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Wild Card: Detroit Wheels at Portland Storm

December 23, 1979
47°
Civic Stadium (Portland, OR) Attendance: 22,000 (100%)
Wheels 17 3 7 9 - 36
Storm 14 7 0 6 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Storm: 2-17-POR 19 (14:23) 4-William Hill pass complete to 44-Michael Leonard for 81 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. POR 61-Randy Squires was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. POR 7 DET 0
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-9-POR 25 (9:52) 2-Jose Fouche 42 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 7 DET 3
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 2-3-POR 23 (6:10) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. POR 7 DET 10
(Qtr 1) Storm: 3-14-DET 14 (3:55) 4-William Hill pass complete to 80-Ivory Villanueva for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. DET 58-Juan Frigo was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. POR 14 DET 10
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-6-POR 6 (2:03) 37-Enrique Pacheco ran to POR 0 for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. POR 14 DET 17
(Qtr 2) Storm: 1-3-DET 3 (14:22) 4-William Hill pass complete to 80-Ivory Villanueva for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. POR 21 DET 17
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-3-POR 21 (10:40) 2-Jose Fouche 38 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 21 DET 20
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 3-10-POR 10 (11:51) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. POR 21 DET 27
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-8-POR 8 (12:30) 2-Jose Fouche 25 yard field goal is GOOD. POR 21 DET 30
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 2-4-POR 4 (9:10) 37-Enrique Pacheco ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Storm: 1-10-DET 14 (4:01) 4-William Hill pass complete to 42-Joseph West for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Storm Wheels
First Downs 17 19
- Rushing 0 6
- Passing 17 11
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 472 487
- Offensive Plays 77 85
- Yards Per Play 6.13 5.73
Net Rushing Yards 0 128
- Rushing Attempts 2 35
- Yards Per Rush 0.00 3.66
Net Passing Yards 472 359
- Att/Comp/Int 64 / 36 / 3 49 / 19 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 557 368
- Sacks/Yards Lost 11 / 85 1 / 9
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.29 7.18
- Yards Per Completion 15.47 19.37
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 8 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 11.1 8.3
4th Down Conversions 2 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 5 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 2 / 16
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 110 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / -2 3 / 9
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 3 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 38
Time of Possession 26:04 33:56

Drive Charts

Portland Storm

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:51 OWN 26 2 74 Touchdown
1 9:48 2:10 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
1 6:06 2:15 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 2:55 0:12 OWN 24 2 0 Fumble
1 2:00 2:42 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
2 10:36 1:44 OWN 25 4 37 Punt
2 5:05 1:26 OWN 20 3 -5 Punt
2 2:13 1:27 OWN 20 6 23 Punt
3 12:08 0:10 OWN 6 2 0 Interception
3 11:47 2:09 OWN 24 3 -12 Punt
3 9:18 2:26 OWN 20 6 40 Punt
3 4:01 1:38 OWN 28 5 21 Fumble
3 0:55 1:08 OWN 20 6 21 Interception
4 12:28 1:43 OWN 27 3 1 Punt
4 9:07 0:50 OWN 22 4 36 Interception
4 6:52 2:55 OWN 16 11 84 Touchdown
4 1:48 0:18 OWN 43 4 -7 Downs

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:09 4:21 OWN 25 9 50 Field Goal
1 7:38 1:32 OWN 31 3 69 Touchdown
1 3:51 0:55 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 2:43 0:43 OPP 18 3 18 Touchdown
2 14:18 3:42 OWN 25 9 54 Field Goal
2 8:52 3:47 OWN 1 8 44 Punt
2 3:38 1:26 OWN 45 3 30 Interception
2 0:46 0:46 OWN 4 2 23 Half
3 15:00 2:52 OWN 25 5 17 Punt
3 11:58 0:11 OPP 5 3 5 Touchdown
3 9:37 0:20 OWN 48 3 0 Punt
3 6:52 2:51 OWN 4 8 46 Interception
3 2:23 1:28 OWN 42 3 -9 Punt
4 14:47 2:20 OPP 45 6 38 Field Goal
4 10:44 1:37 OWN 28 5 72 Touchdown
4 8:18 1:26 OWN 36 3 -1 Punt
4 3:57 2:09 OWN 47 5 18 Missed FG
4 1:30 1:30 OPP 34 3 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Portland Storm

