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| Mario Valencia, QB, Detroit Wheels |
Bradley Mondragon intercepted two passes and Mario Valencia fired three TD passes as the Wheels trampled the Atlantic Division-leading Baltimore Stars, 31-3. Mondragon's last pick was his seventh of the season, two shot of his career high and three shy of the league's single-season record.
Detroit, last season's World Bowl winner, will be a big favorite in all four of its remaining games vs. the Michigan Panthers (4-7-1), Washington Federals (1-11), Charlotte Hornets (5-7), and Chicago Blitz (6-6).
The 1976 Tampa Bay Bandits, 1975 Chicago Blitz and Georgia Force, and 1974 Florida Blazers were all 15-1 during the regular season.
In other Week 12 games:
- Arizona's Curtis Scott had 63 yards rushing, 154 yards receiving, 57 return yards, 15 run blocks, and scored a pair of TDs during his team's 23-13 win over the Orlando Renegades. The win kept the Wranglers (9-3) tied with Oakland for first place in the West Division.
- The Invaders knocked Portland out of what had been a three-way tie for first by outlasting the Storm, 29-20. Shawn Arzona recorded his fifth interception of the season for Oakland. Arzola, the No 1 pick in the league's allocation draft in 1974, came into the season with zero pickoffs.
- Los Angeles trailed New York, 28-17, with 2:50 to play. The Express then scored a TD, recovered an onside kick, scored another TD, and intercepted a pass in the end zone to escape with a 31-28 victory.
- The Georgia Force bounced back from last week's embarrassing defeat to Birmingham in a big way, knocking off Southwest Division leader Oklahoma, 21-13. Georgia WLB Michael Monday and MLB Jeffrey Cloyd combined for 18 tackles and five sacks.
