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Week 1: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Portland Storm

September 03, 1978
74°
Civic Stadium (Portland, OR) Attendance: 18,633 (85%)
Thunderbolts 7 17 14 3 - 41
Storm 3 7 3 0 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 2-7-POR 7 (8:18) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 14-Austin Gonzales for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. POR 0 CLE 7
(Qtr 1) Storm: 4-5-CLE 31 (5:32) 1-Donald Dosch 50 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 3 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 2-6-POR 6 (12:55) 26-Allan Benefield ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. POR 3 CLE 14
(Qtr 2) Storm: 3-6-CLE 6 (8:59) 4-William Hill pass complete to 83-James Orourke for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. POR 10 CLE 14
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-3-POR 27 (3:09) 7-Gary Spence 45 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 10 CLE 17
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 1-2-POR 2 (1:13) 26-Allan Benefield ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. POR 10 CLE 24
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 1-9-POR 9 (10:14) 2-Lon Musso pass complete to 18-Jim Aguirre for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. POR 10 CLE 31
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 1-9-POR 9 (5:51) 2-Lon Musso pass complete to 18-Jim Aguirre for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. POR 10 CLE 38
(Qtr 3) Storm: 4-7-CLE 7 (1:12) 1-Donald Dosch 26 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 13 CLE 38
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-6-POR 6 (5:47) 7-Gary Spence 24 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (POR 99-Byron Demott) (Declined) POR 13 CLE 41

Team Statistics

Storm Thunderbolts
First Downs 14 24
- Rushing 3 10
- Passing 11 14
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 255 486
- Offensive Plays 66 79
- Yards Per Play 3.86 6.15
Net Rushing Yards 46 229
- Rushing Attempts 5 45
- Yards Per Rush 9.20 5.09
Net Passing Yards 209 257
- Att/Comp/Int 55 / 19 / 4 33 / 23 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 253 263
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 44 1 / 6
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.43 7.56
- Yards Per Completion 13.32 11.43
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 14 7 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.0 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 5 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 6 5 / 39
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 40
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 2 4 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 7
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 5 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 35
Time of Possession 20:38 39:22

Drive Charts

Portland Storm

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:38 OWN 25 6 36 Fumble
1 8:15 2:47 OWN 25 8 44 Field Goal
2 12:52 3:57 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
2 3:05 0:57 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
2 1:10 0:25 OWN 25 4 11 Punt
3 13:35 0:04 OWN 35 1 0 Interception
3 10:11 0:57 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
3 7:53 0:41 OWN 31 2 -7 Interception
3 5:47 0:51 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 3:28 2:18 OWN 35 7 57 Field Goal
4 12:56 1:37 OWN 9 3 -2 Punt
4 9:14 1:18 OWN 7 5 18 Interception
4 5:45 0:19 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 3:32 0:49 OWN 18 4 13 Punt

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:22 3:07 OPP 49 6 49 Touchdown
1 5:28 7:36 OWN 25 15 75 Touchdown
2 8:55 5:49 OWN 25 10 48 Field Goal
2 2:09 0:59 OWN 44 6 56 Touchdown
2 0:46 0:46 OWN 17 2 8 Half
3 15:00 1:25 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
3 13:31 3:20 OWN 45 7 55 Touchdown
3 9:13 1:21 OWN 22 3 41 Interception
3 7:11 1:24 OPP 27 4 27 Touchdown
3 4:56 1:27 OWN 19 3 2 Punt
3 1:10 3:14 OWN 30 5 16 Punt
4 11:19 2:05 OPP 50 4 37 Fumble
4 7:56 2:12 OPP 27 4 21 Field Goal
4 5:26 1:53 OWN 31 3 2 Punt
4 2:43 0:09 OWN 23 2 0 Interception
4 2:35 2:35 OWN 8 4 22 Game

Rushing Stats

Portland Storm

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Joseph West 3 31 10.33 14 2 0
Michael Leonard 2 15 7.50 11 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 11 71 6.45 21 3 0
Allan Benefield 12 65 5.42 16 2 2
Bert Eichelberger 10 53 5.30 19 3 0
Jimmy Brown 3 21 7.00 10 1 0
Chester Dougherty 2 7 3.50 6 0 0
Christopher Henderson 5 6 1.20 4 0 0
Romeo Martinez 2 6 3.00 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Portland Storm

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Hill 55 19 253 6 / 44 1 56 4 25.80

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 30 21 245 1 / 6 1 31 1 91.67
Lon Musso 3 2 18 0 / 0 2 9 0 122.22

