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Week 2: Los Angeles Express at San Jose SaberCats

September 10, 1978
74°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) 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

San Jose 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

Los Angeles 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

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 14 47 3.36 14 2 0
David Schmitt 2 18 9.00 18 1 0
Antoine Smith 3 4 1.33 2 0 0
Daniel Bailey 3 2 0.67 4 0 0
Jeffrey Matson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Sanders 9 65 7.22 22 4 0
Seth Wynn 10 56 5.60 16 2 0
Shannon Smith 3 9 3.00 6 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 42 31 416 0 / 0 2 42 2 100.89

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 38 21 327 4 / 28 3 42 2 88.38

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Perez 8 108 13.50 37 0
John Martin 7 70 10.00 26 1
Jose Lohman 6 65 10.83 31 1
William Kendrick 2 63 31.50 42 0
Charles May 4 50 12.50 25 0
Christopher Gray 2 36 18.00 34 0
Joseph Sanders 1 18 18.00 18 0
Daniel Bailey 1 6 6.00 6 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jose Queen 6 93 15.50 28 0
Robert Herrera 4 59 14.75 22 0
Dennis McRae 1 42 42.00 42 0
Cordell Mosteller 2 34 17.00 24 0
Santiago Smith 1 30 30.00 30 1
Jimmy Landon 2 29 14.50 22 0
William Mitchell 1 13 13.00 13 0
Tyrone Kennedy 2 11 5.50 7 2
Seth Wynn 1 10 10.00 10 0
Raymundo Edmonson 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jeffrey Matson 29 15 0 1
Charles Martin 17 6 0 0
Charles Grant 0 1 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 1 0 0
Robert Oakley 0 1 0 0
Richard McCarthy 0 1 0 0
Kevin Keller 0 1 0 0
Stephen Taylor 0 1 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 2 0 0
Antoine Smith 3 11 0 1
John Martin 2 16 0 0
Javier Vestal 6 0 0 0
Eddie Wilson 11 4 0 0
Andres Holm 43 32 0 6
Jose Lohman 13 26 0 0
Daniel Bailey 4 3 0 0
Joseph Sanders 2 15 0 0
William Kendrick 0 8 0 0
David Perez 0 13 0 0
Christopher Gray 9 7 0 1
Richard Mosley 40 25 0 0
Donald Bonner 44 30 0 3
Jose Sterling 52 29 0 0
Michael Warren 49 25 0 0
Jack Englert 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Martin 42 26 2 6
Patrick Tobias 42 33 1 2
Daniel Ibarra 0 2 0 1
Shannon Smith 1 1 0 0
Daniel Zachery 0 1 0 0
Walter Silva 0 1 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 1 0 0
Allen Ellison 0 2 0 0
Paul Moore 0 1 0 0
Richard Owen 0 3 0 0
Robert Sanders 2 2 0 0
Randall Solis 0 1 0 0
William Theis 0 1 0 0
Loren Williams 2 0 0 0
Ricky Houston 1 0 0 0
Rufus Aguilar 0 1 0 0
Louis Duron 0 2 0 0
Stephen Farmer 4 3 0 2
Michael Robertson 48 27 0 1
Jimmy Landon 0 7 0 0
Santiago Smith 0 3 0 1
Martin Hindman 2 0 0 0
Christopher Spotts 7 1 0 0
Raymundo Edmonson 6 1 0 0
Seth Wynn 7 5 0 0
Robert Herrera 0 12 0 1
Scott Dotson 14 19 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 8 0 1
William Mitchell 10 18 0 0
Dennis McRae 9 14 0 3
Leonardo Putnam 49 23 0 1
Edgar Austin 43 6 0 0
Jose Queen 10 6 0 1
Stephen Coleman 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bryan Leisure 1 13 13.00 0
Robert Oakley 1 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Stephen Farmer 1 0 0.00 0
Walter Silva 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Los Angeles Express

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 3 138 46.00 35.33 51 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 6 278 46.33 38.17 60 2

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 2 / 2

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Herrera 1 9 9.0 9 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Seth Wynn 1 27 27.0 0

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Oakley 6 0
Paul Reed 6 0
Charles Grant 5 2
Donny Harris 4 1
Richard McCarthy 4 0
Bryan Leisure 3 0
Craig Edson 3 0
Jack Englert 3 0
Kevin Keller 2 0
James Warner 2 0
John Martin 2 0
Adam Jones 1 0
Frank Wakefield 1 0
James Peeler 1 0
Steven Peterson 1 0
Rick Pugliese 1 0
Jeffery Mackey 1 1
David Perez 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Carlos Turner 9 0
Walter Silva 8 0
Thomas Martin 6 0
Paul Moore 5 0
Allen Ellison 4 0
Daniel Ibarra 4 0
Randall Solis 3 0
Stephen Farmer 3 0
Maurice Matzke 2 0
Robert Falkner 2 0
Rufus Aguilar 2 0
Larry Newsom 1 0
Richard Owen 1 0
Robert Herrera 1 0
Seth Wynn 1 0