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Week 16: Denver Gold at Chicago Blitz

December 16, 1979
36°
Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) Attendance: 47,144 (70%)
Gold 0 10 0 0 - 10
Blitz 0 10 3 11 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-10-CHI 49 (14:10) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 16-Joseph Garner for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 63-Kenneth Nelson was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CHI 0 DEN 7
(Qtr 2) Gold: 4-16-CHI 21 (5:44) 3-Lucio Grant 39 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 0 DEN 10
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 1-6-DEN 6 (4:03) 34-Bruce Fine ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. CHI 7 DEN 10
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 1-10-DEN 34 (0:03) 11-Matthew Eno 53 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 10 DEN 10
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 4-15-DEN 29 (9:51) 11-Matthew Eno 47 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 13 DEN 10
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 4-5-DEN 35 (3:06) 11-Matthew Eno 54 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 16 DEN 10
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 1-8-DEN 8 (1:49) 37-Ray Bryant ran to DEN 0 for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 48-George Keyes ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! CHI 24 DEN 10

Team Statistics

Blitz Gold
First Downs 13 9
- Rushing 4 3
- Passing 9 5
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 278 202
- Offensive Plays 68 60
- Yards Per Play 4.09 3.37
Net Rushing Yards 69 56
- Rushing Attempts 30 21
- Yards Per Rush 2.30 2.67
Net Passing Yards 209 146
- Att/Comp/Int 34 / 18 / 1 35 / 15 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 238 174
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 29 4 / 28
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.50 3.74
- Yards Per Completion 13.22 11.60
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 18 2 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 35 6 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 11 3 / 14
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 1 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 29
Time of Possession 31:36 28:24

Drive Charts

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:37 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
1 10:26 5:56 OWN 13 10 40 Punt
1 0:00 0:51 OWN 5 3 0 Punt
2 14:03 2:05 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 6:36 0:03 OWN 12 1 0 Interception
2 5:41 1:41 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
2 1:54 1:54 OWN 21 6 45 Field Goal
3 14:10 2:46 OWN 34 5 4 Punt
3 11:14 1:27 OPP 24 3 -5 Field Goal
3 8:09 2:02 OWN 23 4 9 Punt
3 3:35 2:52 OWN 16 6 9 Punt
4 12:43 0:18 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
4 10:52 1:30 OWN 19 3 1 Punt
4 7:39 4:37 OWN 15 7 50 Field Goal
4 2:07 0:21 OPP 30 4 30 Touchdown
4 1:39 1:36 OPP 38 3 0 Punt

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:23 2:57 OWN 31 6 9 Punt
1 4:31 4:31 OWN 11 7 47 Punt
2 14:09 0:07 OPP 49 1 49 Touchdown
2 11:57 5:22 OWN 18 8 32 Punt
2 6:33 0:52 OPP 15 3 -6 Field Goal
2 4:00 2:06 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 15:00 0:50 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 11:23 0:09 OWN 19 2 0 Interception
3 9:47 1:38 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 6:08 2:32 OWN 22 5 18 Punt
3 0:44 3:00 OWN 29 5 20 Punt
4 12:25 1:33 OWN 35 3 2 Punt
4 9:22 1:43 OWN 32 4 6 Punt
4 3:02 0:55 OWN 25 4 6 Downs
4 1:46 0:06 OWN 25 1 -5 Interception
4 0:03 0:03 OWN 2 2 22 Game

Rushing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bruce Fine 13 44 3.38 9 0 1
Ray Bryant 5 13 2.60 8 0 1
George Keyes 12 12 1.00 12 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Corey True 15 43 2.87 9 0 0
Duane Cunningham 6 13 2.17 7 0 0

Passing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel McKee 34 18 238 4 / 29 0 49 1 63.11

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 32 13 167 3 / 22 1 49 2 42.06
Adam Cates 3 2 7 1 / 6 0 6 0 70.14

Receiving Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chester Landes 5 82 16.40 49 0
George Keyes 2 43 21.50 25 0
Joey Walker 2 35 17.50 25 0
John Ayala 4 34 8.50 15 0
George Allen 3 22 7.33 10 0
Eric Wilkinson 1 13 13.00 13 0
Wendell Pinegar 1 9 9.00 9 0

