Week 7: Detroit Wheels at Pittsburgh Maulers

October 18, 1981
74°
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 41,988 (71%)
Wheels 6 10 0 8 - 24
Maulers 0 7 10 0 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-6-PIT 25 (9:15) 1-Daniel Hall 44 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 0 DET 3
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-1-PIT 28 (4:34) 1-Daniel Hall 46 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 0 DET 6
(Qtr 2) Maulers: 2-3-DET 3 (15:00) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 27-John Murray for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 7 DET 6
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-9-PIT 32 (10:45) 1-Daniel Hall 50 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 7 DET 9
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 2-7-DET 23 (5:34) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 77 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. PIT 7 DET 16
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 2-1-DET 1 (7:53) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 27-John Murray for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Bret Curley. PIT 14 DET 16
(Qtr 3) Maulers: 4-9-DET 23 (1:25) 8-Bret Curley 41 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 17 DET 16
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-13-PIT 22 (11:04) 1-Daniel Hall 40 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 17 DET 19
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 2-8-PIT 6 (5:31) 16-Ryan Tate sacked at PIT -1 for -7 yards (94-Eric Geiser). Sack allowed by 65-Herman Winn. SAFETY! (94-Eric Geiser) 65-Herman Winn was completely beat on that play. PIT 17 DET 21
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-11-PIT 30 (3:21) 1-Daniel Hall 49 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 17 DET 24

Team Statistics

Maulers Wheels
First Downs 16 12
- Rushing 6 5
- Passing 10 7
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 304 281
- Offensive Plays 56 50
- Yards Per Play 5.43 5.62
Net Rushing Yards 117 84
- Rushing Attempts 17 21
- Yards Per Rush 6.88 4.00
Net Passing Yards 187 197
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 31 / 2 28 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 205 210
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 1 / 13
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.79 6.79
- Yards Per Completion 6.61 9.13
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 9 2 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 10.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 10 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 26
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 33
Time of Possession 30:27 29:34

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Maulers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:12 1:25 OWN 25 4 16 Interception
1 4:30 4:34 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
2 10:41 4:25 OWN 25 6 35 Punt
2 5:22 2:16 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 15:00 7:11 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
3 5:32 4:11 OWN 33 8 44 Field Goal
4 11:00 3:14 OWN 25 6 38 Downs
4 6:17 0:50 OWN 5 2 -5 Safety
4 3:17 2:21 OWN 25 8 36 Interception

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:48 OWN 25 9 50 Field Goal
1 7:47 3:17 OPP 50 5 22 Field Goal
2 14:56 4:15 OWN 25 8 43 Field Goal
2 6:16 0:54 OWN 20 2 80 Touchdown
2 3:06 3:06 OWN 9 5 21 Punt
3 7:49 2:17 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
3 1:21 5:21 OWN 25 10 53 Field Goal
4 7:47 1:30 OPP 41 3 2 Punt
4 5:27 2:10 OPP 30 3 -1 Field Goal
4 0:56 0:56 OWN 25 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cliff Thomas 7 74 10.57 29 4 0
John Murray 5 28 5.60 13 1 0
Robert Ensley 4 13 3.25 6 0 0
Eric Metcalf 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 13 52 4.00 13 3 0
Robert Costello 5 33 6.60 15 2 0
Mario Valencia 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Roy Printz 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Tate 36 31 205 2 / 18 2 34 2 85.76
Ronald Horne 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 28 23 210 1 / 13 1 77 0 109.82

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Cliff Thomas 8 89 11.13 34 0
Dennis McLean 5 47 9.40 27 0
John Murray 8 45 5.63 19 2
Robert Richards 2 9 4.50 7 0
Eric Metcalf 1 4 4.00 4 0
Robert Ensley 4 3 0.75 2 0
Vito Moffat 1 3 3.00 3 0
Robert Diaz 1 3 3.00 3 0
Raymond Hampton 1 2 2.00 2 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rigoberto Gonzales 2 81 40.50 77 1
John Risinger 6 41 6.83 18 0
Bobby Logan 4 33 8.25 14 0
Zachary Powell 2 19 9.50 10 0
Enrique Pacheco 2 16 8.00 15 0
Robert Costello 5 14 2.80 5 0
Roy Printz 2 6 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Herman Winn 35 21 1 1
Tim Kaufman 34 20 1 2
Sidney Woosley 42 23 0 0
Jeremy Hernandez 2 2 0 0
John Murray 2 1 0 0
Robert Ensley 2 2 0 0
Charles Grey 1 3 0 0
Paul Brooks 2 2 0 0
Larry Barber 2 0 0 0
Charles Miller 1 0 0 0
Raymond Hampton 3 1 0 0
Vito Moffat 0 16 0 0
Pete Gabriel 4 1 0 0
Dennis McLean 13 12 0 0
Eric Metcalf 0 12 0 1
Javier Rudolph 0 15 0 2
Cliff Thomas 2 3 0 0
Robert Richards 2 14 0 2
Robert Diaz 6 12 0 0
Eugene Burlingame 14 9 0 0
Larry Fazio 38 24 0 4
Andre Adkins 43 22 0 1
Randy Ertel 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Watson 33 23 1 1
Ronald Davis 32 23 0 0
Bobby Logan 0 7 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 1 0 0
Aaron Robinson 0 2 0 0
Eric Spann 0 1 0 1
Timothy Adams 0 2 0 0
Christopher Turner 0 1 0 0
Eric Geiser 0 2 0 0
Jose Bryant 12 11 0 2
Chad Brown 0 1 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 3 2 0 0
David Peralta 0 1 0 0
Edward Flores 0 1 0 0
Christopher Cunningham 0 1 0 0
Ray Franklin 0 1 0 0
Michael McIntire 0 1 0 0
Robbie Hammock 0 1 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 1 0 0
John Rushing 0 1 0 0
Wesley Smith 0 6 0 1
Roy Printz 9 13 0 3
Mathew McNeil 34 20 0 1
Zachary Powell 4 25 0 0
Mark Daniels 16 14 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 3 6 0 0
John Risinger 0 14 0 1
Gerald Hook 0 6 0 0
Joe Gomez 37 25 0 2
Robert Costello 2 3 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 15 0 2
William McManus 6 0 0 0
Dale Jarrett 8 3 0 1
Chad Mannings 7 1 0 0
Wayne Williams 9 0 0 0
John Flores 1 5 0 0
Fred Hall 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Reagan 1 17 17.00 0
Christopher Turner 1 9 9.00 0

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Charles Miller 0 0 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Enrique Pacheco 1 0 0 0
John Flores 0 1 0 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julian Nolan 2 100 50.00 39.00 58 1

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ernest Sanders 3 123 41.00 41.00 45 1

Kicking

Pittsburgh Maulers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bret Curley 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 2 / 2

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel Hall 5 / 5 4 / 4 0 / 0 50 1 / 1

Punt Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Detroit Wheels

Kick Return

Pittsburgh Maulers

Detroit Wheels

Defensive Stats