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Preseason Week 1: New Jersey Generals at Detroit Wheels

August 15, 1992
78°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 27,709 (55%)
Generals 14 7 0 2 - 23
Wheels 3 0 0 0 - 3

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: (15:00) 5-Kent Olden kicks 65 yards from DET 35 to NJG 0. 22-Sam Beckett for 101yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Al Borland. DET 0 NJG 7
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-6-NJG 16 (8:14) 5-Kent Olden 34 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 3 NJG 7
(Qtr 1) Generals: 3-4-DET 20 (0:36) 36-Kurt Cobain ran for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Al Borland. DET 3 NJG 14
(Qtr 2) Generals: 1-10-DET 7 (7:50) 4-Gabriel Flanagan pass INTERCEPTED by 25-Nuke LaLoosh at DET 12. 25-Nuke LaLoosh to DET 0 for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Al Borland. DET 3 NJG 21
(Qtr 4) Generals: 3-5-DET 9 (4:16) 2-Ellis Soza sacked at DET -2 for -12 yards (51-Mike Tyson). Sack allowed by 64-Luis Hamel. SAFETY! (51-Mike Tyson) DET 3 NJG 23

Team Statistics

Wheels Generals
First Downs 16 8
- Rushing 7 2
- Passing 9 6
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 277 187
- Offensive Plays 66 47
- Yards Per Play 4.20 3.98
Net Rushing Yards 57 71
- Rushing Attempts 32 27
- Yards Per Rush 1.78 2.63
Net Passing Yards 220 116
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 22 / 3 20 / 13 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 232 116
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 12 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.47 5.80
- Yards Per Completion 10.55 8.92
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.0 8.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 16 2 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 140
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / 12
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 26
Time of Possession 26:31 33:15

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:06 1:55 OPP 20 3 4 Field Goal
1 6:52 1:42 OWN 24 3 -3 Punt
1 0:30 3:18 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
2 7:49 0:05 OWN 7 1 0 Interception
2 1:47 1:47 OWN 18 5 31 Half
3 15:00 3:24 OWN 25 5 12 Punt
3 10:48 2:11 OWN 35 4 52 Interception
3 7:14 2:20 OPP 47 5 1 Punt
3 3:30 3:03 OWN 43 6 17 Punt
4 12:07 3:55 OWN 25 6 19 Punt
4 4:46 0:34 OWN 4 3 -8 Safety
4 2:17 2:17 OWN 12 8 83 Interception

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:46 4:00 OPP 25 6 -25 Punt
1 10:46 0:40 OWN 8 2 7 Interception
1 8:11 1:19 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 5:10 4:40 OWN 29 9 71 Touchdown
2 12:12 4:23 OWN 11 7 33 Punt
2 7:44 3:27 OPP 25 6 -15 Punt
2 4:17 2:30 OWN 11 5 23 Punt
3 11:36 0:48 OWN 20 3 -2 Punt
3 8:37 1:23 OWN 8 3 0 Punt
3 4:54 1:24 OWN 3 3 -1 Punt
3 0:27 3:20 OWN 16 5 20 Punt
4 8:12 3:25 OWN 20 5 23 Punt
4 4:13 1:56 OWN 43 3 -5 Punt

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Thomas Mazzeo 12 37 3.08 12 2 0
James Fischer 14 13 0.93 9 0 0
Frederick Barron 4 11 2.75 15 1 0
Roy Roberts 2 -4 -2.00 1 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kurt Cobain 9 46 5.11 20 2 1
Greg Ayala 11 17 1.55 16 1 0
Sam Beckett 2 7 3.50 4 0 0
James Wright 5 1 0.20 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gabriel Flanagan 21 13 130 0 / 0 0 35 2 39.88
Ellis Soza 12 9 102 1 / 12 0 22 1 65.28

