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Week 16: San Jose SaberCats at Southern California Sun

December 16, 1979
61°
Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) Attendance: 53,087 (77%)
SaberCats 7 14 0 9 - 30
Sun 10 3 14 14 - 41

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sun: 4-9-SJS 33 (12:06) 17-Alan Grossi 51 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 3 SJS 0
(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 3-6-SCS 32 (8:42) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SCS 3 SJS 7
(Qtr 1) Sun: 2-6-SCS 9 (0:08) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 86-Gregory Drayton for 91 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SJS 71-Richard Mosley was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SCS 10 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 3-6-SJS 29 (13:40) (Hot Read) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 46-Christopher Gray for 71 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SCS 10 SJS 14
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-5-SJS 16 (6:03) 17-Alan Grossi 34 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 13 SJS 14
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 2-15-SJS 22 (5:49) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 78 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SCS 13 SJS 21
(Qtr 3) Sun: 2-4-SJS 4 (8:53) 24-John Breunig ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 63-Scott Dotson was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SCS 20 SJS 21
(Qtr 3) Sun: 1-10-SCS 16 (5:23) 34-John Horn ran for 84 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 27 SJS 21
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 1-10-SJS 26 (14:12) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 14-Charles May for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 4-15-SCS 31 (7:47) 1-Tommie Prather 48 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 27 SJS 30
(Qtr 4) Sun: 1-2-SJS 2 (1:13) 13-Oscar Willis pass complete to 80-Julius Holguin for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 34 SJS 30
(Qtr 4) Sun: 1-5-SJS 5 (0:49) 45-Gary Denton ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. SCS 58-Charles Long was injured on the play. SCS 41 SJS 30

Team Statistics

Sun SaberCats
First Downs 18 4
- Rushing 10 0
- Passing 8 3
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 625 404
- Offensive Plays 73 52
- Yards Per Play 8.56 7.77
Net Rushing Yards 305 31
- Rushing Attempts 46 22
- Yards Per Rush 6.63 1.41
Net Passing Yards 320 373
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 15 / 1 29 / 14 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 326 382
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 6 1 / 9
- Yards Per Pass Play 11.85 12.43
- Yards Per Completion 21.73 27.29
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 3 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.8 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 6 / 50 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 22 3 / 14
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 75 2 / 70
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 27
Time of Possession 36:08 23:53

Drive Charts

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:59 OWN 25 7 42 Field Goal
1 8:36 5:36 OWN 22 8 42 Missed FG
1 0:42 0:42 OWN 5 2 95 Touchdown
2 13:28 0:52 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 11:09 5:09 OWN 25 9 59 Field Goal
2 5:37 3:43 OWN 25 6 22 Punt
3 13:25 4:35 OWN 26 9 74 Touchdown
3 6:38 1:28 OWN 4 3 96 Touchdown
3 3:31 1:34 OWN 17 3 7 Punt
3 1:04 1:52 OWN 21 3 6 Punt
4 13:58 3:32 OWN 12 6 34 Punt
4 10:04 0:03 OPP 49 1 0 Interception
4 7:43 1:30 OWN 21 3 -2 Punt
4 2:55 1:46 OWN 10 5 90 Touchdown
4 0:55 0:10 OPP 11 2 11 Touchdown
4 0:37 0:37 OPP 43 3 5 Game

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:01 3:25 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 3:01 2:19 OWN 43 3 8 Punt
1 0:00 1:32 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 12:36 1:27 OWN 31 3 2 Punt
2 6:00 0:23 OWN 27 2 73 Touchdown
2 1:54 1:54 OWN 10 3 1 Punt
3 15:00 1:35 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 8:50 2:13 OWN 30 3 5 Punt
3 5:09 1:38 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 1:57 0:54 OWN 33 3 -1 Punt
4 14:12 0:13 OWN 26 1 74 Touchdown
4 10:26 0:22 OWN 10 3 0 Punt
4 10:01 2:18 OWN 38 4 31 Field Goal
4 6:13 3:18 OWN 37 6 23 Punt
4 1:09 0:14 OWN 25 4 -14 Downs
4 0:45 0:08 OWN 25 2 0 Interception

Rushing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 25 261 10.44 84 9 1
Gary Denton 18 41 2.28 8 0 1
John Breunig 2 3 1.50 4 0 1
Oscar Willis 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 13 20 1.54 7 0 0
Daniel Bailey 2 8 4.00 9 0 0
Antoine Smith 7 3 0.43 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Oscar Willis 26 15 326 1 / 6 2 91 1 111.86

