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Preseason Week 2: Arizona Rattlers at Dakota Sioux

August 12, 1978
71°
Black Hills Stadium (Rapid City, SD) Attendance: 114,457 (57%)
Rattlers 3 3 3 0 - 9
Sioux 7 6 0 14 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Sioux: 1-8-ARI 8 (7:19) 20-Brian Tunnell ran for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Poteet. DAK 7 ARI 0
(Qtr 1) Rattlers: 4-9-DAK 23 (3:13) 9-David Thomas 41 yard field goal is GOOD. DAK 7 ARI 3
(Qtr 2) Sioux: 4-6-ARI 18 (8:11) 7-James Poteet 35 yard field goal is GOOD. DAK 10 ARI 3
(Qtr 2) Rattlers: 4-3-DAK 32 (2:38) 9-David Thomas 49 yard field goal is GOOD. DAK 10 ARI 6
(Qtr 2) Sioux: 2-8-ARI 11 (0:03) 7-James Poteet 29 yard field goal is GOOD. DAK 13 ARI 6
(Qtr 3) Rattlers: 4-10-DAK 21 (8:51) 9-David Thomas 38 yard field goal is GOOD. DAK 13 ARI 9
(Qtr 4) Sioux: 2-2-ARI 2 (6:31) 26-Lee Savage ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Poteet. DAK 20 ARI 9
(Qtr 4) Sioux: 2-3-ARI 3 (1:55) 26-Lee Savage ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-James Poteet. DAK 27 ARI 9

Team Statistics

Sioux Rattlers
First Downs 20 11
- Rushing 8 7
- Passing 9 3
- Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 264 202
- Offensive Plays 67 55
- Yards Per Play 3.94 3.67
Net Rushing Yards 114 115
- Rushing Attempts 33 30
- Yards Per Rush 3.45 3.83
Net Passing Yards 150 87
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 22 / 0 24 / 13 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 159 95
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 9 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.41 3.48
- Yards Per Completion 7.23 7.31
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 15 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 4 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 7 3 / 51
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 31
Time of Possession 33:47 26:12

Drive Charts

Dakota Sioux

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 7:44 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
1 3:10 1:31 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 14:53 6:45 OWN 31 11 52 Field Goal
2 2:34 1:26 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 1:04 1:04 OPP 25 4 14 Field Goal
3 8:47 0:22 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 7:43 1:06 OWN 23 4 14 Punt
3 4:38 3:00 OWN 18 5 19 Punt
4 12:47 6:18 OWN 10 12 90 Touchdown
4 5:27 3:36 OPP 38 7 38 Touchdown
4 0:57 0:55 OWN 27 3 -4 Punt

Arizona Rattlers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:16 4:06 OWN 25 9 52 Field Goal
1 1:39 1:46 OWN 29 3 -10 Punt
2 8:08 5:34 OWN 25 11 43 Field Goal
2 1:08 0:04 OWN 23 1 0 Fumble
3 15:00 6:13 OWN 25 11 54 Field Goal
3 8:25 0:42 OPP 36 2 -1 Fumble
3 6:38 1:59 OWN 33 3 8 Punt
3 1:38 3:51 OWN 15 7 39 Punt
4 6:28 1:01 OWN 32 4 6 Downs
4 1:51 0:54 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 0:02 0:02 OWN 40 1 -1 Game

Rushing Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Brian Tunnell 11 43 3.91 13 1 1
Lee Savage 13 39 3.00 11 2 2
Curt Cruz 6 22 3.67 10 1 0
Thomas Valdez 3 10 3.33 4 0 0

Arizona Rattlers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dale Laird 12 55 4.58 13 3 0
Lawrence Nelson 10 31 3.10 8 0 0
Brady Bath 3 15 5.00 12 1 0
Thomas Juan 5 14 2.80 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dale Canales 17 15 96 2 / 2 0 12 0 90.20
Brandon Saunders 14 7 63 1 / 7 0 15 0 62.50

Arizona Rattlers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Pedro Smith 16 10 57 0 / 0 0 20 0 69.01
Sean McNeil 8 3 38 1 / 8 0 39 0 53.13

Receiving Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Valdez 5 31 6.20 10 0
David Weed 3 22 7.33 10 0
Ward Kay 3 22 7.33 10 0
Thomas Owens 3 17 5.67 9 0
Clifford Davis 1 15 15.00 15 0
Brian Tunnell 2 14 7.00 11 0
Willard Francis 2 13 6.50 8 0
Harvey Sylvester 1 12 12.00 12 0
Peter Fields 1 11 11.00 11 0
Matthew Ellis 1 2 2.00 2 0

Arizona Rattlers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Irving McIntyre 1 39 39.00 39 0
Dale Laird 4 36 9.00 20 0
Thomas Juan 3 9 3.00 6 0
Nelson Cole 2 8 4.00 7 0
John Brown 1 5 5.00 5 0
Brady Bath 1 0 0.00 0 0
Lawrence Nelson 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0

