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Week 1: Denver Gold at Arizona Wranglers

September 06, 1981
98°
Sun Devil Stadium (Tempe, AZ) Attendance: 59,916 (86%)
Gold 21 10 7 0 - 38
Wranglers 14 3 7 9 - 33

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-9-ARZ 9 (10:16) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. ARZ 0 DEN 7
(Qtr 1) Wranglers: 1-5-DEN 5 (5:39) 21-Quincy White ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. ARZ 7 DEN 7
(Qtr 1) Gold: 3-10-ARZ 30 (2:56) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 85-Jose Buford for 30 yards. 85-Jose Buford made a spectacular diving catch! TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. ARZ 7 DEN 14
(Qtr 1) Wranglers: 1-10-ARZ 25 (2:52) 2-Jerry Montalvo pass complete to 80-Cory Robinzine for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. ARZ 14 DEN 14
(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-10-DEN 38 (1:57) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 25-Cedric Finn for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. ARZ 14 DEN 21
(Qtr 2) Wranglers: 4-1-DEN 29 (12:22) 8-Anthony Schaefer 47 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 17 DEN 21
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-6-ARZ 6 (6:52) 81-Duane Cunningham ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. ARZ 17 DEN 28
(Qtr 2) Gold: 4-3-ARZ 14 (0:39) 3-Lucio Grant 32 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 17 DEN 31
(Qtr 3) Gold: 1-7-ARZ 7 (10:51) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 16-Joseph Garner for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. ARZ 17 DEN 38
(Qtr 3) Wranglers: 3-9-DEN 9 (4:46) 2-Jerry Montalvo pass complete to 21-Quincy White for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. ARZ 24 DEN 38
(Qtr 4) Wranglers: 4-10-DEN 14 (14:24) 8-Anthony Schaefer 32 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 27 DEN 38
(Qtr 4) Wranglers: 4-8-DEN 8 (4:19) 2-Jerry Montalvo pass complete to 82-Joshua Wright for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Wranglers Gold
First Downs 18 23
- Rushing 5 8
- Passing 12 15
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 581 563
- Offensive Plays 64 72
- Yards Per Play 9.08 7.82
Net Rushing Yards 125 141
- Rushing Attempts 23 26
- Yards Per Rush 5.43 5.42
Net Passing Yards 456 422
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 25 / 1 43 / 26 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 476 450
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 20 3 / 28
- Yards Per Pass Play 11.12 9.17
- Yards Per Completion 19.04 17.31
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 8 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 6.7
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 50 2 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 8 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 19 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 3 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 29
Time of Possession 29:15 30:44

Drive Charts

Arizona Wranglers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:04 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 10:13 4:37 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 2:51 0:09 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 1:46 4:27 OWN 13 8 58 Field Goal
2 10:50 1:59 OWN 19 5 32 Interception
2 6:49 3:10 OWN 25 5 31 Punt
2 0:36 0:36 OWN 25 2 1 Half
3 10:49 2:48 OWN 25 4 28 Punt
3 7:40 2:58 OWN 32 6 68 Touchdown
3 1:51 2:31 OWN 20 4 66 Field Goal
4 11:34 0:15 OWN 21 3 0 Punt
4 7:43 3:27 OWN 8 9 92 Touchdown
4 1:42 0:14 OWN 15 4 15 Downs

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:56 2:43 OWN 18 5 82 Touchdown
1 5:36 2:45 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 2:42 0:56 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
2 12:19 1:28 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 8:52 2:03 OWN 39 5 61 Touchdown
2 3:39 3:03 OWN 20 9 66 Field Goal
3 15:00 4:11 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
3 8:00 0:20 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
3 4:42 2:51 OWN 25 6 24 Punt
4 14:21 2:47 OWN 25 5 8 Punt
4 11:19 3:35 OWN 24 8 30 Punt
4 4:16 2:34 OWN 25 9 52 Fumble
4 1:28 1:28 OPP 23 3 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Quincy White 16 83 5.19 11 1 1
Steve Cody 1 25 25.00 25 1 0
Kevin Leech 2 9 4.50 6 0 0
Joseph West 4 8 2.00 4 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 15 80 5.33 13 3 1
Corey True 6 57 9.50 19 3 0
Cedric Finn 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Dustin Nichols 4 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jerry Montalvo 38 25 476 3 / 20 3 75 1 124.34

