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Divisional Round: Los Angeles Express at San Antonio Gunslingers

January 02, 1977
57°
Alamo Stadium (San Antonio, TX) Attendance: 48,741 (97%)
Express 10 3 8 10 - 31
Gunslingers 7 0 0 7 - 14

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Express: 4-4-STO 17 (12:30) 1-Roger Ruzich 35 yard field goal is GOOD. STO 0 LAX 3
(Qtr 1) Gunslingers: 1-1-LAX 1 (7:29) 14-Tony Smith pass complete to 15-Steven Hooper for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Hensley. STO 82-Harold Erdmann was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. STO 7 LAX 3
(Qtr 1) Express: 2-10-STO 26 (4:53) 4-William Trombly pass complete to 11-Santiago Smith for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. STO 7 LAX 10
(Qtr 2) Express: 4-3-STO 5 (8:36) 1-Roger Ruzich 23 yard field goal is GOOD. STO 7 LAX 13
(Qtr 3) Express: 2-3-STO 3 (3:41) 4-William Trombly pass complete to 16-Tyrone Kennedy for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 17-Jimmy Landon for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! STO 7 LAX 21
(Qtr 4) Gunslingers: 1-1-LAX 0 (13:02) 29-David Higgins pass complete to 86-Kurt Taylor for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Ronald Hensley. STO 14 LAX 21
(Qtr 4) Express: 1-1-STO 0 (10:10) 30-Edgar Austin ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. STO 14 LAX 28
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-4-STO 18 (3:07) 1-Roger Ruzich 35 yard field goal is GOOD. STO 14 LAX 31

Team Statistics

Gunslingers Express
First Downs 17 10
- Rushing 2 1
- Passing 15 9
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 306 411
- Offensive Plays 67 63
- Yards Per Play 4.57 6.52
Net Rushing Yards 28 58
- Rushing Attempts 10 34
- Yards Per Rush 2.80 1.71
Net Passing Yards 278 353
- Att/Comp/Int 55 / 25 / 2 28 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 292 361
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 14 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.88 12.17
- Yards Per Completion 11.68 17.19
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 4 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.1 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 8 / 53 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 18 5 / 30
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 81 1 / 31
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 31
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 2 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 31
Time of Possession 26:31 33:30

Drive Charts

San Antonio Gunslingers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:04 OWN 25 4 12 Interception
1 12:26 5:00 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
1 4:46 1:31 OWN 26 3 1 Punt
1 1:10 2:10 OWN 10 6 47 Punt
2 8:33 1:03 OWN 23 3 -3 Punt
2 3:58 1:33 OWN 45 4 20 Punt
2 1:16 0:54 OWN 36 3 -5 Punt
3 12:46 2:56 OWN 23 6 19 Punt
3 8:24 1:45 OWN 40 4 16 Punt
3 5:36 0:21 OPP 48 3 0 Punt
3 3:37 5:39 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
4 10:09 1:08 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 4:39 0:08 OWN 6 1 -3 Interception
4 3:03 0:37 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
4 1:41 0:42 OWN 9 4 21 Punt

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:56 1:30 OPP 23 3 6 Field Goal
1 7:26 2:40 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 3:15 2:05 OWN 34 3 7 Punt
2 14:00 5:27 OWN 20 9 75 Field Goal
2 7:30 3:32 OWN 40 5 22 Missed FG
2 2:26 1:10 OWN 13 3 7 Punt
2 0:21 0:21 OWN 34 1 -2 Half
3 15:00 2:14 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 9:50 1:26 OWN 11 3 3 Punt
3 6:39 1:03 OWN 12 3 -8 Punt
3 5:16 1:39 OWN 5 3 95 Touchdown
4 12:58 2:50 OWN 21 5 79 Touchdown
4 9:00 4:21 OWN 30 6 15 Punt
4 4:31 1:28 OPP 24 3 6 Field Goal
4 2:26 0:45 OWN 37 3 9 Punt
4 0:59 0:59 OWN 30 3 3 Game

Rushing Stats

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jeffrey Graham 7 22 3.14 12 1 0
Travis Tucker 3 6 2.00 4 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 22 45 2.05 10 1 0
Robert Sanders 3 6 2.00 8 0 0
Robert Acosta 4 6 1.50 5 0 0
Edgar Austin 3 1 0.33 1 0 1
Gene Nowlin 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Smith 54 24 292 2 / 14 1 42 2 52.39
David Higgins 1 1 0 0 / 0 1 0 0 118.75

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 20 15 299 0 / 0 0 89 0 116.67
William Trombly 8 6 62 1 / 8 2 26 0 136.46

