Week 3: San Jose SaberCats at Oakland Invaders

September 17, 1989
81°
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland, CA) Attendance: 51,999 (82%)
SaberCats 3 7 0 0 - 10
Invaders 0 3 7 13 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 4-1-OAK 17 (8:57) 6-Robert Rodriquez 35 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 76-Brian Woodbury was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. OAK 0 SJS 3
(Qtr 2) Invaders: 4-9-SJS 14 (10:24) 19-John Hensley 31 yard field goal is GOOD. OAK 3 SJS 3
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-1-OAK 1 (3:18) 17-Tony Romo pass complete to 88-Lester Turner for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Robert Rodriquez. OAK 3 SJS 10
(Qtr 3) Invaders: 1-8-SJS 8 (2:44) 11-Andrew Moreno pass complete to 85-Nelson Martinez for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-John Hensley. OAK 10 SJS 10
(Qtr 4) Invaders: 1-10-SJS 5 (13:17) 17-Tony Romo pass INTERCEPTED by 93-Victor Thomas at SJS 11. 93-Victor Thomas to SJS 0 for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-John Hensley. OAK 17 SJS 10
(Qtr 4) Invaders: 4-1-SJS 1 (5:22) 19-John Hensley 18 yard field goal is GOOD. OAK 20 SJS 10
(Qtr 4) Invaders: 4-1-SJS 1 (2:31) 19-John Hensley 18 yard field goal is GOOD. OAK 23 SJS 10

Team Statistics

Invaders SaberCats
First Downs 20 11
- Rushing 5 2
- Passing 13 7
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 300 225
- Offensive Plays 79 62
- Yards Per Play 3.80 3.63
Net Rushing Yards 67 56
- Rushing Attempts 32 16
- Yards Per Rush 2.09 3.50
Net Passing Yards 233 169
- Att/Comp/Int 46 / 31 / 0 45 / 21 / 6
- Gross Passing Yards 243 180
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 1 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.96 3.67
- Yards Per Completion 7.84 8.57
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 19 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 6.9
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 43 5 / 37
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 40 1 / 5
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 32 3 / 70
Int Returns/Yards 6 / 22 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 26
Time of Possession 40:40 19:21

Drive Charts

Oakland Invaders

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:53 3:26 OWN 25 6 22 Punt
1 4:03 3:23 OWN 34 6 29 Missed FG
1 0:25 5:05 OPP 48 8 34 Field Goal
2 8:46 0:47 OWN 21 2 -6 Interception
2 7:59 1:59 OWN 7 3 3 Punt
2 3:15 3:14 OWN 17 10 47 Missed FG
3 15:00 1:32 OWN 13 3 6 Punt
3 11:57 1:27 OWN 24 3 4 Punt
3 9:43 0:59 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
3 7:59 5:19 OWN 30 12 70 Touchdown
3 1:07 0:55 OWN 36 3 6 Punt
4 14:45 1:28 OWN 43 3 7 Punt
4 13:10 1:25 OPP 25 3 -17 Interception
4 11:45 6:25 OPP 48 10 47 Field Goal
4 5:11 2:42 OPP 21 5 20 Field Goal
4 1:27 0:19 OPP 50 3 6 Punt
4 0:15 0:15 OPP 39 1 0 Game

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:07 OWN 15 13 68 Field Goal
1 5:28 1:25 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
1 0:39 0:14 OWN 45 3 0 Interception
2 10:20 1:35 OWN 25 5 42 Fumble
2 6:00 2:45 OPP 50 5 50 Touchdown
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 43 1 0 Half
3 13:28 1:31 OWN 36 3 3 Punt
3 10:30 0:47 OWN 26 3 5 Punt
3 8:44 0:45 OWN 28 3 0 Punt
3 2:40 1:34 OWN 24 3 2 Punt
3 0:11 0:26 OWN 18 3 2 Punt
4 13:17 0:07 OWN 5 1 0 Interception
4 5:19 0:08 OWN 21 1 0 Interception
4 2:29 1:02 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
4 1:08 0:54 OWN 5 7 36 Interception

Rushing Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Oliver Thomas 28 71 2.54 11 1 0
Andrew Moreno 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Rickey Wright 3 -4 -1.33 -1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Stephen Demmer 16 56 3.50 13 2 0

