Regular Season Week 12: Exploding Whales at Rush
November 24, 1996 44° Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 60,118 (80%)
Exploding Whales 3 0 0 3 - 6
Rush 0 10 17 6 - 33
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Exploding Whales: 4-5-CLE 13 (8:42) 7-Kenneth Williams 30 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 0 HEW 3
(Qtr 2) Rush: 3-2-HEW 7 (6:26) 21-Todd Benoit ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Harold Pease. CLE 7 HEW 3
(Qtr 2) Rush: 1-2-HEW 2 (0:02) 1-Harold Pease 20 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 10 HEW 3
(Qtr 3) Rush: 3-1-HEW 1 (5:59) 37-James Steel ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Harold Pease. CLE 17 HEW 3
(Qtr 3) Rush: 4-7-HEW 7 (3:09) 1-Harold Pease 24 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 20 HEW 3
(Qtr 3) Rush: 1-10-CLE 49 (1:24) 6-Howard Gann pass complete to 18-Paul Slater for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Harold Pease. CLE 27 HEW 3
(Qtr 4) Rush: 4-1-HEW 31 (14:25) 1-Harold Pease 48 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 30 HEW 3
(Qtr 4) Rush: 4-7-HEW 27 (12:10) 1-Harold Pease 44 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 33 HEW 3
(Qtr 4) Exploding Whales: 4-8-CLE 12 (2:53) 7-Kenneth Williams 29 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 33 HEW 6
Team Statistics
Rush Exploding Whales
First Downs 16 14
- Rushing 8 4
- Passing 7 10
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 380 236
- Offensive Plays 63 67
- Yards Per Play 6.03 3.52
Net Rushing Yards 201 51
- Rushing Attempts 44 12
- Yards Per Rush 4.57 4.25
Net Passing Yards 179 185
- Att/Comp/Int 19 / 14 / 1 52 / 31 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 179 208
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 23
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.42 3.36
- Yards Per Completion 12.79 6.71
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 13 8 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.3 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 17 5 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 30 3 / 35
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 29 3 / 89
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 2 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 24
Time of Possession 33:02 26:59
Drive Charts
Rush
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:39 3:07 OWN 25 5 27 Punt
2 12:12 1:35 OWN 47 3 26 Interception
2 8:32 2:10 OWN 40 5 60 Touchdown
2 5:23 5:23 OWN 35 13 63 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:34 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 12:32 6:36 OWN 13 12 87 Touchdown
3 5:49 2:43 OPP 21 5 14 Field Goal
3 2:12 0:56 OWN 32 2 68 Touchdown
3 0:29 1:08 OPP 40 3 9 Field Goal
4 14:13 2:08 OPP 30 3 3 Field Goal
4 11:10 2:03 OWN 46 3 8 Punt
4 6:56 1:58 OWN 4 3 3 Punt
4 2:50 1:41 OWN 23 3 10 Punt
Exploding Whales
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:21 OWN 25 13 62 Field Goal
1 5:32 8:20 OWN 2 13 58 Missed FG
2 10:37 2:05 OWN 17 3 2 Punt
2 6:22 0:59 OWN 14 3 6 Punt
3 13:26 0:54 OWN 39 3 2 Punt
3 5:56 0:07 OWN 21 1 0 Interception
3 3:06 0:54 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 1:15 0:47 OWN 29 2 3 Interception
4 14:21 0:07 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
4 12:06 0:56 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
4 9:07 2:11 OWN 13 9 40 Punt
4 4:59 2:09 OPP 47 7 35 Field Goal
4 1:09 1:09 OWN 29 5 23 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Rush
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#34 Xavier Gayle 26 130 5.00 25 4 0
#21 Todd Benoit 12 63 5.25 21 3 1
#37 James Steel 6 8 1.33 3 0 1
Exploding Whales
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#36 Robert Peery 8 31 3.88 15 1 0
#28 Michael Grayson 4 20 5.00 7 0 0
Passing Stats
Rush
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Howard Gann 19 14 179 0 / 0 1 51 1 98.36
Exploding Whales
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#5 Lawrence Allen 52 31 208 3 / 23 0 21 3 44.39
Receiving Stats
Rush
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#18 Paul Slater 3 60 20.00 51 1
#86 Carl Hoppe 1 34 34.00 34 0
#37 James Steel 3 24 8.00 11 0
#85 Leon Ornelas 3 23 7.67 10 0
#34 Xavier Gayle 2 17 8.50 10 0
#21 Todd Benoit 1 16 16.00 16 0
#84 David Hansen 1 5 5.00 5 0
