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Week 16: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Detroit Wheels

December 16, 1979
38°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 45,199 (90%)
Thunderbolts 7 7 0 0 - 14
Wheels 0 7 0 13 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 1-7-DET 7 (3:38) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 15-Bert Eichelberger for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. DET 0 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 1-6-CLE 6 (3:06) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 7 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 3-10-DET 15 (1:45) (Hot Read) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 19-Jimmy Brown to DET 0 for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. DET 7 CLE 14
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-22-CLE 22 (11:38) 2-Jose Fouche 40 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 10 CLE 14
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 3-6-CLE 16 (5:41) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 88-Paul Lee for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 17 CLE 14
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-2-CLE 26 (2:00) 2-Jose Fouche 44 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 94-George Ye was injured on the play. DET 20 CLE 14

Team Statistics

Wheels Thunderbolts
First Downs 13 17
- Rushing 3 11
- Passing 10 4
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 329 272
- Offensive Plays 68 71
- Yards Per Play 4.84 3.83
Net Rushing Yards 93 169
- Rushing Attempts 28 29
- Yards Per Rush 3.32 5.83
Net Passing Yards 236 103
- Att/Comp/Int 34 / 18 / 0 35 / 14 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 280 151
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 44 7 / 48
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.90 2.45
- Yards Per Completion 15.56 10.79
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 18 7 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.2 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 8 / 65 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 20 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 88
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 2 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 23
Time of Possession 31:29 28:31

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:55 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 12:04 2:31 OWN 27 6 33 Punt
1 3:34 2:09 OWN 25 4 28 Punt
2 14:40 1:47 OWN 22 5 10 Punt
2 10:56 1:25 OPP 50 3 1 Punt
2 5:16 2:13 OWN 39 5 61 Touchdown
2 1:41 1:27 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
3 13:30 2:20 OWN 32 5 23 Downs
3 10:16 1:26 OWN 17 3 -1 Punt
3 7:48 3:20 OWN 11 5 9 Punt
3 1:40 5:06 OPP 50 9 28 Field Goal
4 8:51 3:15 OWN 35 7 65 Touchdown
4 4:19 2:22 OPP 47 5 21 Field Goal
4 1:13 1:13 OWN 48 5 27 Game

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:05 2:02 OWN 23 3 5 Punt
1 9:33 6:00 OWN 10 11 90 Touchdown
1 1:24 1:44 OWN 11 6 19 Punt
2 12:52 1:57 OWN 4 3 0 Punt
2 9:31 4:15 OWN 8 12 63 Fumble
2 3:03 1:22 OWN 33 7 67 Touchdown
2 0:14 0:14 OWN 28 2 7 Half
3 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
3 11:10 0:54 OWN 44 3 -9 Punt
3 8:50 1:02 OWN 36 3 7 Punt
3 4:28 2:48 OWN 33 6 27 Fumble
4 11:34 2:43 OWN 23 6 38 Interception
4 5:36 1:17 OWN 25 3 -1 Interception
4 1:57 0:43 OWN 21 3 -11 Punt

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 21 63 3.00 25 2 0
Robert Costello 5 30 6.00 14 2 0
Mario Valencia 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 16 92 5.75 18 4 0
Bert Eichelberger 8 53 6.63 14 3 0
Paul Bullard 3 14 4.67 11 1 0
Chris Miller 2 10 5.00 10 1 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 34 18 280 6 / 44 2 32 0 100.12

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 34 14 151 6 / 39 2 21 2 50.00
Lon Musso 1 0 0 1 / 9 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 3 89 29.67 32 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 6 85 14.17 31 1
Paul Lee 4 52 13.00 25 1
Timothy Hanna 3 42 14.00 21 0
Enrique Pacheco 2 12 6.00 9 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Austin Gonzales 2 37 18.50 21 0
Jimmy Brown 2 29 14.50 15 1
Christopher Henderson 2 25 12.50 17 0
Adam Velasco 2 22 11.00 17 0
Brent Reichman 2 17 8.50 15 0
Jesse Thompson 3 14 4.67 8 0
Bert Eichelberger 1 7 7.00 7 1

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Timothy Milligan 52 35 3 3
Ronald Davis 48 29 1 4
David Peralta 0 5 0 1
Robbie Hammock 0 1 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 1 0 0
Thomas Waldon 10 4 0 0
Robert Basso 5 0 0 0
Raymond Sato 0 5 0 0
Christopher Turner 0 3 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 2 0 0
William Williams 0 2 0 0
Charles Clifton 0 1 0 0
Brian Workman 1 0 0 0
Mathew McNeil 2 1 0 0
Chad Brown 0 3 0 0
Robert Costello 5 6 0 0
Edward Flores 0 1 0 0
Thomas Watson 51 28 0 1
Enrique Pacheco 10 4 0 1
David Ortiz 0 2 0 1
Cesar Wear 13 16 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 3 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 8 3 0 2
Joe Gomez 10 2 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 22 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 12 0 3
Billy McKissick 51 31 0 6
John Risinger 0 14 0 0
Paul Lee 10 26 0 0
Chad Mannings 44 30 0 0
Aaron Robinson 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Harold Gould 42 30 5 6
Charles Torres 48 37 1 2
Edward Costa 41 35 1 4
William Womack 9 15 0 1
Romeo Martinez 0 3 0 1
George Simmons 0 3 0 0
Paul Bullard 3 1 0 0
Jimmy Brown 0 3 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 4 3 0 1
Carrol Myers 5 3 0 0
Adam Velasco 3 3 0 0
Bob Gomez 9 4 0 1
Wayne Holland 9 4 0 0
Kevin Peck 49 35 0 0
Monte Cherry 8 0 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 9 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 16 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 13 0 0
Jesse Thompson 6 32 0 1
Chris Miller 20 10 0 0
Myron Gonzales 51 43 0 2
Bryan Dunn 0 3 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
David Peralta 1 4 4.00 0
Robbie Hammock 1 -2 -2.00 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Josh Daughtry 0 1 0 0
Christopher Turner 0 0 2 0
William Williams 0 0 1 0
Edward Flores 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chester Dougherty 2 0 0 0
Adam Velasco 1 0 0 0
Bob Gomez 0 1 0 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ernest Sanders 8 368 46.00 46.00 64 2

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 7 335 47.86 45.57 51 0

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 2 / 2

Cleveland Thunderbolts

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

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 6 20 3.3 6 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jimmy Brown 2 56 28.0 0
Adam Velasco 1 32 32.0 0

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Aaron Robinson 8 0
Christopher Turner 6 4
Charles Clifton 6 0
Donald Martinez 5 0
Chad Brown 4 1
David Peralta 3 0
Eric Spann 3 0
Robbie Hammock 2 0
Bobby Wells 2 0
Bradley Mondragon 2 0
William Williams 2 1
Josh Daughtry 1 0
Edward Flores 1 0
Billy McKissick 1 0
Michael McIntire 1 0
Israel Rogers 1 1

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Brady Kizer 8 0
Wayne Holland 5 0
Michael Gray 4 1
Steven Flanagan 4 0
Bryan Dunn 4 0
Kevin Hudson 4 0
Charles Malizia 3 1
Oliver Serrano 3 0
George Ye 3 3
Michael Rodriguez 3 0
Michael Woodham 3 0
George Simmons 3 1
Donald Jackson 2 0
Bob Gomez 2 0
Edward Costa 1 0
Monte Cherry 1 0
Johnny King 1 0
Chris Miller 1 0
Austin Gonzales 1 0
Joel Harris 1 0
Jimmy Brown 1 0