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Week 5: Detroit Wheels at Cleveland Thunderbolts

October 01, 1978
60°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 69,903 (86%)
Wheels 17 7 0 10 - 34
Thunderbolts 3 9 7 0 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 2-10-DET 25 (14:57) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 84-Timothy Milligan was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CLE 0 DET 7
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 4-8-DET 18 (9:17) 7-Gary Spence 36 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 3 DET 7
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 2-9-DET 26 (8:34) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 10-John Risinger for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 3 DET 14
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-28-CLE 28 (5:13) 2-Jose Fouche 46 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 3 DET 17
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-16-DET 38 (12:07) 7-Gary Spence 56 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 6 DET 17
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 3-12-CLE 22 (7:19) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 10-John Risinger for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 6 DET 24
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-5-DET 25 (3:36) 7-Gary Spence 43 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 9 DET 24
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-8-DET 37 (0:55) 7-Gary Spence 55 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 12 DET 24
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 2-8-DET 19 (4:02) (Hot Read) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 14-Austin Gonzales for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 19 DET 24
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 3-8-CLE 8 (4:07) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 19 DET 31
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-5-CLE 33 (2:00) 2-Jose Fouche 50 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 19 DET 34

Team Statistics

Thunderbolts Wheels
First Downs 20 14
- Rushing 7 2
- Passing 13 11
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 361 377
- Offensive Plays 69 65
- Yards Per Play 5.23 5.80
Net Rushing Yards 105 52
- Rushing Attempts 16 20
- Yards Per Rush 6.56 2.60
Net Passing Yards 256 325
- Att/Comp/Int 48 / 24 / 5 36 / 20 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 296 398
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 40 9 / 73
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.83 7.22
- Yards Per Completion 12.33 19.90
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 7 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.2 13.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 25 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 102 1 / 20
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 5 / 12
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 35
Time of Possession 27:51 32:11

Drive Charts

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:44 1:33 OWN 38 4 38 Interception
1 12:15 3:02 OWN 47 6 35 Field Goal
1 8:23 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
1 5:09 2:10 OWN 19 5 20 Interception
1 0:46 3:43 OWN 20 7 42 Field Goal
2 7:15 3:43 OWN 25 7 50 Field Goal
2 2:04 1:13 OWN 16 7 47 Field Goal
3 15:00 6:27 OWN 27 10 59 Missed FG
3 7:07 0:06 OWN 38 1 0 Interception
3 6:10 2:12 OWN 49 6 51 Touchdown
4 11:51 0:19 OWN 10 3 0 Punt
4 8:35 1:40 OWN 20 3 -14 Punt
4 4:03 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 1:56 1:33 OWN 25 8 13 Downs

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:16 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 13:11 0:56 OWN 5 3 2 Punt
1 9:14 0:51 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 8:17 3:08 OPP 30 7 2 Field Goal
1 2:59 2:13 OWN 48 4 13 Punt
2 12:03 4:48 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 3:32 1:28 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 0:51 0:51 OWN 25 3 10 Half
3 8:33 1:26 OWN 22 3 -14 Punt
3 7:02 0:52 OWN 24 2 11 Interception
3 3:58 7:08 OWN 21 12 32 Punt
4 11:32 2:57 OWN 42 6 10 Punt
4 6:54 2:52 OWN 46 5 54 Touchdown
4 3:58 2:02 OPP 38 3 5 Field Goal
4 0:23 0:23 OPP 38 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Allan Benefield 8 75 9.38 15 4 0
Adam Velasco 6 30 5.00 14 2 0
Chester Dougherty 1 0 0.00 - 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Matthew Mitchell 15 54 3.60 10 1 0
Mario Valencia 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Robert Costello 4 -2 -0.50 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 42 21 265 3 / 23 1 36 5 38.39
Lon Musso 6 3 31 2 / 17 0 19 0 65.28

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 36 20 398 9 / 73 4 75 1 119.91

