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Week 3: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Detroit Wheels

September 18, 1977
60°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 48,966 (98%)
Thunderbolts 0 6 3 0 - 9
Wheels 10 6 3 0 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-10-CLE 33 (12:40) 2-Jose Fouche 50 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 3 CLE 0
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 2-17-CLE 21 (6:03) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 89-Zachary Powell for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 10 CLE 0
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-6-CLE 6 (14:14) 2-Jose Fouche 23 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 13 CLE 0
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-24-DET 32 (9:42) 17-Dustin Henry 50 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 56-Bobby Wells was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DET 13 CLE 3
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-18-CLE 25 (2:45) 2-Jose Fouche 42 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 16 CLE 3
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-1-DET 1 (0:05) 17-Dustin Henry 19 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 16 CLE 6
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 4-8-CLE 9 (7:58) 2-Jose Fouche 27 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 19 CLE 6
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-14-DET 33 (1:34) 17-Dustin Henry 52 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 19 CLE 9

Team Statistics

Wheels Thunderbolts
First Downs 14 15
- Rushing 3 3
- Passing 11 12
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 306 304
- Offensive Plays 68 71
- Yards Per Play 4.50 4.28
Net Rushing Yards 52 52
- Rushing Attempts 22 21
- Yards Per Rush 2.36 2.48
Net Passing Yards 254 252
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 21 / 2 46 / 25 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 286 288
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 32 4 / 36
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.52 5.04
- Yards Per Completion 13.62 11.52
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 15 6 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.7 12.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 5 / 42 5 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 85
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 0 2 / 25
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 32
Time of Possession 31:22 28:38

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:24 OWN 25 6 42 Field Goal
1 9:03 3:04 OWN 41 7 59 Touchdown
1 3:52 4:41 OWN 22 10 72 Field Goal
2 9:38 0:53 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 7:20 1:02 OPP 47 3 6 Punt
2 6:09 3:28 OPP 44 6 19 Field Goal
2 0:03 0:03 OWN 25 1 7 Half
3 12:36 4:42 OWN 24 9 67 Field Goal
3 3:52 1:28 OWN 20 4 9 Interception
3 1:29 1:01 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
4 14:45 1:52 OWN 14 3 9 Punt
4 10:51 3:00 OWN 30 5 17 Punt
4 5:43 1:58 OWN 47 3 -10 Punt
4 2:13 0:18 OWN 28 2 -24 Interception
4 1:39 1:28 OWN 2 3 5 Punt

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:36 3:33 OWN 25 6 41 Missed FG
1 5:59 2:07 OWN 22 4 9 Punt
2 14:11 4:33 OWN 17 7 51 Field Goal
2 8:45 1:25 OWN 30 4 12 Fumble
2 6:18 0:09 OWN 10 2 0 Interception
2 2:41 2:38 OWN 25 10 74 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:24 OWN 25 5 15 Interception
3 7:55 4:02 OWN 25 8 51 Interception
3 2:25 0:55 OPP 29 3 -4 Field Goal
3 0:28 0:43 OWN 31 3 4 Punt
4 12:52 2:01 OWN 30 3 -7 Punt
4 7:51 2:09 OWN 11 3 -10 Punt
4 3:44 1:32 OWN 8 7 21 Punt
4 1:55 0:16 OPP 6 4 3 Downs
4 0:11 0:11 OPP 49 2 5 Game

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 18 49 2.72 11 3 0
Robert Costello 4 3 0.75 7 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Fred Stevenson 19 49 2.58 14 3 0
Allan Benefield 2 3 1.50 3 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 42 21 286 4 / 32 1 31 2 60.22

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 34 17 223 2 / 17 0 38 3 34.31
Brandon Robertson 12 8 65 2 / 19 0 23 0 80.21

