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Week 6: San Jose SaberCats at Los Angeles Express

October 10, 1976
87°
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, CA) Attendance: 65,255 (73%)
SaberCats 0 7 0 0 - 7
Express 14 21 31 3 - 69

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Express: 3-9-SJS 19 (12:13) 4-William Trombly pass complete to 17-Jimmy Landon for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 7 SJS 0
(Qtr 1) Express: 3-4-SJS 4 (6:34) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 16-Tyrone Kennedy for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 14 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-10-LAX 10 (14:19) 12-David Schmitt pass complete to 17-David Perez for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. LAX 14 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-10-LAX 1 (9:36) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 99 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 21 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-10-SJS 48 (7:02) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 48 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 28 SJS 7
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-10-LAX 39 (1:16) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 35 SJS 7
(Qtr 3) Express: 1-10-LAX 17 (11:24) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 89-Peter Sibley to SJS 0 for 83 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 42 SJS 7
(Qtr 3) Express: 1-10-LAX 28 (10:31) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 49 SJS 7
(Qtr 3) Express: 2-16-SJS 17 (5:33) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 56 SJS 7
(Qtr 3) Express: 4-2-SJS 2 (3:04) 1-Roger Ruzich 19 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 59 SJS 7
(Qtr 3) Express: 2-20-LAX 11 (1:39) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 23-Seth Wynn for 89 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. LAX 66 SJS 7
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-11-SJS 34 (9:51) 1-Roger Ruzich 51 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 69 SJS 7

Team Statistics

Express SaberCats
First Downs 14 11
- Rushing 9 1
- Passing 5 10
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 720 299
- Offensive Plays 72 67
- Yards Per Play 10.00 4.46
Net Rushing Yards 151 33
- Rushing Attempts 38 8
- Yards Per Rush 3.97 4.13
Net Passing Yards 569 266
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 17 / 0 55 / 27 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 584 299
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 4 / 33
- Yards Per Pass Play 16.74 4.51
- Yards Per Completion 34.35 11.07
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 2 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.0 9.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 40 7 / 55
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 46 3 / 16
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 6 / 133
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 3 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 25
Time of Possession 31:43 28:19

Drive Charts

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:54 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 11:07 1:42 OWN 24 5 22 Punt
1 9:21 2:52 OPP 32 6 32 Touchdown
1 2:59 1:35 OWN 17 3 -4 Punt
2 14:15 1:04 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 11:35 0:24 OWN 5 3 0 Punt
2 9:36 0:13 OWN 1 1 99 Touchdown
2 7:40 0:45 OWN 42 2 58 Touchdown
2 4:14 3:07 OWN 16 6 84 Touchdown
3 11:24 0:12 OWN 17 1 83 Touchdown
3 10:30 0:09 OWN 28 1 72 Touchdown
3 9:41 4:13 OWN 40 7 60 Touchdown
3 1:46 0:21 OWN 21 2 79 Touchdown
3 0:43 1:34 OWN 22 3 7 Punt
4 13:08 3:22 OPP 47 5 14 Field Goal
4 9:18 2:04 OWN 46 3 -11 Punt
4 5:53 1:28 OWN 13 3 5 Punt
4 4:03 2:50 OWN 20 5 13 Punt
4 0:54 0:54 OWN 38 2 -3 Game

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:06 0:59 OWN 21 3 9 Punt
1 9:26 0:05 OWN 20 1 0 Interception
1 6:29 3:30 OWN 25 5 16 Punt
1 1:24 2:08 OWN 43 4 57 Touchdown
2 13:11 1:36 OWN 26 4 34 Punt
2 11:11 1:35 OPP 49 3 5 Punt
2 9:23 1:43 OWN 15 3 4 Punt
2 6:55 2:41 OWN 25 5 14 Punt
2 1:07 1:07 OWN 18 2 11 Half
3 15:00 3:36 OWN 25 8 53 Interception
3 11:12 0:42 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 10:21 0:40 OWN 16 3 5 Punt
3 5:29 2:28 OWN 19 5 -17 Field Goal
3 3:01 1:15 OWN 15 5 19 Punt
3 1:25 0:42 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 14:09 1:01 OWN 24 3 -17 Punt
4 9:46 0:28 OWN 25 2 8 Interception
4 7:14 1:21 OWN 24 4 30 Punt
4 4:25 0:22 OWN 34 3 0 Punt
4 1:14 0:20 OWN 19 3 2 Punt

