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Week 7: Los Angeles Express at Detroit Wheels

October 17, 1976
61°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 46,314 (93%)
Express 0 0 3 0 - 3
Wheels 7 10 3 0 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-9-LAX 9 (12:52) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 7 LAX 0
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-9-LAX 23 (10:18) 2-Jose Fouche 40 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 10 LAX 0
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 2-19-LAX 20 (5:26) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 81-Darrell Trotter for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 17 LAX 0
(Qtr 3) Express: 4-10-DET 33 (8:11) 1-Roger Ruzich 51 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 17 LAX 3
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 4-9-LAX 34 (2:52) 2-Jose Fouche 51 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 20 LAX 3

Team Statistics

Wheels Express
First Downs 14 12
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 10 9
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 286 194
- Offensive Plays 74 68
- Yards Per Play 3.86 2.85
Net Rushing Yards 53 23
- Rushing Attempts 35 10
- Yards Per Rush 1.51 2.30
Net Passing Yards 233 171
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 18 / 0 49 / 20 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 256 239
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 23 9 / 68
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.97 2.95
- Yards Per Completion 14.22 11.95
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 19 4 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 11.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 65 5 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 22 1 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 32 3 / 77
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 28
Time of Possession 34:13 25:48

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:13 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 9:28 1:19 OWN 15 3 -3 Punt
1 5:58 1:36 OWN 15 3 -4 Punt
1 3:30 2:34 OWN 6 5 22 Punt
1 0:45 1:42 OWN 39 3 6 Punt
2 13:44 3:31 OWN 39 9 38 Field Goal
2 9:13 3:54 OWN 32 7 68 Touchdown
2 1:49 1:49 OWN 23 6 15 Half
3 12:36 1:37 OWN 33 3 8 Punt
3 8:06 0:55 OWN 29 3 -1 Punt
3 5:44 2:56 OWN 25 7 41 Field Goal
3 0:27 1:42 OWN 14 3 3 Punt
4 12:16 1:40 OWN 11 3 10 Punt
4 10:09 1:37 OWN 14 3 14 Fumble
4 6:54 1:28 OWN 31 3 0 Punt
4 4:26 1:56 OWN 44 3 -7 Punt
4 2:02 0:27 OWN 32 3 -10 Punt
4 1:17 1:17 OWN 29 3 1 Game

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:47 3:19 OWN 22 6 17 Punt
1 8:08 2:11 OWN 39 3 7 Punt
1 4:21 0:52 OWN 39 3 6 Punt
1 0:56 0:10 OWN 27 2 0 Interception
2 14:03 0:19 OWN 8 3 0 Punt
2 10:14 1:01 OWN 28 3 -8 Punt
2 5:19 3:30 OWN 25 8 59 Fumble
3 15:00 2:24 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 10:59 2:53 OWN 19 7 48 Field Goal
3 7:11 1:27 OWN 22 3 6 Punt
3 2:48 2:21 OWN 18 5 12 Punt
4 13:46 1:30 OWN 37 6 0 Punt
4 10:36 0:27 OWN 31 2 30 Interception
4 8:32 1:38 OPP 25 6 1 Missed FG
4 5:26 1:00 OWN 19 3 -3 Punt
4 2:30 0:27 OWN 17 1 15 Interception
4 1:36 0:19 OWN 29 3 -5 Punt

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 26 54 2.08 16 1 0
Robert Costello 4 2 0.50 2 0 0
Mario Valencia 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Eddie Hohman 3 -3 -1.00 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 6 26 4.33 12 2 0
Robert Acosta 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0
Edgar Austin 3 -2 -0.67 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 36 18 256 3 / 23 2 30 0 91.90

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 37 14 173 7 / 51 0 34 2 30.57
William Trombly 12 6 66 2 / 17 0 26 1 31.94

