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Week 11: Cleveland Thunderbolts at New Jersey Generals

November 14, 1976
59°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 62,348 (78%)
Thunderbolts 7 10 3 0 - 20
Generals 3 0 7 7 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-2-CLE 31 (10:17) 5-Ralph Lopez 49 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 CLE 0
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 3-8-NJG 11 (6:10) 13-Adam Velasco ran for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. NJG 3 CLE 7
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 1-2-NJG 2 (14:23) 13-Adam Velasco ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. NJG 3 CLE 14
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-6-NJG 16 (0:46) 17-Dustin Henry 35 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 CLE 17
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-10-NJG 10 (10:02) 17-Dustin Henry 28 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 CLE 20
(Qtr 3) Generals: 3-14-CLE 16 (5:19) 2-Doug Fluty pass complete to 82-Clarence Collins to CLE 0 for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Ralph Lopez. NJG 10 CLE 20
(Qtr 4) Generals: 3-6-CLE 6 (7:35) (Hot Read) 2-Doug Fluty pass complete to 34-Herschel Walker for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Ralph Lopez. NJG 17 CLE 20

Team Statistics

Generals Thunderbolts
First Downs 21 13
- Rushing 4 3
- Passing 17 10
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 419 327
- Offensive Plays 72 52
- Yards Per Play 5.82 6.29
Net Rushing Yards 86 95
- Rushing Attempts 31 19
- Yards Per Rush 2.77 5.00
Net Passing Yards 333 232
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 26 / 1 32 / 17 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 356 239
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 23 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.12 7.03
- Yards Per Completion 13.69 14.06
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 15 4 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.6 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 72
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 29
Time of Possession 37:22 22:39

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:47 OWN 25 8 44 Field Goal
1 6:07 5:09 OWN 25 9 44 Fumble
2 14:21 2:32 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
2 8:51 5:32 OWN 17 11 75 Missed FG
2 0:43 0:43 OWN 25 2 9 Half
3 9:59 4:44 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
3 3:44 2:00 OWN 21 3 0 Punt
4 14:53 7:21 OWN 10 13 90 Touchdown
4 5:54 1:20 OWN 4 3 8 Punt
4 4:13 2:27 OWN 20 7 38 Interception
4 0:47 0:47 OWN 25 3 15 Game

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:13 4:06 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 0:58 1:37 OWN 43 4 57 Touchdown
2 11:48 2:57 OWN 15 5 40 Punt
2 3:19 2:36 OWN 20 9 64 Field Goal
3 15:00 5:01 OWN 26 10 64 Field Goal
3 5:15 1:32 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 1:44 1:51 OWN 35 3 5 Punt
4 7:32 1:39 OWN 32 3 8 Punt
4 4:34 0:20 OWN 46 3 0 Punt
4 1:46 1:00 OWN 27 3 -4 Punt

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herschel Walker 19 50 2.63 17 2 0
Maurice Carthon 11 30 2.73 10 2 0
Doug Fluty 1 6 6.00 6 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 12 67 5.58 18 4 2
Fred Stevenson 5 23 4.60 14 1 0
Bert Eichelberger 2 5 2.50 3 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Doug Fluty 38 26 356 3 / 23 2 43 1 104.71

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 26 15 222 1 / 7 0 29 0 85.74
Brandon Robertson 6 2 17 0 / 0 0 9 0 42.36

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Clarence Collins 7 97 13.86 25 1
Damon Rosato 4 93 23.25 43 0
Tom McConnaughey 4 55 13.75 18 0
Herschel Walker 3 44 14.67 26 1
Leroy Selmon 2 29 14.50 20 0
Steve Jobs 2 18 9.00 11 0
Maurice Carthon 3 16 5.33 9 0
Cody Adkins 1 4 4.00 4 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brent Reichman 5 77 15.40 24 0
Jim Aguirre 5 71 14.20 29 0
Miguel Owens 3 60 20.00 26 0
Fred Stevenson 2 19 9.50 14 0
Jesse Thompson 1 8 8.00 8 0
Adam Velasco 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dennis Self 42 32 1 3
John Jewell 7 0 0 0
Frank Mattiace 0 1 0 0
Jim LeClair 0 1 0 0
Kerry Justin 0 1 0 0
Mike Williams 0 1 0 1
Gary Barbaro 2 0 0 0
Roy Copeland 0 1 0 0
Cody Adkins 0 4 0 1
Tom McConnaughey 0 13 0 1
Steve Niehaus 6 3 0 1
Greg Brady 4 0 0 0
Herschel Walker 3 3 0 0
Maurice Carthon 3 0 0 0
Clarence Collins 0 21 0 1
Leroy Selmon 12 35 0 2
Jimmy Hoffa 47 36 0 4
John Piche 49 43 0 1
Kent Hull 48 45 0 0
Doug Mackie 47 38 0 2
Damon Rosato 0 22 0 1
Jeff Speck 26 25 0 0
Lawrence Bruce 2 3 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ralph Walker 33 24 0 2
Monte Cherry 10 5 0 2
Bert Eichelberger 0 2 0 0
William Booth 0 2 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 2 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 4 0 1
Stephen Taylor 0 1 0 0
Bob Gomez 8 4 0 0
George Simmons 0 4 0 1
Myron Gonzales 10 4 0 0
James Cruz 4 0 0 0
John Shim 10 2 0 0
Romeo Martinez 10 11 0 0
Donald Dalton 32 24 0 1
Fred Stevenson 14 5 0 1
Jim Aguirre 0 13 0 0
William Womack 9 10 0 1
Miguel Owens 0 10 0 0
Adam Velasco 4 3 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 10 0 0
Edward Jackson 41 25 0 0
Kevin Peck 34 28 0 1
Antonio Preston 41 31 0 0
Jesse Thompson 8 22 0 2
Joel Harris 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Steven Flanagan 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Doug Fluty 1 0 0 0
Daniel Tosh 0 0 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chester Dougherty 1 0 0 0
Stephen Taylor 0 0 1 0
George Ye 0 1 0 0
Ralph Walker 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Maurice Lester 3 138 46.00 43.00 52 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 6 294 49.00 45.17 58 3

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ralph Lopez 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 2 / 2

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 2 / 2

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Maurice Carthon 1 0 0.0 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 1 10 10.0 10 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 2 72 36.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
John Preston 6 0
Gregory Johnson 5 0
Daniel Tosh 4 1
Mike Williams 3 0
Jim LeClair 3 0
Jim Byrne 2 0
Freddie Gilbert 2 0
Mike Weddington 2 0
Tony Perez 2 0
John Joyce 2 0
Gary Barbaro 2 0
Doug Fluty 1 0
James Lockette 1 0
Bobby Leopold 1 0
Albert Donaldson 1 0
Ralph Lopez 1 0
Leroy Selmon 1 0
Clarence Collins 1 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Jed Hott 10 1
Michael Rodriguez 8 0
Corey Zelaya 6 0
Monte Cherry 5 0
Steven Flanagan 5 0
Oliver Serrano 4 0
Bob Gomez 3 1
Geoffrey Knight 3 0
Stephen Taylor 3 1
George Simmons 2 0
Gabriel Decker 2 0
Brady Kizer 2 0
Kevin Hudson 2 0
Michael Woodham 1 0
George Ye 1 0
Joel Harris 1 0