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 43 26 450 3 / 28 4 62 0 127.08

Receiving Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Cory Robinzine 10 193 19.30 75 1
Quincy White 4 124 31.00 66 1
Daniel Smith 4 74 18.50 32 0
Joseph West 4 73 18.25 28 0
Joshua Wright 1 8 8.00 8 1
Steve Cody 1 5 5.00 5 0
Kevin Leech 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Cedric Finn 5 132 26.40 62 1
Ronald Tatman 4 86 21.50 42 0
Joseph Dailey 2 74 37.00 42 0
Michael Sonnenberg 4 58 14.50 34 1
Jose Buford 1 30 30.00 30 1
Kurt Taylor 2 29 14.50 20 0
Joseph Garner 3 21 7.00 13 1
Duane Cunningham 5 20 4.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Louis Gray 43 34 2 3
Joseph West 16 25 0 1
William Brogden 4 0 0 0
Michael Washington 1 0 0 0
Tony Lehman 1 0 0 0
Kevin Leech 1 0 0 0
Thomas Esposito 0 3 0 0
Joshua Wright 2 6 0 0
Clayton Fowler 1 1 0 0
Teodoro Holland 0 1 0 0
Steve Cody 0 15 0 0
William McEachin 4 1 0 0
Randall Simmons 4 2 0 0
Larry Gantt 4 2 0 0
Joseph Graham 4 3 0 0
Brian Buckley 46 33 0 2
Johnny Harkins 4 6 0 0
Anthony Crow 4 0 0 0
Dennis Houde 0 4 0 0
Quincy White 5 13 0 0
William Johnson 2 3 0 0
Jonathan Bain 40 27 0 2
Louis Laine 40 31 0 1
Anthony Clubb 43 35 0 1
Daniel Smith 2 27 0 0
Jeff Speck 4 12 0 0
Cory Robinzine 0 26 0 0
William Dortch 0 1 0 1

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ronald Sapp 56 42 1 1
Paul Allen 56 24 1 4
Charles Martin 45 28 0 1
Jose Buford 0 2 0 0
Roy Wiley 0 1 0 0
Gregory Hubbard 0 1 0 0
Jonathan Crabtree 1 0 0 0
Kurt Taylor 4 14 0 0
Duane Cunningham 7 3 0 0
Donald Dahlquist 11 10 0 0
Cedric Finn 9 16 0 0
Keith Barge 13 2 0 0
Ronald Tatman 8 26 0 1
Michael Sonnenberg 0 17 0 2
Corey True 14 3 0 0
Gilbert Christensen 51 26 0 1
Daniel Seaman 50 29 0 1
Joseph Garner 0 26 0 2
Joseph Dailey 0 9 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Flores 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joseph Graham 0 0 1 0
Anthony Crow 0 1 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Dustin Nichols 1 0 0 0
Duane Cunningham 1 0 0 0
Corey True 0 1 0 0

Punting

Arizona Wranglers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Rankin 4 197 49.25 38.50 55 1

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Christopher Khan 5 238 47.60 42.00 55 2

Kicking

Arizona Wranglers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Anthony Schaefer 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 3 / 3

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 5 / 5

Punt Return

Arizona Wranglers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Leech 2 8 4.0 7 0

Denver Gold

Kick Return

Arizona Wranglers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Quincy White 1 19 19.0 0

Denver Gold

Defensive Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Tackles Sacks
William Dortch 12 0
Anthony Crow 6 0
Jeffrey Crossman 5 0
Joseph Graham 4 1
James Jones 4 0
Larry Gantt 4 1
William Brogden 3 0
Christopher Johnson 2 0
Johnny Harkins 2 1
Joseph West 1 0
Randall Simmons 1 0
Daryl Henderson 1 0
Elvin Estrada 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Don Wilkerson 9 0
Kirk Wall 7 0
Michael Flores 5 0
Roy Wiley 5 0
Blaine Hernandez 4 1
Danny Simon 4 0
Mitchell Welch 2 0
Timothy Despres 2 1
Lewis Wadsworth 2 0
George Turner 2 0
Robert Newton 1 0
Gregory Garrison 1 0
Gregory Hubbard 1 0
Freddie Gilbert 1 1
Joseph Dailey 1 0
Juan Bonnett 1 0
Duane Cunningham 1 0
Donald Lopez 1 0