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Week 1: Los Angeles Express at San Jose SaberCats

September 07, 1980
83°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 39,088 (56%)
Express 21 7 7 10 - 45
SaberCats 7 0 7 0 - 14

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Express: 2-1-SJS 1 (11:08) 22-Edward Hill ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 0 LAX 7
(Qtr 1) Express: 3-6-SJS 37 (7:36) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 16-Chester Landes for 37 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 0 LAX 14
(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 3-2-LAX 34 (3:57) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 42-John Black for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 7 LAX 14
(Qtr 1) Express: 1-10-LAX 49 (1:46) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 10-Robert Herrera for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 7 LAX 21
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-10-LAX 10 (3:57) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 10-Robert Herrera for 90 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 7 LAX 28
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 1-10-LAX 15 (8:59) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 83-Jose Lohman for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 14 LAX 28
(Qtr 3) Express: 1-10-LAX 30 (1:17) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 83-Raymundo Edmonson for 70 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 14 LAX 35
(Qtr 4) Express: 1-2-SJS 2 (9:37) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 22-Edward Hill for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 14 LAX 42
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-17-SJS 35 (3:45) 1-Roger Ruzich 52 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 14 LAX 45

Team Statistics

SaberCats Express
First Downs 14 15
- Rushing 2 10
- Passing 12 5
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 374 559
- Offensive Plays 61 62
- Yards Per Play 6.13 9.02
Net Rushing Yards 59 176
- Rushing Attempts 12 39
- Yards Per Rush 4.92 4.51
Net Passing Yards 315 383
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 25 / 1 23 / 18 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 341 383
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 26 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.43 16.65
- Yards Per Completion 13.64 21.28
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 4 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 15 8 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.5 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 45 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 39
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 34 1 / 32
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 24
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 31
Time of Possession 26:28 33:31

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:05 0:49 OWN 25 3 27 Fumble
1 7:30 3:39 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 1:38 1:35 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 11:36 3:13 OWN 14 8 40 Punt
2 6:16 2:20 OWN 25 6 31 Punt
2 3:44 1:52 OWN 18 5 20 Punt
3 15:00 6:06 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
3 5:44 0:47 OWN 12 2 22 Interception
3 4:54 3:37 OWN 0 5 31 Punt
3 1:06 1:06 OWN 11 3 9 Punt
4 9:33 0:44 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
4 3:40 0:19 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 0:34 0:21 OWN 13 3 -5 Punt

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:55 OWN 22 8 78 Touchdown
1 10:17 2:47 OWN 44 6 56 Touchdown
1 3:50 2:12 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 0:03 3:27 OWN 17 6 24 Punt
2 8:23 2:07 OWN 3 4 20 Punt
2 3:56 0:12 OWN 10 1 90 Touchdown
2 1:52 1:52 OWN 18 3 3 Half
3 8:54 3:10 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
3 4:57 0:03 OPP 16 1 0 Interception
3 1:17 0:11 OWN 30 1 70 Touchdown
3 0:00 5:27 OWN 34 9 66 Touchdown
4 8:49 5:08 OWN 40 9 25 Field Goal
4 3:22 2:48 OWN 33 5 18 Punt
4 0:12 0:12 OWN 48 1 6 Game

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 6 31 5.17 11 1 0
Antoine Smith 2 14 7.00 8 0 0
Daniel Bailey 4 14 3.50 9 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 18 102 5.67 21 4 0
Edward Hill 19 68 3.58 13 5 1
Jason Ferguson 2 6 3.00 7 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 47 25 341 2 / 26 2 34 1 81.96

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 23 18 383 0 / 0 5 90 1 140.22

