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Week 4: Detroit Wheels at Cleveland Thunderbolts

September 28, 1975
75°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 60,950 (75%)
Wheels 7 3 0 7 - 17
Thunderbolts 14 3 0 7 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 3-9-DET 9 (8:50) 2-Jerry Montalvo pass complete to 13-Adam Velasco for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Ralph Lopez. CLE 7 DET 0
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 3-9-CLE 38 (5:08) 2-Jerry Montalvo pass complete to 12-John Madrid for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Ralph Lopez. CLE 14 DET 0
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-10-CLE 43 (2:18) 6-Henry Prieto pass complete to 13-David Ortiz for 43 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 14 DET 7
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-11-DET 12 (1:22) 5-Ralph Lopez 30 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 17 DET 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 2-5-CLE 14 (0:05) 2-Jose Fouche 32 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 96-Jonathon Padilla was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CLE 17 DET 10
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 3-6-CLE 6 (12:21) 6-Henry Prieto pass complete to 86-John Provencal for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 17 DET 17
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 1-10-DET 40 (2:00) 2-Jerry Montalvo pass complete to 26-William Dolloff for 40 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Ralph Lopez. CLE 24 DET 17

Team Statistics

Thunderbolts Wheels
First Downs 14 17
- Rushing 7 9
- Passing 7 8
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 404 377
- Offensive Plays 55 68
- Yards Per Play 7.35 5.54
Net Rushing Yards 183 114
- Rushing Attempts 36 24
- Yards Per Rush 5.08 4.75
Net Passing Yards 221 263
- Att/Comp/Int 19 / 14 / 0 42 / 25 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 221 281
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 18
- Yards Per Pass Play 11.63 5.98
- Yards Per Completion 15.79 11.24
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 12 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.8 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 6 2 / 12
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 50 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 22
Time of Possession 30:20 29:38

Drive Charts

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:14 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
1 7:13 2:16 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
1 2:09 1:41 OWN 25 4 21 Punt
2 14:11 3:50 OWN 36 6 9 Punt
2 6:01 4:42 OWN 7 7 81 Field Goal
3 11:23 3:35 OWN 18 6 20 Punt
3 5:45 0:10 OPP 49 1 -10 Fumble
3 4:40 1:57 OWN 20 3 1 Punt
4 12:17 2:43 OWN 16 4 18 Punt
4 6:50 2:05 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 2:57 1:03 OWN 23 4 77 Touchdown
4 0:04 0:04 OWN 9 1 0 Game

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:46 1:32 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 4:58 2:48 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
1 0:28 1:17 OWN 7 3 7 Punt
2 10:21 4:20 OWN 12 8 47 Punt
2 1:19 1:17 OWN 25 6 61 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:37 OWN 25 6 12 Punt
3 7:48 2:03 OWN 3 3 2 Punt
3 5:35 0:55 OWN 44 3 1 Punt
3 2:43 5:26 OWN 38 10 62 Touchdown
4 9:34 2:44 OWN 5 5 23 Punt
4 4:45 1:48 OWN 27 5 6 Punt
4 1:54 1:51 OWN 25 11 66 Downs

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Garcia 29 116 4.00 14 7 0
Fred Stevenson 2 62 31.00 62 1 0
Adam Velasco 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Jerry Montalvo 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Costello 18 102 5.67 15 6 0
David Ortiz 5 13 2.60 11 1 0
Julio Prince 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jerry Montalvo 19 14 221 0 / 0 3 62 0 151.54

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Henry Prieto 42 25 281 2 / 18 2 43 0 95.44

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Madrid 3 78 26.00 62 1
Jason Walker 4 48 12.00 19 0
William Dolloff 1 40 40.00 40 1
Adam Velasco 2 33 16.50 24 1
Wesley Watson 3 21 7.00 10 0
David McPeak 1 1 1.00 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Lee 4 62 15.50 24 0
David Ortiz 3 52 17.33 43 1
Robert Costello 5 43 8.60 29 0
Timothy Hanna 3 38 12.67 16 0
John Risinger 4 27 6.75 17 0
Bobby Logan 1 24 24.00 24 0
Julio Prince 1 15 15.00 15 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 3 14 4.67 9 0
John Provencal 1 6 6.00 6 1

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Levi Smith 28 41 0 3
Ralph Walker 11 2 0 0
William McDonald 1 0 0 0
Jesse Thompson 0 4 0 0
Romeo Martinez 1 2 0 0
Monte Cherry 1 0 0 0
Michael Garcia 2 3 0 0
Carrol Myers 7 5 0 0
Fred Stevenson 4 2 0 1
Francis Deleon 10 1 0 0
John Madrid 0 13 0 1
Donald Dalton 23 38 0 0
Robert Tuttle 0 3 0 1
Adam Velasco 0 3 0 0
Wesley Watson 0 26 0 2
Jason Walker 0 14 0 2
Roger Ellis 3 24 0 0
David McPeak 0 27 0 1
Edward Jackson 28 41 0 6
Kevin Peck 29 46 0 0
Antonio Preston 26 38 0 1
William Dolloff 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dennis Hatch 43 30 1 6
Arturo Williams 47 32 0 1
Bobby Logan 0 3 0 0
Lewis Wadsworth 0 1 0 0
Juan Frigo 0 2 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 1 0 0
Walter Daniels 0 1 0 0
Chad Brown 0 1 0 0
Francis Rosa 0 1 0 0
Charles Clifton 0 1 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 2 0 0
David Peralta 1 1 0 0
David Ortiz 4 1 0 0
David Buss 1 2 0 0
Eddie Hohman 19 14 0 0
Morris Beery 55 34 0 1
John Provencal 13 3 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 7 3 0 2
Joe Gomez 11 0 0 0
George Odriscoll 10 0 0 0
Robert Costello 8 2 0 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 24 0 1
John Risinger 0 18 0 0
Paul Lee 16 23 0 2
Timothy Hanna 0 25 0 1
Billy McKissick 51 33 0 1
Robert Basso 46 29 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Detroit Wheels

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Garcia 1 0 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 0 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Costello 1 0 0 0
Paul Lee 0 1 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 0 1 0
Mark Ferguson 0 1 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 6 307 51.17 49.17 61 3

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 8 375 46.88 43.63 55 1

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ralph Lopez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 30 3 / 3

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 2 / 2

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jason Walker 1 6 6.0 6 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 2 12 6.0 9 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 2 50 25.0 0

Detroit Wheels

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Brady Kizer 10 0
Todd David 7 1
Wayne Holland 6 0
John Hernandez 6 0
Charles Stark 4 0
Keith Smith 4 0
George Ye 3 0
Steven Flanagan 3 0
Monte Cherry 2 0
Barrett Hughes 2 1
Corey Zelaya 1 0
Geoffrey Knight 1 0
Paul Litchfield 1 0
Jonathon Padilla 1 0
John Madrid 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Chuck Johnson 7 0
Robbie Hammock 6 0
Chad Brown 6 0
David Peralta 5 0
Bobby Wells 3 0
Mark Ferguson 3 0
Bradley Mondragon 3 0
Edward Flores 2 0
Donald Martinez 2 0
Francis Rosa 2 0
Josh Daughtry 2 0
Charles Clifton 2 0
Walter Daniels 1 0
Vincent Holder 1 0
Juan Frigo 1 0
Lewis Wadsworth 1 0