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Divisional Round: Chicago Blitz at Denver Gold

January 05, 1997
41°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 76,273 (100%)
Blitz 0 10 3 3 - 16
Gold 7 7 14 3 - 31

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gold: 3-1-CHI 1 (6:55) 42-Max Ellis ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Robert Deacon. DEN 7 CHI 0
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 4-9-DEN 14 (6:41) 2-Evan Joseph 32 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 7 CHI 3
(Qtr 2) Gold: (6:39) 2-Evan Joseph kicks 65 yards from CHI 35 to DEN 0. 45-Brian Turner for 101yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Robert Deacon. DEN 14 CHI 3
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 1-1-DEN 0 (0:59) 43-Dale Davis ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Evan Joseph. DEN 14 CHI 10
(Qtr 3) Gold: 1-10-DEN 25 (15:00) 12-Andrew Brewer pass complete to 86-Steven Riley for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Robert Deacon. DEN 21 CHI 10
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 4-11-DEN 16 (8:52) 2-Evan Joseph 34 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 79-Russell Cox was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DEN 76-Josiah Stiefel was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DEN 21 CHI 13
(Qtr 3) Gold: 2-1-CHI 10 (5:18) 12-Andrew Brewer pass complete to 16-Gary Cortez for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Robert Deacon. DEN 28 CHI 13
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-5-CHI 13 (13:50) 9-Robert Deacon 31 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 31 CHI 13
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 4-10-DEN 25 (3:46) 2-Evan Joseph 43 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 31 CHI 16

Team Statistics

Gold Blitz
First Downs 17 14
- Rushing 7 1
- Passing 9 13
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 373 294
- Offensive Plays 61 61
- Yards Per Play 6.11 4.82
Net Rushing Yards 142 54
- Rushing Attempts 38 17
- Yards Per Rush 3.74 3.18
Net Passing Yards 231 240
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 15 / 1 42 / 29 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 231 260
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.04 5.45
- Yards Per Completion 15.40 8.97
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 11 7 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.4 9.1
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 4 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 134 1 / 27
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 4
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 30
Time of Possession 33:00 26:46

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:53 5:59 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
1 3:30 3:23 OPP 42 8 28 Missed FG
2 14:09 1:29 OWN 22 3 6 Punt
2 6:24 3:29 OPP 25 6 -17 Punt
2 2:54 1:17 OWN 20 4 17 Interception
2 0:57 0:57 OWN 23 2 -4 Half
3 15:00 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 8:49 3:35 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
3 3:35 4:48 OWN 29 9 57 Field Goal
4 11:27 1:17 OWN 9 3 1 Punt
4 8:33 2:52 OWN 9 5 15 Punt
4 3:43 3:43 OWN 25 9 25 Game

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:07 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 6:54 3:24 OWN 25 6 6 Interception
1 0:07 0:58 OWN 22 3 10 Punt
2 12:40 6:02 OWN 31 11 54 Field Goal
2 1:38 0:40 OPP 40 5 40 Touchdown
3 14:49 6:01 OWN 25 10 59 Field Goal
3 5:14 1:39 OWN 17 3 4 Punt
4 13:47 2:20 OWN 25 5 22 Punt
4 10:09 1:36 OWN 43 3 9 Punt
4 5:41 1:59 OWN 28 7 47 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Max Ellis 12 57 4.75 12 2 1
Erik Younker 16 46 2.88 12 3 0
Brian Turner 8 39 4.88 11 3 0
Andrew Brewer 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Gates 13 55 4.23 9 0 0
Dale Davis 4 -1 -0.25 2 0 1

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Andrew Brewer 23 15 231 0 / 0 2 75 1 109.15

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ronald Brown 42 29 260 2 / 20 0 29 1 75.50