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Darrell Trotter 4 85 21.25 28 1
Timothy Hanna 3 54 18.00 30 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 4 41 10.25 17 1
John Risinger 4 40 10.00 15 0
Robert Costello 1 21 21.00 21 0
Dan Deloney 2 15 7.50 16 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Santiago Smith 5 65 13.00 26 0
Peter Sibley 4 60 15.00 30 0
Jimmy Landon 3 56 18.67 23 0
Jose Queen 2 28 14.00 34 0
Seth Wynn 3 16 5.33 12 0
Cordell Mosteller 2 11 5.50 6 0
Daniel Zachery 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Levi Smith 38 38 1 4
Timothy Milligan 44 41 1 6
Darrell Trotter 4 27 1 3
Ray Franklin 0 1 0 0
Chuck Johnson 1 3 0 1
Walter Daniels 0 2 0 1
Josh Daughtry 0 2 0 0
Chad Brown 0 3 0 0
Daniel Hawes 0 4 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 3 0 0
David Buss 1 2 0 1
Robert Costello 3 1 0 0
David Peralta 0 5 0 1
Dan Deloney 0 5 0 1
Juan Frigo 0 4 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 3 0 0
William Williams 0 1 0 0
Edward Flores 0 3 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 10 2 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 14 0 2
John Risinger 0 18 0 0
John Provencal 14 11 0 0
Joe Gomez 17 1 0 0
George Odriscoll 13 3 0 0
Eddie Hohman 21 15 0 1
Paul Lee 7 11 0 2
Enrique Pacheco 13 7 0 1
Timothy Hanna 0 17 0 0
Chad Mannings 54 41 0 0
Morris Beery 50 37 0 8
Arturo Williams 42 34 0 1
Robbie Hammock 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jose Sherlock 71 19 4 4
Scott Dotson 54 15 2 2
Charles Martin 62 19 2 2
Peter Brown 0 3 0 2
Cordell Mosteller 0 3 0 0
Jimmy Landon 0 10 0 0
Robert Wimbush 23 2 0 0
Christopher Spotts 5 0 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 4 0 0
Michael Robertson 13 0 0 0
Santiago Smith 0 4 0 0
Lamont Stich 0 2 0 0
Robert Sanders 1 2 0 0
Doug Turner 2 0 0 0
Walter Silva 0 1 0 0
Eric Aaron 0 1 0 0
Edgar Austin 22 2 0 0
Raymundo Edmonson 9 4 0 2
Leonardo Putnam 58 10 0 0
Maurice Matzke 0 3 0 0
Seth Wynn 12 7 0 0
Jose Queen 5 9 0 5
Peter Sibley 15 7 0 0
Mark Roberts 68 19 0 1
Paul Moore 0 5 0 0
Stephen Farmer 0 2 0 0
Rufus Aguilar 0 3 0 0
Richard Owen 0 4 0 1
Daniel Ibarra 0 3 0 0
Allen Ellison 10 6 0 2
Robert Falkner 0 5 0 0
Matthew McKamey 0 2 0 0
Robert Acosta 1 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bradley Mondragon 2 1 0.50 0
David Peralta 1 0 0.00 0

Los Angeles Express

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Eddie Hohman 1 0 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 1 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gene Nowlin 1 0 0 0
Robert Acosta 1 1 0 0
Joshua Lilley 0 1 1 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 11 519 47.18 47.27 51 2

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 11 535 48.64 46.73 56 4

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 51 2 / 2

Los Angeles Express

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Roger Ruzich 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 51 0 / 0

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 3 22 7.3 10 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Acosta 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 1 32 32.0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Sanders 3 77 25.7 0

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Josh Daughtry 7 3
David Peralta 7 0
Chuck Johnson 6 0
Donald Martinez 6 0
Juan Frigo 5 4
Robbie Hammock 2 0
Walter Daniels 2 0
Bradley Mondragon 2 0
Bobby Wells 1 0
Chad Brown 1 1
Edward Flores 1 1
Daniel Hawes 1 0
Mark Ferguson 1 0
Timothy Milligan 1 0
Charles Clifton 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Eric Aaron 9 1
Louis Duron 8 1
Richard Owen 6 0
Carlos Turner 4 0
Allen Ellison 4 0
Robert Falkner 3 1
Paul Moore 3 0
Walter Silva 3 0
Maurice Matzke 3 0
Stephen Farmer 2 0
Rufus Aguilar 2 0
Matthew McKamey 2 0
Daniel Ibarra 2 0
Joshua Lilley 2 0
Santiago Smith 1 0
Donn Webb 1 0
Leonardo Putnam 1 0
Lamont Stich 1 0
Daniel Zachery 1 0