Regular Season Week 1: SaberCats at Gold
September 05, 1976 83° Mile High Stadium
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
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
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
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Gold
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#81 Duane Cunningham 15 18 1.20 10 1 0
#9 Dustin Nichols 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
#49 Carlos Miller 6 2 0.33 4 0 0
#81 Donald White 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
SaberCats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#46 Christopher Gray 14 30 2.14 11 2 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 3 7 2.33 10 1 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 4 6 1.50 5 0 0
#9 David Schmitt 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Gold
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Dustin Nichols 41 20 276 0 / 0 2 42 1 76.88
SaberCats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 David Schmitt 28 23 429 3 / 21 3 75 0 154.46
Receiving Stats
Gold
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 12 114 9.50 23 0
#83 Felix Perez 3 87 29.00 42 0
#85 Patrick Burke 1 22 22.00 22 1
#18 Michael Atkinson 1 20 20.00 20 1
#81 Duane Cunningham 1 15 15.00 15 0
#86 John Coleman 1 11 11.00 11 0
#85 Henry Ramos 1 7 7.00 7 0
SaberCats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 John Martin 8 165 20.63 40 1
#17 David Perez 5 116 23.20 30 1
#46 Christopher Gray 1 75 75.00 75 1
#10 William Alanis 3 54 18.00 21 0
#81 Jose Lohman 4 13 3.25 5 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 1 3 3.00 3 0
#89 William Kendrick 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Gold
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#74 Don Thompson 52 27 0 1
#85 Patrick Burke 3 27 0 0
#60 Tom Campbell 49 28 0 4
#66 Donald Glenn 44 23 0 1
#78 Jonathan Crabtree 52 25 0 0
#85 Henry Ramos 1 18 0 0
#60 Allen Bateman 42 28 0 9
#86 John Coleman 0 13 0 0
#88 Andrew Madrigal 11 3 0 1
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 7 12 0 1
#63 William Reaves 8 5 0 0
#49 Carlos Miller 4 4 0 0
#81 Donald White 1 2 0 0
#83 Felix Perez 0 6 0 0
#67 Paul Wright 10 2 0 0
#79 Frank Castillo 4 0 0 0
#41 Donald Lopez 0 1 0 1
#71 John Herrera 0 1 0 0
#57 Paul Davis 0 1 0 0
#81 Duane Cunningham 1 3 0 1
#18 Michael Atkinson 0 1 0 0
SaberCats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#76 Richard Mosley 31 25 1 1
#77 Eddie Wilson 31 23 0 2
#72 Charles Martin 36 27 0 3
#54 Michael Warren 39 26 0 0
#63 James Smith 37 30 0 7
#17 David Perez 0 8 0 0
#81 John Martin 3 16 0 2
#81 Jose Lohman 11 26 0 0
#60 Jose Sterling 10 0 0 0
#30 Lynwood Skelton 11 3 0 0
#46 Christopher Gray 22 6 0 1
#57 Marty Ryan 5 0 0 0
#40 Maurice Bowman 11 5 0 0
#61 Dale Adams 1 0 0 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 0 1 0 1
#37 Jeffrey Matson 8 15 0 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 0 10 0 0
#31 Daniel Bailey 3 2 0 0
#56 Anthony Smith 0 1 0 0
#94 Cesar Collins 0 1 0 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 0 1 0 0
#67 Frank Wakefield 0 1 0 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 0 1 0 0
#89 William Kendrick 0 7 0 0
#10 William Alanis 0 2 0 0
#52 Craig Edson 0 1 0 0
#33 Paul Reed 0 2 0 0
#78 Donald Bonner 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Gold
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
SaberCats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#56 Anthony Smith 1 -1 -1.00 0
Fumble Stats
Gold
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#81 Donald White 1 0 0 0
#12 Robert Allison 0 0 1 0
SaberCats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#30 Lynwood Skelton 1 0 0 0
#46 Christopher Gray 0 1 0 0
#52 Craig Edson 0 0 1 0
Punting
Gold
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Robert Gillespie 6 281 46.83 46.17 51 2
SaberCats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Rodney West 6 261 43.50 33.50 50 2
Kicking
Gold
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Robert Allison 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 41 2 / 2
SaberCats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Tommie Prather 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 3 / 3
Punt Return
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 2 16 8.0 8 0
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#30 Lynwood Skelton 1 6 6.0 6 0
Kick Return
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#30 Lynwood Skelton 1 25 25.0 0
Defensive Stats
Gold
Name Tackles Sacks
#41 Donald Lopez 9 0
#28 Pablo Wilson 7 0
#57 Mathew Snow 5 2
#66 David Aguila 4 0
#91 Bill Ryan 4 0
#51 John Smith 4 0
#20 Don Wilkerson 4 0
#90 Dennis Rivas 3 0
#26 Roy Wiley 3 0
#86 John Coleman 1 0
#57 Paul Davis 1 0
#71 John Herrera 1 1
#74 Marvin Waldron 1 0
SaberCats
Name Tackles Sacks
#67 Frank Wakefield 10 0
#52 Craig Edson 10 0
#41 Robert Oakley 5 0
#33 Paul Reed 5 0
#99 Charles Grant 3 0
#56 Anthony Smith 2 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 2 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 2 0
#31 Richard McCarthy 1 0
#81 John Martin 1 0
#53 Donny Harris 1 0
#47 George Ivy 1 0