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Week 7: San Jose SaberCats at Denver Gold

October 19, 1980
68°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 62,697 (82%)
SaberCats 0 0 0 0 - 0
Gold 0 28 21 10 - 59

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Gold: 3-2-DEN 38 (11:16) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 16-Joseph Garner for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 7 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) Gold: 3-4-DEN 24 (4:55) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 27-Corey True for 76 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 14 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) Gold: 2-1-SJS 27 (2:32) 81-Duane Cunningham ran for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. SJS 67-Frank Wakefield was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DEN 21 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-10-DEN 27 (1:48) 81-Duane Cunningham ran for 73 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 28 SJS 0
(Qtr 3) Gold: 2-2-SJS 41 (11:35) 81-Duane Cunningham ran for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 35 SJS 0
(Qtr 3) Gold: 1-10-SJS 44 (9:43) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 85-John Provencal for 44 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 42 SJS 0
(Qtr 3) Gold: 2-9-SJS 22 (2:45) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 27-Corey True for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 49 SJS 0
(Qtr 4) Gold: 2-2-SJS 11 (10:26) 27-Corey True ran for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 56 SJS 0
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-10-SJS 19 (1:57) 3-Lucio Grant 37 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 59 SJS 0

Team Statistics

Gold SaberCats
First Downs 14 11
- Rushing 8 3
- Passing 6 8
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 704 166
- Offensive Plays 63 70
- Yards Per Play 11.17 2.37
Net Rushing Yards 318 63
- Rushing Attempts 33 15
- Yards Per Rush 9.64 4.20
Net Passing Yards 386 103
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 20 / 1 48 / 24 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 386 155
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 7 / 52
- Yards Per Pass Play 12.87 1.87
- Yards Per Completion 19.30 6.46
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 11 4 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.0 9.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 31 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 9 / 96 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 70
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 2 1 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 21
Time of Possession 31:59 28:01

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:12 1:39 OWN 33 4 37 Punt
1 8:03 3:09 OWN 12 6 70 Interception
1 1:13 1:22 OWN 33 3 8 Punt
2 12:00 0:55 OWN 31 3 69 Touchdown
2 6:47 2:04 OWN 7 4 93 Touchdown
2 3:07 0:41 OPP 36 2 36 Touchdown
2 1:47 0:11 OWN 27 1 73 Touchdown
3 15:00 3:33 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 10:23 0:49 OWN 31 2 69 Touchdown
3 8:18 2:05 OWN 30 3 8 Punt
3 5:32 2:53 OPP 43 5 43 Touchdown
3 1:44 1:32 OWN 21 3 3 Punt
4 14:51 3:15 OWN 31 6 28 Punt
4 11:10 0:49 OPP 20 2 20 Touchdown
4 9:32 1:24 OWN 36 3 -8 Punt
4 7:10 5:16 OWN 26 9 55 Field Goal
4 0:22 0:22 OPP 50 1 0 Game

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:48 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
1 11:33 3:30 OWN 3 5 48 Punt
1 4:54 3:41 OWN 4 5 23 Punt
2 14:51 2:51 OWN 10 6 21 Punt
2 11:05 4:18 OWN 25 8 28 Punt
2 4:43 1:36 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 2:27 0:40 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 1:36 1:36 OWN 25 4 6 Half
3 11:27 1:04 OWN 32 3 -7 Punt
3 9:34 1:17 OWN 21 4 2 Punt
3 6:13 0:40 OWN 17 3 -5 Punt
3 2:39 0:55 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 0:12 0:21 OWN 33 3 -11 Punt
4 11:36 0:26 OWN 20 2 0 Interception
4 10:21 0:50 OWN 25 4 1 Punt
4 8:08 0:57 OWN 26 3 0 Punt
4 1:54 1:31 OWN 25 8 26 Interception

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 16 223 13.94 73 4 3
Corey True 12 51 4.25 14 3 1
Cedric Finn 4 22 5.50 10 1 0
Joseph Dailey 1 22 22.00 22 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 9 36 4.00 9 0 0
David Schmitt 1 11 11.00 11 1 0
Daniel Bailey 3 10 3.33 6 0 0
Antoine Smith 2 6 3.00 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 30 20 386 0 / 0 4 76 1 135.42

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 48 24 155 7 / 52 0 29 2 39.84

