Conference Championship: SaberCats at Gold
January 08, 2023 32° Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 73,055 (96%)
SaberCats 3 0 0 0 - 3
Gold 0 0 7 3 - 10
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 4-8-DEN 10 (2:33) 7-Ken Bench 27 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 0 SJS 3
(Qtr 3) Gold: 2-2-SJS 2 (2:50) 7-Hale Merrie pass complete to 81-Dez Moines for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Keith Estep. DEN 7 SJS 3
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-8-SJS 11 (10:06) 14-Keith Estep 28 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 10 SJS 3
Team Statistics
Gold SaberCats
First Downs 22 15
- Rushing 7 0
- Passing 15 15
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 447 270
- Offensive Plays 75 65
- Yards Per Play 5.96 4.15
Net Rushing Yards 128 6
- Rushing Attempts 20 6
- Yards Per Rush 6.40 1.00
Net Passing Yards 319 264
- Att/Comp/Int 53 / 30 / 3 54 / 31 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 335 306
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 16 5 / 42
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.80 4.47
- Yards Per Completion 11.17 9.87
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.9 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 35 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 3 / 3
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 24
Time of Possession 31:19 28:43
Drive Charts
Gold
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:43 0:48 OWN 10 3 6 Punt
1 7:42 1:00 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
1 2:30 5:01 OWN 25 11 49 Interception
2 11:38 1:38 OWN 35 3 8 Punt
2 7:06 2:52 OWN 3 5 67 Interception
2 1:55 1:24 OWN 23 8 75 Interception
3 15:00 1:29 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
3 12:00 2:05 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
3 8:36 0:52 OWN 30 3 6 Punt
3 4:52 2:05 OWN 18 4 82 Touchdown
3 1:14 6:11 OWN 29 13 60 Field Goal
4 6:29 2:45 OWN 8 5 17 Punt
4 3:09 3:09 OWN 43 11 52 Game
SaberCats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:17 OWN 25 6 13 Punt
1 11:56 4:14 OWN 38 7 22 Punt
1 6:42 4:12 OWN 25 8 65 Field Goal
2 12:29 0:50 OWN 15 3 3 Punt
2 10:00 2:54 OWN 12 10 74 Interception
2 4:13 2:19 OWN 20 5 48 Interception
2 0:31 0:31 OWN 20 2 -9 Half
3 13:31 1:31 OWN 34 3 1 Punt
3 9:56 1:20 OWN 28 3 -3 Punt
3 7:44 2:53 OWN 17 4 17 Punt
3 2:46 1:33 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 10:03 3:34 OWN 25 8 37 Punt
4 3:44 0:35 OWN 29 3 -11 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Gold
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#44 John Riggins III 6 51 8.50 13 3 0
#4 Mason Jahr 5 37 7.40 13 2 0
#34 Evan Stokes 5 35 7.00 13 1 0
#18 Stick Opshun 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
#7 Hale Merrie 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
SaberCats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#47 Daryl Scott 3 7 2.33 4 0 0
#22 Sean Sheffield 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
#16 Joe Tedder 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0
#14 Apollo Creed 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0
Passing Stats
Gold
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#7 Hale Merrie 53 30 335 2 / 16 1 74 3 58.29
SaberCats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 James Wright 54 31 306 5 / 42 0 29 2 58.10
Receiving Stats
Gold
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Jimmy Jinx 7 156 22.29 74 0
#18 Stick Opshun 5 42 8.40 24 0
#4 Mason Jahr 4 28 7.00 12 0
#81 Dez Moines 4 24 6.00 9 1
#5 Bowie Nife 1 23 23.00 23 0
#87 Donald Chenard 1 19 19.00 19 0
#34 Evan Stokes 3 18 6.00 11 0
#83 Kenny Katchett 2 13 6.50 8 0
#48 Richard Barth 3 12 4.00 9 0
SaberCats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#39 Dave The Cobra Parker 11 91 8.27 18 0
