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Week 6: Washington Federals at Detroit Wheels

October 12, 1997
59°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 38,766 (78%)
Federals 7 0 0 0 - 7
Wheels 7 7 2 0 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 2-1-WAS 26 (11:03) 4-Gabriel Flanagan pass complete to 10-Matthew Houston for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Kent Olden. DET 7 WAS 0
(Qtr 1) Federals: 3-4-DET 44 (2:10) 6-Tristan Arnold pass complete to 87-William Sheppard for 44 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Steve Jones. DET 7 WAS 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 2-4-WAS 10 (2:04) 6-Tristan Arnold pass INTERCEPTED by 94-Henry Witten at WAS 6. 94-Henry Witten to WAS 0 for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Kent Olden. DET 14 WAS 7
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 1-10-WAS 7 (10:07) 6-Tristan Arnold sacked at WAS -1 for -7 yards (55-Ryan Benjamin). Sack allowed by 67-Todd Chipman. SAFETY! (55-Ryan Benjamin) DET 16 WAS 7

Team Statistics

Wheels Federals
First Downs 12 9
- Rushing 2 3
- Passing 10 5
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 288 197
- Offensive Plays 56 63
- Yards Per Play 5.14 3.13
Net Rushing Yards 46 62
- Rushing Attempts 18 28
- Yards Per Rush 2.56 2.21
Net Passing Yards 242 135
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 26 / 2 31 / 22 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 260 163
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 4 / 28
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.37 3.86
- Yards Per Completion 10.00 7.41
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 10 5 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.5 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 4 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 10 1 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 28 1 / 24
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 6 2 / 3
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 16
Time of Possession 30:02 29:57

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:03 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 6:56 2:12 OWN 12 3 10 Punt
1 2:02 1:58 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 13:34 3:07 OWN 31 8 66 Interception
2 5:09 2:22 OWN 29 3 7 Punt
2 1:58 1:28 OPP 25 5 -20 Punt
2 0:30 0:30 OWN 8 1 1 Half
3 12:56 2:49 OWN 40 5 12 Punt
3 10:03 2:11 OWN 26 4 54 Interception
3 5:35 1:21 OWN 42 3 6 Punt
3 2:53 2:18 OWN 34 4 19 Punt
4 14:13 0:42 OWN 49 2 5 Fumble
4 10:36 0:58 OWN 49 3 2 Punt
4 6:21 2:43 OWN 36 4 19 Punt
4 2:20 0:35 OWN 49 3 6 Punt
4 0:45 0:45 OWN 46 2 0 Game

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:57 4:01 OWN 25 7 24 Punt
1 4:44 2:42 OWN 38 5 62 Touchdown
1 0:04 1:30 OWN 18 3 3 Punt
2 10:27 5:17 OWN 0 9 28 Punt
2 2:47 0:50 OWN 5 2 6 Interception
3 15:00 2:04 OWN 14 3 6 Punt
3 10:07 0:03 OWN 7 1 -7 Safety
3 7:53 2:18 OWN 12 3 3 Punt
3 4:14 1:21 OWN 9 3 2 Punt
3 0:36 1:22 OWN 10 3 0 Punt
4 13:31 2:55 OPP 45 5 3 Missed FG
4 9:38 3:17 OWN 3 6 20 Punt
4 3:38 1:18 OWN 14 3 -8 Punt
4 1:44 0:59 OWN 15 5 38 Downs

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Fischer 12 37 3.08 13 1 0
Carlton Allen 4 9 2.25 4 0 0
Gabriel Flanagan 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Alfred Buster 20 43 2.15 12 2 0
Jayson Shepherd 6 10 1.67 8 0 0
Jonathon Fuller 2 9 4.50 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gabriel Flanagan 34 26 260 2 / 18 1 47 0 107.48
Ricky Copeland 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 2 0.00

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tristan Arnold 31 22 163 4 / 28 1 44 1 80.44

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Anthony Fulks 3 67 22.33 47 0
Scott Duke 5 60 12.00 22 0
Marlon Snyder 5 38 7.60 12 0
Matthew Houston 3 37 12.33 26 1
Carlton Allen 3 28 9.33 17 0
James Fischer 6 26 4.33 10 0
Thomas Love 1 4 4.00 4 0

