Regular Season Week 1: Exploding Whales at Rush
September 07, 1997 77° Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 65,253 (87%)
Exploding Whales 0 10 0 0 - 10
Rush 0 7 7 3 - 17
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Exploding Whales: 4-1-CLE 30 (12:13) 7-Kenneth Williams 47 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 0 HEW 3
(Qtr 2) Rush: 3-6-HEW 6 (1:15) 6-Howard Gann pass complete to 28-Michael Grayson for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Harold Pease. CLE 7 HEW 3
(Qtr 2) Exploding Whales: 1-10-HEW 44 (0:25) 5-Lawrence Allen pass complete to 33-Matthew Schmitt for 56 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Kenneth Williams. CLE 7 HEW 10
(Qtr 3) Rush: 1-4-HEW 4 (2:58) 34-Xavier Gayle ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Harold Pease. CLE 14 HEW 10
(Qtr 4) Rush: 4-4-HEW 22 (9:04) 1-Harold Pease 40 yard field goal is GOOD. CLE 17 HEW 10
Team Statistics
Rush Exploding Whales
First Downs 13 13
- Rushing 8 2
- Passing 3 10
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 233 282
- Offensive Plays 57 56
- Yards Per Play 4.09 5.04
Net Rushing Yards 128 46
- Rushing Attempts 30 24
- Yards Per Rush 4.27 1.92
Net Passing Yards 105 236
- Att/Comp/Int 25 / 21 / 0 31 / 25 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 124 245
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 19 1 / 9
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.89 7.38
- Yards Per Completion 5.90 9.80
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 13 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 26 4 / 29
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 18 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 20
Time of Possession 30:40 29:20
Drive Charts
Rush
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:14 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
1 10:42 2:11 OWN 28 3 6 Punt
1 5:32 3:37 OWN 10 6 14 Punt
2 12:09 1:58 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 8:08 2:48 OWN 41 4 8 Punt
2 3:13 2:02 OWN 42 8 58 Touchdown
2 0:16 0:16 OWN 25 1 4 Half
3 13:37 3:42 OWN 33 5 19 Punt
3 7:14 4:19 OWN 46 8 54 Touchdown
3 1:24 2:48 OWN 26 6 30 Punt
4 12:09 3:08 OPP 40 6 18 Field Goal
4 3:27 1:37 OWN 11 3 2 Punt
Exploding Whales
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:46 2:04 OWN 12 3 7 Punt
1 8:31 2:59 OWN 22 5 29 Punt
1 1:55 4:46 OWN 26 8 45 Field Goal
2 10:11 2:03 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 5:20 2:07 OWN 12 3 -1 Punt
2 1:10 0:55 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
3 15:00 1:23 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
3 9:55 2:41 OWN 3 5 15 Punt
3 2:55 1:31 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 13:36 1:27 OWN 10 3 19 Fumble
4 9:01 5:34 OWN 25 9 30 Punt
4 1:50 1:50 OWN 28 8 47 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Rush
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 Michael Grayson 20 85 4.25 12 4 0
#34 Xavier Gayle 5 31 6.20 10 2 1
#6 Howard Gann 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
#35 Juan Alexander 4 3 0.75 3 0 0
Exploding Whales
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#36 Robert Peery 22 39 1.77 14 1 0
#33 Matthew Schmitt 2 7 3.50 6 0 0
Passing Stats
Rush
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Howard Gann 25 21 124 2 / 19 1 15 0 100.67
Exploding Whales
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#5 Lawrence Allen 31 25 245 1 / 9 1 56 0 110.35
Receiving Stats
Rush
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#28 Michael Grayson 7 38 5.43 15 1
#85 Leon Ornelas 6 24 4.00 6 0
#81 Sidney Pless 3 23 7.67 11 0
#18 Donald Parrett 3 22 7.33 11 0
#16 Roger Schuster 1 10 10.00 10 0
#35 Juan Alexander 1 7 7.00 7 0
Exploding Whales
