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Week 1: San Jose SaberCats at Washington Federals

September 07, 1986
79°
RFK Stadium (Washington, D. C., DC) Attendance: 56,119 (99%)
SaberCats 3 0 0 0 - 3
Federals 7 6 10 31 - 54

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 4-5-WAS 28 (3:50) 12-Curtis Zuniga 47 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 0 SJS 3
(Qtr 1) Federals: 1-10-WAS 25 (3:46) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 88-Luther Ellis for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Bazile. WAS 7 SJS 3
(Qtr 2) Federals: 4-5-SJS 38 (5:48) 16-John Bazile 57 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 10 SJS 3
(Qtr 2) Federals: 4-3-SJS 3 (0:39) 16-John Bazile 21 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 13 SJS 3
(Qtr 3) Federals: 4-3-SJS 34 (9:04) 16-John Bazile 52 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 16 SJS 3
(Qtr 3) Federals: 1-10-WAS 9 (7:27) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 80-Allan Boyer for 91 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Bazile. WAS 23 SJS 3
(Qtr 4) Federals: 3-11-SJS 16 (13:30) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 88-Luther Ellis for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Bazile. WAS 30 SJS 3
(Qtr 4) Federals: 1-10-WAS 41 (11:00) 33-Cory Martin ran for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Bazile. WAS 37 SJS 3
(Qtr 4) Federals: 4-2-SJS 30 (8:17) 16-John Bazile 48 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 40 SJS 3
(Qtr 4) Federals: 3-2-SJS 2 (3:24) 81-Robert Sullivan ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Bazile. WAS 47 SJS 3
(Qtr 4) Federals: 1-10-WAS 25 (1:32) 6-Gregory Skidmore pass INTERCEPTED by 42-Francis Vanhoose at WAS 19. 42-Francis Vanhoose to SJS 0 for 81 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Bazile. WAS 54 SJS 3

Team Statistics

Federals SaberCats
First Downs 9 20
- Rushing 1 4
- Passing 7 14
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 509 330
- Offensive Plays 62 92
- Yards Per Play 8.21 3.59
Net Rushing Yards 138 67
- Rushing Attempts 21 20
- Yards Per Rush 6.57 3.35
Net Passing Yards 371 263
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 24 / 0 71 / 34 / 6
- Gross Passing Yards 371 272
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 9
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.05 3.65
- Yards Per Completion 15.46 8.00
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 17 11 / 24
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.3 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 5 / 33 3 / 18
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 8 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 44
Int Returns/Yards 6 / 125 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 23
Time of Possession 26:21 33:36

Drive Charts

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:54 0:49 OWN 14 3 7 Punt
1 3:46 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 2:14 1:33 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 11:16 2:42 OWN 10 6 19 Punt
2 6:34 0:51 OPP 43 3 5 Field Goal
2 3:03 2:26 OWN 16 10 81 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:02 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 11:06 2:06 OPP 41 3 7 Field Goal
3 7:27 0:13 OWN 9 1 91 Touchdown
3 6:18 2:49 OWN 19 4 26 Punt
3 1:50 3:24 OWN 22 9 78 Touchdown
4 12:47 1:17 OPP 50 3 6 Punt
4 10:59 0:09 OWN 41 1 59 Touchdown
4 10:20 2:07 OPP 38 3 8 Field Goal
4 7:38 1:23 OWN 29 3 1 Punt
4 5:25 2:03 OPP 30 5 30 Touchdown
4 1:18 0:50 OPP 25 4 -10 Downs
4 0:27 0:27 OPP 25 1 1 Game

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:06 OWN 11 12 61 Interception
1 8:05 4:19 OWN 31 9 40 Field Goal
1 3:36 1:22 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 0:41 4:25 OWN 18 9 27 Punt
2 8:33 1:59 OWN 24 5 20 Fumble
2 5:43 2:40 OWN 25 6 13 Punt
2 0:37 0:37 OWN 25 1 0 Half
3 13:58 2:51 OWN 24 7 36 Interception
3 9:00 1:33 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
3 7:14 0:56 OWN 26 3 4 Punt
3 3:29 1:39 OWN 20 5 11 Punt
4 13:26 0:39 OWN 25 4 20 Interception
4 11:30 0:31 OWN 9 3 2 Punt
4 10:50 0:30 OWN 25 3 5 Interception
4 8:13 0:35 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 6:15 0:50 OWN 20 4 19 Interception
4 3:22 2:04 OWN 25 8 50 Interception

Rushing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cory Martin 12 129 10.75 59 3 1
Jason Laughlin 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Robert Sullivan 4 4 1.00 2 0 1
Efrain Mattie 3 1 0.33 1 0 0
Patrick Begay 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Desmond Kirkland 12 37 3.08 9 0 0
Kenneth Anderson 6 23 3.83 6 0 0
Billy Baldwin 2 7 3.50 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 41 24 371 0 / 0 3 91 0 112.96

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gregory Skidmore 71 34 272 1 / 9 0 23 6 22.74

