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Divisional Round: Detroit Wheels at Cleveland Thunderbolts

December 30, 1979
39°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 76,162 (94%)
Wheels 7 3 10 0 - 20
Thunderbolts 0 14 3 10 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-8-CLE 8 (2:24) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 10-John Risinger for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 0 DET 7
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 3-10-DET 10 (14:23) (Hot Read) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 13-Adam Velasco for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 7 DET 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-9-CLE 20 (8:27) 2-Jose Fouche 38 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 7 DET 10
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 3-10-DET 10 (1:20) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 13-Adam Velasco for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 14 DET 10
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-2-DET 15 (7:16) 7-Gary Spence 33 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 17 DET 10
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 4-10-CLE 16 (3:43) 2-Jose Fouche 33 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 67-Joe Gomez was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CLE 17 DET 13
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 2-1-CLE 34 (0:58) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 17 DET 20
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-11-DET 27 (3:42) 7-Gary Spence 45 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 20 DET 20
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 3-10-DET 36 (1:05) 2-Lon Musso pass complete to 89-Brent Reichman for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 27 DET 20

Team Statistics

Thunderbolts Wheels
First Downs 20 16
- Rushing 9 1
- Passing 11 15
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 452 324
- Offensive Plays 75 65
- Yards Per Play 6.03 4.98
Net Rushing Yards 175 20
- Rushing Attempts 29 14
- Yards Per Rush 6.03 1.43
Net Passing Yards 277 304
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 17 / 3 49 / 25 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 302 319
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 25 2 / 15
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.02 5.96
- Yards Per Completion 17.76 12.76
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 19 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.3 9.7
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 40 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 4 4 / 22
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 81 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 3 3 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 23
Time of Possession 35:18 24:41

Drive Charts

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:30 5:41 OWN 27 13 58 Interception
1 6:08 0:14 OWN 35 3 0 Interception
1 2:20 3:00 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 11:54 3:32 OPP 40 6 -40 Field Goal
2 8:23 1:07 OWN 29 3 9 Punt
2 5:41 4:24 OWN 26 8 74 Touchdown
3 15:00 2:50 OWN 23 6 21 Punt
3 10:45 3:32 OWN 40 6 45 Field Goal
3 3:40 1:33 OWN 25 4 9 Interception
3 0:53 1:50 OWN 20 4 24 Punt
4 10:28 2:48 OWN 14 5 31 Punt
4 6:45 1:26 OWN 45 3 -4 Punt
4 4:31 0:52 OPP 26 3 -1 Field Goal
4 2:40 1:41 OWN 29 6 71 Touchdown
4 0:50 0:48 OPP 31 3 4 Missed FG

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 4 14 Interception
1 7:49 1:41 OWN 6 4 9 Punt
1 5:54 3:33 OWN 47 7 53 Touchdown
2 14:20 2:26 OWN 25 5 31 Interception
2 7:16 1:35 OWN 21 3 1 Punt
2 1:16 1:16 OWN 25 2 -1 Half
3 12:10 1:25 OWN 8 3 3 Punt
3 7:13 3:33 OWN 25 9 59 Field Goal
3 2:07 1:14 OWN 36 3 64 Touchdown
4 14:03 3:35 OWN 13 6 36 Punt
4 7:40 0:55 OWN 12 3 0 Punt
4 5:19 0:48 OWN 10 3 3 Interception
4 3:38 0:58 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 0:59 0:09 OWN 25 2 -8 Interception
4 0:03 0:03 OWN 35 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 16 84 5.25 15 5 0
Bert Eichelberger 10 71 7.10 17 5 0
Chris Miller 1 12 12.00 12 1 0
Paul Bullard 2 8 4.00 8 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 13 20 1.54 11 1 0
Robert Costello 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 39 15 254 4 / 25 2 42 2 57.00
Lon Musso 3 2 48 0 / 0 1 36 1 109.72

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 49 25 319 2 / 15 2 34 4 51.32

