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Week 8: Los Angeles Express at San Jose SaberCats

October 24, 1976
70°
Candlestick Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 45,766 (66%)
Express 7 16 7 7 - 37
SaberCats 3 17 3 7 - 30

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) SaberCats: 4-8-LAX 26 (12:48) 1-Tommie Prather 43 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 3 LAX 0
(Qtr 1) Express: 2-10-SJS 14 (7:12) 4-William Trombly pass complete to 17-Jimmy Landon for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 3 LAX 7
(Qtr 2) Express: 4-3-SJS 28 (12:17) 1-Roger Ruzich 45 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 3 LAX 10
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 1-10-LAX 25 (10:03) 12-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 10 LAX 10
(Qtr 2) Express: (9:59) 1-Tommie Prather kicks 74 yards from SJS 35 to LAX -9. 22-Robert Sanders for 110yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 10 LAX 17
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 2-4-LAX 22 (6:44) 12-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin to LAX 0 for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 17 LAX 17
(Qtr 2) SaberCats: 4-10-LAX 35 (6:16) 1-Tommie Prather 52 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 47-Stephen Farmer was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. SJS 20 LAX 17
(Qtr 2) Express: 3-6-SJS 14 (3:00) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 18-Cordell Mosteller for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Express: 2-10-SJS 12 (4:27) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 20 LAX 30
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 4-1-LAX 18 (2:06) 1-Tommie Prather 36 yard field goal is GOOD. SJS 23 LAX 30
(Qtr 4) SaberCats: 2-10-SJS 46 (8:59) 12-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 54 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. SJS 30 LAX 30
(Qtr 4) Express: 2-15-LAX 9 (2:22) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 17-Jimmy Landon for 91 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. SJS 30 LAX 37

Team Statistics

SaberCats Express
First Downs 17 22
- Rushing 1 6
- Passing 16 16
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 496 541
- Offensive Plays 63 72
- Yards Per Play 7.87 7.51
Net Rushing Yards 20 96
- Rushing Attempts 6 31
- Yards Per Rush 3.33 3.10
Net Passing Yards 476 445
- Att/Comp/Int 55 / 29 / 1 40 / 27 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 493 452
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 17 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.35 10.85
- Yards Per Completion 17.00 16.74
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 8 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.8 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 7 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 95 2 / 139
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 18 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 30
Time of Possession 21:10 38:35

Drive Charts

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:16 OWN 25 6 49 Field Goal
1 7:07 3:04 OWN 18 5 43 Punt
2 12:13 2:15 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 6:29 0:18 OPP 35 3 0 Field Goal
2 2:55 1:58 OWN 25 6 40 Missed FG
3 11:34 2:25 OWN 27 8 30 Punt
3 4:23 2:20 OWN 32 6 50 Field Goal
4 11:57 1:57 OWN 33 4 25 Interception
4 9:02 0:11 OWN 46 2 54 Touchdown
4 6:33 4:06 OWN 11 7 47 Punt
4 2:09 0:20 OWN 24 4 8 Downs

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:44 5:37 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
1 4:03 6:50 OWN 6 12 66 Field Goal
2 9:42 3:04 OPP 24 8 -76 Touchdown
2 6:38 0:09 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
2 6:12 3:16 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
2 0:57 0:57 OWN 42 2 -9 Half
3 15:00 3:26 OWN 30 6 50 Missed FG
3 9:10 4:47 OWN 20 9 80 Touchdown
3 2:03 5:06 OWN 25 10 49 Missed FG
4 10:00 0:58 OWN 11 3 0 Punt
4 8:51 2:18 OWN 25 4 28 Punt
4 2:27 0:18 OWN 14 2 86 Touchdown
4 1:49 1:49 OPP 32 6 15 Game

Rushing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 5 18 3.60 11 1 0
Daniel Bailey 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 16 52 3.25 15 3 0
Robert Acosta 7 34 4.86 13 2 0
Edgar Austin 5 10 2.00 12 1 0
Gene Nowlin 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 55 29 493 2 / 17 3 54 1 93.98

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 29 17 340 1 / 7 3 91 1 119.90
William Trombly 11 10 112 0 / 0 1 28 0 139.39