Receiving Stats

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Luther Ellis 3 108 36.00 75 2
Allan Boyer 3 102 34.00 91 1
David Byers 4 66 16.50 37 0
Cory Martin 5 25 5.00 7 0
Jason Laughlin 1 21 21.00 21 0
Efrain Mattie 3 18 6.00 8 0
Robert Sullivan 2 15 7.50 8 0
Patrick Begay 2 10 5.00 7 0
William Power 1 6 6.00 6 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Cary Gagne 8 65 8.13 19 0
Terry Wrobel 4 60 15.00 23 0
Herbert Schuler 6 42 7.00 21 0
Billy Baldwin 4 38 9.50 16 0
Richard Funkhouser 4 34 8.50 21 0
Kenneth Anderson 6 16 2.67 5 0
Graham Peterson 1 9 9.00 9 0
Edward Morris 1 8 8.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dusty Aranda 0 3 0 1
Patrick Begay 4 2 0 0
Douglas Kirkland 0 1 0 0
John Meyer 0 2 0 0
Stephen Newton 0 2 0 0
Allan Buchanan 0 2 0 0
Dino Perez 0 3 0 1
Reid Davis 0 2 0 0
Theodore Paladino 0 1 0 0
Robert Cosby 0 3 0 0
Edwin Malik 0 2 0 0
Robert Sanderson 0 3 0 0
Francis Vanhoose 0 3 0 1
John Broussard 0 4 0 0
Richard Bennett 2 0 0 0
Matthew Minor 2 0 0 0
Joshua Johnson 3 3 0 1
David Aybar 52 36 0 1
Jose Bryant 17 4 0 1
Wesley Griffin 55 26 0 0
Cory Martin 7 3 0 0
Eddie Long 38 22 0 6
William Power 51 29 0 1
Joseph Popovich 55 35 0 0
Efrain Mattie 16 15 0 1
Larry Gonzalez 14 5 0 1
Fred Hall 0 4 0 0
Jason Laughlin 12 28 0 0
Ronnie Peres 19 2 0 0
Allan Boyer 0 17 0 2
David Byers 0 10 0 0
Luther Ellis 0 22 0 0
Robert Sullivan 1 6 0 0
Hugh Rountree 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Donald Thompson 72 33 1 1
Frederick Woolfolk 0 2 0 0
Richard Funkhouser 0 12 0 1
Claude Rose 3 1 0 0
Timothy Garcia 0 1 0 0
Robert Whitehead 4 1 0 0
James Mitchell 5 1 0 0
William McMartin 7 2 0 0
Lawrence Dummer 15 4 0 1
Kenneth Anderson 16 6 0 1
Ezra Baumgardner 0 2 0 0
Paul Maldonado 0 2 0 1
Desmond Kirkland 5 1 0 0
Edward Morris 0 6 0 0
Chad Carter 0 7 0 0
Terry Wrobel 0 7 0 2
Nickolas Taylor 0 2 0 0
Graham Peterson 20 9 0 4
Cary Gagne 0 12 0 2
Herbert Schuler 21 19 0 0
Billy Baldwin 18 19 0 0
Thomas Herring 76 24 0 0
Brian Woodbury 78 31 0 0
Richard Bruce 73 35 0 2
Michael Warren 78 35 0 0
Ronald Norris 0 2 0 1
Larry Nichols 0 3 0 0
Eric Comfort 0 2 0 0
Douglas Carrigan 0 2 0 0
Glenn Kahl 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Francis Vanhoose 1 81 81.00 1
Allan Buchanan 1 25 25.00 0
Larry Gonzalez 1 19 19.00 0
John Meyer 2 0 0.00 0
Matthew Minor 1 0 0.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Fumble Stats

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Efrain Mattie 1 0 0 0
Stephen Newton 0 1 0 0
Robert Sullivan 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gregory Skidmore 1 0 0 0
James Covington 0 0 1 0

Punting

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wayne Lange 7 342 48.86 45.00 57 3

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Downey 8 377 47.13 46.25 50 4

Kicking

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Bazile 4 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 2 57 6 / 6

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Curtis Zuniga 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 0 / 0

Punt Return

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jason Laughlin 1 8 8.0 8 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Cary Gagne 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kick Return

Washington Federals

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Edward Morris 2 44 22.0 0

Defensive Stats

Washington Federals

Name Tackles Sacks
John Meyer 9 0
Allan Buchanan 7 0
Gene Gilbert 7 0
Douglas Kirkland 6 0
Matthew Minor 5 0
Dino Perez 5 0
Robert Sanderson 4 0
Edwin Malik 3 0
Dusty Aranda 3 0
Michael Maurer 2 0
Francis Vanhoose 2 0
Stephen Newton 1 0
Garland Gipson 1 0
Larry Gonzalez 1 0
Hugh Rountree 1 0
Fred Hall 1 1

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Larry Nichols 5 0
Douglas Carrigan 4 0
William McMartin 4 0
Edward Spires 4 0
Ezra Baumgardner 3 0
Elmer Tillman 3 0
Jeffrey Keeley 3 0
Eric Comfort 3 0
Paul Maldonado 3 0
Billy Baldwin 3 0
Cary Gagne 1 0
David Myers 1 0
Timothy Garcia 1 0
Edward Morris 1 0
Frederick Woolfolk 1 0
Gregory Skidmore 1 0
Ronald Norris 1 0
Kyle Reed 1 0
Lawrence Dummer 1 0