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Week 7: Detroit Wheels at Los Angeles Express

October 19, 1997
62°
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, CA) Attendance: 73,202 (81%)
Wheels 3 3 7 0 - 13
Express 3 6 3 3 - 15

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Express: 4-3-DET 31 (7:15) 1-Mario Price 49 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 3 DET 0
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-1-LAX 32 (4:51) 5-Kent Olden 49 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 3 DET 3
(Qtr 2) Express: 4-5-DET 16 (13:40) 1-Mario Price 34 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 6 DET 3
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-8-LAX 37 (11:21) 5-Kent Olden 54 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 98-Emilio Shealey was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. LAX 6 DET 6
(Qtr 2) Express: 4-7-DET 39 (2:43) 1-Mario Price 57 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 9 DET 6
(Qtr 3) Express: 4-1-DET 11 (9:36) 1-Mario Price 28 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 12 DET 6
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 1-7-LAX 7 (4:37) 45-James Fischer ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Kent Olden. LAX 12 DET 13
(Qtr 4) Express: 4-4-DET 26 (1:46) 1-Mario Price 44 yard field goal is GOOD. LAX 15 DET 13

Team Statistics

Express Wheels
First Downs 22 17
- Rushing 10 5
- Passing 11 9
- Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 380 265
- Offensive Plays 72 50
- Yards Per Play 5.28 5.30
Net Rushing Yards 180 99
- Rushing Attempts 34 13
- Yards Per Rush 5.29 7.62
Net Passing Yards 200 166
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 23 / 0 35 / 20 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 204 185
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 4 2 / 19
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.26 4.49
- Yards Per Completion 8.87 9.25
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 15 1 / 9
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.7 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 3 / 16
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 28
Time of Possession 37:02 22:59

Drive Charts

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:26 4:15 OWN 20 9 49 Field Goal
1 4:47 6:11 OWN 25 11 59 Field Goal
2 11:17 2:02 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 7:26 4:47 OWN 20 7 40 Field Goal
2 1:42 1:42 OWN 11 3 18 Half
3 15:00 5:27 OWN 25 10 64 Field Goal
3 4:33 1:38 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 1:21 2:48 OWN 26 5 30 Fumble
4 10:53 3:23 OWN 27 6 30 Missed FG
4 5:15 3:33 OWN 20 12 54 Field Goal
4 1:16 1:16 OWN 48 3 27 Game

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:34 OWN 25 8 27 Punt
1 7:11 2:24 OWN 25 5 43 Field Goal
2 13:37 2:20 OWN 25 6 38 Field Goal
2 9:14 1:48 OWN 19 5 9 Punt
2 2:39 0:57 OWN 25 4 29 Punt
3 9:33 5:00 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
3 2:55 1:34 OWN 23 3 3 Punt
4 13:33 2:40 OWN 42 5 27 Interception
4 7:30 2:15 OPP 50 3 5 Punt
4 1:43 0:27 OWN 25 3 27 Interception

Rushing Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gary Sappington 16 99 6.19 12 3 0
Ronnie Nix 13 59 4.54 22 1 0
David Tavarez 2 11 5.50 11 1 0
Herman Stevens 2 7 3.50 5 0 0
Raymond Straight 1 4 4.00 4 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Fischer 8 51 6.38 15 2 1
Carlton Allen 3 33 11.00 16 2 0
Thomas Love 2 15 7.50 13 1 0

Passing Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Tavarez 37 23 204 1 / 4 0 22 0 76.86

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gabriel Flanagan 32 20 185 2 / 19 0 30 1 65.23
Ricky Copeland 3 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 1 0.00

