1970 Rockford 27, 1970 Rapid City 24

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1970 Rockford

0

3

14

10

0

27
1970 Rapid City

17

0

0

7

0

24
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 10:48 1970 Rapid City D.Osborn 3 yd. run (P.Gogolak kick) 7-0 RCB
1 1:48 1970 Rapid City P.Gogolak 38 yd. field goal 10-0 RCB
1 0:54 1970 Rapid City M.Howell 30 yd. intercept (P.Gogolak kick) 17-0 RCB
2 0:00 1970 Rockford B.Gossett 11 yd. field goal 17-3 RCB
3 12:18 1970 Rockford L.Josephson 11 yd. run (B.Gossett kick) 17-10 RCB
3 7:30 1970 Rockford D.Anderson 4 yd. run (B.Gossett kick) 17-17 RCB
4 14:42 1970 Rockford B.Gossett 22 yd. field goal 20-17 RRR
4 2:00 1970 Rapid City B.Windsor 3 yd. pass from F.Tarkenton (P.Gogolak kick) 24-20 RCB
4 0:00 1970 Rockford J.Snow 3 yd. pass from B.Nelsen (B.Gossett kick) 27-24 RRR

Team Statistics
1970 Rockford 1970 Rapid City
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 9-17-1-27 4-9-1-14
Third Down Efficiency 6-13-46% 6-14-43%
Fourth Down Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 27-35-77% 14-21-67%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 431-71-6.1 175-56-3.1
Total Net Yards Rushing 170 101
Total Rushes 31 30
Average Per Rush 5.5 3.4
Passes Completed/Attempted 19/39 (48.7%) 11/24 (45.8%)
Net Yards Passing 261 74
Avg Yards Per Pass 6.9 3.8
Sacked/Yards Lost 1/9 2/18
Punts/Average 3/33.0 4/49.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage 1/-2 2/7
Kickoffs/Returns 5/103 4/109
Interceptions/Returns 1/0 2/30
Penalties/Yards 5/50 8/46
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 3/2 2/1
Time of Possession 31 mins 42 secs 28 mins 18 secs
Average Drive Start RRR 22 RCB 43

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1970 Rockford
Bill Nelsen 39 19 270 48.7 6.9 1 2.6 2 5.1 41 1/9 58.7
1970 Rapid City
Fran Tarkenton 24 11 92 45.8 3.8 1 4.2 1 4.2 14 2/18 52.8

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1970 Rockford
Donny Anderson 13 54 4.2 16 1 0 2/2
Cannonball Butler 9 52 5.8 29 0 0 0/0
Les Josephson 9 64 7.1 15 1 0 1/0
1970 Rapid City
Dave Osborn 15 45 3.0 6 1 0 1/1
Johnny Roland 10 29 2.9 16 0 0 0/0
Fran Tarkenton 3 23 7.7 10 0 0 0/0
Warren Bankston 2 4 2.0 2 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1970 Rockford
Gary Ballman 4 55 13.8 17 0 0
Jack Snow 4 72 18.0 41 1 0
Gene Washington 3 53 17.7 23 0 0
Donny Anderson 3 27 9.0 9 0 0
Les Josephson 2 18 9.0 11 0 0
Milt Morin 2 27 13.5 16 0 0
Cannonball Butler 1 18 18.0 18 0 0
1970 Rapid City
Bob Windsor 2 15 7.5 12 1 0
Eddie Hinton 2 25 12.5 14 0 0
Walter Roberts 2 27 13.5 14 0 0
Sam Havrilak 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
Dave L. Williams 1 4 4.0 4 0 0
Johnny Roland 1 1 1.0 1 0 0
Bob Wallace 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
Dave Osborn 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1970 Rockford
Bruce Gossett 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/2 100
1970 Rapid City
Pete Gogolak 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/1 0/0 1/2 50.0

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1970 Rockford
Donny Anderson 3 33.0 30.7 0 0 42 0
1970 Rapid City
Steve Spurrier 4 49.3 44.8 1 1 55 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1970 Rockford
Cannonball Butler 4 82 20.5 26 0
Charlie Pittman 1 21 21.0 21 0
1970 Rapid City
Jim Duncan 2 73 36.5 38 0
Chuck Latourette 2 36 18.0 21 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1970 Rockford
Ike Hill 1 0 -2 -2.0 -2 0
1970 Rapid City
Johnny Roland 1 0 7 7.0 7 0
Chuck Latourette 1 0 0 0.0 0 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1970 Rockford
Mike Curtis 11 1 0
Roy Winston 8 0 0
Earl Edwards 4 1 1
Al Nelson 4 0 0
Lionel Aldridge 3 0 0
Jerry Rush 3 0 0
Rick Volk 3 0 0
Mel Phillips 2 0 0
Fred Carr 2 0 0
Richard Neal 1 0 0
Les Josephson 0 0 1
1970 Rapid City
Tim Rossovich 9 0 1
Wayne H. Walker 7 0 0
Dave Wilcox 6 0 1
Jim Duncan 6 0 0
Mike Howell 4 0 0
Bob Jeter 4 0 0
Bob Rowe 3 1 0
Rolf Krueger 3 0 0
Jerry Shay 2 0 0
Karl Kassulke 2 0 0
Gene Howard 1 0 0
John Zook 1 0 0
Dave Osborn 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1970 Rockford
Bruce Taylor 1 0 0.0 0 0
1970 Rapid City
Karl Kassulke 1 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Howell 1 30 30.0 30 1

Game Story
In a tightly fought contest the visitors from Rockford defeated Rapid City by the score of 27 to 24. Bill Nelsen passed 39 times for 270 yards with a touchdown. Les Josephson carried the ball 9 times for 64 yards and added a touchdown. Rockford controlled all phases of the game. They out-ran Rapid City 170 to 101 yards, and out-passed them 270 to 92 yards. Rapid City had a good start outscoring Rockford 17 to 0 in the first quarter. The game was tied after three quarters, 17 to 17.