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September 09, 1979 75° Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 77,321 (95%)
Wheels 7 3 7 0 - 17
Thunderbolts 14 6 3 6 - 29
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-4-CLE 4 (6:05) 37-Enrique Pacheco ran to CLE 0 for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 0 DET 7
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 1-15-CLE 41 (4:39) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 83-Jesse Thompson for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 7 DET 7
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 1-2-DET 2 (1:17) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 14-Austin Gonzales for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 14 DET 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-9-CLE 16 (10:55) 2-Jose Fouche 33 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 14 DET 10
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-4-DET 18 (6:48) 7-Gary Spence 36 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 17 DET 10
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-9-DET 17 (2:32) 7-Gary Spence 35 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 20 DET 10
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 1-10-CLE 18 (10:31) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 20 DET 17
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-10-DET 29 (5:12) 7-Gary Spence 47 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 58-Juan Frigo was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CLE 23 DET 17
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-9-DET 17 (10:00) 7-Gary Spence 35 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 26 DET 17
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-12-DET 20 (1:53) 7-Gary Spence 38 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 29 DET 17
Team Statistics
Thunderbolts Wheels
First Downs 18 20
- Rushing 10 7
- Passing 8 11
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 372 298
- Offensive Plays 66 70
- Yards Per Play 5.64 4.26
Net Rushing Yards 143 104
- Rushing Attempts 33 23
- Yards Per Rush 4.33 4.52
Net Passing Yards 229 194
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 19 / 1 40 / 18 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 249 249
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 20 7 / 55
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.94 4.13
- Yards Per Completion 13.11 13.83
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 15 2 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.7 8.9
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 45 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 61 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 4 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 41 OWN 22
Time of Possession 32:49 27:10
Drive Charts
Thunderbolts
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:15 2:11 OWN 39 3 -10 Punt
1 6:01 1:31 OWN 22 3 78 Touchdown
1 3:09 1:56 OPP 38 5 38 Touchdown
1 0:09 1:37 OWN 47 3 -1 Punt
2 10:52 4:07 OWN 25 7 57 Field Goal
2 5:49 3:20 OPP 43 6 26 Field Goal
2 0:48 0:48 OWN 13 2 30 Half
3 15:00 0:22 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 10:26 1:38 OWN 29 3 5 Punt
3 7:20 2:11 OWN 47 6 24 Field Goal
3 4:14 2:01 OPP 19 4 11 Interception
4 13:28 3:31 OWN 40 5 44 Field Goal
4 7:52 6:03 OWN 40 12 40 Field Goal
4 1:33 1:33 50 4 10 Game
Wheels
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:45 OWN 25 6 20 Punt
1 10:03 4:02 OWN 18 8 82 Touchdown
1 4:30 1:21 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
1 1:13 1:05 OWN 25 5 11 Punt
2 13:32 2:40 OWN 20 6 64 Field Goal
2 6:45 0:56 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
2 2:29 1:41 OWN 25 6 28 Punt
3 14:38 4:12 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
3 8:48 1:28 OWN 18 3 0 Punt
3 5:09 0:54 OWN 25 3 5 Fumble
3 2:13 3:45 OWN 4 8 39 Punt
4 9:57 2:05 OWN 25 5 4 Punt
4 1:49 0:16 OWN 25 3 0 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#13 Adam Velasco 9 53 5.89 14 4 0
#26 Allan Benefield 15 52 3.47 16 3 0
#15 Bert Eichelberger 5 24 4.80 14 2 0
#84 Chris Miller 1 14 14.00 14 1 0
#12 Chester Dougherty 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Wheels
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#37 Enrique Pacheco 18 62 3.44 16 5 1
