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Week 3: Southern California Sun at Denver Gold

September 16, 1979
69°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 63,366 (83%)
Sun 7 6 0 10 - 23
Gold 21 13 17 21 - 72

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gold: 2-10-DEN 49 (12:57) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 7 SCS 0
(Qtr 1) Sun: 3-12-DEN 19 (7:52) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 87-David Tucker for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. DEN 7 SCS 7
(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-10-DEN 19 (5:10) 27-Corey True ran for 81 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 14 SCS 7
(Qtr 1) Gold: 2-9-DEN 50 (1:24) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 50 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 54-Donald Lopez was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DEN 21 SCS 7
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-4-DEN 18 (10:02) 17-Alan Grossi 36 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 21 SCS 10
(Qtr 2) Gold: 3-10-SCS 17 (5:29) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 15-Ryan Woods for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Gold: 2-20-DEN 25 (3:36) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 34 SCS 10
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-3-DEN 21 (0:54) 17-Alan Grossi 39 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 34 SCS 13
(Qtr 3) Gold: 2-6-DEN 38 (12:05) 81-Duane Cunningham ran for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 41 SCS 13
(Qtr 3) Gold: 3-4-DEN 36 (9:01) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 64 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 48 SCS 13
(Qtr 3) Gold: 4-13-SCS 13 (2:58) 3-Lucio Grant 32 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 51 SCS 13
(Qtr 4) Sun: 4-10-DEN 10 (14:38) 17-Alan Grossi 28 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 51 SCS 16
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-10-DEN 36 (12:40) 27-Corey True ran for 64 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 58 SCS 16
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-3-SCS 3 (12:21) 27-Corey True ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 65 SCS 16
(Qtr 4) Sun: 2-1-DEN 1 (10:06) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 88-Joshua Kay for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 76-Daniel Jaramillo was injured on the play. DEN 65 SCS 23
(Qtr 4) Gold: 3-12-DEN 23 (8:57) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 17-Joseph Dailey for 77 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 72 SCS 23

Team Statistics

Gold Sun
First Downs 11 21
- Rushing 4 4
- Passing 6 17
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 747 425
- Offensive Plays 57 82
- Yards Per Play 13.11 5.18
Net Rushing Yards 281 58
- Rushing Attempts 27 22
- Yards Per Rush 10.41 2.64
Net Passing Yards 466 367
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 20 / 0 54 / 34 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 466 413
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 6 / 46
- Yards Per Pass Play 15.53 6.12
- Yards Per Completion 23.30 12.15
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 10 7 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.8 9.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 39 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 7 / 24 1 / 5
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 41 7 / 171
Int Returns/Yards 2 / -1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 22
Time of Possession 25:52 34:09

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:12 OWN 31 5 69 Touchdown
1 7:47 1:06 OWN 20 3 -3 Punt
1 5:09 0:11 OWN 19 1 81 Touchdown
1 3:29 2:12 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
2 9:59 1:25 OWN 33 3 1 Punt
2 6:22 0:57 OWN 34 5 66 Touchdown
2 3:48 0:26 OWN 35 2 65 Touchdown
2 0:51 0:51 OWN 25 2 0 Half
3 12:48 0:52 OWN 34 2 66 Touchdown
3 10:25 1:33 OWN 30 3 70 Touchdown
3 7:19 4:25 OWN 37 9 49 Field Goal
4 14:35 2:05 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
4 12:21 0:02 OPP 3 1 3 Touchdown
4 10:03 1:20 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 7:23 2:23 OWN 19 3 7 Punt
4 4:56 2:04 OPP 28 3 -1 Punt
4 1:48 1:48 OWN 33 4 21 Game

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:48 5:02 OWN 26 11 74 Touchdown
1 6:41 1:31 OWN 32 3 2 Punt
1 4:58 1:30 OWN 31 3 9 Punt
1 1:17 6:18 OWN 18 10 64 Field Goal
2 8:34 2:12 OWN 18 3 2 Punt
2 5:25 1:36 OWN 12 3 6 Punt
2 3:23 2:32 OWN 25 9 54 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:12 OWN 24 3 4 Punt
3 11:56 1:30 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 8:52 1:33 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
3 2:55 3:20 OWN 25 11 65 Field Goal
4 12:30 0:09 OWN 13 1 0 Fumble
4 12:19 2:16 OWN 19 7 81 Touchdown
4 8:42 1:19 OWN 25 5 52 Interception
4 5:01 0:04 OWN 16 1 0 Interception
4 2:52 1:05 OWN 11 6 9 Punt

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Corey True 14 187 13.36 81 4 3
Duane Cunningham 11 92 8.36 62 2 1
Cedric Finn 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Joseph Dailey 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 17 54 3.18 9 0 0
Gary Denton 5 4 0.80 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 29 19 452 0 / 0 6 77 0 148.35
Adam Cates 1 1 14 0 / 0 0 14 0 118.75

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Oscar Willis 54 34 413 6 / 46 2 37 2 83.33

