Preseason Week 2: Cleveland Thunderbolts at New Jersey Generals

August 18, 1984
79°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 56,063 (70%)
Thunderbolts 0 0 6 3 - 9
Generals 3 10 3 10 - 26

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-5-CLE 8 (4:39) 3-Lucio Grant 25 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 CLE 0
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-7-CLE 18 (13:36) 3-Lucio Grant 36 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 6 CLE 0
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-1-CLE 1 (1:13) 23-Marcus Allen ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 13 CLE 0
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-4-NJG 38 (13:21) 7-Gary Spence 55 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 13 CLE 3
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-3-NJG 12 (8:28) 7-Gary Spence 29 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 13 CLE 6
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-9-CLE 36 (5:35) 3-Lucio Grant 53 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 16 CLE 6
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-10-NJG 33 (12:46) 7-Gary Spence 50 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 16 CLE 9
(Qtr 4) Generals: 2-8-CLE 23 (9:13) 18-Stephan Labelle pass complete to 19-Louis Eckhart for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 23 CLE 9
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-7-CLE 20 (0:36) 3-Lucio Grant 37 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 26 CLE 9

Team Statistics

Generals Thunderbolts
First Downs 17 12
- Rushing 5 1
- Passing 11 7
- Penalty 1 4
Total Net Yards 319 204
- Offensive Plays 74 55
- Yards Per Play 4.31 3.71
Net Rushing Yards 90 23
- Rushing Attempts 35 15
- Yards Per Rush 2.57 1.53
Net Passing Yards 229 181
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 29 / 0 40 / 15 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 229 181
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.87 4.53
- Yards Per Completion 7.90 12.07
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 18 3 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 6 / 39 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 13 3 / 11
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 35
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 15 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 21
Time of Possession 38:26 21:34

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:08 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
1 12:27 7:50 OWN 25 13 67 Field Goal
1 3:03 4:30 OWN 14 8 68 Field Goal
2 12:39 3:52 OWN 27 6 16 Punt
2 6:48 0:48 OWN 48 3 5 Punt
2 4:24 3:14 OWN 48 8 52 Touchdown
3 13:16 1:48 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 8:25 1:27 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 6:54 1:23 OPP 37 3 1 Field Goal
3 4:34 3:33 OWN 21 6 16 Punt
4 12:42 3:35 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
4 6:10 2:00 OWN 34 3 9 Punt
4 2:35 2:02 OPP 33 6 14 Field Goal
4 0:16 0:16 OWN 29 1 0 Game

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:52 0:25 OWN 19 4 6 Punt
1 4:36 1:34 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 13:33 0:54 OWN 28 3 -1 Punt
2 8:47 1:59 OWN 3 3 -1 Punt
2 6:00 1:36 OWN 8 3 4 Punt
2 1:11 1:11 OWN 25 2 -2 Half
3 15:00 1:44 OWN 25 4 37 Field Goal
3 11:29 3:03 OWN 33 5 55 Field Goal
3 6:58 0:04 OWN 29 1 0 Interception
3 5:31 0:57 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 1:01 3:19 OWN 15 7 52 Field Goal
4 9:07 2:58 OWN 25 9 48 Downs
4 4:09 1:34 OWN 11 5 27 Interception
4 0:33 0:16 OWN 25 3 0 Punt

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 17 55 3.24 11 3 0
Marcus Allen 10 22 2.20 10 1 1
Magic Johnson 7 13 1.86 8 0 0
Stephan Labelle 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Clarence Scott 1 12 12.00 12 1 0
Jose Beamon 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
Paul Bullard 2 4 2.00 7 0 0
Samuel Draper 9 0 0.00 3 0 0
Marty Balin 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ric Flair 23 17 137 0 / 0 0 21 0 88.50
Stephan Labelle 16 12 92 0 / 0 1 23 0 109.38

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Adam Cates 37 15 181 0 / 0 0 32 1 44.99
Joseph Haight 3 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 1 0.00