Passing Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Andrew Moreno 46 31 243 1 / 10 1 15 0 87.50

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Romo 45 21 180 1 / 11 1 37 6 25.46

Receiving Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nelson Martinez 11 103 9.36 15 1
Christopher Sherrick 6 55 9.17 14 0
Oliver Thomas 7 47 6.71 11 0
Doyle Simmons 2 18 9.00 10 0
Thomas Gustafson 3 17 5.67 6 0
Rickey Wright 2 3 1.50 4 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Albert Buckland 3 48 16.00 37 0
Cedric Reynolds 4 29 7.25 14 0
James Bryant 2 27 13.50 17 0
Graham Peterson 1 18 18.00 18 0
Stephen Demmer 5 17 3.40 7 0
Curt Boren 2 16 8.00 10 0
Lester Turner 3 16 5.33 10 1
Tim Horton 1 9 9.00 9 0

Blocking Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Alphonso Howell 60 38 1 7
Kevin Harris 59 37 0 2
Gary Nelson 0 3 0 1
Victor Thomas 0 4 0 0
James Fraga 0 2 0 0
Randy Merrow 0 4 0 0
Paul Browning 0 3 0 0
Wayne Timm 0 5 0 0
Harold Solorzano 3 4 0 0
Art Rice 0 4 0 0
Roger Smith 0 3 0 0
Richard Carstens 0 9 0 0
Anthony Powell 0 7 0 1
Anthony Neff 0 7 0 1
Ralph Hooks 0 6 0 2
Alton Pastor 0 1 0 0
Rickey Wright 33 24 0 0
Brad Meriwether 0 5 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 3 0 0
Raphael Alvarez 0 4 0 0
Nelson Martinez 0 29 0 1
Christopher Carrillo 4 9 0 0
Oliver Thomas 12 2 0 0
Doyle Simmons 26 17 0 1
Christopher Sherrick 15 36 0 2
Paul Bieber 61 49 0 5
Peter Lafferty 49 32 0 2
James Fletcher 57 41 0 3
Thomas Gustafson 0 33 0 3
William Antonio 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Slack 46 22 1 1
Matt Lepsis 46 19 0 0
Lester Turner 2 0 0 0
Alex Abels 0 2 0 0
Jae Travis 0 1 0 0
John Stearn 8 1 0 0
Graham Peterson 10 1 0 0
Byron Hollander 9 1 0 0
Juan Claborn 1 0 0 0
Brian Woodbury 6 3 0 0
Stephen Demmer 16 6 0 0
James Bryant 5 13 0 0
Curt Boren 0 8 0 0
Cedric Reynolds 0 19 0 1
Nickolas Taylor 0 3 0 0
Ernie Smith 0 4 0 0
Franklin Janelle 55 22 0 1
Albert Buckland 13 18 0 0
Tim Horton 0 23 0 0
Thomas Herring 55 21 0 2
Joshua Duran 47 23 0 8
Champ Bailey 0 4 0 1
Richard Alcantara 0 4 0 0
Abraham Jackson 0 4 0 0
Howard Obrien 8 6 0 1
Ronald Norris 0 4 0 0
Ezra Baumgardner 0 3 0 0
Douglas Carrigan 3 6 0 0
Shelby Harris 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Victor Thomas 1 11 11.00 1
Roger Smith 1 9 9.00 0
Anthony Powell 2 2 1.00 0
Anthony Neff 1 0 0.00 0
Ralph Hooks 1 0 0.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Fumble Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Victor Thomas 1 1 0 0
Gary Nelson 0 0 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Stephen Demmer 1 0 0 0
Thomas Herring 0 1 0 0
Curt Boren 0 0 1 0

Punting

Oakland Invaders

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Glenn Cannon 8 369 46.13 42.88 54 3

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Downey 7 324 46.29 40.71 51 1

Kicking

Oakland Invaders

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Hensley 3 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 2 31 2 / 2

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Rodriquez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 1 / 1

Punt Return

Oakland Invaders

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nelson Martinez 4 40 10.0 13 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Glenn Kahl 1 5 5.0 5 0

Kick Return

Oakland Invaders

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Oliver Thomas 2 32 16.0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Edward Hayes 3 70 23.3 0

Defensive Stats

Oakland Invaders