Receiving Stats

Portland Storm

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Sanders 8 91 11.38 23 0
Richard Glasscock 3 85 28.33 56 0
James Orourke 4 45 11.25 17 1
Ivory Villanueva 1 14 14.00 14 0
Michael Black 2 13 6.50 9 0
John Alexander 1 5 5.00 5 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brent Reichman 6 111 18.50 31 0
Jim Aguirre 4 51 12.75 17 2
Austin Gonzales 5 41 8.20 16 1
Jesse Thompson 4 27 6.75 12 0
Adam Velasco 2 22 11.00 17 0
Allan Benefield 2 11 5.50 6 0

Blocking Stats

Portland Storm

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Randy Squires 63 12 4 2
Robert Brown 63 17 1 1
Joseph West 34 3 0 0
Norman Paulk 5 2 0 0
Marcus Kramer 0 1 0 0
Ronald Rutledge 0 1 0 0
William Bennett 0 1 0 0
Andre Stevens 1 2 0 0
Gregory Khan 2 0 0 0
James Wellman 0 1 0 0
Timothy McLaughlin 0 1 0 0
Andre Lumley 0 2 0 2
Ernest Huggins 0 2 0 0
Ray Watson 0 1 0 0
John Sanders 0 3 0 0
John Alexander 2 2 0 0
Adam Bolding 64 17 0 0
James Orourke 2 3 0 0
Donald Lopez 9 0 0 0
Gene Aguilar 11 0 0 0
Richard Glasscock 0 2 0 1
Grant Cano 0 5 0 1
Michael Black 0 3 0 1
Michael Leonard 17 6 0 0
Ivory Villanueva 14 3 0 1
David Sawyer 67 13 0 0
Kenneth Addison 69 15 0 0
Aaron Grimmer 1 0 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kevin Peck 44 52 1 2
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 0
Carrol Myers 3 1 0 0
Christopher Henderson 1 15 0 2
Chris Miller 1 10 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 5 0 0
Ralph Walker 4 2 0 0
Geoffrey Knight 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Brown 0 2 0 0
William Booth 0 4 0 1
John Shim 11 1 0 0
Brady Kizer 0 2 0 1
Kevin Hudson 0 2 0 0
George Simmons 0 2 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 0 1 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 3 0 0
Joel Harris 0 1 0 0
Wayne Holland 11 1 0 0
Bob Gomez 9 4 0 0
George Ye 0 2 0 0
Edward Jackson 45 56 0 1
Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
Jim Zarate 0 2 0 0
Donald Jackson 0 3 0 0
Donald Dalton 35 48 0 1
Jesse Thompson 5 47 0 7
Antonio Preston 40 48 0 1
Brent Reichman 0 34 0 0
Monte Cherry 11 8 0 1
Romeo Martinez 16 15 0 0
Myron Gonzales 47 48 0 7
Austin Gonzales 0 24 0 1
Allan Benefield 3 5 0 0
Adam Velasco 5 3 0 0
William Womack 8 10 0 0
Michael Rodriguez 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Portland Storm

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Samuel Dorsey 1 2 2.00 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Corey Zelaya 1 1 1.00 0
Wayne Holland 1 0 0.00 0
Steven Flanagan 2 -1 -0.50 0

Fumble Stats

Portland Storm

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Hill 2 1 0 0
Samuel Kelley 0 1 1 0
Adam Bolding 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Addison 0 0 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chester Dougherty 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Brown 1 0 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 1 0 0
Jim Zarate 0 0 2 0

Punting

Portland Storm

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Sam Savage 7 341 48.71 44.43 54 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 4 186 46.50 45.25 49 1

Kicking

Portland Storm

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Dosch 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 1 / 1

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 5 / 5

Punt Return

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Orourke 1 6 6.0 6 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 4 26 6.5 12 0
Jimmy Brown 1 13 13.0 13 0

Kick Return

Portland Storm

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 1 40 40.0 0

Defensive Stats

Portland Storm

Name Tackles Sacks
Ronald Rutledge 9 0
Samuel Dorsey 8 0
Theodore Zheng 7 0
William Bennett 7 0
Marcus Kramer 7 0
Norman Paulk 6 1
Timothy McLaughlin 4 0
James Wellman 3 0
James Perry 3 0
Ernest Huggins 3 0
Ray Watson 2 0
Samuel Kelley 2 0
Michael Leonard 2 0
Ivory Villanueva 1 0
Andre Lumley 1 0
Richard Ross 1 0
Adam Bolding 1 0
Charles Patillo 1 0
Donald Dosch 1 0
Joshua Harper 1 0
Leonard Meisel 1 0
John Sanders 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Oliver Serrano 6 0
Brady Kizer 5 0
Corey Zelaya 4 1
Monte Cherry 3 0
Jim Zarate 2 4
Wayne Holland 2 1
Michael Rodriguez 2 0
Steven Flanagan 1 0
Gabriel Decker 1 0
Michael Woodham 1 0
Bert Eichelberger 1 0
Kevin Hudson 1 1
Chester Dougherty 1 0
Johnny King 1 0
Bob Gomez 1 0