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Week 1: San Jose SaberCats at Denver Gold

September 05, 1976
83°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 57,621 (76%)
SaberCats 7 0 10 7 - 24
Gold 7 10 0 0 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 1-10-SJS 25 (15:00) (Hot Read) 12-David Schmitt pass complete to 46-Christopher Gray for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. DEN 0 SJS 7
(Qtr 1) Gold: 3-11-SJS 20 (5:45) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 18-Michael Atkinson for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. DEN 7 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-10-SJS 22 (13:29) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 84-Patrick Burke for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. DEN 14 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) Gold: 4-2-SJS 22 (6:46) 11-Robert Allison 41 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 17 SJS 7
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 4-1-DEN 31 (6:36) 1-Tommie Prather 49 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 17 SJS 10
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 2-7-DEN 30 (3:35) 12-David Schmitt pass complete to 17-David Perez for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. DEN 71-John Herrera was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DEN 17 SJS 17
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 1-4-DEN 4 (1:54) 12-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. DEN 17 SJS 24

Team Statistics

Gold SaberCats
First Downs 14 14
- Rushing 2 2
- Passing 11 12
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 306 451
- Offensive Plays 64 55
- Yards Per Play 4.78 8.20
Net Rushing Yards 30 43
- Rushing Attempts 23 24
- Yards Per Rush 1.30 1.79
Net Passing Yards 276 408
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 20 / 1 28 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 276 429
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 21
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.73 13.16
- Yards Per Completion 13.80 18.65
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 15 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 16 2 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 16 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 25
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 27
Time of Possession 29:11 30:49

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:49 1:22 OWN 25 3 6 Interception
1 11:15 5:35 OWN 20 11 80 Touchdown
1 3:29 1:31 OWN 40 3 -1 Punt
1 0:00 1:36 OPP 47 4 47 Touchdown
2 10:15 3:33 OWN 8 6 70 Field Goal
2 3:44 3:44 OWN 1 6 23 Half
3 15:00 5:02 OWN 25 9 47 Missed FG
3 6:32 0:55 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
3 3:30 2:32 OWN 25 7 24 Punt
4 11:27 2:39 OWN 20 5 17 Punt
4 2:51 0:22 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
4 1:50 0:20 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 13:27 2:12 OWN 49 3 5 Punt
1 5:40 2:11 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
1 1:59 1:59 OWN 14 3 -8 Punt
2 13:24 3:09 OWN 25 5 35 Punt
2 6:42 2:58 OWN 25 6 35 Punt
3 9:58 3:26 OWN 35 5 34 Field Goal
3 5:37 2:06 OWN 30 4 70 Touchdown
3 0:59 4:31 OWN 9 8 86 Missed FG
4 8:48 5:57 OWN 11 8 48 Punt
4 2:29 0:39 OWN 38 4 62 Touchdown
4 1:30 1:30 OWN 33 5 10 Game

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 15 18 1.20 10 1 0
Dustin Nichols 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
Carlos Miller 6 2 0.33 4 0 0
Donald White 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 14 30 2.14 11 2 0
Daniel Bailey 3 7 2.33 10 1 0
Jeffrey Matson 4 6 1.50 5 0 0
David Schmitt 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 41 20 276 0 / 0 2 42 1 76.88

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 28 23 429 3 / 21 3 75 0 154.46

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 12 114 9.50 23 0
Felix Perez 3 87 29.00 42 0
Patrick Burke 1 22 22.00 22 1
Michael Atkinson 1 20 20.00 20 1
Duane Cunningham 1 15 15.00 15 0
John Coleman 1 11 11.00 11 0
Henry Ramos 1 7 7.00 7 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Martin 8 165 20.63 40 1
David Perez 5 116 23.20 30 1
Christopher Gray 1 75 75.00 75 1
William Alanis 3 54 18.00 21 0
Jose Lohman 4 13 3.25 5 0
Daniel Bailey 1 3 3.00 3 0
William Kendrick 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Don Thompson 52 27 0 1
Carlos Miller 4 4 0 0
Duane Cunningham 1 3 0 1
Paul Davis 0 1 0 0
John Herrera 0 1 0 0
Donald Lopez 0 1 0 1
Frank Castillo 4 0 0 0
Paul Wright 10 2 0 0
Felix Perez 0 6 0 0
Donald White 1 2 0 0
William Reaves 8 5 0 0
Patrick Burke 3 27 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 7 12 0 1
Andrew Madrigal 11 3 0 1
John Coleman 0 13 0 0
Allen Bateman 42 28 0 9
Henry Ramos 1 18 0 0
Jonathan Crabtree 52 25 0 0
Donald Glenn 44 23 0 1
Tom Campbell 49 28 0 4
Michael Atkinson 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Mosley 31 25 1 1
Eddie Wilson 31 23 0 2
Jeffrey Matson 8 15 0 0
Paul Reed 0 2 0 0
Craig Edson 0 1 0 0
William Alanis 0 2 0 0
William Kendrick 0 7 0 0
Jeffery Mackey 0 1 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 1 0 0
Brian Vazquez 0 1 0 0
Cesar Collins 0 1 0 0
Anthony Smith 0 1 0 0
Daniel Bailey 3 2 0 0
Joseph Sanders 0 10 0 0
Bryan Leisure 0 1 0 1
Charles Martin 36 27 0 3
Dale Adams 1 0 0 0
Maurice Bowman 11 5 0 0
Marty Ryan 5 0 0 0
Christopher Gray 22 6 0 1
Lynwood Skelton 11 3 0 0
Jose Sterling 10 0 0 0
Jose Lohman 11 26 0 0
John Martin 3 16 0 2
David Perez 0 8 0 0
James Smith 37 30 0 7
Michael Warren 39 26 0 0
Donald Bonner 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Anthony Smith 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Donald White 1 0 0 0
Robert Allison 0 0 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Lynwood Skelton 1 0 0 0
Christopher Gray 0 1 0 0
Craig Edson 0 0 1 0

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Gillespie 6 281 46.83 46.17 51 2

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 6 261 43.50 33.50 50 2

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Allison 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 41 2 / 2

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 3 / 3

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 2 16 8.0 8 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lynwood Skelton 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lynwood Skelton 1 25 25.0 0

Defensive Stats

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Donald Lopez 9 0
Pablo Wilson 7 0
Mathew Snow 5 2
David Aguila 4 0
Bill Ryan 4 0
John Smith 4 0
Don Wilkerson 4 0
Dennis Rivas 3 0
Roy Wiley 3 0
John Coleman 1 0
Paul Davis 1 0
John Herrera 1 1
Marvin Waldron 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Frank Wakefield 10 0
Craig Edson 10 0
Robert Oakley 5 0
Paul Reed 5 0
Charles Grant 3 0
Anthony Smith 2 0
Brian Vazquez 2 0
Jeffery Mackey 2 0
Richard McCarthy 1 0
John Martin 1 0
Donny Harris 1 0
George Ivy 1 0