New Sticky Note

The new user interface is in preview!

Want to check it out? Click here! (If you don't like it, you can still switch back)

Week 7: Southern California Sun at San Jose SaberCats

October 14, 1979
61°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 48,825 (70%)
Sun 3 9 0 9 3 - 24
SaberCats 7 3 0 11 0 - 21

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sun: 4-8-SJS 27 (9:43) 17-Alan Grossi 46 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 0 SCS 3
(Qtr 1) SaberCats: (9:40) 17-Alan Grossi kicks 66 yards from SCS 35 to SJS -1. 23-Daniel Bailey for 101yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 7 SCS 3
(Qtr 2) Sun: 1-6-SJS 6 (11:39) 45-Gary Denton ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-3-SCS 4 (5:09) 1-Tommie Prather 21 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 10 SCS 9
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-1-SJS 15 (0:50) 17-Alan Grossi 34 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 10 SCS 12
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 4-12-SCS 12 (11:57) 1-Tommie Prather 29 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 13 SCS 12
(Qtr 4) Sun: 3-4-SCS 31 (10:37) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 24-John Breunig for 69 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Sun: 4-1-SJS 34 (5:33) 17-Alan Grossi 53 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 13 SCS 21
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 1-10-SCS 23 (0:40) (Hot Read) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 23-Daniel Bailey for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 14-Charles May for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Pressure by 90-Ricky McLean. SJS 21 SCS 21
(OT) Sun: 1-10-SJS 14 (2:09) 17-Alan Grossi 32 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 21 SCS 24

Team Statistics

SaberCats Sun
First Downs 15 17
- Rushing 0 7
- Passing 12 10
- Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 304 501
- Offensive Plays 68 79
- Yards Per Play 4.47 6.34
Net Rushing Yards 43 165
- Rushing Attempts 22 46
- Yards Per Rush 1.95 3.59
Net Passing Yards 261 336
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 22 / 1 33 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 300 336
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 39 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.67 10.18
- Yards Per Completion 13.64 16.00
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 6 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.8 7.7
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 6 / 60
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 26 4 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 158 3 / 82
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 26
Time of Possession 29:50 42:47

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:43 0:41 OWN 33 2 7 Fumble
1 9:24 1:42 OPP 28 3 -7 Punt
1 7:42 1:59 OWN 18 3 9 Punt
1 3:27 1:38 OWN 29 3 6 Punt
2 11:36 6:29 OWN 34 10 63 Field Goal
2 0:47 0:47 OWN 25 2 1 Half
3 15:00 2:14 OWN 25 6 29 Punt
3 10:04 2:29 OWN 23 7 23 Punt
3 3:17 3:17 OWN 22 6 32 Punt
4 13:28 1:34 OWN 38 5 50 Field Goal
4 10:23 1:03 OWN 29 4 1 Punt
4 5:29 3:13 OWN 25 8 19 Downs
4 1:44 1:10 OWN 46 7 54 Touchdown
OT 8:31 1:05 OWN 31 3 3 Punt
OT 5:09 0:29 OWN 29 2 14 Interception

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:17 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
1 13:02 3:22 OPP 46 6 19 Field Goal
1 5:43 2:16 OWN 25 5 52 Missed FG
1 1:49 5:13 OWN 19 10 81 Touchdown
2 5:06 4:19 OWN 20 10 65 Field Goal
3 12:46 2:42 OWN 6 6 25 Punt
3 7:35 4:17 OWN 11 6 25 Punt
3 0:00 1:32 OWN 8 3 7 Punt
4 11:54 1:31 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 9:20 3:51 OWN 27 6 39 Field Goal
4 2:16 0:32 OPP 44 3 5 Missed FG
4 0:34 5:34 OWN 15 4 27 Half
OT 10:00 1:29 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
OT 7:26 2:18 OWN 27 3 3 Punt
OT 4:39 2:34 OWN 44 4 42 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 14 27 1.93 7 0 0
Daniel Bailey 8 16 2.00 4 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gary Denton 29 89 3.07 10 1 1
John Breunig 12 40 3.33 19 1 0
Kenneth Marks 5 36 7.20 9 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 41 22 300 5 / 39 1 41 1 75.25

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Oscar Willis 33 21 336 0 / 0 1 69 0 107.64

