1984 Denver Gold (USFL)

3rd place Western Pacific 9-9-0 .500

Greg Brown	Defensive Assistant
Gary Cabe	Running Backs
Jim Cadile	Offensive Line
Phil Cancik	Special Teams
Jimmy Carr	Assistant Head Coach
Bill Dutton	Defensive Line
Don Frease	Wide Receivers/Tight Ends
Babe Parilli	Offensive Coordinator
Lonnie Warwick	Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sun	2/26/1984	A	Los Angeles Express	27-10	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	32082
Sat	3/3/1984	A	Oklahoma Outlaws	17-14	W	OT	Tulsa, OK	Skelly Stadium	25403
Sun	3/11/1984	H	Michigan Panthers	0-28	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	41263
Sun	3/18/1984	H	Tampa Bay Bandits	36-30	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	19173
Sun	3/25/1984	A	Memphis Showboats	28-24	W		Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	21213
Sun	4/1/1984	H	Arizona Wranglers	17-7	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	31666
Mon	4/9/1984	H	Los Angeles Express	35-27	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	19115
Sat	4/14/1984	A	Pittsburgh Maulers	31-21	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	16773	Moved from 4/15
Sun	4/22/1984	A	New Orleans Breakers	18-20	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	22139
Sun	4/29/1984	H	Birmingham Stallions	14-31	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	35262
Sat	5/5/1984	A	Oakland Invaders	17-20	L	OT	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	19331
Fri	5/11/1984	H	Chicago Blitz	17-29	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	45299
Sat	5/19/1984	A	Arizona Wranglers	6-41	L		Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	21741
Fri	5/25/1984	A	San Antonio Gunslingers	27-20	W		San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium	20077
Sun	6/3/1984	H	Houston Gamblers	20-36	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	50057
Fri	6/8/1984	H	Philadelphia Stars	19-21	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	30755
Sat	6/16/1984	A	New Jersey Generals	7-27	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	28915
Fri	6/22/1984	H	Oakland Invaders	20-7	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	32623

