00 15 0
#46 Christopher Gray 1 15 15.00 15 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 1 15 15.00 15 0
Express
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Robert Herrera 10 193 19.30 74 3
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 4 50 12.50 24 0
#16 Jimmy Landon 2 14 7.00 11 1
Blocking Stats
SaberCats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#63 James Smith 53 34 1 3
#37 Jeffrey Matson 21 17 0 1
#80 Joseph Sanders 0 7 0 1
#54 Michael Warren 56 24 0 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 2 4 0 0
#46 Christopher Gray 16 13 0 2
#60 Jeffery Mackey 3 5 0 0
#81 John Martin 0 8 0 0
#72 Charles Martin 61 23 0 2
#60 Jose Sterling 64 22 0 1
#78 Donald Bonner 53 18 0 0
#81 Jose Lohman 11 16 0 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 6 5 0 0
#30 Lynwood Skelton 14 4 0 0
#53 Donny Harris 0 2 0 0
#17 David Perez 0 7 0 0
#77 Eddie Wilson 8 4 0 0
#65 Elmo Mixon 0 2 0 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 0 1 0 0
#10 William Alanis 0 3 0 0
#89 William Kendrick 0 7 0 0
#41 Robert Oakley 0 1 0 0
#46 Javier Vestal 1 1 0 0
#61 Dale Adams 6 3 0 0
#60 Brian Pollack 6 0 0 0
Express
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Charles Martin 28 47 0 6
#66 Jason Westbrooks 34 42 0 1
#89 Peter Sibley 26 6 0 0
#26 Seth Wynn 4 5 0 0
#22 Robert Sanders 2 1 0 0
#47 Jose Sherlock 31 45 0 3
#73 Martin Hindman 22 47 0 1
#51 Scott Dotson 15 35 0 4
#87 Raymundo Edmonson 7 17 0 0
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 0 19 0 0
#10 Robert Herrera 0 24 0 3
#83 Richard Rogers 12 10 0 1
#21 Jose Queen 1 38 0 3
#16 Jimmy Landon 0 25 0 0
#68 Christopher Spotts 2 0 0 0
#75 Michael Robertson 9 0 0 0
#67 Jason Graf 12 1 0 0
#71 Leonardo Putnam 10 0 0 0
#98 Robert Falkner 0 1 0 1
#95 Michael Salzman 0 1 0 0
#32 William Mitchell 0 8 0 0
#11 Santiago Smith 0 12 0 1
#41 Allen Ellison 3 4 0 2
#48 Carlos Turner 0 3 0 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 0 3 0 0
#42 Maurice Matzke 0 1 0 0
#93 James Johnson 0 1 0 0
#54 Richard Owen 0 2 0 1
#50 Donn Webb 1 2 0 0
#52 Larry Newsom 0 2 0 0
#46 Paul Moore 0 1 0 0
#59 William Theis 0 1 0 0
#23 Daniel Ibarra 0 1 0 0
#59 Rufus Aguilar 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
SaberCats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Express
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#97 Joshua Lilley 1 1 1.00 0
#93 James Johnson 1 0 0.00 0
#59 William Theis 1 -1 -1.00 0
Fumble Stats
SaberCats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#46 Christopher Gray 1 0 0 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 0 1 0 0
Express
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#10 Robert Herrera 1 1 0 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 0 0 1 0
Punting
SaberCats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Rodney West 5 223 44.60 41.40 50 2
Express
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Richard Huber 4 189 47.25 47.25 59 2
Kicking
SaberCats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Tommie Prather 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 36 1 / 1
Express
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Roger Ruzich 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 21 6 / 6
Punt Return
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Robert Herrera 1 8 8.0 8 0
Kick Return
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#30 Lynwood Skelton 5 109 21.8 0
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#26 Seth Wynn 1 36 36.0 0
Defensive Stats
SaberCats
Name Tackles Sacks
#33 Paul Reed 8 0
#99 Charles Grant 8 0
#31 Richard McCarthy 6 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 5 0
#52 Craig Edson 4 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 4 0
#70 Jose Sergent 4 0
#65 Elmo Mixon 4 0
#74 Steven Peterson 3 0
#41 Robert Oakley 2 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 1 0
#57 Stephen Taylor 1 0
#33 Elmer Tillman 1 0
#63 James Smith 1 0
#61 Dale Adams 1 0
#79 Charley Salazar 1 0
#10 William Alanis 1 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 1 0
Express
Name Tackles Sacks
#46 Paul Moore 8 0
#48 Carlos Turner 6 0
#93 James Johnson 6 0
#98 Robert Falkner 5 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 4 0
#23 Daniel Ibarra 4 0
#42 Maurice Matzke 3 0
#55 Lamont Stich 2 0
#50 Donn Webb 2 1
#59 Rufus Aguilar 2 0
#53 Randall Solis 2 0
#41 Allen Ellison 2 0
#95 Michael Salzman 1 0
#97 Joshua Lilley 1 1
#52 Larry Newsom 1 1
#59 William Theis 1 0