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Week 3: Los Angeles Express at San Jose SaberCats

September 16, 1979
74°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 49,001 (70%)
Express 7 7 7 0 - 21
SaberCats 0 10 0 14 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Express: 2-10-SJS 11 (7:42) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 17-Jimmy Landon for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 0 LAX 7
(Qtr 2) Express: 2-1-SJS 25 (13:11) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 17-Jimmy Landon for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 0 LAX 14
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-15-LAX 22 (10:16) 1-Tommie Prather 39 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 3 LAX 14
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-10-SJS 39 (7:09) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 10 LAX 14
(Qtr 3) Express: 3-6-SJS 7 (5:06) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 14-Robert Munz for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 10 LAX 21
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 1-1-LAX 1 (15:00) 23-Daniel Bailey ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 2-1-LAX 11 (1:23) 4-Luke Figueiredo pass complete to 81-John Martin for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 3-10-LAX 8 (0:21) 8-Gene Nowlin sacked at LAX 0 for -8 yards (62-Charles Grant). Sack allowed by 62-Charles Martin. SAFETY! (62-Charles Grant) SJS 24 LAX 21

Team Statistics

SaberCats Express
First Downs 13 14
- Rushing 2 6
- Passing 11 8
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 360 300
- Offensive Plays 70 70
- Yards Per Play 5.14 4.29
Net Rushing Yards 52 116
- Rushing Attempts 27 28
- Yards Per Rush 1.93 4.14
Net Passing Yards 308 184
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 20 / 0 39 / 17 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 326 211
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 3 / 27
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.16 4.38
- Yards Per Completion 16.30 12.41
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 17 8 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 9.8
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 38 7 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 7 7 / 40
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 42 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 27
Time of Possession 29:01 30:56

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:38 1:09 OWN 22 3 6 Punt
1 5:41 0:21 OWN 35 3 0 Punt
1 4:28 2:30 OWN 29 5 19 Punt
2 13:06 2:54 OWN 25 6 53 Field Goal
2 8:32 1:33 OWN 22 4 78 Touchdown
2 3:27 3:27 OWN 15 6 14 Punt
3 15:00 2:16 OWN 15 5 17 Punt
3 9:57 1:00 OWN 13 3 -1 Punt
3 5:01 3:55 OWN 25 7 34 Punt
3 0:25 0:26 OPP 25 2 25 Touchdown
4 13:11 0:58 OWN 1 3 1 Punt
4 10:40 0:56 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
4 8:14 6:55 OWN 15 14 85 Touchdown
4 0:56 0:24 OWN 37 3 8 Punt
4 0:17 0:17 OPP 25 1 0 Game

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 7:22 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
1 6:29 0:48 OWN 29 3 -12 Punt
1 5:20 0:51 OWN 23 3 -2 Punt
1 1:58 3:52 OWN 15 8 85 Touchdown
2 10:12 1:39 OWN 25 5 5 Punt
2 7:00 3:33 OWN 25 6 27 Punt
3 12:44 2:47 OWN 20 6 21 Punt
3 8:57 3:56 OWN 48 8 52 Touchdown
3 1:06 0:41 OWN 9 2 12 Fumble
4 14:59 1:47 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
4 12:13 1:33 OPP 43 3 2 Punt
4 9:44 1:30 OWN 40 3 0 Punt
4 1:19 0:23 OWN 25 4 -10 Punt
4 0:31 0:14 OWN 8 3 -8 Safety

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Daniel Bailey 18 24 1.33 6 0 1
Christopher Gray 4 20 5.00 13 1 0
Antoine Smith 4 8 2.00 5 0 0
David Schmitt 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 16 93 5.81 17 5 0
Gene Nowlin 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
William Mitchell 2 7 3.50 6 0 0
Robert Sanders 9 6 0.67 4 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 38 17 294 2 / 18 1 61 0 80.37
Luke Figueiredo 3 3 32 0 / 0 1 12 0 150.69

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 39 17 211 3 / 27 3 25 0 86.59

