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Week 7: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Michigan Panthers

October 19, 1997
50°
Pontiac Silverdome (Pontiac, MI) Attendance: 62,227 (77%)
Thunderbolts 0 6 0 15 - 21
Panthers 7 14 0 3 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Panthers: 2-4-CLE 4 (3:31) 16-Walter Simmons ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jonathan Ruch. MIC 7 CLE 0
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-3-MIC 37 (12:56) 1-Carlos Reed 55 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 7 CLE 3
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 1-10-CLE 11 (7:31) 16-Walter Simmons ran to CLE 0 for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jonathan Ruch. MIC 14 CLE 3
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 3-7-CLE 15 (2:00) 19-Will Allison pass complete to 81-Colin Jones for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jonathan Ruch. MIC 21 CLE 3
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 2-3-MIC 37 (0:02) 1-Carlos Reed 56 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 21 CLE 6
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 1-10-MIC 38 (6:18) 2-John Crisp pass complete to 13-Shane Looney for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 25-Evan Hershey ran to MIC 0 for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! MIC 21 CLE 14
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-10-MIC 13 (1:44) 2-John Crisp pass complete to 88-Matthew Martin for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Carlos Reed. MIC 21 CLE 21
(Qtr 4) Panthers: 2-8-CLE 33 (0:03) 7-Jonathan Ruch 51 yard field goal is GOOD. MIC 24 CLE 21

Team Statistics

Panthers Thunderbolts
First Downs 10 18
- Rushing 7 8
- Passing 3 9
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 281 380
- Offensive Plays 53 77
- Yards Per Play 5.30 4.94
Net Rushing Yards 163 126
- Rushing Attempts 29 38
- Yards Per Rush 5.62 3.32
Net Passing Yards 118 254
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 15 / 0 37 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 118 270
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.92 6.51
- Yards Per Completion 7.87 12.86
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 9 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 2
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 2 / 23
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 25
Time of Possession 26:17 33:45

Drive Charts

Michigan Panthers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:56 0:54 OWN 26 3 5 Punt
1 8:14 0:42 OPP 37 2 21 Fumble
1 5:30 2:02 OPP 22 4 22 Touchdown
2 12:52 2:03 OWN 25 4 14 Punt
2 8:41 1:13 OPP 28 3 28 Touchdown
2 6:06 4:10 OWN 24 9 76 Touchdown
3 15:00 3:32 OWN 25 6 22 Punt
3 7:47 0:05 OWN 20 1 0 Fumble
3 5:42 1:32 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
4 14:52 1:30 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
4 12:28 4:03 OWN 26 6 15 Punt
4 6:12 3:00 OWN 25 5 26 Punt
4 1:39 0:53 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 0:38 0:38 OPP 35 1 2 Field Goal

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:04 OWN 25 9 56 Missed FG
1 9:02 0:48 OWN 25 2 9 Interception
1 7:32 2:02 OWN 5 4 17 Fumble
1 3:28 5:36 OWN 25 8 38 Field Goal
2 10:49 2:08 OWN 5 5 11 Fumble
2 7:28 1:22 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 1:56 1:56 OWN 25 5 38 Field Goal
3 11:28 3:41 OWN 12 8 25 Punt
3 7:42 2:00 OPP 31 3 -10 Punt
3 4:11 4:19 OWN 40 7 18 Punt
4 13:22 0:54 OWN 36 3 -7 Punt
4 8:26 2:14 OWN 8 9 92 Touchdown
4 3:12 1:33 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown
4 0:46 0:08 OWN 28 2 3 Interception

Rushing Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Lawrence Schroeder 19 87 4.58 14 4 0
Walter Simmons 6 47 7.83 19 2 2
William Hutchings 4 29 7.25 13 2 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Evan Hershey 18 69 3.83 11 1 0
Howard Buxton 14 52 3.71 12 1 0
Doyle Costa 6 5 0.83 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Will Allison 24 15 118 0 / 0 1 21 0 88.54

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Crisp 37 21 270 2 / 16 2 38 2 75.28

