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Conference Championship: Los Angeles Express at Detroit Wheels

January 09, 1977
40°
Rynearson Stadium (Ypsilanti, MI) Attendance: 44,759 (90%)
Express 0 7 0 0 - 7
Wheels 7 3 17 0 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 1-1-LAX 1 (9:05) 37-Enrique Pacheco ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 7 LAX 0
(Qtr 2) Express: 1-1-DET 1 (12:24) 23-Seth Wynn ran to DET 0 for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Roger Ruzich. DET 68-Daniel Hawes was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DET 7 LAX 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-19-LAX 33 (2:04) 2-Jose Fouche 50 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 10 LAX 7
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 1-10-DET 13 (13:31) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 83-Rigoberto Gonzales for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 17 LAX 7
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 1-10-LAX 15 (7:23) 4-Mario Valencia pass complete to 26-Robert Costello for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. DET 24 LAX 7
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 4-2-LAX 7 (0:13) 2-Jose Fouche 24 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 27 LAX 7

Team Statistics

Wheels Express
First Downs 19 18
- Rushing 6 2
- Passing 12 15
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 507 293
- Offensive Plays 68 67
- Yards Per Play 7.46 4.37
Net Rushing Yards 137 4
- Rushing Attempts 28 16
- Yards Per Rush 4.89 0.25
Net Passing Yards 370 289
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 21 / 0 42 / 28 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 387 358
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 17 9 / 69
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.25 5.67
- Yards Per Completion 18.43 12.79
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 14 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 9.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 50 2 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 18 1 / 5
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 26 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 4 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 25
Time of Possession 31:40 28:20

Drive Charts

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:58 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
1 6:36 2:15 OWN 20 5 32 Punt
1 3:20 1:31 OWN 49 3 -4 Punt
2 12:21 2:03 OWN 25 4 30 Punt
2 6:59 5:00 OWN 20 10 45 Field Goal
3 13:30 0:13 OWN 13 1 87 Touchdown
3 10:57 3:39 OWN 20 7 80 Touchdown
3 3:36 3:26 OWN 27 8 66 Field Goal
4 13:13 0:56 OWN 35 4 2 Fumble
4 10:55 1:44 OWN 20 5 31 Punt
4 7:04 2:10 OWN 5 3 0 Punt
4 4:27 2:45 OWN 20 8 30 Punt

Los Angeles Express

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:02 2:26 OWN 25 4 21 Punt
1 4:22 1:02 OWN 3 3 7 Punt
1 1:49 4:28 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
2 10:18 3:20 OWN 16 5 27 Punt
2 1:59 1:59 OWN 25 8 32 Half
3 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 13:18 2:20 OWN 25 4 28 Punt
3 7:18 3:42 OWN 25 6 -1 Punt
3 0:10 1:57 OWN 25 6 -2 Punt
4 12:16 1:21 OPP 42 3 -22 Punt
4 9:11 2:06 OWN 6 7 51 Punt
4 4:54 0:27 OPP 48 2 28 Interception
4 1:42 1:42 OWN 14 6 44 Game

Rushing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 21 106 5.05 28 3 1
Robert Costello 7 31 4.43 18 2 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Seth Wynn 10 30 3.00 12 1 1
Edgar Austin 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Robert Acosta 5 -27 -5.40 -5 0 0

Passing Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Mario Valencia 38 21 387 2 / 17 2 87 0 108.11

Los Angeles Express

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gene Nowlin 36 26 339 9 / 69 0 34 1 89.93
William Trombly 6 2 19 0 / 0 0 11 0 43.06

Receiving Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Rigoberto Gonzales 4 131 32.75 87 1
Darrell Trotter 5 100 20.00 28 0
Timothy Hanna 4 72 18.00 27 0
John Risinger 3 47 15.67 30 0
Robert Costello 1 15 15.00 15 1
Dan Deloney 1 11 11.00 11 0
Enrique Pacheco 2 6 3.00 4 0
Paul Lee 1 5 5.00 5 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Santiago Smith 7 140 20.00 34 0
Jose Queen 7 107 15.29 26 0
Cordell Mosteller 5 43 8.60 16 0
Jimmy Landon 4 21 5.25 8 0
Daniel Zachery 2 19 9.50 11 0
Seth Wynn 2 16 8.00 13 0
Tyrone Kennedy 1 12 12.00 12 0

