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Wild Card: Oklahoma Outlaws at Cleveland Thunderbolts

December 24, 1978
18°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 81,000 (100%)
Outlaws 3 0 6 3 - 12
Thunderbolts 7 10 0 0 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Outlaws: 4-5-CLE 6 (4:31) 8-Nathan Booker 24 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 0 OKL 3
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 2-10-OKL 47 (3:01) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 18-Jim Aguirre for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 7 OKL 3
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-6-OKL 26 (12:51) 7-Gary Spence 45 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 10 OKL 3
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 2-10-OKL 10 (9:21) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 84-Chris Miller for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 17 OKL 3
(Qtr 3) Outlaws: 4-8-CLE 24 (12:28) 8-Nathan Booker 42 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 17 OKL 6
(Qtr 3) Outlaws: 4-4-CLE 4 (2:53) 8-Nathan Booker 22 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 17 OKL 9
(Qtr 4) Outlaws: 4-1-CLE 1 (4:24) 8-Nathan Booker 20 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 17 OKL 12

Team Statistics

Thunderbolts Outlaws
First Downs 5 20
- Rushing 2 5
- Passing 3 14
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 239 386
- Offensive Plays 44 81
- Yards Per Play 5.43 4.77
Net Rushing Yards 67 80
- Rushing Attempts 19 23
- Yards Per Rush 3.53 3.48
Net Passing Yards 172 306
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 12 / 2 52 / 32 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 179 348
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 6 / 42
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.88 5.28
- Yards Per Completion 14.92 10.88
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 9 6 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 35 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 60 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 27
Time of Possession 21:05 38:54

Drive Charts

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:04 0:11 OWN 43 2 0 Interception
1 10:32 2:17 OWN 9 3 2 Punt
1 4:28 1:35 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 14:11 1:23 OPP 30 3 4 Field Goal
2 11:24 2:07 OWN 39 4 61 Touchdown
2 8:35 0:59 OWN 47 3 -1 Punt
2 3:53 0:43 OWN 7 2 24 Interception
2 0:35 0:35 OWN 19 1 6 Half
3 15:00 0:06 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
3 12:24 2:00 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 2:50 2:09 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 14:03 1:35 OWN 13 5 21 Punt
4 10:50 1:49 OWN 15 3 -5 Punt
4 4:21 2:30 OWN 25 5 13 Punt
4 1:06 1:06 OPP 41 2 0 Game

Oklahoma Outlaws

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:56 OWN 25 3 11 Interception
1 13:52 3:20 OWN 13 5 29 Punt
1 8:15 3:47 OWN 41 6 53 Field Goal
1 2:53 3:42 OWN 25 11 57 Interception
2 12:48 1:24 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
2 9:17 0:42 OWN 25 2 -8 Interception
2 7:36 3:43 OWN 20 6 29 Punt
2 3:10 2:35 OWN 32 5 2 Punt
3 14:54 2:30 OPP 48 4 24 Field Goal
3 10:24 7:34 OWN 18 11 78 Field Goal
3 0:41 1:39 OWN 23 5 23 Punt
4 12:28 1:38 OWN 16 5 19 Punt
4 9:01 4:39 OWN 43 10 56 Field Goal
4 1:52 0:45 OWN 20 5 28 Downs

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Allan Benefield 10 60 6.00 24 3 0
Adam Velasco 5 4 0.80 6 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 2 3 1.50 2 0 0
Chester Dougherty 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Patrick Hiebert 17 60 3.53 14 2 0
Aaron Levenson 5 18 3.60 12 1 0
Douglas Harada 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 24 12 179 1 / 7 2 47 2 67.88

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dale Brown 46 29 336 6 / 42 0 36 3 57.88
Robert Brockett 6 3 12 0 / 0 0 8 0 56.25

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brent Reichman 2 52 26.00 45 0
Jim Aguirre 1 47 47.00 47 1
Austin Gonzales 2 39 19.50 24 0
Adam Velasco 2 21 10.50 21 0
William Womack 4 10 2.50 6 0
Chris Miller 1 10 10.00 10 1