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#33 Matthew Schmitt 4 67 16.75 56 1
#36 Robert Peery 5 61 12.20 18 0
#84 Charles McCloy 5 41 8.20 12 0
#83 Vincent Seng 3 29 9.67 11 0
#25 Danny Vasquez 3 20 6.67 11 0
#13 James Flowers 3 17 5.67 10 0
#81 Jimmy Moser 2 10 5.00 8 0
Blocking Stats
Rush
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#52 Jason Diaz 39 37 1 5
#28 Michael Grayson 6 2 1 1
#67 Walter Vaughn 39 34 0 1
#75 Jack Pelletier 36 34 0 1
#72 Jackie Weiss 39 34 0 0
#18 Donald Parrett 0 11 0 0
#50 James Flores 39 40 0 1
#35 Juan Alexander 13 25 0 2
#85 Leon Ornelas 2 24 0 1
#82 Robert Gunn 0 6 0 1
#21 Todd Benoit 0 5 0 1
#81 Sidney Pless 0 19 0 0
#16 Roger Schuster 0 13 0 0
#34 Xavier Gayle 3 2 0 0
#76 David Brandt 11 0 0 0
#56 Charles Baumgarten 11 1 0 0
#92 Edward Quintana 7 0 0 0
#51 Willie Clayton 0 1 0 0
#22 Gary Eder 0 3 0 0
#76 Henry Hoggard 3 0 0 0
#90 Lawrence Garza 0 1 0 1
#39 Jim Westman 0 1 0 0
#79 Tom Meurer 0 1 0 0
#57 Joshua Oliver 0 1 0 0
#27 Mark Chase 0 1 0 0
#55 Anthony Keller 0 1 0 0
#73 Max Martin 0 1 0 0
#93 John Barnett 0 1 0 0
#97 Matthew Martin 0 1 0 1
Exploding Whales
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#62 Louis Grayson 42 27 1 3
#68 Michael Hemphill 42 37 0 2
#25 Danny Vasquez 21 19 0 3
#29 Tim Butler 1 9 0 0
#76 Wayne Decker 42 27 0 1
#2 Tracy Cable 41 32 0 2
#72 Darius Harvey 32 26 0 1
#36 Robert Peery 8 2 0 0
#13 James Flowers 0 12 0 2
#56 Jeremy Caswell 10 4 0 0
#82 Albert Claypool 4 0 0 0
#97 Robert Riser 8 1 0 0
#69 Michael Maestas 10 0 0 0
#81 Jimmy Moser 0 10 0 1
#83 Vincent Seng 2 25 0 1
#84 Charles McCloy 0 2 0 0
#87 Jesse Merritt 1 9 0 1
#67 Jeremy Colley 2 0 0 0
#91 William Damron 1 0 0 0
#33 Matthew Schmitt 1 2 0 1
#86 Bill Franks 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Rush
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Exploding Whales
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Rush
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#28 Michael Grayson 2 0 0 0
#35 Juan Alexander 0 1 0 0
#85 Leon Ornelas 0 1 0 0
#51 Willie Clayton 0 1 0 0
#42 Kenny Wilson 0 0 1 0
Exploding Whales
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#81 Jimmy Moser 1 0 0 0
#97 Robert Riser 0 0 1 0
#54 James Grubbs 0 0 1 0
Punting
Rush
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 William Adams 8 359 44.88 44.88 58 4
Exploding Whales
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#19 Bruce Johnson 8 349 43.63 41.75 53 2
Kicking
Rush
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Harold Pease 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 40 2 / 2
Exploding Whales
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Kenneth Williams 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 1 / 1
Punt Return
Rush
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#28 Michael Grayson 2 18 9.0 9 0
Exploding Whales
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Rush
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Exploding Whales
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Rush
Name Tackles Sacks
#42 Kenny Wilson 7 0
#51 Willie Clayton 7 0
#27 Mark Chase 5 0
#36 Francisco Shephard 5 0
#39 Jim Westman 4 0
#22 Gary Eder 3 0
#55 Anthony Keller 3 0
#93 John Barnett 3 0
#57 Joshua Oliver 3 0
#73 Max Martin 2 1
#79 Tom Meurer 2 0
#94 Martin Nyquist 2 0
#97 Matthew Martin 1 0
#97 Carl Belisle 1 0
Exploding Whales
Name Tackles Sacks
#97 Robert Riser 11 0
#54 James Grubbs 9 0
#35 Jeffrey Gunter 6 0
#36 Arthur Colbert 6 0
#48 Bruce Robinson 4 0
#56 Jeremy Caswell 3 0
#31 Gayle Zapata 3 0
#57 James Gonzales 3 0
#91 William Damron 2 2
#61 Bryan Gulledge 1 0
#76 Wayne Decker 1 0
#1 Joseph Green 1 0
#78 Danny Oviedo 1 0
#45 Isaac Baker 1 0
#33 Matthew Schmitt 1 0
#96 Shane Doherty 1 0