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Week 14: Washington Federals at Detroit Wheels

December 04, 1977
29°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 48,461 (97%)
Federals 10 0 0 0 - 10
Wheels 13 10 7 9 - 39

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Federals: (15:00) 2-Jose Fouche kicks 62 yards from DET 35 to WAS 3. 82-Roger Saddler for 97yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Daniel Hall. DET 0 WAS 7
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 3-8-DET 48 (12:27) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 80-Timothy Hanna for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 7 WAS 7
(Qtr 1) Federals: 4-7-DET 7 (7:58) 16-Daniel Hall 24 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 7 WAS 10
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-10-WAS 26 (5:56) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 10-John Risinger for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 2-1-WAS 1 (5:27) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 89-Zachary Powell for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 63-Chad Mannings was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DET 20 WAS 10
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 2-8-WAS 18 (0:05) 2-Jose Fouche 35 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 23 WAS 10
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 2-2-WAS 2 (1:18) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 13-David Ortiz for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 30 WAS 10
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 1-10-WAS 2 (6:55) 9-Joe Richardson sacked at WAS -6 for -7 yards (91-Josh Daughtry). Sack allowed by 71-Joel Lossett. SAFETY! (91-Josh Daughtry) DET 32 WAS 10
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 1-1-WAS 1 (2:06) 13-David Ortiz ran to WAS 1 for a short gain. 13-David Ortiz FUMBLES (72-Kenton Mattingly) TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 39 WAS 10

Team Statistics

Wheels Federals
First Downs 22 10
- Rushing 11 4
- Passing 10 6
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 512 203
- Offensive Plays 76 50
- Yards Per Play 6.74 4.06
Net Rushing Yards 200 72
- Rushing Attempts 37 21
- Yards Per Rush 5.41 3.43
Net Passing Yards 312 131
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 24 / 1 24 / 11 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 312 168
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 5 / 37
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.00 4.52
- Yards Per Completion 13.00 15.27
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 15 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.5 10.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 30 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 59 2 / 133
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 34:31 25:16

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:55 2:04 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 2:56 1:29 OWN 18 3 5 Punt
2 14:52 1:20 OWN 29 3 7 Punt
2 13:10 2:12 OWN 37 4 17 Punt
2 9:28 4:05 OWN 49 8 51 Touchdown
2 3:50 0:50 OWN 6 3 2 Punt
2 1:05 1:03 OWN 42 4 40 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:01 OWN 32 3 8 Punt
3 12:19 3:33 OWN 19 6 22 Punt
3 5:17 4:03 OWN 34 8 66 Touchdown
4 13:32 6:38 OWN 16 12 77 Downs
4 6:52 4:49 OWN 41 9 59 Touchdown
4 1:26 1:24 OWN 38 3 3 Interception

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:46 2:27 OPP 25 6 -75 Touchdown
1 12:18 4:23 OWN 25 8 68 Field Goal
1 5:51 2:54 OWN 25 6 9 Punt
1 1:28 1:36 OWN 23 3 3 Punt
2 13:32 0:22 OWN 18 3 0 Punt
2 10:58 1:29 OWN 3 3 0 Punt
2 5:23 1:34 OWN 36 3 6 Punt
2 3:00 1:55 OWN 44 4 21 Missed FG
2 0:02 0:02 OWN 25 1 13 Half
3 13:59 1:41 OWN 15 4 23 Punt
3 8:46 3:29 OWN 2 5 13 Punt
3 1:14 2:42 OWN 25 5 14 Punt
4 6:55 0:03 OWN 2 1 -8 Safety
4 2:03 0:37 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
4 0:02 0:02 OWN 34 1 35 Game

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Costello 28 161 5.75 24 8 0
David Ortiz 8 36 4.50 15 2 0
Mario Valencia 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 14 43 3.07 13 2 0
Gary Munch 6 32 5.33 14 2 0
Roger Saddler 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 39 24 312 0 / 0 4 52 1 110.20

