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Week 8: Denver Gold at New Jersey Generals

October 24, 1982
66°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 74,736 (93%)
Gold 7 6 0 12 - 25
Generals 3 14 7 6 - 30

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-2-DEN 18 (10:43) 3-Lucio Grant 36 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 DEN 0
(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-1-NJG 0 (2:43) 81-Duane Cunningham ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Ralph Lopez. NJG 3 DEN 7
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-12-DEN 12 (11:39) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 84-Leroy Selmon for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 10 DEN 7
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-10-DEN 25 (11:36) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 85-Jose Buford for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-10-DEN 25 (8:09) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 44-Magic Johnson for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 17 DEN 13
(Qtr 3) Generals: 2-10-DEN 21 (0:43) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 85-Chad Ochocinco to DEN 0 for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 24 DEN 13
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-23-DEN 28 (5:43) 3-Lucio Grant 46 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 27 DEN 13
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-9-DEN 26 (3:48) 3-Lucio Grant 44 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 30 DEN 13
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-10-DEN 22 (3:41) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 85-Jose Buford for 78 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-10-DEN 6 (2:03) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 16-Joseph Garner for 94 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Generals Gold
First Downs 16 8
- Rushing 5 0
- Passing 9 8
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 288 412
- Offensive Plays 81 63
- Yards Per Play 3.56 6.54
Net Rushing Yards 85 33
- Rushing Attempts 36 11
- Yards Per Rush 2.36 3.00
Net Passing Yards 203 379
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 24 / 0 50 / 23 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 236 398
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 33 2 / 19
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.51 7.29
- Yards Per Completion 9.83 17.30
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 19 3 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 8.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 25 4 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 7 / 53 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 53 2 / 50
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 22 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 43 OWN 21
Time of Possession 40:08 19:50

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:21 OWN 25 8 57 Field Goal
1 9:51 2:19 OWN 33 5 34 Missed FG
1 2:41 6:05 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
2 11:23 3:20 OWN 31 6 69 Touchdown
2 6:27 2:12 OWN 23 3 -3 Punt
2 1:58 1:42 OWN 13 6 15 Punt
3 14:03 2:44 OWN 36 5 7 Punt
3 10:25 0:55 OWN 45 3 7 Punt
3 8:36 0:48 OWN 34 3 3 Punt
3 6:55 1:40 OWN 49 3 -7 Punt
3 4:20 2:05 OWN 47 3 0 Punt
3 0:44 0:06 OPP 21 2 21 Touchdown
3 0:26 3:20 OWN 28 6 8 Punt
4 10:49 2:04 OWN 26 3 1 Punt
4 8:16 2:37 OPP 20 5 -8 Field Goal
4 5:13 1:28 OPP 27 3 1 Field Goal
4 3:29 1:27 OPP 44 3 5 Punt
4 1:50 0:26 OWN 45 3 5 Punt
4 0:29 0:29 OPP 18 1 0 Game

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:39 0:48 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 7:32 4:52 OWN 40 12 60 Touchdown
2 11:35 0:12 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 8:03 1:36 OWN 18 3 8 Punt
2 4:15 2:16 OWN 37 3 5 Punt
2 0:16 0:16 OWN 31 3 18 Half
3 15:00 0:57 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 11:19 0:54 OWN 12 3 2 Punt
3 9:30 0:54 OWN 14 3 9 Punt
3 7:47 0:52 OWN 12 3 4 Punt
3 5:16 0:55 OWN 14 3 -4 Punt
3 2:15 1:31 OWN 9 3 3 Interception
3 0:38 0:12 OWN 25 2 41 Interception
4 12:06 1:18 OWN 26 4 6 Punt
4 8:45 0:28 OWN 27 2 0 Interception
4 5:39 0:26 OWN 25 3 2 Interception
4 3:45 0:15 OWN 22 1 78 Touchdown
4 2:03 0:13 OWN 6 1 94 Touchdown
4 1:24 0:55 OWN 14 5 10 Downs

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Magic Johnson 14 30 2.14 11 1 0
Rudi Johnson 12 27 2.25 9 0 0
James Roberson 8 24 3.00 18 1 0
Snake Plissken 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Stephan Labelle 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 6 27 4.50 9 0 1
Matthew Kluesner 5 6 1.20 4 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Stephan Labelle 41 24 236 4 / 33 3 26 0 99.24

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 45 23 398 1 / 9 3 94 2 85.23
David Judkins 5 0 0 1 / 10 0 - 2 0.00

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Magic Johnson 5 67 13.40 26 1
Leroy Selmon 7 52 7.43 16 1
Chad Ochocinco 4 43 10.75 21 1
Aaron Paul 2 29 14.50 16 0
Justin Timberlake 2 25 12.50 17 0
Rudi Johnson 2 11 5.50 8 0
Kenneth William 2 9 4.50 7 0

