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Week 1: Michigan Panthers at Cleveland Thunderbolts

September 07, 1980
69°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 73,888 (91%)
Panthers 0 0 7 0 - 7
Thunderbolts 3 7 14 6 - 30

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 4-7-MIC 16 (10:17) 7-Gary Spence 34 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 3 MIC 0
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 1-10-MIC 12 (3:33) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 89-Brent Reichman for 12 yards. 89-Brent Reichman made a spectacular diving catch! TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 10 MIC 0
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 3-8-MIC 12 (7:52) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 29-William Womack for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 17 MIC 0
(Qtr 3) Panthers: 1-10-CLE 27 (1:27) 16-Jerry Ruiz pass complete to 88-David Billy for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-John Bibler. CLE 17 MIC 7
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: (1:21) 5-John Bibler kicks 56 yards from MIC 35 to CLE 9. 13-Adam Velasco for 91yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. CLE 24 MIC 7
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-5-MIC 5 (11:10) 7-Gary Spence 23 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 27 MIC 7
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-4-MIC 32 (3:21) 7-Gary Spence 50 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 30 MIC 7

Team Statistics

Thunderbolts Panthers
First Downs 13 10
- Rushing 7 1
- Passing 6 9
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 291 248
- Offensive Plays 64 61
- Yards Per Play 4.55 4.07
Net Rushing Yards 114 48
- Rushing Attempts 34 20
- Yards Per Rush 3.35 2.40
Net Passing Yards 177 200
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 15 / 0 41 / 23 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 190 200
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 13 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.90 4.88
- Yards Per Completion 12.67 8.70
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 15 4 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.3 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 10 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 8 / 86 5 / 36
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 129 5 / 134
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 9 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 23
Time of Possession 34:16 25:30

Drive Charts

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:03 2:49 OWN 47 7 36 Field Goal
1 8:44 1:35 OWN 27 3 9 Punt
1 3:38 3:45 OWN 23 6 28 Punt
2 11:23 0:59 OWN 48 3 7 Punt
2 5:57 0:55 OWN 37 3 -7 Punt
2 4:58 1:29 OPP 23 3 23 Touchdown
2 1:39 1:39 OWN 24 3 9 Half
3 15:00 2:23 OWN 34 4 11 Punt
3 11:11 3:23 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 6:31 2:03 OWN 41 3 -17 Punt
3 3:50 1:00 OWN 28 3 10 Punt
3 1:07 0:36 OPP 25 3 -2 Punt
3 0:31 4:23 OWN 27 9 69 Field Goal
4 8:55 2:08 OWN 2 3 5 Punt
4 6:43 3:26 OWN 49 5 19 Field Goal
4 2:19 1:43 OWN 24 3 8 Punt

Michigan Panthers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:57 OWN 11 4 28 Interception
1 10:14 1:30 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 7:09 3:32 OWN 20 6 24 Punt
2 14:53 3:30 OWN 10 6 4 Punt
2 10:24 4:28 OWN 11 7 14 Punt
2 5:01 0:04 OWN 32 1 0 Interception
2 3:28 1:49 OWN 25 6 11 Punt
3 12:37 1:26 OWN 22 3 3 Punt
3 7:48 1:17 OWN 16 3 8 Punt
3 4:28 0:38 OWN 32 3 1 Punt
3 2:49 1:28 OWN 23 5 77 Touchdown
4 11:07 2:12 OWN 24 5 41 Punt
4 6:47 0:04 OPP 49 1 0 Interception
4 3:17 0:58 OWN 29 3 10 Punt
4 0:37 0:37 OWN 21 3 2 Punt

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Allan Benefield 16 83 5.19 15 5 0
Adam Velasco 10 14 1.40 6 0 0
Chester Dougherty 1 11 11.00 11 1 0
Paul Bullard 7 6 0.86 4 0 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Tom Grossman 12 43 3.58 11 1 0
Lonnie Wooding 8 5 0.63 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 26 15 190 2 / 13 2 46 0 106.25
Lon Musso 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jerry Ruiz 41 23 200 0 / 0 1 29 3 46.80

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jesse Thompson 3 61 20.33 46 0
Brent Reichman 2 33 16.50 21 1
Allan Benefield 5 24 4.80 10 0
Christopher Henderson 1 23 23.00 23 0
Adam Velasco 2 20 10.00 16 0
Jose Gough 1 17 17.00 17 0
William Womack 1 12 12.00 12 1

Michigan Panthers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gerald Miller 3 51 17.00 29 0
Darrell Trotter 5 45 9.00 19 0
Bryan Salinas 2 28 14.00 20 0
David Billy 1 27 27.00 27 1
George Berndt 1 14 14.00 14 0
Elvis Thomas 1 10 10.00 10 0
Tom Grossman 2 9 4.50 7 0
Julio Prince 1 9 9.00 9 0
Anthony Toler 1 5 5.00 5 0
Roy Weeks 2 4 2.00 2 0
Thomas Coley 1 1 1.00 1 0
Lonnie Wooding 2 0 0.00 2 0
Philip Bell 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Antonio Preston 39 38 1 1
Kevin Peck 44 38 1 5
George Ye 0 5 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 5 0 2
Paul Bullard 1 0 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 2 0 0
Jimmy Brown 0 4 0 1
Romeo Martinez 0 2 0 0
Carrol Myers 1 2 0 0
Michael Gray 0 1 0 0
Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 1 0 0
Allan Benefield 2 2 0 0
George Simmons 0 4 0 0
Adam Velasco 5 1 0 0
Bryan Dunn 0 7 0 2
Wayne Holland 12 8 0 1
Brady Kizer 0 7 0 2
Jim Zarate 0 1 0 0
William Womack 12 18 0 0
Kevin Bell 13 3 0 0
Bob Gomez 15 7 0 1
Monte Cherry 8 0 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 26 0 2
Austin Gonzales 0 20 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 18 0 1
Jesse Thompson 3 37 0 5
Tom Moore 30 41 0 9
Jose Gough 17 28 0 0
Edward Costa 31 40 0 1
Myron Gonzales 44 39 0 4
Michael Woodham 0 1 0 0

Michigan Panthers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Robinson 36 25 0 2
Elvis Thomas 19 7 0 3
Michael Kay 0 1 0 0
Tom Grossman 2 1 0 0
Christopher Chen 0 1 0 0
Manuel West 0 2 0 0
Dwayne Walker 0 4 0 0
Julio Prince 0 5 0 0
Jamie Westbury 9 1 0 0
Anthony Toler 0 2 0 0
Douglas Couey 0 1 0 0
Paul Funchess 0 1 0 0
Walter Daniels 0 1 0 0
Jason Derosa 25 8 0 0
Gerald Miller 0 11 0 1
Darrell Trotter 10 16 0 2
David Rodman 13 5 0 0
Roy Weeks 0 7 0 0
Thomas Coley 0 11 0 1
William Downing 41 29 0 1
Philip Bell 3 6 0 0
Marion Long 41 25 0 0
Jason Graf 48 29 0 5
Lonnie Wooding 4 6 0 0
Dewayne Garcia 42 24 0 3
David Billy 15 10 0 0
Cristobal Robinson 2 9 0 0
Alton Pastor 0 6 0 0
Samuel Heard 0 7 0 1
Arthur Bowie 0 8 0 1
Bryan Salinas 10 25 0 0
Zachary Lawrence 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Woodham 2 9 4.50 0
Steven Flanagan 1 0 0.00 0

Michigan Panthers

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Michigan Panthers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
George Berndt 1 1 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 9 397 44.11 40.44 53 2

Michigan Panthers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julius Horowitz 12 552 46.00 39.17 54 1

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

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

Michigan Panthers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Bibler 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 8 86 10.8 15 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
George Berndt 5 36 7.2 13 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 2 129 64.5 1

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
George Berndt 5 134 26.8 0

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Corey Zelaya 8 0
Donald Jackson 6 0
Monte Cherry 6 0
Michael Gray 6 0
George Simmons 4 0
Brady Kizer 4 0
Michael Rodriguez 4 0
Oliver Serrano 4 0
Wayne Holland 3 0
Steven Flanagan 2 0
Kevin Hudson 2 0
Jed Hott 1 0
William Womack 1 0
Charles Malizia 1 0
Antonio Preston 1 0
Jim Zarate 1 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Tackles Sacks
Alton Pastor 7 1
Douglas Couey 7 0
Clifford Blackburn 5 0
David Oxford 5 0
Christopher Chen 5 0
Paul Funchess 5 0
Arthur Bowie 3 0
Roy Weeks 2 0
Michael Kay 2 0
Manuel West 2 0
Samuel Heard 2 0
Juan Jacobson 2 0
Jason Derosa 2 0
Charles Stanfield 2 0
Walter Daniels 2 0
David Billy 1 0
Tom Grossman 1 0
John Bibler 1 0
Dwayne Walker 1 1
William Puckett 1 0
Jamie Westbury 1 0