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World Bowl XL: New Jersey Generals vs. Detroit Wheels

January 24, 1982
34°
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, GA) Attendance: 60,606 (100%)
Generals 3 10 3 8 2 - 26
Wheels 7 0 10 7 0 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-6-DET 26 (11:56) 14-Dustin Henry 43 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 0 NJG 3
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 2-6-NJG 20 (7:42) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 89-Zachary Powell for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. DET 7 NJG 3
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-7-DET 29 (12:07) 14-Dustin Henry 46 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 7 NJG 6
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-1-DET 1 (6:11) 2-Doug Fluty pass complete to 12-Aaron Paul for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Dustin Henry. DET 7 NJG 13
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 4-5-NJG 20 (12:55) 1-Daniel Hall 39 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 10 NJG 13
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-3-DET 3 (7:52) 14-Dustin Henry 20 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 10 NJG 16
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 2-4-NJG 7 (1:31) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 89-Zachary Powell for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. DET 17 NJG 16
(Qtr 4) Generals: 1-4-DET 4 (3:34) 42-James Roberson ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 5-Ric Flair ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DET 17 NJG 24
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 1-10-NJG 30 (1:47) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 26-Robert Costello for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. DET 24 NJG 24
(OT) Generals: 3-11-DET 7 (3:18) 4-Mario Valencia sacked at DET -1 for -8 yards (96-James Lockette). Sack allowed by 70-Thomas Watson. SAFETY! (96-James Lockette) DET 24 NJG 26

Team Statistics

Wheels Generals
First Downs 15 20
- Rushing 1 5
- Passing 14 13
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 408 397
- Offensive Plays 69 75
- Yards Per Play 5.91 5.29
Net Rushing Yards 63 122
- Rushing Attempts 17 31
- Yards Per Rush 3.71 3.94
Net Passing Yards 345 275
- Att/Comp/Int 49 / 33 / 1 42 / 34 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 373 296
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 28 2 / 21
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.63 6.25
- Yards Per Completion 11.30 8.71
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 5 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 44 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 4 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 4 / 142
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 31
Time of Possession 30:27 41:21

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:52 4:16 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 3:41 1:33 OWN 26 3 9 Punt
2 12:03 0:55 OWN 23 3 9 Punt
2 6:07 2:04 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
2 2:02 2:02 OWN 8 5 17 Half
3 15:00 2:09 OWN 25 4 55 Field Goal
3 7:50 6:22 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
4 13:25 1:26 OWN 20 3 -4 Punt
4 10:35 2:11 OWN 11 3 8 Punt
4 3:31 1:51 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
4 0:36 0:36 OWN 15 5 52 Half
OT 15:00 1:32 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
OT 9:43 0:55 OWN 13 3 1 Punt
OT 6:37 1:41 OWN 19 5 27 Interception
OT 4:08 0:54 OWN 8 3 -9 Safety

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:08 OWN 25 6 49 Field Goal
1 7:36 3:55 OWN 25 7 56 Missed FG
1 2:08 5:05 OWN 16 9 55 Field Goal
2 11:08 5:01 OWN 22 10 78 Touchdown
2 4:03 2:01 OWN 35 3 7 Punt
3 12:51 5:02 OWN 32 8 65 Field Goal
3 1:27 3:02 OWN 35 5 13 Punt
4 12:00 1:25 OWN 35 3 8 Punt
4 8:24 4:53 OWN 35 8 65 Touchdown
4 1:40 1:04 OWN 35 3 2 Punt
OT 13:28 3:45 OWN 21 6 19 Punt
OT 8:48 2:11 OWN 34 3 4 Punt
OT 4:56 0:49 OPP 49 3 3 Punt

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 11 49 4.45 12 1 0
Robert Costello 5 13 2.60 4 0 0
Roy Printz 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Roberson 14 66 4.71 14 3 1
Rudi Johnson 16 54 3.38 11 1 0
Ric Flair 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 42 31 366 3 / 28 3 50 0 123.71
Shawn Whitmire 7 2 7 0 / 0 0 7 1 0.00

