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September 10, 1978 74° Candlestick Park
Attendance: 54,735 (78%)
Express 14 0 0 7 - 21
SaberCats 7 10 6 3 - 26
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Express: 2-9-SJS 30 (11:42) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 0 LAX 7
(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 3-1-LAX 0 (7:07) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 7 LAX 7
(Qtr 1) Express: 1-4-SJS 4 (0:35) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 16-Tyrone Kennedy for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 7 LAX 14
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-2-LAX 7 (11:45) 1-Tommie Prather 24 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 10 LAX 14
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-3-LAX 3 (5:22) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 83-Jose Lohman for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 17 LAX 14
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 4-7-LAX 12 (10:30) 1-Tommie Prather 29 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 20 LAX 14
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 4-8-LAX 25 (2:29) 1-Tommie Prather 42 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 23 LAX 14
(Qtr 4) Express: 1-7-SJS 7 (13:04) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 16-Tyrone Kennedy for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 23 LAX 21
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 4-6-LAX 6 (9:07) 1-Tommie Prather 23 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 40-Carlos Turner was injured on the play. SJS 26 LAX 21
Team Statistics
SaberCats Express
First Downs 22 18
- Rushing 2 5
- Passing 17 13
- Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 487 429
- Offensive Plays 65 64
- Yards Per Play 7.49 6.70
Net Rushing Yards 71 130
- Rushing Attempts 23 22
- Yards Per Rush 3.09 5.91
Net Passing Yards 416 299
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 31 / 2 38 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 416 327
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 4 / 28
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.90 7.12
- Yards Per Completion 13.42 15.57
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 6 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.0 9.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 11 / 93
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 27
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 13 2 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 3 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 26
Time of Possession 31:34 28:24
Drive Charts
SaberCats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:37 4:33 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 5:03 1:45 OWN 20 4 43 Punt
1 0:31 3:49 OWN 25 6 68 Field Goal
2 8:12 2:54 OWN 12 7 88 Touchdown
2 1:47 1:47 OWN 20 3 9 Half
3 15:00 4:33 OWN 25 7 63 Field Goal
3 10:22 0:49 OWN 42 4 36 Interception
3 6:49 4:24 OWN 21 8 54 Field Goal
4 13:00 3:56 OWN 25 7 69 Field Goal
4 6:25 0:48 OWN 6 3 2 Interception
4 4:10 1:53 OWN 8 3 4 Punt
4 1:49 0:22 OWN 37 3 4 Punt
4 0:01 0:01 OPP 22 1 0 Game
Express
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:23 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 7:04 2:00 OWN 25 5 30 Punt
1 3:19 2:48 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 11:42 3:30 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
2 5:17 3:30 OWN 25 7 22 Punt
3 10:27 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 9:32 2:43 OWN 1 6 28 Punt
3 2:25 4:25 OWN 21 10 79 Touchdown
4 9:04 2:39 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
4 5:37 1:27 OPP 37 3 1 Punt
4 2:17 0:28 OWN 42 3 12 Interception
4 1:27 1:26 OWN 17 6 6 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
SaberCats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#46 Christopher Gray 14 47 3.36 14 2 0
#9 David Schmitt 2 18 9.00 18 1 0
#40 Antoine Smith 3 4 1.33 2 0 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 3 2 0.67 4 0 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Express
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#22 Robert Sanders 9 65 7.22 22 4 0
#26 Seth Wynn 10 56 5.60 16 2 0
#24 Shannon Smith 3 9 3.00 6 0 0
Passing Stats
SaberCats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 David Schmitt 42 31 416 0 / 0 2 42 2 100.89
Express
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Gene Nowlin 38 21 327 4 / 28 3 42 2 88.38
Receiving Stats
SaberCats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 David Perez 8 108 13.50 37 0
