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Week 6: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Georgia Force

October 08, 1978
66°
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, GA) Attendance: 45,290 (75%)
Thunderbolts 24 7 9 7 - 47
Force 0 3 7 7 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 4-13-GAF 25 (10:54) 7-Gary Spence 44 yard field goal is GOOD. GAF 0 CLE 3
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 1-10-GAF 26 (5:43) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 80-Christopher Henderson for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. GAF 0 CLE 10
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 1-10-GAF 25 (5:39) 10-Phillip Anderson pass INTERCEPTED by 37-Monte Cherry at GAF 41. 37-Monte Cherry to GAF 0 for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. GAF 0 CLE 17
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 1-7-GAF 7 (3:15) 13-Adam Velasco ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. GAF 0 CLE 24
(Qtr 2) Force: 4-1-CLE 22 (3:34) 1-Paul Roberts 39 yard field goal is GOOD. GAF 3 CLE 24
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 1-15-GAF 13 (2:01) 10-Phillip Anderson pass INTERCEPTED by 37-Monte Cherry at GAF 17. 37-Monte Cherry to GAF 0 for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. GAF 3 CLE 31
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 1-1-GAF 1 (9:22) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 89-Brent Reichman for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. GAF 3 CLE 38
(Qtr 3) Force: 3-4-CLE 4 (7:04) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 35-James Burgess for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Paul Roberts. GAF 10 CLE 38
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 1-18-GAF 8 (1:38) 10-Phillip Anderson sacked at GAF 0 for -8 yards (60-Jim Zarate). Sack allowed by 81-Travis Dean. SAFETY! (60-Jim Zarate) GAF 10 CLE 40
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 1-10-GAF 21 (10:41) 13-Adam Velasco ran to GAF 0 for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. GAF 10 CLE 47
(Qtr 4) Force: 1-10-CLE 32 (7:05) 12-August Campbell pass complete to 40-Herman Wiltse for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Paul Roberts. GAF 17 CLE 47

Team Statistics

Force Thunderbolts
First Downs 9 16
- Rushing 0 4
- Passing 9 12
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 260 416
- Offensive Plays 66 69
- Yards Per Play 3.94 6.03
Net Rushing Yards 17 111
- Rushing Attempts 11 35
- Yards Per Rush 1.55 3.17
Net Passing Yards 243 305
- Att/Comp/Int 49 / 21 / 3 33 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 287 312
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 44 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.42 8.97
- Yards Per Completion 13.67 15.60
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 17 4 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.6 9.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 13 7 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 28 3 / 14
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 66
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 58
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 32
Time of Possession 21:22 38:39

Drive Charts

Georgia Force

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:57 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
1 10:51 2:58 OWN 25 5 8 Punt
1 5:38 0:10 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
1 3:11 0:54 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 1:27 1:42 OWN 29 4 21 Punt
2 13:17 1:46 OWN 46 6 12 Punt
2 7:34 4:03 OWN 16 8 61 Field Goal
2 2:01 0:05 OWN 18 1 -5 Interception
3 9:17 2:17 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 4:50 0:59 OWN 28 3 8 Punt
3 1:41 0:07 OWN 16 1 -17 Safety
3 0:32 1:17 OWN 3 6 13 Punt
4 12:10 0:08 OWN 12 2 0 Interception
4 10:35 0:59 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 7:31 0:33 OWN 45 2 55 Touchdown
4 5:02 0:52 OWN 28 3 4 Punt
4 0:37 0:35 OWN 18 3 5 Punt

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:03 2:12 OWN 35 5 40 Field Goal
1 7:53 2:14 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
1 5:28 1:30 OPP 25 3 9 Punt
1 3:58 0:47 OWN 36 2 64 Touchdown
1 2:17 0:51 OWN 24 3 1 Punt
2 14:45 1:28 OWN 4 4 13 Punt
2 11:31 3:57 OWN 9 6 34 Punt
2 3:31 1:30 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 1:55 1:26 OPP 25 3 -10 Punt
2 0:29 0:29 OWN 15 1 6 Half
3 15:00 5:43 OWN 35 10 65 Touchdown
3 7:00 2:11 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 3:51 2:09 OWN 13 6 26 Punt
3 1:35 1:03 OWN 47 3 8 Punt
4 14:15 2:05 OWN 42 3 1 Punt
4 12:02 1:27 OPP 33 3 33 Touchdown
4 9:37 2:05 OWN 21 3 -14 Punt
4 6:59 1:56 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
4 4:11 3:34 OWN 24 6 12 Punt
4 0:02 0:02 OWN 33 1 -7 Game

Rushing Stats

Georgia Force

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Burgess 9 17 1.89 12 1 0
Herman Wiltse 2 0 0.00 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 12 49 4.08 21 1 2
Allan Benefield 15 41 2.73 12 2 0
Bert Eichelberger 8 21 2.63 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Georgia Force