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Corey True 5 119 23.80 76 2
John Provencal 2 81 40.50 44 1
Ronald Tatman 3 75 25.00 33 0
Joseph Garner 3 65 21.67 62 1
Duane Cunningham 4 21 5.25 10 0
Michael Sonnenberg 1 17 17.00 17 0
Cedric Finn 1 9 9.00 9 0
Donald Dahlquist 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Perez 3 49 16.33 29 0
Daniel Bailey 9 37 4.11 10 0
Samuel Rutherford 4 26 6.50 12 0
Christopher Gray 3 18 6.00 13 0
Chad Carter 1 16 16.00 16 0
Ray Bryant 1 11 11.00 11 0
Evan Cunningham 1 1 1.00 1 0
John Black 1 0 0.00 0 0
Antoine Smith 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Rolando Moulton 0 3 0 0
Marc Gowdy 12 2 0 0
Clyde Raines 0 2 0 0
Juan Bonnett 0 2 0 0
Gregory Hubbard 0 3 0 0
Joseph Garner 0 21 0 2
Corey True 9 8 0 0
Mitchell Welch 0 4 0 0
George Turner 0 5 0 0
Wayne Postma 14 4 0 0
Don Wilkerson 5 5 0 1
Cedric Finn 9 23 0 1
John Provencal 1 13 0 0
Ronald Tatman 13 33 0 2
John Short 0 3 0 0
William Reaves 6 14 0 0
Kenneth Nelson 34 38 0 0
Donald Dahlquist 38 37 0 1
Keith Barge 42 37 0 5
Duane Cunningham 1 2 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 1 21 0 1
Jonathan Crabtree 35 44 0 3
Charles Martin 26 32 0 3
Gregory Garrison 0 3 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 4 0 0
Joseph Dailey 1 14 0 1
Gabriel Meza 0 4 0 0
Jimmy Williams 0 1 0 1

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dale Gregory 46 14 4 4
Evan Cunningham 16 13 1 1
Robert Trimm 0 4 0 0
John Black 14 2 0 0
Corey Norwood 0 1 0 0
Charles May 0 2 0 0
Eugene Green 6 4 0 0
Chad Carter 0 8 0 0
Antoine Smith 9 11 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 14 0 0
Daniel Bailey 8 3 0 0
Andres Holm 17 5 0 0
Ray Bryant 19 3 0 0
Claude Rose 13 6 0 0
Michael Warren 58 25 0 0
Reginald Sawyers 51 18 0 1
David Perez 0 13 0 0
James Smith 50 27 0 2
Donald Bonner 61 24 0 3
Roger Luke 0 3 0 0
William McMartin 0 3 0 0
Donny Harris 1 1 0 1
Frank Wakefield 0 3 0 0
Christopher Gray 20 18 0 1
James Peeler 7 5 0 0
Paul Maldonado 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Blaine Hernandez 2 2 1.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Oakley 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joseph Dailey 1 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Bryan Leisure 0 0 1 0

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eric Beach 6 252 42.00 38.17 48 3

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 14 643 45.93 39.29 55 2

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 8 / 8

San Jose SaberCats

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 9 96 10.7 39 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Perez 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Daniel Bailey 3 70 23.3 0

Defensive Stats

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Blaine Hernandez 8 1
Danny Simon 5 0
Anthony Mashburn 5 0
Donald Lopez 4 0
Timothy Despres 3 2
Roy Wiley 3 0
Jeffery Mackey 3 1
Albert Donaldson 3 1
Gregory Garrison 2 0
Michael Sonnenberg 2 0
Juan Bonnett 2 0
Kirk Wall 2 0
John Short 1 1
George Turner 1 1
Clyde Raines 1 0
Lucio Grant 1 0
Gregory Hubbard 1 0
Don Wilkerson 1 0
Mitchell Welch 1 0
Gabriel Meza 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Jack Englert 7 0
Bryan Leisure 5 0
William McMartin 5 0
Robert Trimm 4 0
Robert Oakley 4 0
Frank Wakefield 4 0
Adam Jones 3 0
Christopher Gray 3 0
Richard McCarthy 3 0
Samuel Sanjuan 3 0
Ray Bryant 3 0
James Peeler 2 0
Kyle Reed 2 0
Donny Harris 2 0
Paul Maldonado 2 0
Jose Sergent 2 0
Timothy Garcia 1 0