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November 06, 1977 74° Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 79,274 (88%)
SaberCats 0 3 14 3 - 20
Express 7 21 3 6 - 37
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Express: 1-10-SJS 33 (8:13) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 7 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-10-SJS 17 (14:59) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 10-Robert Herrera for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 14 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-5-LAX 5 (11:28) 1-Tommie Prather 22 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 14 SJS 3
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-10-LAX 25 (11:26) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 21 SJS 3
(Qtr 2) Express: 3-2-LAX 16 (6:50) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 84 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 28 SJS 3
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 1-10-LAX 10 (11:30) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 89-William Kendrick for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. LAX 28 SJS 10
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 3-2-LAX 2 (5:26) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 23-Daniel Bailey for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. LAX 28 SJS 17
(Qtr 3) Express: 4-9-SJS 23 (1:40) 1-Roger Ruzich 41 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 31 SJS 17
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-22-SJS 33 (13:15) 1-Roger Ruzich 51 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 34 SJS 17
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-9-SJS 9 (8:15) 1-Roger Ruzich 26 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 37 SJS 17
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 4-4-LAX 4 (2:31) 1-Tommie Prather 21 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 37 SJS 20
Team Statistics
Express SaberCats
First Downs 17 20
- Rushing 9 7
- Passing 7 11
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 533 381
- Offensive Plays 66 73
- Yards Per Play 8.08 5.22
Net Rushing Yards 164 93
- Rushing Attempts 33 25
- Yards Per Rush 4.97 3.72
Net Passing Yards 369 288
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 17 / 1 45 / 26 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 376 310
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 3 / 22
- Yards Per Pass Play 11.18 6.00
- Yards Per Completion 22.12 11.92
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 6 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.9 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 8 / 60 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 11 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 53
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 28
Time of Possession 28:25 31:34
Drive Charts
Express
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:04 3:58 OWN 3 7 97 Touchdown
1 5:05 2:07 OWN 10 3 10 Punt
1 1:25 1:30 OWN 42 6 58 Touchdown
2 11:25 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 8:16 1:37 OWN 7 3 93 Touchdown
2 4:34 3:14 OWN 15 8 70 Interception
3 15:00 0:55 OWN 25 4 11 Punt
3 11:26 0:55 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 8:14 0:04 OWN 42 1 0 Fumble
3 5:22 3:46 OWN 25 8 52 Field Goal
4 14:52 1:41 OWN 45 5 22 Field Goal
4 13:06 4:54 OWN 46 9 45 Field Goal
4 6:43 2:05 OWN 18 3 2 Punt
4 2:28 0:45 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
4 0:44 0:44 OWN 21 2 0 Game
SaberCats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:56 OWN 25 6 40 Punt
1 8:06 3:02 OWN 25 5 30 Punt
1 2:57 1:32 OWN 31 3 -11 Punt
2 14:55 3:30 OWN 23 7 72 Field Goal
2 11:15 3:00 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
2 6:39 2:05 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 1:19 1:19 OWN 20 3 13 Half
3 14:05 2:39 OWN 19 8 81 Touchdown
3 10:31 2:17 OWN 29 5 26 Interception
3 8:10 2:48 OPP 34 6 34 Touchdown
3 1:36 1:44 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
4 13:11 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 8:12 1:29 OWN 19 6 13 Punt
4 4:38 2:09 OWN 32 9 64 Field Goal
4 1:43 0:59 OWN 33 3 3 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Express
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Seth Wynn 18 103 5.72 26 5 0
#22 Robert Sanders 9 32 3.56 19 2 0
#24 Shannon Smith 1 15 15.00 15 1 0
#8 Gene Nowlin 3 11 3.67 11 1 0
#87 Raymundo Edmonson 2 3 1.50 2 0 0
SaberCats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#31 Daniel Bailey 14 69 4.93 12 4 0
#30 Lynwood Skelton 8 15 1.88 8 0 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 3 9 3.00 4 0 0
Passing Stats
Express
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Gene Nowlin 25 13 323 1 / 7 4 84 1 120.42
#4 William Trombly 7 4 53 0 / 0 0 21 0 81.25
