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Week 2: Memphis Showboats at New Orleans VooDoo

September 11, 1977
70°
Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 72,029 (98%)
Showboats 14 13 3 6 - 36
VooDoo 7 7 0 10 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-10-NOV 17 (11:35) 9-Jimmy Barahona pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. NOV 0 MEM 7
(Qtr 1) VooDoo: 2-22-MEM 22 (8:53) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 82-William Ramsey for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. NOV 7 MEM 7
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 2-10-NOV 11 (4:06) 9-Jimmy Barahona pass tipped by 50-Anthony Munoz, complete to 86-Ernest McNeill for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. NOV 7 MEM 14
(Qtr 2) VooDoo: 3-10-MEM 18 (13:37) 16-Ryan Tate pass complete to 86-Jimmy Rupe for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. NOV 14 MEM 14
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-8-NOV 26 (9:26) 1-Chris Farrel 44 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 14 MEM 17
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-2-NOV 32 (2:16) 1-Chris Farrel 50 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 14 MEM 20
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 3-10-NOV 10 (1:21) 9-Jimmy Barahona pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. NOV 14 MEM 27
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-1-NOV 3 (6:57) 1-Chris Farrel 21 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 14 MEM 30
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: 4-11-MEM 18 (14:57) 3-John Langdon 35 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 94-Gary Purpura was injured on the play. NOV 17 MEM 30
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-9-NOV 25 (12:32) 1-Chris Farrel 43 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 17 MEM 33
(Qtr 4) VooDoo: (12:29) 1-Chris Farrel kicks 75 yards from MEM 35 to NOV -10. 21-James Nantz for 110yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Langdon. NOV 24 MEM 33
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-2-NOV 5 (2:54) 1-Chris Farrel 23 yard field goal is GOOD. NOV 24 MEM 36

Team Statistics

VooDoo Showboats
First Downs 12 17
- Rushing 3 6
- Passing 8 10
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 215 483
- Offensive Plays 56 66
- Yards Per Play 3.84 7.32
Net Rushing Yards 62 208
- Rushing Attempts 27 40
- Yards Per Rush 2.30 5.20
Net Passing Yards 153 275
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 14 / 1 26 / 16 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 179 275
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 26 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.28 10.58
- Yards Per Completion 12.79 17.19
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 7 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.7 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 45 8 / 65
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 142 4 / 121
Int Returns/Yards 2 / -1 1 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 3 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 39
Time of Possession 27:14 32:28

Drive Charts

New Orleans VooDoo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:31 1:35 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 9:50 1:01 OPP 47 5 47 Touchdown
1 4:01 5:28 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 9:22 1:36 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 2:11 0:06 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
2 1:17 1:17 OWN 25 3 4 Half
3 15:00 1:40 OWN 22 3 -6 Punt
3 11:50 1:22 OWN 36 3 -2 Interception
3 6:55 7:01 OWN 25 12 57 Field Goal
4 12:13 2:08 OPP 25 4 -27 Punt
4 10:05 2:02 OWN 13 3 7 Punt
4 2:52 1:24 OWN 25 6 39 Downs
4 0:39 0:34 OWN 25 4 1 Downs

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:29 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 9:56 0:05 OWN 18 1 0 Interception
1 8:49 4:48 OWN 27 9 73 Touchdown
2 13:33 4:11 OWN 36 6 38 Field Goal
2 7:46 5:34 OWN 27 10 41 Field Goal
2 2:05 0:48 OPP 11 3 11 Touchdown
3 13:20 1:30 OWN 39 3 0 Interception
3 10:27 3:32 OWN 31 5 67 Field Goal
4 14:53 2:25 OWN 29 5 46 Field Goal
4 8:03 5:11 OWN 30 9 65 Field Goal
4 1:28 0:49 OWN 39 3 7 Punt
4 0:06 0:06 OPP 16 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kenneth Boyd 20 55 2.75 27 1 0
Alex Flores 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
James Nantz 5 2 0.40 1 0 0
Aaron Bradley 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gregory Shea 22 152 6.91 32 5 0
Sterling Willis 14 37 2.64 7 0 0
Marcus Jordan 3 19 6.33 10 1 0
Jimmy Barahona 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Tate 26 14 179 3 / 26 2 25 1 85.26

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jimmy Barahona 26 16 275 0 / 0 3 40 2 103.85

