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Week 6: Chicago Blitz at Arizona Wranglers

October 11, 1987
70°
Sun Devil Stadium (Tempe, AZ) Attendance: 63,607 (91%)
Blitz 3 7 3 0 - 13
Wranglers 7 7 3 7 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blitz: 4-6-ARZ 18 (9:25) 7-Leon Rupe 35 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 0 CHI 3
(Qtr 1) Wranglers: 1-10-CHI 47 (5:31) 4-Joseph Jones pass complete to 17-Eric Duncan for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. ARZ 7 CHI 3
(Qtr 2) Wranglers: 3-9-CHI 9 (12:47) 4-Joseph Jones pass complete to 43-Leroy Homes for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. ARZ 14 CHI 3
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 3-2-ARZ 3 (1:14) 9-Marvin Benford pass complete to 86-Melvin Wall for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Leon Rupe. ARZ 14 CHI 10
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 4-1-ARZ 37 (5:25) 7-Leon Rupe 54 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 14 CHI 13
(Qtr 3) Wranglers: 4-10-CHI 14 (0:43) 2-Christopher Meade 32 yard field goal is GOOD. ARZ 17 CHI 13
(Qtr 4) Wranglers: 2-11-CHI 49 (10:50) 4-Joseph Jones pass complete to 17-Eric Duncan for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Meade. ARZ 24 CHI 13

Team Statistics

Wranglers Blitz
First Downs 10 20
- Rushing 4 0
- Passing 6 19
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 393 371
- Offensive Plays 49 77
- Yards Per Play 8.02 4.82
Net Rushing Yards 104 34
- Rushing Attempts 23 16
- Yards Per Rush 4.52 2.13
Net Passing Yards 289 337
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 15 / 0 60 / 43 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 289 347
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 11.12 5.52
- Yards Per Completion 19.27 8.07
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 12 9 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.5 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 3 / 21 3 / 14
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 17 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 66 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 24
Time of Possession 22:22 37:37

Drive Charts

Arizona Wranglers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:21 1:38 OWN 37 3 4 Punt
1 5:30 0:06 OPP 47 1 47 Touchdown
1 3:50 6:07 OWN 20 12 80 Touchdown
2 9:11 3:29 OWN 8 6 21 Punt
2 1:10 1:10 OWN 25 2 5 Half
3 15:00 2:43 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
3 5:20 1:48 OWN 24 4 41 Punt
3 2:44 2:05 OWN 31 5 55 Field Goal
4 12:07 1:25 OWN 9 3 91 Touchdown
4 4:43 1:26 OWN 29 5 10 Fumble
4 1:55 0:25 OWN 15 3 0 Punt

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:39 OWN 25 10 57 Field Goal
1 7:43 2:13 OWN 2 3 1 Punt
1 5:24 1:34 OWN 25 4 12 Punt
2 12:43 3:32 OWN 25 5 27 Punt
2 5:42 4:32 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
3 12:17 6:57 OWN 8 11 55 Field Goal
3 3:32 0:47 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
3 0:39 3:32 OWN 25 6 9 Punt
4 10:43 5:59 OWN 25 13 53 Missed FG
4 3:17 1:22 OWN 48 8 41 Downs
4 1:30 1:30 OWN 39 6 34 Game

Rushing Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Desmond Kirkland 12 61 5.08 18 2 0
Kevin Leech 9 30 3.33 12 1 0
John Didonato 2 13 6.50 7 0 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Max Howard 12 35 2.92 9 0 0
Jay Kinder 4 -1 -0.25 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joseph Jones 26 15 289 0 / 0 3 49 0 134.94

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Marvin Benford 60 43 347 1 / 10 1 39 0 91.46

Receiving Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Eric Duncan 2 96 48.00 49 2
William Fey 3 90 30.00 43 0
Desmond Kirkland 3 44 14.67 33 0
Chris Goldberg 1 43 43.00 43 0
Leroy Homes 1 9 9.00 9 1
William Hill 1 3 3.00 3 0
John Didonato 3 3 1.00 2 0
Ryan Love 1 1 1.00 1 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Melvin Wall 10 82 8.20 13 1
Max Howard 11 71 6.45 15 0
Christopher Ahrens 6 65 10.83 23 0
Michael Steffes 2 47 23.50 39 0
Jay Kinder 6 33 5.50 13 0
Samuel Rutherford 2 23 11.50 14 0
Brandon Bonner 2 19 9.50 12 0
Joey Walker 1 9 9.00 9 0
Eric Wilkinson 3 -2 -0.67 0 0

