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September 25, 1977 78° Liberty Bowl
Attendance: 47,155 (76%)
Stallions 3 7 0 31 0 - 41
Showboats 7 3 10 21 3 - 44
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Stallions: 4-4-MEM 16 (3:43) 7-Roland Ellis 34 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 0 BIR 3
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 3-4-MEM 31 (2:22) 38-Gregory Shea ran for 69 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. MEM 7 BIR 3
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-2-BIR 8 (14:24) 1-Chris Farrel 26 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 10 BIR 3
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 3-10-MEM 10 (3:59) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 80-David Albrecht for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Roland Ellis. MEM 10 BIR 10
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-7-BIR 16 (9:50) 1-Chris Farrel 35 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 13 BIR 10
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 1-10-BIR 38 (6:37) 18-Bryant Wiles pass complete to 38-Gregory Shea for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. MEM 20 BIR 10
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 1-10-BIR 0 (12:59) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 82-Matthew Morgan for 100 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Roland Ellis. MEM 20 BIR 17
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 1-3-BIR 3 (10:55) 18-Bryant Wiles pass complete to 84-James Dennis for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. MEM 27 BIR 17
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 4-10-MEM 13 (8:52) 7-Roland Ellis 31 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 27 BIR 20
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 49 (7:27) 18-Bryant Wiles pass complete to 82-Gerard Hall for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. MEM 34 BIR 20
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 2-6-MEM 6 (5:41) 10-Chang Foret pass complete to 82-Matthew Morgan for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Roland Ellis. MEM 34 BIR 27
(Qtr 4) Showboats: (5:38) 7-Roland Ellis kicks 67 yards from BIR 35 to MEM -2. 38-Gregory Shea for 102yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. MEM 41 BIR 27
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 4-5-BIR 42 (1:09) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 16-Lee Rice for 58 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Roland Ellis. MEM 41 BIR 34
(Qtr 4) Stallions: 4-12-BIR 46 (0:12) 15-Agustin Crook pass complete to 16-Lee Rice for 54 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Roland Ellis. MEM 41 BIR 41
(OT) Showboats: 1-10-BIR 19 (4:34) 1-Chris Farrel 37 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 40-Maurice Bowman was injured on the play. MEM 44 BIR 41
Team Statistics
Showboats Stallions
First Downs 19 14
- Rushing 8 0
- Passing 10 14
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 593 548
- Offensive Plays 75 78
- Yards Per Play 7.91 7.03
Net Rushing Yards 239 8
- Rushing Attempts 41 9
- Yards Per Rush 5.83 0.89
Net Passing Yards 354 540
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 21 / 2 61 / 32 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 362 594
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 8 / 54
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.41 7.83
- Yards Per Completion 17.24 18.56
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 7 / 20
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.2 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 2
