1985 Denver Gold Statistics
Team Record: 11-7
Finishing 2nd in the USFL's Western Conference
Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Darrel Davis (11-7)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 130,113, Avg. 14,457 in 9 home dates
1985 Denver Gold Results
The Denver Gold of the United States Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the USFL's Western Conference.
The Gold scored 433 points, and the defense gave up 389. Bob Gagliano passed for 2,695 yards, and Vince Evans spent time under center, too. Leonard Harris topped the receiving corps, catching 101 balls for 1,432 yards. Marc Lewis contributed to the receiving game also.
Bill Johnson rushed for a team-leading 1,261 yards for Denver.
Steve Trimble and Nate Miller each seized 5 opponent throws. Bruce Thornton led the defensive unit with 12.5 quarterback sacks.
Darrel Davis coached the team. The 1985 Denver Gold lost in the Quarterfinal.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Gagliano | 358 | 205 | 57.3 | 2695 | 7.5 | 13 | 3.6 | 17 | 4.7 | 69 | 35 | 257 | 73.5 |
Vince Evans | 325 | 157 | 48.3 | 2259 | 7.0 | 12 | 3.7 | 16 | 4.9 | 56 | 24 | 212 | 63.1 |
Darryl Hemphill | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
Totals | 686 | 365 | 53.2 | 5019 | 7.3 | 25 | 3.6 | 33 | 4.8 | 69 | 59 | 469 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Johnson | 212 | 1261 | 5.9 | 56 | 15 |
Vince Evans | 43 | 283 | 6.6 | 38 | 7 |
Todd Gerhart | 52 | 279 | 5.4 | 18 | 2 |
Bob Gagliano | 34 | 111 | 3.3 | 18 | 2 |
Darryl Hemphill | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
Vincent White | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
Kelley Johnson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Steve Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
Marc Lewis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Leonard Harris | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 363 | 2079 | 5.7 | 56 | 26 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leonard Harris | 101 | 1432 | 14.2 | 66 | 8 |
Marc Lewis | 75 | 1207 | 16.1 | 69 | 6 |
Vincent White | 55 | 666 | 12.1 | 49 | 5 |
Gill Stegall | 32 | 397 | 12.4 | 59t | 3 |
Lonnie Turner | 29 | 388 | 13.4 | 27 | 0 |
Bill Johnson | 29 | 337 | 11.6 | 55 | 1 |
Troy Johnson | 14 | 167 | 11.9 | 22 | 0 |
Kelley Johnson | 10 | 149 | 14.9 | 37 | 1 |
Todd Gerhart | 9 | 125 | 13.9 | 27 | 0 |
Brad Calip | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 31 | 1 |
Calvin Loveall | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 32 | 0 |
Ernie Carswell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 365 | 5019 | 13.8 | 69 | 25 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Asmus | 31 | 30 | 96.8 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 63 |
Brian Speelman | 22 | 20 | 90.9 | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 38 |
Totals | 53 | 50 | 94.3 | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 101 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Martin | 13 | 143 | 11.0 | 38 | 0 |
Lonnie Harris | 10 | 104 | 10.4 | 44 | 0 |
Leonard Harris | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
Nate Harris | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 |
Vincent White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Calvin Loveall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 37 | 290 | 7.8 | 44 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lonnie Turner | 24 | 464 | 19.3 | 30 | 0 |
Lonnie Harris | 16 | 422 | 26.4 | 37 | 0 |
Brad Calip | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 32 | 0 |
Troy Johnson | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 25 | 0 |
Leonard Harris | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 52 | 0 |
John Arnold | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Nate Harris | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
Tom Kilkenny | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Ernie Carswell | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 65 | 1303 | 20.0 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nate Miller | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 37 | 0 |
Steve Trimble | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 22 | 0 |
Jeff Delaney | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 32 | 0 |
Darryl Hemphill | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
Craig Walls | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 46 | 0 |
Mike McKibben | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 45t | 1 |
Lance Shields | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
Stan Blinka | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
David Martin | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
John Nevens | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 385 | 13.8 | 46 | 1 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Bruce Thornton | 12.5 | 90.5 | 7.2 |
Calvin Turner | 11.0 | 63 | 5.7 |
Craig Walls | 7.0 | 40 | 5.7 |
Doug Mikolas | 4.5 | 27.5 | 6.1 |
Mike Taliferro | 4.0 | 41 | 10.2 |
Pat Ogrin | 3.5 | 32.5 | 9.3 |
Darryl Hemphill | 2.0 | 18 | 9.0 |
Reggie Singletary | 1.5 | 14 | 9.3 |
Mike McKibben | 1.5 | 12 | 8.0 |
Mark Buben | 1.0 | 10 | 10.0 |
Tom Kilkenny | 1.0 | 7 | 7.0 |
Neil Hope | 1.0 | 7 | 7.0 |
Ernie Carswell | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 |
John Nevens | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 |
Steve Trimble | 0.5 | 5.5 | 11.0 |
Totals | 53.0 | 376 | 7.1 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Bill Johnson | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |||
Jim Asmus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |||
Leonard Harris | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
Vince Evans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
Brian Speelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |||
Marc Lewis | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Vincent White | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
Gill Stegall | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Bob Gagliano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Todd Gerhart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Kelley Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Mike McKibben | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Brad Calip | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Totals | 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 415 |