Regular Season Week 3: Thunderbolts at Wranglers
September 17, 1978 99° Sun Devil Stadium
Attendance: 62,617 (89%)
Thunderbolts 10 3 0 0 - 13
Wranglers 7 14 7 3 - 31
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 2-5-ARZ 5 (9:18) 26-Allan Benefield ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. ARZ 0 CLE 7
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 4-3-ARZ 3 (4:49) 7-Gary Spence 21 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 0 CLE 10
(Qtr 1) Wranglers: 2-10-CLE 34 (4:02) 2-Jerry Montalvo pass complete to 82-Joshua Wright for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. ARZ 7 CLE 10
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-1-ARZ 3 (13:01) 7-Gary Spence 21 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 7 CLE 13
(Qtr 2) Wranglers: 1-1-CLE 1 (1:16) 2-Jerry Montalvo pass complete to 18-Steve Cody for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. ARZ 14 CLE 13
(Qtr 2) Wranglers: 1-10-CLE 32 (1:07) 2-Jerry Montalvo pass complete to 80-Cory Robinzine for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. ARZ 21 CLE 13
(Qtr 3) Wranglers: 2-10-CLE 15 (4:48) 42-Curtis Scott ran for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. ARZ 28 CLE 13
(Qtr 4) Wranglers: 4-5-CLE 35 (2:50) 8-Anthony Schaefer 54 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 31 CLE 13
Team Statistics
Wranglers Thunderbolts
First Downs 13 15
- Rushing 4 3
- Passing 9 10
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 359 296
- Offensive Plays 62 78
- Yards Per Play 5.79 3.79
Net Rushing Yards 77 113
- Rushing Attempts 31 27
- Yards Per Rush 2.48 4.19
Net Passing Yards 282 183
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 16 / 3 46 / 20 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 289 223
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 5 / 40
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.10 3.59
- Yards Per Completion 18.06 11.15
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 4 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 8 / 20
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 12.4 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 6 / 60 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 12 2 / 7
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 31 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 3 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 26
Time of Possession 28:30 31:32
Drive Charts
Wranglers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:31 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
1 9:14 0:53 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 4:47 0:51 OWN 26 3 74 Touchdown
2 12:59 4:11 OWN 25 7 42 Interception
2 8:03 2:22 OPP 44 4 5 Punt
2 5:20 0:08 OWN 43 2 0 Interception
2 3:55 2:43 OPP 37 6 37 Touchdown
2 1:07 0:04 OPP 32 1 32 Touchdown
3 11:32 2:14 OWN 18 5 13 Punt
3 7:50 3:06 OWN 33 6 67 Touchdown
3 4:23 1:26 OWN 27 3 39 Interception
3 0:15 1:06 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
4 11:03 1:34 OWN 41 3 -18 Punt
4 8:03 5:17 OWN 30 8 34 Field Goal
4 1:38 0:22 OWN 15 3 5 Punt
4 0:42 0:42 OWN 22 2 0 Game
Thunderbolts
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:29 4:15 OWN 36 11 64 Touchdown
1 8:21 3:34 OWN 16 8 81 Field Goal
1 3:56 5:57 OWN 25 10 72 Field Goal
2 8:48 0:44 OWN 38 3 -4 Fumble
2 5:42 0:21 OWN 12 3 0 Punt
2 5:12 1:17 OWN 35 3 0 Interception
2 1:13 0:06 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
2 1:03 1:03 OWN 25 2 6 Half
3 15:00 3:28 OWN 25 6 13 Punt
3 9:17 1:28 OWN 23 3 3 Punt
3 4:44 0:21 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 2:58 2:43 OWN 9 6 38 Interception
4 14:09 3:06 OWN 33 7 26 Downs
4 9:30 1:27 OWN 30 3 -7 Punt
4 2:46 1:07 OWN 25 6 19 Punt
4 1:17 0:35 OWN 39 3 -8 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Wranglers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#42 Curtis Scott 6 45 7.50 27 2 1
#3 Heath Tall 6 17 2.83 14 1 0
#80 Quincy White 17 15 0.88 9 0 0
#2 Jerry Montalvo 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Thunderbolts
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Allan Benefield 16 77 4.81 12 4 1
#13 Adam Velasco 8 21 2.63 9 0 0
#15 Bert Eichelberger 3 15 5.00 11 1 0
Passing Stats
Wranglers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#2 Jerry Montalvo 30 16 289 1 / 7 3 41 3 80.42
Thunderbolts
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Chester Dougherty 44 19 216 5 / 40 0 25 2 39.58
#2 Lon Musso 2 1 7 0 / 0 0 7 0 58.33
Receiving Stats
Wranglers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#18 Steve Cody 4 89 22.25 41 1
#80 Cory Robinzine 4 83 20.75 32 1
#82 Joshua Wright 2 45 22.50 34 1
