Regular Season Week 1: Thunderbolts at Storm
September 03, 1978 74° Civic Stadium
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
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
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 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
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Storm
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#42 Joseph West 3 31 10.33 14 2 0
#89 Michael Leonard 2 15 7.50 11 1 0
Thunderbolts
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#13 Adam Velasco 11 71 6.45 21 3 0
#26 Allan Benefield 12 65 5.42 16 2 2
#15 Bert Eichelberger 10 53 5.30 19 3 0
#19 Jimmy Brown 3 21 7.00 10 1 0
#12 Chester Dougherty 2 7 3.50 6 0 0
#80 Christopher Henderson 5 6 1.20 4 0 0
#62 Romeo Martinez 2 6 3.00 5 0 0
Passing Stats
Storm
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 William Hill 55 19 253 6 / 44 1 56 4 25.80
Thunderbolts
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Chester Dougherty 30 21 245 1 / 6 1 31 1 91.67
#2 Lon Musso 3 2 18 0 / 0 2 9 0 122.22
Receiving Stats
Storm
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#88 John Sanders 8 91 11.38 23 0
#81 Richard Glasscock 3 85 28.33 56 0
#85 James Orourke 4 45 11.25 17 1
#85 Ivory Villanueva 1 14 14.00 14 0
#15 Michael Black 2 13 6.50 9 0
#28 John Alexander 1 5 5.00 5 0
Thunderbolts
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#84 Brent Reichman 6 111 18.50 31 0
#18 Jim Aguirre 4 51 12.75 17 2
#14 Austin Gonzales 5 41 8.20 16 1
#83 Jesse Thompson 4 27 6.75 12 0
#13 Adam Velasco 2 22 11.00 17 0
#26 Allan Benefield 2 11 5.50 6 0
Blocking Stats
Storm
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#51 Randy Squires 63 12 4 2
#74 Robert Brown 63 17 1 1
#42 Joseph West 34 3 0 0
#74 Adam Bolding 64 17 0 0
#76 Kenneth Addison 69 15 0 0
#58 David Sawyer 67 13 0 0
#85 Ivory Villanueva 14 3 0 1
#89 Michael Leonard 17 6 0 0
#15 Michael Black 0 3 0 1
#19 Grant Cano 0 5 0 1
#81 Richard Glasscock 0 2 0 1
#50 Gene Aguilar 11 0 0 0
#54 Donald Lopez 9 0 0 0
#85 James Orourke 2 3 0 0
#88 John Sanders 0 3 0 0
#28 John Alexander 2 2 0 0
#70 Norman Paulk 5 2 0 0
#55 Ray Watson 0 1 0 0
#79 Ernest Huggins 0 2 0 0
#91 Andre Lumley 0 2 0 2
#41 Timothy McLaughlin 0 1 0 0
#21 James Wellman 0 1 0 0
#67 Gregory Khan 2 0 0 0
#80 Andre Stevens 1 2 0 0
#96 William Bennett 0 1 0 0
#39 Ronald Rutledge 0 1 0 0
#35 Marcus Kramer 0 1 0 0
#71 Aaron Grimmer 1 0 0 0
Thunderbolts
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#58 Kevin Peck 44 52 1 2
#33 Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 0
#94 George Ye 0 2 0 0
#28 Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
#60 Jim Zarate 0 2 0 0
#77 Donald Jackson 0 3 0 0
#79 Donald Dalton 35 48 0 1
#83 Jesse Thompson 5 47 0 7
#69 Antonio Preston 40 48 0 1
#51 Edward Jackson 45 56 0 1
#84 Brent Reichman 0 34 0 0
#62 Romeo Martinez 16 15 0 0
#69 Myron Gonzales 47 48 0 7
#14 Austin Gonzales 0 24 0 1
#26 Allan Benefield 3 5 0 0
#13 Adam Velasco 5 3 0 0
#29 William Womack 8 10 0 0
#37 Monte Cherry 11 8 0 1
#91 Bob Gomez 9 4 0 0
#51 John Shim 11 1 0 0
#57 Wayne Holland 11 1 0 0
#80 Christopher Henderson 1 15 0 2
#84 Chris Miller 1 10 0 0
#18 Jim Aguirre 0 5 0 0
#79 Ralph Walker 4 2 0 0
#95 Geoffrey Knight 0 1 0 0
#19 Jimmy Brown 0 2 0 0
#66 Carrol Myers 3 1 0 0
#72 William Booth 0 4 0 1
#46 Brady Kizer 0 2 0 1
#74 Kevin Hudson 0 2 0 0
#92 George Simmons 0 2 0 0
#15 Bert Eichelberger 0 1 0 0
#55 Corey Zelaya 0 3 0 0
#61 Joel Harris 0 1 0 0
#30 Michael Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Storm
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#22 Samuel Dorsey 1 2 2.00 0
Thunderbolts
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#55 Corey Zelaya 1 1 1.00 0
#57 Wayne Holland 1 0 0.00 0
#33 Steven Flanagan 2 -1 -0.50 0
Fumble Stats
Storm
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#3 William Hill 2 1 0 0
#90 Samuel Kelley 0 1 1 0
#74 Adam Bolding 0 1 0 0
#76 Kenneth Addison 0 0 1 0
Thunderbolts
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#12 Chester Dougherty 1 0 0 0
#19 Jimmy Brown 1 0 0 0
#74 Kevin Hudson 0 1 0 0
#60 Jim Zarate 0 0 2 0
Punting
Storm
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 Sam Savage 7 341 48.71 44.43 54 0
Thunderbolts
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Dan Carr 4 186 46.50 45.25 49 1
Kicking
Storm
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Donald Dosch 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 1 / 1
Thunderbolts
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Gary Spence 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 5 / 5
Punt Return
Storm
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 James Orourke 1 6 6.0 6 0
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#13 Adam Velasco 4 26 6.5 12 0
#19 Jimmy Brown 1 13 13.0 13 0
Kick Return
Storm
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#13 Adam Velasco 1 40 40.0 0
Defensive Stats
Storm
Name Tackles Sacks
#39 Ronald Rutledge 9 0
#22 Samuel Dorsey 8 0
#35 Marcus Kramer 7 0
#54 Theodore Zheng 7 0
#96 William Bennett 7 0
#70 Norman Paulk 6 1
#41 Timothy McLaughlin 4 0
#21 James Wellman 3 0
#40 James Perry 3 0
#79 Ernest Huggins 3 0
#55 Ray Watson 2 0
#90 Samuel Kelley 2 0
#89 Michael Leonard 2 0
#74 Adam Bolding 1 0
#59 Leonard Meisel 1 0
#81 Joshua Harper 1 0
#1 Donald Dosch 1 0
#99 Charles Patillo 1 0
#85 Ivory Villanueva 1 0
#93 Richard Ross 1 0
#91 Andre Lumley 1 0
#88 John Sanders 1 0
Thunderbolts
Name Tackles Sacks
#28 Oliver Serrano 6 0
#46 Brady Kizer 5 0
#55 Corey Zelaya 4 1
#37 Monte Cherry 3 0
#60 Jim Zarate 2 4
#57 Wayne Holland 2 1
#30 Michael Rodriguez 2 0
#33 Steven Flanagan 1 0
#47 Gabriel Decker 1 0
#32 Michael Woodham 1 0
#15 Bert Eichelberger 1 0
#74 Kevin Hudson 1 1
#12 Chester Dougherty 1 0
#35 Johnny King 1 0
#91 Bob Gomez 1 0