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Week 2: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Detroit Wheels

September 10, 1978
69°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 49,300 (99%)
Thunderbolts 10 6 5 3 - 24
Wheels 6 10 0 6 - 22

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 4-5-DET 34 (8:48) 7-Gary Spence 53 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 0 CLE 3
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 2-18-DET 44 (6:56) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 13-David Ortiz for 56 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 2-2-DET 2 (3:25) 13-Adam Velasco ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. DET 6 CLE 10
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-14-DET 32 (12:06) 7-Gary Spence 50 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 6 CLE 13
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 2-5-CLE 9 (7:10) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 13 CLE 13
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-3-DET 25 (5:38) 7-Gary Spence 43 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 13 CLE 16
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-10-CLE 33 (1:03) 2-Jose Fouche 50 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 16 CLE 16
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 1-10-DET 1 (13:24) 26-Robert Costello ran for -1 yards. Tackle by 95-Geoffrey Knight. SAFETY! (95-Geoffrey Knight) DET 16 CLE 18
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-9-DET 25 (1:31) 7-Gary Spence 43 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 16 CLE 21
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-10-DET 11 (9:26) 7-Gary Spence 29 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 91-Bob Gomez was injured on the play. CLE 69-Myron Gonzales was injured on the play. PENALTY - Offsides (DET 57-Edward Flores) (Declined) DET 16 CLE 24
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 1-10-CLE 29 (0:38) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 10-John Risinger for 29 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Wheels Thunderbolts
First Downs 17 21
- Rushing 5 11
- Passing 10 10
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 357 407
- Offensive Plays 57 79
- Yards Per Play 6.26 5.15
Net Rushing Yards 108 182
- Rushing Attempts 17 40
- Yards Per Rush 6.35 4.55
Net Passing Yards 249 225
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 18 / 3 37 / 18 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 266 240
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 17 2 / 15
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.23 5.77
- Yards Per Completion 14.78 13.33
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 9 2 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.1 8.6
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 2 / 2
Penalties/Yards 1 / 10 5 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 26 3 / 102
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 34
Time of Possession 21:08 38:41

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:32 OWN 19 4 24 Punt
1 8:44 1:56 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 3:23 0:55 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 0:46 0:50 OWN 20 3 -1 Interception
2 12:02 4:56 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 5:35 2:52 OWN 25 6 55 Interception
2 1:15 0:17 OPP 33 3 0 Field Goal
3 13:23 0:02 OWN 1 1 -2 Safety
3 10:39 1:35 OWN 38 3 -6 Punt
3 1:28 0:17 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 13:34 0:49 OWN 5 2 9 Interception
4 9:23 3:53 OWN 25 6 48 Missed FG
4 1:46 1:14 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:28 4:44 OWN 11 8 54 Field Goal
1 6:48 3:24 OWN 37 7 63 Touchdown
1 2:28 1:42 OWN 23 5 14 Punt
2 14:56 2:53 OPP 43 5 11 Field Goal
2 7:07 1:32 OWN 25 4 50 Field Goal
2 2:43 1:28 OWN 11 3 11 Fumble
2 0:58 0:58 OWN 25 2 3 Half
3 15:00 1:37 OWN 32 3 7 Punt
3 13:22 0:55 OWN 34 4 21 Interception
3 12:17 1:38 OPP 45 5 14 Missed FG
3 9:04 7:37 OWN 22 14 52 Field Goal
3 1:10 2:36 OWN 26 6 29 Punt
4 12:45 3:22 OPP 37 5 26 Field Goal
4 5:29 3:43 OWN 34 7 17 Punt
4 0:33 0:32 OWN 48 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Costello 12 61 5.08 18 3 0
Enrique Pacheco 5 47 9.40 27 2 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bert Eichelberger 10 76 7.60 19 5 0
Allan Benefield 12 68 5.67 18 2 0
Adam Velasco 12 28 2.33 9 0 1
Paul Bullard 3 10 3.33 10 1 0
Romeo Martinez 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Jimmy Brown 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Chester Dougherty 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 38 18 266 2 / 17 3 56 3 64.14

