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Week 9: Oakland Invaders at Arizona Rattlers

October 29, 1978
71°
Tuscon Colliseum (Tucson, AZ) Attendance: 52,630 (78%)
Invaders 3 3 0 0 - 6
Rattlers 14 3 7 3 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Rattlers: 1-2-OAK 2 (5:32) 29-Dale Laird ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Thomas. ARI 7 OAK 0
(Qtr 1) Invaders: 4-1-ARI 35 (2:44) 8-Homer Matus 53 yard field goal is GOOD. ARI 7 OAK 3
(Qtr 1) Rattlers: (2:40) 8-Homer Matus kicks 67 yards from OAK 35 to ARI -2. 10-Nelson Cole for 103yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Thomas. ARI 14 OAK 3
(Qtr 2) Invaders: 4-15-ARI 28 (10:22) 8-Homer Matus 45 yard field goal is GOOD. ARI 14 OAK 6
(Qtr 2) Rattlers: 1-10-OAK 16 (0:03) 9-David Thomas 33 yard field goal is GOOD. ARI 17 OAK 6
(Qtr 3) Rattlers: 1-10-OAK 20 (4:06) 14-Sean McNeil pass complete to 13-Irving McIntyre for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Thomas. ARI 24 OAK 6
(Qtr 4) Rattlers: 4-3-OAK 18 (13:04) 9-David Thomas 35 yard field goal is GOOD. ARI 43-Richard Lander was injured on the play. ARI 27 OAK 6

Team Statistics

Rattlers Invaders
First Downs 21 12
- Rushing 10 9
- Passing 9 3
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 325 193
- Offensive Plays 58 55
- Yards Per Play 5.60 3.51
Net Rushing Yards 160 109
- Rushing Attempts 32 27
- Yards Per Rush 5.00 4.04
Net Passing Yards 165 84
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 20 / 0 25 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 180 111
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 3 / 27
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.35 3.00
- Yards Per Completion 9.00 6.94
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 10 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.4 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 20 4 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 8 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 142 1 / 31
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 23
Time of Possession 36:50 22:56

Drive Charts

Arizona Rattlers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:16 6:46 OWN 20 12 80 Touchdown
1 2:24 7:07 OPP 25 11 -47 Field Goal
2 10:18 2:55 OWN 29 5 22 Punt
2 5:10 2:11 OWN 26 4 10 Punt
2 1:50 1:50 OWN 43 6 41 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:37 OWN 25 5 14 Punt
3 5:34 1:33 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
3 2:35 4:35 OWN 32 8 50 Field Goal
4 8:13 1:59 OWN 10 4 25 Punt
4 5:13 2:01 OWN 26 3 -8 Punt
4 2:16 2:16 OWN 6 7 31 Game

Oakland Invaders

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:44 OWN 31 5 16 Punt
1 5:30 2:50 OWN 25 5 40 Field Goal
2 7:23 2:13 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
2 2:59 1:09 OWN 20 3 -13 Punt
3 11:23 5:49 OWN 14 10 39 Punt
3 4:02 1:26 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
4 13:01 4:48 OWN 25 8 29 Punt
4 6:14 1:01 OWN 16 4 17 Punt
4 3:12 0:56 OWN 31 3 10 Punt

Rushing Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Lawrence Nelson 19 90 4.74 18 5 0
Dale Laird 11 70 6.36 15 3 1
Sean McNeil 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Oakland Invaders

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Anthony Kirkham 20 99 4.95 12 3 0
Michael Behling 6 9 1.50 4 0 0
Allen Tosh 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Sean McNeil 24 20 180 2 / 15 1 28 0 111.81

Oakland Invaders

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Karl Nokes 25 16 111 3 / 27 0 21 0 73.92

Receiving Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Richard Lander 5 54 10.80 19 0
Robert Gronk 2 40 20.00 28 0
Irving McIntyre 3 33 11.00 20 1
Dale Laird 3 21 7.00 10 0
Lawrence Nelson 4 20 5.00 9 0
Robert Cruz 3 12 4.00 7 0

