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Week 8: Southern California Sun at Cleveland Thunderbolts

October 26, 1997
55°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) 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

Cleveland 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 OPP 50 3 -1 Punt
4 1:31 1:31 OPP 15 3 0 Game

Southern California 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

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Howard Buxton 13 71 5.46 18 4 0
Evan Hershey 15 67 4.47 14 4 0
Howard Rouse 13 32 2.46 13 1 0
Doyle Costa 4 14 3.50 8 0 0
John Crisp 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Matthew Tipps 12 70 5.83 20 3 0
Michael Johnson 3 14 4.67 9 0 0
Sean Ogden 1 6 6.00 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Crisp 17 11 70 0 / 0 0 13 2 33.58

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Sean Ogden 27 15 82 5 / 44 0 13 0 61.03

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Howard Rouse 4 24 6.00 13 0
Matthew Martin 3 21 7.00 12 0
Andre King 2 16 8.00 11 0
Ferdinand Lee 1 6 6.00 6 0
Howard Buxton 1 3 3.00 3 0

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Davis 3 25 8.33 13 0
Jonathan Sapp 3 21 7.00 10 0
Matthew Tipps 3 19 6.33 8 0
Donald Maclennan 2 10 5.00 8 0
Brian Ross 1 4 4.00 4 0
Michael Johnson 2 3 1.50 3 0
Joseph Baker 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Lloyd England 22 39 0 0
Evan Hershey 2 3 0 0
Edward McVay 0 1 0 0
Jason Miller 0 1 0 0
Manuel Caceres 2 0 0 0
Freddie Moody 7 6 0 2
Randy Lay 7 1 0 0
Amos Worsham 7 2 0 0
Howard Buxton 2 7 0 1
Doyle Costa 3 10 0 0
Howard Rouse 5 18 0 1
Brian Villarreal 19 44 0 4
Dan Valenti 0 23 0 0
Edward Maloney 0 26 0 1
Ferdinand Lee 0 24 0 0
Andre King 0 15 0 0
Steven Welch 24 40 0 1
Osvaldo Gonzalez 18 49 0 7
Edward Dingess 24 46 0 4
Matthew Martin 8 44 0 4
Philip Cunningham 2 13 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Alex Dyer 33 21 2 3
Michael Butner 36 19 2 2
Ronald Matthews 31 19 1 3
Jeff Likens 33 20 0 0
Willie Dewberry 0 2 0 0
Robert Jones 3 0 0 0
Louis Fennell 0 1 0 1
Andy Epley 0 2 0 0
Nicholas Irish 0 2 0 0
Jose Wright 0 2 0 0
Anthony Wallace 0 3 0 0
Glenn Ratliff 0 1 0 0
Daniel Mallette 0 1 0 0
Daniel Neal 0 2 0 0
Matthew Tipps 2 0 0 0
Dee Barreras 4 0 0 0
Ross Rottman 7 1 0 0
Michael Johnson 7 1 0 0
Edmond Friesen 5 0 0 0
Terrence George 36 24 0 2
Carlos Wilson 6 0 0 0
Timothy Slaughter 3 1 0 0
Paul Meade 4 3 0 0
Jonathan Sapp 0 7 0 0
Joseph Baker 0 4 0 0
Jon Mitchell 0 2 0 1
Brad Pierce 0 7 0 0
Donald Maclennan 7 21 0 0
Brian Ross 18 12 0 0
Robert Davis 0 13 0 0
Johnnie Honeycutt 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Southern California Sun

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Timothy Babbitt 1 3 3.00 0
Glenn Ratliff 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Evan Hershey 1 0 0 0
John Crisp 1 0 0 0
Erik Houston 0 1 1 0
Fred Williams 0 0 1 0
Osvaldo Gonzalez 0 1 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Johnson 1 0 0 0
Matthew Tipps 1 0 0 0
Johnnie Honeycutt 0 1 1 0
Alex Dyer 0 1 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Brott 4 194 48.50 36.25 57 0

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Hoxie 4 211 52.75 45.25 59 1

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Carlos Reed 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 0 / 0

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Eric Chandler 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 0 / 0

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ferdinand Lee 2 7 3.5 6 0

Southern California Sun

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Johnson 1 22 22.0 0

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Amos Worsham 6 0
Stephen Bennett 4 0
Edward McVay 4 0
Erik Houston 4 0
John Ammerman 4 0
Lee Branam 3 0
Aaron Wright 2 1
Fred Williams 2 1
Terry Wheeler 2 0
Gary Kremer 2 2
Allen Mercado 1 0
Edward Maloney 1 0
Marvin Williamson 1 0
Lloyd England 1 0
Matthew Martin 1 0
Manuel Caceres 1 1

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Timothy Babbitt 8 0
Jon Mitchell 8 0
Ryan Keen 6 0
Hector Segura 5 0
Tom Tharp 5 0
Glenn Ratliff 4 0
Anthony Wallace 4 0
Louis Fennell 3 0
Jose Wright 3 0
Johnnie Honeycutt 3 0
Francis Holloway 3 0
Daniel Neal 2 0
Nicholas Irish 1 0
Joseph Baker 1 0
Andy Epley 1 0
Daniel Mallette 1 0
Craig Hart 1 0