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 35 18 240 2 / 15 0 43 1 61.61
Lon Musso 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rigoberto Gonzales 6 69 11.50 15 1
David Ortiz 2 59 29.50 56 1
Paul Lee 2 38 19.00 29 0
John Risinger 3 31 10.33 29 1
Zachary Powell 2 30 15.00 28 0
Cesar Wear 2 25 12.50 14 0
Robert Costello 1 14 14.00 14 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jesse Thompson 7 79 11.29 29 0
Christopher Henderson 3 72 24.00 43 0
Brent Reichman 2 28 14.00 21 0
Jim Aguirre 1 22 22.00 22 0
Adam Velasco 3 18 6.00 14 0
Allan Benefield 1 11 11.00 11 0
Chris Miller 1 10 10.00 10 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Chad Mannings 44 25 1 1
Zachary Powell 6 16 1 1
Robert Costello 17 1 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 4 1 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 2 0 0
Cesar Wear 0 3 0 0
Paul Lee 4 5 0 0
Arturo Williams 4 0 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 10 0 0
John Risinger 0 11 0 0
David Ortiz 0 9 0 0
Billy McKissick 9 1 0 0
Eddie Hohman 26 15 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 2 0 1
Daniel Hawes 0 2 0 0
Timothy Milligan 46 22 0 1
Thomas Watson 46 22 0 0
Joe Gomez 48 19 0 0
Ronald Davis 46 28 0 4
Ray Franklin 0 1 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 2 0 0
Juan Frigo 0 1 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 4 2 0 0
Chad Brown 0 1 0 0
David Peralta 0 1 0 0
Edward Flores 0 1 0 0
George Odriscoll 2 2 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Myron Gonzales 47 30 2 2
Donald Dalton 45 42 0 2
Bert Eichelberger 1 4 0 0
Gabriel Decker 0 1 0 0
Daniel Dailey 1 3 0 0
Michael Rodriguez 0 2 0 0
Brady Kizer 0 1 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 1 0 0
George Ye 0 1 0 0
Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 1
Jimmy Brown 0 3 0 0
Chris Miller 2 7 0 0
Adam Velasco 5 4 0 0
Allan Benefield 6 1 0 0
Carrol Myers 4 4 0 1
Steven Flanagan 0 2 0 0
George Simmons 0 2 0 0
Jesse Thompson 6 39 0 2
William Booth 0 3 0 0
Wayne Holland 11 8 0 0
Bob Gomez 11 9 0 1
Ralph Walker 14 16 0 0
Monte Cherry 11 6 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 19 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 18 0 0
Romeo Martinez 9 18 0 2
Christopher Henderson 0 28 0 2
Edward Jackson 45 47 0 4
Kevin Peck 49 40 0 1
Antonio Preston 49 49 0 3
Paul Bullard 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bradley Mondragon 1 0 0.00 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Steven Flanagan 1 0 0.00 0
Corey Zelaya 1 0 0.00 0
Oliver Serrano 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Cesar Wear 1 0 0 0
Daniel Hawes 0 0 1 0
Bobby Wells 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Allan Benefield 1 0 0 0
Wayne Holland 0 1 1 0
Michael Woodham 0 1 0 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 4 189 47.25 47.25 49 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 4 215 53.75 43.50 63 2

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 50 1 / 1

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 5 / 6 4 / 5 2 / 2 53 1 / 1

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 1 26 26.0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 3 102 34.0 0

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Aaron Robinson 10 0
Chuck Johnson 9 0
Donald Martinez 8 0
Robbie Hammock 6 0
Bobby Wells 6 0
Bradley Mondragon 5 0
Daniel Hawes 4 0
Josh Daughtry 3 0
Christopher Turner 3 0
David Peralta 2 0
John Risinger 2 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 1 0
Edward Flores 1 1
Chad Brown 1 0
William Williams 1 1
Jose Fouche 1 0
Timothy Hanna 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Steven Flanagan 6 0
Monte Cherry 5 0
Michael Woodham 3 0
Wayne Holland 3 0
Charles Malizia 3 0
Donald Jackson 3 1
Brady Kizer 2 0
Jim Aguirre 1 0
Corey Zelaya 1 0
Kevin Hudson 1 0
George Ye 1 0
Johnny King 1 0
Geoffrey Knight 1 0
Myron Gonzales 1 0
Oliver Serrano 1 0
Michael Rodriguez 1 0
Bryan Dunn 1 0
Jim Zarate 1 1
Gabriel Decker 1 0