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Week 11: Denver Gold at Cleveland Thunderbolts

November 12, 1978
64°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 71,770 (89%)
Gold 0 3 10 3 - 16
Thunderbolts 0 10 7 14 - 31

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-11-DEN 20 (14:04) 7-Gary Spence 39 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 3 DEN 0
(Qtr 2) Gold: 4-9-CLE 13 (5:18) 3-Lucio Grant 31 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 3 DEN 3
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 1-10-DEN 20 (1:30) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 89-Brent Reichman for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 10 DEN 3
(Qtr 3) Gold: 2-4-CLE 4 (9:27) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 15-Ryan Woods for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. CLE 10 DEN 10
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 2-1-CLE 35 (8:48) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 13-Adam Velasco for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 17 DEN 10
(Qtr 3) Gold: 4-11-CLE 27 (5:23) 3-Lucio Grant 45 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 91-Bob Gomez was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CLE 17 DEN 13
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-11-CLE 11 (10:48) 3-Lucio Grant 29 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 17 DEN 16
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 1-3-DEN 3 (5:04) 26-Allan Benefield ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 24 DEN 16
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 1-6-DEN 6 (2:00) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 83-Jesse Thompson for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 31 DEN 16

Team Statistics

Thunderbolts Gold
First Downs 14 17
- Rushing 7 6
- Passing 7 10
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 369 295
- Offensive Plays 60 75
- Yards Per Play 6.15 3.93
Net Rushing Yards 147 109
- Rushing Attempts 26 24
- Yards Per Rush 5.65 4.54
Net Passing Yards 222 186
- Att/Comp/Int 34 / 15 / 3 43 / 21 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 222 246
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 8 / 60
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.53 3.65
- Yards Per Completion 14.80 11.71
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 11 6 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.8 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 8 / 80 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 4 2 / 12
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 91 1 / 29
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 30
Time of Possession 23:54 36:07

Drive Charts

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:26 3:10 OWN 26 6 6 Punt
1 8:33 1:34 OWN 23 3 12 Interception
1 3:21 4:21 OWN 7 8 72 Field Goal
2 11:12 1:30 OWN 10 3 5 Punt
2 5:15 3:49 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 0:37 0:37 OWN 32 1 -5 Half
3 15:00 1:03 OWN 26 3 7 Punt
3 13:01 0:08 OWN 38 2 0 Interception
3 9:24 0:45 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
3 5:20 2:12 OWN 38 3 3 Punt
4 14:48 0:05 OWN 20 1 0 Interception
4 10:45 1:26 OWN 24 3 -10 Punt
4 8:21 1:02 OWN 16 3 7 Punt
4 3:27 1:30 OPP 31 4 31 Touchdown
4 0:42 0:42 OPP 44 2 0 Game

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:34 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
1 10:16 1:43 OWN 15 3 9 Punt
1 7:00 3:38 OWN 31 8 29 Punt
2 14:00 2:48 OWN 23 5 31 Punt
2 9:42 4:27 OWN 34 8 53 Field Goal
2 1:25 0:49 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 13:57 0:56 OWN 24 3 -8 Punt
3 12:52 3:29 OPP 45 8 45 Touchdown
3 8:38 3:19 OWN 25 7 48 Field Goal
3 3:08 3:21 OWN 17 8 25 Punt
4 14:43 3:58 OPP 42 7 31 Field Goal
4 9:19 0:58 OWN 39 3 2 Punt
4 7:19 2:16 OWN 31 7 -31 Touchdown
4 5:02 1:36 OWN 25 3 12 Interception
4 1:56 1:15 OWN 25 7 46 Downs

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Allan Benefield 12 76 6.33 11 4 1
Adam Velasco 7 43 6.14 14 2 0
Bert Eichelberger 5 28 5.60 8 0 0
Chester Dougherty 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Duane Cunningham 8 49 6.13 34 1 0
Matthew Brinkley 8 28 3.50 13 2 0
Adam Cates 1 22 22.00 22 1 0
Donald Dahlquist 7 10 1.43 8 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 34 15 222 0 / 0 3 65 3 58.70

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dustin Nichols 41 21 246 7 / 51 1 29 1 67.73
Adam Cates 2 0 0 1 / 9 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 1 65 65.00 65 1
Christopher Henderson 2 50 25.00 26 0
Austin Gonzales 2 27 13.50 16 0
Allan Benefield 4 27 6.75 20 0
Brent Reichman 3 26 8.67 20 1
Jesse Thompson 2 15 7.50 9 1
Jim Aguirre 1 12 12.00 12 0