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
27	Anthony Allen	LCB	6-0	175	23	Trinity Valley CC; Texas Christian	14	3
84	John Arnold	WR	5-10	170	29	Wyoming	17	0
83	Elmer Bailey	WR	6-0	195	27	Lincoln (Missouri); Macalester; Minnesota	15	15
82	Neil Balholm	WR	6-2	180	27	Brigham Young	4	0
57	John Bungartz	LILB	6-3	220	26	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Fullerton State	15	13
71	Mike Call	NT	6-5	270	24	Colorado State	5	0
52	Tom Davis	C	6-2	260	29	Nebraska	18	18
21	David Dumars	SS	5-10	185	27	Louisiana-Monroe	18	18
68	Dennis Edwards	NT	6-4	253	25	Southern California	8	0
75	Greg Feasel	ROG	6-7	301	27	Barstow JC; Abilene Christian	16	15
10	Bob Gagliano	QB	6-3	205	26	Glendale CC; U.S. International; Utah State	8	1
50	Greg Gerken	ROLB	6-4	230	25	Northern Arizona	16	14
64	Jamie Giles		6-2	265	25	Texas Tech		0
9	Steve Gortz	P	6-2	205	28	Saddleback JC; Nevada-Las Vegas		0
55	Jeff Harper	RILB	6-0	220	22	Colorado State	18	7
80	Leonard Harris	WR	5-8	166	24	Austin; Texas Tech	18	18
25	Darryl Hemphill	S	6-0	195	24	West Texas A&M	17	2
87	Victor Hicks	TE	6-3	250	27	Oklahoma	16	9
88	Mike Hirn	TE	6-3	235	24	Central Michigan	10	0
9	Ken Hobart	QB	6-0	210	23	Lewis & Clark; Idaho	6	3
54	Kevin Hood	LB	6-2	210	23	Colorado	17	2
59	Bruce Huther	RILB	6-1	220	30	New Hampshire	4	3
34	Bill Johnson	FB	6-2	230	24	Arkansas State	13	1
72	Steve Johnson	RDE	6-5	225	23	Oregon	18	2
58	Jon Kimmel	LB	6-4	240	24	Colgate	12	3
	Bob Knapton	LB	6-2	225	24	Northern Colorado	1	0
	Oudious Lee	NT	6-1	253	28	Nebraska
13	David Martin	LCB	5-9	187	25	Villanova	15	15
51	Bill Matthews	RILB-LILB	6-2	235	28	South Dakota State	12	8
41	Bo Matthews	FB	6-3	222	33	Colorado	17	3
76	Matt Miller	ROT	6-6	270	28	Colorado	11	10
23	Nate Miller	RCB	5-10	185	26	San Bernardino Valley JC; Cameron	18	18
62	Tim Moore	DE	6-3	270	24	Southern University	5	0
14	Fred Mortensen	QB	6-2	195	30	Arizona State	7	3
33	Calvin Murray	RB	5-11	188	26	Ohio State	8	0
53	Kelvin Newton	LOLB	6-0	220	25	Texas Christian	17	16
89	Bob Niziolek	TE	6-4	220	26	Colorado	15	9
70	Harold Norfleet	ROT	6-6	275	27	Prairie View A&M	14	4
79	Pat Ogrin	NT-DT	6-5	265	26	Wyoming	18	18
62	Doug Payton	ROG	6-4	255	32	Colorado	18	4
12	Craig Penrose	QB	6-3	211	31	Colorado; San Diego State	16	11
46	Dave Preston	RB	5-11	195	29	Bowling Green State	7
11	Ron Reeves	QB	6-2	215	24	Texas Tech	2	0
74	Steve Rogers	LOT	6-5	260	25	Oregon State; Palomar JC; Brigham Young	18	17
73	Mark Shoop	DE	6-7	265	23	Colorado	3
3	Brian Speelman	K-P	5-11	185	27	Capital	18	0
77	Dave Stalls	LDE-NT	6-4	245	29	Northern Colorado	17	16
22	James Stewart	CB	6-0	194	27	Memphis	1	0
32	Tom Sullivan	FS	5-11	190	24	UCLA	15	10
24	Harry Sydney	HB	6-0	217	25	Kansas	18	18
30	Derrick Taylor	CB	6-0	187	24	Purdue	1	0
60	Bruce Thornton	LDE	6-5	265	26	Illinois	12	2
47	Steve Trimble	FS	5-11	190	26	Maryland	16	9
99	Calvin Turner	RDE-LOLB	6-4	270	24	West Virginia	18	18
78	Ray Wagner	ROT	6-3	290	27	Kent State	11	4
44	Vincent White	FB	5-8	190	23	Stanford	17	10
86	Kevin Williams	WR	5-8	164	26	Southern California	17	3
66	George Yarno	LOG	6-2	267	27	Washington State	18	18
56	John Yarno	C	6-5	251	30	Idaho	17	0

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College	Notes
Sandy Armstrong	LB	Colorado
Adrian Baker	RB	West Texas A&M
Kevin Call	T	Colorado State
Jeff Champine	WR	Colorado State
Curt Cole	TE	Texas Tech
Stan David	DB	Texas Tech
Jeff Donaldson	DB	Colorado
Jeff Harper	LB	Colorado State
Leonard Harris	WR	Texas Tech
Dave Hestera	TE	Colorado
Norman Hill	LB	Texas Tech
Terry Irvin	LB	Colorado
Chris Kolodziejski	TE	Wyoming
Terry Nugent	QB	Colorado State
Vince Rafferty	DE	Colorado
Joe Ramunno	G	Wyoming
Billy Record	WR	West Texas A&M
Clyde Riggins	DB	Colorado
Victor Scott	DB	Colorado
Jack Weil	P	Wyoming