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Doug Fluty 42 34 296 2 / 21 1 35 0 103.97

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Zachary Powell 8 139 17.38 50 2
Robert Costello 5 79 15.80 30 1
John Risinger 4 47 11.75 29 0
John Flores 2 22 11.00 15 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 2 22 11.00 11 0
Enrique Pacheco 4 20 5.00 12 0
Bobby Logan 2 17 8.50 12 0
Roy Printz 4 13 3.25 8 0
Timothy Hanna 1 13 13.00 13 0
Wesley Smith 1 1 1.00 1 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rudi Johnson 9 122 13.56 35 0
Justin Timberlake 4 37 9.25 12 0
Damon Rosato 4 35 8.75 18 0
Johnny Fever 1 26 26.00 26 0
Chad Ochocinco 4 18 4.50 8 0
James Roberson 4 15 3.75 12 0
Snake Plissken 4 14 3.50 11 0
Leroy Selmon 1 11 11.00 11 0
Aaron Paul 2 10 5.00 9 1
Maurice Carthon 1 8 8.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Watson 60 27 2 2
Ronald Davis 58 24 1 1
Wesley Smith 3 7 0 0
David Mathews 0 1 0 0
Robbie Hammock 0 1 0 0
Jose Bryant 8 0 0 0
Michael McIntire 0 1 0 0
Ray Franklin 0 2 0 1
Chuck Johnson 0 2 0 0
Chad Brown 0 1 0 0
Richard Sharp 0 1 0 0
David Peralta 1 2 0 1
Edward Flores 0 1 0 0
John Rushing 0 1 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 5 5 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 8 0 0
Zachary Powell 1 16 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 5 0 0
Dale Jarrett 12 1 0 0
William McManus 6 0 0 0
Robert Costello 5 4 0 1
John Flores 16 13 0 0
Bobby Logan 0 11 0 0
John Risinger 0 15 0 1
Joe Gomez 19 4 0 1
Mark Daniels 52 33 0 1
Wayne Williams 51 30 0 0
Mathew McNeil 59 26 0 3
Roy Printz 2 5 0 1
Enrique Pacheco 12 7 0 0
Chad Mannings 1 0 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Eddie Head 55 40 2 5
Bobby Leopold 0 4 0 0
James Roberson 3 0 0 0
Andrew Zeller 2 1 0 0
Maurice Carthon 1 0 0 0
Bon Scott 0 2 0 0
Johnny Fever 0 5 0 0
John Piche 11 2 0 0
Rudi Johnson 2 3 0 0
Walter Cronkite 7 0 0 0
James McDevitt 13 0 0 0
Aaron Paul 0 5 0 0
Justin Timberlake 0 25 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 25 0 0
Snake Plissken 13 29 0 0
Leroy Selmon 1 37 0 0
Don "Donkey" Kong 53 45 0 3
Gregory Johnson 0 4 0 0
Elvis Presley 51 38 0 0
Kenneth William 0 6 0 0
Jimmy Hoffa 51 41 0 2
Kent Hull 53 43 0 1
Damon Rosato 0 12 0 1
Indiana Jones 0 4 0 0
Bruce Dickinson 0 4 0 1
Dustin Diamond 7 7 0 0
Daniel Tosh 0 4 0 0
John Joyce 0 4 0 1
Jim LeClair 0 4 0 0
Mike Weddington 0 4 0 0
Gary Barbaro 0 4 0 0
John Jolley 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Kerry Justin 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Costello 1 0 0 0
Joe Gomez 0 1 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Joyce 0 0 1 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ernest Sanders 7 331 47.29 47.29 51 1

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 7 333 47.57 43.29 59 6

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel Hall 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 3 / 3

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 3 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 46 1 / 1

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 1 4 4.0 4 0

New Jersey Generals

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 1 25 25.0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Aaron Paul 4 142 35.5 0

Defensive Stats