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Conference Championship: Detroit Wheels at Chicago Blitz

January 10, 1982
70°
Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) Attendance: 66,944 (100%)
Wheels 7 7 3 7 - 24
Blitz 0 3 7 0 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-1-CHI 0 (3:55) 23-Wayne Williams ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. CHI 0 DET 7
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 4-6-DET 29 (15:00) 11-Matthew Eno 47 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 3 DET 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 1-1-CHI 1 (12:10) 37-Enrique Pacheco ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. CHI 3 DET 14
(Qtr 3) Blitz: (15:00) 1-Daniel Hall kicks 72 yards from DET 35 to CHI -7. 86-John Ayala for 108yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. CHI 10 DET 14
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 4-3-CHI 19 (7:59) 1-Daniel Hall 38 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 10 DET 17
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 2-4-CHI 29 (14:13) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 10-John Risinger for 29 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. CHI 10 DET 24

Team Statistics

Blitz Wheels
First Downs 9 22
- Rushing 4 4
- Passing 5 18
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 168 427
- Offensive Plays 42 63
- Yards Per Play 4.00 6.78
Net Rushing Yards 61 90
- Rushing Attempts 16 21
- Yards Per Rush 3.81 4.29
Net Passing Yards 107 337
- Att/Comp/Int 22 / 15 / 0 37 / 33 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 134 397
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 27 5 / 60
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.12 8.02
- Yards Per Completion 8.93 12.03
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 5 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.5 11.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 25 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 130 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 28
Time of Possession 30:19 29:26

Drive Charts

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:30 6:08 OWN 22 9 55 Missed FG
1 3:51 3:55 OWN 25 7 46 Field Goal
2 12:07 1:37 OWN 23 3 -6 Punt
2 8:59 1:27 OWN 26 3 -2 Punt
2 1:58 1:58 OWN 20 3 6 Half
3 14:44 6:48 OPP 25 10 -56 Field Goal
3 7:55 2:37 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
4 14:06 0:52 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
4 9:33 4:39 OWN 9 8 34 Punt
4 0:18 0:18 OWN 25 1 3 Game

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:30 OWN 25 6 7 Punt
1 5:22 1:31 OWN 30 3 70 Touchdown
2 14:57 2:49 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 10:31 1:32 OWN 35 3 -7 Punt
2 7:32 5:34 OWN 36 10 57 Missed FG
3 5:18 6:12 OWN 15 10 85 Touchdown
4 13:14 3:42 OWN 35 7 3 Punt
4 4:54 4:36 OWN 20 9 62 Missed FG

Rushing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Max Howard 11 33 3.00 13 2 0
George Keyes 3 26 8.67 13 2 0
Bruce Fine 2 2 1.00 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 12 48 4.00 12 2 1
Robert Costello 6 39 6.50 12 1 0
Wayne Williams 2 2 1.00 2 0 1
Roy Printz 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Pierce 22 15 134 4 / 27 0 31 0 84.28

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 36 33 397 5 / 60 1 44 0 121.88
Shawn Whitmire 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Steffes 4 42 10.50 16 0
Clifford Crumley 1 31 31.00 31 0
Max Howard 6 30 5.00 10 0
Joey Walker 2 17 8.50 9 0
George Allen 1 11 11.00 11 0
George Keyes 1 3 3.00 3 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Zachary Powell 9 118 13.11 44 0
John Risinger 5 90 18.00 34 1
Enrique Pacheco 6 83 13.83 36 0
Roy Printz 4 35 8.75 19 0
Robert Costello 2 22 11.00 15 0
Wesley Smith 1 15 15.00 15 0
Bobby Logan 3 15 5.00 9 0
Timothy Hanna 2 14 7.00 8 0
John Flores 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Cesar Wolfe 23 16 1 1
Andre Ochs 30 18 1 1
George Keyes 3 2 1 1
Adam Cox 32 24 1 3
Willie Salisbury 27 19 0 3
Wendell Pinegar 0 2 0 0
Jessie Castillo 0 2 0 0
Cesar Collins 0 2 0 0
Ben Watts 0 2 0 0
David Feng 0 2 0 0
Bruce Fine 0 3 0 0
Jeff Melton 5 5 0 0
Elton Engler 2 2 0 0
Scott Hernandez 4 2 0 0
John Ayala 0 6 0 0
Clifford Crumley 7 7 0 1
Gordon Bretz 8 10 0 0
Joey Walker 0 11 0 0
Adam Kerr 8 1 0 0
Max Howard 3 2 0 0
George Allen 6 17 0 0
Michael Steffes 0 10 0 0
John Johns 28 21 0 5
Eric Wilkinson 24 11 0 0
August Saari 0 2 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Mark Daniels 42 32 2 6
Ronald Davis 49 26 1 2
Wayne Williams 48 28 1 1
Thomas Watson 47 28 1 1
Robert Costello 5 2 0 0
David Peralta 0 1 0 0
John Rushing 0 1 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 1 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 2 1 0 0
Ray Franklin 0 1 0 0
Bobby Logan 0 14 0 0
Wesley Smith 1 6 0 1
William McManus 4 2 0 0
Joe Gomez 9 5 0 0
John Flores 0 9 0 0
Chad Mannings 6 1 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 3 0 0
Dale Jarrett 9 2 0 0
Zachary Powell 2 22 0 2
Roy Printz 13 10 0 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 16 0 0
John Risinger 0 13 0 1
Mathew McNeil 48 30 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 17 3 0 0
Chad Brown 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Chicago Blitz

Detroit Wheels

Fumble Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Bruce Fine 1 0 0 0
Robert Tate 0 0 1 0
Adam Cox 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Zachary Powell 1 1 0 0
Timothy Adams 0 0 1 0

Punting

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Simon Jones 5 239 47.80 41.80 58 1

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ernest Sanders 3 141 47.00 47.00 48 1

Kicking

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Matthew Eno 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 47 1 / 1

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel Hall 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 3 / 3

Punt Return

Chicago Blitz

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 1 8 8.0 8 0

Kick Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Ayala 2 130 65.0 1

Detroit Wheels

Defensive Stats