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Conference Championship: Los Angeles Express at Detroit Wheels

January 08, 1978
35°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 47,098 (94%)
Express 0 7 0 10 - 17
Wheels 9 21 7 10 - 47

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-10-LAX 5 (7:10) 8-Gene Nowlin sacked at LAX -2 for -8 yards (56-Bobby Wells) SAFETY! (56-Bobby Wells) DET 58-Juan Frigo was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DET 2 LAX 0
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 3-6-LAX 6 (1:24) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 15-Dan Deloney for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 9 LAX 0
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 1-5-LAX 5 (13:04) 26-Robert Costello ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 12-Harry Marshall was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DET 16 LAX 0
(Qtr 2) Express: 2-5-DET 5 (3:53) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 23-Seth Wynn for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. DET 16 LAX 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 1-10-LAX 19 (2:20) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 88-Paul Lee to LAX 0 for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 23 LAX 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 3-7-LAX 7 (1:23) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 80-Timothy Hanna for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 30 LAX 7
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 3-4-LAX 4 (8:51) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 89-Zachary Powell for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 37 LAX 7
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-3-LAX 30 (11:39) 2-Jose Fouche 47 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 40 LAX 7
(Qtr 4) Express: 3-4-LAX 31 (11:09) 8-Gene Nowlin pass complete to 10-Robert Herrera for 69 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. DET 40 LAX 14
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 1-6-LAX 6 (4:58) 37-Enrique Pacheco ran to LAX 0 for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 47 LAX 14
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-8-DET 35 (3:54) 1-Roger Ruzich 52 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 47 LAX 17

Team Statistics

Wheels Express
First Downs 30 9
- Rushing 10 2
- Passing 18 5
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 622 248
- Offensive Plays 94 58
- Yards Per Play 6.62 4.28
Net Rushing Yards 184 40
- Rushing Attempts 33 14
- Yards Per Rush 5.58 2.86
Net Passing Yards 438 208
- Att/Comp/Int 58 / 32 / 0 41 / 17 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 464 235
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 26 3 / 27
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.18 4.73
- Yards Per Completion 14.50 13.82
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 10 / 19 2 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.6 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 9 / 80 2 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 98 3 / 81
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 6 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 20
Time of Possession 40:10 19:51

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:45 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
1 10:02 2:52 OWN 26 5 31 Punt
1 7:08 0:59 OPP 49 3 -8 Punt
1 5:14 3:55 OWN 29 11 71 Touchdown
1 0:27 2:26 OWN 21 7 79 Touchdown
2 10:08 2:15 OWN 9 6 27 Punt
2 6:15 0:58 OWN 12 3 -4 Punt
2 3:49 1:35 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 1:51 0:32 OWN 30 6 70 Touchdown
3 12:20 3:33 OWN 10 8 90 Touchdown
3 7:14 4:25 OWN 20 10 32 Punt
3 2:12 1:00 OWN 36 3 5 Punt
3 0:16 3:41 OWN 38 8 31 Field Goal
4 10:59 6:05 OWN 24 10 76 Touchdown
4 3:49 3:07 OWN 37 5 11 Punt
4 0:02 0:02 OWN 29 1 10 Game

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:15 2:13 OWN 16 3 9 Punt
1 7:10 0:02 OWN 5 1 -8 Safety
1 6:09 0:55 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
1 1:19 0:52 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 13:01 2:53 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
2 7:53 1:38 OWN 18 4 21 Punt
2 5:18 1:29 OWN 41 6 59 Touchdown
2 2:14 0:22 OWN 18 3 7 Punt
2 1:19 1:19 OWN 23 2 0 Half
3 15:00 2:40 OWN 24 6 14 Punt
3 8:46 1:32 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
3 2:49 0:37 OWN 10 3 7 Punt
3 1:13 0:57 OWN 13 3 1 Punt
4 11:35 0:36 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 4:54 1:05 OWN 25 5 40 Field Goal
4 0:43 0:41 OWN 10 3 9 Punt

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 26 145 5.58 14 8 1
Robert Costello 7 39 5.57 8 0 1

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 9 46 5.11 13 1 0
Raymundo Edmonson 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Robert Sanders 4 -7 -1.75 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 58 32 464 3 / 26 4 51 0 104.38

