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Preseason Week 1: Florida Blazers at San Jose SaberCats

August 16, 1980
85°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 36,419 (52%)
Blazers 7 6 0 0 - 13
SaberCats 7 0 7 3 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 3-1-FLA 1 (10:12) 23-Daniel Bailey ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 7 FLA 0
(Qtr 1) Blazers: 2-1-SJS 1 (6:20) 4-Michael London pass complete to 12-Vincent Shor for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. SJS 7 FLA 7
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 4-12-SJS 12 (12:18) 11-Robert Allison 30 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 7 FLA 10
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 4-6-SJS 23 (2:00) 11-Robert Allison 41 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 7 FLA 13
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 1-10-SJS 5 (8:06) 18-Bruno Wilson pass complete to 16-Chad Carter for 95 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 14 FLA 13
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 4-10-FLA 32 (1:51) 1-Tommie Prather 49 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 17 FLA 13

Team Statistics

SaberCats Blazers
First Downs 6 17
- Rushing 2 8
- Passing 4 9
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 256 374
- Offensive Plays 49 74
- Yards Per Play 5.22 5.05
Net Rushing Yards 49 197
- Rushing Attempts 29 30
- Yards Per Rush 1.69 6.57
Net Passing Yards 207 177
- Att/Comp/Int 20 / 12 / 0 41 / 21 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 207 200
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 23
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.35 4.02
- Yards Per Completion 17.25 9.52
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 6 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.3 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 16
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 55 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 24
Time of Possession 24:38 35:20

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:50 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 6:17 2:21 OWN 27 4 27 Punt
2 12:15 1:29 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
2 7:04 1:54 OWN 9 3 6 Punt
2 1:57 1:27 OWN 23 3 0 Punt
3 13:26 0:49 OWN 21 3 0 Punt
3 10:59 1:25 OWN 10 3 9 Punt
3 8:05 0:14 OWN 5 1 95 Touchdown
3 4:53 2:41 OWN 22 5 20 Punt
4 14:09 3:35 OWN 41 6 19 Punt
4 7:29 2:08 OWN 27 3 3 Punt
4 2:12 0:24 OPP 32 3 0 Field Goal
4 1:21 1:21 OWN 34 3 0 Game

Florida Blazers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:10 3:52 OWN 27 7 73 Touchdown
1 3:56 6:41 OWN 9 13 78 Field Goal
2 10:47 3:42 OWN 25 8 23 Punt
2 5:10 3:13 OWN 42 7 35 Field Goal
2 0:29 0:29 OWN 34 2 12 Half
3 15:00 1:34 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 12:37 1:38 OWN 31 3 8 Punt
3 9:34 1:29 OWN 35 3 10 Punt
3 7:51 2:59 OWN 25 6 5 Punt
3 2:12 3:02 OWN 9 6 7 Punt
4 10:34 3:05 OWN 9 5 14 Punt
4 5:21 3:09 OWN 20 6 15 Interception
4 1:47 0:27 OWN 25 5 42 Downs

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Daniel Bailey 10 25 2.50 10 1 1
Christopher Gray 6 17 2.83 12 1 0
Antoine Smith 6 10 1.67 7 0 0
Bruno Wilson 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
John Black 4 -3 -0.75 1 0 0

Florida Blazers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jaime Giles 9 64 7.11 16 4 0
Steven Kapp 10 52 5.20 19 2 0
Walter Jackson 1 41 41.00 41 1 0
Jordan Devers 6 35 5.83 10 2 0
Douglas Johnson 3 3 1.00 4 0 0
Lorenzo Grant 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Bruno Wilson 11 6 127 0 / 0 1 95 0 125.95
David Schmitt 9 6 80 0 / 0 0 44 0 94.68

Florida Blazers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael London 17 9 131 1 / 8 1 55 0 97.92
Walter Jackson 24 12 69 2 / 15 0 15 1 38.89

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chad Carter 1 95 95.00 95 1
John Martin 2 53 26.50 44 0
Jose Lohman 1 21 21.00 21 0
Daniel Bailey 3 13 4.33 9 0
Antoine Smith 1 11 11.00 11 0
Samuel Rutherford 2 9 4.50 8 0
Christopher Gray 2 5 2.50 3 0

