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Week 1: Tampa Bay Bandits at Detroit Wheels

September 02, 1979
65°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 46,525 (93%)
Bandits 7 10 21 5 - 43
Wheels 7 14 0 0 - 21

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 2-10-TAM 10 (6:24) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 7 TAM 0
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 2-10-DET 14 (1:37) (Hot Read) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 86-Joesph Wagner for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. DET 7 TAM 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 3-5-TAM 24 (10:56) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 10-John Risinger for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 14 TAM 7
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 2-3-DET 15 (7:28) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. DET 14 TAM 14
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-10-DET 19 (3:43) 15-Thomas Hummell 36 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 14 TAM 17
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 2-2-TAM 32 (2:00) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 13-David Ortiz for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 21 TAM 17
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 2-5-DET 10 (7:23) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 83-Michael Popa for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. DET 21 TAM 24
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 3-1-DET 1 (3:36) 27-Frank Owens ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. DET 21 TAM 31
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 3-25-TAM 28 (1:06) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 27-Frank Owens for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. DET 21 TAM 38
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-1-DET 0 (3:51) 15-Thomas Hummell 18 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 21 TAM 41
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 3-10-DET 7 (1:40) 4-Mario Valencia sacked at DET -2 for -9 yards (58-Daniel Middleton). Sack allowed by 37-Enrique Pacheco. SAFETY! (58-Daniel Middleton) DET 21 TAM 43

Team Statistics

Wheels Bandits
First Downs 13 21
- Rushing 3 4
- Passing 10 17
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 298 529
- Offensive Plays 62 75
- Yards Per Play 4.81 7.05
Net Rushing Yards 59 104
- Rushing Attempts 19 26
- Yards Per Rush 3.11 4.00
Net Passing Yards 239 425
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 22 / 1 48 / 33 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 255 431
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 16 1 / 6
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.56 8.67
- Yards Per Completion 11.59 13.06
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 3 / 3
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 13 6 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.3 9.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 5 / 34
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 19 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 7
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 4 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 33
Time of Possession 26:24 33:37

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:12 OWN 25 7 33 Punt
1 9:15 2:54 OWN 48 7 52 Touchdown
1 1:34 1:31 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 13:42 2:02 OWN 15 4 46 Interception
2 11:37 0:46 OPP 29 3 29 Touchdown
2 7:24 2:01 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 3:39 1:44 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 0:52 0:23 OPP 42 3 2 Punt
3 12:24 0:50 OWN 42 3 -1 Punt
3 7:18 0:53 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 3:34 1:31 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 0:54 4:19 OWN 25 7 31 Punt
4 10:37 2:09 OWN 26 5 10 Punt
4 3:48 0:57 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 1:48 0:12 OWN 7 3 -10 Safety

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:48 1:34 OWN 8 3 1 Punt
1 6:20 4:46 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 0:03 1:21 OWN 47 5 39 Fumble
2 11:41 0:03 OWN 18 1 0 Interception
2 10:52 3:28 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 5:22 1:43 OPP 38 6 19 Field Goal
2 1:55 1:04 OWN 25 6 26 Fumble
2 0:29 0:29 OWN 20 1 10 Half
3 15:00 2:36 OWN 25 5 18 Fumble
3 11:33 4:15 OWN 38 9 62 Touchdown
3 6:25 2:51 OPP 47 6 47 Touchdown
3 2:03 1:10 OWN 43 3 57 Touchdown
4 11:35 0:58 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 8:28 4:40 OPP 49 7 48 Field Goal
4 2:51 1:02 OWN 40 3 5 Punt
4 1:37 1:37 OWN 25 3 5 Game

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 19 59 3.11 11 2 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ralph Allen 13 74 5.69 12 3 0
James Haigh 10 32 3.20 12 1 0
Frank Owens 3 -2 -0.67 1 0 1

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 41 22 255 2 / 16 3 32 1 86.94

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Luis Gero 37 25 352 1 / 6 2 72 1 104.79
Tyrone Harvell 11 8 79 0 / 0 2 16 0 132.20

