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Week 4: Denver Gold at Chicago Blitz

September 28, 1975
80°
Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) Attendance: 63,959 (96%)
Gold 3 8 0 0 - 11
Blitz 3 0 3 11 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blitz: 4-8-DEN 14 (6:33) 7-Roland Ellis 31 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 3 DEN 0
(Qtr 1) Gold: 4-2-CHI 14 (1:40) 11-Douglas Hernandez 33 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 3 DEN 3
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-3-CHI 3 (10:46) 49-Ray Bryant ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 18-Leland Dudley for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! CHI 3 DEN 11
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 4-9-DEN 21 (7:36) 7-Roland Ellis 38 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 98-James Johnson was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CHI 6 DEN 11
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 4-9-DEN 12 (3:06) 7-Roland Ellis 29 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 9 DEN 11
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 1-10-CHI 35 (1:13) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 82-Michael Leonard for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 34-Bruce Fine ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! CHI 17 DEN 11

Team Statistics

Blitz Gold
First Downs 16 15
- Rushing 5 6
- Passing 10 8
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 363 325
- Offensive Plays 64 54
- Yards Per Play 5.67 6.02
Net Rushing Yards 108 119
- Rushing Attempts 31 24
- Yards Per Rush 3.48 4.96
Net Passing Yards 255 206
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 18 / 0 27 / 17 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 261 228
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 6 3 / 22
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.73 6.87
- Yards Per Completion 14.50 13.41
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 15 3 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 16 4 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 8 2 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 89
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 16 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 1 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 3 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 22
Time of Possession 33:13 26:46

Drive Charts

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 10:00 3:30 OWN 22 8 64 Field Goal
1 1:37 2:33 OWN 25 6 18 Punt
2 10:42 4:59 OWN 25 9 44 Missed FG
2 3:28 1:34 OWN 1 5 33 Punt
3 12:35 5:02 OWN 31 7 48 Field Goal
3 4:43 3:42 OWN 14 6 13 Punt
4 14:07 3:28 OWN 16 5 23 Punt
4 9:13 6:10 OWN 39 13 49 Field Goal
4 1:13 0:10 OWN 35 1 65 Touchdown

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:55 2:55 OWN 26 5 40 Interception
1 6:30 4:53 OWN 21 9 64 Field Goal
2 14:04 3:22 OWN 5 6 95 Touchdown
2 5:43 2:16 OWN 38 5 28 Interception
2 1:54 1:54 OWN 12 3 5 Half
3 15:00 2:25 OWN 26 3 -2 Punt
3 7:33 2:50 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
3 1:00 1:53 OWN 29 4 9 Punt
4 10:39 1:25 OWN 14 3 -1 Punt
4 3:03 1:50 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
4 1:03 1:03 OWN 19 7 50 Game

Rushing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bruce Fine 19 88 4.63 10 4 0
John Alexander 10 14 1.40 7 0 0
Daniel McKee 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Christian Martens 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 20 98 4.90 14 5 0
Ray Bryant 4 21 5.25 10 1 1

Passing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel McKee 32 18 261 1 / 6 1 65 0 93.36

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 27 17 228 3 / 22 0 37 2 58.87

Receiving Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chester Landes 6 72 12.00 24 0
Michael Leonard 1 65 65.00 65 1
John Ayala 5 57 11.40 24 0
Robert Ross 4 46 11.50 17 0
Jim Aguirre 2 21 10.50 13 0

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Delatorre 8 140 17.50 37 0
Leland Dudley 4 45 11.25 28 0
Jimmy Rupe 3 21 7.00 15 0
Alan Scurry 1 16 16.00 16 0
Ray Bryant 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Brian Buckley 42 35 1 1
Willard Clark 0 1 0 0
Robert Gonzales 0 1 0 0
Frederick Hays 8 0 0 0
Peter Mays 4 0 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 9 0 0
John Alexander 6 2 0 1
Bruce Fine 6 1 0 0
Robert Ross 0 14 0 1
Jerry Shen 0 2 0 0
Elton Engler 0 3 0 0
William Kennedy 0 1 0 0
Dustin Hoy 0 3 0 0
Kenneth Flowers 0 1 0 0
John Jackson 43 38 0 0
David Feng 3 3 0 0
Jeff Melton 0 2 0 1
Charles Gilcrease 0 1 0 0
Chester Landes 0 15 0 0
John Ayala 0 17 0 0
Christian Martens 6 5 0 0
Stephen Causey 0 10 0 0
Henry Haynes 18 16 0 0
Michael Leonard 5 25 0 0
Timothy Sims 43 40 0 3
Ronald Stanfill 43 37 0 11
Dale Jarrett 42 33 0 2
John Fuentes 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Oconnell 30 27 1 3
Woodrow Stanley 30 28 0 2
Roy Wiley 6 5 0 0
James Johnson 0 2 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 4 2 0 0
Paul Wright 1 5 0 0
Ulysses Hewitt 6 6 0 0
Samuel Carpentier 1 0 0 0
John Graham 6 0 0 0
William Reaves 1 0 0 0
Harvey Dardar 1 0 0 0
Leland Dudley 0 2 0 1
Robert Acosta 0 3 0 0
Jimmy Rupe 0 9 0 0
Joshua Harper 3 16 0 3
Don Wilkerson 6 3 0 0
Aaron Dutton 35 25 0 0
Daniel Gilstrap 0 1 0 0
Gary Brown 0 3 0 0
Corey Norwood 4 3 0 0
Keith Marsh 0 3 0 0
Dennis Noel 1 4 0 0
Donald Lopez 0 3 0 1
Douglas Cotter 0 3 0 1
William Delatorre 0 8 0 0
Patrick Burke 0 23 0 2
Ray Bryant 4 8 0 1
Jonathan Crabtree 31 31 0 4
Donald Glenn 30 33 0 0
Alan Scurry 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Gonzales 2 16 8.00 0

Denver Gold

Fumble Stats

Chicago Blitz

Denver Gold

Punting

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Simon Jones 5 246 49.20 48.00 54 2

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Gillespie 5 234 46.80 45.60 52 0

Kicking

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roland Ellis 3 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 38 0 / 0

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Douglas Hernandez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 33 0 / 0

Punt Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Bruce Fine 2 8 4.0 7 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Bradley 2 8 4.0 7 0

Kick Return

Chicago Blitz

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Bradley 3 89 29.7 0

Defensive Stats