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Week 14: Southern California Sun at Los Angeles Express

December 03, 1978
63°
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, CA) Attendance: 86,363 (96%)
Sun 0 10 0 0 - 10
Express 10 10 3 11 - 34

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Express: 3-19-SCS 24 (10:51) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 17-Jimmy Landon for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 7 SCS 0
(Qtr 1) Express: 4-8-SCS 17 (1:01) 1-Roger Ruzich 34 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 10 SCS 0
(Qtr 2) Express: 2-9-LAX 21 (11:44) (Hot Read) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 23-Seth Wynn for 79 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 17 SCS 0
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-2-LAX 13 (6:31) 19-Ralph Lopez 30 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 17 SCS 3
(Qtr 2) Express: 4-10-SCS 30 (3:54) 1-Roger Ruzich 47 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 20 SCS 3
(Qtr 2) Sun: 2-10-LAX 10 (0:50) 10-James Perry pass complete to 86-Gregory Drayton for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Ralph Lopez. LAX 20 SCS 10
(Qtr 3) Express: 4-9-SCS 35 (13:01) 1-Roger Ruzich 52 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 23 SCS 10
(Qtr 4) Express: 3-7-SCS 38 (10:02) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 18-Cordell Mosteller for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 17-Jimmy Landon for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! LAX 31 SCS 10
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-12-SCS 12 (7:04) 1-Roger Ruzich 29 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 34 SCS 10

Team Statistics

Express Sun
First Downs 10 14
- Rushing 2 2
- Passing 8 12
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 344 258
- Offensive Plays 70 72
- Yards Per Play 4.91 3.58
Net Rushing Yards 33 44
- Rushing Attempts 28 24
- Yards Per Rush 1.18 1.83
Net Passing Yards 311 214
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 17 / 0 45 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 335 236
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 24 3 / 22
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.40 4.46
- Yards Per Completion 19.71 11.24
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 18 3 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.5 9.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 10 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 20 2 / 12
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 21 2 / 47
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 24
Time of Possession 31:13 28:50

Drive Charts

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:14 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 9:22 1:21 OWN 41 3 6 Punt
1 5:53 4:55 OWN 25 9 58 Field Goal
1 0:00 0:55 OWN 30 3 -2 Punt
2 12:24 0:52 OWN 20 2 80 Touchdown
2 6:28 0:51 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
2 4:07 0:18 OPP 30 3 0 Field Goal
2 0:45 0:45 OWN 25 2 -1 Half
3 14:34 1:37 OWN 35 4 30 Field Goal
3 10:08 1:18 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
3 5:35 1:24 OWN 20 3 -15 Punt
3 2:10 2:00 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
4 14:08 1:35 OWN 24 5 12 Punt
4 11:51 1:58 OWN 41 4 59 Touchdown
4 9:27 0:59 OWN 38 3 6 Punt
4 7:59 0:58 OPP 2 3 -10 Field Goal
4 5:37 3:32 OWN 16 5 16 Punt
4 1:41 1:41 OWN 11 3 8 Game

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:46 1:24 OWN 25 3 3 Interception
1 8:01 2:08 OWN 11 5 21 Punt
1 0:58 0:58 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 14:05 1:42 OWN 25 5 15 Punt
2 11:32 5:04 OWN 13 9 74 Field Goal
2 5:36 1:29 OWN 25 4 2 Fumble
2 3:49 3:05 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
3 15:00 0:27 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 12:56 2:48 OWN 25 4 20 Punt
3 8:50 3:15 OWN 26 5 19 Punt
3 4:11 2:01 OWN 48 3 -3 Punt
3 0:10 1:03 OWN 27 3 5 Punt
4 12:33 0:42 OWN 18 2 0 Interception
4 9:53 0:26 OWN 22 3 0 Punt
4 8:29 0:30 OWN 20 2 -6 Fumble
4 7:01 1:24 OWN 25 4 10 Punt
4 2:05 0:24 OWN 26 4 13 Punt

Rushing Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 16 25 1.56 10 2 0
Robert Sanders 12 8 0.67 6 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 18 38 2.11 11 1 0
James Perry 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Ronald Roney 5 1 0.20 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 39 17 335 3 / 24 3 79 0 99.84

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Perry 45 21 236 3 / 22 1 35 2 51.71

Receiving Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Seth Wynn 3 147 49.00 79 1
Jimmy Landon 5 78 15.60 29 1
Cordell Mosteller 3 67 22.33 38 1
Robert Herrera 3 22 7.33 11 0
Tyrone Kennedy 3 21 7.00 12 0

