Conference Championship: Express at Wheels
January 09, 1977 40° Rynearson Stadium
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
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
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
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Wheels
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#37 Enrique Pacheco 21 106 5.05 28 3 1
#26 Robert Costello 7 31 4.43 18 2 0
Express
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Seth Wynn 10 30 3.00 12 1 1
#65 Edgar Austin 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
#32 Robert Acosta 5 -27 -5.40 -5 0 0
Passing Stats
Wheels
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Mario Valencia 38 21 387 2 / 17 2 87 0 108.11
Express
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Gene Nowlin 36 26 339 9 / 69 0 34 1 89.93
#4 William Trombly 6 2 19 0 / 0 0 11 0 43.06
Receiving Stats
Wheels
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Rigoberto Gonzales 4 131 32.75 87 1
#36 Darrell Trotter 5 100 20.00 28 0
#80 Timothy Hanna 4 72 18.00 27 0
#13 John Risinger 3 47 15.67 30 0
#26 Robert Costello 1 15 15.00 15 1
#15 Dan Deloney 1 11 11.00 11 0
#37 Enrique Pacheco 2 6 3.00 4 0
#88 Paul Lee 1 5 5.00 5 0
Express
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#11 Santiago Smith 7 140 20.00 34 0
#21 Jose Queen 7 107 15.29 26 0
#18 Cordell Mosteller 5 43 8.60 16 0
#16 Jimmy Landon 4 21 5.25 8 0
#15 Daniel Zachery 2 19 9.50 11 0
#26 Seth Wynn 2 16 8.00 13 0
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 1 12 12.00 12 0
Blocking Stats
Wheels
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#70 Thomas Watson 47 34 1 3
#51 George Odriscoll 2 2 0 0
#53 Donald Martinez 0 2 0 0
#57 Edward Flores 0 2 0 0
#30 David Peralta 0 2 0 1
#49 Walter Daniels 5 3 0 1
#58 Juan Frigo 0 1 0 0
#46 Chuck Johnson 0 2 0 0
#66 Ray Franklin 0 1 0 0
#77 Levi Smith 41 37 0 1
#67 Ronald Davis 47 30 0 4
#84 Timothy Milligan 50 35 0 0
#63 Chad Mannings 51 38 0 0
#81 John Provencal 21 19 0 1
#37 Enrique Pacheco 9 2 0 0
#36 Darrell Trotter 6 18 0 0
#80 Timothy Hanna 0 19 0 0
#15 Dan Deloney 0 4 0 0
#13 John Risinger 0 16 0 0
#26 Robert Costello 2 0 0 0
#88 Paul Lee 6 9 0 0
#83 Rigoberto Gonzales 0 15 0 1
#67 Joe Gomez 5 0 0 0
#53 Morris Beery 8 7 0 1
#85 Eddie Hohman 11 0 0 0
#71 Arturo Williams 1 1 0 0
#78 Daniel Hawes 0 1 0 0
#56 Bobby Wells 0 1 0 0
Express
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#47 Jose Sherlock 31 20 3 3
#79 Charles Martin 61 22 2 3
#51 Scott Dotson 37 21 1 3
#66 Jason Westbrooks 29 12 0 0
#67 Jason Graf 61 31 0 1
#13 Tyrone Kennedy 0 9 0 0
#21 Jose Queen 0 16 0 2
#16 Jimmy Landon 0 9 0 0
#11 Santiago Smith 0 5 0 0
#18 Cordell Mosteller 0 9 0 0
#26 Seth Wynn 14 4 0 0
#66 Robert Wimbush 31 7 0 0
#71 Leonardo Putnam 43 13 0 1
#89 Peter Sibley 10 1 0 0
#65 Edgar Austin 11 5 0 0
#87 Raymundo Edmonson 1 5 0 0
#42 Maurice Matzke 5 2 0 1
#83 Richard Rogers 8 2 0 0
#22 Robert Sanders 0 1 0 0
#15 Daniel Zachery 0 4 0 0
#32 Robert Acosta 9 4 0 0
#55 Matthew McKamey 0 1 0 0
#23 Daniel Ibarra 0 2 0 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 0 1 0 0
#52 Larry Newsom 0 1 0 0
#46 Paul Moore 0 1 0 0
#92 Louis Duron 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Wheels
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#44 Robbie Hammock 1 4 4.00 0
Express
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Wheels
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#37 Enrique Pacheco 1 0 0 0
#56 Bobby Wells 0 0 1 0
Express
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#26 Seth Wynn 1 0 0 0
#21 Jose Queen 0 1 0 0
#42 Walter Silva 0 1 0 0
#52 Larry Newsom 0 0 1 0
Punting
Wheels
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 Harry Marshall 6 267 44.50 38.83 64 3
Express
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Richard Huber 9 471 52.33 40.67 64 2
Kicking
Wheels
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Jose Fouche 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 3 / 3
Express
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Roger Ruzich 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 1 / 1
Punt Return
Wheels
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#13 John Risinger 2 18 9.0 9 0
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#11 Santiago Smith 1 5 5.0 5 0
Kick Return
Wheels
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#13 John Risinger 1 26 26.0 0
Express
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Wheels
Name Tackles Sacks
#53 Donald Martinez 6 0
#56 Bobby Wells 5 0
#30 David Peralta 5 0
#96 William Williams 5 1
#44 Robbie Hammock 5 1
#46 Chuck Johnson 5 0
#45 Eric Spann 4 1
#48 Aaron Robinson 3 0
#49 Walter Daniels 3 0
#34 Charles Clifton 3 0
#36 Mark Ferguson 3 0
#58 Juan Frigo 3 3
#99 Josh Daughtry 2 2
#57 Edward Flores 1 1
#77 Levi Smith 1 0
Express
Name Tackles Sacks
#42 Maurice Matzke 8 0
#46 Paul Moore 5 0
#55 Matthew McKamey 5 0
#53 Eric Aaron 5 1
#98 Robert Falkner 5 0
#47 Stephen Farmer 4 0
#54 Richard Owen 4 1
#42 Walter Silva 4 0
#48 Carlos Turner 2 0
#55 Lamont Stich 2 0
#41 Allen Ellison 1 0
#50 Donn Webb 1 0
#52 James Warner 1 0
#23 Daniel Ibarra 1 0
#18 Cordell Mosteller 1 0
#95 Michael Salzman 1 0