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Week 2: Chicago Blitz at Los Angeles Express

September 12, 1976
73°
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, CA) Attendance: 72,617 (81%)
Blitz 7 7 10 0 - 24
Express 0 7 7 0 - 14

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blitz: 2-1-LAX 0 (2:59) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 13-Chester Landes for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Roland Ellis. LAX 0 CHI 7
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-7-CHI 7 (13:05) 23-Seth Wynn ran to CHI 0 for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 7 CHI 7
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 2-7-CHI 39 (11:41) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 86-John Ayala for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Roland Ellis. LAX 7 CHI 14
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 4-8-LAX 30 (10:15) 7-Roland Ellis 48 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 7 CHI 17
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 1-4-LAX 4 (6:36) 37-Ray Bryant ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Roland Ellis. LAX 7 CHI 24
(Qtr 3) Express: 2-3-CHI 9 (3:44) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 14 CHI 24

Team Statistics

Express Blitz
First Downs 12 16
- Rushing 3 8
- Passing 9 8
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 370 410
- Offensive Plays 61 70
- Yards Per Play 6.07 5.86
Net Rushing Yards 64 158
- Rushing Attempts 16 45
- Yards Per Rush 4.00 3.51
Net Passing Yards 306 252
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 21 / 1 25 / 13 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 326 252
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 20 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.80 10.08
- Yards Per Completion 15.52 19.38
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 3 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.7 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 3 / 26
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 7 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 63 1 / 22
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 26
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 25
Time of Possession 24:22 35:42

Drive Charts

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:44 3:40 OWN 11 7 44 Punt
1 2:55 2:48 OWN 25 4 29 Punt
2 13:41 0:40 OPP 18 2 18 Touchdown
2 11:32 4:53 OWN 22 8 68 Missed FG
2 1:56 0:25 OWN 37 3 3 Punt
3 15:00 1:46 OWN 31 5 24 Punt
3 10:11 0:15 OWN 25 3 0 Fumble
3 6:33 2:53 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 2:38 2:08 OWN 37 3 4 Punt
4 14:40 0:46 OWN 44 2 11 Interception
4 11:37 1:29 OWN 40 3 7 Punt
4 8:12 0:45 OWN 23 3 -9 Punt
4 5:26 1:04 OWN 14 6 52 Downs
4 1:56 0:50 OWN 41 6 44 Downs

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:16 OWN 23 4 19 Punt
1 9:04 6:09 OWN 6 12 94 Touchdown
1 0:07 1:26 OWN 12 4 11 Interception
2 13:01 1:29 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 6:40 4:43 OWN 20 8 50 Missed FG
2 1:32 1:32 OWN 1 3 10 Half
3 13:14 3:03 OWN 8 6 61 Field Goal
3 9:57 3:24 OPP 40 6 40 Touchdown
3 3:40 1:02 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
3 0:30 0:50 OWN 12 3 -6 Punt
4 13:55 2:17 OWN 43 5 24 Missed FG
4 10:09 1:57 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
4 7:27 2:01 OWN 32 3 4 Punt
4 4:22 2:26 OWN 46 4 19 Missed FG
4 1:07 1:07 OWN 39 3 -1 Game

Rushing Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 13 64 4.92 15 2 1
Edgar Austin 3 0 0.00 1 0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bruce Fine 26 107 4.12 15 3 0
Ray Bryant 16 35 2.19 16 1 1
Daniel McKee 3 16 5.33 16 1 0

Passing Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 34 16 275 2 / 13 1 46 1 72.55
William Trombly 8 5 51 1 / 7 0 20 0 80.73

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel McKee 25 13 252 0 / 0 2 61 1 97.42