Receiving Stats

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donnie Baker 10 143 14.30 42 0
Marshall Gibson 7 95 13.57 23 0
Steven Hooper 2 22 11.00 21 1
Harold Erdmann 3 17 5.67 9 0
Kurt Taylor 2 10 5.00 10 1
David Higgins 1 5 5.00 5 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Santiago Smith 6 112 18.67 39 1
Jose Queen 4 103 25.75 33 0
Daniel Zachery 1 89 89.00 89 0
Cordell Mosteller 3 20 6.67 8 0
Robert Acosta 1 14 14.00 14 0
Jimmy Landon 3 12 4.00 9 0
Raymundo Edmonson 1 5 5.00 5 0
Seth Wynn 1 3 3.00 3 0
Tyrone Kennedy 1 3 3.00 3 1

Blocking Stats

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Anderson 54 13 1 2
Raymond Andres 67 22 1 1
Anthony Hicks 57 18 0 1
Robert Robinson 5 2 0 0
Lee Williams 0 1 0 0
Mitchell Plummer 0 3 0 0
Michael Saine 8 4 0 1
Edward Harris 0 4 0 0
Charles Martinez 1 2 0 0
Vincent Hernandez 0 3 0 0
Ronald McNeill 0 3 0 0
Jonathan Neal 0 3 0 0
Willis Friesen 3 0 0 0
Dwight Sullivan 20 4 0 0
Kurt Taylor 15 7 0 0
Kenneth Collins 70 17 0 1
Donnie Baker 0 10 0 0
Travis Tucker 9 5 0 0
Steven Hooper 0 2 0 0
Jeffrey Graham 13 6 0 1
Marshall Gibson 0 9 0 0
Lawrence Becker 69 22 0 0
David Higgins 38 7 0 0
Harold Erdmann 12 17 0 3
Kendall Burnett 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Daniel Ibarra 0 3 0 0
Donn Webb 0 4 0 2
Raymundo Edmonson 1 13 0 0
Santiago Smith 0 9 0 0
Robert Acosta 5 4 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 3 0 0
Allen Ellison 6 3 0 1
Seth Wynn 2 3 0 0
Paul Moore 0 2 0 0
Edgar Austin 15 8 0 0
Daniel Zachery 0 1 0 0
Robert Sanders 0 2 0 0
Michael Robertson 1 1 0 0
Doug Turner 0 1 0 0
Matthew McKamey 0 2 0 1
Louis Duron 0 2 0 0
Michael Salzman 0 2 0 0
Leonardo Putnam 6 0 0 0
Robert Wimbush 16 3 0 0
Richard Owen 0 2 0 0
Jason Westbrooks 42 35 0 1
Eric Aaron 0 2 0 0
Lamont Stich 0 3 0 0
Stephen Farmer 0 4 0 0
Larry Newsom 0 3 0 0
Joan White 0 1 0 0
Charles Martin 41 39 0 3
Tyrone Kennedy 0 14 0 1
Peter Sibley 14 3 0 0
Cordell Mosteller 0 13 0 0
Scott Dotson 28 31 0 6
Jason Graf 40 39 0 1
Jose Sherlock 30 32 0 3
Jose Queen 2 28 0 3
Jimmy Landon 0 13 0 0
Richard Rogers 13 12 0 1
Robert Falkner 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

San Antonio Gunslingers

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Allen Ellison 1 21 21.00 0
Paul Moore 1 10 10.00 0

Fumble Stats

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Travis Tucker 1 0 0 0
Kenneth Collins 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Carlos Turner 0 0 1 0

Punting

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Luis Lee 11 461 41.91 37.73 51 2

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 7 341 48.71 46.14 54 2

Kicking

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ronald Hensley 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 3 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 35 2 / 2

Punt Return

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kurt Taylor 2 18 9.0 11 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Santiago Smith 5 30 6.0 11 0

Kick Return

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Donnie Baker 3 81 27.0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Sanders 1 31 31.0 0

Defensive Stats

San Antonio Gunslingers

Name Tackles Sacks
Jonathan Neal 7 1
Jose Marrero 6 0
Edward Harris 6 0
Leon Crisman 6 0
Charles Martinez 5 0
Michael Saine 5 0
Richard Butler 4 0
Kendall Burnett 3 0
Bruno Miller 3 0
Mitchell Plummer 3 0
Edwin Weidner 2 0
Vincent Hernandez 1 0
Ron Gonzalez 1 0
Tony Smith 1 0
Jeremy Dedrick 1 0
Fred Sanchez 1 0
David Higgins 1 0
Jeffrey Graham 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Carlos Turner 7 0
Maurice Matzke 7 0
Paul Moore 7 0
Robert Falkner 3 0
Allen Ellison 3 0
Matthew McKamey 2 0
Donn Webb 2 0
Rufus Aguilar 1 0
Michael Salzman 1 1
Richard Owen 1 0
Eric Aaron 1 0
James Warner 1 0
Daniel Ibarra 1 0
Stephen Farmer 1 0
Louis Duron 1 1