#81 John Martin 7 70 10.00 26 1
#81 Jose Lohman 6 65 10.83 31 1
#89 William Kendrick 2 63 31.50 42 0
#14 Charles May 4 50 12.50 25 0
#46 Christopher Gray 2 36 18.00 34 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 1 18 18.00 18 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 1 6 6.00 6 0
Express
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#21 Jose Queen 6 93 15.50 28 0
#10 Robert Herrera 4 59 14.75 22 0
#36 Dennis McRae 1 42 42.00 42 0
#18 Cordell Mosteller 2 34 17.00 24 0
#11 Santiago Smith 1 30 30.00 30 1
#16 Jimmy Landon 2 29 14.50 22 0
#32 William Mitchell 1 13 13.00 13 0
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 2 11 5.50 7 2
#26 Seth Wynn 1 10 10.00 10 0
#87 Raymundo Edmonson 1 6 6.00 6 0
Blocking Stats
SaberCats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#37 Jeffrey Matson 29 15 0 1
#60 Andres Holm 43 32 0 6
#54 Michael Warren 49 25 0 0
#60 Jose Sterling 52 29 0 0
#78 Donald Bonner 44 30 0 3
#76 Richard Mosley 40 25 0 0
#46 Christopher Gray 9 7 0 1
#17 David Perez 0 13 0 0
#89 William Kendrick 0 8 0 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 2 15 0 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 4 3 0 0
#81 Jose Lohman 13 26 0 0
#77 Eddie Wilson 11 4 0 0
#72 Charles Martin 17 6 0 0
#46 Javier Vestal 6 0 0 0
#81 John Martin 2 16 0 0
#40 Antoine Smith 3 11 0 1
#88 Samuel Rutherford 0 2 0 0
#57 Stephen Taylor 0 1 0 0
#50 Kevin Keller 0 1 0 0
#31 Richard McCarthy 0 1 0 0
#41 Robert Oakley 0 1 0 0
#67 Frank Wakefield 0 1 0 0
#99 Charles Grant 0 1 0 0
#99 Jack Englert 0 1 0 0
Express
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Charles Martin 42 26 2 6
#78 Patrick Tobias 42 33 1 2
#75 Michael Robertson 48 27 0 1
#21 Jose Queen 10 6 0 1
#65 Edgar Austin 43 6 0 0
#71 Leonardo Putnam 49 23 0 1
#36 Dennis McRae 9 14 0 3
#32 William Mitchell 10 18 0 0
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 0 8 0 1
#51 Scott Dotson 14 19 0 0
#10 Robert Herrera 0 12 0 1
#26 Seth Wynn 7 5 0 0
#87 Raymundo Edmonson 6 1 0 0
#68 Christopher Spotts 7 1 0 0
#73 Martin Hindman 2 0 0 0
#11 Santiago Smith 0 3 0 1
#16 Jimmy Landon 0 7 0 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 4 3 0 2
#22 Robert Sanders 2 2 0 0
#92 Louis Duron 0 2 0 0
#24 Shannon Smith 1 1 0 0
#15 Daniel Zachery 0 1 0 0
#42 Walter Silva 0 1 0 0
#42 Maurice Matzke 0 1 0 0
#41 Allen Ellison 0 2 0 0
#23 Daniel Ibarra 0 2 0 1
#54 Richard Owen 0 3 0 0
#46 Paul Moore 0 1 0 0
#53 Randall Solis 0 1 0 0
#59 William Theis 0 1 0 0
#77 Loren Williams 2 0 0 0
#71 Ricky Houston 1 0 0 0
#59 Rufus Aguilar 0 1 0 0
#90 Stephen Coleman 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
SaberCats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#45 Bryan Leisure 1 13 13.00 0
#41 Robert Oakley 1 0 0.00 0
Express
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#47 Stephen Farmer 1 0 0.00 0
#42 Walter Silva 1 -1 -1.00 0
Fumble Stats
SaberCats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Express
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
SaberCats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Rodney West 3 138 46.00 35.33 51 0
Express
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Richard Huber 6 278 46.33 38.17 60 2
Kicking
SaberCats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Tommie Prather 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 2 / 2
Express
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Roger Ruzich 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 3 / 3
Punt Return
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Robert Herrera 1 9 9.0 9 0
Kick Return
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#26 Seth Wynn 1 27 27.0 0
Defensive Stats
SaberCats
Name Tackles Sacks
#33 Paul Reed 6 0
#41 Robert Oakley 6 0
#99 Charles Grant 5 2
#53 Donny Harris 4 1
#31 Richard McCarthy 4 0
#52 Craig Edson 3 0
#99 Jack Englert 3 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 3 0
#52 James Warner 2 0
#50 Kevin Keller 2 0
#81 John Martin 2 0
#39 Adam Jones 1 0
#67 Frank Wakefield 1 0
#24 James Peeler 1 0
#74 Steven Peterson 1 0
#35 Rick Pugliese 1 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 1 1
#17 David Perez 1 0
Express
Name Tackles Sacks
#48 Carlos Turner 9 0
#42 Walter Silva 8 0
#99 Thomas Martin 6 0
#46 Paul Moore 5 0
#41 Allen Ellison 4 0
#23 Daniel Ibarra 4 0
#53 Randall Solis 3 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 3 0
#42 Maurice Matzke 2 0
#98 Robert Falkner 2 0
#59 Rufus Aguilar 2 0
#52 Larry Newsom 1 0
#54 Richard Owen 1 0
#10 Robert Herrera 1 0
#26 Seth Wynn 1 0