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Week 2: Denver Gold at Washington Federals

September 14, 1975
75°
RFK Stadium (Washington, D. C., DC) Attendance: 38,068 (67%)
Gold 0 8 8 6 - 22
Federals 3 3 17 3 - 26

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Federals: 4-1-DEN 1 (9:49) 11-Matthew Eno 19 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 3 DEN 0
(Qtr 2) Federals: 4-10-DEN 20 (13:07) 11-Matthew Eno 38 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 6 DEN 0
(Qtr 2) Gold: 3-4-WAS 38 (10:20) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 18-Leland Dudley for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! WAS 6 DEN 8
(Qtr 3) Federals: 1-1-DEN 0 (12:40) 38-Gary Munch ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. WAS 13 DEN 8
(Qtr 3) Federals: 1-10-DEN 22 (9:25) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 81-Jacob Scully for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. WAS 20 DEN 8
(Qtr 3) Gold: 1-10-DEN 25 (9:20) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 18-Leland Dudley for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! WAS 20 DEN 16
(Qtr 3) Federals: 4-15-DEN 15 (3:41) 11-Matthew Eno 33 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 23 DEN 16
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-10-DEN 13 (5:32) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Federals: 4-8-DEN 21 (2:25) 11-Matthew Eno 39 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 26 DEN 22

Team Statistics

Federals Gold
First Downs 19 7
- Rushing 8 0
- Passing 11 7
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 338 392
- Offensive Plays 73 53
- Yards Per Play 4.63 7.40
Net Rushing Yards 134 14
- Rushing Attempts 37 9
- Yards Per Rush 3.62 1.56
Net Passing Yards 204 378
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 20 / 0 40 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 232 407
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 28 4 / 29
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.67 8.59
- Yards Per Completion 11.60 19.38
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 14 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.0 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 12 3 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 107
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 19
Time of Possession 39:23 20:37

Drive Charts

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:13 OWN 25 8 74 Field Goal
1 9:24 0:55 OWN 35 3 2 Punt
1 7:09 4:35 OWN 37 7 11 Punt
1 1:01 2:58 OPP 50 7 30 Field Goal
2 10:14 2:22 OWN 25 4 19 Punt
2 5:55 4:02 OWN 36 6 17 Punt
3 14:05 1:27 OPP 30 3 30 Touchdown
3 11:34 2:15 OWN 33 4 67 Touchdown
3 9:08 5:31 OWN 25 10 60 Field Goal
3 2:04 1:29 OWN 30 3 10 Punt
4 14:14 2:07 OWN 33 3 2 Punt
4 9:45 0:51 OWN 35 3 4 Punt
4 6:53 1:22 OPP 45 3 -6 Punt
4 5:20 2:58 OPP 34 4 13 Field Goal
4 1:18 1:18 OWN 17 5 11 Game

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:47 0:22 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 8:30 1:21 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
1 2:33 1:32 OWN 2 3 8 Punt
2 13:04 2:50 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 7:52 1:57 OWN 21 4 21 Interception
2 1:53 1:53 OWN 12 3 7 Half
3 15:00 0:55 OWN 20 4 37 Downs
3 12:38 1:03 OWN 24 3 -7 Punt
3 9:19 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 3:38 1:34 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
3 0:35 1:22 OWN 19 3 2 Punt
4 12:06 2:21 OWN 21 6 68 Downs
4 8:54 2:01 OWN 15 3 -11 Punt
4 5:32 0:12 OWN 13 1 87 Touchdown
4 2:22 1:03 OWN 25 5 54 Interception

Rushing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 26 105 4.04 18 4 0
Gary Munch 8 28 3.50 15 1 1
Jeffrey Matson 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Joe Richardson 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ray Bryant 8 14 1.75 4 0 0
Alan Scurry 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 32 20 232 4 / 28 1 30 0 94.79

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 40 21 407 4 / 29 3 87 2 92.40

Receiving Stats

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Baker 8 104 13.00 30 0
Jacob Scully 3 50 16.67 23 1
Matt Ellis 3 34 11.33 16 0
James West 3 21 7.00 11 0
Gary Munch 2 16 8.00 12 0
John Horn 1 7 7.00 7 0