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jose Lohman 3 51 17.00 18 1
John Black 2 51 25.50 34 1
Daniel Bailey 4 49 12.25 27 0
Samuel Rutherford 3 44 14.67 24 0
David Perez 3 42 14.00 27 0
Christopher Gray 3 39 13.00 24 0
John Martin 4 35 8.75 18 0
Chad Carter 2 29 14.50 22 0
Antoine Smith 1 1 1.00 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Herrera 4 151 37.75 90 2
Raymundo Edmonson 2 97 48.50 70 1
Chester Landes 2 42 21.00 37 1
John Evans 3 39 13.00 15 0
Seth Wynn 1 18 18.00 18 0
Edward Hill 2 18 9.00 16 1
Robert Munz 2 17 8.50 14 0
Jeffrey Matson 2 1 0.50 2 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Mosley 52 16 2 2
Michael Warren 58 29 0 1
John Black 5 2 0 0
Claude Rose 2 1 0 0
Thomas Trombetta 3 0 0 0
William McMartin 0 2 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 2 0 0
Robert Trimm 0 2 0 0
Chad Carter 0 1 0 0
Charles May 0 1 0 0
Andres Holm 16 4 0 0
Donny Harris 0 3 0 0
Jose Lohman 13 12 0 0
Donald Bonner 59 18 0 1
Daniel Bailey 8 4 0 0
Antoine Smith 18 12 0 1
Ray Bryant 13 3 0 0
Eugene Green 48 17 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 6 0 0
John Martin 0 18 0 1
David Perez 0 14 0 0
James Smith 43 25 0 3
Christopher Gray 14 9 0 0
Richard McCarthy 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Walter Silva 0 6 0 0
Robert Munz 0 15 0 0
Charles Mancuso 1 2 0 0
Emanuel Weaver 0 2 0 0
Seth Wynn 1 0 0 0
Oscar Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
Patrick Tobias 2 0 0 0
Thomas Martin 0 4 0 0
Robert Falkner 0 4 0 0
Rufus Aguilar 0 1 0 0
Louis Duron 0 3 0 0
Raymundo Edmonson 1 8 0 0
William Mitchell 1 7 0 0
Edgar Austin 6 1 0 0
Martin Hindman 8 3 0 0
Charles Martin 11 0 0 0
Jeffrey Matson 15 23 0 1
Maurice Matzke 0 4 0 2
Harry Brown 0 2 0 0
Robert Herrera 0 27 0 2
Carlos Turner 0 7 0 0
Chester Landes 0 11 0 1
Paul Moore 0 3 0 0
Randall Solis 0 4 0 0
Edward Hill 4 2 0 0
Aaron Johnson 0 5 0 0
Peter Sibley 9 39 0 1
Ted Jarrett 30 37 0 2
Tom Campbell 30 41 0 2
Jose Sherlock 27 42 0 1
Leonardo Putnam 30 43 0 3
Joseph Thill 22 39 0 5
John Evans 0 12 0 0
Joshua Lilley 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Oakley 1 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Harry Brown 1 24 24.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Antoine Smith 1 0 0 0
Christopher Gray 0 0 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Evans 4 4 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 0 1 0
Robert Falkner 0 1 0 0

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 9 422 46.89 43.78 51 2

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 4 178 44.50 44.50 52 3

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

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

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 6 / 6

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Evans 4 39 9.8 12 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Daniel Bailey 2 34 17.0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Munz 1 32 32.0 0

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
William McMartin 9 0
Bryan Leisure 6 0
Adam Jones 6 0
Donny Harris 5 0
Paul Maldonado 4 0
Robert Trimm 4 0
Robert Oakley 3 0
Richard McCarthy 3 0
Jack Englert 3 0
Christopher Gray 2 0
Kyle Reed 2 0
Jose Lohman 2 0
Frank Wakefield 2 0
Eugene Green 1 0
Nickolas Taylor 1 0
Thomas Martin 1 0
James Smith 1 0
Ben Temple 1 0
David Schmitt 1 0
Roger Luke 1 0
Samuel Sanjuan 1 0
John Martin 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Timothy Araujo 7 0
Paul Moore 6 0
Walter Silva 6 0
Maurice Matzke 5 0
Robert Falkner 3 0
Thomas Martin 3 0
Carlos Turner 2 0
Robert Herrera 2 0
Louis Duron 1 1
Emanuel Weaver 1 0
Randall Solis 1 0
David Steinman 1 0
Rufus Aguilar 1 1