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Austin Gonzales 6 96 16.00 29 1
Brent Reichman 5 91 18.20 36 0
Jesse Thompson 5 58 11.60 19 0
Christopher Henderson 2 25 12.50 23 0
Allan Benefield 3 19 6.33 10 0
Adam Velasco 2 5 2.50 3 0
Chris Miller 1 2 2.00 2 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rigoberto Gonzales 8 172 21.50 75 2
John Risinger 6 147 24.50 74 2
Zachary Powell 3 40 13.33 31 0
David Ortiz 2 34 17.00 18 0
Timothy Hanna 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Myron Gonzales 59 17 3 4
Jesse Thompson 12 19 1 2
Antonio Preston 60 28 1 2
William Booth 0 3 0 0
Chris Miller 6 3 0 1
Jim Zarate 0 1 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 1 0 0
George Ye 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Brown 0 1 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 16 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 2 0 0
Wayne Holland 8 7 0 0
Ralph Walker 15 4 0 0
Monte Cherry 7 6 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 4 0 0
Adam Velasco 5 3 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 7 0 0
Allan Benefield 12 2 0 1
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 14 0 0
Edward Jackson 60 24 0 1
Kevin Peck 56 19 0 0
Donald Dalton 56 29 0 1
Michael Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
Romeo Martinez 12 8 0 1
Carrol Myers 2 3 0 0
Brady Kizer 0 2 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 0 3 0 0
George Simmons 0 3 0 1
Donald Jackson 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joe Gomez 52 23 5 5
Timothy Milligan 57 30 1 3
Zachary Powell 7 21 1 1
Bradley Mondragon 6 3 0 1
Robert Costello 1 1 0 0
Ray Franklin 0 2 0 0
Juan Frigo 0 1 0 0
Aaron Robinson 0 1 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 2 0 0
Cesar Wear 0 2 0 1
Edward Flores 0 2 0 1
Matthew Mitchell 17 6 0 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 14 0 0
David Ortiz 0 13 0 2
Christopher Turner 0 2 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 2 0 0
Robbie Hammock 0 2 0 1
Bobby Wells 0 1 0 0
Thomas Watson 54 24 0 0
Chad Brown 0 4 0 0
William Williams 0 2 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 3 0 1
Josh Daughtry 0 3 0 0
Mathew McNeil 2 3 0 0
Paul Lee 7 2 0 0
Arturo Williams 8 2 0 0
George Odriscoll 6 0 0 0
Levi Smith 3 0 0 0
John Risinger 0 16 0 0
Billy McKissick 55 34 0 4
Eddie Hohman 25 13 0 1
Chad Mannings 53 21 0 0
David Peralta 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Woodham 1 0 0.00 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
David Peralta 2 10 5.00 0
Bradley Mondragon 2 2 1.00 0
Bobby Wells 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jesse Thompson 1 0 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 1 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 0 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Matthew Mitchell 1 0 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 0 1 0
David Ortiz 0 1 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 2 96 48.00 49.00 48 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 6 276 46.00 38.50 54 0

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 4 / 5 3 / 3 2 / 2 56 1 / 1

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 50 4 / 4

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 2 0 0.0 0 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 3 102 34.0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 1 20 20.0 0

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Jim Zarate 5 5
Wayne Holland 5 0
Michael Rodriguez 5 0
Corey Zelaya 5 1
Monte Cherry 4 1
Oliver Serrano 3 0
Donald Jackson 3 0
Steven Flanagan 3 0
George Ye 3 1
Brady Kizer 3 0
Brent Reichman 2 0
Geoffrey Knight 2 0
Michael Woodham 2 0
George Simmons 1 1
Johnny King 1 0
Allan Benefield 1 0
Kevin Hudson 1 0
Charles Malizia 1 0
Chris Miller 1 0
Austin Gonzales 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Donald Martinez 6 0
Robbie Hammock 5 0
Aaron Robinson 5 0
Bradley Mondragon 4 0
Chuck Johnson 4 0
Edward Flores 3 0
David Peralta 3 0
William Williams 3 2
Bobby Wells 3 0
Eric Spann 2 0
Josh Daughtry 2 1
Christopher Turner 2 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 1 0
Jose Fouche 1 0
Charles Clifton 1 0
Walter Showalter 1 0
Ray Franklin 1 1
Malcolm Nazario 1 0