Receiving Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Melvin Smith 6 65 10.83 21 0
William Hutchings 3 18 6.00 12 0
Colin Jones 1 15 15.00 15 1
Kevin Terry 2 11 5.50 9 0
John Tingle 1 5 5.00 5 0
Richard Whipple 1 3 3.00 3 0
Walter Simmons 1 1 1.00 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Evan Hershey 5 70 14.00 31 0
Edward Maloney 1 38 38.00 38 0
Shane Looney 1 38 38.00 38 1
Ferdinand Lee 4 36 9.00 19 0
Matthew Martin 3 36 12.00 14 1
Andre King 4 28 7.00 16 0
Howard Buxton 1 12 12.00 12 0
Dan Valenti 1 7 7.00 7 0
Edward McGeehan 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Daniel McLaughlin 35 38 0 0
Ronald Sparling 0 2 0 0
Jeff Walker 1 1 0 0
John Tingle 2 3 0 0
Harry Woods 0 1 0 0
Miguel Lamar 0 1 0 1
Joe Harris 0 1 0 0
Michael Vanwinkle 9 6 0 1
Michael Murphy 0 1 0 0
Melvin Smith 0 21 0 0
Kevin Terry 0 9 0 1
Michael Simmons 0 2 0 0
Jeffrey Marker 0 2 0 0
Jess Woodward 0 2 0 0
Howard Hunt 36 36 0 2
Grant Marks 12 1 0 0
Larry Perry 12 3 0 0
Colin Jones 16 32 0 0
Joshua Wagner 8 1 0 0
Walter Simmons 6 2 0 0
Lawrence Schroeder 8 8 0 0
Harvey Williams 0 31 0 1
William Hutchings 9 19 0 1
Leon Taylor 25 33 0 4
Jeffrey Harrison 26 26 0 2
Ricky Robertson 35 35 0 2
Robert Walker 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Philip Cunningham 41 46 1 1
Steven Welch 47 46 1 3
Brian Villarreal 48 43 0 2
Randy Lay 9 2 0 0
Stephen Bennett 0 2 0 0
Erik Houston 0 1 0 0
Allen Mercado 0 1 0 0
Lee Branam 0 2 0 0
Manuel Caceres 1 0 0 0
Edward McGeehan 0 4 0 0
Edward Maloney 0 16 0 0
Joseph Gunn 0 1 0 0
Terry Wheeler 0 2 0 0
Ferdinand Lee 0 17 0 1
Amos Worsham 9 3 0 0
Edward Dingess 48 45 0 1
Evan Hershey 11 7 0 0
Freddie Moody 6 6 0 0
Shane Looney 0 1 0 0
Dan Valenti 0 22 0 0
Andre King 0 11 0 0
Doyle Costa 8 14 0 0
Matthew Martin 15 35 0 1
Howard Buxton 11 21 0 3
Osvaldo Gonzalez 44 52 0 3
Robert Mitchell 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Russell Washington 1 1 1.00 0
Miguel Lamar 1 0 0.00 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Fumble Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Lawrence Schroeder 2 0 0 0
Harry Woods 0 2 1 0
Miguel Lamar 0 0 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ferdinand Lee 1 0 0 0
Howard Buxton 1 0 0 0
Lee Branam 0 1 1 0
Adam Johnson 0 1 0 0
Erik Houston 0 0 1 0

Punting

Michigan Panthers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Napoleon McQuaig 8 386 48.25 42.50 56 3

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Brott 5 221 44.20 35.20 48 0

Kicking

Michigan Panthers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jonathan Ruch 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 51 3 / 3

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Carlos Reed 2 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 56 1 / 1

Punt Return

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lawrence Schroeder 1 1 1.0 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ferdinand Lee 2 23 11.5 12 0

Kick Return

Michigan Panthers

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Defensive Stats

Michigan Panthers

Name Tackles Sacks
Michael Simmons 10 0
Miguel Lamar 8 0
Michael Murphy 7 0
Harry Woods 6 0
Russell Washington 5 0
Michael Palmer 5 0
Joshua Wagner 3 0
Ronald Sparling 3 0
David Gaddis 2 1
Jeffrey Marker 2 0
Lawrence Schroeder 1 0
Alfredo Grant 1 0
Louis Corlett 1 0
Melvin Smith 1 0
Robert Walker 1 1
Joe Harris 1 0
Michael Million 1 0
Colin Jones 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Amos Worsham 8 0
Terry Wheeler 7 0
Lee Branam 6 0
Adam Johnson 5 0
Erik Houston 3 0
Howard Buxton 2 0
Jason Miller 2 0
Stephen Bennett 2 0
Allen Mercado 2 0
Edward McVay 2 0
John Ammerman 2 0
Andre King 1 0
Ferdinand Lee 1 0
Joseph Gunn 1 0