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Preseason Week 3: Wheeling Ironmen at Dayton Triangles

August 24, 1968
68°
Triangle Park (Dayton, OH) Attendance: 57,713 (74%)
Ironmen 3 3 0 6 - 12
Triangles 0 2 0 0 - 2

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Ironmen: 4-6-DAY 22 (4:49) 8-Edward Barber 40 yard field goal is GOOD. DAY 0 WIM 3
(Qtr 2) Ironmen: 4-9-DAY 19 (8:48) 8-Edward Barber 37 yard field goal is GOOD. DAY 0 WIM 6
(Qtr 2) Triangles: 1-10-WIM 6 (2:11) 3-Gerald Carter sacked at WIM -2 for -8 yards (94-Keith Valdez). Sack allowed by 73-Lee Hamilton. SAFETY! (94-Keith Valdez) DAY 2 WIM 6
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 4-10-DAY 32 (14:16) 8-Edward Barber 50 yard field goal is GOOD. DAY 2 WIM 9
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 4-7-DAY 25 (2:00) 8-Edward Barber 44 yard field goal is GOOD. DAY 2 WIM 12

Team Statistics

Triangles Ironmen
First Downs 8 8
- Rushing 5 2
- Passing 3 5
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 177 187
- Offensive Plays 64 66
- Yards Per Play 2.77 2.83
Net Rushing Yards 142 70
- Rushing Attempts 31 36
- Yards Per Rush 4.58 1.94
Net Passing Yards 35 117
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 11 / 2 28 / 13 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 60 134
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 25 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 1.06 3.90
- Yards Per Completion 5.45 10.31
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 17 4 / 20
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.9 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 35 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 15
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 31 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 33
Time of Possession 28:07 31:54

Drive Charts

Dayton Triangles

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:55 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
1 10:53 3:22 OWN 5 6 18 Punt
1 6:14 0:41 OWN 10 2 0 Fumble
1 4:46 2:04 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 1:46 0:04 OWN 27 1 0 Interception
1 0:15 1:51 OWN 10 5 14 Punt
2 11:26 0:49 OWN 19 3 2 Interception
2 8:45 0:16 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 6:18 4:07 OWN 6 6 35 Punt
2 2:08 0:26 OWN 39 3 9 Punt
3 13:28 2:08 OWN 35 3 0 Punt
3 10:30 2:11 OWN 31 3 3 Punt
3 5:41 0:20 OWN 38 3 0 Punt
3 2:32 2:31 OWN 15 6 18 Punt
4 14:12 4:53 OWN 25 8 34 Punt
4 1:57 0:26 OWN 25 5 18 Downs
4 0:03 0:03 OWN 7 1 0 Game

Wheeling Ironmen

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:05 2:11 OWN 34 4 21 Punt
1 7:31 1:17 OWN 32 3 5 Punt
1 5:33 0:47 OPP 26 3 4 Field Goal
1 2:42 0:55 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 1:43 1:28 OPP 36 3 0 Punt
2 13:24 1:58 OWN 40 3 3 Punt
2 10:37 1:52 OPP 20 3 1 Field Goal
2 8:30 2:12 OWN 27 3 7 Punt
2 2:10 0:03 OWN 6 1 -9 Safety
2 1:42 1:42 OWN 1 3 10 Half
3 15:00 1:32 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
3 11:20 0:49 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
3 8:20 2:39 OWN 13 6 3 Punt
3 5:21 2:50 OWN 19 6 19 Punt
3 0:01 0:49 OWN 26 4 42 Field Goal
4 9:19 7:22 OWN 10 12 64 Field Goal
4 1:31 1:28 OPP 43 3 7 Punt

Rushing Stats

Dayton Triangles

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Reyna 12 55 4.58 14 2 0
Alfred Threet 3 27 9.00 27 1 0
Elijah Shumaker 9 26 2.89 11 1 0
Ken Ellis 4 26 6.50 12 1 0
Richard Franks 3 8 2.67 9 0 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Melvin Brewster 21 47 2.24 10 1 0
David Riggs 9 14 1.56 5 0 0
Herman Oakes 4 9 2.25 5 0 0
Morris Blaylock 2 0 0.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Dayton Triangles

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joseph Peterson 23 8 46 2 / 16 0 12 1 25.45
Daniel Price 7 3 14 1 / 9 0 9 1 10.71

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Charles Anderson 19 10 124 1 / 9 0 42 0 73.14
Gerald Carter 9 3 10 1 / 8 0 5 0 42.36

