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December 31, 1978 56° Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
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
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
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
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Invaders
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#33 Danial Lasseter 11 71 6.45 12 5 2
#40 Jason Brooks 16 66 4.13 18 2 0
#17 Les Lacy 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Thunderbolts
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#15 Bert Eichelberger 2 26 13.00 23 1 0
#26 Allan Benefield 14 24 1.71 11 1 0
#13 Adam Velasco 6 21 3.50 9 0 0
#84 Chris Miller 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Passing Stats
Invaders
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 Les Lacy 40 25 280 0 / 0 2 27 0 100.00
#9 Jimmy Barahona 4 1 20 0 / 0 0 20 0 47.92
Thunderbolts
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Chester Dougherty 31 18 388 5 / 31 2 72 0 124.06
#2 Lon Musso 7 3 40 0 / 0 1 25 0 101.19
Receiving Stats
Invaders
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 Albert Smith 7 93 13.29 27 1
#85 Christopher Curtis 8 73 9.13 21 1
#10 Jonathan Brennan 5 67 13.40 20 0
#80 Micheal Sutton 5 45 9.00 27 0
#82 Robert Buenrostro 1 22 22.00 22 0
Thunderbolts
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Christopher Henderson 4 154 38.50 72 3
#14 Austin Gonzales 6 97 16.17 42 0
#26 Allan Benefield 2 61 30.50 52 0
#19 Jimmy Brown 2 40 20.00 25 0
#29 William Womack 5 40 8.00 23 0
#13 Adam Velasco 1 31 31.00 31 0
#84 Chris Miller 1 5 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Invaders
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#52 Frank Eddins 44 32 0 3
#68 Kenneth Miller 49 35 0 3
#80 Micheal Sutton 17 34 0 1
#71 Franklin Johnson 52 34 0 2
#64 Steve Hernandez 49 34 0 0
#72 Rick Brun 51 44 0 0
#85 Christopher Curtis 1 14 0 0
#40 Jason Brooks 11 4 0 0
#15 Albert Smith 0 20 0 1
#19 Jonathan King 0 6 0 1
#29 Christian Martens 26 10 0 0
#82 Robert Buenrostro 5 10 0 0
#82 David Lemasters 0 5 0 1
#10 Jonathan Brennan 0 22 0 1
#53 Joseph Washington 6 0 0 0
#33 Danial Lasseter 5 1 0 0
#71 Mark Lucia 6 7 0 0
#79 Justin Kennedy 2 0 0 0
#90 Jody Carter 5 0 0 0
#55 Bruce Rivera 5 1 0 0
#93 David Monroe 6 0 0 0
#41 Shawn Arzola 0 1 0 0
#25 Rudolph Haring 0 1 0 0
#21 Anthony Dickey 0 2 0 0
#42 Vincent Tucker 0 2 0 0
Thunderbolts
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#51 Edward Jackson 42 29 1 2
#13 Adam Velasco 8 2 1 1
#29 William Womack 18 29 1 8
#79 Donald Dalton 45 27 0 1
#69 Antonio Preston 51 35 0 0
#58 Kevin Peck 49 32 0 0
#69 Myron Gonzales 53 27 0 1
#62 Romeo Martinez 12 12 0 1
#18 Jim Aguirre 0 6 0 0
#66 Carrol Myers 9 3 0 0
#84 Brent Reichman 0 14 0 0
#68 Daniel Dailey 0 1 0 0
#14 Austin Gonzales 0 9 0 0
#37 Monte Cherry 11 6 0 0
#79 Ralph Walker 8 1 0 0
#91 Bob Gomez 11 3 0 0
#57 Wayne Holland 11 8 0 0
#80 Christopher Henderson 0 5 0 0
#84 Chris Miller 5 8 0 1
#72 William Booth 0 2 0 0
#92 George Simmons 0 2 0 0
#15 Bert Eichelberger 0 3 0 0
#26 Allan Benefield 4 3 0 0
Interception Stats
Invaders
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Thunderbolts
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Invaders
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#25 Rudolph Haring 0 1 0 0
Thunderbolts
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Invaders
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#13 Cody Carlin 6 289 48.17 44.50 55 2
Thunderbolts
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Dan Carr 6 268 44.67 43.67 47 0
Kicking
Invaders
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 Lester Reed 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 40 4 / 4
Thunderbolts
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Gary Spence 2 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 48 2 / 2
Punt Return
Invaders
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Christopher Curtis 1 7 7.0 7 0
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#13 Adam Velasco 1 1 1.0 1 0
Kick Return
Invaders
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Christopher Curtis 1 29 29.0 0
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#13 Adam Velasco 2 67 33.5 0
Defensive Stats
Invaders
Name Tackles Sacks
#93 David Monroe 9 3
#73 Robert Scott 7 1
#92 John Deaton 7 0
#42 Philip Shurtz 5 0
#25 Rudolph Haring 4 0
#21 Anthony Dickey 4 0
#73 Henry Kellogg 2 1
#42 Vincent Tucker 2 0
#42 James Fiske 2 0
#97 Thomas Yeager 1 0
#55 Bruce Rivera 1 0
#41 Shawn Arzola 1 0
#36 Mark Ferguson 1 0
#37 Thomas Wagers 1 0
#50 James Beveridge 1 0
#59 David Faustino 1 0
Thunderbolts
Name Tackles Sacks
#37 Monte Cherry 6 0
#47 Gabriel Decker 5 0
#57 Wayne Holland 5 0
#46 Brady Kizer 4 0
#33 Steven Flanagan 4 0
#55 Charles Malizia 4 0
#32 Michael Woodham 4 0
#28 Oliver Serrano 4 0
#95 Geoffrey Knight 3 0
#94 George Ye 3 0
#74 Kevin Hudson 2 0
#77 Donald Jackson 2 0
#35 Johnny King 1 0
#95 James Perkins 1 0
#61 Joel Harris 1 0
#91 Bob Gomez 1 0
#60 Jim Zarate 1 0
#13 Adam Velasco 1 0