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jimmy Brown 5 89 17.80 42 0
Adam Velasco 3 51 17.00 31 2
Brent Reichman 2 49 24.50 36 1
Austin Gonzales 3 48 16.00 28 0
William Womack 1 29 29.00 29 0
Jesse Thompson 2 24 12.00 15 0
Christopher Henderson 1 12 12.00 12 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 7 97 13.86 27 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 4 76 19.00 34 1
Timothy Hanna 6 67 11.17 20 0
Enrique Pacheco 3 36 12.00 18 0
David Ortiz 1 21 21.00 21 0
Robert Costello 2 19 9.50 13 0
Zachary Powell 2 3 1.50 3 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ralph Walker 52 30 1 3
Antonio Preston 52 33 1 4
Joel Harris 0 3 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 3 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 1
Johnny King 0 1 0 1
Adam Velasco 4 1 0 0
Jimmy Brown 0 2 0 0
Paul Bullard 2 3 0 0
Bryan Dunn 0 4 0 0
Romeo Martinez 0 3 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 2 0 0
Carrol Myers 0 3 0 0
George Simmons 0 4 0 1
Michael Gray 0 1 0 0
Charles Malizia 0 1 0 0
Bob Gomez 10 7 0 1
Charles Torres 9 0 0 0
George Ye 0 1 0 0
Monte Cherry 11 4 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 8 6 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 12 0 0
William Womack 11 14 0 0
Edward Costa 46 42 0 2
Austin Gonzales 0 21 0 0
Chris Miller 14 12 0 0
Myron Gonzales 57 36 0 4
Brent Reichman 0 15 0 1
Kevin Peck 57 36 0 0
Jesse Thompson 4 31 0 2
Wayne Holland 11 8 0 0
Jim Zarate 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ronald Davis 60 19 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 15 0 0
Charles Clifton 0 1 0 0
Raymond Sato 0 2 0 0
Paul Lee 7 3 0 0
Robert Basso 4 0 0 0
David Ortiz 0 3 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 4 2 0 1
Joe Gomez 10 0 0 0
George Odriscoll 10 0 0 0
Robert Costello 3 2 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 13 0 1
John Risinger 0 14 0 0
Zachary Powell 5 12 0 0
Michael McIntire 0 2 0 0
Timothy Milligan 61 22 0 1
Timothy Adams 0 2 0 0
Eric Spann 0 1 0 1
Aaron Robinson 0 1 0 0
Robbie Hammock 0 1 0 0
Richard Sharp 0 2 0 0
Edward Flores 1 2 0 0
William Williams 0 2 0 0
Thomas Waldon 55 17 0 6
Cesar Wear 18 5 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 16 2 0 0
Billy McKissick 60 26 0 2
Chad Mannings 57 20 0 0
David Peralta 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
George Ye 1 4 4.00 0
Monte Cherry 2 0 0.00 0
Oliver Serrano 1 -1 -1.00 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Chuck Johnson 1 2 2.00 0
Eric Spann 1 0 0.00 0
David Peralta 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
George Ye 1 0 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 0 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chad Mannings 1 1 1 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 5 245 49.00 45.00 50 1

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ernest Sanders 6 280 46.67 46.00 52 0

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 0 45 3 / 3

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 2 / 2

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Monte Cherry 1 4 4.0 4 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 4 22 5.5 8 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 3 81 27.0 0

Detroit Wheels

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Wayne Holland 6 1
Oliver Serrano 5 0
Michael Rodriguez 5 0
Kevin Hudson 4 0
Monte Cherry 4 0
Brady Kizer 3 0
Steven Flanagan 3 0
Geoffrey Knight 2 0
Jim Zarate 2 0
Corey Zelaya 2 0
Charles Malizia 2 0
Michael Gray 2 1
Michael Woodham 2 0
David Brooks 1 0
George Ye 1 0
Austin Gonzales 1 0
Jesse Thompson 1 0
Christopher Henderson 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Aaron Robinson 7 0
Bobby Wells 7 1
David Peralta 5 0
Charles Clifton 5 0
Eric Spann 4 0
Timothy Adams 4 1
Chad Brown 3 0
Bradley Mondragon 3 0
Chuck Johnson 3 0
William Williams 3 1
Richard Sharp 2 0
Robbie Hammock 2 0
Michael McIntire 2 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 2 0
John Risinger 1 0
Ray Franklin 1 0