#26 Robert Costello 5 42 8.40 13 2 0
Passing Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Chester Dougherty 30 19 249 3 / 20 2 59 1 97.78
Wheels
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Mario Valencia 37 17 231 6 / 47 1 38 1 64.13
#6 Henry Prieto 3 1 18 1 / 8 0 18 0 54.86
Receiving Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Jesse Thompson 6 106 17.67 59 1
#80 Christopher Henderson 4 46 11.50 23 0
#14 Austin Gonzales 2 37 18.50 35 1
#84 Brent Reichman 4 32 8.00 16 0
#13 Adam Velasco 1 16 16.00 16 0
#18 Jim Aguirre 1 15 15.00 15 0
#26 Allan Benefield 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0
Wheels
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Rigoberto Gonzales 9 114 12.67 25 1
#84 Zachary Powell 2 56 28.00 38 0
#13 John Risinger 3 34 11.33 15 0
#13 David Ortiz 2 28 14.00 15 0
#87 Cesar Wear 1 14 14.00 14 0
#37 Enrique Pacheco 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Thunderbolts
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 Antonio Preston 43 35 2 4
#79 Ralph Walker 43 27 0 1
#83 Jesse Thompson 3 31 0 0
#58 Kevin Peck 43 36 0 0
#84 Brent Reichman 0 6 0 0
#69 Myron Gonzales 44 40 0 5
#84 Chris Miller 9 18 0 0
#14 Austin Gonzales 0 18 0 0
#70 Edward Costa 33 35 0 2
#26 Allan Benefield 10 6 0 0
#37 Monte Cherry 10 1 0 0
#91 Bob Gomez 9 7 0 0
#57 Wayne Holland 11 4 0 0
#29 William Womack 12 16 0 1
#92 George Simmons 0 2 0 0
#15 Bert Eichelberger 1 1 0 0
#66 Carrol Myers 0 2 0 0
#55 Corey Zelaya 0 2 0 0
#62 Romeo Martinez 0 2 0 1
#74 Bryan Dunn 0 2 0 0
#64 Charles Torres 7 6 0 1
#13 Adam Velasco 2 2 0 0
#18 Jim Aguirre 0 5 0 0
#80 Christopher Henderson 0 8 0 0
#19 Jimmy Brown 0 4 0 0
#94 George Ye 0 2 0 0
#74 Kevin Hudson 0 2 0 0
#95 Geoffrey Knight 0 1 0 0
#32 Michael Woodham 0 1 0 1
#55 Charles Malizia 0 1 0 0
#45 Michael Gray 0 1 0 0
Wheels
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#67 Ronald Davis 50 22 3 2
#57 Mathew McNeil 48 22 2 3
#84 Timothy Milligan 56 32 1 1
#63 Chad Mannings 55 26 0 0
#71 Billy McKissick 57 30 0 3
#37 Enrique Pacheco 17 4 0 0
#13 David Ortiz 0 13 0 5
#84 Zachary Powell 6 20 0 0
#13 John Risinger 0 20 0 1
#83 Rigoberto Gonzales 0 12 0 0
#87 Cesar Wear 20 9 0 2
#67 Joe Gomez 17 5 0 0
#71 Arturo Williams 11 0 0 0
#24 Bradley Mondragon 8 3 0 0
#26 Robert Costello 4 1 0 0
#54 Robert Basso 6 0 0 0
#88 Paul Lee 4 6 0 0
#72 Thomas Waldon 5 0 0 0
#86 Raymond Sato 0 1 0 0
#53 Donald Martinez 0 1 0 0
#92 Chad Brown 0 1 0 0
#48 Aaron Robinson 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#35 Johnny King 1 0 0.00 0
Wheels
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#24 Bradley Mondragon 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#60 Jim Zarate 0 0 1 0
#77 Donald Jackson 0 1 0 0
Wheels
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#6 Mario Valencia 1 0 0 0
Punting
Thunderbolts
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Dan Carr 4 217 54.25 46.50 64 1
Wheels
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Jose Fouche 8 189 23.63 23.63 35 1
Kicking
Thunderbolts
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Gary Spence 5 / 5 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 2 / 2
Wheels
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Jose Fouche 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 33 2 / 2
Punt Return
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Wheels
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#13 John Risinger 1 2 2.0 2 0
Kick Return
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#13 Adam Velasco 2 61 30.5 0
Wheels
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Tackles Sacks
#37 Monte Cherry 7 0
#33 Steven Flanagan 6 0
#46 Brady Kizer 6 0
#77 Donald Jackson 4 2
#30 Michael Rodriguez 4 0
#47 Gabriel Decker 3 0
#35 Johnny King 3 0
#55 Charles Malizia 3 1
#60 Jim Zarate 2 3
#28 Oliver Serrano 2 0
#74 Kevin Hudson 2 0
#55 Corey Zelaya 2 0
#95 Geoffrey Knight 1 0
#14 Austin Gonzales 1 0
#94 George Ye 1 1
Wheels
Name Tackles Sacks
#48 Aaron Robinson 10 0
#92 Chad Brown 6 0
#44 Robbie Hammock 6 0
#93 Christopher Turner 4 2
#91 Malcolm Nazario 4 0
#30 David Peralta 4 0
#57 Edward Flores 4 1
#96 William Williams 3 0
#53 Donald Martinez 3 0
#24 Bradley Mondragon 3 0
#46 Chuck Johnson 2 0
#79 Timothy Adams 1 0
#34 Charles Clifton 1 0
#6 Mario Valencia 1 0
#95 Michael McIntire 1 0
#87 Cesar Wear 1 0