WFL game summary for 08/07/1974:

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Detroit Wheels (0-5-0)	8	0	0	14	22
Birmingham Americans (5-0-0)	3	0	10	15	28

( 0- 3) BIR Earl Sark 23 yard field goal ( 8- 3) DET Bubba Wyche 1 yard rush (Billy Sadler pass from Bubba Wyche) ( 8-10) BIR Matthew Reed 2 yard rush (pass failed) ( 8-13) BIR Earl Sark 30 yard field goal (15-13) DET Terry Phillips 12 yard pass from Bubba Wyche (pass failed) (15-20) BIR Alfred Jenkins 39 yard pass from Matthew Reed (pass failed) (22-20) DET Jon Henderson 18 yard pass from Bubba Wyche (pass failed) (22-28) BIR Alfred Jenkins 17 yard pass from Matthew Reed (Jim Bishop pass from Matthew Reed)

                     DET             BIR
First Downs:         14              17
Rushes-yards:        37-100          46-181
Yards/rush:          2.7             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-18-173-2     10-24-203-0
Return yardage:      138             117
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             2-0
Turnovers:           5               0
Penalties-yards:     2-15            3-25

Attendance: 40,367