Receiving Stats

Dayton Triangles

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Reyna 5 31 6.20 12 0
David Shaw 2 11 5.50 9 0
Richard Franks 1 7 7.00 7 0
Stephen Lovelace 1 5 5.00 5 0
Alfred Threet 1 4 4.00 4 0
Ken Ellis 1 2 2.00 2 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Riggs 3 47 15.67 42 0
Wayne Defeo 2 36 18.00 26 0
Melvin Brewster 2 26 13.00 21 0
Travis Carranza 4 15 3.75 6 0
Charles Griffin 1 9 9.00 9 0
Morris Blaylock 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Dayton Triangles

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Herbert Phillips 25 25 1 1
Craig Bailey 12 14 1 1
Robert Dowd 8 15 0 2
Israel Wilner 0 1 0 0
Christopher Ferguson 12 0 0 0
Gonzalo Nixon 6 0 0 0
Robert Hawks 8 1 0 0
Robert Silver 0 1 0 0
Joseph Hicks 0 1 0 0
Vernon Tumlin 0 1 0 0
Miguel Pate 0 1 0 0
Keith Morris 24 13 0 3
Lonnie Geil 0 1 0 1
Jose Nance 0 1 0 0
James Smith 0 2 0 1
Gregory Kuhns 0 1 0 0
Alfred Threet 3 1 0 0
Ken Ellis 4 4 0 1
Richard Franks 16 4 0 0
Paul Fowler 28 21 0 2
Gabriel Barnett 7 9 0 2
Stephen Lovelace 7 20 0 1
Reinaldo Allen 12 15 0 1
John Rickey 12 15 0 0
Raymond Taylor 0 23 0 0
Charles Velez 6 9 0 1
David Shaw 0 20 0 1
William Parrish 0 7 0 0
Timothy Rosenberg 14 2 0 0
Thomas Kelly 12 12 0 1
Robert Cain 4 0 0 0
Tony Taylor 28 18 0 0
Jesse Smith 0 12 0 0
Matthew Shaw 3 3 0 0
Elijah Shumaker 1 0 0 0
David Reyna 7 4 0 0
Willie Smith 31 16 0 2
Foster Cosenza 0 2 0 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Nicholas Easton 33 19 1 4
Lee Hamilton 18 22 1 1
Jerry Rodriguez 0 2 0 0
Danny Acevedo 0 1 0 0
David Riggs 4 4 0 0
Herman Oakes 5 3 0 0
Nathan Patch 5 0 0 0
Randy Rice 2 5 0 0
Michael Marshall 27 22 0 1
Roy Steptoe 27 28 0 2
Gerald Elam 23 17 0 0
Charles Griffin 11 11 0 0
Wayne Defeo 0 11 0 0
Courtney Ramey 0 1 0 0
Timothy Dolan 0 1 0 0
Leroy Storey 0 1 0 0
Albert Barrett 0 1 0 0
Rodney Givens 0 2 0 0
Michael Rose 16 22 0 2
Luis Harris 2 2 0 1
Roger Russell 0 6 0 0
James Flanagan 10 5 0 0
Santiago Benavides 35 22 0 0
Keith Smith 25 31 0 0
Travis Carranza 0 14 0 1
Larry Thorpe 0 8 0 0
Morris Blaylock 8 13 0 0
Melvin Brewster 10 5 0 0
Dion Kennedy 12 20 0 1
Victor Jackson 12 18 0 1
Dennis Vereen 18 18 0 1
Michael Hayes 2 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Dayton Triangles

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Nathan Patch 2 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Dayton Triangles

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Elijah Shumaker 1 0 0 0
Dennis Sisk 0 0 1 0
James Rentz 0 0 1 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Melvin Brewster 1 0 0 0
Morris Blaylock 1 0 0 0
Dennis Vereen 0 1 0 0
Fred Jackson 0 1 1 0

Punting

Dayton Triangles

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Joseph Miller 12 560 46.67 45.42 54 5

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Kenneth Biles 11 473 43.00 43.00 60 7

Kicking

Dayton Triangles

Wheeling Ironmen

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edward Barber 4 / 4 3 / 3 1 / 1 50 0 / 0

Punt Return

Dayton Triangles

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Foster Cosenza 1 1 1.0 1 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Larry Thorpe 1 15 15.0 15 0

Kick Return

Dayton Triangles

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Foster Cosenza 1 31 31.0 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Defensive Stats