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Week 8: Charlotte Hornets at Denver Gold

October 26, 1975
64°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 67,429 (88%)
Hornets 0 3 0 0 - 3
Gold 16 16 8 11 - 51

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gold: 3-1-CHA 2 (5:50) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 84-Patrick Burke for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 86-Jimmy Rupe for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DEN 8 CHA 0
(Qtr 1) Gold: 1-4-CHA 4 (4:12) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 36-Alan Scurry for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 14-William Delatorre for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Pressure by 72-Kevin Staten. DEN 16 CHA 0
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 4-4-DEN 18 (14:17) 17-Willie Putnam 35 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 16 CHA 3
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-10-DEN 23 (11:48) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 14-William Delatorre for 77 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 49-Ray Bryant for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DEN 24 CHA 3
(Qtr 2) Gold: 2-11-DEN 27 (8:12) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 14-William Delatorre for 73 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 84-Patrick Burke for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DEN 32 CHA 3
(Qtr 3) Gold: 1-10-DEN 30 (11:18) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 70 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 49-Ray Bryant for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Pressure by 93-Kyle Grimmett. DEN 40 CHA 3
(Qtr 4) Gold: 3-2-CHA 6 (14:22) 12-Michael Sonnenberg ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 14-William Delatorre for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Pressure by 72-Kevin Staten. DEN 48 CHA 3
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-8-CHA 17 (4:03) 11-Douglas Hernandez 35 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 51 CHA 3

Team Statistics

Gold Hornets
First Downs 12 9
- Rushing 5 1
- Passing 6 8
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 522 155
- Offensive Plays 70 65
- Yards Per Play 7.46 2.38
Net Rushing Yards 101 57
- Rushing Attempts 30 24
- Yards Per Rush 3.37 2.38
Net Passing Yards 421 98
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 23 / 1 31 / 12 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 439 178
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 10 / 80
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.53 2.39
- Yards Per Completion 19.09 14.83
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 3 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 2 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.2 10.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 4 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 10 3 / 25
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 22
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 63 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 6 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 25
Time of Possession 30:43 29:19

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:21 2:04 OPP 18 4 18 Downs
1 6:31 0:45 OPP 12 3 12 Touchdown
1 5:04 0:55 OWN 37 2 63 Touchdown
1 2:29 1:29 OWN 20 3 -7 Punt
2 14:13 1:01 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 11:47 0:10 OWN 23 1 77 Touchdown
2 8:44 0:43 OWN 28 2 72 Touchdown
2 6:59 2:15 OWN 24 6 20 Punt
2 1:45 0:57 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
3 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 45 Interception
3 11:18 0:11 OWN 30 1 70 Touchdown
3 10:18 1:36 OWN 19 3 -5 Punt
3 6:31 3:44 OWN 22 7 42 Punt
3 1:21 2:03 OWN 42 5 58 Touchdown
4 13:20 2:00 OWN 19 3 6 Punt
4 10:19 6:19 OWN 35 9 49 Field Goal
4 3:01 3:01 OPP 49 5 9 Punt

Charlotte Hornets

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:39 OWN 25 7 62 Interception
1 9:18 2:47 OWN 11 5 11 Fumble
1 5:46 0:42 OWN 25 2 3 Interception
1 4:09 1:40 OWN 25 5 35 Punt
1 1:00 1:46 OWN 45 4 37 Field Goal
2 13:13 1:26 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 11:37 2:53 OWN 25 5 1 Punt
2 8:01 1:03 OWN 22 3 5 Punt
2 4:44 2:59 OWN 20 6 18 Punt
2 0:48 0:48 OWN 34 3 -2 Half
3 13:30 2:12 OWN 20 3 1 Punt
3 11:07 0:49 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 8:42 2:11 OWN 29 3 5 Punt
3 2:46 1:25 OWN 12 5 2 Punt
4 14:18 0:59 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 11:19 1:01 OWN 34 3 -13 Punt
4 4:00 0:59 OWN 25 3 -21 Punt

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 16 48 3.00 12 1 1
Ray Bryant 10 30 3.00 11 1 0
Alan Scurry 3 22 7.33 11 1 0
Melvin Brown 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Dirksen 24 57 2.38 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 38 23 439 2 / 18 5 77 1 129.28

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chas Schneider 31 12 178 10 / 80 0 34 2 31.38