SaberCats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 David Schmitt 45 26 310 3 / 22 2 37 2 75.23
Receiving Stats
Express
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#11 Santiago Smith 7 267 38.14 84 3
#10 Robert Herrera 4 41 10.25 17 1
#87 Raymundo Edmonson 2 27 13.50 16 0
#18 Cordell Mosteller 1 26 26.00 26 0
#26 Seth Wynn 1 8 8.00 8 0
#21 Jose Queen 2 7 3.50 5 0
SaberCats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 David Perez 7 96 13.71 24 0
#81 John Martin 5 77 15.40 29 0
#81 Jose Lohman 6 67 11.17 21 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 2 40 20.00 37 0
#89 William Kendrick 2 13 6.50 10 1
#37 Jeffrey Matson 1 8 8.00 8 0
#30 Lynwood Skelton 2 7 3.50 12 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 1 2 2.00 2 1
Blocking Stats
Express
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#32 William Mitchell 2 16 1 1
#66 Jason Westbrooks 46 28 0 1
#89 Peter Sibley 32 10 0 0
#22 Robert Sanders 10 1 0 0
#47 Jose Sherlock 46 35 0 5
#68 Christopher Spotts 34 42 0 3
#73 Martin Hindman 34 37 0 2
#21 Jose Queen 7 32 0 1
#87 Raymundo Edmonson 9 16 0 0
#51 Scott Dotson 23 21 0 0
#26 Seth Wynn 7 7 0 0
#10 Robert Herrera 0 9 0 0
#75 Michael Robertson 12 0 0 0
#69 Mark Roberts 7 0 0 0
#67 Jason Graf 12 0 0 0
#71 Leonardo Putnam 8 0 0 0
#59 Rufus Aguilar 0 2 0 0
#18 Cordell Mosteller 0 15 0 1
#16 Jimmy Landon 0 8 0 0
#42 Maurice Matzke 0 1 0 0
#98 Robert Falkner 0 1 0 0
#93 James Johnson 0 3 0 1
#23 Daniel Ibarra 0 1 0 0
#95 Michael Salzman 0 2 0 0
#50 Donn Webb 4 1 0 0
#46 Paul Moore 0 2 0 0
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 0 9 0 0
#11 Santiago Smith 0 5 0 0
#24 Shannon Smith 2 1 0 0
#94 Joan White 0 1 0 0
#48 Carlos Turner 0 1 0 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 0 1 0 0
#97 Joshua Lilley 0 1 0 0
#90 Stephen Coleman 0 1 0 0
SaberCats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#78 Donald Bonner 46 30 1 3
#37 Jeffrey Matson 41 27 0 2
#72 Charles Martin 58 29 0 0
#54 Michael Warren 58 32 0 3
#76 Richard Mosley 57 32 0 0
#63 James Smith 50 33 0 3
#81 Jose Lohman 16 19 0 0
#81 John Martin 0 17 0 1
#60 Jose Sterling 15 3 0 0
#17 David Perez 0 12 0 0
#61 Dale Adams 7 4 0 0
#77 Eddie Wilson 7 1 0 0
#30 Lynwood Skelton 11 3 0 1
#26 Brian Vazquez 3 2 0 1
#60 Brian Pollack 2 2 0 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 2 5 0 0
#67 Frank Wakefield 0 3 0 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 1 3 0 0
#97 William McMartin 0 3 0 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 6 3 0 0
#89 William Kendrick 0 6 0 1
#10 William Alanis 0 4 0 0
#74 Steven Peterson 0 2 0 0
#99 Charles Grant 0 1 0 0
#33 Paul Reed 0 1 0 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 0 1 0 0
#57 Stephen Taylor 0 1 0 0
#53 Donny Harris 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Express
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#48 Carlos Turner 2 0 0.00 0
SaberCats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#31 Richard McCarthy 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Express
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#10 Robert Herrera 1 1 0 0
#8 Gene Nowlin 1 0 0 0
SaberCats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#99 Charles Grant 0 1 0 0
#97 William McMartin 0 0 1 0
Punting
Express
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Richard Huber 5 233 46.60 46.60 49 0
SaberCats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Rodney West 8 358 44.75 42.13 52 4
Kicking
Express
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Roger Ruzich 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 51 4 / 4
SaberCats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Tommie Prather 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 22 2 / 2
Punt Return
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Robert Herrera 1 11 11.0 11 0
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#30 Lynwood Skelton 2 53 26.5 0
Defensive Stats
Express
Name Tackles Sacks
#48 Carlos Turner 8 0
#42 Maurice Matzke 6 0
#93 James Johnson 5 0
#23 Daniel Ibarra 4 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 4 0
#97 Joshua Lilley 4 0
#53 Randall Solis 4 2
#59 William Theis 4 0
#98 Robert Falkner 3 0
#50 Donn Webb 3 0
#46 Paul Moore 3 0
#94 Joan White 2 0
#95 Michael Salzman 1 1
#41 Allen Ellison 1 0
#68 Christopher Spotts 1 0
#54 Richard Owen 1 0
#52 Larry Newsom 1 0
SaberCats
Name Tackles Sacks
#99 Jack Englert 6 0
#53 Donny Harris 5 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 5 0
#41 Robert Oakley 4 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 4 0
#74 Steven Peterson 4 0
#97 William McMartin 3 1
#99 Charles Grant 3 0
#57 Stephen Taylor 3 0
#33 Paul Reed 3 0
#31 Richard McCarthy 2 0
#17 David Perez 2 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 1 0
#39 Adam Jones 1 0
#91 Michael Graber 1 0