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Week 16: Detroit Wheels at Cleveland Thunderbolts

December 19, 1976
41°
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, OH) Attendance: 67,741 (84%)
Wheels 0 7 7 14 - 28
Thunderbolts 10 0 7 0 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 4-7-DET 9 (10:43) 17-Dustin Henry 27 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 3 DET 0
(Qtr 1) Thunderbolts: 1-10-DET 13 (4:05) 6-Brandon Robertson pass complete to 87-Miguel Owens for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. CLE 10 DET 0
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 3-8-DET 22 (8:45) (Hot Read) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 37-Enrique Pacheco for 78 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 10 DET 7
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 1-10-CLE 26 (12:54) (Hot Read) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 37-Enrique Pacheco for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 10 DET 14
(Qtr 3) Thunderbolts: 2-5-DET 38 (9:51) 6-Brandon Robertson pass complete to 19-Jimmy Brown for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Dustin Henry. CLE 17 DET 14
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 2-10-CLE 10 (11:37) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 17 DET 21
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 3-2-CLE 2 (3:40) 37-Enrique Pacheco ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. CLE 17 DET 28

Team Statistics

Thunderbolts Wheels
First Downs 22 10
- Rushing 9 1
- Passing 10 9
- Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 417 321
- Offensive Plays 82 55
- Yards Per Play 5.09 5.84
Net Rushing Yards 104 32
- Rushing Attempts 25 22
- Yards Per Rush 4.16 1.45
Net Passing Yards 313 289
- Att/Comp/Int 54 / 27 / 1 31 / 19 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 334 305
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 21 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.49 8.76
- Yards Per Completion 12.37 16.05
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 17 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 8.6
4th Down Conversions 3 / 4 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 0 / 0 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 6 1 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 75 1 / 20
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 22
Time of Possession 32:48 27:10

Drive Charts

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:05 3:24 OWN 43 7 48 Field Goal
1 8:53 4:52 OWN 3 9 97 Touchdown
1 2:19 2:33 OWN 25 6 6 Punt
2 13:07 3:00 OWN 18 7 54 Interception
2 8:32 3:18 OWN 25 8 32 Punt
2 3:05 1:56 OWN 45 3 -2 Punt
3 15:00 1:25 OWN 34 4 11 Fumble
3 12:48 3:03 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
3 7:39 1:01 OWN 24 7 38 Punt
3 4:32 1:39 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 1:26 0:59 OWN 33 3 0 Punt
4 11:34 3:03 OWN 25 6 11 Punt
4 3:37 0:45 OWN 37 5 63 Downs
4 1:50 1:50 OWN 27 9 42 Game

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:55 OWN 25 3 -18 Punt
1 10:41 1:47 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
1 4:01 1:42 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
2 14:46 1:39 OWN 21 3 3 Punt
2 10:07 1:35 OWN 20 3 80 Touchdown
2 5:14 2:10 OWN 4 3 5 Punt
2 1:08 1:08 OWN 2 2 4 Half
3 13:35 0:47 OPP 42 2 42 Touchdown
3 9:45 2:06 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
3 6:38 2:06 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
3 2:53 1:27 OWN 21 3 -1 Punt
3 0:27 3:53 OWN 24 8 76 Touchdown
4 8:30 4:53 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
4 2:52 1:02 OWN 29 4 17 Interception

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adam Velasco 11 57 5.18 13 4 0
Bert Eichelberger 2 24 12.00 19 1 0
Fred Stevenson 9 15 1.67 10 1 0
Brandon Robertson 2 5 2.50 5 0 0
Jimmy Brown 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 19 26 1.37 12 1 1
Robert Costello 3 6 2.00 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chester Dougherty 37 20 226 2 / 13 0 34 0 72.58
Brandon Robertson 17 7 108 1 / 8 2 38 1 77.57

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 31 19 305 2 / 16 3 78 1 112.97