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Sheppard 4 60 15.00 44 1
Ronald Matthews 1 44 44.00 44 0
James Larson 5 43 8.60 12 0
Jonathon Fuller 3 11 3.67 5 0
Jayson Shepherd 3 5 1.67 3 0
Alfred Buster 6 0 0.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Byron Meyer 48 24 1 2
Kirk Hawkins 37 22 1 2
Rodney Moore 47 24 0 1
Anthony Fulks 0 8 0 0
Darrin Alcaraz 0 1 0 0
Martin Williams 0 1 0 0
Charles Conroy 0 1 0 0
David Seals 0 2 0 0
Phillip Savage 0 2 0 1
Damon Edwards 0 1 0 0
Albert Palmeri 0 3 0 0
Donald Hoard 0 1 0 0
Arthur Cochran 0 1 0 0
Ryan Benjamin 0 2 0 0
Ronald Wigington 0 3 0 2
David Leonard 11 0 0 0
Scott Anthony 5 1 0 0
James Fischer 8 5 0 0
David Gerber 3 2 0 0
Jose Moore 11 1 0 0
Roger Gray 12 5 0 0
Larry Rickard 0 7 0 0
Carlton Allen 7 2 0 0
Scott Duke 0 11 0 2
Marlon Snyder 0 21 0 0
Thomas Love 27 15 0 0
John McCormick 46 22 0 2
James Blevins 43 29 0 4
Matthew Houston 4 14 0 0
Wayne Osullivan 0 1 0 0

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Todd Chipman 29 25 3 6
Donald Thompson 21 4 1 1
Theodore Paladino 0 3 0 0
Jayson Shepherd 1 4 0 0
Mike Obama 4 1 0 0
Eddie Moore 14 8 0 0
Warren Waldrop 0 1 0 0
William Williams 0 1 0 1
Ronald Matthews 0 10 0 1
Oliver Jeter 5 1 0 0
Kevin Armistead 0 1 0 0
Jefferey Welch 0 1 0 0
Elwood Valdez 0 1 0 0
Robert Mann 0 2 0 0
Antoine Snowden 0 1 0 0
Adam Streicher 0 1 0 0
Jack Blankenship 0 8 0 0
Ernesto Rose 0 4 0 0
Charles Tyson 0 2 0 0
Andrew Favela 0 11 0 0
Robert Tejeda 0 3 0 0
Kevin Sanchez 0 3 0 0
James Bass 12 1 0 0
Michael Shelton 12 0 0 0
Matthew Cuevas 0 3 0 0
Alfred Buster 9 6 0 1
Jonathon Fuller 19 19 0 2
Paul Sok 47 36 0 2
Ronald Peterson 35 34 0 2
Mark Morehead 41 30 0 0
William Sheppard 0 17 0 0
John Larochelle 37 26 0 0
James Larson 9 21 0 1
Timothy McVeigh 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Henry Witten 1 6 6.00 1

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jefferey Welch 1 2 2.00 0
Jack Cruz 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gabriel Flanagan 1 0 0 0
Ronald Skipper 0 0 2 0

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Alfred Buster 1 1 0 0
Jayson Shepherd 1 1 0 0
Elwood Valdez 0 1 0 0
Theodore Paladino 0 0 1 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Elmo Avila 9 384 42.67 41.56 59 8

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Mario James 10 453 45.30 44.30 56 2

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Kent Olden 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Steve Jones 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matthew Houston 2 6 3.0 6 0
Ronald Wigington 1 4 4.0 4 0

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Andrew Favela 1 10 10.0 10 0

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Albert Palmeri 1 28 28.0 0

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Andrew Favela 1 24 24.0 0

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Edward Stone 10 0
Henry Witten 8 0
Philip Locke 6 0
Ryan Benjamin 6 3
Harry Britt 4 0
Ronald Skipper 4 0
Charles Conroy 4 0
Albert Palmeri 3 0
Damon Edwards 2 0
Matthew Pickney 2 0
Arthur Cochran 1 1
Gary Selig 1 0
Thomas Love 1 0
David Gerber 1 0
John McCormick 1 0
Ronald Wigington 1 0
Donald Hoard 1 0
Matthew Houston 1 0
Wayne Osullivan 1 0

Washington Federals

Name Tackles Sacks
Billy McCaa 7 0
Robert Mann 7 0
Jefferey Welch 6 0
Kevin Armistead 5 0
Robert Tejeda 5 0
William Williams 3 0
Mike Obama 2 0
Kevin Sanchez 2 1
Theodore Paladino 2 1
Jack Cruz 2 0
Luke Heilman 2 0
Charles Peterson 1 0