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Week 9: Denver Gold at Portland Storm

October 29, 1978
54°
Civic Stadium (Portland, OR) Attendance: 17,252 (78%)
Gold 7 12 7 3 - 29
Storm 3 14 10 7 - 34

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Storm: 4-4-DEN 9 (10:14) 1-Donald Dosch 28 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 78-Kenneth Addison was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. POR 3 DEN 0
(Qtr 1) Gold: 3-3-POR 25 (1:58) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 17-Joseph Dailey for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. POR 3 DEN 7
(Qtr 2) Storm: 3-10-DEN 11 (12:13) 4-William Hill pass complete to 84-Richard Glasscock for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. POR 10 DEN 7
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-10-POR 4 (9:00) 4-William Hill sacked at POR -6 for -10 yards (95-George Turner). Sack allowed by 74-Robert Brown. SAFETY! (95-George Turner) POR 10 DEN 9
(Qtr 2) Gold: 3-2-POR 2 (6:20) 61-Francesco Chang ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. POR 10 DEN 16
(Qtr 2) Gold: 4-4-POR 7 (0:32) 3-Lucio Grant 25 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 10 DEN 19
(Qtr 2) Storm: 1-10-POR 25 (0:30) 44-Michael Leonard ran for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. POR 17 DEN 19
(Qtr 3) Gold: 3-12-DEN 46 (12:54) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 16-Joseph Garner for 54 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. POR 17 DEN 26
(Qtr 3) Storm: 4-36-DEN 37 (6:27) 1-Donald Dosch 55 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 20 DEN 26
(Qtr 3) Storm: 1-10-DEN 20 (3:15) 4-William Hill pass complete to 15-Michael Black for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. POR 27 DEN 26
(Qtr 4) Storm: 2-9-DEN 15 (12:53) 4-William Hill pass complete to 80-John Sanders for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. POR 34 DEN 26
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-5-POR 26 (9:02) 3-Lucio Grant 44 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 34 DEN 29

Team Statistics

Storm Gold
First Downs 19 14
- Rushing 2 2
- Passing 17 12
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 438 396
- Offensive Plays 76 75
- Yards Per Play 5.76 5.28
Net Rushing Yards 110 71
- Rushing Attempts 9 24
- Yards Per Rush 12.22 2.96
Net Passing Yards 328 325
- Att/Comp/Int 57 / 31 / 2 48 / 19 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 405 342
- Sacks/Yards Lost 10 / 77 3 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.90 6.37
- Yards Per Completion 13.06 18.00
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 7 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.9 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 45 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 15 2 / 11
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 50 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 14 2 / -3
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 28
Time of Possession 31:04 28:57

Drive Charts

Portland Storm

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:49 OWN 22 9 68 Field Goal
1 9:20 2:35 OWN 31 5 16 Punt
1 1:52 4:44 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
2 9:00 0:04 OWN 4 1 -13 Safety
2 7:58 0:53 OWN 25 3 7 Fumble
2 6:16 1:07 OWN 26 3 -6 Punt
2 3:00 1:24 OWN 19 7 19 Interception
2 0:29 0:14 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 12:45 2:37 OWN 25 5 26 Punt
3 9:47 1:02 OWN 46 3 2 Punt
3 7:59 1:37 OPP 11 3 -26 Field Goal
3 5:27 2:17 OWN 35 6 65 Touchdown
3 1:41 1:46 OWN 27 5 44 Interception
4 14:13 1:25 OPP 32 3 32 Touchdown
4 8:58 2:03 OWN 25 3 -12 Punt
4 5:06 1:04 OWN 20 5 29 Punt
4 1:48 1:23 OWN 20 3 3 Punt

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:11 0:51 OWN 25 3 12 Interception
1 6:44 4:52 OWN 20 9 80 Touchdown
2 12:08 3:09 OWN 25 7 23 Punt
2 8:56 0:58 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 7:04 0:48 OPP 25 4 25 Touchdown
2 5:08 2:08 OWN 34 3 3 Punt
2 1:36 1:07 OWN 47 4 46 Field Goal
2 0:15 0:15 OWN 25 1 4 Half
3 15:00 2:15 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 10:08 0:21 OWN 12 3 0 Punt
3 8:46 0:46 OWN 20 2 1 Interception
3 6:23 0:56 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 3:10 1:29 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 14:55 0:42 OWN 7 3 -2 Interception
4 12:49 3:51 OWN 25 7 49 Field Goal
4 6:55 1:50 OWN 47 3 -7 Punt
4 4:02 2:14 OWN 4 9 63 Interception
4 0:25 0:25 OWN 40 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Portland Storm

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Leonard 6 95 15.83 75 2 1
William Hill 1 14 14.00 14 1 0
John Alexander 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Joseph West 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Corey True 9 27 3.00 12 1 0
Duane Cunningham 8 26 3.25 11 1 0
Dustin Nichols 2 12 6.00 12 1 0
Francesco Chang 5 6 1.20 4 0 1

Passing Stats

Portland Storm

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Hill 57 31 405 10 / 77 3 40 2 79.93

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 42 16 297 2 / 10 2 54 4 39.58
Adam Cates 6 3 45 1 / 7 0 23 0 75.00