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	10	Russell Carter	DB	Southern Methodist
3	52	Todd Shell	LB	Brigham Young
3	60	John Grimsley	LB	Kentucky	from MIC
4	68	Stewart Hill	LB	Washington	from CHI/MIC
4	72	Mike Taliferro	DT	Texas Christian	from BIR
7	131	Arnold Garron	DB	New Hampshire	from OKL
8	151	Dean Hagum	DT	Mesa	from WAS
8	154	Steve Wilburn	DE	Illinois State
8	165	Bob Biestek	RB	Boston College	from MEM
9	172	David Archer	QB	Iowa State	from MEM
10	204	Brian Pillman	LB	Miami (Ohio)	from MIC
11	219	Brian Holland	RB	Arizona	from NJ
12	238	Lamar Windham	RB	Mississippi State
13	262	David Windham	LB	Jackson State
14	280	Tom Jelesky	T	Purdue
15	304	Mike Wells	TE	San Diego State
16	327	Brian Brennan	WR	Boston College	from NO
17	346	Bill Johnson	RB	Arkansas State
18	370	Willis Ray Mackey	RB	Oklahoma	from ARI/NO
19	388	Marty Louthan	QB	Air Force
19	400	Joe Hines	DT	Penn State	from MEM

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	20	102	71	160	3
Opponents Totals	87	112	84	127	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	29:23	306	122	151	33	85	223	38.1				121	936
Opponents Totals	30:37	334	129	179	26	102	228	44.7				131	1141

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Brian Speelman	0	33	35	94.3	0	0	19	32	59.4	0	90
Harry Sydney	12	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	72
Vincent White	5	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	30
Kevin Williams	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Leonard Harris	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Bo Matthews	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Elmer Bailey	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Bill Johnson	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
David Martin	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
John Arnold	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Darryl Hemphill	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Ken Hobart	1	0	0		0	5	0	0		0	6
Fred Mortensen	1	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	6
Bob Niziolek	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Dave Preston	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Bob Gagliano	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	44	33	36	91.7	1	8	19	32	59.4	0	356
Opponents Totals	52	45	48	93.8	0	3	18	25	72.0	1	413

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harry Sydney	230	961	4.2	42t	10
Vincent White	114	397	3.5	25	3
Bo Matthews	54	169	3.1	19	4
Ken Hobart	23	137	6.0	16	1
Bill Johnson	36	132	3.7	21	2
Kevin Williams	9	73	8.1	18t	1
Dave Preston	27	65	2.4	16	0
Fred Mortensen	14	61	4.4	18	1
Calvin Murray	13	43	3.3	12	0
Bob Gagliano	1	7	7.0	7	0
Ron Reeves	1	7	7.0	7	0
Craig Penrose	2	5	2.5	4	0
Elmer Bailey	1	2	2.0	2	0
Victor Hicks	2	-3	-1.5	-1	0
Team Totals	527	2056	3.9	42t	22
Opponents Totals	545	2617	4.9	74t	28