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Steven Riley 6 147 24.50 75 1
Erik Younker 3 38 12.67 20 0
Gary Cortez 2 17 8.50 10 1
James Riley 1 12 12.00 12 0
Douglas Crowley 1 10 10.00 10 0
Brian Turner 2 7 3.50 5 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Darren McElyea 8 79 9.88 23 0
Ian Gordon 4 57 14.25 18 0
David Karim 3 37 12.33 26 0
John Gates 5 34 6.80 11 0
Barry Dawson 1 29 29.00 29 0
Jason Rambo 2 25 12.50 17 0
Richard Weber 6 -1 -0.17 1 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jerry Hyder 0 3 0 0
Ray Anderson 1 12 0 1
Gerald Jones 0 2 0 0
Richard Garcia 0 3 0 0
Archie Baker 0 2 0 0
Joshua Woodruff 0 2 0 1
Bill Conlan 2 2 0 0
Clint Melvin 8 4 0 1
Justin Fast 8 0 0 0
Wilson Stanley 0 3 0 1
James Butts 0 1 0 0
Herbert Patterson 0 3 0 0
Josiah Stiefel 0 1 0 0
Henry Cozart 3 0 0 0
Anthony Reichard 8 2 0 0
Peter White 2 6 0 0
Rafael Powers 0 3 0 1
Erik Younker 6 4 0 2
William Allen 0 2 0 0
Gary Cortez 0 18 0 1
Brian Turner 0 2 0 0
Steven Riley 0 18 0 0
James Riley 11 34 0 1
Bobby Olsen 28 40 0 4
Glen Silvas 23 41 0 2
Vernon Lamb 32 43 0 3
Robert Reynolds 32 47 0 5
Jason Moore 20 36 0 0
Max Ellis 7 12 0 1
Douglas Crowley 0 16 0 0
Tony Crabtree 0 2 0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Chad Davis 53 28 1 2
Ralph Oldham 54 25 1 2
Pedro Carmona 0 1 0 0
Jose King 0 2 0 1
Rodney Pittman 0 2 0 0
Ralph Beamon 0 1 0 0
Paul Horton 0 1 0 0
Philip Lee 0 2 0 0
John Huynh 0 2 0 0
John Noble 0 1 0 0
Mario Dent 0 1 0 0
Richard Hernadez 0 1 0 0
Eric Campion 0 1 0 0
Randy Whitney 0 1 0 0
Darryl Stein 0 2 0 1
Eddie Brown 0 1 0 0
Douglas Russell 0 2 0 0
Keith McGhee 3 4 0 0
Robert Krone 2 1 0 0
Dale Davis 3 4 0 0
David Karim 0 16 0 0
John Gates 4 2 0 0
Robert Cobbs 10 1 0 1
Sammy Montz 5 1 0 0
Ian Gordon 0 13 0 0
Darren McElyea 0 10 0 0
Jason Rambo 15 22 0 2
Richard Weber 19 8 0 1
Russell Cox 53 27 0 1
Jamie Knowles 53 22 0 0
Stephen Locke 50 31 0 3
Steven Landeros 3 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gerald Jones 1 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Sammy Montz 1 4 4.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Chicago Blitz

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ronald Brown 1 0 0 0
Ralph Oldham 0 1 0 0

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Henry Vogt 3 138 46.00 45.33 50 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Leslie Noah 6 291 48.50 44.83 59 2

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Deacon 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 31 4 / 4

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Evan Joseph 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 1 / 1

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Andrew Bolden 1 1 1.0 1 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Gates 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Brian Turner 2 134 67.0 1

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Gates 1 27 27.0 0

Defensive Stats

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
James Butts 8 0
Herbert Patterson 8 0
Andrew Bolden 6 0
Jerry Hyder 4 0
Joshua Woodruff 4 0
Josiah Stiefel 3 1
Wilson Stanley 3 0
Rafael Powers 3 0
Gerald Jones 3 0
Henry Massie 2 1
Bill Conlan 2 0
Curt Hoffmann 2 0
Andrew Brewer 1 0
Michael Condron 1 0
Tony Crabtree 1 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Tackles Sacks
Mario Dent 11 0
Rodney Pittman 7 0
Abdul Strout 6 0
Douglas Russell 4 0
Eddie Brown 4 0
John Noble 4 0
Darryl Stein 4 0
Sammy Montz 3 0
Philip Lee 2 0
Jose King 2 0
Eric Campion 2 0
Darren McElyea 1 0