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Week 2: Detroit Wheels at Cleveland Thunderbolts

September 09, 1979
75°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) 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

Cleveland 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 OPP 50 4 10 Game

Detroit 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

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 9 53 5.89 14 4 0
Allan Benefield 15 52 3.47 16 3 0
Bert Eichelberger 5 24 4.80 14 2 0
Chris Miller 1 14 14.00 14 1 0
Chester Dougherty 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 18 62 3.44 16 5 1
Robert Costello 5 42 8.40 13 2 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 30 19 249 3 / 20 2 59 1 97.78

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 37 17 231 6 / 47 1 38 1 64.13
Henry Prieto 3 1 18 1 / 8 0 18 0 54.86

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jesse Thompson 6 106 17.67 59 1
Christopher Henderson 4 46 11.50 23 0
Austin Gonzales 2 37 18.50 35 1
Brent Reichman 4 32 8.00 16 0
Adam Velasco 1 16 16.00 16 0
Jim Aguirre 1 15 15.00 15 0
Allan Benefield 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rigoberto Gonzales 9 114 12.67 25 1
Zachary Powell 2 56 28.00 38 0
John Risinger 3 34 11.33 15 0
David Ortiz 2 28 14.00 15 0
Cesar Wear 1 14 14.00 14 0
Enrique Pacheco 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Antonio Preston 43 35 2 4
Ralph Walker 43 27 0 1
Corey Zelaya 0 2 0 0
Charles Malizia 0 1 0 0
Michael Woodham 0 1 0 1
Geoffrey Knight 0 1 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 2 0 0
George Ye 0 2 0 0
Jimmy Brown 0 4 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 8 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 5 0 0
Adam Velasco 2 2 0 0
Charles Torres 7 6 0 1
Bryan Dunn 0 2 0 0
Romeo Martinez 0 2 0 1
Bert Eichelberger 1 1 0 0
Carrol Myers 0 2 0 0
Jesse Thompson 3 31 0 0
George Simmons 0 2 0 0
William Womack 12 16 0 1
Wayne Holland 11 4 0 0
Bob Gomez 9 7 0 0
Monte Cherry 10 1 0 0
Allan Benefield 10 6 0 0
Edward Costa 33 35 0 2
Austin Gonzales 0 18 0 0
Chris Miller 9 18 0 0
Myron Gonzales 44 40 0 5
Brent Reichman 0 6 0 0
Kevin Peck 43 36 0 0
Michael Gray 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ronald Davis 50 22 3 2
Mathew McNeil 48 22 2 3
Timothy Milligan 56 32 1 1
Chad Brown 0 1 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 1 0 0
Raymond Sato 0 1 0 0
Thomas Waldon 5 0 0 0
Paul Lee 4 6 0 0
Robert Basso 6 0 0 0
Robert Costello 4 1 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 8 3 0 0
Joe Gomez 17 5 0 0
Arturo Williams 11 0 0 0
Cesar Wear 20 9 0 2
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 12 0 0
John Risinger 0 20 0 1
Zachary Powell 6 20 0 0
David Ortiz 0 13 0 5
Enrique Pacheco 17 4 0 0
Billy McKissick 57 30 0 3
Chad Mannings 55 26 0 0
Aaron Robinson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Johnny King 1 0 0.00 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bradley Mondragon 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jim Zarate 0 0 1 0
Donald Jackson 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Mario Valencia 1 0 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 4 217 54.25 46.50 64 1

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jose Fouche 8 189 23.63 23.63 35 1

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 5 / 5 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 2 / 2

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 33 2 / 2

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 2 61 30.5 0

Detroit Wheels

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Monte Cherry 7 0
Steven Flanagan 6 0
Brady Kizer 6 0
Donald Jackson 4 2
Michael Rodriguez 4 0
Gabriel Decker 3 0
Johnny King 3 0
Charles Malizia 3 1
Jim Zarate 2 3
Oliver Serrano 2 0
Kevin Hudson 2 0
Corey Zelaya 2 0
Geoffrey Knight 1 0
Austin Gonzales 1 0
George Ye 1 1

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Aaron Robinson 10 0
Chad Brown 6 0
Robbie Hammock 6 0
Christopher Turner 4 2
Malcolm Nazario 4 0
David Peralta 4 0
Edward Flores 4 1
William Williams 3 0
Donald Martinez 3 0
Bradley Mondragon 3 0
Chuck Johnson 2 0
Timothy Adams 1 0
Charles Clifton 1 0
Mario Valencia 1 0
Michael McIntire 1 0
Cesar Wear 1 0