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Week 5: Los Angeles Express at Denver Gold

October 04, 1981
42°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 60,674 (80%)
Express 7 0 0 0 - 7
Gold 14 0 3 9 - 26

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-10-DEN 13 (12:56) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 16-Joseph Garner for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 7 LAX 0
(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-10-DEN 7 (9:07) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 93 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 14 LAX 0
(Qtr 1) Express: 3-2-DEN 16 (0:24) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Dane Britt for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. DEN 14 LAX 7
(Qtr 3) Gold: 4-2-LAX 19 (7:06) 3-Lucio Grant 37 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 17 LAX 7
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-10-DEN 48 (8:44) 8-Gene Nowlin pass INTERCEPTED by 30-Lucius Vernon at DEN 45. 30-Lucius Vernon to LAX 0 for 55 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-4-LAX 15 (3:05) 3-Lucio Grant 34 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 26 LAX 7

Team Statistics

Gold Express
First Downs 7 14
- Rushing 3 4
- Passing 3 10
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 316 226
- Offensive Plays 51 71
- Yards Per Play 6.20 3.18
Net Rushing Yards 51 65
- Rushing Attempts 22 20
- Yards Per Rush 2.32 3.25
Net Passing Yards 265 161
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 15 / 0 44 / 30 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 276 242
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 11 7 / 81
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.14 3.16
- Yards Per Completion 18.40 8.07
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 13 4 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.2 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 25 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 9 / 107
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 55 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 69 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 33
Time of Possession 24:50 35:10

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:55 0:12 OWN 13 1 87 Touchdown
1 9:06 0:13 OWN 7 1 93 Touchdown
1 3:19 1:39 OWN 9 3 10 Punt
1 0:19 1:05 OWN 27 3 -1 Punt
2 9:40 0:50 OWN 8 3 0 Punt
2 7:28 1:28 OWN 5 3 0 Punt
2 3:54 2:07 OWN 40 7 29 Punt
3 15:00 2:12 OWN 22 4 21 Punt
3 10:32 3:30 OWN 46 5 35 Field Goal
3 5:06 1:45 OWN 34 3 6 Punt
4 14:12 1:35 OWN 27 3 -3 Punt
4 11:06 2:22 OWN 13 4 3 Punt
4 8:32 1:19 OPP 25 4 18 Punt
4 7:13 2:09 OWN 32 3 5 Punt
4 4:28 1:26 OPP 21 3 6 Field Goal
4 2:31 0:58 OWN 7 4 19 Punt

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 5 13 Punt
1 12:44 3:38 OWN 25 6 19 Punt
1 8:53 5:34 OWN 25 8 35 Punt
1 1:40 1:21 OPP 24 3 24 Touchdown
2 14:14 4:34 OWN 26 7 26 Punt
2 8:51 1:22 OPP 47 3 9 Punt
2 6:01 2:06 OPP 43 3 10 Missed FG
2 1:47 1:47 OWN 5 3 13 Half
3 12:48 2:16 OWN 17 3 -9 Punt
3 7:02 1:56 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
3 3:21 4:09 OWN 17 8 58 Interception
4 12:37 1:31 OWN 40 3 5 Punt
4 8:44 0:11 OPP 48 1 0 Interception
4 5:04 0:36 OWN 20 4 2 Downs
4 3:02 0:31 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 1:33 1:33 OWN 34 5 26 Game

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 13 61 4.69 13 4 0
Corey True 5 -4 -0.80 5 0 0
Cedric Finn 4 -6 -1.50 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Edward Hill 13 40 3.08 7 0 0
Jason Ferguson 6 22 3.67 9 0 0
Jeffrey Matson 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 27 15 276 1 / 11 2 93 0 115.66
Tyrone Harvell 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 44 30 242 6 / 70 1 29 2 70.45
Nathaniel Cherry 0 0 0 1 / 11 0 - 0 0

