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Preseason Week 1: Wheeling Ironmen at Rock Island Independents

August 08, 1970
75°
Browning Field (Rock Island, IL) Attendance: 35,386 (47%)
Ironmen 7 6 0 8 0 - 21
Independents 0 0 7 14 6 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Ironmen: 1-10-RII 23 (9:06) 3-Gerald Carter pass complete to 81-Keith Smith for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Edward Barber. RII 0 WIM 7
(Qtr 2) Ironmen: 4-2-RII 24 (6:38) 8-Edward Barber 42 yard field goal is GOOD. RII 0 WIM 10
(Qtr 2) Ironmen: 4-3-RII 3 (0:30) 8-Edward Barber 22 yard field goal is GOOD. WIM 73-Lee Hamilton was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. RII 0 WIM 13
(Qtr 3) Independents: 3-1-RII 30 (12:19) 40-Nicholas Heiser ran for 70 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Thomas Collins. RII 7 WIM 13
(Qtr 4) Independents: 3-3-WIM 3 (12:06) 34-Carl Cunningham ran to WIM 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Thomas Collins. RII 14 WIM 13
(Qtr 4) Independents: 2-1-WIM 1 (4:20) 46-Joshua Hoover ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Thomas Collins. RII 21 WIM 13
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 3-3-WIM 32 (2:45) 11-Charles Anderson pass complete to 18-Randy Rice for 68 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 11-Charles Anderson pass complete to 27-David Riggs for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! RII 21 WIM 21
(OT) Independents: 2-3-WIM 38 (7:25) 40-Nicholas Heiser ran for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Independents Ironmen
First Downs 8 19
- Rushing 4 8
- Passing 2 9
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 282 438
- Offensive Plays 57 81
- Yards Per Play 4.95 5.41
Net Rushing Yards 201 177
- Rushing Attempts 31 31
- Yards Per Rush 6.48 5.71
Net Passing Yards 81 261
- Att/Comp/Int 25 / 10 / 1 47 / 32 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 90 287
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 9 3 / 26
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.12 5.22
- Yards Per Completion 9.00 8.97
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 6 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 5.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 5 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 0 4 / 36
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 24 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 2 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 29
Time of Possession 24:53 42:48

Drive Charts

Rock Island Independents

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:01 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
1 8:59 1:49 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 5:29 2:54 OWN 3 5 46 Punt
2 14:11 0:53 OWN 34 3 0 Punt
2 10:24 0:20 OWN 16 3 0 Punt
2 6:34 0:59 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 0:28 0:28 OWN 25 2 20 Half
3 13:31 1:23 OWN 21 3 79 Touchdown
3 9:16 2:09 OWN 20 4 11 Punt
3 3:40 2:10 OWN 9 3 4 Punt
4 13:28 1:25 OPP 10 3 10 Touchdown
4 9:58 2:11 OWN 10 5 22 Punt
4 7:01 2:43 OPP 27 5 27 Touchdown
4 2:35 0:35 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 0:32 0:11 OWN 43 3 5 Interception
OT 10:00 2:42 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown

Wheeling Ironmen

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:59 4:00 OWN 38 7 62 Touchdown
1 7:10 1:41 OWN 32 3 9 Punt
1 2:35 3:24 OWN 7 5 16 Punt
2 13:18 2:54 OWN 22 5 21 Punt
2 10:04 3:30 OWN 34 7 42 Field Goal
2 5:35 5:07 OWN 26 14 70 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:29 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 12:08 2:52 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
3 7:07 3:28 OWN 28 5 28 Punt
3 1:30 3:02 OWN 44 6 34 Fumble
4 12:03 2:04 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
4 7:48 0:46 OWN 24 2 2 Interception
4 4:18 1:43 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 1:59 1:27 OWN 30 7 33 Downs
4 0:21 5:21 OWN 48 3 -2 Half

Rushing Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Nicholas Heiser 9 136 15.11 70 3 2
Donald Hughes 12 30 2.50 12 2 0
Joshua Hoover 5 25 5.00 12 1 1
Kenneth Wyant 4 7 1.75 3 0 0
Carl Cunningham 1 3 3.00 3 0 1

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Riggs 14 76 5.43 11 3 0
Melvin Brewster 6 38 6.33 11 2 0
Gerald Miller 6 34 5.67 13 2 0
Joshua McGuire 5 29 5.80 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Willis Roche 3 2 45 0 / 0 0 42 0 109.72
Elias Proper 22 8 45 1 / 9 0 12 1 25.95

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Charles Anderson 24 16 162 2 / 17 1 68 1 82.29
Gerald Carter 23 16 125 1 / 9 1 25 0 97.19