Florida Blazers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jaime Giles 4 95 23.75 55 0
Peter Vargas 1 25 25.00 25 0
Jordan Devers 7 25 3.57 9 0
Roger Schwartz 1 15 15.00 15 0
Lorenzo Grant 2 13 6.50 12 0
Douglas Johnson 2 10 5.00 5 0
Vincent Shor 2 8 4.00 7 1
Richard Lamp 1 6 6.00 6 0
Steven Kapp 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jose Lohman 6 12 0 0
Chad Carter 0 9 0 1
Jack Englert 0 1 0 0
Rick Pugliese 2 0 0 0
Donny Harris 0 1 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 6 0 0
Richard Ruggerio 22 17 0 1
Roger Luke 2 1 0 0
William McMartin 0 2 0 0
Felipe Crowell 0 2 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 2 0 0
James Peeler 1 4 0 0
Corey Norwood 0 2 0 0
John Black 12 2 0 0
Charles May 1 9 0 2
Michael Warren 13 13 0 2
Evan Cunningham 6 12 0 0
Christopher Gray 4 1 0 0
Claude Rose 18 16 0 1
Daniel Bailey 4 5 0 0
Antoine Smith 12 15 0 1
John Martin 0 9 0 0
David Perez 0 8 0 0
Andres Holm 20 23 0 2
Thomas Trombetta 24 27 0 0
James Smith 12 12 0 1
Richard Mosley 25 32 0 2
Donald Bonner 14 15 0 0
Edward Spires 0 1 0 0

Florida Blazers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Terwilliger 34 16 1 4
Alfred Ferguson 24 14 1 1
Travis Pino 0 3 0 0
Peter Vargas 6 18 0 0
William Heller 0 1 0 0
Arthur Strickland 0 4 0 0
Douglas Johnson 4 6 0 0
Jaime Giles 1 0 0 0
Roger Schwartz 0 5 0 0
Troy Hulse 34 13 0 3
Larry McCabe 30 16 0 1
Steven Kapp 6 5 0 0
Richard Lamp 0 11 0 1
Chad Swanson 0 7 0 0
Vincent Shor 0 8 0 0
Edward Booth 29 18 0 1
Dean Park 16 22 0 1
Stanley Thomas 0 4 0 3
Shelby Kemp 0 3 0 0
Jamie Seymour 0 1 0 0
Paul Waller 0 1 0 0
Barry Litchford 0 3 0 0
David Watkins 0 2 0 0
Craig Avery 0 2 0 0
Morris Burbach 0 2 0 0
James Dell 2 5 0 1
David Smith 17 18 0 1
Jordan Devers 14 9 0 1
Larry Buckner 19 23 0 1
Gene Aguilar 19 21 0 0
Peter Kaplan 7 20 0 1
Lorenzo Grant 19 22 0 1
James Foster 20 23 0 2
Jason Brown 10 5 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Elmer Tillman 1 1 1.00 0

Florida Blazers

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Christopher Gray 1 0 0 0
Daniel Bailey 1 1 0 0
Charles May 0 1 0 0
Jack Englert 0 0 1 0

Florida Blazers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jaime Giles 1 0 0 0
Stanley Thomas 0 0 1 0
Dean Park 0 1 0 0

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 9 417 46.33 44.78 56 4

Florida Blazers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Medley 7 334 47.71 47.86 52 3

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 2 / 2

Florida Blazers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Allison 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 1 / 1

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Strickland 2 16 8.0 14 0
Jordan Devers 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Gray 2 55 27.5 0

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Arthur Strickland 1 33 33.0 0

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
James Peeler 8 0
William McMartin 5 0
Kevin Keller 4 0
Jose Sergent 4 3
Roger Luke 4 0
Adam Jones 4 0
Corey Norwood 4 0
Thomas Martin 3 0
Felipe Crowell 2 0
Robert Oakley 2 0
Rick Pugliese 2 0
Richard McCarthy 2 0
Steven Peterson 2 0
Elmer Tillman 2 0
Edward Spires 1 0
Ben Temple 1 0
John Martin 1 0
Samuel Sanjuan 1 0
Bryan Leisure 1 0
Charley Salazar 1 0
Jack Englert 1 0

Florida Blazers

Name Tackles Sacks
George Compton 5 0
Stanley Thomas 4 0
Bernard Washington 4 0
Luther Shoemake 3 0
Robert Miller 3 0
Shelby Kemp 2 0
Floyd Brooks 2 0
William Heller 2 0
Jamie Seymour 2 0
Arthur Shipman 2 0
James Dell 2 0
Derek Bouchard 2 0
Barry Litchford 2 0
Randy Dupree 2 0
Travis Pino 1 0
David Watkins 1 0
Steven Kapp 1 0