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Week 13: Michigan Panthers at Cleveland Thunderbolts

November 28, 1976
32°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 68,662 (85%)
Panthers 0 0 3 7 - 10
Thunderbolts 14 7 20 9 - 50

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 1-10-CLE 48 (7:38) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 18-Jim Aguirre for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. CLE 7 MIC 0
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 2-4-MIC 4 (2:31) 13-Adam Velasco ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. CLE 14 MIC 0
(Qtr 2) Thunderbolts: 1-10-CLE 13 (5:00) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 89-Brent Reichman for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. CLE 21 MIC 0
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 1-10-MIC 15 (12:58) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 18-Jim Aguirre for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. CLE 28 MIC 0
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 1-10-MIC 47 (10:27) 6-Brandon Robertson pass complete to 18-Jim Aguirre for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Panthers: 4-1-CLE 24 (5:33) 5-Richard Lamar 42 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 34 MIC 3
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 3-5-CLE 30 (4:08) 12-Chester Dougherty pass complete to 13-Adam Velasco for 70 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. CLE 41 MIC 3
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 3-7-MIC 7 (15:00) 13-Adam Velasco ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. CLE 48 MIC 3
(Qtr 4) Thunderbolts: 1-10-MIC 9 (11:32) 9-John Peters sacked at MIC -1 for -10 yards (97-Jed Hott) SAFETY! (97-Jed Hott) CLE 50 MIC 3
(Qtr 4) Panthers: 1-2-CLE 2 (8:44) 9-John Peters pass complete to 80-David Garcia for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Richard Lamar. CLE 50 MIC 10

Team Statistics

Thunderbolts Panthers
First Downs 12 15
- Rushing 2 3
- Passing 10 11
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 546 262
- Offensive Plays 59 70
- Yards Per Play 9.25 3.74
Net Rushing Yards 82 45
- Rushing Attempts 33 21
- Yards Per Rush 2.48 2.14
Net Passing Yards 464 217
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 18 / 0 44 / 20 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 478 260
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 14 5 / 43
- Yards Per Pass Play 17.85 4.43
- Yards Per Completion 26.56 13.00
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 3 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.8 9.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 25 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 14 4 / 23
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 71 3 / 64
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 22
Time of Possession 31:24 28:39

Drive Charts

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:37 2:37 OWN 26 6 28 Downs
1 9:02 1:32 OWN 6 3 94 Touchdown
1 5:25 2:57 OPP 37 6 37 Touchdown
1 0:16 2:21 OWN 20 6 25 Punt
2 9:09 2:16 OWN 24 3 -2 Punt
2 5:00 0:12 OWN 13 1 87 Touchdown
2 3:03 1:15 OWN 29 4 23 Punt
3 15:00 2:06 OWN 35 4 65 Touchdown
3 11:14 0:54 OWN 24 2 76 Touchdown
3 5:29 1:32 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
3 3:07 1:30 OWN 41 3 0 Punt
3 1:12 1:15 OPP 8 3 8 Touchdown
4 14:17 2:45 OWN 38 4 11 Punt
4 11:29 2:10 OWN 39 3 9 Punt
4 8:41 2:09 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
4 6:06 2:06 OWN 29 3 -4 Punt
4 3:40 1:47 OWN 22 3 9 Punt

Michigan Panthers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:23 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 11:00 1:59 OWN 46 3 5 Punt
1 7:30 2:05 OWN 21 5 16 Interception
1 2:28 2:12 OWN 25 4 22 Punt
2 12:55 3:47 OWN 11 9 24 Punt
2 6:53 1:53 OWN 34 3 5 Punt
2 4:48 1:45 OWN 21 4 5 Punt
2 1:48 1:48 OWN 7 3 12 Half
3 12:54 1:41 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 10:20 4:50 OWN 25 7 51 Field Goal
3 3:57 0:51 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
3 1:37 0:25 OWN 16 2 2 Fumble
4 14:57 0:39 OWN 18 4 16 Interception
4 11:32 0:03 OWN 9 1 -11 Safety
4 9:19 0:38 OWN 9 2 91 Touchdown
4 6:32 0:26 OWN 35 3 -10 Punt
4 4:00 0:20 OWN 29 3 0 Punt
4 1:54 1:54 OWN 24 8 52 Game

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 12 33 2.75 12 1 2
Fred Stevenson 16 29 1.81 15 1 0
Bert Eichelberger 4 14 3.50 9 0 0
Jimmy Brown 1 6 6.00 6 0 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steven Napier 12 15 1.25 9 0 0
Roy Weeks 2 12 6.00 10 1 0
James Roberson 5 10 2.00 9 0 0
Norman Thorne 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
Elvis Thomas 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 22 17 431 2 / 14 4 87 0 158.14
Brandon Robertson 2 1 47 0 / 0 1 47 0 135.42