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dusty Heckman 12 175 14.58 36 0
Patrick Hiebert 3 32 10.67 17 0
James Rosenzweig 4 29 7.25 15 0
Michael Perry 3 29 9.67 19 0
Karl Livingston 2 26 13.00 22 0
Gerald Montoya 5 22 4.40 8 0
Jimmy Howe 2 21 10.50 17 0
Vernon Cottrell 1 14 14.00 14 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jim Zarate 0 2 0 0
Carrol Myers 2 1 0 0
William Booth 0 1 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 1 0 0
Donald Jackson 0 1 0 0
Charles Malizia 0 1 0 0
George Simmons 0 2 0 0
Daniel Dailey 4 1 0 0
Chris Miller 0 4 0 0
Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
George Ye 0 2 0 0
Michael Woodham 0 1 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 2 0 0
Wayne Holland 6 4 0 0
Adam Velasco 3 0 0 0
Donald Dalton 21 19 0 2
Ralph Walker 9 2 0 0
Bob Gomez 10 3 0 0
Monte Cherry 10 3 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 4 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 14 0 0
Allan Benefield 2 5 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 12 0 1
Romeo Martinez 5 11 0 0
Myron Gonzales 34 21 0 4
William Womack 14 22 0 1
Edward Jackson 35 24 0 3
Kevin Peck 35 27 0 0
Antonio Preston 26 20 0 2
Bert Eichelberger 0 1 0 1

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Theodore Valdez 56 30 3 5
Bryan Black 63 37 1 2
Patrick Hiebert 14 2 1 1
Richard Castro 68 37 0 0
Aaron Levenson 11 3 0 0
Daniel Fields 1 0 0 0
Charles Pierce 2 2 0 0
Frank Hostetter 1 1 0 0
Jimmy Howe 0 2 0 0
Timothy Ballinger 0 1 0 0
Joe Braatz 0 1 0 0
Albert Cruz 0 1 0 0
Calvin Spurgeon 5 0 0 0
Kyle Verrill 4 0 0 0
William Johnson 11 5 0 0
Karl Livingston 0 6 0 1
Victor Lincoln 6 2 0 0
Lee Ward 60 38 0 4
Miguel Martinez 12 2 0 0
James Rosenzweig 0 14 0 0
Gerald Montoya 17 13 0 0
Douglas Harada 22 26 0 1
Michael Perry 0 9 0 1
Dusty Heckman 0 11 0 0
Vincent Ford 0 1 0 1
Antonio Shook 55 29 0 2
Vernon Cottrell 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Monte Cherry 1 59 59.00 0
Steven Flanagan 1 1 1.00 0
Oliver Serrano 1 0 0.00 0

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Allen Herrera 1 0 0.00 0
Derrick Cunningham 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Adam Velasco 1 0 0 0
Chester Dougherty 1 0 0 0
Donald Dalton 0 1 0 0

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Derrick Cunningham 0 0 1 0
Jessie Castillo 0 1 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 7 349 49.86 45.57 56 0

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Michel 6 278 46.33 46.33 50 2

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 2 / 2

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Nathan Booker 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 0 / 0

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Patrick Hiebert 2 8 4.0 8 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 1 35 35.0 0

Oklahoma Outlaws

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Gabriel Decker 8 0
Oliver Serrano 7 0
Monte Cherry 6 0
Geoffrey Knight 6 0
Kevin Hudson 5 3
Charles Malizia 4 0
Donald Jackson 4 0
Brady Kizer 4 0
Wayne Holland 4 2
Steven Flanagan 3 0
Michael Woodham 3 0
Jim Zarate 3 1
Johnny King 2 0
Brent Reichman 1 0
Austin Gonzales 1 0
Adam Velasco 1 0
Jed Hott 1 0
Bob Gomez 1 0

Oklahoma Outlaws

Name Tackles Sacks
Jessie Castillo 5 0
Albert Cruz 3 0
Victor Lincoln 3 0
Timothy Ballinger 3 0
Timothy Ashley 3 1
Allen Herrera 2 0
Derrick Cunningham 2 0
Jason Wilkinson 2 0
Mark Soliz 2 0
Karl Livingston 1 0
Vincent Ford 1 0
Dusty Heckman 1 0
Richard Rodriguez 1 0
Joe Braatz 1 0
Thomas Campbell 1 0