Week 12: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Detroit Wheels

November 23, 1980
36°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 46,738 (93%)
Thunderbolts 0 10 21 3 - 34
Wheels 24 3 0 10 - 37

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-10-CLE 26 (12:45) 2-Jose Fouche 43 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 3 CLE 0
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-4-CLE 4 (8:00) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 88-Paul Lee for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 10 CLE 0
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-10-CLE 26 (6:24) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 26-Robert Costello for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 17 CLE 0
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 2-1-DET 12 (2:13) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 10-John Risinger for 88 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 24 CLE 0
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 1-10-DET 36 (15:00) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 85-Jose Gough to DET 0 for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. DET 24 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-15-CLE 18 (8:14) 2-Jose Fouche 35 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 27 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-10-DET 17 (1:26) 7-Gary Spence 35 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 27 CLE 10
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 2-9-DET 9 (12:23) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 85-Jose Gough for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. DET 27 CLE 17
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 1-10-DET 11 (9:43) 13-Adam Velasco ran for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. DET 27 CLE 24
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 2-5-DET 5 (3:21) 2-Lon Musso pass complete to 85-Jose Gough for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Gary Spence. DET 27 CLE 31
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-6-CLE 14 (11:42) 2-Jose Fouche 31 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 30 CLE 31
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-9-DET 36 (8:16) 7-Gary Spence 54 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 97-Donald Martinez was injured on the play. DET 30 CLE 34
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 3-7-CLE 17 (1:03) 6-Henry Prieto pass complete to 88-Paul Lee for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 37 CLE 34

Team Statistics

Wheels Thunderbolts
First Downs 21 23
- Rushing 7 6
- Passing 14 16
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 623 581
- Offensive Plays 78 77
- Yards Per Play 7.99 7.55
Net Rushing Yards 174 159
- Rushing Attempts 25 26
- Yards Per Rush 6.96 6.12
Net Passing Yards 449 422
- Att/Comp/Int 51 / 23 / 2 49 / 27 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 464 437
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 2 / 15
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.47 8.27
- Yards Per Completion 20.17 16.19
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 6 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 3 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.8 8.3
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 25 6 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 19 1 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 121
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 2 / -2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 3 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 27:58 32:01

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:19 OWN 25 7 49 Field Goal
1 11:18 3:21 OWN 28 6 72 Touchdown
1 7:09 0:51 OWN 24 2 76 Touchdown
1 4:26 0:15 OWN 15 3 0 Punt
1 2:49 0:48 OWN 3 2 97 Touchdown
2 14:53 3:01 OWN 25 5 61 Interception
2 11:12 0:07 OPP 28 1 0 Fumble
2 9:37 1:26 OPP 40 4 23 Field Goal
2 6:40 2:08 OWN 42 5 17 Punt
2 1:57 0:04 OWN 23 1 0 Fumble
2 1:23 1:07 OWN 25 5 23 Punt
3 12:20 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 9:39 2:07 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
3 3:17 1:26 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
3 1:07 4:28 OWN 47 9 39 Field Goal
4 8:12 2:43 OWN 25 5 9 Punt
4 2:42 1:44 OWN 18 13 82 Touchdown

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:41 1:24 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 7:56 0:47 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 6:18 1:52 OWN 21 5 20 Punt
1 4:11 1:22 OWN 41 3 4 Punt
1 2:01 2:08 OWN 27 5 73 Touchdown
2 11:52 0:40 OWN 20 3 8 Fumble
2 11:05 1:28 OWN 7 3 23 Interception
2 8:11 1:31 OWN 22 3 -6 Punt
2 4:31 2:34 OWN 7 7 76 Missed FG
2 1:53 0:30 OPP 30 6 13 Field Goal
2 0:16 0:16 OWN 1 1 9 Half
3 15:00 2:40 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
3 12:17 2:39 OPP 35 6 35 Touchdown
3 7:31 4:14 OWN 16 7 84 Touchdown
3 1:51 0:45 OWN 12 2 13 Fumble
4 11:39 3:27 OWN 24 6 40 Field Goal
4 5:29 2:47 OWN 18 5 19 Punt
4 0:57 0:57 OWN 25 5 38 Game