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Leonard 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 28 119 4.25 16 5 2
Robert Costello 4 9 2.25 9 0 0
Mario Valencia 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Portland Storm

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Hill 64 36 557 11 / 85 4 81 3 86.52

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 49 19 368 1 / 9 2 69 2 62.29

Receiving Stats

Portland Storm

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Sanders 8 197 24.63 54 0
Michael Leonard 8 130 16.25 81 1
Michael Black 5 84 16.80 29 0
Grant Cano 4 47 11.75 15 0
Ivory Villanueva 7 46 6.57 14 2
Joseph West 2 30 15.00 16 1
James Orourke 1 22 22.00 22 0
Richard Glasscock 1 1 1.00 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 5 136 27.20 69 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 7 122 17.43 35 2
Timothy Hanna 3 58 19.33 21 0
Zachary Powell 3 45 15.00 38 0
David Ortiz 1 7 7.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

Portland Storm

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Sawyer 82 12 7 7
Ivory Villanueva 19 10 1 2
Ernest Huggins 0 5 0 0
Richard Glasscock 0 4 0 0
Andre Stevens 2 1 0 0
James Wellman 0 1 0 0
Andre Lumley 0 1 0 0
Cory Vargas 0 2 0 0
Ronald Sapp 7 2 0 0
Abram Schumacher 3 1 0 0
Grant Cano 0 4 0 0
Michael Black 0 7 0 0
John Alexander 6 2 0 0
James Orourke 6 8 0 0
Gregory Khan 3 0 0 0
Joseph West 16 2 0 1
Robert Brown 78 12 0 0
John Sanders 0 9 0 0
Samuel Kelley 1 5 0 1
Kenneth Addison 79 15 0 0
Randy Squires 82 15 0 0
Adam Bolding 74 13 0 1
Michael Leonard 23 4 0 0
Norman Paulk 1 6 0 1
Theodore Zheng 0 5 0 1
Ray Watson 0 5 0 1
Richard Ross 0 4 0 0
Byron Demott 0 3 0 0
William Bennett 0 5 0 0
Adam Lewis 0 4 0 0
Willie Brooks 5 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Watson 51 33 1 2
Ronald Davis 63 42 0 0
Eric Spann 0 2 0 0
Raymond Sato 0 3 0 0
Timothy Adams 0 2 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 4 0 1
David Peralta 0 3 0 1
Chuck Johnson 0 2 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 3 0 0
Michael McIntire 0 2 0 0
Aaron Robinson 0 2 0 0
Chad Brown 0 2 0 0
Edward Flores 0 2 0 0
William Williams 0 4 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 6 3 0 0
Mathew McNeil 11 7 0 0
Paul Lee 11 8 0 0
Brian Workman 4 7 0 2
Robert Basso 11 1 0 0
Joe Gomez 13 0 0 0
George Odriscoll 13 0 0 0
Robert Costello 5 2 0 0
David Ortiz 0 3 0 0
Cesar Wear 14 12 0 0
John Risinger 0 18 0 0
Zachary Powell 2 27 0 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 25 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 15 0 1
Thomas Waldon 58 34 0 1
Enrique Pacheco 14 4 0 1
Billy McKissick 56 39 0 7
Timothy Milligan 60 36 0 6
Robbie Hammock 0 3 0 0

Interception Stats

Portland Storm

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Samuel Dorsey 1 -1 -1.00 0
Ronald Rutledge 1 -1 -1.00 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robbie Hammock 1 8 8.00 0
Charles Clifton 1 1 1.00 0
Michael McIntire 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Portland Storm

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Hill 1 0 0 0
Michael Leonard 1 0 0 0
Timothy McLaughlin 0 0 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Enrique Pacheco 1 1 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 1 0 0
Aaron Robinson 0 0 1 0
Bobby Wells 0 0 1 0
Chuck Johnson 0 1 0 0
David Ortiz 0 1 0 0

Punting

Portland Storm

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Sam Savage 7 315 45.00 42.86 53 3

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ernest Sanders 6 315 52.50 43.83 60 1

Kicking

Portland Storm

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Dosch 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 3 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 1 42 3 / 3

Punt Return

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Orourke 1 1 1.0 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 2 16 8.0 8 0

Kick Return

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Orourke 4 110 27.5 0

Detroit Wheels

Defensive Stats