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Hanna 5 74 14.80 26 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 6 65 10.83 23 0
Zachary Powell 3 46 15.33 22 1
Paul Lee 1 31 31.00 31 0
John Risinger 4 31 7.75 24 0
Dan Deloney 1 28 28.00 28 0
Robert Costello 1 11 11.00 11 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jimmy Brown 4 82 20.50 28 0
Brent Reichman 4 78 19.50 38 0
Jim Aguirre 5 33 6.60 14 0
Fred Stevenson 4 33 8.25 26 0
Wesley Watson 1 23 23.00 23 0
Jesse Thompson 3 22 7.33 10 0
Austin Gonzales 2 17 8.50 12 0
William Womack 1 1 1.00 1 0
Romeo Martinez 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Chad Mannings 51 35 1 3
Paul Lee 9 8 1 1
Levi Smith 46 26 0 1
Charles Clifton 0 1 0 0
Edward Flores 0 1 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 2 0 0
George Odriscoll 1 0 0 0
Benjamin Wheeler 1 0 0 0
Robbie Hammock 0 1 0 1
Josh Daughtry 0 2 0 0
Malcolm Nazario 0 1 0 0
Eric Spann 0 1 0 1
David Peralta 0 1 0 0
Daniel Hawes 0 1 0 0
William Williams 0 1 0 0
Robert Costello 1 2 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 7 0 0 0
Ronald Davis 56 34 0 4
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 8 0 1
John Risinger 0 15 0 1
Billy McKissick 10 0 0 0
Joe Gomez 5 0 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 13 4 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 18 0 0
Zachary Powell 3 20 0 0
Eddie Hohman 13 7 0 2
John Provencal 17 15 0 2
Timothy Milligan 58 33 0 2
Thomas Watson 57 28 0 1
Arturo Williams 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ralph Walker 50 28 1 4
Fred Stevenson 22 9 1 1
Kevin Peck 50 32 1 1
Corey Zelaya 0 5 0 2
Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 2 0 0
Michael Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
George Ye 0 1 0 0
Brady Kizer 0 2 0 0
Gabriel Decker 0 1 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 0
Jason Walker 0 2 0 0
Wesley Watson 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Brown 0 12 0 0
Allan Benefield 5 2 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 0 2 0 0
William Booth 0 3 0 0
George Simmons 0 5 0 0
John Shim 56 39 0 6
Myron Gonzales 9 3 0 0
Wayne Holland 8 6 0 0
Bob Gomez 8 4 0 0
Monte Cherry 7 2 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 13 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 4 0 0
Romeo Martinez 9 14 0 1
William Womack 9 6 0 0
Jesse Thompson 7 28 0 1
Brent Reichman 0 13 0 0
Edward Jackson 54 36 0 1
Antonio Preston 55 29 0 1
Jim Zarate 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bradley Mondragon 1 1 1.00 0
David Peralta 2 -1 -0.50 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Monte Cherry 1 25 25.00 0
Gabriel Decker 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Donald Martinez 0 1 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Brent Reichman 1 0 0 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 7 307 43.86 44.14 55 1

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 5 241 48.20 48.40 52 0

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 50 1 / 1

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 3 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 3 52 0 / 0

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 1 1 1.0 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jimmy Brown 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jimmy Brown 3 85 28.3 0

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Robbie Hammock 7 0
Eric Spann 7 0
Chuck Johnson 6 1
Bradley Mondragon 4 0
Edward Flores 4 0
Donald Martinez 4 0
Bobby Wells 4 0
David Peralta 4 0
William Williams 3 1
Daniel Hawes 3 0
Josh Daughtry 2 1
Charles Clifton 2 0
Israel Rogers 2 1
Malcolm Nazario 1 0
Dan Deloney 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Wayne Holland 6 1
Oliver Serrano 5 0
Jim Zarate 5 1
Michael Rodriguez 4 0
Monte Cherry 4 0
George Ye 3 1
Corey Zelaya 3 0
Steven Flanagan 3 0
Brady Kizer 3 0
Gabriel Decker 3 1
George Simmons 2 0
Charles Malizia 1 0
Jimmy Brown 1 0
Jim Aguirre 1 0
Brent Reichman 1 0
Bob Gomez 1 0
Bryan Dunn 1 0
Geoffrey Knight 1 0
Jed Hott 1 0
Kevin Hudson 1 0