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Wild Card: Chicago Blitz at Detroit Wheels

December 25, 1983
31°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 48,541 (97%)
Blitz 0 0 7 6 - 13
Wheels 3 10 7 10 - 30

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-1-CHI 22 (10:16) 1-Daniel Hall 40 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 3 CHI 0
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-7-CHI 11 (10:51) 1-Daniel Hall 28 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 6 CHI 0
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 3-13-DET 39 (1:38) 9-Michael Temples pass complete to 37-Enrique Pacheco for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. DET 85-Gerald Hook was injured on the play. DET 13 CHI 0
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 1-10-DET 28 (12:18) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 88-Samuel Rutherford for 28 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. DET 13 CHI 7
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 1-4-CHI 4 (7:53) 46-Alexander Davis ran to CHI 0 for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. DET 20 CHI 7
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 4-1-DET 28 (15:00) 11-Matthew Eno 46 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 20 CHI 10
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 1-5-CHI 5 (2:48) 19-Billy Smith ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Daniel Hall. DET 27 CHI 10
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-2-CHI 19 (1:53) 1-Daniel Hall 36 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 30 CHI 10
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 4-3-DET 31 (0:48) 11-Matthew Eno 49 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 30 CHI 13

Team Statistics

Wheels Blitz
First Downs 17 12
- Rushing 5 5
- Passing 12 6
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 387 243
- Offensive Plays 70 55
- Yards Per Play 5.53 4.42
Net Rushing Yards 135 73
- Rushing Attempts 34 21
- Yards Per Rush 3.97 3.48
Net Passing Yards 252 170
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 22 / 0 34 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 252 170
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.00 5.00
- Yards Per Completion 11.45 8.10
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 18 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.8 8.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 3 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 18 1 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 28 2 / 61
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 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 35 OWN 24
Time of Possession 34:10 25:49

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:47 OWN 20 8 58 Field Goal
1 6:52 6:11 OWN 10 10 49 Punt
2 13:37 2:49 OPP 29 6 18 Field Goal
2 8:18 2:58 OWN 19 6 15 Punt
2 3:50 2:23 OWN 30 5 70 Touchdown
3 12:13 4:23 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
3 4:24 0:48 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
4 14:57 3:38 OWN 25 8 32 Punt
4 7:52 2:35 OWN 24 4 21 Punt
4 4:48 2:03 OPP 19 4 19 Touchdown
4 2:39 0:50 OPP 27 3 8 Field Goal
4 0:45 0:45 OWN 25 2 10 Game

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:13 3:21 OWN 28 5 23 Punt
1 0:41 2:04 OWN 9 4 14 Interception
2 10:47 0:52 OWN 27 3 1 Missed FG
2 9:56 1:38 OWN 35 3 6 Punt
2 5:20 1:30 OWN 30 3 -2 Punt
2 1:27 1:27 OWN 25 3 2 Half
3 15:00 2:47 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
3 7:49 3:25 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
3 3:36 3:39 OWN 36 6 36 Field Goal
4 11:18 3:26 OWN 11 7 23 Punt
4 5:17 0:29 OWN 15 4 5 Downs
4 2:45 0:06 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
4 1:49 1:05 OWN 25 8 44 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Billy Smith 11 63 5.73 12 4 1
Enrique Pacheco 16 48 3.00 8 0 0
Alexander Davis 6 24 4.00 8 0 1
Michael Temples 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
George Keyes 6 46 7.67 22 2 0
Max Howard 15 27 1.80 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael Temples 36 22 252 0 / 0 1 61 0 91.44

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 34 21 170 0 / 0 1 28 2 59.68

