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Week 16: Chicago Blitz at Detroit Wheels

December 18, 1977
38°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 44,906 (90%)
Blitz 14 3 3 26 - 46
Wheels 21 14 7 10 - 52

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blitz: 3-10-DET 46 (12:11) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 86-John Ayala for 46 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. DET 0 CHI 7
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-3-CHI 3 (8:47) 37-Enrique Pacheco ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 7 CHI 7
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-9-CHI 9 (2:57) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 88-Paul Lee for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 14 CHI 7
(Qtr 1) Blitz: 2-10-CHI 25 (2:49) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 86-John Ayala for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. DET 14 CHI 14
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-10-CHI 44 (0:03) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 80-Timothy Hanna for 44 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 21 CHI 14
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 3-10-CHI 25 (14:46) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 10-John Risinger to CHI 0 for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 28 CHI 14
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 4-5-DET 21 (9:56) 11-Matthew Eno 39 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 28 CHI 17
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 1-10-CHI 11 (0:20) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 35 CHI 17
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 4-1-DET 24 (10:43) 11-Matthew Eno 43 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 35 CHI 20
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 2-1-CHI 0 (6:16) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 42 CHI 20
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 3-4-CHI 12 (9:43) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 86-John Ayala for 88 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 37-Ray Bryant ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DET 42 CHI 28
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 2-11-CHI 31 (7:02) 26-Robert Costello ran for 31 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 49 CHI 28
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 4-10-DET 16 (5:59) 11-Matthew Eno 34 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 58-Juan Frigo was injured on the play. DET 49 CHI 31
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 2-10-DET 33 (2:35) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 16-Robert Ross for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 86-John Ayala for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DET 49 CHI 39
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-1-CHI 36 (1:51) 2-Jose Fouche 53 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 52 CHI 39
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 1-10-DET 11 (1:22) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 84-Wendell Pinegar for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. DET 52 CHI 46

Team Statistics

Wheels Blitz
First Downs 20 12
- Rushing 6 2
- Passing 14 9
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 575 584
- Offensive Plays 78 69
- Yards Per Play 7.37 8.46
Net Rushing Yards 181 63
- Rushing Attempts 35 16
- Yards Per Rush 5.17 3.94
Net Passing Yards 394 521
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 26 / 0 53 / 28 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 402 521
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.16 9.83
- Yards Per Completion 15.46 18.61
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 16 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 8.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 40 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 26 1 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 124 3 / 91
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 2
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 21
Time of Possession 36:50 23:08

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:04 3:20 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 7:17 4:25 OWN 32 11 68 Touchdown
1 2:37 2:37 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 9:52 2:14 OWN 19 4 16 Punt
2 4:11 1:36 OWN 13 3 10 Punt
2 1:14 0:58 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
3 15:00 1:10 OWN 37 3 -1 Punt
3 12:11 1:32 OWN 33 3 -9 Field Goal
3 10:39 4:26 OWN 30 9 70 Touchdown
3 5:11 2:04 OWN 37 3 10 Punt
3 2:08 3:54 OWN 5 9 30 Punt
4 12:19 2:07 OWN 39 3 6 Punt
4 9:29 2:33 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 5:56 2:18 OWN 27 3 0 Punt
4 2:28 0:42 OPP 45 3 10 Field Goal
4 1:19 0:54 OWN 48 3 9 Punt

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:56 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 8:44 1:27 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 2:52 0:15 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 0:00 0:18 OWN 25 3 -25 Touchdown
2 14:42 4:50 OWN 25 8 54 Field Goal
2 7:39 3:27 OWN 16 5 19 Punt
2 2:36 1:21 OWN 29 3 4 Punt
2 0:17 0:17 OWN 25 1 2 Half
3 13:50 1:38 OWN 8 5 11 Punt
3 6:13 1:01 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 3:07 0:59 OWN 20 4 27 Punt
4 13:14 0:55 OWN 14 3 6 Punt
4 10:12 0:42 OWN 6 3 94 Touchdown
4 6:56 1:00 OWN 25 5 59 Field Goal
4 3:38 1:10 OWN 23 6 77 Touchdown
4 1:46 0:27 OWN 35 4 65 Touchdown
4 0:25 0:25 OWN 4 3 4 Game