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 7 83 11.86 24 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 6 80 13.33 21 1
David Ortiz 3 64 21.33 32 1
Matthew Mitchell 2 15 7.50 8 0
Enrique Pacheco 2 11 5.50 6 0
Zachary Powell 2 2 1.00 3 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ernest Seal 8 102 12.75 17 0
Michael Popa 5 81 16.20 22 1
Frank Owens 3 76 25.33 72 1
Ralph Allen 5 39 7.80 14 0
George Begay 3 34 11.33 19 0
Brandon Roberge 1 27 27.00 27 0
Edward Conner 2 23 11.50 15 1
Kevin Stoneking 1 23 23.00 23 0
Joesph Wagner 1 14 14.00 14 1
James Montgomery 3 10 3.33 5 0
James Haigh 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Enrique Pacheco 11 2 1 1
Ronald Davis 56 25 0 1
David Ortiz 0 11 0 1
Chuck Johnson 0 1 0 0
Robbie Hammock 0 1 0 0
Aaron Robinson 0 1 0 0
Edward Flores 0 2 0 1
Matthew Mitchell 0 2 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 1 0 0
Christopher Turner 0 2 0 0
Timothy Adams 0 2 0 1
David Peralta 0 2 0 0
Robert Basso 3 0 0 0
George Odriscoll 4 0 0 0
Robert Costello 7 4 0 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 13 0 0
Timothy Milligan 56 30 0 0
Juan Frigo 0 2 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 10 4 0 1
Arturo Williams 13 0 0 0
Joe Gomez 13 0 0 0
Raymond Sato 0 3 0 1
Cesar Wear 10 11 0 1
Zachary Powell 2 12 0 0
John Risinger 0 10 0 0
Paul Lee 6 6 0 0
Mathew McNeil 41 21 0 3
Billy McKissick 54 29 0 6
Chad Mannings 54 26 0 0
Brian Workman 1 0 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Walter Forbush 9 6 1 0
James Montgomery 12 28 0 2
Ernest Seal 0 12 0 0
Joesph Wagner 0 2 0 0
George Begay 0 7 0 0
Arthur Audette 10 4 0 0
Otis Bourbeau 0 1 0 0
David Wilcox 0 1 0 0
Daniel Middleton 0 1 0 0
James Haigh 16 9 0 0
Al Schwartz 3 1 0 0
Bradley Davis 57 30 0 1
James Templeton 46 31 0 1
Ralph Allen 15 11 0 0
William Dillon 55 31 0 1
Frank Owens 12 22 0 0
Edward Conner 0 23 0 1
Michael Popa 0 16 0 0
James Smith 58 41 0 2
Brandon Roberge 48 35 0 2
Joseph Frost 16 4 0 0
Kevin Stoneking 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robbie Hammock 1 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Lewis Lum 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chad Brown 0 2 0 0
Ray Franklin 0 0 1 0
Aaron Robinson 0 1 1 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Luis Gero 2 0 0 0
Ralph Allen 1 0 0 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jose Fouche 10 236 23.60 21.60 40 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 3 151 50.33 45.00 52 0

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 36 5 / 5

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 3 19 6.3 10 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Tampa Bay Bandits

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Aaron Robinson 10 0
Robbie Hammock 6 0
Malcolm Nazario 6 0
Donald Martinez 5 0
David Peralta 5 0
Edward Flores 4 0
Bradley Mondragon 4 0
Chuck Johnson 4 0
Charles Clifton 3 0
Chad Brown 2 0
Christopher Turner 2 0
Josh Daughtry 1 0
David Ortiz 1 0
Richard Sharp 1 0
Ray Franklin 0 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
John Hernandez 7 1
Daniel Middleton 6 1
Jim Stewart 5 0
Terry Crum 4 0
Al Schwartz 3 0
Phillip Carr 3 0
Randy Dukes 2 0
Lewis Lum 2 0
Douglas Mullins 2 0
Brian Newberry 2 0
Brandon Roberge 1 0
Christopher Shaw 1 0
Raymond Holt 1 0
William Lewis 1 0
David Asuncion 1 0
William Dillon 1 0
Ernest Seal 1 0
Joseph Poulsen 1 0
Keith Weber 1 0
Michael Popa 1 0