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jim Aguirre 6 95 15.83 34 0
Fred Stevenson 5 63 12.60 26 0
Jimmy Brown 1 38 38.00 38 1
Brent Reichman 3 36 12.00 21 0
Miguel Owens 3 34 11.33 16 1
Jesse Thompson 5 25 5.00 10 0
Wesley Watson 1 18 18.00 18 0
Bert Eichelberger 1 12 12.00 12 0
William Womack 1 9 9.00 9 0
Adam Velasco 1 4 4.00 4 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Enrique Pacheco 4 143 35.75 78 2
John Risinger 7 57 8.14 15 0
Timothy Hanna 3 54 18.00 30 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 3 45 15.00 19 1
Dan Deloney 2 6 3.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ralph Walker 59 35 1 3
Kevin Peck 58 35 1 2
Jesse Thompson 10 31 1 2
Wayne Holland 5 1 0 0
Stephen Taylor 0 1 0 0
Corey Zelaya 0 3 0 0
Bert Eichelberger 3 4 0 0
William Booth 0 2 0 0
Jonathon Padilla 0 1 0 0
Carrol Myers 1 2 0 0
Matthew Southerland 5 2 0 0
George Simmons 0 2 0 2
Bob Gomez 8 3 0 0
Adam Velasco 3 2 0 0
Myron Gonzales 27 10 0 0
James Cruz 3 0 0 0
Fred Stevenson 17 10 0 0
John Shim 67 35 0 0
Monte Cherry 8 1 0 0
Brent Reichman 0 16 0 1
Jim Aguirre 0 16 0 1
Wesley Watson 0 4 0 0
Jimmy Brown 1 10 0 0
Miguel Owens 0 15 0 0
William Womack 8 10 0 0
Romeo Martinez 19 10 0 1
Edward Jackson 54 32 0 1
Antonio Preston 51 30 0 1
Michael Rodriguez 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Levi Smith 34 29 0 2
Chuck Johnson 0 3 0 0
Robert Costello 3 1 0 0
David Peralta 0 1 0 1
Paul Lee 4 1 0 0
Arturo Williams 1 3 0 0
Joe Gomez 4 0 0 0
George Odriscoll 4 0 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 18 0 4
Timothy Hanna 0 20 0 1
Ray Franklin 0 1 0 0
Chad Brown 0 2 0 1
Thomas Watson 44 22 0 1
Edward Flores 0 2 0 0
John Risinger 0 17 0 0
Darrell Trotter 3 21 0 0
Eddie Hohman 12 4 0 0
John Provencal 23 14 0 0
Walter Daniels 8 2 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 12 5 0 0
Chad Mannings 44 29 0 0
Morris Beery 44 33 0 5
Timothy Milligan 45 32 0 2
Dan Deloney 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Steven Flanagan 1 0 0.00 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Eric Spann 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ralph Walker 1 1 0 0
Brandon Robertson 1 1 0 0
Fred Stevenson 1 0 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Josh Daughtry 0 0 2 0
Donald Martinez 0 1 0 0

Punting

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dan Carr 7 323 46.14 42.00 56 1

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 8 414 51.75 51.38 58 2

Kicking

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Dustin Henry 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 27 2 / 2

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 4 / 4

Punt Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Velasco 3 6 2.0 4 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 1 8 8.0 8 0

Kick Return

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Adam Velasco 2 75 37.5 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 1 20 20.0 0

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Thunderbolts

Name Tackles Sacks
Oliver Serrano 9 0
Steven Flanagan 4 0
Michael Rodriguez 4 0
Brady Kizer 3 0
Kevin Hudson 3 0
Gabriel Decker 3 0
William Booth 3 0
Jed Hott 2 1
Joel Harris 2 0
Stephen Taylor 2 0
Corey Zelaya 2 1
Wayne Holland 1 0
Johnny King 1 0
Jesse Thompson 1 0
Bob Gomez 1 0
Monte Cherry 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Chuck Johnson 9 0
Donald Martinez 6 0
David Peralta 5 0
Bobby Wells 4 0
Eric Spann 4 0
Walter Daniels 3 0
Aaron Robinson 3 0
Chad Brown 3 0
Mark Ferguson 3 0
Robbie Hammock 3 0
Josh Daughtry 2 1
Charles Clifton 2 0
Jose Fouche 2 0
William Williams 2 1
Edward Flores 2 0
Israel Rogers 1 0
Ray Franklin 1 1
John Risinger 1 0