Week 3: San Jose SaberCats at Arizona Wranglers

September 21, 1986
90°
Sun Devil Stadium (Tempe, AZ) Attendance: 64,326 (92%)
SaberCats 6 6 0 7 - 19
Wranglers 0 28 7 3 - 38

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 4-10-ARZ 12 (10:06) 12-Curtis Zuniga 30 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 0 SJS 3
(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 4-1-ARZ 21 (2:39) 12-Curtis Zuniga 39 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 0 SJS 6
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-4-ARZ 4 (12:23) 12-Curtis Zuniga 22 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 0 SJS 9
(Qtr 2) Wranglers: 2-10-ARZ 25 (12:18) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 17-Eric Duncan for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lester Reed. ARZ 7 SJS 9
(Qtr 2) Wranglers: 2-1-SJS 20 (10:39) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 17-Eric Duncan for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lester Reed. ARZ 14 SJS 9
(Qtr 2) Wranglers: 1-10-ARZ 3 (6:26) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 17-Eric Duncan for 97 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lester Reed. ARZ 21 SJS 9
(Qtr 2) Wranglers: 1-10-SJS 43 (1:31) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 84-William Fey to SJS 0 for 42 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lester Reed. ARZ 28 SJS 9
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-10-ARZ 24 (0:04) 12-Curtis Zuniga 42 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 28 SJS 12
(Qtr 3) Wranglers: 1-10-SJS 26 (5:42) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 17-Eric Duncan for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lester Reed. ARZ 35 SJS 12
(Qtr 4) Wranglers: 4-10-SJS 26 (11:00) 3-Lester Reed 43 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 38 SJS 12
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 2-6-ARZ 6 (8:20) 6-Gregory Skidmore pass complete to 85-Richard Funkhouser for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Curtis Zuniga. ARZ 38 SJS 19

Team Statistics

Wranglers SaberCats
First Downs 10 31
- Rushing 6 7
- Passing 4 20
- Penalty 0 4
Total Net Yards 503 499
- Offensive Plays 57 97
- Yards Per Play 8.82 5.14
Net Rushing Yards 174 105
- Rushing Attempts 30 26
- Yards Per Rush 5.80 4.04
Net Passing Yards 329 394
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 15 / 0 69 / 40 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 341 414
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 12 2 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 12.19 5.55
- Yards Per Completion 22.73 10.35
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 3 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 11 6 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.3 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 6 / 62 2 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 2 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 24 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 26
Time of Possession 23:20 36:39

Drive Charts

Arizona Wranglers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:27 OWN 25 3 5 Fumble
1 10:03 0:54 OWN 25 4 16 Punt
1 7:38 0:49 OWN 33 3 3 Punt
1 2:35 0:20 OWN 27 3 0 Punt
2 12:21 0:15 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
2 11:21 0:47 OPP 30 2 30 Touchdown
2 6:26 0:13 OWN 3 1 97 Touchdown
2 3:23 1:34 OWN 7 3 3 Punt
2 1:36 0:15 OWN 47 2 53 Touchdown
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 5 Half
3 13:34 3:29 OWN 30 5 26 Punt
3 8:36 2:59 OWN 40 6 60 Touchdown
3 4:21 1:56 OWN 42 3 6 Punt
3 0:57 5:01 OWN 7 10 66 Field Goal
4 10:17 0:46 OWN 17 2 7 Fumble
4 8:18 1:54 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
4 2:21 0:40 OWN 20 4 27 Punt

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:33 3:29 OPP 32 6 21 Field Goal
1 9:09 1:31 OWN 12 3 9 Punt
1 6:50 4:14 OWN 19 7 60 Field Goal
1 2:16 4:55 OWN 22 12 74 Field Goal
2 12:06 0:45 OWN 25 2 7 Fumble
2 10:34 4:08 OWN 25 6 31 Punt
2 6:13 2:50 OWN 25 6 28 Punt
2 1:49 0:13 OWN 36 3 6 Interception
2 1:21 1:20 OWN 25 5 51 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:26 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 10:05 1:29 OWN 10 3 3 Punt
3 5:37 1:16 OWN 25 5 30 Interception
3 2:24 1:27 OWN 3 6 52 Punt
4 10:56 0:40 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 9:31 1:13 OPP 44 6 44 Touchdown
4 6:23 4:02 OWN 29 18 60 Downs
4 1:41 1:41 OWN 10 5 66 Game

