Regular Season Week 8: Hornets at Gold
October 26, 1975 64° Mile High Stadium
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
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
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
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Gold
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 16 48 3.00 12 1 1
#37 Ray Bryant 10 30 3.00 11 1 0
#36 Alan Scurry 3 22 7.33 11 1 0
#23 Melvin Brown 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Hornets
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#18 David Dirksen 24 57 2.38 9 0 0
Passing Stats
Gold
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Dustin Nichols 38 23 439 2 / 18 5 77 1 129.28
Hornets
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Chas Schneider 31 12 178 10 / 80 0 34 2 31.38
Receiving Stats
Gold
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 William Delatorre 4 154 38.50 77 2
#85 Patrick Burke 5 98 19.60 59 1
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 1 70 70.00 70 1
#18 Leland Dudley 3 61 20.33 37 0
#81 Jimmy Rupe 5 39 7.80 17 0
#23 Melvin Brown 1 7 7.00 7 0
#36 Alan Scurry 1 4 4.00 4 1
#37 Ray Bryant 2 4 2.00 2 0
#81 Joshua Harper 1 2 2.00 2 0
Hornets
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#89 Clair Wyche 5 91 18.20 32 0
#82 Emil Hoban 4 53 13.25 34 0
#20 Joe Doyle 1 23 23.00 23 0
#34 Ricky Jackson 2 11 5.50 9 0
Blocking Stats
Gold
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#90 Samuel Kelley 0 1 0 0
#57 Stephen Taylor 0 2 0 0
#79 George Compton 0 1 0 0
#52 Ryan Willey 0 2 0 0
#66 Harvey Dardar 40 31 0 1
#81 Joshua Harper 0 17 0 0
#81 Jimmy Rupe 0 12 0 0
#67 Aaron Dutton 43 24 0 0
#85 Patrick Burke 2 30 0 1
#66 Donald Glenn 47 33 0 0
#78 Jonathan Crabtree 42 41 0 2
#69 Richard Oconnell 39 38 0 0
#14 William Delatorre 0 14 0 0
#93 James Johnson 0 1 0 0
#90 Dennis Rivas 0 2 0 0
#18 Leland Dudley 0 2 0 0
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 0 3 0 1
#37 Ray Bryant 3 7 0 1
#30 Ulysses Hewitt 9 9 0 0
#20 Don Wilkerson 6 1 0 0
#26 Roy Wiley 9 3 0 0
#78 John Graham 8 0 0 0
#57 Mathew Snow 0 5 0 0
#23 Gary Brown 0 2 0 0
#67 Paul Wright 5 5 0 2
#21 Corey Norwood 5 0 0 0
#23 Melvin Brown 0 2 0 0
#62 Stephen Galusha 1 0 0 0
#71 Samuel Carpentier 3 0 0 0
#32 Robert Acosta 0 1 0 0
Hornets
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#36 Jame Harrell 56 29 3 5
#78 Wayne Harris 2 2 2 3
#71 Harold White 42 24 1 4
#64 Norris Scott 45 24 1 1
#62 Michael Becker 56 30 0 2
#58 Willie Salisbury 53 23 0 3
#34 Ricky Jackson 5 14 0 2
#89 Clair Wyche 0 5 0 0
#84 Henry Barrows 7 16 0 0
#18 David Dirksen 13 4 0 0
#35 Shawn Ayala 6 2 0 0
#28 Phillip Howard 17 6 0 2
#82 Emil Hoban 0 5 0 0
#20 Joe Doyle 0 3 0 0
#97 David Bronson 12 2 0 1
#84 Bruce Souza 9 1 0 0
#45 Gregory Williams 1 2 0 0
#39 Ralph Allen 10 3 0 0
#99 Fernando Stone 1 2 0 0
#59 Stephen Miller 0 2 0 0
#29 Robert Mason 0 3 0 0
#59 Frank Greenbaum 0 2 0 0
#23 James Rollison 0 1 0 0
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 0 1 0 0
#15 Corey Lyle 0 3 0 0
#67 Daniel Macdougall 0 1 0 0
#90 Kyle Grimmett 0 1 0 0
#95 Daniel Roth 0 1 0 0
#57 Dale Raleigh 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Gold
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#90 Dennis Rivas 1 63 63.00 0
#41 Donald Lopez 1 0 0.00 0
Hornets
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#23 James Rollison 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Gold
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 2 0 0 0
#90 Samuel Kelley 0 1 1 0
#66 Harvey Dardar 0 1 0 0
#81 Joshua Harper 0 1 0 0
#57 Stephen Taylor 0 0 1 0
Hornets
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#9 Chas Schneider 3 1 0 0
#58 Willie Salisbury 0 1 0 0
#57 Dale Raleigh 0 0 1 0
#23 James Rollison 0 0 1 0
Punting
Gold
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Robert Gillespie 8 383 47.88 41.63 63 2
Hornets
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Nicolas Alleyne 12 570 47.50 45.17 54 1
Kicking
Gold
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#11 Douglas Hernandez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 0 / 0
Hornets
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#17 Willie Putnam 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 0 / 0
Punt Return
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 John Bradley 2 10 5.0 7 0
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#89 Clair Wyche 3 25 8.3 12 0
Kick Return
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Hornets
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#89 Clair Wyche 1 22 22.0 0
Defensive Stats
Gold
Name Tackles Sacks
#93 James Johnson 7 1
#20 Don Wilkerson 5 0
#26 Roy Wiley 5 0
#57 Mathew Snow 5 1
#90 Dennis Rivas 5 3
#90 Samuel Kelley 4 2
#52 Ryan Willey 4 1
#22 Keith Marsh 4 0
#57 Stephen Taylor 3 1
#41 Donald Lopez 3 0
#79 George Compton 2 2
#23 Gary Brown 1 0
#21 Corey Norwood 1 0
#36 Alan Scurry 1 0
#30 Ulysses Hewitt 1 0
Hornets
Name Tackles Sacks
#23 James Rollison 7 0
#31 Richard McCarthy 7 1
#29 Robert Mason 6 1
#57 Dale Raleigh 4 0
#99 Fernando Stone 3 0
#23 Charles McMillan 3 0
#95 Daniel Roth 3 0
#97 David Bronson 2 0
#33 Travis Rooks 2 0
#41 Robert Oakley 2 0
#72 Kevin Staten 2 0
#62 Michael Becker 1 0
#95 Michael Griffith 1 0
#9 Chas Schneider 1 0
#89 Clair Wyche 1 0
#50 Eduardo Sorenson 1 0
#67 Daniel Macdougall 1 0
#30 Joseph Lombardi 1 0