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Tucker 5 63 12.60 20 0
Ruben Charlton 2 60 30.00 35 0
Gregory Drayton 4 36 9.00 17 1
Jason Walker 1 22 22.00 22 0
John Horn 3 17 5.67 10 0
Jake Howard 2 17 8.50 12 0
Ronald Roney 1 8 8.00 8 0
William Alanis 1 7 7.00 7 0
Thomas Dayton 2 6 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Edgar Austin 54 33 1 7
Jose Sherlock 57 36 1 3
Charles Martin 47 33 0 1
Loren Williams 1 0 0 0
Richard Owen 0 4 0 1
Joshua Lilley 0 2 0 0
Randall Solis 0 2 0 0
Keith Diaz 0 1 0 0
Santiago Smith 0 8 0 0
Daniel Zachery 0 1 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 2 0 0
Martin Hindman 2 0 0 0
Seth Wynn 10 4 0 0
Paul Moore 0 2 0 0
William Theis 0 1 0 0
Allen Ellison 0 2 0 0
David Seaman 0 2 0 1
Louis Duron 0 1 0 0
Donn Webb 6 3 0 0
Stephen Farmer 0 3 0 1
Thomas Martin 0 2 0 0
William Mitchell 8 14 0 1
Raymundo Edmonson 15 18 0 0
Leonardo Putnam 54 29 0 0
Patrick Tobias 42 38 0 0
Robert Sanders 3 2 0 0
Jose Queen 12 10 0 0
Dennis McRae 2 20 0 1
Robert Herrera 0 23 0 2
Cordell Mosteller 0 8 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 13 0 0
Jimmy Landon 0 10 0 0
Michael Robertson 14 1 0 0
Peter Sibley 16 0 0 0
Christopher Spotts 8 6 0 0
Walter Silva 0 2 0 1
Stephen Coleman 0 1 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Wesley Villanueva 14 21 1 0
Leslie Musto 58 28 0 1
Brent Couture 0 2 0 0
Javier Woods 0 1 0 0
Gary Denton 0 1 0 0
John Hannah 3 2 0 1
Stuart Plemons 5 3 0 0
William Alanis 0 2 0 0
David Wilkins 0 3 0 0
James Kelley 0 2 0 1
Jeffrey Crossman 0 3 0 0
Brian Middleton 0 3 0 0
Albert Campos 13 6 0 0
David Tucker 0 5 0 0
Kevin Bell 49 29 0 2
John Horn 15 4 0 1
Gregory Drayton 9 23 0 2
Ruben Charlton 2 16 0 3
Ronald Roney 4 11 0 0
Rudolph Guerrero 61 34 0 2
Jake Howard 0 4 0 0
Thomas Dayton 7 15 0 2
Charles Long 56 26 0 1
Daniel Jaramillo 59 29 0 2
Galen Cummins 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Maurice Matzke 1 0 0.00 0
Paul Moore 1 0 0.00 0

Southern California Sun

Fumble Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Herrera 1 1 0 0
Randall Solis 0 0 1 0
Stephen Coleman 0 1 0 0
Louis Duron 0 1 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ronald Roney 1 0 0 0
James Perry 1 0 0 0

Punting

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 9 440 48.89 45.22 57 1

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 11 573 52.09 42.55 64 0

Kicking

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 52 2 / 2

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ralph Lopez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 30 1 / 1

Punt Return

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Herrera 3 20 6.7 10 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Marks 2 12 6.0 7 0

Kick Return

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Santiago Smith 1 21 21.0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gary Denton 2 47 23.5 0

Defensive Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
William Theis 8 0
Paul Moore 7 0
Stephen Farmer 6 0
Carlos Turner 6 0
Louis Duron 5 1
Robert Falkner 4 1
Walter Silva 3 0
Richard Owen 2 0
Randall Solis 2 1
Joshua Lilley 1 0
Emanuel Weaver 1 0
Donn Webb 1 0
David Seaman 1 0
Stephen Coleman 1 0
Thomas Martin 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Gary Carroll 9 0
Johnny Beard 7 0
Galen Cummins 5 0
David Natividad 4 0
James Kelley 4 0
Brian Middleton 4 0
Tony Newby 3 0
Javier Woods 3 1
Jose Murphy 2 1
Thomas Dayton 2 0
Travis Rooks 2 0
Albert Campos 1 0
Norman Brown 1 0
Ronald Roney 1 0
Christopher Reynolds 1 0
Jeffrey Crossman 1 0
Brent Couture 1 1
Rudolph Guerrero 1 0
Daniel Jaramillo 1 0