Exploding Whales
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#36 Robert Peery 13 84 6.46 16 0
#84 Charles McCloy 2 33 16.50 21 0
#85 Arthur Logston 4 31 7.75 10 0
#11 George Harper 5 25 5.00 9 0
#34 Tyler Sanches 3 24 8.00 17 0
#17 Charles Green 2 8 4.00 6 0
#48 Dale Price 1 3 3.00 3 0
#28 Michael Grayson 1 0 0.00 0 0
Blocking Stats
Rush
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#67 Walter Vaughn 31 43 0 1
#75 Jack Pelletier 29 43 0 1
#69 Alan Johnson 31 48 0 2
#72 Jackie Weiss 28 48 0 6
#63 Leroy Hargis 31 50 0 1
#85 Leon Ornelas 1 45 0 3
#86 Carl Hoppe 0 7 0 0
#18 Paul Slater 0 30 0 0
#37 James Steel 9 25 0 2
#16 Roger Schuster 0 21 0 0
#56 Charles Baumgarten 14 4 0 0
#34 Xavier Gayle 7 3 0 1
#76 David Brandt 12 2 0 0
#65 Charles Jourdan 9 1 0 0
#88 Robert Wilson 0 14 0 2
#21 Todd Benoit 2 9 0 0
#92 Edward Quintana 6 2 0 0
#59 Pedro Roy 0 3 0 1
#48 Bruce Robinson 0 2 0 0
#57 Joshua Oliver 0 5 0 0
#91 Shane Doherty 3 3 0 1
#51 Willie Clayton 0 3 0 0
#79 Tom Meurer 0 4 0 1
#31 Richard Ott 0 2 0 0
#27 Mark Chase 0 2 0 0
#56 Clyde Goins 1 3 0 0
#39 Jim Westman 0 1 0 0
#28 Johnny Henry 0 3 0 0
#93 John Barnett 0 1 0 0
#55 Anthony Keller 0 1 0 0
Exploding Whales
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#71 Leonard Carter 64 29 1 1
#85 Arthur Logston 7 15 1 1
#2 Tracy Cable 52 15 1 2
#48 Dale Price 2 5 0 0
#76 Wayne Decker 63 26 0 1
#62 Louis Grayson 64 28 0 1
#72 Darius Harvey 55 19 0 0
#36 Robert Peery 10 1 0 0
#34 Tyler Sanches 34 14 0 0
#11 George Harper 0 14 0 2
#17 Charles Green 0 13 0 0
#87 Jesse Merritt 2 6 0 1
#84 Charles McCloy 0 4 0 0
#56 Jeremy Caswell 9 6 0 0
#98 Carl Owen 7 5 0 1
#52 Tommy Smith 9 6 0 0
#82 Albert Claypool 4 1 0 0
#97 Robert Riser 3 5 0 0
#57 James Gonzales 0 3 0 1
#1 Joseph Green 0 1 0 0
#79 John Clayton 0 5 0 0
#26 Jerry McLaughlin 0 2 0 0
#30 Clarence Cooper 0 4 0 0
#61 Bryan Gulledge 0 4 0 1
#86 Stephen Young 0 6 0 0
#96 Stanley Sullivan 0 2 0 0
#70 Lynn Kettler 0 3 0 1
#50 Billy Ventura 0 1 0 0
#67 Roy Lawrence 13 6 0 0
#28 Michael Grayson 1 1 0 0
#12 John Brainerd 0 1 0 1
Interception Stats
Rush
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#48 Bruce Robinson 1 2 2.00 0
#56 Clyde Goins 1 0 0.00 0
#51 Willie Clayton 1 0 0.00 0
Exploding Whales
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#30 Clarence Cooper 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Rush
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#51 Willie Clayton 0 0 1 0
Exploding Whales
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#36 Robert Peery 1 0 0 0
#76 Wayne Decker 0 1 0 0
Punting
Rush
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 William Adams 5 223 44.60 37.80 51 2
Exploding Whales
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#19 Bruce Johnson 6 284 47.33 43.00 50 2
Kicking
Rush
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Harold Pease 4 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 48 3 / 3
Exploding Whales
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Kenneth Williams 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 30 0 / 0
Punt Return
Rush
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#34 Xavier Gayle 5 30 6.0 12 0
Exploding Whales
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#28 Michael Grayson 3 35 11.7 14 0
Kick Return
Rush
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#21 Todd Benoit 1 29 29.0 0
Exploding Whales
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#28 Michael Grayson 3 89 29.7 0
Defensive Stats
Rush
Name Tackles Sacks
#51 Willie Clayton 9 0
#28 Johnny Henry 8 0
#48 Bruce Robinson 6 0
#27 Mark Chase 5 0
#56 Clyde Goins 4 0
#59 Pedro Roy 3 0
#31 Richard Ott 3 0
#98 Chester Rupp 3 0
#39 Jim Westman 2 0
#57 Joshua Oliver 2 1
#79 Tom Meurer 2 1
#91 Shane Doherty 1 0
#94 Martin Nyquist 1 0
#16 Roger Schuster 1 0
#92 Edward Quintana 1 1
#1 Harold Pease 1 0
#56 Charles Baumgarten 1 0
Exploding Whales
Name Tackles Sacks
#97 Robert Riser 13 0
#36 Arthur Colbert 12 0
#50 William Jackson 7 0
#57 James Gonzales 6 0
#26 Jerry McLaughlin 4 0
#98 Carl Owen 3 0
#28 Richard Guerrero 2 0
#61 Bryan Gulledge 2 0
#82 Albert Claypool 2 0
#99 Reginald Allen 2 0
#52 Tommy Smith 2 0
#34 Tyler Sanches 2 0
#1 Joseph Green 1 0
#79 John Clayton 1 0
#30 Clarence Cooper 1 0
#85 Arthur Logston 1 0
#2 Tracy Cable 1 0
#96 Stanley Sullivan 1 0