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October 02, 1977 86° Liberty Bowl
Attendance: 48,902 (78%)
Gamblers 0 14 3 7 - 24
Showboats 17 3 0 14 - 34
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-1-HOU 1 (12:58) 18-Bryant Wiles pass complete to 82-Gerard Hall for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. MEM 7 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 3-8-HOU 26 (10:03) 18-Bryant Wiles pass complete to 11-Ralph Villareal for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. MEM 14 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-8-HOU 20 (4:57) 1-Chris Farrel 38 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 17 HOU 0
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-4-HOU 4 (13:38) 1-Chris Farrel 23 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 20 HOU 0
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 2-10-HOU 45 (5:19) (Hot Read) 6-Walton Vasquez pass complete to 27-August Madrid for 55 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. MEM 20 HOU 7
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-10-MEM 48 (0:58) 6-Walton Vasquez pass complete to 83-David Nelson for 48 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. MEM 20 HOU 14
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-2-MEM 14 (1:12) 19-Daniel McCormack 32 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 20 HOU 17
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-5-HOU 16 (10:44) 1-Chris Farrel 34 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 23 HOU 17
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 1-10-HOU 22 (10:36) 6-Walton Vasquez pass complete to 2-Everett Pettit for 78 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. MEM 23 HOU 24
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 2-1-HOU 23 (6:37) 18-Bryant Wiles pass complete to 82-Gerard Hall for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 18-Bryant Wiles pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Pressure by 51-Rolando Moulton. MEM 31 HOU 24
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-8-HOU 29 (1:59) 1-Chris Farrel 47 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 34 HOU 24
Team Statistics
Showboats Gamblers
First Downs 19 10
- Rushing 11 1
- Passing 8 9
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 441 389
- Offensive Plays 75 61
- Yards Per Play 5.88 6.38
Net Rushing Yards 180 49
- Rushing Attempts 36 16
- Yards Per Rush 5.00 3.06
Net Passing Yards 261 340
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 23 / 0 43 / 22 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 289 355
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 28 2 / 15
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.69 7.56
- Yards Per Completion 12.57 16.14
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 15 6 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.9 5.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 11 3 / 31
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 116
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 26
Time of Possession 36:08 23:53
Drive Charts
Showboats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 12:46 2:48 OPP 42 5 42 Touchdown
1 6:25 1:31 OPP 21 3 2 Field Goal
1 4:01 5:25 OWN 26 11 69 Field Goal
2 12:42 1:25 OWN 22 3 -2 Punt
2 9:14 2:20 OWN 17 4 36 Punt
2 5:09 1:25 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 2:13 0:47 OWN 41 3 -11 Punt
2 0:51 0:51 OWN 25 4 67 Half
3 13:31 2:09 OWN 31 3 -10 Punt
3 9:44 2:22 OWN 9 5 19 Punt
3 1:09 5:28 OWN 25 10 59 Field Goal
4 10:22 3:48 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
4 5:54 0:58 OWN 31 3 2 Punt
4 3:20 1:25 OPP 31 3 2 Field Goal
4 1:21 1:21 OWN 38 3 0 Game
Gamblers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:55 0:09 OWN 31 1 0 Interception
1 9:58 3:33 OWN 23 6 9 Fumble
1 4:54 0:52 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 13:36 0:54 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 11:17 2:03 OWN 38 3 3 Punt
2 6:54 1:45 OWN 20 4 80 Touchdown
2 3:44 1:31 OWN 26 4 28 Interception
2 1:26 0:36 OWN 23 7 77 Touchdown
3 15:00 1:29 OWN 22 3 0 Punt
3 11:23 1:39 OWN 35 3 8 Punt
3 7:22 6:13 OWN 34 9 52 Field Goal
4 10:41 0:19 OWN 22 1 78 Touchdown
4 6:34 0:39 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
4 4:57 1:37 OWN 21 3 8 Interception
4 1:55 0:34 OWN 25 7 40 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#38 Gregory Shea 23 135 5.87 28 6 0
#83 Sterling Willis 10 45 4.50 13 2 0
#6 Bryant Wiles 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Gamblers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#83 James Connelly 11 39 3.55 13 1 0
#40 August Madrid 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
