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October 26, 1997 55° Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 65,936 (81%)
Sun 0 0 0 3 - 3
Thunderbolts 3 3 0 3 - 9
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 4-5-SCS 5 (8:04) 1-Carlos Reed 23 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 3 SCS 0
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-2-SCS 24 (6:20) 1-Carlos Reed 42 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 6 SCS 0
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 4-3-SCS 3 (14:18) 1-Carlos Reed 22 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 9 SCS 0
(Qtr 4) Sun: 4-9-CLE 32 (9:47) 4-Eric Chandler 49 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 9 SCS 3
Team Statistics
Thunderbolts Sun
First Downs 15 7
- Rushing 9 3
- Passing 5 3
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 254 128
- Offensive Plays 65 48
- Yards Per Play 3.91 2.67
Net Rushing Yards 184 90
- Rushing Attempts 48 16
- Yards Per Rush 3.83 5.63
Net Passing Yards 70 38
- Att/Comp/Int 17 / 11 / 2 27 / 15 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 70 82
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 5 / 44
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.12 1.19
- Yards Per Completion 6.36 5.47
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 17 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.9 8.0
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 4
Penalties/Yards 3 / 19 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 7 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 22
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 3
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 31
Time of Possession 36:49 23:11
Drive Charts
Thunderbolts
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:58 OWN 25 12 70 Field Goal
1 5:18 1:20 OPP 48 3 7 Fumble
1 1:32 1:39 OWN 4 3 4 Punt
2 12:46 6:30 OWN 12 11 64 Field Goal
2 1:58 1:20 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
3 11:36 2:04 OWN 41 3 7 Punt
3 7:59 8:43 OWN 41 15 55 Field Goal
4 13:14 0:46 OWN 44 2 1 Interception
4 9:43 4:42 OWN 25 8 29 Interception
4 3:04 1:16 50 3 -1 Punt
4 1:31 1:31 OPP 15 3 0 Game
Sun
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:02 2:43 OWN 25 6 23 Downs
1 3:58 2:26 OWN 31 4 11 Punt
2 14:53 2:07 OPP 45 4 25 Fumble
2 6:16 4:18 OWN 25 8 20 Punt
2 0:38 0:38 OWN 27 1 2 Half
3 15:00 3:24 OWN 25 7 35 Downs
3 9:32 1:33 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
4 14:16 1:02 OWN 12 3 -7 Punt
4 12:29 2:45 OPP 44 4 13 Field Goal
4 5:01 1:57 OWN 42 4 8 Downs
4 1:49 0:18 OWN 20 4 2 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#49 Howard Buxton 13 71 5.46 18 4 0
#47 Evan Hershey 15 67 4.47 14 4 0
#20 Howard Rouse 13 32 2.46 13 1 0
#3 Doyle Costa 4 14 3.50 8 0 0
#2 John Crisp 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Sun
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#47 Matthew Tipps 12 70 5.83 20 3 0
#34 Michael Johnson 3 14 4.67 9 0 0
#19 Sean Ogden 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Passing Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#2 John Crisp 17 11 70 0 / 0 0 13 2 33.58
Sun
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#19 Sean Ogden 27 15 82 5 / 44 0 13 0 61.03
Receiving Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#20 Howard Rouse 4 24 6.00 13 0
#68 Matthew Martin 3 21 7.00 12 0
#15 Andre King 2 16 8.00 11 0
#17 Ferdinand Lee 1 6 6.00 6 0
#49 Howard Buxton 1 3 3.00 3 0
Sun
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#87 Robert Davis 3 25 8.33 13 0
#15 Jonathan Sapp 3 21 7.00 10 0
#47 Matthew Tipps 3 19 6.33 8 0
#82 Donald Maclennan 2 10 5.00 8 0