#16 Joe Tedder 8 70 8.75 19 0
#14 Apollo Creed 3 59 19.67 29 0
#22 Sean Sheffield 2 36 18.00 25 0
#89 Arthur Ortega 2 23 11.50 19 0
#47 Daryl Scott 4 21 5.25 13 0
#46 Jack Hayes 1 6 6.00 6 0
Blocking Stats
Gold
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#62 Rusty Steele 60 29 1 2
#56 Rhodes Graider 59 23 1 2
#83 Kenny Katchett 27 17 0 0
#61 Victor Brock 38 21 0 0
#48 Richard Barth 13 8 0 0
#76 Homer Frazier 37 13 0 0
#54 Herbert Renner 28 6 0 0
#66 Graham Krakker 21 12 0 0
#71 Klay Pidgeon 31 22 0 0
#64 James Largo 21 19 0 0
#10 Jimmy Jinx 0 17 0 0
#88 Randal Crandall 8 12 0 1
#51 Nathaniel Gutierrez 2 2 0 0
#69 Kenneth Morris 0 2 0 0
#5 Bowie Nife 0 4 0 1
#18 Stick Opshun 1 19 0 2
#87 Donald Chenard 0 12 0 2
#81 Dez Moines 3 10 0 0
#34 Evan Stokes 5 2 0 0
#75 Stu Pidd 0 1 0 0
#33 Penn Elane 0 2 0 0
#78 Christopher Harvey 0 1 0 0
#20 Redd Herring 0 1 0 0
#55 Bowen Airooh 0 1 0 0
#4 Mason Jahr 5 2 0 0
#60 Bump Willis 0 1 0 0
#9 Syotto Puolustaja 0 1 0 0
#95 Juan Toothree 0 1 0 0
#47 Thomas Delp 0 1 0 0
#50 Gio Kashe 0 1 0 0
#39 Landon Hotwater 1 1 0 0
#72 Manawa Nui 1 1 0 0
SaberCats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#64 Wilford West 60 16 2 2
#62 Lance Sanchez 66 13 1 1
#65 Jerry Rawson 68 20 0 0
#14 Apollo Creed 0 6 0 0
#75 David Thomas 22 5 0 0
#51 James Horton 51 6 0 0
#16 Joe Tedder 2 5 0 0
#39 Dave The Cobra Parker 1 4 0 0
#22 Sean Sheffield 14 3 0 0
#31 Lewis Veliz 9 6 0 0
#82 Juan Lucas 10 1 0 0
#1 Robert Wood 9 3 0 0
#47 Andrew McTaggart 6 5 0 0
#47 Daryl Scott 4 7 0 1
#72 Robert Donaldson 37 17 0 1
#17 Eric Rodriguez 28 1 0 0
#59 Thomas Greene 18 8 0 0
#46 Jack Hayes 6 1 0 0
#71 Christopher Reeves 5 1 0 0
#89 Arthur Ortega 4 2 0 0
#63 Alan Lambert 3 2 0 0
#57 Carey Sanfilippo 1 0 0 0
#50 Kenneth Alvarez 1 0 0 0
#96 Cleveland Mershon 0 2 0 0
#43 Barry Windham 0 2 0 0
#79 Oscar Jobe 0 1 0 0
#24 James Johnson 0 2 0 0
#45 Carter Bruce 0 3 0 1
#18 Tony Rivers 0 3 0 1
#4 Randall Thiele 0 1 0 0
#55 Ernesto Hall 0 1 0 0
#15 Joshua Bynum 0 4 0 0
#84 Michael Shields 0 3 0 0
#19 Charles Colon 0 4 0 0
#54 Wesley Curry 0 4 0 0
Interception Stats
Gold
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#25 Juan Hyde 1 0 0.00 0
#8 Marshawn Mallow 1 0 0.00 0
SaberCats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#20 Robert Moreno 1 3 3.00 0
#1 Robert Wood 1 0 0.00 0
#96 Cleveland Mershon 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Gold
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
SaberCats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Gold
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Paul Raymond 7 332 47.43 47.43 56 2
SaberCats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Frank Olmeda 9 392 43.56 41.11 52 4
Kicking
Gold
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Keith Estep 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 28 1 / 1
SaberCats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Ken Bench 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 27 0 / 0
Punt Return
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Gold
Name Tackles Sacks
#25 Juan Hyde 6 0
#33 Penn Elane 5 0
#55 Bowen Airooh 5 1
#31 Billy Klubbe 5 0
#9 Syotto Puolustaja 3 0
#2 Sweet Lou Kendricks 2 0
#47 Thomas Delp 2 0
#8 Marshawn Mallow 2 0
#48 Richard Barth 2 0
#20 Redd Herring 2 0
#70 Bam Bam Bigelow 1 1
#18 Stick Opshun 1 0
#36 Thomas Pearson 1 0
#97 Butler Binz 1 1
#50 Gio Kashe 1 0
#78 Christopher Harvey 1 0
#58 Ross Bostic 1 1
#39 Landon Hotwater 1 0
#79 Wayne Gonzalez 1 1
SaberCats
Name Tackles Sacks
#20 Robert Moreno 7 0
#47 Andrew McTaggart 6 0
#4 Randall Thiele 6 0
#1 Robert Wood 4 0
#45 Carter Bruce 4 0
#55 Ernesto Hall 4 1
#43 Barry Windham 4 0
#24 James Johnson 3 0
#27 Patrick Lawrence 3 0
#18 Tony Rivers 3 0
#96 Cleveland Mershon 2 1
#58 Richard Fox 1 0
#31 Lewis Veliz 1 0
#39 Dave The Cobra Parker 1 0
#17 Eric Rodriguez 1 0