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ric Flair 15 12 111 0 / 0 0 19 1 69.72
Ernest Simmon 5 1 5 0 / 0 0 5 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ronald Geter 4 48 12.00 19 0
Thomas Mazzeo 4 46 11.50 21 0
Timothy Richardson 2 44 22.00 35 0
Thomas Barrera 4 23 5.75 8 0
Larry Rickard 1 22 22.00 22 0
James Fischer 1 14 14.00 14 0
Roy Roberts 2 14 7.00 14 0
Raymond White 1 10 10.00 10 0
David Gerber 1 5 5.00 5 0
Frederick Barron 1 4 4.00 4 0
Edward Dingess 1 2 2.00 2 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Cody Schiavo 3 26 8.67 12 0
Michael Wood 2 21 10.50 14 0
Eric Davis 1 19 19.00 19 0
Kurt Cobain 1 16 16.00 16 0
Bill Clinton 1 9 9.00 9 0
Sam Beckett 2 8 4.00 6 0
Roger Rabbit 1 7 7.00 7 0
Duncan Meyer 1 5 5.00 5 0
Greg Ayala 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Luis Hamel 17 7 1 2
Bernard Burns 23 17 0 1
Raymond White 2 2 0 0
Willie Lyles 0 1 0 0
Seth Brown 0 1 0 0
David Gerber 1 0 0 0
Thomas Mazzeo 2 2 0 0
David Leonard 6 0 0 0
Jerry Roop 15 10 0 0
Ralph Thomas 1 1 0 0
Robert Alexander 0 2 0 0
Emilio Shealey 0 2 0 0
William Willis 0 2 0 1
Emmett Pennington 0 1 0 0
William Madore 15 8 0 0
James Fischer 2 0 0 0
Ronald Geter 1 8 0 0
Michael Jackson 27 25 0 3
William Good 0 1 0 0
Phillip Roche 18 8 0 0
Marquis Laporte 20 12 0 0
Roy Roberts 9 6 0 1
Frederick Barron 3 5 0 1
Thomas Barrera 0 8 0 0
Edward Dingess 17 18 0 1
Matthew Houston 0 14 0 0
Larry Rickard 0 8 0 1
Edward Self 21 34 0 0
Roger Gray 27 30 0 1
Martin Burton 26 27 0 0
Timothy Richardson 0 16 0 0
Michael Hey 5 0 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jeff Hanneman 1 2 0 0
Christopher Myers 7 19 0 0
Tom Browning 13 16 0 2
Bill Clinton 0 3 0 0
Joey Gladstone 12 22 0 1
Roger Rabbit 0 13 0 1
Tony Berryhill 9 0 0 0
Indiana Jones 0 1 0 0
Len Bias 0 1 0 0
Michael Nieves 0 1 0 0
Jay Leno 0 2 0 0
Kurt Cobain 1 1 0 0
Todd Christensen 2 7 0 1
Redd Foxx 1 10 0 2
Jeffrey Lynn 0 6 0 0
Michael Wood 0 5 0 0
Michael Pollock 0 1 0 1
Mikhail Gorbachev 0 2 0 0
Mike Tyson 0 1 0 0
Isaac Asimov 0 2 0 0
Gregory Ward 0 1 0 0
Mike Hampton 0 1 0 0
Jose Rijo 0 1 0 0
Garth Algar 0 2 0 0
Greg Ayala 1 1 0 0
Duncan Meyer 0 7 0 0
Rod Martin 0 4 0 0
Max Headroom 12 3 0 0
Marty McFly 0 2 0 1
Joey Ramone 0 3 0 0
Martin Riggs 0 2 0 0
Nuke LaLoosh 0 1 0 0
Ricky Vaughn 0 3 0 0
Barry Larkin 0 2 0 1
Jeffrey Dahmer 0 2 0 1
Reno Raines 0 1 0 0
Clayton Nolan 17 22 0 1
Andre The Giant 4 0 0 0
Kirby Puckett 13 9 0 2
Cody Schiavo 0 4 0 0
Carl Winslow 20 16 0 1
Billy Hatcher 18 24 0 4
Hayden Fox 1 3 0 0
Don "Donkey" Kong 14 12 0 1
Radar O'Reilly 6 5 0 0
Homer Simpson 15 15 0 0
Eric Davis 0 15 0 1
Sam Kinison 15 9 0 0
Sam Beckett 3 2 0 0
Calvin Hobbes 0 19 0 1
Dan Conner 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Alexander 1 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Nuke LaLoosh 1 12 12.00 1
Jay Leno 1 0 0.00 0
Joey Ramone 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Sam Beckett 1 1 0 0
Ric Flair 1 0 0 0
Kirby Puckett 0 1 0 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Anthony Akin 8 357 44.63 41.75 58 6

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 9 441 49.00 47.44 55 4

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Kent Olden 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 34 0 / 0

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Al Borland 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ronald Geter 2 15 7.5 10 0
Josh Baskin 1 1 1.0 1 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Sam Beckett 1 2 2.0 2 0
Kurt Cobain 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Sam Beckett 1 101 101.0 1
Kurt Cobain 1 39 39.0 0

Defensive Stats