Receiving Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Martin 6 157 26.17 54 3
Jose Lohman 4 85 21.25 28 0
William Alanis 5 83 16.60 29 0
David Perez 8 70 8.75 15 0
Christopher Gray 1 39 39.00 39 0
William Kendrick 1 30 30.00 30 0
Daniel Bailey 1 12 12.00 12 0
Joseph Sanders 2 11 5.50 9 0
Jeffrey Matson 1 6 6.00 6 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jimmy Landon 5 156 31.20 91 2
Santiago Smith 5 72 14.40 37 1
Cordell Mosteller 6 71 11.83 21 1
Tyrone Kennedy 2 41 20.50 28 0
Seth Wynn 4 36 9.00 14 0
Peter Sibley 1 29 29.00 29 0
Robert Sanders 2 22 11.00 21 0
Jose Queen 1 18 18.00 18 0
Edgar Austin 1 7 7.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Christopher Gray 22 9 1 1
Jeffrey Matson 16 5 0 0
Frank Wakefield 0 5 0 0
Paul Reed 0 2 0 0
Craig Edson 0 1 0 0
Robert Oakley 0 1 0 0
Richard McCarthy 0 1 0 0
Bryan Leisure 0 1 0 0
Donny Harris 0 2 0 0
Cesar Collins 0 3 0 1
Elmo Mixon 0 1 0 0
Donald Bonner 3 2 0 0
Marty Ryan 7 1 0 0
Daniel Bailey 4 5 0 1
John Martin 3 20 0 1
Anthony Smith 0 5 0 0
Brian Vazquez 0 3 0 0
Eddie Wilson 57 18 0 0
Lynwood Skelton 10 2 0 0
Joseph Sanders 2 7 0 1
Jose Lohman 11 7 0 0
Dale Adams 13 5 0 0
Jose Sterling 17 1 0 0
Maurice Bowman 11 3 0 1
David Perez 0 7 0 1
William Kendrick 0 3 0 0
James Smith 54 24 0 2
Richard Mosley 53 16 0 1
Michael Warren 61 25 0 0
Charles Martin 55 17 0 2
William Alanis 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Martin 51 39 0 0
Robert Acosta 1 4 0 0
Paul Moore 0 2 0 1
Stephen Farmer 0 2 0 0
Rufus Aguilar 0 2 0 0
Donn Webb 2 2 0 0
Richard Owen 0 2 0 0
Daniel Ibarra 0 2 0 0
Robert Falkner 0 3 0 0
Matthew McKamey 0 2 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 3 0 1
Peter Brown 0 2 0 0
Daniel Zachery 1 3 0 0
Christopher Spotts 2 0 0 0
Robert Sanders 2 1 0 0
Doug Turner 3 3 0 0
Michael Robertson 49 36 0 4
Jose Queen 11 18 0 4
Robert Wimbush 20 4 0 2
Mark Roberts 16 7 0 1
Edgar Austin 22 4 0 0
Seth Wynn 4 5 0 0
Peter Sibley 12 17 0 0
Raymundo Edmonson 11 16 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 7 0 0
Santiago Smith 0 16 0 1
Jose Sherlock 40 30 0 4
Jason Graf 32 29 0 1
Jimmy Landon 0 13 0 0
Scott Dotson 40 36 0 1
Cordell Mosteller 1 17 0 0
Walter Silva 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bryan Leisure 1 18 18.00 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Paul Moore 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Los Angeles Express

Punting

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 3 108 36.00 28.00 47 1

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 2 84 42.00 39.00 49 1

Kicking

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 3 / 4 2 / 3 1 / 2 52 3 / 3

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 0 45 4 / 5

Punt Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lynwood Skelton 1 7 7.0 7 0

Los Angeles Express

Kick Return

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Lynwood Skelton 4 95 23.8 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Sanders 2 139 69.5 1

Defensive Stats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Reed 8 0
Robert Oakley 8 0
Craig Edson 7 0
Cesar Collins 6 0
Anthony Smith 5 0
Brian Vazquez 5 1
Charles Grant 4 0
Charley Salazar 3 0
Frank Wakefield 2 0
Richard McCarthy 2 0
George Ivy 1 0
Donny Harris 1 0
Bryan Leisure 1 0
William Alanis 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Moore 7 0
Maurice Matzke 6 0
Allen Ellison 5 0
Matthew McKamey 4 1
Stephen Farmer 4 0
Carlos Turner 3 0
Robert Falkner 3 1
Louis Duron 2 0
Donn Webb 1 0
Gene Nowlin 1 0
Daniel Ibarra 1 0
Walter Silva 1 0
Joshua Lilley 1 0