Receiving Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Santiago Smith 4 108 27.00 42 1
Cordell Mosteller 6 80 13.33 23 0
Jimmy Landon 3 68 22.67 46 0
Tyrone Kennedy 3 32 10.67 12 0
Jose Queen 1 17 17.00 17 0
Raymundo Edmonson 1 11 11.00 11 0
Peter Sibley 1 11 11.00 11 0
Seth Wynn 2 -1 -0.50 3 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Ayala 4 121 30.25 61 1
Chester Landes 4 54 13.50 24 1
George Allen 2 32 16.00 24 0
Robert Ross 1 27 27.00 27 0
Wendell Pinegar 1 13 13.00 13 0
Michael Leonard 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Scott Dotson 53 18 1 2
Charles Martin 43 23 0 1
Stephen Farmer 0 3 0 0
Walter Silva 0 1 0 1
Allen Ellison 0 4 0 2
Daniel Ibarra 0 1 0 0
Richard Owen 0 2 0 0
Michael Salzman 0 1 0 0
Rufus Aguilar 0 1 0 0
Edgar Austin 10 0 0 0
Seth Wynn 2 5 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 1 0 0
Matthew McKamey 0 1 0 0
Carlos Turner 0 1 0 0
Paul Moore 0 2 0 0
Shannon Smith 2 1 0 1
Larry Newsom 0 1 0 0
Mark Roberts 3 0 0 0
Lamont Stich 0 1 0 0
Joan White 0 1 0 0
Jose Queen 1 8 0 2
Jason Graf 55 29 0 3
Jose Sherlock 42 15 0 1
Santiago Smith 0 14 0 0
Peter Sibley 15 12 0 0
Jimmy Landon 0 8 0 1
Raymundo Edmonson 4 9 0 1
Michael Robertson 15 4 0 0
Jason Westbrooks 52 25 0 2
Robert Wimbush 6 0 0 0
Donn Webb 7 3 0 0
Leonardo Putnam 7 0 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 7 0 0
Cordell Mosteller 0 5 0 0
Peter Brown 0 3 0 0
Robert Falkner 0 4 0 0
Terrence Gahagan 1 0 0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jeff Melton 0 2 0 0
George Allen 17 40 0 0
Ronald Williams 0 1 0 0
Paul Greene 0 1 0 0
Willard Clark 0 1 0 0
Dale Jarrett 7 0 0 0
Aaron Dutton 13 11 0 1
Richard Marshall 0 4 0 1
Wendell Pinegar 0 2 0 0
Ronald Stanfill 12 1 0 0
Robert Ross 0 10 0 2
Ray Bryant 1 4 0 0
Michael Leonard 2 17 0 0
Frederick Hays 10 30 0 2
Timothy Sims 37 50 0 1
Bruce Fine 6 4 0 0
Chester Landes 0 20 0 2
John Ayala 0 16 0 0
Willie Salisbury 37 47 0 6
John Jackson 38 46 0 0
Brian Buckley 28 32 0 3
Dale Smith 37 49 0 6
Jerry Shen 0 2 0 0
Elton Engler 0 2 0 0
Peter Horton 0 2 0 0
William Kennedy 2 2 0 0
Robert Gonzales 0 2 0 0
Kenneth Flowers 1 2 0 0
David Feng 0 2 0 0
Leroy Obrien 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Salzman 1 1 1.00 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
David Feng 1 26 26.00 0

Fumble Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jimmy Landon 1 0 0 0
Santiago Smith 1 1 0 0
Walter Silva 0 0 1 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Bruce Fine 1 0 0 0
Anthony Crow 0 1 0 0
Willard Clark 0 0 1 0
Willie Salisbury 0 1 0 0

Punting

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 7 323 46.14 43.14 59 3

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Simon Jones 5 247 49.40 47.80 51 0

Kicking

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roland Ellis 1 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 2 48 3 / 3

Punt Return

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Santiago Smith 1 7 7.0 7 0

Chicago Blitz

Kick Return

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Seth Wynn 1 38 38.0 0
Jason Ferguson 1 25 25.0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Ayala 1 22 22.0 0

Defensive Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Walter Silva 8 0
Carlos Turner 7 0
Robert Falkner 7 0
Lamont Stich 6 0
Maurice Matzke 5 0
Matthew McKamey 4 0
Peter Brown 4 0
Joshua Lilley 4 0
Paul Moore 3 0
Michael Salzman 2 0
Joan White 1 0
Santiago Smith 1 0
Stephen Farmer 1 0
Daniel Ibarra 1 0
Donn Webb 1 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Gonzales 6 0
William Kennedy 5 1
Elton Engler 5 1
Robert Davis 4 0
Ronald Williams 4 0
Jeff Melton 4 0
Paul Greene 3 0
David Feng 3 0
Willard Clark 3 0
Frederick Hays 1 0
Kenneth Flowers 1 0
Roland Ellis 1 0
Jerry Shen 1 0
Leroy Obrien 1 1