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Craig Penrose	262	158	60.3	90	1984	7.6	12.6	73t	12	4.6	14	5.3	35	277	1707	76.9
Fred Mortensen	100	64	64.0	34	994	9.9	15.5	56	4	4.0	2	2.0	10	79	915	101.8
Ken Hobart	62	25	40.3	34	404	6.5	16.2		1	1.6	3	4.8	4	29	375	48.1
Bob Gagliano	31	20	64.5	10	236	7.6	11.8	36	2	6.5	1	3.2	1	10	226	95.6
Ron Reeves	13	5	38.5	7	41	3.2	8.2		0	0.0	1	7.7	2	21	20	15.2
Harry Sydney	4	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	25.0	0	0	0	0.0
Kevin Williams	1	1	100.0	0	26	26.0	26.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	26	118.8
Brian Speelman	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	474	273	57.6	178	3685	7.8	13.5	73t	19	4.0	23	4.9	52	416	3269	75.6
Opponents Totals	533	306	57.4	206	3942	7.4	12.9	85t	18	3.4	21	3.9	51	363	3579	75.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harry Sydney	44	354	8.0	29	2
Vincent White	37	321	8.7	27t	2
Leonard Harris	35	657	18.8	47	4
Elmer Bailey	33	499	15.1	67	3
Victor Hicks	31	438	14.1	53	0
Kevin Williams	27	607	22.5	73t	4
Bob Niziolek	18	249	13.8	36t	1
John Arnold	17	246	14.5	34t	1
Bill Johnson	10	135	13.5	23t	1
Dave Preston	9	80	8.9	32t	1
Neil Balholm	4	45	11.3	16	0
Bo Matthews	4	21	5.3	7	0
Calvin Murray	3	28	9.3	10	0
Mike Hirn	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	273	3685	13.5	73t	19
Opponents Totals	306	3942	12.9	85t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
David Martin	5	57	11.4	38t	1
Tom Sullivan	5	53	10.6	27	0
David Dumars	3	17	5.7	17	0
Greg Gerken	2	47	23.5	37	0
Anthony Allen	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Darryl Hemphill	1	42	42.0	42t	1
Kelvin Newton	1	14	14.0	14	0
John Bungartz	1	8	8.0	8	0
Nate Miller	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	237	11.3	42t	2
Opponents Totals	23	391	17.0	79t	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Steve Gortz	35	1429	40.8	64		4	3
Brian Speelman	30	1255	41.8	71		2	8
Fred Mortensen	1	14	14.0	14		0	0
Ken Hobart	6	226	37.7	48		0	0
Team Totals	73	2924	40.1	71	1	6	11	199	2725	37.3
Opponents Totals	69	2746	39.8	89	0	8	16			32.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
David Martin	22	9	299	13.6	79t	1
Vincent White	5	6	40	8.0	15	0
Leonard Harris	1	0	4	4.0	4	0
Jon Kimmel	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	29	15	343	11.8	79t	1
Opponents Totals	29	12	199	6.9	23	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Leonard Harris	43	1086	25.3	74
Dave Preston	1	29	29.0	29
Tom Sullivan	1	18	18.0	18
John Arnold	9	159	17.7	30
Kevin Williams	7	104	14.9	21
Anthony Allen	3	41	13.7	18
Elmer Bailey	1	11	11.0	11
Bill Matthews	1	9	9.0	9
Harry Sydney	3	24	8.0	15
Doug Payton	1	4	4.0	4
Victor Hicks	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	71	1485	20.9	74
Opponents Totals	58	1168	20.1	47

SACKS	NO	YDS
Dave Stalls	12.5	89.0
Calvin Turner	10.0	60.5
Greg Gerken	7.5	62.5
Bruce Thornton	5.0	41.0
Pat Ogrin	5.0	34.5
Klevin Newton	2.5	17.5
Darryl Hemphill	1.0	11.0
Tom Sullivan	1.0	6.0
Bill Matthews	1.0	6.0
Steve Johnson	1.0	4.0
Dennis Edwards	1.0	2.0
Kevin Hood	0.5	8.0
John Bungartz	0.5	3.5
Tim Moore	2.5	17.5
Team Totals	51.0	363.0
Opponents Totals	52.0	416.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
John Arnold	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Gagliano	2		2	0	2	0	0
Greg Gerken	1		0	3	3	0	0
Jamie Giles	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Leonard Harris	2		2	0	2	0	0
Victor Hicks	1		2	0	2	0	0
Ken Hobart	5		2	0		0	0
Bill Johnson	4		3	1	4	0	0
Steve Johnson	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jon Kimmel	1		0	0	0	0	0
David Martin	3		1	1	2	27	0
Bo Matthews	1		1	0	1	0	0
Nate Miller	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Fred Mortensen	4		1	0	1	0	0
Doug Payton	1		0	1	1	0	0
Craig Penrose	2		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Preston	2		0	0	0	0	0
Brian Speelman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Stalls	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Sullivan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Sydney	5		2	0	2	0	0
Steve Trimble	1		0	3	3	0	0
Vincent White	5		2	0	2	0	0
George Yarno	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
John Yarno	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	41	17	24	13	37		0
Opponents Totals	30	13	17	17	34		2