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 28 116 4.14 15 4 1
Robert Costello 7 65 9.29 31 2 1

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bruce Fine 13 61 4.69 12 1 0
Ray Bryant 3 2 0.67 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 42 26 402 1 / 8 5 47 0 133.13

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel McKee 53 28 521 0 / 0 5 88 0 118.51

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Zachary Powell 6 115 19.17 47 0
Timothy Hanna 6 90 15.00 44 1
Paul Lee 3 61 20.33 44 1
Dan Deloney 3 43 14.33 20 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 4 28 7.00 17 2
John Risinger 1 25 25.00 25 1
Robert Costello 2 21 10.50 13 0
Eddie Hohman 1 19 19.00 19 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Ayala 10 257 25.70 88 3
George Allen 3 115 38.33 55 0
Wendell Pinegar 8 87 10.88 26 1
Robert Ross 1 33 33.00 33 1
Thomas Coley 1 19 19.00 19 0
Chester Landes 4 9 2.25 6 0
Bruce Fine 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Levi Smith 42 47 0 3
Bradley Mondragon 8 9 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 1 0 0
Daniel Hawes 0 3 0 0
George Odriscoll 0 2 0 0
Robert Costello 5 0 0 0
Ray Franklin 0 5 0 0
Juan Frigo 0 3 0 0
David Peralta 0 6 0 1
Edward Flores 0 5 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 6 0 0
Arturo Williams 1 1 0 0
Chad Brown 0 6 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 7 0 0
Billy McKissick 16 0 0 0
Ronald Davis 58 50 0 8
Eddie Hohman 15 5 0 0
Joe Gomez 9 1 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 25 0 0
Dan Deloney 0 9 0 2
John Risinger 0 37 0 1
Paul Lee 17 9 0 1
Timothy Hanna 0 27 0 2
Zachary Powell 3 32 0 1
Enrique Pacheco 10 6 0 1
John Provencal 31 17 0 1
Chad Mannings 48 42 0 2
Timothy Milligan 59 46 0 3
Thomas Watson 58 43 0 1
Charles Clifton 0 1 0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dale Smith 59 38 0 0
Michael Leonard 4 3 0 0
Thomas Coley 0 3 0 0
Robert Ross 0 5 0 2
Cesar Collins 0 3 0 0
Jerry Shen 0 3 0 0
Elton Engler 0 4 0 0
William Kennedy 0 3 0 0
Dustin Hoy 0 3 0 1
Robert Gonzales 0 3 0 0
Kenneth Flowers 0 3 0 0
David Feng 1 3 0 0
Jeff Melton 0 4 0 1
Ray Bryant 11 1 0 0
Timothy Sims 14 2 0 0
Brian Buckley 38 26 0 0
Aaron Dutton 26 6 0 0
Ronald Stanfill 13 1 0 0
Dale Jarrett 14 3 0 0
Chester Landes 0 8 0 0
John Ayala 0 13 0 0
Wendell Pinegar 0 8 0 0
Eric Wilkinson 24 12 0 0
Bruce Fine 15 9 0 0
Andre Ochs 52 25 0 0
George Allen 18 19 0 0
Willie Salisbury 62 22 0 3
John Jackson 56 24 0 0
George Keyes 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Chicago Blitz

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Risinger 1 1 0 0
Edward Flores 0 1 0 0
David Peralta 0 0 1 0
Eric Spann 0 1 0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Ayala 1 0 0 0
Jeff Melton 0 0 1 0
David Feng 0 1 0 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 8 400 50.00 47.25 57 3

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Simon Jones 7 334 47.71 44.71 52 2

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 7 / 7

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Matthew Eno 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 3 / 3

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 4 26 6.5 9 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Bruce Fine 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 4 124 31.0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Ayala 3 91 30.3 0

Defensive Stats