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Delatorre 4 154 38.50 77 2
Patrick Burke 5 98 19.60 59 1
Michael Sonnenberg 1 70 70.00 70 1
Leland Dudley 3 61 20.33 37 0
Jimmy Rupe 5 39 7.80 17 0
Melvin Brown 1 7 7.00 7 0
Alan Scurry 1 4 4.00 4 1
Ray Bryant 2 4 2.00 2 0
Joshua Harper 1 2 2.00 2 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Clair Wyche 5 91 18.20 32 0
Emil Hoban 4 53 13.25 34 0
Joe Doyle 1 23 23.00 23 0
Ricky Jackson 2 11 5.50 9 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Samuel Kelley 0 1 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 0 3 0 1
Samuel Carpentier 3 0 0 0
Stephen Galusha 1 0 0 0
Melvin Brown 0 2 0 0
Corey Norwood 5 0 0 0
Paul Wright 5 5 0 2
Gary Brown 0 2 0 0
Mathew Snow 0 5 0 0
John Graham 8 0 0 0
Roy Wiley 9 3 0 0
Don Wilkerson 6 1 0 0
Ulysses Hewitt 9 9 0 0
Ray Bryant 3 7 0 1
Leland Dudley 0 2 0 0
Stephen Taylor 0 2 0 0
Dennis Rivas 0 2 0 0
James Johnson 0 1 0 0
William Delatorre 0 14 0 0
Richard Oconnell 39 38 0 0
Jonathan Crabtree 42 41 0 2
Donald Glenn 47 33 0 0
Patrick Burke 2 30 0 1
Aaron Dutton 43 24 0 0
Jimmy Rupe 0 12 0 0
Joshua Harper 0 17 0 0
Harvey Dardar 40 31 0 1
Ryan Willey 0 2 0 0
George Compton 0 1 0 0
Robert Acosta 0 1 0 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jame Harrell 56 29 3 5
Wayne Harris 2 2 2 3
Norris Scott 45 24 1 1
Harold White 42 24 1 4
Michael Becker 56 30 0 2
Fernando Stone 1 2 0 0
Daniel Roth 0 1 0 0
Kyle Grimmett 0 1 0 0
Daniel Macdougall 0 1 0 0
Corey Lyle 0 3 0 0
Eduardo Sorenson 0 1 0 0
James Rollison 0 1 0 0
Frank Greenbaum 0 2 0 0
Robert Mason 0 3 0 0
Stephen Miller 0 2 0 0
Bruce Souza 9 1 0 0
Ralph Allen 10 3 0 0
Gregory Williams 1 2 0 0
David Bronson 12 2 0 1
Joe Doyle 0 3 0 0
Emil Hoban 0 5 0 0
Phillip Howard 17 6 0 2
Shawn Ayala 6 2 0 0
David Dirksen 13 4 0 0
Henry Barrows 7 16 0 0
Clair Wyche 0 5 0 0
Ricky Jackson 5 14 0 2
Willie Salisbury 53 23 0 3
Dale Raleigh 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Dennis Rivas 1 63 63.00 0
Donald Lopez 1 0 0.00 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
James Rollison 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 2 0 0 0
Samuel Kelley 0 1 1 0
Harvey Dardar 0 1 0 0
Joshua Harper 0 1 0 0
Stephen Taylor 0 0 1 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chas Schneider 3 1 0 0
Willie Salisbury 0 1 0 0
Dale Raleigh 0 0 1 0
James Rollison 0 0 1 0

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Gillespie 8 383 47.88 41.63 63 2

Charlotte Hornets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicolas Alleyne 12 570 47.50 45.17 54 1

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Douglas Hernandez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 0 / 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Willie Putnam 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 0 / 0

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Bradley 2 10 5.0 7 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Clair Wyche 3 25 8.3 12 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Clair Wyche 1 22 22.0 0

Defensive Stats

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
James Johnson 7 1
Don Wilkerson 5 0
Roy Wiley 5 0
Mathew Snow 5 1
Dennis Rivas 5 3
Samuel Kelley 4 2
Ryan Willey 4 1
Keith Marsh 4 0
Stephen Taylor 3 1
Donald Lopez 3 0
George Compton 2 2
Gary Brown 1 0
Corey Norwood 1 0
Alan Scurry 1 0
Ulysses Hewitt 1 0

Charlotte Hornets

Name Tackles Sacks
James Rollison 7 0
Richard McCarthy 7 1
Robert Mason 6 1
Dale Raleigh 4 0
Daniel Roth 3 0
Fernando Stone 3 0
Charles McMillan 3 0
Kevin Staten 2 0
Robert Oakley 2 0
David Bronson 2 0
Travis Rooks 2 0
Joseph Lombardi 1 0
Michael Becker 1 0
Daniel Macdougall 1 0
Clair Wyche 1 0
Chas Schneider 1 0
Michael Griffith 1 0
Eduardo Sorenson 1 0