Rushing Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Curtis Lenhardt 19 110 5.79 19 6 0
John Didonato 5 35 7.00 19 1 0
Christopher Lamb 6 29 4.83 16 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kenneth Anderson 11 47 4.27 14 2 0
Desmond Kirkland 12 37 3.08 11 2 0
Billy Baldwin 2 23 11.50 23 1 0
Robert Whitehead 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

Passing Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Luis Gero 26 15 341 1 / 12 5 97 0 141.83

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gregory Skidmore 69 40 414 2 / 20 1 34 2 68.15

Receiving Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Eric Duncan 6 261 43.50 97 4
William Fey 2 45 22.50 42 1
William Hill 2 13 6.50 10 0
William Johnston 1 11 11.00 11 0
Christopher Lamb 1 10 10.00 10 0
John Didonato 1 6 6.00 6 0
Curtis Lenhardt 2 -5 -2.50 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Terry Wrobel 8 158 19.75 34 0
Cary Gagne 10 101 10.10 19 0
Billy Baldwin 6 54 9.00 13 0
Herbert Schuler 4 27 6.75 14 0
Richard Funkhouser 3 23 7.67 9 1
Desmond Kirkland 4 18 4.50 8 0
Graham Peterson 2 14 7.00 9 0
Chad Carter 1 9 9.00 9 0
Robert Whitehead 1 8 8.00 8 0
Kenneth Anderson 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Fey 17 33 1 2
Louis Gray 29 31 0 2
Wesley Lyons 8 7 0 1
Christopher Lamb 1 2 0 0
Randal Pyles 0 1 0 0
Shawn Hill 1 6 0 0
John Louis 0 1 0 0
Roger Luke 0 1 0 0
Louis Dayton 5 0 0 0
Ernest Meadows 0 2 0 0
Stacey Gonzales 0 1 0 0
Gary Cottle 0 1 0 0
Will Ledesma 0 1 0 0
William McEachin 5 4 0 2
Larry Gantt 3 2 0 0
William Downing 5 5 0 0
Joshua Duran 13 1 0 0
Anthony Clubb 31 38 0 2
William Brogden 8 5 0 2
Joseph Graham 8 1 0 0
Eric Duncan 0 12 0 1
William Hill 0 8 0 1
William Johnston 0 23 0 0
Curtis Lenhardt 0 7 0 0
Gregory Clark 0 11 0 1
Leroy Homes 17 20 0 0
Martin Cabrera 22 31 0 2
John Didonato 23 20 0 0
Ryan Love 3 3 0 1
David Trumbo 26 28 0 1
Jonathan Bain 25 33 0 2
Chris Goldberg 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Nickolas Taylor 0 1 0 1
Kenneth Anderson 19 5 0 0
Robert Whitehead 3 0 0 0
Douglas Carrigan 0 1 0 0
Edward Morris 0 1 0 0
William McMartin 5 4 0 0
Larry Nichols 0 1 0 0
Graham Peterson 16 8 0 0
Richard Funkhouser 0 16 0 1
James Mitchell 2 1 0 0
Lawrence Dummer 12 2 0 0
Chad Carter 0 7 0 0
Eric Comfort 0 1 0 0
Desmond Kirkland 5 0 0 0
Terry Wrobel 0 23 0 1
Donald Thompson 77 35 0 2
Thomas Herring 79 31 0 4
Brian Woodbury 82 36 0 3
Cary Gagne 0 20 0 0
Richard Bruce 85 38 0 5
Herbert Schuler 26 29 0 0
Billy Baldwin 24 22 0 1
Michael Warren 80 34 0 0
Claude Rose 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Stacey Gonzales 1 0 0.00 0
Ernest Meadows 1 0 0.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Fumble Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Didonato 1 0 0 0
Christopher Lamb 1 0 0 0
Roger Luke 0 0 1 0
Randal Pyles 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gregory Skidmore 2 0 0 0
Kenneth Anderson 1 0 0 0
Jeffrey Keeley 0 1 1 0
Chad Carter 0 1 0 0
Ezra Baumgardner 0 1 1 0
Donald Thompson 0 1 0 0

Punting

Arizona Wranglers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Alan Thomas 8 369 46.13 46.13 53 5

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Downey 7 259 37.00 44.71 50 4

Kicking

Arizona Wranglers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lester Reed 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 5 / 5

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Curtis Zuniga 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 1 / 1

Punt Return

Arizona Wranglers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Hill 1 2 2.0 2 0

San Jose SaberCats

Kick Return

Arizona Wranglers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Hill 1 24 24.0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Defensive Stats