#26 Everett Pettit 4 5 1.25 6 0 0
Passing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Bryant Wiles 36 23 289 3 / 28 3 55 0 116.55
Gamblers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#47 Walton Vasquez 43 22 355 2 / 15 3 78 4 63.61
Receiving Stats
Showboats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gerard Hall 10 133 13.30 55 2
#87 Jerome Wheeler 6 92 15.33 38 0
#38 Gregory Shea 4 27 6.75 13 0
#11 Ralph Villareal 1 26 26.00 26 1
#86 Ernest McNeill 1 6 6.00 6 0
#83 Sterling Willis 1 5 5.00 5 0
Gamblers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 David Nelson 8 131 16.38 48 1
#26 Everett Pettit 1 78 78.00 78 1
#40 August Madrid 1 55 55.00 55 1
#82 Larry Perez 4 38 9.50 23 0
#10 Bradley Sharp 3 33 11.00 17 0
#83 Clifford Crumley 2 7 3.50 5 0
#83 James Connelly 1 7 7.00 7 0
#80 Jared Kelly 1 3 3.00 3 0
#41 George Webb 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Showboats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#70 Lloyd Ford 51 41 1 3
#57 Rafael McGill 51 42 1 3
#72 Jeremy Contreras 51 36 0 4
#63 Rodney Towell 49 40 0 1
#11 Ralph Villareal 0 7 0 0
#35 Marcus Jordan 15 24 0 0
#61 Duane Kirkpatrick 39 42 0 7
#38 Gregory Shea 9 5 0 1
#73 Joseph Villagomez 6 0 0 0
#75 Bryan Millard 6 0 0 0
#89 Graig Chamlee 13 0 0 0
#40 Maurice Bowman 13 1 0 0
#81 Darren Oliveira 13 8 0 1
#77 Sean Huskins 0 2 0 0
#28 Pablo Wilson 0 1 0 0
#97 Martin McMeans 0 3 0 0
#87 Jerome Wheeler 0 23 0 0
#86 Ernest McNeill 4 30 0 1
#82 Gerard Hall 0 21 0 1
#99 Edwin James 0 2 0 0
#50 Jesse Thurman 0 2 0 0
#76 John Biggs 0 2 0 0
#90 Wesley Ochs 0 1 0 0
#53 Robert Miller 0 3 0 2
#83 Sterling Willis 4 4 0 0
#32 Leonard Huhn 0 2 0 0
#57 William Malone 1 0 0 0
#22 Juan Bacote 0 1 0 0
#55 Robert Tudor 2 1 0 0
#66 Ryan Flanders 0 1 0 0
Gamblers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#66 Theodore Valdez 45 23 1 0
#60 Micah McEvoy 54 21 1 2
#83 Clifford Crumley 4 13 0 0
#97 Michael Spencer 0 5 0 0
#71 Tony Lehman 10 3 0 0
#58 Matthew Hard 0 4 0 0
#62 Douglas Cormier 9 4 0 1
#53 Eugene Gregory 0 4 0 0
#55 Boris Riggins 0 4 0 0
#80 Jared Kelly 0 7 0 0
#60 William Loggins 10 6 0 0
#75 Luis Davidson 45 19 0 1
#52 Reginald Martin 55 20 0 0
#66 Carl Lawlor 45 28 0 0
#56 Marshall Leister 10 2 0 1
#83 James Connelly 8 6 0 0
#82 Larry Perez 14 18 0 1
#40 August Madrid 11 11 0 0
#89 Todd Summers 0 7 0 1
#41 George Webb 9 2 0 0
#19 David Nelson 0 6 0 0
#10 Bradley Sharp 0 3 0 0
#26 Everett Pettit 3 0 0 0
#53 Todd David 0 1 0 0
#92 August Peterson 0 1 0 0
#94 Jerry Aiello 0 1 0 1
#73 James Presley 1 0 0 0
#26 Benjamin Morrison 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Showboats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#99 Edwin James 1 0 0.00 0
#21 Willie Hoover 1 0 0.00 0
#43 David Steinman 1 0 0.00 0
#77 Sean Huskins 1 0 0.00 0
Gamblers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Showboats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#77 Sean Huskins 0 1 0 0
#90 Wesley Ochs 0 0 1 0
#40 Maurice Bowman 0 0 1 0
Gamblers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#47 Walton Vasquez 1 0 0 0
#83 James Connelly 1 1 0 0
Punting
Showboats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#15 Matthew Robbins 7 341 48.71 41.71 51 0
Gamblers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#13 Juan Hanson 6 283 47.17 45.33 50 1
Kicking
Showboats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Chris Farrel 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 2 / 2
Gamblers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Daniel McCormack 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 3 / 3
Punt Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gerard Hall 3 11 3.7 5 0
Gamblers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 James Connelly 3 31 10.3 14 0
Kick Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gamblers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#28 Jessie Castillo 4 116 29.0 0
Defensive Stats
Showboats
Name Tackles Sacks
#21 Willie Hoover 7 0
#90 Douglas Banda 6 0
#81 Darren Oliveira 5 0
#22 Juan Bacote 4 0
#28 Pablo Wilson 4 0
#43 David Steinman 3 0
#53 Robert Miller 2 0
#99 Edwin James 2 0
#76 John Biggs 2 1
#32 Leonard Huhn 2 0
#89 Graig Chamlee 1 0
#41 Chad Williams 1 0
#97 Martin McMeans 1 0
#50 Jesse Thurman 1 0
#66 Ryan Flanders 1 0
#90 Wesley Ochs 0 1
Gamblers
Name Tackles Sacks
#21 Wayne Mashburn 8 0
#58 Matthew Hard 8 0
#30 Cory Vargas 7 0
#28 Jessie Castillo 5 0
#53 Todd David 5 1
#27 Thomas Erwin 5 0
#46 Jeffrey Keeley 4 0
#27 Eugene Holland 3 1
#94 Jerry Aiello 3 0
#91 Paul Walker 3 1
#97 Roderick Carver 2 0
#92 August Peterson 2 0
#93 Rolando Moulton 2 0
#82 Larry Perez 2 0
#86 Neal Boone 1 0
#66 Carl Lawlor 1 0
#83 James Connelly 1 0
#26 Benjamin Morrison 1 0