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Week 12: Cleveland Thunderbolts at Detroit Wheels

November 21, 1976
39°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 47,140 (94%)
Thunderbolts 0 17 3 6 - 26
Wheels 10 6 3 0 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-12-CLE 35 (12:47) 2-Jose Fouche 52 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 3 CLE 0
(Qtr 1) Wheels: 3-1-CLE 7 (7:33) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 15-Dan Deloney for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 10 CLE 0
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 4-9-DET 16 (10:23) 17-Dustin Henry 34 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 10 CLE 3
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-7-CLE 12 (6:12) 2-Jose Fouche 30 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 13 CLE 3
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 2-1-CLE 34 (5:32) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 87-Miguel Owens for 66 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. DET 13 CLE 10
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 2-17-DET 26 (1:24) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 89-Brent Reichman for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. DET 13 CLE 17
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 1-10-CLE 22 (0:03) 2-Jose Fouche 39 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 16 CLE 17
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 4-18-DET 25 (10:18) 17-Dustin Henry 44 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 69-Myron Gonzales was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DET 16 CLE 20
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 4-1-CLE 22 (2:35) 2-Jose Fouche 39 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 19 CLE 20
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 1-10-DET 17 (13:43) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 89-Brent Reichman for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Wheels Thunderbolts
First Downs 18 17
- Rushing 1 6
- Passing 17 11
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 389 426
- Offensive Plays 57 64
- Yards Per Play 6.82 6.66
Net Rushing Yards 31 106
- Rushing Attempts 11 26
- Yards Per Rush 2.82 4.08
Net Passing Yards 358 320
- Att/Comp/Int 43 / 29 / 1 33 / 23 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 382 356
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 24 5 / 36
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.78 8.42
- Yards Per Completion 13.17 15.48
Fumbles/Lost 4 / 3 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 11 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.2 9.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 3 / 19
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 17 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 34
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 2 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 25
Time of Possession 28:17 31:43

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:17 OWN 25 5 40 Field Goal
1 11:03 3:34 OWN 35 6 65 Touchdown
1 7:25 0:46 OPP 16 2 6 Fumble
1 4:25 2:05 OWN 32 3 9 Punt
2 10:20 4:12 OWN 25 7 63 Field Goal
2 5:23 3:02 OWN 25 4 30 Punt
2 1:19 1:19 OWN 25 5 53 Field Goal
3 10:14 2:59 OWN 25 6 23 Punt
3 4:23 1:52 OPP 31 3 9 Field Goal
3 0:59 0:49 OWN 33 3 7 Fumble
4 13:39 3:01 OWN 25 7 57 Interception
4 9:42 0:10 OWN 24 3 0 Fumble
4 9:33 0:55 OWN 24 3 0 Punt
4 3:23 0:57 OWN 20 3 -8 Punt
4 0:19 0:19 OWN 20 1 10 Game

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:43 1:40 OWN 27 3 -10 Punt
1 7:29 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
1 6:38 2:14 OWN 2 3 9 Punt
1 2:20 6:59 OWN 17 12 67 Field Goal
2 6:09 0:46 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
2 2:21 1:02 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
3 15:00 4:46 OWN 25 8 50 Field Goal
3 7:15 2:51 OWN 11 5 16 Interception
3 2:31 1:32 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 0:10 1:31 OPP 41 4 41 Touchdown
4 10:38 0:56 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
4 8:38 5:15 OWN 28 8 60 Missed FG
4 2:26 2:07 OWN 38 6 14 Punt

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 9 32 3.56 11 1 0
John Provencal 2 -1 -0.50 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 11 60 5.45 32 3 0
Fred Stevenson 14 42 3.00 12 2 0
Bert Eichelberger 1 4 4.00 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 43 29 382 3 / 24 1 31 1 93.36

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 26 19 295 5 / 36 3 66 1 132.69
Brandon Robertson 7 4 61 0 / 0 0 30 1 46.43

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Hanna 9 134 14.89 27 0
John Risinger 8 81 10.13 22 0
Enrique Pacheco 6 70 11.67 24 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 3 55 18.33 19 0
Paul Lee 2 35 17.50 31 0
Dan Deloney 1 7 7.00 7 1

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brent Reichman 5 89 17.80 26 2
Miguel Owens 3 79 26.33 66 1
Chris Miller 2 56 28.00 30 0
Jimmy Brown 2 48 24.00 25 0
Jim Aguirre 4 45 11.25 18 0
Fred Stevenson 2 22 11.00 18 0
Adam Velasco 1 7 7.00 7 0
Jesse Thompson 3 6 2.00 6 0
Romeo Martinez 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Timothy Milligan 55 29 1 1
Levi Smith 46 21 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 4 0 0
Robert Costello 2 0 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 2 0 1
Bradley Mondragon 5 0 0 0
Juan Frigo 0 2 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 1 0 0
William Williams 0 1 0 0
Dan Deloney 0 4 0 1
John Risinger 0 9 0 0
Walter Daniels 0 2 0 0
David Peralta 0 2 0 1
Eddie Hohman 8 0 0 0
Thomas Watson 56 20 0 0
John Provencal 22 10 0 0
Paul Lee 7 4 0 0
Joe Gomez 5 0 0 0
George Odriscoll 6 0 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 14 6 0 0
Darrell Trotter 7 11 0 1
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 9 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 12 0 2
Chad Mannings 52 21 0 0
Morris Beery 56 25 0 1
Chad Brown 0 1 0 1

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Antonio Preston 49 34 2 4
Ralph Walker 39 31 1 4
Edward Jackson 49 41 1 1
Jesse Thompson 10 29 1 3
William Booth 0 1 0 1
Brady Kizer 0 2 0 0
Michael Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 2 0 0
Jimmy Brown 1 7 0 1
Brent Reichman 0 15 0 0
Adam Velasco 4 4 0 0
Chris Miller 0 7 0 0
James Cruz 6 0 0 0
George Ye 0 2 0 0
Oliver Serrano 0 1 0 0
Matthew Southerland 1 0 0 0
Steven Flanagan 0 2 0 1
Jim Aguirre 0 15 0 1
Monte Cherry 10 6 0 0
Miguel Owens 0 14 0 2
George Simmons 0 4 0 0
Kevin Peck 48 31 0 0
Donald Dalton 36 30 0 1
Myron Gonzales 12 1 0 0
Romeo Martinez 10 11 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 1 0 0
Wayne Holland 11 6 0 0
Fred Stevenson 18 7 0 0
John Shim 13 2 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 1 2 0 0
Wesley Watson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Chuck Johnson 1 1 1.00 0
Bobby Wells 1 1 1.00 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gabriel Decker 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Enrique Pacheco 2 0 0 0
Mario Valencia 1 0 0 0
John Risinger 1 0 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 1 0 0
William Williams 0 1 0 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chester Dougherty 2 0 0 0
Brady Kizer 0 0 1 0
Monte Cherry 0 0 1 0
George Ye 0 1 0 0
Ralph Walker 0 1 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 1 0 0
William Booth 0 1 0 0
Fred Stevenson 0 0 1 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 5 226 45.20 41.20 50 1

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 5 257 51.40 44.80 57 0

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 4 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 2 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 2 / 3

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 3 17 5.7 11 0

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 1 34 34.0 0

Defensive Stats