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Garner 5 110 22.00 49 1
Michael Sonnenberg 3 24 8.00 10 0
Robert Ross 3 20 6.67 10 0
Joseph Dailey 1 10 10.00 10 0
Ronald Tatman 1 7 7.00 7 0
Duane Cunningham 1 2 2.00 2 0
Cedric Finn 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Jackson 54 40 2 4
Andre Ochs 53 37 2 3
Dale Smith 42 40 0 2
Kenneth Flowers 0 1 0 0
Joey Walker 0 3 0 0
George Keyes 2 0 0 0
Harry Nelson 3 2 0 1
Mario Graham 0 3 0 0
Ray Bryant 5 1 0 0
Peter Mays 4 1 0 0
Jerry Shen 0 1 0 1
William Kennedy 0 3 0 1
Dustin Hoy 0 1 0 0
Cesar Collins 0 2 0 0
Jeff Melton 0 2 0 0
David Feng 0 3 0 0
Brian Buckley 53 37 0 0
Chester Landes 0 20 0 0
Elton Engler 6 2 0 0
Aaron Dutton 14 0 0 0
Eric Wilkinson 20 19 0 1
John Ayala 0 22 0 0
Wendell Pinegar 0 17 0 0
Bruce Fine 7 4 0 0
George Allen 10 23 0 0
Willie Salisbury 54 32 0 2
Leroy Obrien 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Marc Gowdy 51 26 1 5
Donald Dahlquist 49 19 1 2
Donald Lopez 48 29 0 6
Don Wilkerson 9 0 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 1 0 0
Duane Cunningham 5 1 0 0
Clyde Raines 0 1 0 0
George Turner 0 2 0 0
Albert Donaldson 0 1 0 0
Juan Bonnett 0 1 0 0
Gabriel Meza 0 2 0 0
Joseph Garner 0 9 0 0
Gregory Garrison 0 2 0 0
Joseph Dailey 0 10 0 2
Corey True 11 3 0 0
Robert Ross 0 5 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 0 11 0 2
Kenneth Nelson 15 4 0 0
Cedric Finn 9 12 0 0
John Provencal 2 7 0 0
Ryan Woods 0 4 0 0
Keith Barge 50 24 0 1
Jonathan Crabtree 42 28 0 1
Ronald Tatman 6 18 0 0
Allen Bateman 2 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Dennis Canning 1 1 1.00 0
Rodolfo Madden 1 0 0.00 0

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Donald Lopez 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joey Walker 1 0 0 0
Jeff Melton 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Timothy Despres 0 0 1 0

Punting

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Simon Jones 10 451 45.10 44.10 49 1

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wesley Bradley 10 466 46.60 43.30 57 3

Kicking

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Matthew Eno 3 / 3 3 / 3 2 / 2 54 1 / 1

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 1 / 1

Punt Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joey Walker 1 11 11.0 11 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ryan Woods 3 14 4.7 5 0

Kick Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Joey Walker 1 25 25.0 0

Denver Gold

Defensive Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Tackles Sacks
Cesar Collins 5 1
Leroy Obrien 5 0
Kenneth Flowers 4 1
Brad Meriwether 4 1
Dustin Hoy 4 0
Jeff Melton 3 0
Dennis Canning 3 0
Anthony Crow 3 0
David Feng 3 0
William Kennedy 3 1
Rodolfo Madden 3 0
Ben Watts 1 0
John Ayala 1 0
Trent Sessions 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Blaine Hernandez 8 0
George Turner 6 3
Roy Wiley 5 0
Donald Lopez 4 0
Gregory Garrison 4 0
Don Wilkerson 4 0
Juan Bonnett 3 0
Gregory Hubbard 3 0
Clyde Raines 2 0
Albert Donaldson 2 0
Kirk Wall 2 0
Michael Sonnenberg 2 0
Ben Temple 1 0
Timothy Despres 1 1
John Short 1 0
Anthony Mashburn 1 0
Gabriel Meza 1 0
Mark William 1 0
Elmer Bunting 1 0
Joseph Garner 1 0