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jose Buford 6 225 37.50 78 2
Joseph Garner 3 113 37.67 94 1
Matthew Kluesner 6 22 3.67 13 0
Joseph Dailey 2 15 7.50 14 0
Michael Sonnenberg 1 9 9.00 9 0
Duane Cunningham 4 8 2.00 5 0
Jared Kelly 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jimmy Hoffa 63 37 2 3
Kent Hull 61 44 1 3
Eddie Head 63 41 1 1
James McDevitt 14 5 0 0
Tony Berryhill 2 1 0 0
Kerry Justin 0 2 0 0
Barry Noland 0 1 0 0
John Jolley 0 1 0 0
Bob Marley 0 2 0 0
James Worthy 0 3 0 0
Bruce Dickinson 0 7 0 0
Ernest Huggins 0 6 0 0
Carlos Zambrano 0 4 0 0
James Roberson 3 3 0 0
Roy Sullivan 0 4 0 0
Lawrence Allen 0 2 0 0
Johnny Fever 0 3 0 0
James Lockette 0 1 0 0
John Joyce 0 1 0 0
Indiana Jones 0 5 0 1
Dustin Diamond 10 4 0 0
Bon Scott 0 4 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 9 0 0
Elvis Presley 61 39 0 3
Snake Plissken 24 31 0 5
Dusty Baker 61 36 0 2
Steve Jobs 0 2 0 0
Rudi Johnson 5 2 0 0
Kenneth William 0 4 0 0
Leroy Selmon 3 31 0 1
Justin Timberlake 0 14 0 0
Daniel Tosh 0 8 0 1
Magic Johnson 3 1 0 0
Andrew Zeller 18 1 0 0
Aaron Paul 0 6 0 0
Bobby Leopold 0 7 0 1
Gary Barbaro 0 4 0 1
Mike Weddington 0 4 0 0
Jim LeClair 0 3 0 1
Mike Williams 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Greg Brady 18 3 1 1
Paul Allen 52 17 1 1
Ronald Sapp 56 19 0 0
Jared Kelly 0 1 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 1 0 0
Nathan Branch 0 1 0 1
John Perkins 4 0 0 0
Jose Buford 0 4 0 1
Julian Dejesus 1 2 0 0
Étienne Boulay 5 4 0 0
Michael Flores 0 3 0 0
Gregory Garrison 0 4 0 0
Clyde Raines 0 2 0 0
Don Wilkerson 0 3 0 0
Duane Cunningham 4 5 0 0
Gregory Hubbard 0 2 0 0
Charles Martin 13 0 0 0
Joseph Garner 0 5 0 0
Daniel Tedrow 0 3 0 0
Joseph Dailey 3 4 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 1 2 0 0
Joseph Frost 16 3 0 0
Ronald Tatman 11 18 0 0
Jonathan Crabtree 58 22 0 0
Gilbert Christensen 51 15 0 2
Matthew Kluesner 11 9 0 0
Daniel Seaman 48 18 0 1
Joe Cerna 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mike Williams 1 21 21.00 0
Gary Barbaro 1 1 1.00 0
Kerry Justin 1 0 0.00 0
Indiana Jones 1 0 0.00 0

Denver Gold

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Rudi Johnson 1 0 0 0
James Roberson 0 2 0 0
Bob Marley 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Julian Dejesus 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 11 453 41.18 41.18 51 7

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Desantiago 9 432 48.00 42.89 51 1

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 3 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 1 46 3 / 3

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ralph Lopez 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 2

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Aaron Paul 7 53 7.6 12 0

Denver Gold

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Aaron Paul 2 53 26.5 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 2 50 25.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Bruce Dickinson 5 0
Mike Williams 5 0
Daniel Tosh 4 0
Indiana Jones 4 0
John Joyce 3 0
Bon Scott 2 0
James Lockette 2 1
Dustin Diamond 2 0
Gary Barbaro 2 0
Mike Weddington 1 0
Kerry Justin 1 0
John Jolley 1 0
James Worthy 1 0
Ernest Huggins 1 1

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Julian Dejesus 9 0
Michael Flores 8 0
George Turner 8 0
Robert Newton 6 0
Étienne Boulay 6 0
Don Wilkerson 5 0
Blaine Hernandez 5 0
Roy Wiley 4 0
Timothy Despres 3 2
Nathan Branch 3 1
Gregory Garrison 3 0
Gregory Hubbard 3 1
Ronald Tatman 2 0
Donald Lopez 2 0
Joseph Dailey 1 0
Charles Martin 1 0
Kirk Wall 1 0
Clyde Raines 1 0
Dustin Nichols 1 0
Jared Kelly 1 0
Daniel Seaman 1 0
Joseph Garner 1 0