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Week 15: Denver Gold at Charlotte Hornets

December 09, 1979
43°
American Legion Memorial Stadium (Charlotte, NC) Attendance: 29,453 (59%)
Gold 14 21 14 21 - 70
Hornets 0 7 10 0 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-10-CHA 27 (12:12) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 0 DEN 7
(Qtr 1) Gold: 3-6-CHA 8 (5:57) 19-Adam Cates pass complete to 13-Robert Ross for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 92-Frank Greenbaum was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CHA 0 DEN 14
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-10-DEN 40 (13:37) 81-Duane Cunningham ran for 60 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 0 DEN 21
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-10-CHA 32 (10:23) (Hot Read) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 25-Cedric Finn for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 0 DEN 28
(Qtr 2) Hornets: (10:18) 3-Lucio Grant kicks 72 yards from DEN 35 to CHA -7. 48-Jerry Roux for 107yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. CHA 7 DEN 28
(Qtr 2) Gold: 2-2-CHA 2 (4:49) 27-Corey True ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 7 DEN 35
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 3-1-DEN 0 (3:08) 12-Wayne Cole pass complete to 48-Jerry Roux for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. CHA 14 DEN 35
(Qtr 3) Gold: 1-10-DEN 26 (3:01) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 16-Joseph Garner for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 14 DEN 42
(Qtr 3) Gold: 1-2-CHA 2 (2:19) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 27-Corey True for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 14 DEN 49
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 4-7-DEN 7 (0:03) 17-Willie Putnam 24 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 17 DEN 49
(Qtr 4) Gold: 3-3-CHA 3 (5:56) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 17 DEN 56
(Qtr 4) Gold: 3-1-CHA 31 (4:13) 17-Joseph Dailey ran for 31 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 17 DEN 63
(Qtr 4) Gold: 3-11-DEN 11 (1:26) (Hot Read) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 89 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CHA 17 DEN 70

Team Statistics

Hornets Gold
First Downs 13 13
- Rushing 2 3
- Passing 10 10
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 184 590
- Offensive Plays 76 73
- Yards Per Play 2.42 8.08
Net Rushing Yards 18 163
- Rushing Attempts 11 33
- Yards Per Rush 1.64 4.94
Net Passing Yards 166 427
- Att/Comp/Int 49 / 21 / 6 35 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 294 465
- Sacks/Yards Lost 16 / 128 5 / 38
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.55 10.68
- Yards Per Completion 14.00 20.22
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 17 9 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 11.5 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 4 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 6 1 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 6 / 236 2 / 47
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 6 / 39
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 4 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 39
Time of Possession 27:30 32:15

Drive Charts

Charlotte Hornets

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:29 OWN 25 3 28 Fumble
1 12:07 2:57 OWN 25 6 50 Downs
1 5:52 0:50 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
1 4:16 4:04 OPP 46 6 6 Punt
2 13:26 1:00 OWN 25 3 1 Interception
2 10:01 1:37 OPP 25 3 0 Punt
2 8:24 0:50 OWN 30 2 -10 Interception
2 4:46 2:27 OWN 24 5 2 Punt
2 1:50 1:50 OWN 1 3 4 Half
3 10:09 2:20 OWN 8 8 33 Punt
3 6:15 0:33 OPP 50 3 -11 Punt
3 5:36 0:25 OPP 2 2 -11 Interception
3 3:43 0:38 OPP 50 6 50 Touchdown
3 2:51 0:33 OWN 24 3 -10 Fumble
3 2:15 2:15 OWN 28 8 65 Field Goal
4 13:27 1:12 OWN 34 4 9 Punt
4 7:16 0:04 OWN 8 1 0 Interception
4 5:52 0:30 OWN 26 2 -7 Interception
4 4:06 1:49 OWN 25 6 20 Punt
4 1:13 0:07 OWN 25 2 0 Interception

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:31 1:24 OPP 43 3 43 Touchdown
1 9:10 3:18 OWN 33 7 67 Touchdown
1 5:02 0:46 OWN 36 2 -1 Fumble
1 0:13 1:47 OWN 5 5 95 Touchdown
2 12:25 2:08 OPP 44 4 44 Touchdown
2 7:34 2:48 OPP 31 5 31 Touchdown
2 2:20 0:30 OWN 31 3 5 Punt
3 15:00 4:51 OWN 25 10 45 Punt
3 7:49 1:34 OWN 11 3 -8 Punt
3 5:42 0:06 OWN 15 1 0 Fumble
3 5:12 1:28 OWN 9 3 -5 Punt
3 3:05 0:14 OWN 26 1 74 Touchdown
3 2:18 0:03 OPP 2 1 2 Touchdown
3 0:00 1:33 OWN 19 3 0 Punt
4 12:15 4:59 OWN 8 8 44 Punt
4 7:13 1:21 OPP 4 3 4 Touchdown
4 5:21 1:15 OPP 41 3 41 Touchdown
4 2:17 1:04 OWN 12 3 88 Touchdown
4 1:06 1:06 OPP 25 2 8 Game

Rushing Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jerry Roux 11 18 1.64 6 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 13 111 8.54 60 2 1
Joseph Dailey 1 31 31.00 31 1 1
Corey True 15 23 1.53 11 1 1
Cedric Finn 4 -2 -0.50 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Wayne Cole 49 21 294 16 / 128 1 50 6 30.02

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 34 22 457 5 / 38 6 89 0 147.67
Adam Cates 1 1 8 0 / 0 1 8 0 139.58

