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Week 3: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Arizona Wranglers

September 17, 1978
99°
Sun Devil Stadium (Tempe, AZ) 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

Arizona 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

Cleveland 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

Rushing Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Curtis Scott 6 45 7.50 27 2 1
Heath Tall 6 17 2.83 14 1 0
Quincy White 17 15 0.88 9 0 0
Jerry Montalvo 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Allan Benefield 16 77 4.81 12 4 1
Adam Velasco 8 21 2.63 9 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 3 15 5.00 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jerry Montalvo 30 16 289 1 / 7 3 41 3 80.42

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 44 19 216 5 / 40 0 25 2 39.58
Lon Musso 2 1 7 0 / 0 0 7 0 58.33

Receiving Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Steve Cody 4 89 22.25 41 1
Cory Robinzine 4 83 20.75 32 1
Joshua Wright 2 45 22.50 34 1
Quincy White 2 31 15.50 20 0
Curtis Scott 3 26 8.67 19 0
Keith Greene 1 15 15.00 15 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brent Reichman 6 92 15.33 23 0
Jim Aguirre 4 66 16.50 19 0
Allan Benefield 2 32 16.00 25 0
Jesse Thompson 5 13 2.60 7 0
Bert Eichelberger 1 12 12.00 12 0
Christopher Henderson 2 8 4.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Bukowski 41 33 0 1
James Jones 0 3 0 0
William Buckley 0 1 0 0
Joseph Graham 0 1 0 0
Johnny Harkins 0 1 0 0
Daryl Henderson 0 1 0 0
Gilberto Rigdon 0 1 0 0
Thomas Koenig 0 2 0 1
Steve Cody 0 9 0 0
Heath Tall 6 1 0 0
Louis Dayton 5 0 0 0
William McManus 6 2 0 0
Robert Willis 5 0 0 0
Clayton Fowler 0 6 0 0
Adam Cox 5 1 0 0
Christopher Ratzlaff 0 3 0 1
Albert Welsh 0 5 0 1
Curtis Scott 4 21 0 0
Teodoro Holland 0 7 0 0
William Dortch 6 2 0 0
Ryan Welch 7 8 0 0
Mike Harmon 6 4 0 0
Willie Garcia 7 0 0 0
Quincy White 6 6 0 1
Tyler Herman 32 29 0 1
Sam Bowers 12 20 0 0
Louis Gray 36 27 0 5
Richard Parker 37 32 0 0
Cory Robinzine 6 36 0 0
Michael Washington 31 36 0 4
Keith Greene 0 9 0 4
Joshua Wright 10 36 0 0
Charlie Lee 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Antonio Preston 53 31 1 2
Bert Eichelberger 1 0 1 1
Jesse Thompson 6 26 1 2
Kevin Peck 53 29 1 2
Carrol Myers 1 0 0 0
Brady Kizer 1 1 0 0
William Booth 0 1 0 0
George Ye 0 1 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 1
Adam Velasco 6 2 0 0
Donald Jackson 0 1 0 0
Charles Malizia 0 1 0 0
Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 1 0 1
George Simmons 0 2 0 0
Bob Gomez 10 8 0 0
Wayne Holland 10 5 0 0
Monte Cherry 9 3 0 1
Jim Aguirre 0 8 0 0
Chris Miller 2 5 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 25 0 1
Brent Reichman 0 19 0 2
Ralph Walker 16 6 0 0
Romeo Martinez 19 15 0 0
Donald Dalton 52 40 0 3
Myron Gonzales 59 32 0 2
Allan Benefield 7 6 0 0
Edward Jackson 60 40 0 2
Michael Rodriguez 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mike Harmon 1 0 0.00 0
James Jones 1 0 0.00 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
George Ye 1 1 1.00 0
Michael Rodriguez 1 0 0.00 0
Oliver Serrano 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gilberto Rigdon 1 1 0 0
William Buckley 0 1 1 0
Charlie Lee 0 1 1 0
Albert Welsh 0 0 1 0
Johnny Harkins 0 0 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Allan Benefield 2 0 0 0
Chester Dougherty 2 0 0 0
Edward Jackson 0 0 1 0
Jesse Thompson 0 1 0 0
Antonio Preston 0 1 0 0

Punting

Arizona Wranglers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Rankin 7 313 44.71 43.57 52 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 7 326 46.57 45.00 48 1

Kicking

Arizona Wranglers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Anthony Schaefer 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 54 4 / 4

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 21 1 / 1

Punt Return

Arizona Wranglers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Curtis Scott 3 12 4.0 7 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 2 7 3.5 5 0

Kick Return

Arizona Wranglers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Curtis Scott 1 31 31.0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Defensive Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Tackles Sacks
William Buckley 8 0
Thomas Koenig 6 0
Joseph Graham 5 0
Gilberto Rigdon 5 0
Willie Garcia 4 1
Albert Welsh 4 0
Charlie Lee 4 2
Daryl Henderson 3 0
William Dortch 3 0
Mike Harmon 3 1
James Jones 2 0
Ryan Welch 2 0
Cory Robinzine 2 0
Johnny Harkins 2 1
Sam Bowers 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
George Ye 5 0
Brady Kizer 5 0
Wayne Holland 5 0
Monte Cherry 4 0
Steven Flanagan 4 0
Michael Woodham 3 0
George Simmons 3 0
Oliver Serrano 3 0
Michael Rodriguez 3 0
Donald Jackson 3 0
Geoffrey Knight 2 0
Charles Malizia 1 1
Christopher Henderson 1 0
Jim Zarate 1 0
William Booth 1 0
Bob Gomez 1 0
Edward Jackson 1 0
Jesse Thompson 1 0
Brent Reichman 1 0
Kevin Hudson 1 0