Receiving Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Elmer Jenkins 1 42 42.00 42 0
Jason Jansen 1 12 12.00 12 0
Robert Chang 2 10 5.00 8 0
Jose Keys 2 8 4.00 5 0
Guillermo Brown 1 8 8.00 8 0
Joshua Hoover 1 7 7.00 7 0
Carl Cunningham 1 2 2.00 2 0
Donald Hughes 1 1 1.00 1 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Randy Rice 1 68 68.00 68 1
Wayne Defeo 6 53 8.83 17 0
Keith Smith 4 42 10.50 23 1
Gerald Miller 2 26 13.00 25 0
Travis Carranza 6 23 3.83 8 0
Melvin Brewster 3 19 6.33 9 0
Scott Young 3 16 5.33 7 0
Roger Russell 1 12 12.00 12 0
James Flanagan 2 9 4.50 10 0
Robert Wilson 1 9 9.00 9 0
Larry Thorpe 2 8 4.00 7 0
David Riggs 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Christopher Messner 13 13 1 2
Justin Noble 4 1 0 0
George Heath 1 0 0 0
Kenneth Wyant 1 1 0 0
Guillermo Brown 0 10 0 0
Mark Zimmerman 18 17 0 0
Jason Jansen 0 5 0 0
George Rhoads 26 23 0 0
Carlos Nelson 31 28 0 3
Donald Hughes 3 0 0 0
Robert Chang 0 7 0 0
Kirk Gardner 3 0 0 0
Nicholas Heiser 4 2 0 0
Howard Artis 1 1 0 0
Jose Keys 1 9 0 0
Larry Collum 0 1 0 0
Shannon Heinrich 0 1 0 0
Jason Cano 0 1 0 0
Levi Giddings 0 1 0 0
William Figueroa 0 1 0 0
Walter Purvis 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Lanning 1 2 0 0
Shane Motyka 8 11 0 0
Thomas Sisson 28 20 0 1
Daniel Page 0 1 0 0
Kevin Olmstead 6 9 0 1
Lance Cox 0 1 0 0
Rodney Dowd 0 1 0 0
Terry Olson 2 1 0 1
Emanuel Cowart 0 1 0 0
Matthew Baker 0 1 0 0
Paul Christy 0 1 0 0
Ray Renfroe 0 1 0 0
David Hill 2 3 0 1
Elmer Jenkins 0 6 0 0
Joshua Arrington 4 7 0 0
John Gulick 6 7 0 0
Randall Rider 13 20 0 0
Cyrus Daum 5 8 0 1
Wallace Dalton 0 6 0 0
Daniel George 36 29 0 1
Bobby Jones 0 3 0 0
John Binder 11 14 0 0
Carl Cunningham 11 22 0 2
Joshua Hoover 6 10 0 0
Jonathan Gorman 1 3 0 0
Michael Peters 0 1 0 1

Wheeling Ironmen

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Craig Seidel 26 20 1 2
Charles Ayres 30 17 1 1
Scott Young 4 15 1 0
Larry Thorpe 0 9 0 1
Richard Ardoin 34 19 0 0
Julius Garcia 1 0 0 0
Harold Young 0 1 0 0
Michael Hayes 0 2 0 0
Charles McKenzie 3 1 0 0
Nathan Patch 3 1 0 0
Joshua McGuire 6 1 0 0
Carl Bedolla 1 3 0 0
Melvin Brewster 8 6 0 1
Travis Carranza 0 11 0 1
Wayne Defeo 0 15 0 0
Larry Katz 0 2 0 0
Roy Steptoe 35 24 0 2
Roger Russell 0 10 0 2
Dion Kennedy 37 18 0 1
Todd Lopez 31 18 0 1
David Riggs 5 2 0 0
Gerald Miller 4 1 0 0
James Flanagan 25 18 0 2
Morris Blaylock 12 13 0 1
Keith Smith 2 12 0 0
Lewis Harrell 29 23 0 0
Stanley Workman 23 21 0 0
Santiago Benavides 29 19 0 0
Lee Hamilton 29 22 0 2
Randy Rice 0 13 0 1
Robert Wilson 0 14 0 0
Kenneth Sorensen 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Samuel Ruben 1 2 2.00 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Julius Garcia 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Nicholas Heiser 1 0 0 0
Donald Hughes 1 0 0 0
John Gulick 0 1 0 0
Christopher Messner 0 1 0 0
George Heath 0 1 1 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Charles Anderson 1 0 0 0
Curtis Riggs 0 0 1 0
Michael Hayes 0 0 1 0

Punting

Rock Island Independents

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Lawrence Gordon 10 473 47.30 44.30 55 1

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Kenneth Biles 7 330 47.14 43.57 60 4

Kicking

Rock Island Independents

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Collins 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

Wheeling Ironmen

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edward Barber 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 1 / 1

Punt Return

Rock Island Independents

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nicholas Heiser 1 0 0.0 0 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Travis Carranza 4 36 9.0 13 0

Kick Return

Rock Island Independents

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Nicholas Heiser 1 24 24.0 0

Wheeling Ironmen

Defensive Stats

Rock Island Independents

Name Tackles Sacks
David Hill 9 0
John Comacho 7 0
Michael Peters 6 0
Felipe Click 6 0
Kirk Gardner 5 0
Howard Artis 5 0
Jacob Wang 4 0
Shannon Heinrich 4 0
William Figueroa 3 0
Lawrence Lanning 2 0
Frank Morgan 2 0
Justin Noble 2 0
Rodney Dowd 2 0
Samuel Ruben 2 0
Walter Purvis 2 1
Shane Motyka 1 0
Randall Rider 1 0
George Heath 1 1
Carlos Nelson 1 0
Jason Cano 1 1

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Tackles Sacks
Larry Katz 5 0
Irvin Wilcox 4 1
Eugene Wiltz 3 0
Carl Bedolla 3 0
Michael Hayes 3 0
Julius Garcia 3 0
Nathan Patch 2 0
Matthew Baron 2 0
Timothy Dolan 2 0
Ted Edwards 2 0
Kenneth Sorensen 2 0
Thomas Patrick 2 0
Albert Barrett 2 0
Rodney Givens 1 0
Grady Brown 1 0
Harold Young 1 0
James Flanagan 1 0
Reggie Walker 1 0
Travis Carranza 1 0
Cliff Cook 1 0