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Wild Card: Denver Gold at San Jose SaberCats

December 29, 1974
47°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 68,416 (98%)
Gold 8 8 16 8 - 40
SaberCats 14 6 7 0 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 1-10-DEN 33 (14:01) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 12-John Martin for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Tommie Prather. SJS 7 DEN 0
(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-4-SJS 4 (10:26) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 14-William Delatorre for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 86-Jimmy Rupe for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SJS 7 DEN 8
(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 2-5-DEN 14 (4:47) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 11-Russell Clausen to DEN 0 for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Tommie Prather. SJS 14 DEN 8
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-2-DEN 24 (14:25) 9-Tommie Prather 41 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 17 DEN 8
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-15-SJS 32 (11:26) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 14-William Delatorre for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 86-Jimmy Rupe for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SJS 17 DEN 16
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-10-DEN 20 (0:02) 9-Tommie Prather 37 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 20 DEN 16
(Qtr 3) Gold: 1-10-DEN 39 (12:55) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 14-William Delatorre for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! (Hot Read) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 23-Melvin Brown for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SJS 20 DEN 24
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 2-2-DEN 20 (1:03) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 16-David Perez for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Tommie Prather. SJS 27 DEN 24
(Qtr 3) Gold: 2-1-DEN 38 (0:17) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 14-William Delatorre for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! (Hot Read) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 84-Patrick Burke for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Pressure by 94-Craig Edson. SJS 27 DEN 32
(Qtr 4) Gold: 3-7-SJS 20 (10:39) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 18-Leland Dudley for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 23-Melvin Brown for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SJS 27 DEN 40

Team Statistics

SaberCats Gold
First Downs 22 20
- Rushing 2 3
- Passing 20 17
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 467 604
- Offensive Plays 80 80
- Yards Per Play 5.84 7.55
Net Rushing Yards 32 79
- Rushing Attempts 14 15
- Yards Per Rush 2.29 5.27
Net Passing Yards 435 525
- Att/Comp/Int 61 / 37 / 0 63 / 34 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 473 538
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 38 2 / 13
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.59 8.08
- Yards Per Completion 12.78 15.82
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 13 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.1 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 3 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 6 3 / 19
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 88 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 5 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 26
Time of Possession 32:35 27:27

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:00 0:08 OPP 33 1 33 Touchdown
1 10:21 5:38 OWN 20 9 80 Touchdown
1 3:46 4:25 OWN 25 8 52 Field Goal
2 11:20 2:35 OWN 23 5 26 Punt
2 6:24 1:34 OPP 41 3 0 Punt
2 2:20 2:20 OWN 20 7 60 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:06 OWN 25 3 -12 Punt
3 12:46 2:15 OWN 25 3 -11 Punt
3 8:47 1:08 OWN 41 3 -17 Punt
3 6:42 2:55 OWN 12 6 32 Punt
3 2:33 1:35 OWN 36 4 64 Touchdown
3 0:09 1:46 OWN 25 5 13 Punt
4 10:34 2:16 OWN 20 9 74 Downs
4 4:23 0:59 OWN 26 6 39 Downs
4 2:32 0:55 OWN 38 7 9 Downs

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:00 OWN 25 4 52 Downs
1 13:53 3:31 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 4:43 0:57 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 14:21 3:01 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 8:45 2:21 OWN 11 5 31 Downs
2 4:50 2:30 OWN 5 6 42 Punt
3 12:54 0:09 OWN 39 1 61 Touchdown
3 10:30 1:44 OWN 47 6 20 Missed FG
3 7:39 0:58 OWN 32 4 14 Punt
3 3:46 1:13 OWN 7 6 12 Punt
3 0:58 0:50 OWN 29 2 71 Touchdown
4 13:22 2:48 OWN 20 7 80 Touchdown
4 8:18 3:55 OWN 4 9 54 Fumble
4 3:24 0:53 OWN 45 2 9 Fumble
4 1:37 1:37 OPP 48 5 11 Game

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Lynwood Skelton 11 35 3.18 11 1 0
Johnathan Whitfield 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Rodney Roger 2 -8 -4.00 -1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ray Bryant 11 69 6.27 15 2 0
Alan Scurry 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
Agustin Crook 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Antonio Wilson 50 31 408 4 / 30 3 37 0 107.75
Luke Figueiredo 11 6 65 1 / 8 0 25 0 72.16

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Agustin Crook 63 34 538 2 / 13 5 62 0 109.09

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Russell Clausen 13 207 15.92 37 1
John Martin 5 87 17.40 33 1
David Perez 8 83 10.38 25 1
Jose Lohman 5 36 7.20 11 0
William Kendrick 2 21 10.50 11 0
Lynwood Skelton 1 15 15.00 15 0
Rodney Roger 1 9 9.00 9 0
Joseph Sanders 1 8 8.00 8 0
Ken Dyke 1 7 7.00 7 0

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Delatorre 7 205 29.29 62 4
Leland Dudley 9 153 17.00 30 1
Patrick Burke 6 82 13.67 44 0
Jimmy Rupe 5 48 9.60 20 0
Joshua Harper 3 22 7.33 13 0
Cleo Davis 1 14 14.00 14 0
Ray Bryant 1 10 10.00 10 0
Melvin Brown 2 4 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Johnson 0 0 3 0
John Abdallah 0 0 2 0

Denver Gold

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Denver Gold

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Cooper 0 1 1 0
Cesar Collins 0 1 0 0
Richard Rodriguez 0 0 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Alan Scurry 1 0 0 0
Ray Bryant 1 0 0 0

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 7 339 48.43 43.57 63 2

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Gillespie 4 197 49.25 41.50 58 1

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 3 / 3

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Neal Bateman 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 - 0 / 0

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lynwood Skelton 2 6 3.0 5 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Hector Morris 3 19 6.3 7 0

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lynwood Skelton 4 88 22.0 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Hector Morris 1 37 37.0 0

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Rodriguez 6 0
Brian Vazquez 5 0
Bryan Leisure 4 0
Paul Reed 4 0
Anthony Smith 3 0
Matthew Johnson 2 0
John Luckey 2 1
Frank Wakefield 2 0
Tony Newby 2 0
Cesar Collins 2 0
David Cooper 2 1
John Martin 1 0
Richard Sykes 1 0
Raymond Lusk 1 0
Leonard Huhn 1 0
Elmo Mixon 1 0
Jeffery Mackey 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Donald Lopez 9 0
Alfred White 8 0
James Johnson 7 0
Douglas Cotter 5 1
Mathew Snow 4 0
Keith Marsh 4 0
Dennis Rivas 3 3
Stephen Taylor 3 1
Gary Brown 3 0
Jimmy Rupe 2 0
Samuel Kelley 2 0
Ryan Willey 2 0
David Aguila 1 0
Jeremy Clark 1 0
George Compton 1 0
Daniel Holt 1 0
William Delatorre 1 0
Aaron Dutton 1 0
Daniel Gilstrap 1 0