Blocking Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Watson 47 34 1 3
George Odriscoll 2 2 0 0
Darrell Trotter 6 18 0 0
Daniel Hawes 0 1 0 0
Arturo Williams 1 1 0 0
Eddie Hohman 11 0 0 0
Morris Beery 8 7 0 1
Joe Gomez 5 0 0 0
Rigoberto Gonzales 0 15 0 1
Paul Lee 6 9 0 0
Robert Costello 2 0 0 0
John Risinger 0 16 0 0
Dan Deloney 0 4 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 19 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 9 2 0 0
Donald Martinez 0 2 0 0
John Provencal 21 19 0 1
Chad Mannings 51 38 0 0
Timothy Milligan 50 35 0 0
Ronald Davis 47 30 0 4
Levi Smith 41 37 0 1
Ray Franklin 0 1 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 2 0 0
Juan Frigo 0 1 0 0
Walter Daniels 5 3 0 1
David Peralta 0 2 0 1
Edward Flores 0 2 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 1 0 0

Los Angeles Express

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jose Sherlock 31 20 3 3
Charles Martin 61 22 2 3
Scott Dotson 37 21 1 3
Raymundo Edmonson 1 5 0 0
Paul Moore 0 1 0 0
Larry Newsom 0 1 0 0
Stephen Farmer 0 1 0 0
Daniel Ibarra 0 2 0 0
Matthew McKamey 0 1 0 0
Robert Acosta 9 4 0 0
Daniel Zachery 0 4 0 0
Robert Sanders 0 1 0 0
Richard Rogers 8 2 0 0
Maurice Matzke 5 2 0 1
Peter Sibley 10 1 0 0
Edgar Austin 11 5 0 0
Jason Westbrooks 29 12 0 0
Leonardo Putnam 43 13 0 1
Robert Wimbush 31 7 0 0
Seth Wynn 14 4 0 0
Cordell Mosteller 0 9 0 0
Santiago Smith 0 5 0 0
Jimmy Landon 0 9 0 0
Jose Queen 0 16 0 2
Tyrone Kennedy 0 9 0 0
Jason Graf 61 31 0 1
Louis Duron 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robbie Hammock 1 4 4.00 0

Los Angeles Express

Fumble Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Enrique Pacheco 1 0 0 0
Bobby Wells 0 0 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Seth Wynn 1 0 0 0
Jose Queen 0 1 0 0
Walter Silva 0 1 0 0
Larry Newsom 0 0 1 0

Punting

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 6 267 44.50 38.83 64 3

Los Angeles Express

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 9 471 52.33 40.67 64 2

Kicking

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 3 / 3

Los Angeles Express

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

Punt Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 2 18 9.0 9 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Santiago Smith 1 5 5.0 5 0

Kick Return

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 1 26 26.0 0

Los Angeles Express

Defensive Stats

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Donald Martinez 6 0
Bobby Wells 5 0
David Peralta 5 0
William Williams 5 1
Robbie Hammock 5 1
Chuck Johnson 5 0
Eric Spann 4 1
Aaron Robinson 3 0
Walter Daniels 3 0
Charles Clifton 3 0
Mark Ferguson 3 0
Juan Frigo 3 3
Josh Daughtry 2 2
Edward Flores 1 1
Levi Smith 1 0

Los Angeles Express

Name Tackles Sacks
Maurice Matzke 8 0
Paul Moore 5 0
Matthew McKamey 5 0
Eric Aaron 5 1
Robert Falkner 5 0
Stephen Farmer 4 0
Richard Owen 4 1
Walter Silva 4 0
Carlos Turner 2 0
Lamont Stich 2 0
Allen Ellison 1 0
Donn Webb 1 0
James Warner 1 0
Daniel Ibarra 1 0
Cordell Mosteller 1 0
Michael Salzman 1 0