Receiving Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Canale 8 85 10.63 25 0
Jimmy Rupe 2 33 16.50 18 1
Alex Flores 1 24 24.00 24 0
William Ramsey 1 22 22.00 22 1
Joe Cerna 2 15 7.50 9 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gerard Hall 5 111 22.20 40 0
Jerome Wheeler 4 66 16.50 29 2
Ernest McNeill 3 47 15.67 29 1
Graig Chamlee 1 31 31.00 31 0
Gregory Shea 1 9 9.00 9 0
Ralph Villareal 1 6 6.00 6 0
James Dennis 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert McDaniels 25 29 2 4
Dale Gregory 29 27 0 2
Jimmy Rupe 0 12 0 1
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 1 0 0
Arthur Ellis 0 1 0 0
Troy Tomas 0 2 0 0
Rick Edwards 0 3 0 0
Wayne Bouchard 0 2 0 0
Larry Ackman 0 2 0 0
Anthony Munoz 0 2 0 0
Joseph Deslauriers 0 2 0 0
Dennis Noel 0 2 0 0
Robert Newton 0 2 0 0
Alex Flores 1 5 0 0
Thomas Canale 0 8 0 0
Joe Cerna 0 5 0 0
Gerald Demott 37 32 0 3
Kenneth Boyd 8 4 0 0
Juan Bennett 0 1 0 0
Harvey Miller 0 1 0 0
Greg Murtha 6 0 0 0
Marc Gowdy 8 0 0 0
Ramon Boldt 4 2 0 0
Wayne Williams 0 16 0 2
James Nantz 12 11 0 0
William Ramsey 6 25 0 3
Damon Fisher 37 32 0 2
Emmitt James 37 27 0 0
Aaron Bradley 21 21 0 1
Don Maggs 2 0 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jeremy Contreras 34 43 0 1
Maurice Bowman 9 0 0 0
Jesse Thurman 0 1 0 0
Duane Kirkpatrick 2 3 0 2
Gregory Shea 1 2 0 1
Darren Oliveira 2 5 0 0
Donald John 0 5 0 0
William Malone 0 4 0 1
Jerry Richardson 0 4 0 0
Chad Williams 0 3 0 0
Edwin James 0 4 0 0
Nathan Branch 2 5 0 1
Douglas Banda 0 6 0 2
John Biggs 0 6 0 0
Graig Chamlee 10 5 0 0
Lloyd Ford 35 42 0 1
Robert Tudor 4 1 0 0
Joseph Villagomez 8 0 0 0
Ralph Villareal 0 2 0 0
Sterling Willis 4 4 0 0
James Dennis 0 14 0 1
Ernest McNeill 5 33 0 0
Jerome Wheeler 0 21 0 0
Gerard Hall 0 21 0 1
Bryan Millard 17 13 0 0
Marcus Jordan 7 25 0 1
Ronald Sapp 31 43 0 6
Rafael McGill 26 36 0 3
Rodney Towell 34 42 0 1
Martin McMeans 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Harvey Miller 1 0 0.00 0
Rick Edwards 1 -1 -1.00 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Juan Bacote 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ryan Tate 1 0 0 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 0 0 1 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jimmy Barahona 1 0 0 0
Sterling Willis 1 0 0 0
Douglas Banda 0 0 1 0
Sean Huskins 0 1 0 0
Ronald Sapp 0 1 0 0
Graig Chamlee 0 1 0 0

Punting

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicolas Alleyne 4 191 47.75 47.50 50 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Matthew Robbins 2 62 31.00 31.00 34 1

Kicking

New Orleans VooDoo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Langdon 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 3 / 3

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Chris Farrel 5 / 5 3 / 3 1 / 1 50 3 / 3

Punt Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gerard Hall 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Nantz 2 142 71.0 1

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gregory Shea 3 92 30.7 0
Gerard Hall 1 29 29.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Orleans VooDoo

Name Tackles Sacks
Rick Edwards 12 0
Harvey Miller 9 0
Jose Thompson 8 0
Larry Ackman 7 0
Anthony Munoz 5 0
Ramon Boldt 4 0
Joseph Deslauriers 3 0
Jeffrey Alfaro 2 0
Robert Newton 2 0
Jimmy Rupe 1 0
Derek Jackson 1 0
Arthur Ellis 1 0
Ryan Tate 1 0
Charles Anderson 1 0
John Langdon 1 0
Troy Tomas 1 0
Juan Bennett 1 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Leonard Huhn 5 0
Robert Miller 5 0
Douglas Banda 4 1
Nathan Branch 4 0
Donald John 4 0
Sean Huskins 3 0
Edwin James 3 0
Martin McMeans 2 2
Juan Bacote 2 0
John Biggs 2 0
Gerard Hall 1 0
Jesse Thurman 1 0
Chad Williams 1 0
Pablo Wilson 1 0
David Steinman 1 0
Gary Purpura 1 0
Jerome Wheeler 1 0
Willie Hoover 1 0