Week 1: Portland Storm at Denver Gold

September 07, 1980
71°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 63,370 (83%)
Storm 3 7 0 8 - 18
Gold 7 7 7 12 - 33

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gold: 2-8-POR 9 (3:58) 27-Corey True ran for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 7 POR 0
(Qtr 1) Storm: 4-10-DEN 34 (3:02) 1-Donald Dosch 52 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 7 POR 3
(Qtr 2) Storm: 3-8-DEN 13 (12:47) 4-William Hill pass complete to 42-Joseph West for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. DEN 7 POR 10
(Qtr 2) Gold: 2-12-POR 16 (9:59) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 16-Joseph Garner for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 14 POR 10
(Qtr 3) Gold: 3-5-POR 5 (6:27) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 17-Joseph Dailey for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 21 POR 10
(Qtr 4) Gold: 3-2-POR 2 (2:14) 25-Cedric Finn ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Storm: 2-10-DEN 38 (0:43) 4-William Hill pass complete to 85-Patrick Burke for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 4-William Hill pass complete to 83-James Orourke for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DEN 27 POR 18
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-10-POR 6 (0:19) 4-William Hill pass INTERCEPTED by 44-Donald Lopez at POR 11. 44-Donald Lopez to POR 0 for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Gold Storm
First Downs 17 18
- Rushing 5 4
- Passing 12 14
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 441 387
- Offensive Plays 71 67
- Yards Per Play 6.21 5.78
Net Rushing Yards 140 27
- Rushing Attempts 30 5
- Yards Per Rush 4.67 5.40
Net Passing Yards 301 360
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 23 / 0 60 / 35 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 318 374
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 17 2 / 14
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.34 5.81
- Yards Per Completion 13.83 10.69
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 16 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.8 9.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 13 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 114
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 11 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 2 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 20
Time of Possession 32:27 27:32

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:20 1:31 OWN 23 3 10 Punt
1 8:07 4:13 OWN 2 9 98 Touchdown
1 2:58 1:28 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
2 12:42 2:47 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 9:02 2:19 OWN 25 6 8 Punt
2 2:25 2:25 OWN 6 4 26 Half
3 15:00 3:07 OWN 25 5 30 Punt
3 10:54 4:30 OWN 48 9 52 Touchdown
3 2:43 2:56 OWN 14 8 37 Punt
4 11:11 1:25 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
4 7:28 5:17 OWN 20 11 80 Touchdown
4 0:36 0:18 OPP 42 3 -1 Punt
4 0:11 0:11 OPP 15 3 -13 Game

Portland Storm

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:40 OWN 28 3 4 Punt
1 11:48 3:41 OWN 19 10 38 Punt
1 3:54 0:57 OWN 25 4 40 Field Goal
1 1:30 3:48 OWN 29 8 71 Touchdown
2 9:55 0:53 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 6:43 4:18 OWN 21 8 39 Punt
3 11:53 0:59 OWN 6 3 2 Punt
3 6:24 3:40 OWN 33 6 17 Punt
4 14:47 3:36 OWN 3 6 52 Punt
4 9:46 2:18 OWN 26 5 11 Punt
4 2:11 1:35 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
4 0:18 0:07 OWN 6 1 0 Interception

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Corey True 14 88 6.29 17 3 1
Duane Cunningham 7 32 4.57 9 0 0
Cedric Finn 6 18 3.00 10 1 1
Dustin Nichols 2 3 1.50 3 0 0
Joseph Dailey 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Portland Storm

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Leonard 2 13 6.50 11 1 0
William Hill 2 13 6.50 11 1 0
John Alexander 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 35 20 285 1 / 7 2 50 0 102.68
Adam Cates 4 3 33 1 / 10 0 19 0 98.96

Portland Storm

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Hill 60 35 374 2 / 14 2 38 1 80.83

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ronald Tatman 4 125 31.25 50 0
Joseph Garner 6 87 14.50 27 1
Corey True 5 62 12.40 40 0
Joseph Dailey 3 27 9.00 19 1
Duane Cunningham 2 11 5.50 9 0
Cedric Finn 2 4 2.00 2 0
John Provencal 1 2 2.00 2 0

Portland Storm

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Richard Glasscock 6 76 12.67 26 0
James Orourke 6 65 10.83 21 0
Michael Leonard 8 59 7.38 12 0
Grant Cano 2 38 19.00 36 0
Patrick Burke 1 38 38.00 38 1
Thomas Canale 2 36 18.00 26 0
Jeremiah Henderson 2 25 12.50 13 0
Joseph West 4 19 4.75 13 1
Ivory Villanueva 2 18 9.00 14 0
John Sanders 1 1 1.00 1 0
John Alexander 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Donald Dahlquist 36 27 1 1
John Short 0 1 0 0
John Provencal 1 17 0 0
Roy Wiley 0 1 0 0
Anthony Mashburn 0 1 0 0
Donald Lopez 0 1 0 1
Mitchell Welch 0 1 0 0
Albert Donaldson 0 1 0 0
George Turner 0 1 0 0
Gabriel Meza 0 2 0 0
Joseph Dailey 0 10 0 0
Wayne Postma 8 1 0 0
Kevin Stoneking 0 4 0 0
Robert Ross 0 3 0 0
Cedric Finn 6 13 0 0
Thomas Abbas 13 14 0 0
Juan Bonnett 0 4 0 1
Daniel Seaman 10 4 0 0
Corey True 7 3 0 0
Marc Gowdy 17 7 0 0
Kenneth Nelson 50 34 0 2
Joseph Garner 0 14 0 0
Keith Barge 48 35 0 3
Duane Cunningham 2 2 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 0 14 0 1
Jonathan Crabtree 44 41 0 1
Ronald Tatman 7 24 0 2
Charles Martin 42 30 0 1
Danny Simon 0 1 0 0

Portland Storm

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Daniel Fears 64 16 1 1
Jeremiah Henderson 4 4 1 1
Ernest Huggins 0 4 0 0
Richard Glasscock 0 14 0 0
Patrick Burke 0 1 0 0
Norman Paulk 0 3 0 0
Thomas Canale 0 2 0 0
Willie Brooks 8 1 0 0
John Alexander 8 2 0 0
Grant Cano 0 2 0 0
James Orourke 3 7 0 1
Kenneth Addison 9 0 0 0
Joseph West 33 7 0 1
Robert Brown 73 18 0 0
Samuel Kelley 0 4 0 0
David Sawyer 67 13 0 1
John Sanders 0 15 0 2
Randy Squires 67 19 0 1
Adam Bolding 68 22 0 1
Michael Leonard 18 5 0 0
Theodore Zheng 0 5 0 0
Ray Watson 0 4 0 0
Richard Ross 0 5 0 2
Byron Demott 0 5 0 1
William Bennett 0 5 0 0
Adam Lewis 0 6 0 1
Ivory Villanueva 15 14 0 0
Gilbert Christensen 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Donald Lopez 1 11 11.00 1

Portland Storm

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 1 2 0 0
Roy Wiley 0 0 1 0

Portland Storm

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Grant Cano 1 1 0 0

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eric Beach 7 313 44.71 44.71 49 4

Portland Storm

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Sam Savage 8 349 43.63 39.25 52 3

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Portland Storm

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Dosch 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 2 10 5.0 8 0
Corey True 1 3 3.0 3 0

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Orourke 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Orourke 4 114 28.5 0

Defensive Stats