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 10 316 31.60 75 4
Joseph Dailey 1 77 77.00 77 1
Corey True 1 29 29.00 29 0
Ryan Woods 1 17 17.00 17 1
Joseph Garner 2 8 4.00 4 0
Ronald Tatman 1 8 8.00 8 0
Robert Ross 2 6 3.00 5 0
Cedric Finn 2 5 2.50 3 0

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Dayton 6 92 15.33 25 0
Tyrone Kennedy 4 79 19.75 32 0
David Tucker 6 69 11.50 22 1
William Alanis 3 53 17.67 37 0
Dan Fredericks 3 50 16.67 23 0
Gregory Drayton 4 34 8.50 17 0
Gary Denton 4 18 4.50 8 0
Stuart Haney 2 9 4.50 5 0
John Horn 1 8 8.00 8 0
Joshua Kay 1 1 1.00 1 1

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Short 0 4 0 1
Corey True 17 6 0 0
Danny Simon 0 1 0 0
George Turner 0 1 0 0
Wallace Andrews 0 1 0 0
Mark William 0 2 0 0
Thomas Abbas 1 1 0 0
Allen Bateman 1 1 0 0
Ben Temple 0 1 0 0
Joseph Garner 0 8 0 0
Cedric Finn 4 17 0 0
Robert Ross 0 2 0 0
Donald Dahlquist 16 13 0 0
Marc Gowdy 16 1 0 0
Ronald Tatman 13 28 0 0
Ryan Woods 0 2 0 0
John Provencal 4 14 0 1
Albert Donaldson 0 3 0 1
Kenneth Nelson 43 30 0 0
Keith Barge 41 34 0 3
Duane Cunningham 4 3 0 0
Jonathan Crabtree 39 30 0 3
Leo Warren 43 32 0 1
Donald Lopez 45 36 0 4
Gregory Garrison 0 4 0 1
Clyde Raines 0 3 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 5 0 0
Joseph Dailey 0 22 0 3
Michael Rider 0 6 0 2
Don Wilkerson 2 5 0 0
Juan Bonnett 0 3 0 1
Michael Sonnenberg 0 17 0 0
Donald Lopez 0 1 0 1

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Burke 72 31 1 3
Kevin Bell 66 34 1 4
Guy Rojas 63 25 1 3
Brent Couture 0 6 0 0
Julius Holguin 0 3 0 0
Kenneth Marks 2 0 0 0
Steven Bunger 12 2 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 8 0 0
Javier Woods 1 6 0 0
Daniel Jaramillo 15 0 0 0
Scott Dotson 17 3 0 0
Gregory Drayton 8 17 0 2
William Alanis 0 4 0 0
David Tucker 0 11 0 0
Gary Denton 10 6 0 0
Stuart Haney 19 18 0 0
Dan Fredericks 1 7 0 0
Robert Carrion 0 7 0 0
Thomas Regan 62 36 0 0
Charles Long 57 28 0 1
John Horn 23 7 0 0
Jose Murphy 0 6 0 1
Thomas Dayton 6 19 0 1
James Kelley 0 6 0 0
Jeffrey Crossman 0 7 0 0
Brian Middleton 0 8 0 0
Douglas Banda 0 8 0 0
Joshua Kay 2 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
William Oates 1 0 0.00 0
Roy Wiley 1 -1 -1.00 0

Southern California Sun

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Corey True 1 1 0 0
Roy Wiley 0 0 1 0
Mark William 0 1 0 0
Danny Simon 0 0 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Horn 1 1 0 0
Oscar Willis 1 0 0 0

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wesley Bradley 4 179 44.75 43.50 58 1

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 8 376 47.00 45.00 51 0

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 9 / 10

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Alan Grossi 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 2 / 2

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ryan Woods 7 24 3.4 6 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Denton 1 5 5.0 5 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Corey True 2 41 20.5 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Marks 7 171 24.4 0

Defensive Stats

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Albert Donaldson 7 0
Juan Bonnett 6 0
Gregory Garrison 6 0
Roy Wiley 5 1
Don Wilkerson 5 0
Elmer Bunting 5 0
George Turner 4 1
Blaine Hernandez 3 1
Anthony Mashburn 3 0
Clyde Raines 3 1
Kirk Wall 3 0
Stanley Thomas 2 0
Donald Lopez 2 0
Michael Sonnenberg 2 0
Timothy Despres 2 1
William Oates 2 0
John Short 2 0
Mark William 1 0
Marvin Waldron 1 0
Danny Simon 1 1
Ben Temple 1 0
Brandon Boyd 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Ridley 7 0
James Kelley 6 0
Johnny Beard 5 0
Brian Middleton 3 0
Gary Carroll 3 0
Gary Greco 3 0
Jeffrey Crossman 3 0
Jose Murphy 3 0
Ricky McLean 3 0
Travis Rooks 3 0
Tony Newby 2 0
David Aguila 1 0
Javier Woods 1 0
Douglas Banda 1 0
John Horn 1 0
John Burke 1 0
Thomas Dayton 1 0
Gary Denton 1 0
David Tucker 1 0
Gregory Drayton 1 0