Week 6: Detroit Wheels at Denver Gold

October 11, 1987
62°
Mile High Stadium (Denver, CO) Attendance: 60,953 (80%)
Wheels 0 3 0 0 - 3
Gold 2 7 0 14 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gold: 2-11-DET 1 (8:16) 20-Thomas Mazzeo ran for -3 yards. Tackle by 90-Clyde Raines. SAFETY! (90-Clyde Raines) 61-Mark Daniels was caught flat-footed on this play. DEN 2 DET 0
(Qtr 2) Gold: 1-10-DET 36 (15:00) 12-Andrew Brewer pass complete to 19-Jake Peralta for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Anthony Schaefer. DEN 9 DET 0
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-4-DEN 4 (0:41) 1-Robert Moulton 21 yard field goal is GOOD. DEN 94-Timothy Despres was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DEN 9 DET 3
(Qtr 4) Gold: 2-7-DET 7 (6:28) 12-Andrew Brewer pass complete to 33-Matthew Kluesner for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! (Hot Read) 12-Andrew Brewer pass complete to 81-Richard Huff for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DEN 17 DET 3
(Qtr 4) Gold: 1-3-DET 3 (2:37) 43-Denver Siegel ran to DET 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Gold Wheels
First Downs 15 9
- Rushing 4 2
- Passing 9 6
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 372 169
- Offensive Plays 70 67
- Yards Per Play 5.31 2.52
Net Rushing Yards 148 17
- Rushing Attempts 33 34
- Yards Per Rush 4.48 0.50
Net Passing Yards 224 152
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 16 / 1 33 / 19 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 224 152
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.05 4.61
- Yards Per Completion 14.00 8.00
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 13 5 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.0 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 17 5 / 37
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 18 2 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 38 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 22
Time of Possession 27:42 32:19

Drive Charts

Denver Gold

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:38 2:46 OWN 3 5 52 Punt
1 8:14 1:25 OWN 39 3 6 Punt
1 1:34 1:39 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
2 12:51 0:20 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
2 10:21 1:35 OWN 4 5 14 Punt
2 5:34 2:16 OWN 14 6 30 Punt
2 0:38 0:38 OWN 25 2 47 Half
3 15:00 0:59 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
3 11:56 1:47 OWN 28 4 14 Punt
3 8:06 0:17 OPP 47 3 -5 Punt
3 6:16 1:58 OWN 42 3 7 Punt
3 1:28 0:37 OWN 41 2 3 Interception
4 14:06 2:03 OWN 7 6 10 Punt
4 11:12 4:46 OWN 23 8 77 Touchdown
4 5:19 2:45 OPP 30 5 30 Touchdown
4 1:51 1:51 OWN 20 6 11 Game

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:22 OWN 25 5 23 Punt
1 8:52 0:38 OWN 2 2 -5 Safety
1 6:49 5:15 OWN 11 9 32 Punt
2 14:54 2:04 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 12:31 2:10 OWN 34 3 5 Punt
2 8:46 3:12 OWN 38 6 8 Punt
2 3:18 2:40 OWN 9 11 87 Field Goal
3 14:01 2:06 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
3 10:09 2:02 OWN 5 3 -1 Punt
3 7:49 1:33 OWN 20 3 -10 Punt
3 4:19 2:51 OWN 8 6 5 Punt
3 0:50 1:44 OPP 50 3 -2 Punt
4 12:04 0:52 OWN 30 3 0 Punt
4 6:26 1:07 OWN 25 4 5 Downs
4 2:34 0:43 OWN 25 4 8 Punt

Rushing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Richard Huff 8 111 13.88 47 2 0
Jose Buford 15 26 1.73 4 0 0
William Ruiz 6 8 1.33 10 1 0
Denver Siegel 1 3 3.00 3 0 1
Andrew Brewer 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Frederick Barron 13 21 1.62 19 1 0
Roy Roberts 5 12 2.40 13 1 0
Thomas Mazzeo 16 -16 -1.00 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Andrew Brewer 37 16 224 0 / 0 2 39 1 70.10

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gregory Skidmore 32 19 152 0 / 0 0 40 0 71.35
Joe Martin 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matthew Kluesner 6 86 14.33 39 1
Richard Huff 4 51 12.75 33 0
Jake Peralta 1 36 36.00 36 1
Jose Buford 3 30 10.00 16 0
Richard Funkhouser 2 21 10.50 11 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Raymond White 3 58 19.33 40 0
Thomas Mazzeo 4 32 8.00 10 0
William Halford 2 18 9.00 11 0
Frederick Barron 3 12 4.00 10 0
John Flores 2 12 6.00 7 0
Billy Smith 1 11 11.00 11 0
Roy Roberts 3 7 2.33 6 0
Wesley Smith 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Timothy Despres 0 2 0 0
Lawrence Rodriguez 15 9 0 0
Richard Huff 2 1 0 0
William Ruiz 1 2 0 0
Richard Funkhouser 0 12 0 0
Matthew Kluesner 2 27 0 1
Donald Woody 1 2 0 1
Julian Dejesus 0 1 0 0
Étienne Boulay 0 2 0 0
Clyde Raines 0 1 0 0
John Biggs 0 2 0 1
Michael Flores 2 2 0 0
Mark Jackson 11 1 0 0
Clayton Nolan 14 19 0 0
Norman Anderson 0 4 0 1
David Sawyer 6 7 0 0
Ronald Tatman 10 4 0 0
Jake Peralta 0 12 0 0
Lloyd England 38 40 0 1
John Galbraith 40 35 0 2
George Sullivan 37 31 0 2
Denver Siegel 11 25 0 2
Jose Buford 14 6 0 0
Dean Park 46 47 0 1
Jorge Knox 31 31 0 1
Anthony Heredia 0 4 0 0
Douglas Ramos 0 5 0 0
Ronald Geter 0 2 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Mathew McNeil 44 34 0 1
Michael Wright 14 7 0 0
William Good 0 1 0 0
Randall Simmons 0 1 0 0
Eric Geiser 0 1 0 0
Michael Jackson 2 1 0 0
Bernard Burns 1 1 0 0
William Halford 0 3 0 1
Bruce Gordon 0 2 0 1
David Mathews 0 3 0 1
Billy Smith 0 9 0 0
Leonardo Kissner 11 4 0 0
Moises Wong 13 1 0 0
Wayne Williams 44 37 0 5
Reginald Sawyers 13 3 0 0
Roy Roberts 13 20 0 2
Raymond White 0 12 0 1
Frederick Barron 1 14 0 1
Thomas Mazzeo 8 12 0 1
John Guerra 46 32 0 1
Henry Sloan 46 44 0 3
Wesley Smith 1 18 0 2
Mark Daniels 32 35 0 8
John Flores 3 24 0 2
Frank Roberts 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Denver Gold

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Tyler Grace 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Denver Gold

Detroit Wheels

Punting

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Rankin 10 482 48.20 45.30 54 5

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Anthony Akin 12 600 50.00 46.50 64 4

Kicking

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Anthony Schaefer 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Moulton 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 21 0 / 0

Punt Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jake Peralta 3 18 6.0 12 0
Jose Buford 1 0 0.0 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Billy Smith 2 9 4.5 9 0

Kick Return

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jake Peralta 1 38 38.0 0

Detroit Wheels

Defensive Stats