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 14 110 7.86 21 4 0
Robert Costello 6 22 3.67 9 0 0
Mario Valencia 2 19 9.50 14 1 0
Henry Prieto 1 19 19.00 19 1 0
Roy Printz 2 4 2.00 4 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 14 82 5.86 29 4 1
Allan Benefield 12 77 6.42 15 3 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 44 21 429 2 / 15 3 88 2 86.27
Henry Prieto 7 2 35 0 / 0 1 18 0 87.50

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 48 26 432 2 / 15 2 41 1 89.93
Lon Musso 1 1 5 0 / 0 1 5 0 127.08

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 6 199 33.17 88 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 4 93 23.25 32 0
Bobby Logan 5 83 16.60 25 0
Zachary Powell 2 33 16.50 22 0
Robert Costello 1 26 26.00 26 1
Paul Lee 2 21 10.50 17 2
Enrique Pacheco 1 5 5.00 5 0
Roy Printz 2 4 2.00 3 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jose Gough 7 133 19.00 41 3
William Womack 6 112 18.67 25 0
Brent Reichman 3 60 20.00 32 0
Adam Velasco 6 58 9.67 26 0
Christopher Henderson 2 45 22.50 29 0
Austin Gonzales 3 29 9.67 12 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ronald Davis 67 32 1 2
Thomas Watson 67 26 1 2
Charles Clifton 0 1 0 0
Richard Sharp 0 1 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 1 0 0
Robert Basso 2 0 0 0
Robbie Hammock 0 1 0 0
Christopher Turner 0 1 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 1 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 1 0 0
John Flores 0 5 0 0
Thomas Waldon 2 0 0 0
Chad Mannings 12 0 0 0
Bobby Logan 0 11 0 0
David Ortiz 0 4 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 2 0 1
Ray Franklin 0 3 0 1
Edward Flores 1 2 0 0
Joe Gomez 9 3 0 1
George Odriscoll 13 0 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 12 5 0 1
Robert Costello 6 3 0 0
Paul Lee 7 6 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 17 0 0
John Risinger 0 16 0 2
Mark Daniels 54 33 0 1
Zachary Powell 9 25 0 1
Mathew McNeil 55 32 0 3
Roy Printz 9 11 0 1
Timothy Milligan 69 28 0 0
Timothy Adams 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Antonio Preston 57 40 1 1
Kevin Peck 63 36 1 2
Bryan Dunn 0 6 0 0
Allan Benefield 13 4 0 1
Kevin Hudson 0 3 0 0
Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
Jim Zarate 0 3 0 0
Michael Gray 0 1 0 1
Charles Malizia 0 2 0 0
Michael Rodriguez 0 2 0 1
Donald Jackson 0 2 0 0
Paul Bullard 2 1 0 0
Jimmy Brown 0 9 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 0
Michael Woodham 0 1 0 0
George Ye 0 1 0 0
Romeo Martinez 0 4 0 1
Carrol Myers 0 4 0 1
Corey Zelaya 0 4 0 0
Tom Moore 51 41 0 3
Brent Reichman 0 19 0 1
Myron Gonzales 52 38 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 25 0 1
Christopher Henderson 0 17 0 1
Edward Costa 51 42 0 2
Jose Gough 14 29 0 1
Adam Velasco 11 2 0 0
George Simmons 0 4 0 2
Chris Miller 9 10 0 0
Bob Gomez 12 5 0 0
Kevin Bell 14 2 0 0
Wayne Holland 10 6 0 0
William Womack 12 17 0 0
Monte Cherry 6 5 0 0
Brady Kizer 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
David Peralta 1 0 0.00 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Monte Cherry 1 0 0.00 0
Corey Zelaya 1 -2 -2.00 0

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Enrique Pacheco 2 0 0 0
Aaron Robinson 0 0 2 0
Timothy Adams 0 1 0 0
Christopher Cunningham 0 0 1 0
Chuck Johnson 0 0 1 0
Bobby Wells 0 1 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Womack 2 1 0 0
Allan Benefield 1 0 0 0
Chester Dougherty 1 0 0 0
Brent Reichman 1 1 0 0
Adam Velasco 1 0 0 0
Edward Costa 0 1 0 0
Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
Charles Malizia 0 0 1 0
Monte Cherry 0 1 0 0
Wayne Holland 0 0 1 0
Austin Gonzales 0 1 0 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ernest Sanders 6 269 44.83 43.67 51 5

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 6 289 48.17 45.33 51 3

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 4 / 4

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 2 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 54 4 / 4

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 2 19 9.5 10 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 1 8 8.0 8 0

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 4 121 30.3 0

Defensive Stats