World Bowl XXXVI: New Jersey Generals vs. Denver Gold

January 22, 1984
71°
Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) Attendance: 69,008 (100%)
Generals 7 14 3 13 - 37
Gold 7 0 7 8 - 22

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 2-4-DEN 4 (7:01) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 12-Aaron Paul for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 0 NJG 7
(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-10-NJG 11 (1:44) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Samuel Hoye. DEN 51-Paul Allen was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DEN 7 NJG 7
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-10-DEN 12 (12:09) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 17-Steve Jobs for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 7 NJG 14
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-7-DEN 7 (5:23) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 89-Justin Timberlake for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 7 NJG 21
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-4-DEN 13 (11:02) 3-Lucio Grant 31 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 7 NJG 24
(Qtr 3) Gold: 3-10-NJG 14 (7:16) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 27-Corey True for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Samuel Hoye. DEN 14 NJG 24
(Qtr 4) Generals: 1-6-DEN 6 (15:00) 44-Magic Johnson ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. DEN 14 NJG 31
(Qtr 4) Gold: 2-8-NJG 8 (13:40) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 81-Duane Cunningham for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DEN 22 NJG 31
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-1-DEN 18 (8:56) 3-Lucio Grant 35 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 22 NJG 34
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-8-DEN 26 (1:13) 3-Lucio Grant 43 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 22 NJG 37

Team Statistics

Gold Generals
First Downs 11 24
- Rushing 3 9
- Passing 8 14
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 307 403
- Offensive Plays 53 76
- Yards Per Play 5.79 5.30
Net Rushing Yards 43 159
- Rushing Attempts 12 35
- Yards Per Rush 3.58 4.54
Net Passing Yards 264 244
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 24 / 4 40 / 32 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 264 255
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.44 5.95
- Yards Per Completion 11.00 7.97
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 11 9 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.1 5.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 5 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 57
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 4 / 2
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 4 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 43
Time of Possession 19:36 40:25

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 6:58 5:17 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
2 12:05 2:51 OWN 25 5 18 Interception
2 5:20 3:26 OWN 25 6 17 Punt
3 15:00 0:42 OWN 25 2 9 Interception
3 10:59 3:47 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
4 14:57 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 14:10 0:33 OWN 31 3 69 Touchdown
4 8:53 0:51 OWN 25 4 16 Interception
4 5:10 1:50 OWN 20 7 34 Downs
4 1:09 0:14 OWN 25 4 16 Downs

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 8:02 OWN 25 14 75 Touchdown
1 1:41 4:37 OWN 27 9 73 Touchdown
2 9:13 3:54 OWN 48 8 52 Touchdown
2 1:53 1:53 OWN 9 5 5 Half
3 14:18 3:19 OPP 38 5 25 Field Goal
3 7:12 7:15 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
4 14:52 0:43 OPP 32 2 -1 Interception
4 13:37 4:44 OWN 25 7 58 Field Goal
4 8:02 2:52 OWN 48 6 14 Punt
4 3:20 2:11 OPP 42 6 16 Field Goal
4 0:55 0:55 OPP 25 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Corey True 8 30 3.75 8 0 0
Duane Cunningham 3 11 3.67 13 1 0
Denver Siegel 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 11 87 7.91 37 2 0
Magic Johnson 14 66 4.71 10 2 1
Robert Kistler 7 7 1.00 4 0 0
Stephan Labelle 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Ric Flair 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 40 24 264 0 / 0 3 65 4 65.00
Walton Vasquez 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Stephan Labelle 40 32 255 1 / 11 3 23 1 107.81

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Garner 5 96 19.20 65 0
Denver Siegel 2 43 21.50 40 0
Michael Sonnenberg 3 39 13.00 20 2
Duane Cunningham 6 37 6.17 17 0
Corey True 3 30 10.00 14 1
Jose Buford 3 15 5.00 11 0
Ronald Tatman 2 4 2.00 2 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rudi Johnson 7 75 10.71 16 0
Leroy Selmon 8 58 7.25 15 0
Steve Jobs 4 32 8.00 12 1
Justin Timberlake 2 30 15.00 23 1
Robert Kistler 2 26 13.00 22 0
Aaron Paul 2 15 7.50 11 1
Radar O'Reilly 4 8 2.00 3 0
Magic Johnson 1 7 7.00 7 0
Ric Flair 1 3 3.00 3 0
Chad Ochocinco 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ronald Tatman 5 18 0 0
Duane Cunningham 2 4 0 0
Étienne Boulay 0 1 0 1
Clyde Raines 0 1 0 0
Timothy Despres 0 1 0 0
George Turner 0 1 0 0
Nathan Branch 0 1 0 0
Tim Horton 0 1 0 0
Joseph Dailey 0 1 0 0
John Perkins 2 0 0 0
Brian Buckley 6 4 0 0
Charles Martin 7 0 0 0
Paul Allen 36 16 0 1
Denver Siegel 16 5 0 0
Corey True 5 6 0 2
Michael Sonnenberg 0 11 0 0
Matthew Kluesner 3 8 0 0
Jose Buford 0 8 0 1
Daniel Seaman 41 20 0 0
Joseph Garner 0 14 0 0
Jonathan Crabtree 41 23 0 0
Gilbert Christensen 38 18 0 0
Carl Denning 39 16 0 1
Chad Kroeger 0 1 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Don "Donkey" Kong 46 36 1 3
Jimmy Hoffa 45 37 0 4
Ernest Huggins 0 1 0 0
Bob Marley 0 2 0 1
James Worthy 0 2 0 0
Lars Ulrich 0 3 0 0
Jeff Hanneman 1 2 0 0
Robert Kistler 0 3 0 0
Ponyboy Curtis 10 6 0 1
Tony Perez 0 2 0 0
James Lockette 0 2 0 0
Bon Scott 0 1 0 0
Roy Sullivan 0 2 0 0
Andrew Zeller 4 1 0 0
John Joyce 0 2 0 0
Ric Flair 0 1 0 1
Kerry Justin 0 1 0 1
Jim LeClair 0 1 0 0
Bernardo Schoenberger 0 2 0 0
Dustin Diamond 0 3 0 0
Bruce Dickinson 0 4 0 0
Justin Timberlake 0 26 0 0
Rudi Johnson 7 7 0 1
Tony Berryhill 43 44 0 4
Dusty Baker 48 37 0 0
Leroy Selmon 2 29 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 29 0 2
Radar O'Reilly 7 20 0 3
Aaron Paul 0 12 0 0
Magic Johnson 2 1 0 0
Elvis Presley 37 38 0 1
Steve Jobs 0 7 0 0
Johnny Fever 2 7 0 0
Louis Eckhart 0 3 0 0
James McDevitt 8 1 0 0
Eddie Head 8 3 0 0
Mike Williams 0 5 0 1
Daniel Tosh 0 4 0 0
Felipe Crowell 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Kirk Wall 1 1 1.00 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mike Williams 1 2 2.00 0
Lars Ulrich 1 0 0.00 0
Kerry Justin 1 0 0.00 0
Bernardo Schoenberger 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

New Jersey Generals

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Rankin 1 49 49.00 49.00 49 1

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 1 40 40.00 18.00 40 0

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Samuel Hoye 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 4 / 4

Punt Return

Denver Gold

New Jersey Generals

Kick Return

Denver Gold

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Aaron Paul 2 57 28.5 0

Defensive Stats