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Todd Christensen 3 32 10.67 15 0
Rudi Johnson 3 31 10.33 21 0
Dokie Williams 5 29 5.80 11 0
Magic Johnson 4 26 6.50 13 0
Leroy Selmon 2 25 12.50 18 0
Louis Eckhart 2 25 12.50 23 1
Marcus Allen 3 22 7.33 13 0
Johnny Fever 3 14 4.67 6 0
Chad Ochocinco 1 12 12.00 12 0
Aaron Paul 2 10 5.00 9 0
Kenneth William 1 3 3.00 3 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Bullard 3 73 24.33 32 0
Vernon Holloway 3 33 11.00 21 0
Clarence Scott 2 26 13.00 21 0
Marty Balin 3 23 7.67 11 0
Ryan Woods 2 12 6.00 6 0
Samuel Draper 1 9 9.00 9 0
Jose Beamon 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kent Hull 27 26 0 0
Daniel Tosh 0 2 0 0
Dwight Clark 0 4 0 0
Vann McElroy 0 2 0 0
Steve Jobs 0 3 0 0
James McDevitt 20 18 0 1
Lars Ulrich 0 1 0 1
Ernest Huggins 0 1 0 0
James Lockette 0 1 0 0
Bernardo Schoenberger 0 1 0 0
Tony Berryhill 21 20 0 6
Robert Ramirez 0 3 0 0
Todd Christensen 15 15 0 0
Andrew Zeller 14 7 0 2
Marcus Allen 2 7 0 1
Kenneth William 1 0 0 0
Tom Woodland 0 1 0 0
John Joyce 0 1 0 0
Roy Sullivan 0 1 0 0
Rudi Johnson 3 3 0 0
Magic Johnson 2 1 0 0
Jimmy Hoffa 23 21 0 2
Eddie Head 29 28 0 2
Steve Niehaus 25 19 0 0
Elvis Presley 22 25 0 0
Don "Donkey" Kong 28 20 0 0
Leroy Selmon 4 14 0 1
Chad Ochocinco 0 7 0 0
Justin Timberlake 0 7 0 0
Radar O'Reilly 8 13 0 0
Johnny Fever 7 22 0 1
Everett Bowers 30 18 0 0
Aaron Paul 0 17 0 1
Dusty Baker 33 24 0 1
Jeff Hanneman 1 0 0 0
Bobby Leopold 0 2 0 1
Bruce Dickinson 0 1 0 1
Bon Scott 3 3 0 0
Carlos Zambrano 0 3 0 0
Louis Eckhart 0 7 0 0
Dokie Williams 0 19 0 2
Lawrence Allen 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Peter Vargas 13 12 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 3 0 0
George Kelly 5 2 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 1
Michael Rodriguez 1 1 0 0
Marty Balin 2 1 0 0
Charles Garcia 0 2 0 1
Ryan Woods 0 7 0 0
Charles Malizia 0 2 0 0
William Williams 1 0 0 0
Harold Gould 25 5 0 0
Tom Moore 31 9 0 0
Vernon Holloway 5 10 0 2
Jose Beamon 2 9 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 4 0 0
Paul Bullard 2 6 0 0
Jonathan Martinez 9 10 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 1 0 0
Chris Miller 2 8 0 1
Douglas Trump 35 13 0 0
Edward Costa 38 12 0 0
George Soto 10 9 0 0
Bryan Dunn 3 4 0 1
Romeo Martinez 20 6 0 0
Jeff Orr 9 4 0 0
Jason Nunn 44 19 0 0
Clarence Scott 5 3 0 0
Louis Cooper 1 0 0 0
Wayne Harris 12 11 0 1
Jack Staples 8 11 0 3
Bruce Holland 10 7 0 2
Jerry Starkey 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bob Marley 1 15 15.00 0
Daniel Tosh 1 0 0.00 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Marcus Allen 1 0 0 0
Johnny Fever 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Bryan Dunn 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 7 272 38.86 45.29 48 5

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 7 347 49.57 47.86 55 1

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 4 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 2 / 2

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Spence 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 55 0 / 0

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Marcus Allen 3 13 4.3 7 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jose Beamon 3 11 3.7 9 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jose Beamon 1 35 35.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals