1984 Denver Gold Statistics

United States Football League (USFL)
Team Record: 9-9
Finishing 3rd in the USFL's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Craig Morton (9-9)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 305,573, Avg. 33,953 in 9 home dates

1984 Denver Gold Roster
1984 Denver Gold Results

The Denver Gold of the United States Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 9 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the USFL's Pacific Division of the Western Conference.

Denver racked up 356 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 413. Craig Penrose passed for 1,984 yards. Harry Sydney caught 44 balls, while Leonard Harris added 657 receiving yards, while Vincent White, Kevin Williams and Elmer Bailey each provided receiving help also.

Harry Sydney rushed for a team-leading 961 yards for the Gold.

Tom Sullivan and David Martin each seized 5 opponent throws. Dave Stalls topped pass rushers with 12.5 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 51 sacks.

Craig Morton coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Craig Penrose	262	158	60.3	1984	7.6	12	4.6	14	5.3	73t	35	277	76.9
Fred Mortensen	100	64	64.0	994	9.9	4	4.0	2	2.0	56t	10	79	101.8
Ken Hobart	62	25	40.3	404	6.5	1	1.6	3	4.8	67	4	29	48.1
Bob Gagliano	31	20	64.5	236	7.6	2	6.5	1	3.2	36	1	10	95.6
Ron Reeves	13	5	38.5	41	3.2	0	0.0	1	7.7	23	2	21	15.2
Kevin Williams	1	1	100.0	26	26.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	0	0	118.8
Harry Sydney	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	25.0	0	0	0	0.0
Brian Speelman	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	474	273	57.6	3685	7.8	19	4.0	23	4.9	73	52	416

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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
Ron Reeves	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bob Gagliano	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
Totals	527	2056	3.9	42	22

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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	11.2	16	0
Bo Matthews	4	21	5.2	7	0
Calvin Murray	3	28	9.3	10	0
Mike Hirn	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	273	3685	13.5	73	19

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Brian Speelman	35	33	94.3	32	19	59.4	90
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0		0
Totals	36	33	91.7	32	19	59.4	90

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Steve Gortz	35	1429	40.8	64
Brian Speelman	30	1255	41.8	71
Ken Hobart	6	226	37.7	48
Fred Mortensen	1	14	14.0	14
Team	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	73	2924	40.1	71

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
David Martin	22	299	13.6	79t	1
Vincent White	5	40	8.0	15	0
Leonard Harris	1	4	4.0	4	0
Jon Kimmel	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	29	343	11.8	79	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Leonard Harris	43	1086	25.3	74
John Arnold	9	159	17.7	30
Kevin Williams	7	104	14.9	21
Anthony Allen	3	41	13.7	18
Dave Preston	1	29	29.0	29
Harry Sydney	3	24	8.0	15
Tom Sullivan	1	18	18.0	18
Elmer Bailey	1	11	11.0	11
Doug Payton	1	4	4.0	4
Victor Hicks	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	70	1476	21.1	74

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
David Martin	5	57	11.4	38t	1
Tom Sullivan	5	53	10.6	27	0
Dave 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
Totals	21	237	11.3	42	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Dave Stalls	12.5	89	7.1
Calvin Turner	10.0	60.5	6.0
Greg Gerken	7.5	62.5	8.3
Bruce Thornton	5.0	41	8.2
Pat Ogrin	5.0	34.5	6.9
Kelvin Newton	2.5	17.5	7.0
Tim Moore	2.5	17	6.8
Darryl Hemphill	1.0	11	11.0
Bill Matthews	1.0	6	6.0
Tom Sullivan	1.0	6	6.0
Steve Johnson	1.0	4	4.0
Dennis Edwards	1.0	2	2.0
Kevin Hood	0.5	7	14.0
John Bungartz	0.5	3.5	7.0
Totals	51.0	361.5	7.1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Brian Speelman	0	0	0	0		0			19	33	0	0	0	90
Harry Sydney	10	2	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	72
Kevin Williams	1	4	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	30
Vincent White	3	2	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	30
Bo Matthews	4	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	24
Leonard Harris	0	4	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	24
Elmer Bailey	0	3	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	18
Bill Johnson	2	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	18
David Martin	0	0	1	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	12
Fred Mortensen	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Darryl Hemphill	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	6
Bob Niziolek	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Ken Hobart	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Dave Preston	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
John Arnold	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Bob Gagliano	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	1	0	2
Totals	22	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	33	0	1	0	356