Blocking Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Chad Bland 22 16 1 2
Mark Johnson 24 17 1 2
James Tarrance 26 28 1 2
Jean Spitz 21 20 0 0
Curt Cruz 2 8 0 0
Carl Jepsen 0 1 0 0
John Johnson 0 1 0 0
Gary Grove 0 1 0 1
Michael Bush 0 1 0 0
David Garcia 3 3 0 0
Jerry Myers 1 0 0 0
Dylan Hudson 6 0 0 0
Bruce Moore 1 1 0 0
Lawrence Boyd 0 2 0 0
Christopher Hernandez 0 1 0 0
John Ceron 0 1 0 0
Micheal Demers 3 0 0 0
Wallace Stamey 0 2 0 0
Bruce Miller 24 19 0 2
David Weed 0 10 0 0
Thomas Owens 1 12 0 2
Dustin Arnold 25 21 0 1
Anthony Charles 23 23 0 0
Roland Homer 4 9 0 1
Brian Tunnell 5 3 0 0
Ward Kay 0 11 0 2
Matthew Ellis 0 13 0 0
Clifford Davis 0 13 0 0
Richard Tallent 22 18 0 1
Ronald Kent 24 16 0 1
Thomas Valdez 16 24 0 2
Willie Oleary 24 17 0 1
Lee Savage 8 14 0 1
Willard Francis 4 22 0 0
Harvey Sylvester 0 1 0 1

Arizona Rattlers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Elwell 10 12 1 2
Nick Anderson 9 13 0 0
Robert Cruz 0 5 0 0
Irving McIntyre 0 4 0 0
Gerald Dexter 17 19 0 2
Lonnie Byrd 5 10 0 1
Leon Cooper 0 6 0 2
Brady Bath 2 6 0 1
Scott Whipple 0 5 0 0
Daniel Dyer 1 4 0 0
Stephen Jacoby 2 3 0 0
Laurence Howard 0 1 0 0
Douglas Wright 0 1 0 0
Jack Acres 0 4 0 0
Michal Fang 0 2 0 0
Frank Slone 1 0 0 0
Marvin Billington 0 1 0 0
Dale Laird 4 0 0 0
John Miller 1 0 0 0
Donald Nelson 9 6 0 0
Raymond Robicheaux 23 22 0 1
Arnold Connor 9 14 0 3
Robert Gronk 3 14 0 1
Richard Lander 6 13 0 0
James Walker 9 13 0 1
Robert Lemus 9 16 0 1
Lawrence Nelson 2 1 0 0
George Whitton 17 26 0 3
Thomas Juan 7 5 0 0
Richard Cox 4 16 0 1
Lawrence Winder 21 19 0 0
Howard Blackmon 23 22 0 0
John Brown 1 21 0 0
Peter Regan 0 6 0 0
Nelson Cole 0 7 0 0
Jamaal Breedlove 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Dakota Sioux

Arizona Rattlers

Fumble Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Bruce Moore 0 0 1 0
David Franklin 0 1 0 0
James Richardson 0 1 1 0

Arizona Rattlers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Lawrence Nelson 1 0 0 0
Dale Laird 1 0 0 0

Punting

Dakota Sioux

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Corey Ullery 6 267 44.50 36.17 49 1

Arizona Rattlers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Daniel Pugh 4 175 43.75 42.25 51 2

Kicking

Dakota Sioux

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Poteet 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 3 / 3

Arizona Rattlers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Thomas 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 49 0 / 0

Punt Return

Dakota Sioux

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Harvey Sylvester 1 7 7.0 7 0

Arizona Rattlers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nelson Cole 3 51 17.0 33 0

Kick Return

Dakota Sioux

Arizona Rattlers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Nelson Cole 1 37 37.0 0

Defensive Stats

Dakota Sioux

Name Tackles Sacks
Lawrence Boyd 6 0
Bruce Moore 5 0
John Johnson 5 0
David Garcia 5 0
David Franklin 4 0
Gary Grinder 4 0
Gary Grove 2 0
Michael Torres 2 0
Gary Diaz 1 0
Danny Caputo 1 0
Christopher Hernandez 1 0
James Tarrance 1 0
Jerry Myers 1 0
James Richardson 1 0
Oliver Mayes 1 0
Albert Strickland 1 0
Michael Bush 1 0
Nathan Langston 1 1
Anthony Charles 1 0

Arizona Rattlers

Name Tackles Sacks
Lonnie Redd 8 0
Jawon Baker 6 0
Michal Fang 6 0
Billy Gonzales 4 0
Leigh Gros 4 0
Douglas Wright 3 0
Paul Bridgeforth 3 0
Erick Bakken 3 0
Willie Felton 3 0
Wilfred Miles 2 0
Bryan Tiller 2 0
James Napper 2 1
Frank Slone 2 0
Jim Montford 1 0
Jamaal Breedlove 1 0
Laurence Howard 1 1
Chris Dillard 1 0
Richard Cox 1 0
Ronald Davey 1 0
Robert Gronk 1 0
John Miller 1 0
Ernest Hamer 1 1
Edward Pickett 1 0