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Garner 2 100 50.00 87 1
Michael Sonnenberg 1 93 93.00 93 1
Duane Cunningham 3 17 5.67 10 0
Corey True 1 17 17.00 17 0
Kurt Taylor 4 13 3.25 12 0
Thomas Canale 1 11 11.00 11 0
Jose Buford 1 11 11.00 11 0
Ronald Tatman 1 9 9.00 9 0
Cedric Finn 1 5 5.00 5 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dane Britt 5 70 14.00 29 1
Raymundo Edmonson 6 48 8.00 12 0
Jeffrey Matson 4 45 11.25 20 0
John Evans 5 25 5.00 7 0
Robert Herrera 4 15 3.75 5 0
Robert Munz 2 14 7.00 8 0
Dan Deloney 1 8 8.00 8 0
William Mitchell 1 7 7.00 7 0
Edward Hill 1 5 5.00 5 0
Chester Landes 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Allen 39 17 1 2
Kurt Taylor 9 18 0 4
Gregory Hubbard 0 2 0 0
Kirk Wall 0 1 0 0
Leonel Martinsen 0 1 0 0
Freddie Gilbert 0 1 0 0
Danny Simon 0 1 0 0
Blaine Hernandez 0 1 0 0
George Turner 0 2 0 0
Donald Lopez 0 2 0 0
Jose Buford 0 2 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 2 0 0
Cedric Finn 1 3 0 1
Michael Flores 1 4 0 0
Clyde Raines 0 4 0 0
Juan Bonnett 0 3 0 0
Robert Newton 0 4 0 0
Charles Martin 28 20 0 3
Gregory Garrison 5 5 0 0
Don Wilkerson 0 4 0 0
Joseph Garner 0 13 0 1
Duane Cunningham 2 3 0 0
Joseph Dailey 0 7 0 0
Daniel Seaman 14 4 0 0
Jonathan Crabtree 9 3 0 0
Ronald Tatman 11 17 0 0
Corey True 13 5 0 1
Keith Barge 42 29 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 0 11 0 1
Gilbert Christensen 41 24 0 1
Ronald Sapp 38 32 0 0
Thomas Canale 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Christopher Spotts 57 30 4 5
Edward Hill 9 5 1 3
Leonardo Putnam 54 26 1 2
Tom Campbell 59 29 0 2
Troy Irwin 0 6 0 0
Lamont Stich 0 3 0 0
Stephen Farmer 0 3 0 0
Randall Solis 0 4 0 0
Stephen Coleman 0 4 0 0
Walter Silva 0 2 0 0
Jason Ferguson 7 5 0 1
Emanuel Weaver 0 9 0 0
David Steinman 0 3 0 0
Joshua Lilley 0 1 0 0
Patrick Tobias 2 0 0 0
George Crabb 2 0 0 0
Joseph Deslauriers 0 4 0 0
Dan Deloney 2 4 0 0
Dane Britt 0 7 0 1
Robert Munz 0 8 0 0
Raymundo Edmonson 6 19 0 1
Chester Landes 0 7 0 1
William Mitchell 1 10 0 0
John Evans 0 1 0 0
Martin Hindman 13 1 0 0
Loren Williams 13 0 0 0
Ted Jarrett 26 14 0 1
Maurice Matzke 4 3 0 0
Jeffrey Matson 12 14 0 0
Robert Herrera 0 12 0 0
John Corbin 38 12 0 1
Joseph Thill 50 27 0 1
Carlos Turner 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Lucius Vernon 1 55 55.00 1
Michael Flores 1 14 14.00 0

Los Angeles Express

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Los Angeles Express

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Christopher Khan 11 515 46.82 35.64 64 3

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 10 456 45.60 45.60 63 7

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 2 / 2

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dane Britt 9 107 11.9 37 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 2 55 27.5 0

Los Angeles Express

Defensive Stats

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Kirk Wall 9 0
Michael Flores 6 0
Lucius Vernon 5 0
Donald Lopez 5 0
Timothy Despres 5 2
Corey True 4 0
Blaine Hernandez 3 1
Clyde Raines 3 2
Robert Newton 3 0
Juan Bonnett 3 0
George Turner 2 0
Gregory Garrison 2 0
Gregory Hubbard 2 1
Leonel Martinsen 2 0
Don Wilkerson 2 0
Lewis Wadsworth 1 0
Mitchell Welch 1 0
Daniel Seaman 1 0
Roy Wiley 1 0
Angelo Yeates 1 0
Ronald Tatman 1 0
Danny Simon 1 0
Jeffery Mackey 1 1

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Maurice Matzke 9 0
Stephen Coleman 6 1
Troy Irwin 4 0
Thomas Martin 3 0
Stephen Farmer 3 0
David Steinman 3 0
Carlos Turner 2 0
Lamont Stich 1 0
Chester Landes 1 0
Paul Moore 1 0
Reid Davis 1 0
Thomas Hopper 1 0
Walter Silva 1 0
Gene Nowlin 1 0
Timothy Araujo 1 0
William Theis 1 0