Penalties/Yards 5 / 34 1 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 54 2 / 15
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 166 3 / 103
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 2 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 26
Time of Possession 42:40 27:32
Drive Charts
Showboats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:45 4:17 OWN 7 10 40 Punt
1 3:40 1:30 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 0:53 1:31 OPP 17 3 8 Field Goal
2 11:52 3:22 OWN 0 5 19 Punt
2 3:54 0:43 OWN 25 2 19 Fumble
2 1:20 1:20 OWN 10 3 3 Half
3 15:00 5:13 OWN 25 10 59 Field Goal
3 7:53 1:25 OWN 17 3 83 Touchdown
3 5:26 3:01 OWN 31 5 11 Punt
3 0:53 2:55 OWN 29 7 61 Interception
4 12:46 1:54 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
4 9:55 0:04 OWN 36 1 0 Interception
4 8:49 1:30 OWN 36 3 64 Touchdown
4 5:24 0:58 OPP 25 3 2 Punt
4 4:25 2:35 OWN 37 5 9 Punt
4 1:00 0:56 OWN 0 5 0 Touchdown
4 0:03 5:03 OWN 25 1 0 Half
OT 10:00 2:16 OWN 26 5 12 Punt
OT 6:48 2:07 OWN 32 5 27 Punt
Stallions
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:15 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
1 8:29 4:48 OWN 16 9 68 Field Goal
1 2:10 1:17 OWN 25 3 5 Fumble
2 14:21 2:30 OWN 25 6 19 Punt
2 8:30 4:36 OWN 38 9 62 Touchdown
2 3:11 1:51 OWN 44 6 2 Punt
3 9:47 1:54 OWN 23 6 18 Punt
3 6:28 1:02 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 2:25 1:31 OWN 26 3 5 Punt
4 12:59 0:13 OWN 0 1 100 Touchdown
4 10:52 0:57 OWN 34 2 6 Interception
4 9:50 1:01 OPP 49 5 36 Field Goal
4 7:19 1:42 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 1:50 0:51 OWN 26 7 74 Touchdown
OT 7:44 0:56 OWN 24 3 3 Punt
OT 4:41 0:08 OWN 3 1 0 Fumble
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#38 Gregory Shea 24 158 6.58 69 4 1
#83 Sterling Willis 13 59 4.54 29 2 0
#35 Marcus Jordan 4 22 5.50 10 2 0
Stallions
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#49 Carlos Miller 7 9 1.29 6 0 0
#20 Marvin Stepp 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Bryant Wiles 33 21 362 1 / 8 3 71 2 105.87
Stallions
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#15 Agustin Crook 44 26 530 7 / 45 4 100 0 131.82
#10 Chang Foret 17 6 64 1 / 9 1 29 1 42.28
Receiving Stats
Showboats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gerard Hall 9 159 17.67 51 1
#86 Ernest McNeill 2 94 47.00 71 0
#84 James Dennis 5 46 9.20 15 1
#38 Gregory Shea 1 38 38.00 38 1
#11 Ralph Villareal 1 13 13.00 13 0
#87 Jerome Wheeler 1 8 8.00 8 0
#83 Sterling Willis 2 4 2.00 3 0
Stallions
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#16 Lee Rice 10 188 18.80 58 2
#82 Matthew Morgan 3 135 45.00 100 2
#89 Robert Williams 5 123 24.60 69 0
#80 David Albrecht 6 67 11.17 19 1
#49 Carlos Miller 2 35 17.50 29 0
#84 Bruno Fredericks 3 27 9.00 17 0
#42 John Black 1 11 11.00 11 0
#88 Joshua Kay 1 4 4.00 4 0
#41 Willie Clemente 1 4 4.00 4 0
Blocking Stats
Showboats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#63 Rodney Towell 45 47 1 2
#90 Douglas Banda 0 5 0 1
#40 Donald John 0 4 0 0
#72 Jeremy Contreras 48 47 0 1
#57 Rafael McGill 47 51 0 2
#86 Ernest McNeill 6 27 0 1
#61 Duane Kirkpatrick 34 55 0 11
#66 Franklin Thompson 34 50 0 3
#87 Jerome Wheeler 0 23 0 1
#35 Marcus Jordan 14 25 0 0
#89 Graig Chamlee 14 7 0 0
#38 Gregory Shea 4 5 0 1
#84 James Dennis 0 12 0 0
#11 Ralph Villareal 0 6 0 0
#82 Gerard Hall 0 20 0 0
#75 Bryan Millard 15 0 0 0
#57 Nathan Branch 6 3 0 0
#40 Maurice Bowman 14 1 0 0
#73 Joseph Villagomez 8 0 0 0
#55 Robert Tudor 8 0 0 0
#81 Darren Oliveira 10 3 0 0
#94 Gary Purpura 0 1 0 0
#76 John Biggs 0 4 0 0
#97 Martin McMeans 0 3 0 0