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Perez 6 87 14.50 23 0
Christopher Gray 3 75 25.00 41 0
Jose Lohman 5 49 9.80 18 0
Daniel Bailey 2 28 14.00 23 1
John Martin 1 17 17.00 17 0
Chad Carter 2 16 8.00 10 0
Samuel Rutherford 1 14 14.00 14 0
Antoine Smith 1 12 12.00 12 0
Charles May 1 2 2.00 2 0

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Tucker 6 89 14.83 25 0
John Breunig 2 82 41.00 69 1
Thomas Dayton 5 64 12.80 27 0
Gary Denton 1 39 39.00 39 0
Gregory Drayton 3 27 9.00 17 0
Julius Holguin 2 21 10.50 15 0
Tyrone Kennedy 1 9 9.00 9 0
Stuart Haney 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andres Holm 45 30 2 7
Michael Warren 50 29 1 2
Donny Harris 0 3 0 0
Chad Carter 0 1 0 0
Charles May 0 4 0 0
Evan Cunningham 0 1 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 8 0 0
James Peeler 2 2 0 0
Claude Rose 2 5 0 0
Thomas Trombetta 4 1 0 1
Christopher Gray 17 5 0 0
Eddie Wilson 10 1 0 0
William McMartin 0 3 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 3 0 0
Jeffery Mackey 0 3 0 0
Charles Martin 16 2 0 0
Corey Norwood 0 2 0 0
Joseph Sanders 2 13 0 0
Scott Smith 0 3 0 0
Antoine Smith 17 18 0 1
David Perez 0 19 0 1
Richard Mosley 49 32 0 0
Jose Lohman 10 17 0 0
John Martin 1 23 0 3
Donald Bonner 51 26 0 1
Jose Sterling 56 31 0 0
Daniel Bailey 6 3 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Leslie Musto 46 49 0 2
John Breunig 1 4 0 2
Tony Newby 0 1 0 0
Steven Bunger 1 3 0 0
David Ellis 0 1 0 0
Joshua Kay 0 1 0 0
Ricky McLean 0 1 0 0
Gary Denton 6 3 0 1
William Alanis 0 2 0 0
Kenneth Marks 1 6 0 0
Jeffrey Crossman 0 3 0 0
Brian Middleton 0 3 0 0
Robert Carrion 0 3 0 1
Brent Couture 0 4 0 0
Guy Rojas 7 4 0 0
Dan Fredericks 1 17 0 1
Julius Holguin 0 6 0 0
John Burke 46 55 0 7
James Kelley 0 6 0 1
Javier Woods 1 3 0 0
Douglas Banda 0 5 0 0
Travis Rooks 0 1 0 0
Johnny Beard 0 3 0 0
Scott Dotson 18 6 0 1
Thomas Dayton 4 28 0 0
Charles Long 45 41 0 3
David Tucker 0 26 0 1
Tyrone Kennedy 0 14 0 0
Gregory Drayton 15 35 0 3
Thomas Regan 47 56 0 5
Stuart Haney 20 37 0 2
Kevin Bell 27 54 0 4
David Aguila 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Southern California Sun

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Ridley 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Christopher Gray 1 0 0 0
Jose Lohman 1 0 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Travis Rooks 0 0 1 0
Jeffrey Crossman 0 1 0 0
Johnny Beard 0 0 1 0

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 7 312 44.57 42.43 51 2

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 7 334 47.71 44.29 52 0

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 1 / 1

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Alan Grossi 4 / 6 2 / 3 1 / 1 53 0 / 1

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Gray 4 26 6.5 10 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Denton 4 17 4.3 6 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Daniel Bailey 1 101 101.0 1
Christopher Gray 2 57 28.5 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Marks 3 82 27.3 0

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Bryan Leisure 9 0
Jack Englert 8 0
Craig Edson 8 0
Richard McCarthy 8 0
Charles Grant 7 0
James Peeler 6 0
William McMartin 6 0
Robert Oakley 5 0
Frank Wakefield 4 0
Adam Jones 3 0
John Martin 3 0
Steven Peterson 2 0
Jeffery Mackey 2 0
Christopher Gray 1 0
Donny Harris 1 0
Kevin Keller 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Douglas Banda 8 1
Travis Rooks 7 0
Johnny Beard 7 0
David Aguila 6 2
James Kelley 5 1
Brian Middleton 3 0
Robert Ridley 3 0
Ricky McLean 3 0
Gary Carroll 2 0
Alan Grossi 1 0
Arthur Stewart 1 0
Jeffrey Crossman 1 0
James Barclay 1 1
Thomas Dayton 1 0
Gregory Drayton 1 0