Oakland Invaders

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Stephen Wilkinson 5 47 9.40 21 0
Thomas Tiernan 5 34 6.80 9 0
Brandon Egerton 3 14 4.67 10 0
Gerardo Howell 1 7 7.00 7 0
Anthony Kirkham 1 6 6.00 6 0
Allen Tosh 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Elwell 31 33 1 1
Nelson Cole 0 8 0 0
Howard Blackmon 11 3 0 0
Jack Acres 0 3 0 1
Leigh Gros 0 2 0 0
Daniel Dyer 0 3 0 0
Michal Fang 0 2 0 0
James Napper 0 2 0 0
Ronald Davey 0 2 0 0
Douglas Wright 0 2 0 0
Frank Slone 0 3 0 0
Ernest Hamer 0 1 0 0
Marcus Hutcheson 4 2 0 0
Donald Nelson 11 2 0 0
Raymond Robicheaux 5 0 0 0
Lawrence Winder 14 6 0 0
Robert Cruz 0 23 0 0
Nick Anderson 12 1 0 0
Lawrence Nelson 5 7 0 2
Richard Lander 18 22 0 1
Lonnie Byrd 6 21 0 0
Richard Cox 2 17 0 0
Robert Lemus 24 28 0 1
James Walker 25 34 0 1
Robert Gronk 11 32 0 4
Arnold Connor 26 34 0 3
George Whitton 24 37 0 0
Irving McIntyre 0 18 0 0
Dale Laird 5 4 0 1

Oakland Invaders

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gabriel Brady 38 29 2 3
Jimmie Seay 38 33 1 4
Harry Escobar 38 28 0 2
Scott Jeffrey 1 7 0 1
Gerardo Howell 0 4 0 0
Jose Price 2 0 0 0
James Samson 6 0 0 0
Jeffrey Madden 10 2 0 0
Robert McNally 10 0 0 0
Allen Tosh 10 23 0 0
Stephen Wilkinson 0 9 0 1
Anthony Kirkham 8 2 0 0
Jonathan Boivin 0 12 0 0
Jason Cano 0 1 0 0
Justin Said 0 1 0 0
Brandon Egerton 5 19 0 1
David Jarnigan 27 35 0 1
Bo Deloach 35 33 0 2
Timothy Kelleher 0 1 0 0
Julius Taylor 0 1 0 0
Tommie Nunez 7 4 0 0
Victor Bloomer 2 1 0 0
Randy Light 0 1 0 0
Milo Glennon 0 1 0 0
Thomas Tiernan 0 17 0 3
Michael Behling 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Oakland Invaders

Fumble Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Nelson Cole 1 1 0 0
Lawrence Nelson 1 1 0 0
Leigh Gros 0 0 1 0

Oakland Invaders

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Stephen Wilkinson 1 0 0 0
James Reyes 0 0 1 0

Punting

Arizona Rattlers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Daniel Pugh 5 263 52.60 44.00 66 2

Oakland Invaders

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Jones 8 386 48.25 41.88 58 1

Kicking

Arizona Rattlers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Thomas 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 3 / 3

Oakland Invaders

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Homer Matus 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 53 0 / 0

Punt Return

Arizona Rattlers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nelson Cole 1 8 8.0 8 0

Oakland Invaders

Kick Return

Arizona Rattlers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Nelson Cole 2 142 71.0 1

Oakland Invaders

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Edward Schoch 1 31 31.0 0

Defensive Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Tackles Sacks
Chris Dillard 7 0
Leigh Gros 6 0
Jamaal Breedlove 4 0
Ernest Hamer 4 1
Douglas Wright 3 0
Erick Bakken 3 0
Nicholas Thomas 3 0
Billy Gonzales 3 0
Frank Slone 2 0
Lonnie Redd 2 0
Ronald Davey 2 0
Michal Fang 2 2
Bryan Tiller 2 0
Paul Bridgeforth 1 0
Marcus Hutcheson 1 0
James Napper 1 0

Oakland Invaders

Name Tackles Sacks
James Reyes 10 0
Tommie Nunez 7 0
Thomas Pankey 6 0
Timothy Kelleher 6 1
Edwin Ford 5 0
Randy Light 5 1
Nicholas Gold 4 0
Shad Grier 3 0
Fred Shook 3 0
Craig Gutierrez 2 0
Julius Taylor 1 0
David McNeil 1 0