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 24 11 168 5 / 37 0 35 0 69.44

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Hanna 5 125 25.00 52 1
John Risinger 7 109 15.57 26 1
Robert Costello 3 28 9.33 18 0
Dan Deloney 2 15 7.50 10 0
Zachary Powell 4 15 3.75 8 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 1 13 13.00 13 0
David Ortiz 2 7 3.50 5 1

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Roger Saddler 3 54 18.00 35 0
Matt Ellis 3 40 13.33 30 0
Jacob Scully 3 27 9.00 18 0
Gary Munch 1 26 26.00 26 0
James West 1 21 21.00 21 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Levi Smith 37 36 0 1
Robert Costello 14 1 0 0
Ray Franklin 0 2 0 0
Chad Brown 0 2 0 0
David Peralta 0 2 0 1
Edward Flores 0 4 0 0
Daniel Hawes 0 2 0 0
David Ortiz 4 2 0 0
Arturo Williams 2 0 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 5 0 1
Bradley Mondragon 6 5 0 0
Juan Frigo 0 5 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 4 0 2
Billy McKissick 10 0 0 0
Ronald Davis 52 47 0 3
Eddie Hohman 12 3 0 0
Paul Lee 6 5 0 0
Joe Gomez 9 8 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 22 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 22 0 1
John Risinger 0 20 0 0
Zachary Powell 7 33 0 1
John Provencal 28 27 0 1
Chad Mannings 46 46 0 4
Timothy Milligan 52 48 0 5
Thomas Watson 47 42 0 3
Dan Deloney 0 7 0 0

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Samuel Gragg 29 20 2 2
Joel Lossett 31 21 1 1
Gary Munch 13 4 0 0
Carlton Smith 5 4 0 0
Matt Ellis 0 5 0 0
Roger Saddler 0 5 0 1
Danny Merrill 0 3 0 1
Stephen Coppock 29 26 0 0
Daniel Dailey 27 20 0 0
Ted Jarrett 39 27 0 1
Jacob Scully 14 21 0 2
Arthur Schneider 12 0 0 0
Travis Curcio 0 2 0 0
Freddie Brown 11 1 0 0
James West 19 18 0 0
Roger Dunn 0 2 0 0
Johnny Aguilar 0 2 0 0
Joseph Baker 0 3 0 0
Steven Melin 9 11 0 0
John Horn 18 6 0 0
John Hughes 0 2 0 0
Garland Gipson 1 2 0 0
Richard Fleming 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Ridley 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Ortiz 1 0 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kenton Mattingly 0 0 1 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 6 292 48.67 48.67 57 2

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
George Hill 9 443 49.22 46.22 52 2

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 4 / 5

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel Hall 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 24 1 / 1

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 5 30 6.0 11 0

Washington Federals

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 2 59 29.5 0

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Roger Saddler 2 133 66.5 1

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Chuck Johnson 6 0
Bobby Wells 5 1
Josh Daughtry 4 1
Robbie Hammock 3 1
Eric Spann 3 0
Bradley Mondragon 3 0
David Peralta 3 0
Aaron Robinson 3 0
Edward Flores 2 0
William Williams 2 2
Donald Martinez 2 0
Jose Fouche 1 0
Juan Frigo 1 0
Timothy Hanna 1 0

Washington Federals

Name Tackles Sacks
Travis Curcio 12 0
Corey Norwood 7 0
Richard Nelson 5 0
Arthur Stewart 5 0
Robert Ridley 5 0
Brian Gould 5 0
Richard Fleming 4 0
Jessie Draper 4 0
Matthew McGinley 3 0
Richard Brazier 2 0
John Hughes 2 0
Joseph Whitcher 2 0
Chris Kyle 1 0
Johnny Aguilar 1 0
Jeremy Mullen 1 0
Elmer Bunting 1 0
Tyler Helton 1 0
Gary Munch 1 0
Steven Melin 1 0