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 29 14 382 1 / 9 4 78 1 119.61

Receiving Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gregory Drayton 4 195 48.75 91 1
David Nelson 2 41 20.50 25 0
Thomas Dayton 2 36 18.00 24 0
David Tucker 2 20 10.00 16 0
Stuart Haney 1 15 15.00 15 0
John Horn 2 12 6.00 10 0
Dan Fredericks 1 5 5.00 5 0
Julius Holguin 1 2 2.00 2 1

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Martin 3 122 40.67 78 2
Charles May 1 74 74.00 74 1
Christopher Gray 1 71 71.00 71 1
David Perez 3 53 17.67 21 0
Samuel Rutherford 2 41 20.50 26 0
Antoine Smith 1 8 8.00 8 0
Jose Lohman 2 7 3.50 6 0
Daniel Bailey 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Burke 40 54 1 7
Leslie Musto 37 49 0 2
Julius Holguin 0 1 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 4 0 1
Guy Rojas 8 2 0 1
Dan Fredericks 2 14 0 0
Kenneth Marks 0 2 0 1
John Breunig 0 5 0 1
Ricky McLean 0 2 0 1
Jose Murphy 0 2 0 1
James Kelley 0 3 0 0
Jeffrey Crossman 0 3 0 1
Brian Middleton 0 6 0 0
Javier Woods 1 2 0 0
Brent Couture 0 6 0 0
Douglas Banda 0 6 0 0
Thomas Regan 15 1 0 0
Scott Dotson 16 8 0 1
John Horn 8 5 0 0
Gary Denton 6 5 0 1
David Nelson 0 18 0 2
David Tucker 0 15 0 0
David Ellis 15 40 0 1
Gregory Drayton 13 42 0 3
Rudolph Guerrero 39 57 0 1
Thomas Dayton 5 26 0 4
Charles Long 39 48 0 1
Stuart Haney 14 30 0 2
Steven Bunger 1 0 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Martin 41 27 0 1
John Martin 6 14 0 1
Corey Norwood 0 1 0 0
William McMartin 0 2 0 0
Donny Harris 0 1 0 0
Jeffery Mackey 0 2 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 2 0 0
James Peeler 2 4 0 0
Scott Smith 0 2 0 0
Evan Cunningham 2 0 0 0
Claude Rose 2 1 0 0
Andres Holm 7 7 0 0
Eddie Wilson 17 5 0 1
Michael Warren 42 25 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 3 0 0
Antoine Smith 8 8 0 1
Joseph Sanders 5 8 0 0
Jose Lohman 13 17 0 1
David Perez 0 12 0 0
Daniel Bailey 4 5 0 0
James Smith 38 30 0 2
Richard Mosley 36 26 0 2
Christopher Gray 16 10 0 1
Donald Bonner 38 25 0 3
Steven Peterson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gary Carroll 1 0 0.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bryan Leisure 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Southern California Sun

San Jose SaberCats

Punting

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 6 277 46.17 44.00 51 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 9 423 47.00 45.89 60 3

Kicking

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Alan Grossi 2 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 2 51 5 / 5

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 3 / 4

Punt Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Nelson 5 22 4.4 8 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Gray 3 14 4.7 8 0

Kick Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Marks 3 75 25.0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Gray 2 70 35.0 0

Defensive Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Gary Carroll 5 1
James Kelley 4 0
Brian Middleton 4 0
Tony Newby 4 0
Travis Rooks 3 0
Javier Woods 2 0
Johnny Beard 2 0
Robert Ridley 2 0
Jeffrey Crossman 2 0
Ricky McLean 2 0
Jose Murphy 2 0
Douglas Banda 2 0
Alan Grossi 1 0
Gregory Drayton 1 0
David Tucker 1 0
Thomas Dayton 1 0
Brent Couture 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Jack Englert 10 0
Adam Jones 6 0
William McMartin 6 0
Charles Grant 6 1
Robert Oakley 5 0
Bryan Leisure 5 0
James Peeler 4 0
Richard McCarthy 4 0
Donny Harris 4 0
Steven Peterson 3 0
Frank Wakefield 2 0
Rick Pugliese 2 0
Thomas Martin 1 0
James Smith 1 0
Kevin Keller 1 0
John Martin 1 0
Elmer Tillman 1 0
Craig Edson 1 0
Richard Mosley 1 0
Samuel Rutherford 1 0