#93 Jerry Richardson 0 6 0 3
#83 Sterling Willis 4 3 0 1
#50 Jesse Thurman 0 2 0 0
#53 Robert Miller 0 3 0 0
#99 Edwin James 0 4 0 0
#41 Chad Williams 0 3 0 0
#28 Pablo Wilson 0 1 0 0
#57 William Malone 0 4 0 0
#66 Ryan Flanders 0 1 0 0
#22 Juan Bacote 0 1 0 1
#32 Leonard Huhn 0 1 0 0
#43 David Steinman 0 1 0 0
Stallions
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#53 Morris Beery 38 10 2 2
#62 Randolph Riley 65 23 1 4
#73 Anthony Quinn 78 16 1 1
#42 John Black 20 8 0 1
#56 Earl Murtagh 65 23 0 0
#80 David Albrecht 6 15 0 2
#64 Ben Arnold 63 21 0 0
#69 Robert Clayton 71 15 0 1
#89 Robert Williams 0 6 0 0
#16 Lee Rice 0 12 0 0
#47 Charles Stark 8 3 0 0
#69 Milton Keeton 19 4 0 0
#74 William Whatley 36 5 0 0
#20 Marvin Stepp 5 4 0 0
#14 Miguel Owens 4 7 0 0
#49 Carlos Miller 13 3 0 0
#84 Bruno Fredericks 0 10 0 1
#82 Matthew Morgan 0 11 0 0
#50 Carlos Johnson 7 5 0 3
#41 Willie Clemente 9 4 0 0
#99 Mark Stetler 0 4 0 0
#22 Keith Marsh 0 5 0 1
#57 Paul Davis 0 5 0 0
#50 Antonio Ramos 6 2 0 0
#88 Joshua Kay 0 1 0 0
#90 Bruce Sullivan 0 2 0 0
#60 Timothy Pemberton 0 1 0 0
#42 Donald Goad 0 2 0 0
#43 James Greer 0 1 0 0
#43 James Morejon 0 1 0 1
#91 Allen Mullins 0 1 0 0
#75 Barrett Hughes 0 1 0 0
#66 Robert Neal 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Showboats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#40 Donald John 1 0 0.00 0
Stallions
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#42 Donald Goad 1 2 2.00 0
#25 Dusty Edwards 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Showboats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#83 Sterling Willis 1 0 0 0
#28 Pablo Wilson 0 1 1 0
#43 David Steinman 0 0 1 0
#99 Edwin James 0 0 1 0
#40 Donald John 0 1 0 0
Stallions
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#10 Chang Foret 1 0 0 0
#49 Carlos Miller 1 1 0 0
#80 David Albrecht 1 0 0 0
#43 James Greer 0 1 0 0
#47 Charles Stark 0 0 1 0
#14 Miguel Owens 0 1 0 0
Punting
Showboats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#15 Matthew Robbins 6 228 38.00 35.67 52 1
Stallions
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Jack Carle 8 404 50.50 44.13 56 2
Kicking
Showboats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Chris Farrel 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 5 / 5
Stallions
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Roland Ellis 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 34 5 / 5
Punt Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gerard Hall 6 54 9.0 13 0
Stallions
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Matthew Morgan 2 15 7.5 14 0
Kick Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#38 Gregory Shea 3 166 55.3 1
Stallions
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#41 Willie Clemente 3 103 34.3 0
Defensive Stats
Showboats
Name Tackles Sacks
#90 Douglas Banda 8 1
#40 Donald John 7 0
#32 Leonard Huhn 6 0
#53 Robert Miller 5 1
#43 David Steinman 5 0
#57 Nathan Branch 5 3
#22 Juan Bacote 3 0
#99 Edwin James 3 0
#76 John Biggs 3 2
#82 Gerard Hall 2 0
#77 Sean Huskins 1 0
#86 Ernest McNeill 1 0
#93 Jerry Richardson 1 0
#97 Martin McMeans 1 0
#28 Pablo Wilson 0 1
Stallions
Name Tackles Sacks
#75 Barrett Hughes 8 0
#25 Dusty Edwards 8 0
#58 Kurt Kim 6 0
#93 Wallace Andrews 6 0
#22 Keith Marsh 6 0
#36 Jason Robinson 4 0
#99 Mark Stetler 4 0
#50 Carlos Johnson 3 0
#43 James Greer 3 0
#60 Timothy Pemberton 3 1
#47 Charles Stark 3 0
#90 Bruce Sullivan 2 0
#91 Allen Mullins 2 0
#42 Donald Goad 2 0
#66 Robert Neal 2 0
#10 Chang Foret 1 0
#56 Earl Murtagh 1 0
#43 James Morejon 1 0
#82 Matthew Morgan 1 0
#7 Roland Ellis 1 0
#74 William Whatley 1 0