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 40 17 235 3 / 27 2 69 0 78.65
William Trombly 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 9 178 19.78 42 0
Zachary Powell 11 155 14.09 51 1
Timothy Hanna 5 59 11.80 19 1
Dan Deloney 3 38 12.67 25 1
Paul Lee 1 19 19.00 19 1
Enrique Pacheco 2 12 6.00 7 0
Robert Costello 1 3 3.00 3 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Herrera 4 103 25.75 69 1
Santiago Smith 2 48 24.00 33 0
Cordell Mosteller 3 32 10.67 17 0
Jimmy Landon 3 30 10.00 14 0
Jose Queen 2 18 9.00 13 0
Seth Wynn 2 2 1.00 5 1
Robert Sanders 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Enrique Pacheco 21 6 1 1
George Odriscoll 54 33 1 3
Zachary Powell 5 30 1 1
Ronald Davis 67 44 0 5
Arturo Williams 1 0 0 0
Benjamin Wheeler 3 1 0 0
Robert Costello 6 2 0 0
Dan Deloney 0 7 0 1
Ray Franklin 0 3 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 3 0 0
Chad Brown 0 3 0 0
David Peralta 0 4 0 1
Edward Flores 0 3 0 0
Daniel Hawes 0 3 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 2 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 23 0 0
Joe Gomez 71 46 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 25 0 0
John Risinger 0 23 0 2
Billy McKissick 18 3 0 1
Eddie Hohman 15 5 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 8 6 0 0
Paul Lee 8 8 0 1
John Provencal 41 24 0 1
Chad Mannings 68 39 0 1
Timothy Milligan 17 10 0 0
Thomas Watson 73 48 0 3
Juan Frigo 0 2 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jose Sherlock 57 17 1 2
Peter Sibley 43 3 1 1
Charles Martin 49 22 0 1
Michael Robertson 3 0 0 0
Walter Silva 0 3 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 3 0 0
James Johnson 0 3 0 0
Carlos Turner 0 3 0 0
Randall Solis 0 3 0 1
Richard Owen 0 3 0 1
Daniel Zachery 0 1 0 0
William Theis 0 3 0 0
Robert Sanders 6 0 0 0
Stephen Farmer 0 2 0 1
Louis Duron 0 1 0 0
Lamont Stich 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Landon 0 6 0 0
Cordell Mosteller 0 10 0 0
Donn Webb 1 4 0 0
Jason Westbrooks 57 21 0 1
Santiago Smith 0 7 0 1
Seth Wynn 9 1 0 0
Leonardo Putnam 13 0 0 0
Jason Graf 14 0 0 0
Allen Ellison 8 4 0 0
Robert Herrera 0 12 0 0
Martin Hindman 45 22 0 1
William Mitchell 0 5 0 1
Raymundo Edmonson 9 6 0 0
Jose Queen 3 14 0 0
Scott Dotson 24 10 0 1
Richard Rogers 0 6 0 0
Christopher Spotts 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Los Angeles Express

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Los Angeles Express

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 8 362 45.25 42.38 60 2

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 11 546 49.64 47.64 61 3

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 6 / 6

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 2 / 2

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 1 0 0.0 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 3 98 32.7 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Seth Wynn 3 81 27.0 0

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Chuck Johnson 6 0
David Peralta 5 0
Eric Spann 5 0
Bobby Wells 3 1
Robbie Hammock 3 0
Bradley Mondragon 2 0
Israel Rogers 2 1
Aaron Robinson 2 0
William Williams 2 1
Daniel Hawes 1 0
Josh Daughtry 1 0
Edward Flores 1 0
Ray Franklin 1 0
Malcolm Nazario 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Falkner 9 0
Stephen Farmer 8 0
Walter Silva 7 0
Paul Moore 7 0
Maurice Matzke 4 0
Joshua Lilley 4 0
William Theis 4 0
Daniel Ibarra 4 0
Carlos Turner 3 0
Randall Solis 3 0
Stephen Coleman 3 1
James Johnson 3 0
Roger Ruzich 2 0
Michael Salzman 1 1
Louis Duron 1 1
Donn Webb 1 0
Lamont Stich 1 0