Michigan Panthers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Peters 44 20 260 5 / 43 1 89 2 53.22

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jim Aguirre 6 141 23.50 52 3
Brent Reichman 2 94 47.00 87 1
Adam Velasco 2 89 44.50 70 1
Miguel Owens 4 71 17.75 31 0
Fred Stevenson 2 54 27.00 29 0
Jesse Thompson 1 17 17.00 17 0
Jimmy Brown 1 12 12.00 12 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nathan Farmer 5 122 24.40 89 0
Roy Weeks 3 35 11.67 18 0
Dennis McRae 3 30 10.00 18 0
David Wicker 3 23 7.67 13 0
James Roberson 1 21 21.00 21 0
Steven Napier 1 10 10.00 10 0
David Billy 2 9 4.50 7 0
Elvis Thomas 1 8 8.00 8 0
David Garcia 1 2 2.00 2 1

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ralph Walker 26 37 1 3
Adam Velasco 3 6 1 1
Donald Dalton 26 39 0 1
John Shim 16 2 0 0
Jimmy Brown 0 2 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 3 0 0
William Booth 0 3 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 0 5 0 0
Kevin Hudson 0 1 0 0
George Ye 0 2 0 0
David Brooks 0 2 0 0
George Simmons 1 5 0 0
Wayne Holland 13 2 0 0
James Cruz 7 0 0 0
Bob Gomez 13 3 0 0
Jim Aguirre 0 19 0 1
Monte Cherry 13 5 0 0
Myron Gonzales 18 4 0 0
Chris Miller 1 9 0 0
Fred Stevenson 22 13 0 1
Romeo Martinez 8 13 0 0
Miguel Owens 0 8 0 2
Brent Reichman 0 25 0 2
Edward Jackson 38 43 0 2
Kevin Peck 26 41 0 2
Antonio Preston 36 37 0 3
Jesse Thompson 3 35 0 3
Steven Flanagan 0 1 0 0

Michigan Panthers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Arturo James 57 31 2 3
David Billy 16 22 1 1
Richard Robinson 52 33 0 2
Russell Oh 1 0 0 0
Norman Thorne 1 0 0 0
Christopher Besser 3 0 0 0
James Roberson 4 2 0 0
Nicholas Hixson 0 1 0 0
Marcus Boyd 0 3 0 0
Tony Robinson 5 0 0 0
Daniel Bond 11 4 0 0
Seymour Phan 0 4 0 1
Arthur Bowie 0 2 0 0
Douglas Couey 0 2 0 0
Richard Sharp 0 2 0 1
Scott Smith 0 4 0 0
Stanley Thomas 0 3 0 0
Michael Kay 0 3 0 0
Dwayne Walker 5 3 0 0
David Wicker 0 6 0 1
Dennis McRae 12 8 0 0
Steven Napier 11 5 0 0
Jason Derosa 13 0 0 0
Elvis Thomas 10 15 0 0
Timothy Gates 54 28 0 0
Joseph Estrada 59 23 0 0
Roy Weeks 3 16 0 0
David Rodman 46 25 0 1
Nathan Farmer 0 9 0 0
Lucien Bowers 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Geoffrey Knight 1 1 1.00 0
Oliver Serrano 1 -1 -1.00 0

Michigan Panthers

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chester Dougherty 1 0 0 0
Ralph Walker 0 1 0 0
George Simmons 0 0 1 0
Kevin Hudson 0 1 0 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Peters 1 0 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 9 409 45.44 43.22 52 1

Michigan Panthers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Cruz Townsend 10 472 47.20 43.70 55 1

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 6 / 7

Michigan Panthers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Richard Lamar 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 1 / 1

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 2 14 7.0 8 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Steven Napier 4 23 5.8 8 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 2 71 35.5 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Steven Napier 3 64 21.3 0

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Monte Cherry 8 0
Michael Rodriguez 5 0
Jed Hott 5 1
Wayne Holland 4 0
Corey Zelaya 4 1
Brady Kizer 3 0
Oliver Serrano 3 0
Gabriel Decker 3 0
Steven Flanagan 3 0
James Perkins 2 0
David Brooks 2 0
George Simmons 2 2
George Ye 2 1
Geoffrey Knight 2 0
William Booth 1 0
Bob Gomez 1 0

Michigan Panthers

Name Tackles Sacks
Christopher Chen 8 0
David Oxford 6 0
Marcus Boyd 6 0
William McLaurin 5 0
Michael Kay 4 1
Samuel Heard 4 1
Stanley Thomas 3 0
Manuel West 3 0
Dwayne Walker 3 0
Scott Smith 2 0
Steven Napier 2 0
Richard Robinson 2 0
Douglas Couey 2 0
Arthur Bowie 1 0
Roy Weeks 1 0
Richard Lamar 1 0
Richard Sharp 1 0