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Divisional Round: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Oakland Invaders

December 31, 1978
56°
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland, CA) Attendance: 62,787 (99%)
Thunderbolts 3 0 10 13 - 26
Invaders 7 10 7 7 - 31

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Invaders: 3-6-CLE 6 (9:18) 17-Les Lacy pass complete to 83-Albert Smith for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Lester Reed. OAK 7 CLE 0
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 4-25-OAK 25 (5:50) 7-Gary Spence 43 yard field goal is GOOD. OAK 7 CLE 3
(Qtr 2) Invaders: 4-7-CLE 22 (8:48) 19-Lester Reed 40 yard field goal is GOOD. OAK 10 CLE 3
(Qtr 2) Invaders: 2-1-CLE 0 (1:13) 17-Les Lacy pass complete to 85-Christopher Curtis for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Lester Reed. OAK 17 CLE 3
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-10-OAK 29 (13:26) 7-Gary Spence 48 yard field goal is GOOD. OAK 17 CLE 6
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 1-10-CLE 42 (10:37) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 80-Christopher Henderson for 58 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. OAK 17 CLE 13
(Qtr 3) Invaders: 2-9-CLE 9 (4:23) 33-Danial Lasseter ran for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Lester Reed. OAK 24 CLE 13
(Qtr 4) Invaders: 2-3-CLE 8 (12:27) 33-Danial Lasseter ran for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Lester Reed. OAK 31 CLE 13
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-2-OAK 2 (7:44) 2-Lon Musso pass complete to 80-Christopher Henderson for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 2-6-CLE 28 (1:37) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 80-Christopher Henderson for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. OAK 31 CLE 26

Team Statistics

Invaders Thunderbolts
First Downs 20 13
- Rushing 7 3
- Passing 13 10
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 437 474
- Offensive Plays 74 66
- Yards Per Play 5.91 7.18
Net Rushing Yards 137 77
- Rushing Attempts 30 23
- Yards Per Rush 4.57 3.35
Net Passing Yards 300 397
- Att/Comp/Int 44 / 26 / 0 38 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 300 428
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 5 / 31
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.82 9.23
- Yards Per Completion 11.54 20.38
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 15 4 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 2 / 3
Penalties/Yards 5 / 40 4 / 31
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 7 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 29 2 / 67
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 20
Time of Possession 32:26 27:34

Drive Charts

Oakland Invaders

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:46 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
1 5:46 5:23 OWN 25 11 73 Downs
2 12:09 3:25 OWN 47 5 31 Field Goal
2 6:38 2:25 OWN 27 6 24 Punt
2 2:16 1:07 OPP 47 4 47 Touchdown
3 13:23 2:11 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
3 10:25 1:43 OWN 25 4 22 Punt
3 6:34 2:15 OWN 40 8 60 Touchdown
3 1:17 3:54 OPP 49 9 49 Touchdown
4 7:40 1:38 OWN 25 4 5 Punt
4 4:13 0:50 OWN 18 3 -3 Punt
4 2:04 0:22 OWN 35 3 -4 Punt
4 1:27 1:27 OPP 44 3 -5 Game

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:14 3:28 OWN 25 6 50 Field Goal
1 0:24 3:14 OWN 2 5 7 Punt
2 8:44 2:07 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 4:13 1:57 OWN 3 3 3 Punt
2 1:09 1:09 OWN 24 5 18 Punt
3 15:00 1:37 OWN 25 5 46 Field Goal
3 11:12 0:46 OWN 20 2 80 Touchdown
3 8:42 2:08 OWN 6 3 7 Punt
3 4:19 3:02 OWN 25 6 31 Missed FG
4 12:23 4:43 OWN 23 11 77 Touchdown
4 6:02 1:49 OWN 22 6 20 Punt
4 3:24 1:19 OWN 37 8 28 Downs
4 1:42 0:15 OWN 24 2 76 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Danial Lasseter 11 71 6.45 12 5 2
Jason Brooks 16 66 4.13 18 2 0
Les Lacy 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Bert Eichelberger 2 26 13.00 23 1 0
Allan Benefield 14 24 1.71 11 1 0
Adam Velasco 6 21 3.50 9 0 0
Chris Miller 1 6 6.00 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Les Lacy 40 25 280 0 / 0 2 27 0 100.00
Jimmy Barahona 4 1 20 0 / 0 0 20 0 47.92