#80 Quincy White 2 31 15.50 20 0
#42 Curtis Scott 3 26 8.67 19 0
#11 Keith Greene 1 15 15.00 15 0
Thunderbolts
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#84 Brent Reichman 6 92 15.33 23 0
#18 Jim Aguirre 4 66 16.50 19 0
#26 Allan Benefield 2 32 16.00 25 0
#83 Jesse Thompson 5 13 2.60 7 0
#15 Bert Eichelberger 1 12 12.00 12 0
#80 Christopher Henderson 2 8 4.00 8 0
Blocking Stats
Wranglers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#66 Charles Bukowski 41 33 0 1
#42 Curtis Scott 4 21 0 0
#82 Joshua Wright 10 36 0 0
#11 Keith Greene 0 9 0 4
#60 Michael Washington 31 36 0 4
#80 Cory Robinzine 6 36 0 0
#75 Richard Parker 37 32 0 0
#72 Louis Gray 36 27 0 5
#46 Sam Bowers 12 20 0 0
#58 Tyler Herman 32 29 0 1
#80 Quincy White 6 6 0 1
#92 Willie Garcia 7 0 0 0
#51 Mike Harmon 6 4 0 0
#91 Ryan Welch 7 8 0 0
#37 William Dortch 6 2 0 0
#87 Teodoro Holland 0 7 0 0
#30 Albert Welsh 0 5 0 1
#21 James Jones 0 3 0 0
#88 Christopher Ratzlaff 0 3 0 1
#63 Adam Cox 5 1 0 0
#89 Clayton Fowler 0 6 0 0
#71 Robert Willis 5 0 0 0
#75 William McManus 6 2 0 0
#63 Louis Dayton 5 0 0 0
#3 Heath Tall 6 1 0 0
#18 Steve Cody 0 9 0 0
#49 Thomas Koenig 0 2 0 1
#61 Gilberto Rigdon 0 1 0 0
#75 Daryl Henderson 0 1 0 0
#55 Johnny Harkins 0 1 0 0
#99 Joseph Graham 0 1 0 0
#46 William Buckley 0 1 0 0
#95 Charlie Lee 0 1 0 0
Thunderbolts
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 Antonio Preston 53 31 1 2
#58 Kevin Peck 53 29 1 2
#83 Jesse Thompson 6 26 1 2
#15 Bert Eichelberger 1 0 1 1
#51 Edward Jackson 60 40 0 2
#26 Allan Benefield 7 6 0 0
#69 Myron Gonzales 59 32 0 2
#79 Donald Dalton 52 40 0 3
#62 Romeo Martinez 19 15 0 0
#79 Ralph Walker 16 6 0 0
#84 Brent Reichman 0 19 0 2
#80 Christopher Henderson 0 25 0 1
#84 Chris Miller 2 5 0 0
#18 Jim Aguirre 0 8 0 0
#37 Monte Cherry 9 3 0 1
#91 Bob Gomez 10 8 0 0
#57 Wayne Holland 10 5 0 0
#66 Carrol Myers 1 0 0 0
#92 George Simmons 0 2 0 0
#74 Kevin Hudson 0 1 0 1
#28 Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
#55 Charles Malizia 0 1 0 0
#77 Donald Jackson 0 1 0 0
#13 Adam Velasco 6 2 0 0
#33 Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 1
#94 George Ye 0 1 0 0
#72 William Booth 0 1 0 0
#46 Brady Kizer 1 1 0 0
#30 Michael Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Wranglers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#51 Mike Harmon 1 0 0.00 0
#21 James Jones 1 0 0.00 0
Thunderbolts
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#94 George Ye 1 1 1.00 0
#30 Michael Rodriguez 1 0 0.00 0
#28 Oliver Serrano 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Wranglers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#61 Gilberto Rigdon 1 1 0 0
#46 William Buckley 0 1 1 0
#95 Charlie Lee 0 1 1 0
#30 Albert Welsh 0 0 1 0
#55 Johnny Harkins 0 0 1 0
Thunderbolts
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#26 Allan Benefield 2 0 0 0
#12 Chester Dougherty 2 0 0 0
#51 Edward Jackson 0 0 1 0
#83 Jesse Thompson 0 1 0 0
#69 Antonio Preston 0 1 0 0
Punting
Wranglers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#5 Robert Rankin 7 313 44.71 43.57 52 0
Thunderbolts
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Dan Carr 7 326 46.57 45.00 48 1
Kicking
Wranglers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#8 Anthony Schaefer 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 54 4 / 4
Thunderbolts
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Gary Spence 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 21 1 / 1
Punt Return
Wranglers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#42 Curtis Scott 3 12 4.0 7 0
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#13 Adam Velasco 2 7 3.5 5 0
Kick Return
Wranglers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#42 Curtis Scott 1 31 31.0 0
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Wranglers
Name Tackles Sacks
#46 William Buckley 8 0
#49 Thomas Koenig 6 0
#99 Joseph Graham 5 0
#61 Gilberto Rigdon 5 0
#92 Willie Garcia 4 1
#30 Albert Welsh 4 0
#95 Charlie Lee 4 2
#75 Daryl Henderson 3 0
#37 William Dortch 3 0
#51 Mike Harmon 3 1
#21 James Jones 2 0
#91 Ryan Welch 2 0
#80 Cory Robinzine 2 0
#55 Johnny Harkins 2 1
#46 Sam Bowers 1 0
Thunderbolts
Name Tackles Sacks
#94 George Ye 5 0
#46 Brady Kizer 5 0
#57 Wayne Holland 5 0
#33 Steven Flanagan 4 0
#37 Monte Cherry 4 0
#92 George Simmons 3 0
#28 Oliver Serrano 3 0
#30 Michael Rodriguez 3 0
#77 Donald Jackson 3 0
#32 Michael Woodham 3 0
#95 Geoffrey Knight 2 0
#84 Brent Reichman 1 0
#60 Jim Zarate 1 0
#83 Jesse Thompson 1 0
#51 Edward Jackson 1 0
#91 Bob Gomez 1 0
#72 William Booth 1 0
#80 Christopher Henderson 1 0
#55 Charles Malizia 1 1
#74 Kevin Hudson 1 0