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 5 227 45.40 87 3
William Delatorre 6 120 20.00 36 0
Patrick Burke 3 25 8.33 13 0
Robert Acosta 1 13 13.00 13 0
Ray Bryant 1 10 10.00 10 0
Leland Dudley 3 8 2.67 4 0
Alan Scurry 2 4 2.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Samuel Gragg 40 38 2 5
Ted Jarrett 45 36 1 3
John Piche 13 5 0 0
Thomas Ross 0 1 0 0
Nathan Smith 0 1 0 0
Roger Pooler 0 1 0 0
Tyler Helton 0 2 0 0
Thomas Olson 2 1 0 0
Ben Fabiano 1 1 0 0
Jeffery Hernandez 3 1 0 0
John Hughes 6 1 0 0
Garland Gipson 0 3 0 0
Travis Curcio 0 4 0 3
John Horn 8 1 0 0
David Albrecht 6 1 0 0
Joel Lossett 40 32 0 0
Jeffrey Matson 7 1 0 0
Gary Munch 18 5 0 1
Danny Merrill 0 5 0 0
Joseph Baker 0 7 0 0
Matt Ellis 0 9 0 0
Jacob Scully 25 33 0 3
Steven Melin 14 29 0 1
James West 17 28 0 0
Timothy Seeber 39 38 0 4
Chad Mannings 50 35 0 0
Jonathan Whidden 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ray Bryant 15 4 1 1
Samuel Carpentier 43 16 1 2
Stephen Galusha 43 18 0 0
Leland Dudley 0 11 0 0
Manuel West 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Rupe 0 1 0 0
Don Wilkerson 0 5 0 1
Dennis Rivas 0 3 0 2
Roy Wiley 0 4 0 1
Ryan Willey 0 4 0 1
James Johnson 1 5 0 0
Keith Marsh 0 4 0 0
Donald Lopez 0 4 0 0
Samuel Kelley 0 4 0 0
William Delatorre 0 12 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 0 10 0 0
Paul Wright 3 0 0 0
Harvey Dardar 43 14 0 0
Patrick Burke 7 13 0 4
Stephen Taylor 0 2 0 0
Daniel Gilstrap 5 3 0 0
Alan Scurry 8 2 0 0
John Graham 9 0 0 0
William Reaves 8 0 0 0
Melvin Brown 7 0 0 0
Robert Acosta 10 2 0 1
Jonathan Crabtree 44 23 0 0
Aaron Dutton 48 16 0 2
Richard Oconnell 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Ben Fabiano 1 0 0.00 0
Robert Johnson 1 0 0.00 0

Denver Gold

Fumble Stats

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joe Richardson 1 1 0 0
Matt Ellis 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Johnson 0 0 1 0

Punting

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
George Hill 8 353 44.13 42.00 51 2

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Gillespie 7 322 46.00 44.57 54 0

Kicking

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Matthew Eno 4 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 2 / 2

Denver Gold

Punt Return

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Ross 3 12 4.0 10 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Bradley 3 17 5.7 8 0

Kick Return

Washington Federals

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Bradley 4 107 26.8 0

Defensive Stats

Washington Federals

Name Tackles Sacks
Joseph Whitcher 5 0
Nathan Smith 5 2
Ben Fabiano 4 0
Steven Melin 3 0
Tyler Helton 3 1
John Hughes 3 0
Richard Fleming 2 0
William Coffey 2 0
James Cruz 2 0
Robert Bynum 1 0
Gary Munch 1 0
Robert Allison 1 0
Matthew McGinley 1 1
Travis Curcio 1 0
David Albrecht 1 0
James Greer 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Mathew Snow 10 0
Don Wilkerson 7 0
Donald Lopez 7 0
James Johnson 6 1
Keith Marsh 6 0
Ryan Willey 4 0
Dennis Noel 4 0
Stephen Taylor 4 2
Samuel Kelley 3 1
Dennis Rivas 3 1
Roy Wiley 3 0
Gary Brown 1 0
Michael Sonnenberg 1 0
Melvin Brown 1 0
Ray Bryant 1 0