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Phillip Anderson 42 18 242 6 / 44 1 36 3 39.98
August Campbell 7 3 45 0 / 0 1 32 0 104.17

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 31 20 312 1 / 7 2 62 0 119.29
Lon Musso 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Georgia Force

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ralph Vaughn 6 82 13.67 30 0
Willian Malone 5 63 12.60 22 0
James Burgess 3 43 14.33 34 1
Ricky Black 3 43 14.33 36 0
Herman Wiltse 1 32 32.00 32 1
Francis Ball 1 10 10.00 10 0
Travis Dean 1 10 10.00 10 0
Dean Williamson 1 4 4.00 4 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Austin Gonzales 5 132 26.40 62 0
Brent Reichman 4 70 17.50 29 1
Christopher Henderson 4 64 16.00 26 1
Allan Benefield 2 19 9.50 22 0
Jim Aguirre 1 16 16.00 16 0
Jesse Thompson 4 11 2.75 8 0

Blocking Stats

Georgia Force

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Travis Dean 49 17 3 3
Gilbert Christensen 58 17 1 3
Dave Maloney 54 20 1 2
Dean Williamson 0 11 0 0
Ira Edge 7 1 0 0
Robert Davis 1 0 0 0
Fritz Patterson 0 1 0 0
David Creasey 0 2 0 0
Marshall Forbes 0 4 0 0
Ralph Johnson 0 3 0 2
Timothy Ross 4 0 0 0
Herman Wiltse 5 1 0 0
William Keen 1 0 0 0
Jeffrey Cloyd 5 2 0 0
James Clay 7 0 0 0
Neil Choate 12 0 0 0
James Burgess 18 3 0 0
Francis Ball 2 6 0 0
Norman Field 63 20 0 2
Byron Herrera 15 0 0 0
William Hartig 18 2 0 0
Richard Glasgow 11 1 0 0
Ricky Black 0 3 0 0
Robert Lamon 4 1 0 0
Timothy Jackson 10 11 0 0
Jimmy Rice 68 25 0 0
Willian Malone 4 13 0 1
Ralph Vaughn 0 7 0 0
Larry Hardiman 1 0 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Donald Dalton 50 42 0 5
Christopher Henderson 0 19 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 0 2 0 0
George Simmons 3 3 0 0
William Booth 0 2 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 2 0 0
Mark Hughes 0 1 0 0
Daniel Dailey 0 1 0 0
Donald Jackson 0 3 0 0
Jim Zarate 0 2 0 0
Oliver Serrano 0 2 0 0
Michael Rodriguez 0 3 0 0
Brady Kizer 0 4 0 0
Michael Woodham 0 2 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 2 0 0
Adam Velasco 6 3 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 6 0 1
Antonio Preston 51 44 0 1
George Ye 0 4 0 0
Wayne Holland 18 11 0 1
Charles Torres 15 0 0 0
Ralph Walker 20 3 0 0
Monte Cherry 16 13 0 2
Chris Miller 7 10 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 24 0 0
Allan Benefield 7 3 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 34 0 0
Jesse Thompson 6 34 0 2
Myron Gonzales 48 43 0 3
Romeo Martinez 8 22 0 1
Carrol Myers 34 44 0 6
Kevin Peck 51 43 0 1
Jim Aguirre 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Georgia Force

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Monte Cherry 3 58 19.33 2

Fumble Stats

Georgia Force

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Dean Williamson 1 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Adam Velasco 1 1 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 0 1 0

Punting

Georgia Force

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Randy Mead 12 561 46.75 46.00 52 3

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 11 514 46.73 44.45 51 1

Kicking

Georgia Force

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Paul Roberts 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 2 / 2

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 6 / 6

Punt Return

Georgia Force

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dean Williamson 5 21 4.2 9 0
James Burgess 1 7 7.0 7 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 3 14 4.7 8 0

Kick Return

Georgia Force

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 2 66 33.0 0

Defensive Stats

Georgia Force

Name Tackles Sacks
Marshall Forbes 9 0
Ralph Johnson 7 0
Fritz Patterson 7 0
Sean Huskins 6 0
Jeffrey Cloyd 6 1
Harold Lindsay 5 0
Richard Glasgow 4 0
Michael Monday 4 0
Donald Schultz 2 0
Brandon Kidney 2 0
John Brown 2 0
Richard Naylor 1 0
Paul Roberts 1 0
David Creasey 1 0
Ralph Vaughn 1 0
Thomas Stacy 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Monte Cherry 9 0
Jim Zarate 5 4
Wayne Holland 4 1
Kevin Hudson 3 0
Charles Malizia 3 0
Steven Flanagan 3 0
Brady Kizer 3 0
Corey Zelaya 3 0
George Ye 2 0
Gabriel Decker 2 0
Geoffrey Knight 2 0
Donald Jackson 1 1
Antonio Preston 1 0
Michael Rodriguez 1 0