Receiving Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Samuel Kiefer 8 166 20.75 50 0
Emil Hoban 4 58 14.50 26 0
Ricky Jackson 4 34 8.50 17 0
Robert Carroll 3 31 10.33 20 0
Jerry Roux 2 5 2.50 5 1

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Garner 7 182 26.00 74 1
Michael Sonnenberg 3 119 39.67 89 3
Joseph Dailey 5 71 14.20 30 0
Ronald Tatman 3 36 12.00 22 0
Cedric Finn 1 32 32.00 32 1
Corey True 3 17 5.67 12 1
Robert Ross 1 8 8.00 8 1

Blocking Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jorge Knox 76 24 4 6
Norris Scott 71 21 3 3
Harold White 55 10 2 2
Paul Fuller 36 9 2 1
Gregory Williams 33 10 2 1
Michael Becker 67 15 1 5
Ricky Jackson 12 13 1 1
Samuel Kiefer 0 11 0 0
Thomas Vasquez 0 2 0 0
Robert Mefford 0 1 0 0
Robert Carroll 1 1 0 0
Wayne Harris 5 5 0 1
Shawn Ayala 2 2 0 0
Brian Queen 0 7 0 2
Joseph Abernathy 0 7 0 0
Robert Neal 0 2 0 0
Charles Lewis 0 1 0 0
Jame Harrell 2 0 0 0
Fernando Stone 0 7 0 0
Alfonso Bessey 0 1 0 0
Frank Greenbaum 0 5 0 0
Robert Mason 0 7 0 1
Morris Sterling 0 8 0 1
Eduardo Sorenson 5 9 0 0
Jerry Roux 9 4 0 1
Stanley Snyder 11 5 0 0
Jesse Doolan 7 0 0 0
Greg Murtha 11 1 0 0
Richard Green 5 1 0 0
Emil Hoban 0 12 0 0
Carl Hammond 10 2 0 0
Humberto Gray 28 11 0 1
William Dolloff 1 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Marc Gowdy 20 4 1 1
Rolando Moulton 0 1 0 0
Duane Cunningham 4 5 0 1
Juan Bonnett 0 6 0 1
Clyde Raines 0 3 0 0
Ryan Woods 0 5 0 0
Joseph Garner 0 18 0 1
Cedric Finn 8 19 0 1
Donald Lopez 0 2 0 0
Corey True 19 3 0 0
Gregory Hubbard 0 5 0 0
Don Wilkerson 1 2 0 0
Blaine Hernandez 0 4 0 0
Ben Temple 0 1 0 0
Roy Wiley 0 2 0 0
Allen Bateman 2 2 0 1
Elmer Bunting 0 1 0 0
John Short 0 4 0 1
Donald Dahlquist 20 12 0 0
Mark William 0 2 0 0
John Provencal 6 15 0 0
Gabriel Meza 0 2 0 0
Albert Donaldson 0 3 0 0
George Turner 0 3 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 8 0 1
Gregory Garrison 0 5 0 0
Donald Lopez 57 46 0 3
Jonathan Crabtree 50 30 0 1
Ronald Tatman 16 32 0 0
Keith Barge 57 38 0 6
Kenneth Nelson 51 35 0 2
Robert Ross 0 7 0 0
Leo Warren 42 38 0 2
Michael Sonnenberg 0 16 0 1
Joseph Dailey 4 9 0 0
Wallace Andrews 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Roy Wiley 1 17 17.00 0
Donald Lopez 2 11 5.50 0
Gregory Hubbard 1 8 8.00 0
Elmer Bunting 1 3 3.00 0
Gregory Garrison 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Wayne Cole 2 0 0 0
Joseph Abernathy 0 1 1 0
Thomas Vasquez 0 0 1 0
Morris Sterling 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Corey True 1 0 0 0
Dustin Nichols 1 0 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 0 1 0
Clyde Raines 0 2 1 0

Punting

Charlotte Hornets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Desantiago 7 312 44.57 44.00 50 2

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wesley Bradley 7 315 45.00 44.14 63 3

Kicking

Charlotte Hornets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Willie Putnam 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 24 2 / 2

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 10 / 10

Punt Return

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerry Roux 2 6 3.0 4 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ryan Woods 1 4 4.0 4 0

Kick Return

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jerry Roux 6 236 39.3 1

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Corey True 2 47 23.5 0

Defensive Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Tackles Sacks
Fernando Stone 10 0
Joseph Abernathy 7 3
Robert Mason 5 0
Frank Greenbaum 4 0
Charles Lewis 4 1
Eduardo Sorenson 4 0
Alfonso Bessey 3 0
Morris Sterling 3 0
Robert Neal 3 1
Wayne Cole 2 0
Ricky Jackson 2 0
Robert Mefford 2 0
Michael Griffith 2 0
Thomas Vasquez 2 0
Humberto Gray 1 0
Jerry Roux 1 0
Michael Becker 1 0
Brian Queen 1 0
Emil Hoban 1 0
Rex Clark 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
George Turner 6 5
Elmer Bunting 6 0
Gregory Garrison 5 0
Roy Wiley 4 0
Donald Lopez 4 0
Gregory Hubbard 4 0
Mark William 3 2
Blaine Hernandez 3 0
Timothy Despres 3 4
Albert Donaldson 2 0
Joseph Dailey 2 0
Kirk Wall 2 0
Ben Temple 1 1
Rolando Moulton 1 1
Juan Bonnett 1 0
Clyde Raines 1 2
Anthony Mashburn 1 0
Keith Barge 1 0
John Short 1 1
Cedric Finn 1 0
Don Wilkerson 1 0
Michael Sonnenberg 1 0
William Oates 1 0