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Sonnenberg 7 111 15.86 26 0
Stanley Braun 3 59 19.67 29 0
Joseph Garner 3 37 12.33 24 0
Joseph Dailey 3 16 5.33 10 0
Matthew Brinkley 1 7 7.00 7 0
Duane Cunningham 2 6 3.00 6 0
Ronald Tatman 1 6 6.00 6 0
Ryan Woods 1 4 4.00 4 1

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jesse Thompson 2 29 0 0
Wayne Holland 9 10 0 0
Michael Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 4 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 0 4 0 0
George Simmons 0 3 0 0
William Booth 0 4 0 0
Chris Miller 2 3 0 0
Bob Gomez 10 8 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 3 0 0
Adam Velasco 4 6 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 16 0 1
George Ye 0 2 0 0
Carrol Myers 2 5 0 1
Daniel Dailey 34 31 0 1
Charles Torres 8 0 0 0
Brady Kizer 1 0 0 0
Ralph Walker 14 2 0 0
Monte Cherry 11 7 0 1
Allan Benefield 5 1 0 0
Romeo Martinez 14 12 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 16 0 1
Austin Gonzales 0 22 0 0
Myron Gonzales 42 28 0 0
Edward Jackson 44 41 0 1
Kevin Peck 39 29 0 1
Antonio Preston 39 30 0 3
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Keith Barge 63 29 3 6
Jonathan Crabtree 55 29 2 2
Ronald Tatman 7 24 0 0
Duane Cunningham 8 8 0 0
Marvin Waldron 3 2 0 0
Donald Lopez 0 4 0 0
Rolando Moulton 0 1 0 0
Donald John 0 2 0 0
Michael Rider 1 2 0 1
Paul Wright 1 1 0 0
Brandon Boyd 0 2 0 1
Ryan Woods 0 5 0 0
Frank Castillo 1 0 0 0
Stanley Braun 0 4 0 0
Willie Hoover 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Back 0 1 0 0
Joseph Garner 0 10 0 1
George Turner 0 1 0 0
Joseph Dailey 0 9 0 1
Wendell Borges 63 33 0 1
Dave Farrell 0 1 0 0
Eugene Pacheco 0 4 0 0
James Johnson 0 3 0 0
Michael Sonnenberg 1 9 0 0
Marc Gowdy 11 0 0 0
Clyde Raines 2 1 0 0
Donald Dahlquist 18 14 0 1
Joseph Villagomez 11 0 0 0
Matthew Brinkley 8 9 0 0
Allen Bateman 51 34 0 0
Wayne Postma 12 13 0 1
Tom Campbell 58 34 0 1
William Kyle 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Wayne Holland 1 0 0.00 0

Denver Gold

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Donald Lopez 1 0 0.00 0
Roy Wiley 2 -1 -0.50 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Monte Cherry 0 0 1 0
Wayne Holland 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Duane Cunningham 1 1 0 0
Ryan Woods 1 0 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 6 289 48.17 47.67 53 1

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wesley Bradley 8 347 43.38 43.00 53 2

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 4 / 4

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 1 / 1

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 2 4 2.0 4 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ryan Woods 2 12 6.0 8 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 3 91 30.3 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Ryan Woods 1 29 29.0 0

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Oliver Serrano 12 0
Steven Flanagan 9 0
Monte Cherry 5 0
Jim Zarate 5 3
Corey Zelaya 4 0
Geoffrey Knight 3 1
Michael Woodham 3 0
Wayne Holland 2 1
Brady Kizer 2 0
George Ye 2 1
Charles Malizia 2 0
Austin Gonzales 2 0
Jed Hott 1 0
Kevin Hudson 1 0
Bryan Dunn 1 1
George Simmons 1 0
Brent Reichman 1 0
Johnny King 1 0
Michael Rodriguez 1 1

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Charles Graves 6 0
Donald John 5 0
Roy Wiley 4 0
Eugene Pacheco 3 0
Brandon Boyd 3 0
James Johnson 2 0
Willie Hoover 2 0
Blaine Hernandez 2 0
William Kyle 2 0
Donald Lopez 2 0
Anthony Mashburn 2 0
George Turner 1 0
Michael Rider 1 0
Lucio Grant 1 0
Dave Farrell 1 0
Michael Sonnenberg 1 0
Marvin Waldron 1 0
Kenneth Back 1 0
Ryan Woods 1 0
Wendell Borges 1 0