#48 Brian Ross 1 4 4.00 4 0
#34 Michael Johnson 2 3 1.50 3 0
#88 Joseph Baker 1 0 0.00 0 0
Blocking Stats
Thunderbolts
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#73 Lloyd England 22 39 0 0
#64 Brian Villarreal 19 44 0 4
#68 Matthew Martin 8 44 0 4
#74 Edward Dingess 24 46 0 4
#76 Osvaldo Gonzalez 18 49 0 7
#73 Steven Welch 24 40 0 1
#15 Andre King 0 15 0 0
#17 Ferdinand Lee 0 24 0 0
#19 Edward Maloney 0 26 0 1
#33 Dan Valenti 0 23 0 0
#20 Howard Rouse 5 18 0 1
#47 Evan Hershey 2 3 0 0
#3 Doyle Costa 3 10 0 0
#49 Howard Buxton 2 7 0 1
#91 Amos Worsham 7 2 0 0
#69 Randy Lay 7 1 0 0
#72 Freddie Moody 7 6 0 2
#64 Manuel Caceres 2 0 0 0
#37 Jason Miller 0 1 0 0
#95 Edward McVay 0 1 0 0
#62 Philip Cunningham 2 13 0 0
Sun
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#63 Alex Dyer 33 21 2 3
#51 Michael Butner 36 19 2 2
#62 Ronald Matthews 31 19 1 3
#66 Jeff Likens 33 20 0 0
#78 Terrence George 36 24 0 2
#87 Robert Davis 0 13 0 0
#48 Brian Ross 18 12 0 0
#82 Donald Maclennan 7 21 0 0
#85 Brad Pierce 0 7 0 0
#64 Jon Mitchell 0 2 0 1
#88 Joseph Baker 0 4 0 0
#15 Jonathan Sapp 0 7 0 0
#47 Paul Meade 4 3 0 0
#52 Timothy Slaughter 3 1 0 0
#69 Carlos Wilson 6 0 0 0
#72 Ross Rottman 7 1 0 0
#77 Edmond Friesen 5 0 0 0
#34 Michael Johnson 7 1 0 0
#85 Willie Dewberry 0 2 0 0
#60 Dee Barreras 4 0 0 0
#47 Matthew Tipps 2 0 0 0
#46 Daniel Neal 0 2 0 0
#56 Daniel Mallette 0 1 0 0
#42 Glenn Ratliff 0 1 0 0
#48 Anthony Wallace 0 3 0 0
#96 Jose Wright 0 2 0 0
#4 Nicholas Irish 0 2 0 0
#75 Andy Epley 0 2 0 0
#45 Louis Fennell 0 1 0 1
#65 Robert Jones 3 0 0 0
#28 Johnnie Honeycutt 0 1 0 1
Interception Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Sun
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#57 Timothy Babbitt 1 3 3.00 0
#42 Glenn Ratliff 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#47 Evan Hershey 1 0 0 0
#2 John Crisp 1 0 0 0
#34 Erik Houston 0 1 1 0
#68 Fred Williams 0 0 1 0
#76 Osvaldo Gonzalez 0 1 0 0
Sun
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#34 Michael Johnson 1 0 0 0
#47 Matthew Tipps 1 0 0 0
#28 Johnnie Honeycutt 0 1 1 0
#63 Alex Dyer 0 1 0 0
Punting
Thunderbolts
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#14 Thomas Brott 4 194 48.50 36.25 57 0
Sun
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Richard Hoxie 4 211 52.75 45.25 59 1
Kicking
Thunderbolts
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Carlos Reed 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 0 / 0
Sun
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Eric Chandler 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 0 / 0
Punt Return
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 Ferdinand Lee 2 7 3.5 6 0
Sun
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Thunderbolts
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Sun
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#34 Michael Johnson 1 22 22.0 0
Defensive Stats
Thunderbolts
Name Tackles Sacks
#91 Amos Worsham 6 0
#39 Stephen Bennett 4 0
#95 Edward McVay 4 0
#34 Erik Houston 4 0
#38 John Ammerman 4 0
#31 Lee Branam 3 0
#95 Aaron Wright 2 1
#68 Fred Williams 2 1
#52 Terry Wheeler 2 0
#77 Gary Kremer 2 2
#24 Allen Mercado 1 0
#19 Edward Maloney 1 0
#39 Marvin Williamson 1 0
#73 Lloyd England 1 0
#68 Matthew Martin 1 0
#64 Manuel Caceres 1 1
Sun
Name Tackles Sacks
#57 Timothy Babbitt 8 0
#64 Jon Mitchell 8 0
#95 Ryan Keen 6 0
#98 Tom Tharp 5 0
#27 Hector Segura 5 0
#42 Glenn Ratliff 4 0
#48 Anthony Wallace 4 0
#45 Louis Fennell 3 0
#28 Johnnie Honeycutt 3 0
#96 Jose Wright 3 0
#76 Francis Holloway 3 0
#46 Daniel Neal 2 0
#4 Nicholas Irish 1 0
#88 Joseph Baker 1 0
#75 Andy Epley 1 0
#56 Daniel Mallette 1 0
#68 Craig Hart 1 0