Receiving Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Stephen Tye 4 56 14.00 22 0
Gary Sappington 4 41 10.25 16 0
Gordon Auyeung 3 33 11.00 17 0
Sidney Chavis 4 30 7.50 8 0
Robert Lott 2 23 11.50 14 0
David Plante 2 19 9.50 12 0
Herman Stevens 4 2 0.50 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Fischer 6 76 12.67 30 0
Thomas Love 2 31 15.50 28 0
Marlon Snyder 4 27 6.75 11 0
Scott Duke 3 24 8.00 12 0
Matthew Houston 3 19 6.33 12 0
Eric Hollar 1 6 6.00 6 0
David Gerber 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Fuentes 47 40 1 2
Richard Crown 45 41 0 0
Stephen Tye 8 15 0 0
Timothy Jackson 0 1 0 1
Emilio Shealey 0 1 0 0
Sidney Chavis 0 1 0 0
Rex Christian 0 1 0 1
Alfredo Stewart 0 1 0 0
Kevin Exley 0 2 0 0
Shaun Smith 1 1 0 0
Thomas Walker 1 0 0 0
Eduardo Kappel 1 3 0 0
Ronnie Nix 7 2 0 0
Raymond Straight 1 5 0 2
Stephen Wyant 6 0 0 0
Mariano Jones 45 34 0 0
Cornell Manning 9 4 0 0
Michael Felten 8 0 0 0
Corey Gibbons 0 6 0 0
Gordon Auyeung 0 24 0 1
Patrick Peavey 0 18 0 0
David Plante 0 12 0 0
Robert Lott 3 29 0 0
Warren Whittaker 45 33 0 4
Herman Stevens 17 17 0 0
Gary Sappington 3 3 0 0
Andrew Ratner 45 40 0 3
Fred Gargano 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Rodney Moore 11 3 1 1
Byron Meyer 45 22 1 1
David Leonard 5 1 0 0
Donald Hoard 0 1 0 0
Ronald Skipper 0 1 0 1
Henry Witten 0 1 0 0
Edward Stone 0 1 0 0
Philip Locke 0 1 0 0
Albert Palmeri 0 1 0 1
David Gerber 0 1 0 0
Scott Anthony 3 0 0 0
Anthony Fulks 0 5 0 0
Marlon Snyder 0 9 0 0
Eric Hollar 0 8 0 0
Matthew Houston 3 15 0 0
Jose Moore 10 2 0 0
Roger Gray 8 0 0 0
Carlton Allen 4 3 0 0
James Fischer 11 5 0 0
Kirk Hawkins 37 14 0 0
Thomas Love 22 10 0 0
Scott Duke 0 11 0 1
John McCormick 44 22 0 0
David Bryant 34 20 0 1
James Blevins 42 20 0 1
Damon Edwards 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
George Long 1 1 1.00 0
Richard Blanco 1 0 0.00 0

Detroit Wheels

Fumble Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ronnie Nix 1 0 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ryan Benjamin 0 1 0 0
Henry Witten 0 0 1 0

Punting

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dwain Yu 2 94 47.00 46.50 47 1

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Elmo Avila 5 232 46.40 36.80 51 1

Kicking

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Mario Price 5 / 6 3 / 4 1 / 2 57 0 / 0

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Kent Olden 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 54 1 / 1

Punt Return

Los Angeles Express

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Eric Hollar 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

Los Angeles Express

Detroit Wheels

Defensive Stats

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Alfredo Stewart 7 0
Thomas Hudock 7 0
Richard Blanco 3 0
Rex Christian 3 0
Nathan Villanueva 2 0
Fred Gargano 2 0
Jefferey Venable 2 0
Ronald Smith 2 0
Matthew Bracken 1 1
Shaun Smith 1 0
Emilio Shealey 1 1
William Hamilton 1 0
Francis Strong 1 0
Herman Stevens 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Edward Stone 9 0
Henry Witten 9 0
Philip Locke 7 0
Albert Palmeri 6 0
Wayne Osullivan 6 0
Ronald Skipper 4 0
Donald Hoard 3 1
Matthew Pickney 3 0
Phillip Savage 2 0
Willie Haygood 2 0
Charles Conroy 2 0
Ronald Wigington 2 0
Marlon Snyder 2 0
David Seals 1 0