Receiving Stats

Portland Storm

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Sanders 6 95 15.83 40 1
Ivory Villanueva 5 66 13.20 29 0
Richard Glasscock 3 51 17.00 28 1
James Orourke 4 50 12.50 17 0
Michael Leonard 5 49 9.80 17 0
Grant Cano 3 44 14.67 17 0
Andre Stevens 2 22 11.00 15 0
Michael Black 2 18 9.00 20 1
John Alexander 1 10 10.00 10 0

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 5 108 21.60 40 0
Joseph Garner 3 69 23.00 54 1
Joseph Dailey 3 67 22.33 25 1
Wayne Postma 3 56 18.67 34 0
Ryan Woods 1 23 23.00 23 0
Stanley Braun 2 12 6.00 7 0
Francesco Chang 1 5 5.00 5 0
Duane Cunningham 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Portland Storm

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Sawyer 78 21 5 5
Robert Brown 75 18 1 1
Randy Squires 79 17 1 1
Ernest Huggins 0 3 0 0
Michael Black 0 9 0 0
Donald Lopez 13 0 0 0
Gene Aguilar 7 1 0 0
Samuel Dorsey 0 2 0 1
William Bennett 0 3 0 1
Richard Glasscock 0 4 0 0
Richard Ross 0 4 0 0
Timothy McLaughlin 0 1 0 0
Cory Vargas 0 1 0 0
Andre Lumley 0 1 0 0
James Perry 0 1 0 0
Ronald Rutledge 0 1 0 0
Andre Stevens 3 5 0 0
Grant Cano 0 3 0 0
James Orourke 3 6 0 0
Samuel Kelley 0 5 0 0
Kenneth Addison 73 21 0 0
John Sanders 0 9 0 0
Adam Bolding 76 30 0 3
Joseph West 29 9 0 0
Michael Leonard 7 3 0 0
Norman Paulk 3 5 0 1
Theodore Zheng 0 3 0 0
Ray Watson 0 3 0 0
Byron Demott 0 4 0 0
Adam Lewis 0 4 0 0
Ivory Villanueva 17 20 0 1
Abram Schumacher 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Tom Campbell 61 23 1 7
Jonathan Crabtree 57 27 1 2
Ronald Tatman 5 14 0 0
Michael Rider 2 0 0 0
Willie Hoover 0 1 0 0
Dave Farrell 0 1 0 0
Donald John 0 1 0 0
Frank Castillo 5 3 0 1
William Kyle 0 1 0 0
Marvin Waldron 0 1 0 0
James Johnson 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Back 0 1 0 0
Paul Wright 4 1 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 2 0 0
Felipe Crowell 0 1 0 0
Joseph Villagomez 13 0 0 0
Marc Gowdy 13 2 0 0
Wendell Borges 56 30 0 1
Stanley Braun 0 9 0 0
Duane Cunningham 8 7 0 1
Corey True 17 11 0 1
Joseph Garner 0 11 0 0
Ryan Woods 0 4 0 0
Francesco Chang 12 12 0 0
Keith Barge 64 29 0 0
Joseph Dailey 4 11 0 1
Allen Bateman 52 32 0 1
Wayne Postma 13 11 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 0 10 0 1
Don Wilkerson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Portland Storm

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
James Armijo 1 15 15.00 0
Cory Vargas 1 0 0.00 0
Timothy McLaughlin 2 -1 -0.50 0

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
James Johnson 1 0 0.00 0
Roy Wiley 1 -3 -3.00 0

Fumble Stats

Portland Storm

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Hill 1 0 0 0
James Orourke 1 0 0 0
Ray Watson 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
George Turner 0 1 1 0
Timothy Despres 0 0 1 0

Punting

Portland Storm

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Sam Savage 7 327 46.71 38.86 56 1

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wesley Bradley 7 342 48.86 43.86 62 1

Kicking

Portland Storm

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Dosch 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 55 4 / 4

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 3 / 3

Punt Return

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Orourke 3 15 5.0 8 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ryan Woods 2 11 5.5 7 0

Kick Return

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Orourke 2 50 25.0 0

Denver Gold

Defensive Stats

Portland Storm

Name Tackles Sacks
Cory Vargas 8 0
Theodore Zheng 7 1
William Bennett 4 0
Samuel Dorsey 3 0
James Wellman 3 0
Ronald Rutledge 3 0
Samuel Kelley 3 1
Ernest Huggins 3 1
James Orourke 2 0
Marcus Kramer 2 0
Timothy McLaughlin 2 0
William Hill 1 0
Douglas Hill 1 0
Joseph West 1 0
Andre Lumley 1 0
Leonard Meisel 1 0
Ray Watson 1 0
James Armijo 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Donald Lopez 8 0
Roy Wiley 8 0
Blaine Hernandez 5 2
Timothy Despres 3 3
Willie Hoover 3 0
Joseph Garner 2 0
Brandon Boyd 2 0
Donald John 2 0
Dave Farrell 2 0
Eugene Pacheco 2 2
Anthony Mashburn 2 0
Wayne Postma 1 0
James Johnson 1 0
Rolando Moulton 1 0
Charles Graves 1 0
Joseph Dailey 1 0
Corey True 1 0
Francesco Chang 1 0
William Kyle 1 1
Michael Rider 1 0
George Turner 1 2
Don Wilkerson 1 0
Felipe Crowell 1 0