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Martin 6 142 23.67 61 2
David Perez 6 87 14.50 27 0
Daniel Bailey 3 26 8.67 12 0
Jose Lohman 1 24 24.00 24 0
Samuel Rutherford 2 22 11.00 14 0
Chad Carter 1 20 20.00 20 0
Joseph Sanders 1 5 5.00 5 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jimmy Landon 4 57 14.25 25 2
Santiago Smith 4 55 13.75 23 0
Cordell Mosteller 3 54 18.00 24 0
Edward Hill 3 39 13.00 23 0
Robert Munz 1 7 7.00 7 1
Jose Queen 2 -1 -0.50 0 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Mosley 44 27 1 1
Charles Martin 19 11 1 1
Scott Smith 0 2 0 0
Jose Lohman 10 26 0 1
Craig Edson 0 1 0 1
William McMartin 0 1 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 9 0 0
Thomas Trombetta 8 1 0 0
Charles May 0 3 0 0
Eddie Wilson 14 4 0 0
Daniel Bailey 8 6 0 0
Christopher Gray 15 6 0 0
David Perez 0 19 0 1
Claude Rose 8 4 0 0
Joseph Sanders 0 8 0 0
Antoine Smith 16 18 0 1
Donald Bonner 43 34 0 2
Jose Sterling 52 31 0 1
Andres Holm 38 32 0 8
Donny Harris 0 1 0 0
John Martin 6 18 0 2
Jeffery Mackey 0 3 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 2 0 0
James Peeler 4 3 0 0
Michael Warren 47 33 0 2
Charles Grant 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Martin 50 33 1 1
Peter Sibley 51 32 1 4
Jose Sherlock 53 31 1 5
Rufus Aguilar 0 3 0 0
Patrick Tobias 1 0 0 0
Jason Ferguson 0 3 0 0
Randall Solis 0 2 0 1
Robert Falkner 0 1 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 1 0 0
Carlos Turner 0 3 0 0
Daniel Ibarra 0 3 0 1
Robert Sanders 4 7 0 0
Paul Moore 0 3 0 1
Louis Duron 0 1 0 0
Walter Silva 0 4 0 1
Stephen Farmer 8 2 0 0
Martin Hindman 12 2 0 0
Lamont Stich 0 4 0 0
Cordell Mosteller 0 13 0 0
Christopher Spotts 12 0 0 0
Loren Williams 5 1 0 0
Raymundo Edmonson 13 4 0 0
Santiago Smith 0 6 0 0
Edward Hill 0 6 0 1
Seth Wynn 9 3 0 0
William Mitchell 6 15 0 1
Leonardo Putnam 47 28 0 4
Robert Munz 0 8 0 0
Tom Campbell 43 33 0 0
Jimmy Landon 0 5 0 0
Jose Queen 15 25 0 0
James Morejon 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Los Angeles Express

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Daniel Bailey 1 0 0 0
Jeffery Mackey 0 0 1 0
John Martin 0 1 0 0
Adam Jones 0 0 1 0
Donny Harris 0 1 0 0
David Perez 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Seth Wynn 1 0 0 0
Robert Sanders 1 0 0 0
Jose Sherlock 0 1 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 0 1 0

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 10 454 45.40 41.90 51 1

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 9 420 46.67 43.56 52 1

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 1 / 1

Los Angeles Express

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

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Gray 2 7 3.5 4 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Munz 7 40 5.7 9 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Gray 1 21 21.0 0
Daniel Bailey 1 21 21.0 0

Los Angeles Express

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Oakley 7 0
William McMartin 5 0
Richard McCarthy 5 0
Jack Englert 5 0
Steven Peterson 5 1
Jeffery Mackey 3 0
Adam Jones 3 0
Christopher Gray 2 0
Kevin Keller 2 0
Bryan Leisure 2 0
Frank Wakefield 2 1
John Martin 2 0
Elmer Tillman 2 0
Corey Norwood 1 0
James Peeler 1 0
Craig Edson 1 0
Charley Salazar 1 0
Donny Harris 1 0
Charles Grant 1 1

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Walter Silva 6 0
Paul Moore 6 0
Lamont Stich 5 0
Thomas Martin 5 0
Maurice Matzke 4 0
William Theis 3 0
Carlos Turner 3 0
Harry Brown 3 0
Rufus Aguilar 3 2
Randall Solis 2 0
Robert Falkner 2 0
Edward Hill 1 0
Stephen Farmer 1 0
Jose Sherlock 1 0
Leonardo Putnam 1 0
James Morejon 1 0
Louis Duron 1 0
Larry Newsom 1 0
Daniel Ibarra 1 0