Rushing Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 18 92 5.11 25 4 0
Robert Sanders 3 23 7.67 16 1 0
Robert Acosta 11 23 2.09 10 1 0
Edgar Austin 5 7 1.40 13 1 0
Gene Nowlin 1 6 6.00 6 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 7 31 4.43 10 2 0
Jeffrey Matson 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 24 12 533 1 / 9 8 99 0 135.42
William Trombly 8 5 51 1 / 6 1 19 0 120.31

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 55 27 299 4 / 33 1 32 3 48.98

Receiving Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Santiago Smith 6 302 50.33 99 5
Peter Sibley 3 120 40.00 83 1
Seth Wynn 3 106 35.33 89 1
Jimmy Landon 3 50 16.67 19 1
Tyrone Kennedy 1 4 4.00 4 1
Cordell Mosteller 1 2 2.00 2 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Perez 9 158 17.56 32 1
John Martin 7 56 8.00 12 0
Jose Lohman 6 41 6.83 12 0
William Kendrick 3 28 9.33 15 0
Joseph Sanders 1 8 8.00 8 0
Jeffrey Matson 1 8 8.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jose Sherlock 52 42 1 6
Robert Wimbush 5 2 1 1
Stephen Farmer 0 4 0 0
Eric Aaron 0 3 0 0
Joshua Lilley 0 1 0 0
Robert Acosta 2 0 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 4 0 2
Richard Owen 0 2 0 0
Charles Martin 47 46 0 3
Matthew McKamey 0 3 0 2
Paul Moore 0 3 0 0
Christopher Spotts 3 1 0 0
Robert Falkner 0 3 0 0
Lamont Stich 0 3 0 0
Peter Brown 0 1 0 0
Daniel Ibarra 0 3 0 0
Louis Duron 0 2 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 11 0 1
Allen Ellison 8 6 0 1
Cordell Mosteller 1 15 0 0
Terrence Gahagan 30 41 0 1
Peter Sibley 20 25 0 2
Jose Queen 6 10 0 4
Jason Graf 49 49 0 1
Edgar Austin 14 7 0 1
Raymundo Edmonson 11 23 0 1
Jimmy Landon 0 16 0 1
Jason Westbrooks 38 22 0 0
Daniel Zachery 0 1 0 1
Seth Wynn 5 8 0 0
Michael Robertson 17 1 0 0
Mark Roberts 19 1 0 0
Leonardo Putnam 22 18 0 0
Santiago Smith 0 23 0 0
Rufus Aguilar 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Eddie Wilson 58 13 1 2
Charles Martin 61 16 1 2
Michael Warren 67 30 1 1
Jose Sterling 15 0 0 0
William Kendrick 0 2 0 0
William Alanis 0 2 0 0
Daniel Bailey 3 2 0 1
Paul Reed 0 1 0 0
David Perez 0 8 0 0
Joseph Sanders 5 6 0 0
Maurice Bowman 11 2 0 0
Lynwood Skelton 15 4 0 0
Anthony Smith 0 6 0 0
Jose Lohman 21 13 0 0
Jeffrey Matson 20 10 0 0
John Martin 14 18 0 1
Frank Wakefield 0 6 0 0
James Smith 61 25 0 0
Richard Mosley 59 18 0 1
Christopher Gray 29 18 0 2
Brian Vazquez 0 6 0 1
Cesar Collins 0 6 0 0
Donald Bonner 5 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Matthew McKamey 1 2 2.00 0
Walter Silva 1 1 1.00 0
Paul Moore 1 0 0.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Fumble Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Stephen Farmer 0 1 0 0
Paul Moore 0 0 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Lynwood Skelton 1 0 0 0

Punting

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 8 385 48.13 44.25 54 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 14 635 45.36 42.36 52 3

Kicking

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 51 9 / 9

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Acosta 6 46 7.7 10 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lynwood Skelton 3 16 5.3 10 0

Kick Return

Los Angeles Express

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lynwood Skelton 6 133 22.2 0

Defensive Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Moore 8 0
Carlos Turner 7 0
Matthew McKamey 6 0
Walter Silva 5 0
Stephen Farmer 4 0
Richard Owen 3 0
Lamont Stich 2 1
Maurice Matzke 2 0
Daniel Ibarra 2 0
Louis Duron 2 1
Allen Ellison 1 0
Donn Webb 1 0
Robert Falkner 1 0
James Warner 1 1
Eric Aaron 1 1

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Reed 6 0
Charles Grant 6 0
Craig Edson 6 0
Richard McCarthy 5 0
Anthony Smith 5 0
Cesar Collins 5 1
Bryan Leisure 4 0
Frank Wakefield 4 1
John Martin 3 0
Brian Vazquez 3 0
Robert Oakley 2 0
William Kendrick 2 0
Michael Graber 2 0
Lynwood Skelton 2 0
Donny Harris 1 0
George Ivy 1 0