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Week 2: San Jose SaberCats at Cleveland Thunderbolts

September 11, 1983
68°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 62,940 (78%)
SaberCats 0 7 7 0 - 14
Thunderbolts 3 0 0 3 - 6

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 4-10-SJS 14 (4:46) 7-Gary Spence 31 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 3 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 3-1-CLE 34 (15:00) 6-Gregory Skidmore pass complete to 34-Robert Whitehead for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. CLE 3 SJS 7
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 2-6-CLE 10 (5:56) 6-Gregory Skidmore pass complete to 89-Edward Morris for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. CLE 3 SJS 14
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-12-SJS 14 (13:50) 7-Gary Spence 31 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 6 SJS 14

Team Statistics

Thunderbolts SaberCats
First Downs 7 17
- Rushing 3 5
- Passing 3 12
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 98 313
- Offensive Plays 40 66
- Yards Per Play 2.45 4.74
Net Rushing Yards 38 75
- Rushing Attempts 27 28
- Yards Per Rush 1.41 2.68
Net Passing Yards 60 238
- Att/Comp/Int 13 / 7 / 1 36 / 33 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 60 262
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 24
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.62 6.26
- Yards Per Completion 8.57 7.94
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 10 6 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.0 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 13 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 62
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 34 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 31
Time of Possession 22:30 37:31

Drive Charts

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:30 3:15 OWN 11 5 21 Punt
1 5:24 0:42 OPP 13 3 0 Field Goal
2 14:53 1:22 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 11:57 2:08 OWN 27 3 10 Punt
2 4:09 2:09 OWN 11 3 -6 Punt
2 0:13 0:13 OWN 3 1 1 Half
3 15:00 1:25 OWN 25 3 19 Interception
3 11:23 2:02 OWN 9 3 3 Punt
3 5:53 7:06 OWN 25 13 61 Field Goal
4 7:46 2:08 OWN 11 3 -2 Punt

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:30 OWN 23 5 18 Punt
1 8:16 2:51 OWN 20 5 22 Interception
1 4:42 4:50 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 13:31 1:34 OWN 23 3 1 Punt
2 9:49 5:40 OWN 15 8 38 Punt
2 2:00 1:47 OWN 41 5 4 Punt
3 13:35 2:12 OPP 45 3 7 Punt
3 9:21 3:28 OWN 39 7 61 Touchdown
4 13:46 6:01 OWN 25 9 28 Punt
4 5:38 5:38 OWN 44 13 53 Game

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Samuel Draper 19 23 1.21 8 0 0
Chris Miller 7 12 1.71 14 1 0
Paul Bullard 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Desmond Kirkland 17 57 3.35 11 2 0
Antoine Smith 3 9 3.00 9 0 0
Kenneth Anderson 6 9 1.50 5 0 0
Gregory Skidmore 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Fred Murphy 13 7 60 0 / 0 0 14 1 34.13

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gregory Skidmore 36 33 262 2 / 24 2 34 1 103.94

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chris Miller 1 14 14.00 14 0
Jose Beamon 1 14 14.00 14 0
Paul Bullard 1 13 13.00 13 0
Jesse Thompson 1 8 8.00 8 0
Austin Gonzales 1 7 7.00 7 0
Randy Christmas 2 4 2.00 2 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Desmond Kirkland 9 60 6.67 20 0
Herbert Schuler 6 42 7.00 10 0
David Perez 4 39 9.75 17 0
Robert Whitehead 2 33 16.50 34 1
Edward Morris 3 32 10.67 13 1
Chad Carter 4 28 7.00 8 0
Kenneth Anderson 4 21 5.25 14 0
Evan Cunningham 1 7 7.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Randy Christmas 7 21 0 0
George Soto 8 3 0 0
Michael Rodriguez 2 1 0 0
Paul Bullard 0 6 0 0
Arnold Obrien 0 1 0 0
Richard Randall 0 1 0 0
Wilfred Woolard 0 1 0 0
Donald Jackson 0 1 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 1 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 0
Douglas Trump 8 4 0 0
Edward Costa 11 4 0 1
Bryan Dunn 6 6 0 0
Chris Miller 9 9 0 1
Samuel Draper 6 6 0 0
Jose Beamon 0 6 0 0
Jason Nunn 21 27 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 11 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 6 0 0
Jesse Thompson 3 12 0 0
Bruce Holland 11 25 0 11
Jonathan Martinez 13 28 0 0
Tom Moore 13 29 0 4
Peter Vargas 19 29 0 3
Ryan Woods 0 5 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Herring 11 8 1 1
Brian Woodbury 42 37 1 4
Desmond Kirkland 3 1 0 0
Robert Whitehead 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Anderson 4 3 0 0
Chad Carter 0 25 0 2
Richard Bruce 11 3 0 1
Edward Morris 0 10 0 0
David Perez 0 24 0 2
Herbert Schuler 18 36 0 0
Antoine Smith 23 16 0 1
Evan Cunningham 6 6 0 0
Earl Murtagh 8 10 0 0
Michael Warren 37 36 0 4
Claude Rose 36 34 0 3
Ezra Baumgardner 0 4 0 1
Eric Comfort 0 3 0 0
Paul Maldonado 1 2 0 0
Roger Luke 2 2 0 0
William McMartin 0 2 0 0
Galen Cummins 0 2 0 0
James Smith 42 38 0 3
Richard Mosley 30 33 0 1
Gilberto Rigdon 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Rafael White 1 34 34.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Paul Maldonado 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Gray 0 0 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Desmond Kirkland 1 0 0 0
Edward Morris 0 1 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 6 295 49.17 49.17 53 1

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Downey 6 248 41.33 41.33 51 5

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 31 0 / 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Anthony Schaefer 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

San Jose SaberCats

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Edward Morris 2 62 31.0 0

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Steven Flanagan 8 0
Richard Randall 8 0
Rafael White 6 0
Corey Zelaya 6 0
Oliver Serrano 5 0
Mark Kelly 4 1
Wilfred Woolard 3 0
Michael Gray 3 0
Arnold Obrien 3 0
Charles Malizia 3 0
Donald Jackson 2 0
Michael Rodriguez 2 0
Jim Zarate 2 0
Kevin Hudson 2 0
Peter Edge 1 0
Charles Garcia 1 1
Randy Christmas 1 0
Nathan McCabe 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Nickolas Taylor 10 0
William McMartin 4 0
Gilberto Rigdon 4 0
Jeffrey Keeley 3 0
Eric Comfort 3 0
Roger Luke 3 0
Ezra Baumgardner 2 0
Douglas Carrigan 2 0
Paul Maldonado 1 0
Gregory Skidmore 1 0
David Myers 1 0