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Week 6: Pittsburgh Maulers at Denver Gold

October 07, 1979
50°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 59,017 (77%)
Maulers 3 0 7 7 - 17
Gold 0 0 7 6 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Maulers: 4-11-DEN 11 (8:24) 8-Bret Curley 28 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 0 PIT 3
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 3-7-DEN 7 (6:46) 12-Scott Deal pass complete to 89-Vito Moffat for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. DEN 0 PIT 10
(Qtr 3) Gold: 1-10-DEN 25 (6:42) 81-Duane Cunningham ran for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 7 PIT 10
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-2-PIT 2 (13:39) 27-Corey True ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Maulers: 3-11-PIT 35 (0:27) 13-Michael White pass complete to 17-Robert Richards for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. DEN 13 PIT 17

Team Statistics

Gold Maulers
First Downs 9 22
- Rushing 2 10
- Passing 6 12
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 280 395
- Offensive Plays 46 80
- Yards Per Play 6.09 4.94
Net Rushing Yards 123 175
- Rushing Attempts 15 39
- Yards Per Rush 8.20 4.49
Net Passing Yards 157 220
- Att/Comp/Int 29 / 12 / 2 35 / 24 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 174 263
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 17 6 / 43
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.06 5.37
- Yards Per Completion 14.50 10.96
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 9 8 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.7 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 4 / 29
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 17 2 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 29
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 26
Time of Possession 17:32 42:29

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:21 2:24 OWN 25 6 38 Punt
1 1:25 0:05 OWN 11 1 0 Interception
1 0:00 0:58 OWN 43 3 3 Punt
2 8:45 2:42 OWN 20 5 25 Punt
2 1:07 1:07 OWN 18 2 12 Half
3 15:00 1:28 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
3 6:42 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 2:56 1:35 OWN 11 4 16 Punt
3 0:32 1:56 OWN 28 4 72 Touchdown
4 11:13 2:49 OWN 12 6 46 Punt
4 5:02 0:58 OWN 32 3 1 Punt
4 4:00 0:53 OPP 37 3 -2 Punt
4 1:54 0:21 OWN 35 3 -2 Punt
4 0:17 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:39 OWN 23 10 66 Field Goal
1 5:58 4:32 OWN 4 8 33 Punt
1 1:20 1:20 OPP 37 3 2 Missed FG
2 14:02 5:17 OWN 5 7 43 Punt
2 6:03 4:56 OWN 8 9 27 Punt
3 13:32 6:50 OWN 30 12 70 Touchdown
3 6:31 3:35 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
3 1:21 0:49 OWN 31 3 -2 Punt
4 13:36 2:23 OWN 25 6 16 Punt
4 8:24 3:22 OWN 20 6 5 Punt
4 4:05 0:05 OWN 28 1 0 Fumble
4 3:07 1:13 OWN 8 4 11 Punt
4 1:32 1:15 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
4 0:13 0:13 OPP 26 3 15 Game

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 10 110 11.00 75 2 1
Corey True 4 12 3.00 13 1 1
Cedric Finn 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 16 77 4.81 14 5 0
Robert Ensley 14 54 3.86 9 0 0
Eric Metcalf 9 44 4.89 12 2 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 29 12 174 2 / 17 0 39 2 32.83

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Deal 34 23 198 6 / 43 1 27 0 92.52
Michael White 1 1 65 0 / 0 1 65 0 158.33

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Garner 5 77 15.40 29 0
Robert Ross 2 42 21.00 22 0
Ronald Tatman 2 42 21.00 39 0
Ryan Woods 2 9 4.50 5 0
Duane Cunningham 1 4 4.00 4 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Richards 5 95 19.00 65 1
Vito Moffat 7 53 7.57 16 1
Robert Diaz 5 49 9.80 19 0
Eric Metcalf 3 32 10.67 27 0
Javier Rudolph 2 24 12.00 23 0
Cliff Thomas 2 10 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Duane Cunningham 5 3 1 1
Donald Dahlquist 38 17 1 2
Donald Lopez 34 22 0 1
Corey True 9 7 0 0
George Turner 0 1 0 0
John Short 0 1 0 0
Clyde Raines 0 1 0 0
Gregory Garrison 0 2 0 0
Ryan Woods 0 1 0 0
Robert Ross 0 4 0 0
Joseph Dailey 0 9 0 2
Michael Rider 1 1 0 1
Marc Gowdy 12 0 0 0
Don Wilkerson 8 3 0 1
Leo Warren 31 21 0 1
Joseph Garner 0 8 0 1
Cedric Finn 6 9 0 1
Wayne Postma 4 9 0 1
Ronald Tatman 4 15 0 0
Allen Bateman 4 5 0 2
Kenneth Nelson 39 20 0 0
Keith Barge 41 21 0 0
Gabriel Meza 0 1 0 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Larry Fazio 43 41 1 2
Robert Diaz 13 32 1 1
Cliff Thomas 8 2 1 1
Andre Adkins 48 42 1 2
Javier Rudolph 1 32 1 3
Bradley Martinez 0 1 0 0
Mark Fisher 0 1 0 0
Robert Keese 0 1 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 8 3 0 0
Michael Mills 12 0 0 0
Pete Gabriel 17 5 0 1
John Gordon 0 2 0 0
Eric Metcalf 2 13 0 0
Robert Ensley 7 1 0 0
Robert Richards 1 26 0 0
Dennis McLean 6 10 0 0
Jon Brantley 10 1 0 0
Morton Wright 6 3 0 1
Tim Kaufman 46 47 0 2
Herman Winn 46 46 0 4
Sidney Woosley 47 37 0 2
Vito Moffat 0 21 0 0
Lamont Thielen 1 3 0 0
Arthur Phillips 0 1 0 0
Paul Brooks 0 1 0 0
Charles Smith 0 2 0 0
Jeff Orr 8 1 0 1
Randy Ertel 0 3 0 0
Larry Barber 7 5 0 0
Guadalupe Pierce 0 1 0 0
Michael Large 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Charles Smith 1 2 2.00 0
Paul Brooks 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Albert Donaldson 0 1 1 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Ensley 1 0 0 0

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wesley Bradley 9 396 44.00 39.44 51 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 8 394 49.25 44.50 55 1

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 28 2 / 2

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ryan Woods 4 17 4.3 7 0

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Gordon 2 17 8.5 9 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Ensley 1 29 29.0 0

Defensive Stats