Blocking Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joseph Graham 5 2 0 0
John Didonato 14 13 0 0
Ryan Love 0 1 0 0
Kevin Leech 1 1 0 0
James Peters 0 1 0 0
Martin Cabrera 2 1 0 0
Shawn Hill 0 8 0 2
William Hill 0 10 0 0
Desmond Kirkland 2 4 0 1
Leroy Homes 5 7 0 1
Joseph Jarvis 9 5 0 0
Jared Navarrete 10 3 0 0
Larry Gantt 4 4 0 0
Chris Goldberg 1 5 0 1
Eric Duncan 0 6 0 0
William Fey 10 14 0 1
William Brogden 5 2 0 0
Louis Gray 5 2 0 0
Arthur Kennedy 30 20 0 1
David Trumbo 26 25 0 0
Gaston Gross 26 29 0 0
William Downing 26 25 0 4
Thomas McDonald 0 1 0 0
Ramon Hickey 0 2 0 0
Wesley Lyons 0 4 0 1
Anthony Dyer 5 2 0 0
Gary Cottle 0 2 0 1
Pedro Lee 0 3 0 1
Jonathan Bain 18 29 0 1
Anthony Clubb 3 2 0 0
Marquis Laporte 0 1 0 1

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andrew Manning 68 28 1 3
Andre Ochs 53 22 0 0
Joey Walker 0 7 0 0
Jay Kinder 5 0 0 0
Michael Runyan 17 2 0 0
David Spillman 3 1 0 0
Wilbert Knowles 1 3 0 0
Chad Davis 7 3 0 0
Shawn Valenti 9 2 0 0
Dennis Hall 9 6 0 0
Eric Wilkinson 34 23 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 8 0 0
Michael Steffes 0 23 0 0
Max Howard 9 1 0 0
Christopher Ahrens 0 9 0 0
Steven Angelo 63 23 0 4
Melvin Wall 6 14 0 1
Manuel Selfridge 58 24 0 2
Brandon Bonner 0 12 0 2
Cesar Wolfe 64 23 0 1
Ralph Oldham 3 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Chicago Blitz

Fumble Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Desmond Kirkland 1 0 0 0
James Peters 0 0 1 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jay Kinder 1 0 0 0
Andre Ochs 0 1 0 0
Trent Sessions 0 0 1 0
Michael Brawner 0 1 0 0

Punting

Arizona Wranglers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Alan Thomas 5 238 47.60 42.60 57 2

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Barkley 5 246 49.20 46.40 57 3

Kicking

Arizona Wranglers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Meade 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 3 / 3

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Leon Rupe 2 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 54 1 / 1

Punt Return

Arizona Wranglers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Leech 2 17 8.5 10 0

Chicago Blitz

Kick Return

Arizona Wranglers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kevin Leech 2 66 33.0 0

Chicago Blitz

Defensive Stats

Arizona Wranglers

Name Tackles Sacks
Thomas McDonald 10 0
John Louis 7 0
Wesley Lyons 6 0
Pedro Lee 4 0
Michael Million 4 0
Gary Cottle 4 0
Ramon Hickey 4 0
Howard Zacharias 4 1
William Brogden 3 0
Roger Luke 3 0
Anthony Dyer 3 0
Johnny Harkins 2 0
Rodney Garcia 1 0
James Peters 1 0
Joseph Graham 1 0
William Hill 1 0

Chicago Blitz

Name Tackles Sacks
Marc Buckwalter 6 0
Richard Keiser 5 0
Marion Cummings 5 0
Reuben Patton 4 0
Herbert Brigham 3 0
Brian Anderson 3 0
Mark Turner 2 0
Leon Rupe 1 0
Michael Brawner 1 0
Andrew Manning 1 0
Richard Brazier 1 0
Robert Stroble 1 0
Trent Sessions 1 0
Errol Jaggers 1 0
Philip Lee 1 0