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 31 18 388 5 / 31 2 72 0 124.06
Lon Musso 7 3 40 0 / 0 1 25 0 101.19

Receiving Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Albert Smith 7 93 13.29 27 1
Christopher Curtis 8 73 9.13 21 1
Jonathan Brennan 5 67 13.40 20 0
Micheal Sutton 5 45 9.00 27 0
Robert Buenrostro 1 22 22.00 22 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Henderson 4 154 38.50 72 3
Austin Gonzales 6 97 16.17 42 0
Allan Benefield 2 61 30.50 52 0
Jimmy Brown 2 40 20.00 25 0
William Womack 5 40 8.00 23 0
Adam Velasco 1 31 31.00 31 0
Chris Miller 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Frank Eddins 44 32 0 3
Jonathan Brennan 0 22 0 1
Anthony Dickey 0 2 0 0
Rudolph Haring 0 1 0 0
Shawn Arzola 0 1 0 0
David Monroe 6 0 0 0
Bruce Rivera 5 1 0 0
Jody Carter 5 0 0 0
Justin Kennedy 2 0 0 0
Mark Lucia 6 7 0 0
Danial Lasseter 5 1 0 0
Joseph Washington 6 0 0 0
David Lemasters 0 5 0 1
Kenneth Miller 49 35 0 3
Robert Buenrostro 5 10 0 0
Christian Martens 26 10 0 0
Jonathan King 0 6 0 1
Albert Smith 0 20 0 1
Jason Brooks 11 4 0 0
Christopher Curtis 1 14 0 0
Rick Brun 51 44 0 0
Steve Hernandez 49 34 0 0
Franklin Johnson 52 34 0 2
Micheal Sutton 17 34 0 1
Vincent Tucker 0 2 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Edward Jackson 42 29 1 2
Adam Velasco 8 2 1 1
William Womack 18 29 1 8
Donald Dalton 45 27 0 1
Ralph Walker 8 1 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 0 3 0 0
George Simmons 0 2 0 0
William Booth 0 2 0 0
Chris Miller 5 8 0 1
Christopher Henderson 0 5 0 0
Wayne Holland 11 8 0 0
Bob Gomez 11 3 0 0
Daniel Dailey 0 1 0 0
Monte Cherry 11 6 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 9 0 0
Antonio Preston 51 35 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 14 0 0
Carrol Myers 9 3 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 6 0 0
Romeo Martinez 12 12 0 1
Myron Gonzales 53 27 0 1
Kevin Peck 49 32 0 0
Allan Benefield 4 3 0 0

Interception Stats

Oakland Invaders

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Fumble Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Rudolph Haring 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Punting

Oakland Invaders

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Cody Carlin 6 289 48.17 44.50 55 2

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 6 268 44.67 43.67 47 0

Kicking

Oakland Invaders

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lester Reed 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 40 4 / 4

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 2 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 48 2 / 2

Punt Return

Oakland Invaders

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Curtis 1 7 7.0 7 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

Oakland Invaders

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Curtis 1 29 29.0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 2 67 33.5 0

Defensive Stats

Oakland Invaders

Name Tackles Sacks
David Monroe 9 3
Robert Scott 7 1
John Deaton 7 0
Philip Shurtz 5 0
Rudolph Haring 4 0
Anthony Dickey 4 0
Henry Kellogg 2 1
Vincent Tucker 2 0
James Fiske 2 0
Thomas Yeager 1 0
Bruce Rivera 1 0
Shawn Arzola 1 0
Mark Ferguson 1 0
Thomas Wagers 1 0
James Beveridge 1 0
David Faustino 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Monte Cherry 6 0
Gabriel Decker 5 0
Wayne Holland 5 0
Oliver Serrano 4 0
Brady Kizer 4 0
Steven Flanagan 4 0
Charles Malizia 4 0
Michael Woodham 4 0
George Ye 3 0
Geoffrey Knight 3 0
Kevin Hudson 2 0
Donald Jackson 2 0
James Perkins 1 0
Joel Harris 1 0
Johnny King 1 0
Bob Gomez 1 0
Jim Zarate 1 0
Adam Velasco 1 0