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Week 6: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Chicago Blitz

October 12, 1997
46°
Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) Attendance: 56,281 (84%)
Thunderbolts 7 0 3 3 - 13
Blitz 0 0 0 3 - 3

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 2-3-CHI 3 (8:13) 2-John Crisp pass complete to 49-Howard Buxton to CHI 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Carlos Reed. CHI 0 CLE 7
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-2-CHI 2 (4:36) 1-Carlos Reed 20 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 0 CLE 10
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 4-9-CLE 24 (12:13) 2-Evan Joseph 43 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 3 CLE 10
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-6-CHI 29 (2:00) 1-Carlos Reed 47 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 3 CLE 13

Team Statistics

Blitz Thunderbolts
First Downs 9 13
- Rushing 3 6
- Passing 6 6
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 147 240
- Offensive Plays 52 62
- Yards Per Play 2.83 3.87
Net Rushing Yards 47 127
- Rushing Attempts 14 38
- Yards Per Rush 3.36 3.34
Net Passing Yards 100 113
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 23 / 1 23 / 17 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 124 124
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 24 1 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.63 4.71
- Yards Per Completion 5.39 7.29
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.7 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 1 / 15 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 5 2 / 13
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 27 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 28
Time of Possession 24:42 35:18

Drive Charts

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:16 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 8:10 2:06 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 3:23 1:17 OWN 13 3 7 Punt
1 0:41 3:37 OWN 20 7 18 Punt
2 6:01 2:52 OWN 16 5 23 Punt
2 1:49 1:49 OWN 29 3 2 Punt
3 4:33 2:11 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
3 0:13 3:04 OWN 44 7 32 Field Goal
4 11:13 4:50 OWN 19 8 26 Punt
4 4:29 0:47 OWN 37 2 -9 Interception
4 1:57 0:53 OWN 26 6 18 Downs

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:44 5:34 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
1 6:04 2:40 OWN 22 4 15 Punt
1 2:06 1:25 OWN 37 3 2 Punt
2 12:04 6:03 OWN 25 10 53 Interception
2 3:09 1:20 OWN 19 3 7 Punt
3 15:00 10:27 OWN 25 16 73 Field Goal
3 2:22 2:09 OWN 5 3 4 Punt
4 12:09 0:56 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 6:23 1:54 OWN 5 3 5 Punt
4 3:42 1:46 OPP 33 3 4 Field Goal
4 1:04 1:04 OPP 44 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Gates 11 45 4.09 17 1 0
Robert Krone 3 2 0.67 2 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Evan Hershey 18 65 3.61 11 2 0
Howard Buxton 18 62 3.44 11 1 0
John Crisp 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ronald Brown 35 23 124 3 / 24 0 17 1 59.70

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Crisp 23 17 124 1 / 11 1 16 1 82.52

Receiving Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Darren McElyea 5 34 6.80 10 0
John Huynh 2 28 14.00 16 0
John Gates 6 21 3.50 17 0
Keith McGhee 2 18 9.00 11 0
Barry Dawson 2 11 5.50 9 0
Ian Gordon 1 5 5.00 5 0
Robert Krone 1 5 5.00 5 0
Richard Weber 4 2 0.50 4 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matthew Martin 4 30 7.50 9 0
Evan Hershey 3 21 7.00 11 0
Edward Maloney 3 19 6.33 9 0
Ferdinand Lee 3 19 6.33 9 0
Howard Buxton 2 19 9.50 16 1
Andre King 1 10 10.00 10 0
Dan Valenti 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Russell Cox 47 25 1 1
Lionel Gunn 38 21 1 2
Ernest Sanchez 38 22 1 4
Ralph Oldham 47 23 0 3
Ralph Beamon 0 2 0 1
Kenneth Forbes 0 1 0 0
Rodney Pittman 0 1 0 0
Paul Horton 0 1 0 0
John Huynh 0 1 0 0
Douglas Russell 0 1 0 0
Philip Lee 0 1 0 0
Robert Krone 3 0 0 0
Warren Northcutt 1 0 0 0
Dale Davis 0 2 0 0
Darryl Stein 0 2 0 1
Jason Rambo 5 3 0 0
Eddie Brown 0 1 0 0
Stephen Locke 47 21 0 0
Barry Dawson 0 8 0 0
Darren McElyea 0 1 0 0
Jose King 6 2 0 0
Keith McGhee 14 15 0 0
Robert Cobbs 9 1 0 0
Chad Davis 9 0 0 0
John Gates 10 2 0 0
Ian Gordon 0 13 0 0
Richard Weber 16 14 0 1
Mario Dent 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Steven Welch 33 38 1 2
Lloyd England 21 36 0 0
Freddie Moody 3 2 0 0
John Delatte 0 1 0 0
Terry Wheeler 0 1 0 0
Stephen Bennett 0 1 0 0
Lee Branam 0 1 0 0
Manuel Caceres 3 0 0 0
Shane Looney 0 4 0 0
Joseph Stclair 0 1 0 0
Amos Worsham 9 4 0 0
Edward McPherson 8 2 0 0
Edward McGeehan 0 5 0 0
Dan Valenti 0 17 0 1
Brian Villarreal 27 37 0 2
Ferdinand Lee 0 22 0 1
Edward Maloney 0 20 0 0
Evan Hershey 11 13 0 0
Philip Cunningham 10 11 0 1
Matthew Martin 10 35 0 4
Andre King 0 16 0 2
Randy Lay 30 39 0 5
Howard Buxton 8 15 0 0
Edward Dingess 32 39 0 3
Adam Johnson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mario Dent 1 0 0.00 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Edward McVay 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Chicago Blitz

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ferdinand Lee 1 0 0 0
Edward Maloney 0 1 0 0

Punting

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Leslie Noah 8 369 46.13 45.00 50 2

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Brott 6 291 48.50 47.67 53 3

Kicking

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Evan Joseph 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 0 / 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Carlos Reed 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 1 / 1

Punt Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Gates 2 5 2.5 4 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ferdinand Lee 2 13 6.5 12 0

Kick Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Gates 1 27 27.0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Defensive Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Tackles Sacks
Mario Dent 7 0
Rodney Pittman 6 0
Douglas Russell 6 0
Clay Staten 5 0
Eddie Brown 5 0
Abdul Strout 5 0
Jose King 5 0
Darryl Stein 4 0
Randy James 4 1
Kenneth Forbes 3 0
Jason Rambo 2 0
Ralph Beamon 1 0
Paul Horton 1 0
Richard Hernadez 1 0
Keith McGhee 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
John Ammerman 7 0
Edward McPherson 5 0
Adam Johnson 4 1
Allen Mercado 3 0
Amos Worsham 3 0
John Delatte 3 0
Edward McVay 3 0
Erik Houston 3 0
Stephen Bennett 2 0
Lee Branam 2 0
Joseph Gunn 2 0
Manuel Caceres 1 0
Matthew Martin 1 0
Terry Wheeler 1 0
Aaron Wright 1 1
Shane Looney 1 0
Gary Kremer 1 1