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Enrique Pacheco 6 103 17.17 61 1
John Flores 3 52 17.33 27 0
Russell Hernandez 3 28 9.33 11 0
Billy Brink 1 22 22.00 22 0
Billy Smith 3 20 6.67 21 0
Alexander Davis 4 10 2.50 4 0
Zachary Powell 1 9 9.00 9 0
Roger Starnes 1 8 8.00 8 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joey Walker 6 41 6.83 21 0
Max Howard 4 32 8.00 13 0
Michael Steffes 5 32 6.40 9 0
Samuel Rutherford 1 28 28.00 28 1
George Keyes 1 17 17.00 17 0
George Allen 2 13 6.50 11 0
James Duhart 1 7 7.00 7 0
Allan Garcia 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Williams 0 3 0 0
Danny Simon 0 2 0 1
Homer Harvey 10 15 0 2
Gerald Hook 6 4 0 0
Alexander Davis 17 19 0 3
Billy Smith 3 0 0 0
Dale Jarrett 8 1 0 0
Roger Starnes 0 7 0 0
Armando Wells 0 1 0 0
Zachary Powell 0 16 0 0
Moises Wong 4 3 0 0
Robbie Hammock 0 2 0 0
Christopher Turner 0 2 0 0
William McManus 2 3 0 0
Reginald Sawyers 3 0 0 0
Henry Sloan 0 7 0 0
Billy Brink 0 21 0 0
Russell Hernandez 0 17 0 1
John Rushing 0 1 0 1
David Mathews 0 2 0 0
Edward Flores 0 2 0 1
Chad Brown 0 4 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 3 0 0
Ray Franklin 4 5 0 0
Timothy Adams 0 2 0 0
Eric Geiser 0 2 0 0
Fred Hall 0 2 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 3 6 0 0
Ronald Davis 45 39 0 3
Mathew McNeil 46 44 0 1
Wayne Williams 43 39 0 1
John Flores 18 30 0 3
Mark Daniels 32 35 0 0
John Guerra 36 38 0 1
Aaron Robinson 0 1 0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Feng 0 2 0 0
Michael Steffes 0 21 0 1
Andrew Manning 2 1 0 0
John Johns 0 1 0 1
Joseph Leblanc 3 1 0 0
Robert Tate 1 2 0 0
Max Howard 7 0 0 0
Joey Walker 0 15 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 19 0 0
James Duhart 0 1 0 0
George Allen 7 18 0 0
Cesar Wolfe 30 28 0 0
Martin Hindman 42 33 0 6
Willard Clark 0 2 0 0
Andre Ochs 32 25 0 1
Eric Wilkinson 26 16 0 0
William Johnson 40 25 0 1
Willie Salisbury 40 32 0 0
Franklin Corso 0 3 0 0
August Saari 0 3 0 0
Dennis Canning 0 3 0 0
Brad Meriwether 0 2 0 0
Leroy Obrien 0 2 0 1
Dale Harris 4 3 0 0
Adam Cox 7 2 0 0
George Keyes 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Aaron Robinson 1 0 0.00 0
James Pittman 1 0 0.00 0

Chicago Blitz

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Rick Edwards 0 1 0 0
David Mathews 0 0 1 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joey Walker 1 0 0 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ernest Sanders 5 188 37.60 35.80 48 3

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Simon Jones 5 239 47.80 40.00 57 2

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel Hall 3 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 40 3 / 3

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Matthew Eno 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 49 1 / 1

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Enrique Pacheco 2 18 9.0 10 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joey Walker 1 9 9.0 9 0

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Enrique Pacheco 1 28 28.0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Joey Walker 2 61 30.5 0

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Aaron Robinson 6 0
William Sims 6 0
Nick Stark 5 0
Chad Brown 4 0
Rick Edwards 3 0
James Pittman 3 0
Michael Reagan 3 0
William Williams 2 0
Danny Simon 2 0
Eric Geiser 2 0
David Mathews 2 0
Rick Pugliese 2 0
Armando Wells 1 0
Homer Harvey 1 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Tackles Sacks
David Feng 12 0
Richard Keiser 10 0
Robert Tate 6 0
Leroy Obrien 5 0
Rodolfo Madden 3 0
Dennis Canning 3 0
August Saari 3 0
Curtis Axelson 3 0
Robert Stroble 2 0
Marion Cummings 2 0
Dale Harris 2 0
Trent Sessions 2 0
Jessie Myers 2 0
Willard Clark 1 0
George Allen 1 0
Max Howard 1 0