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Week 4: San Jose SaberCats at Memphis Showboats

September 24, 1978
64°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 43,343 (69%)
SaberCats 0 0 7 0 - 7
Showboats 7 21 10 0 - 38

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 2-1-SJS 4 (4:25) 36-Sterling Willis ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 7 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 1-4-SJS 4 (7:56) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 88-Fred Stevenson for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 14 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 1-10-SJS 40 (4:00) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 82-Gerard Hall for 40 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 21 SJS 0
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-10-SJS 49 (0:11) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 80-Leonard Ricks for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 28 SJS 0
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 1-10-SJS 22 (13:43) 36-Sterling Willis ran for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 35 SJS 0
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-17-SJS 29 (4:00) 16-James Ewing 48 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 38 SJS 0
(Qtr 3) SaberCats: 1-10-SJS 25 (3:57) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 81-John Martin for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Tommie Prather. MEM 38 SJS 7

Team Statistics

Showboats SaberCats
First Downs 24 9
- Rushing 11 2
- Passing 13 7
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 648 267
- Offensive Plays 80 48
- Yards Per Play 8.10 5.56
Net Rushing Yards 334 29
- Rushing Attempts 46 6
- Yards Per Rush 7.26 4.83
Net Passing Yards 314 238
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 22 / 1 37 / 17 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 323 276
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 9 5 / 38
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.24 5.67
- Yards Per Completion 14.68 16.24
Fumbles/Lost 4 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 16 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.5 7.4
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 30 1 / 11
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 50
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 2 1 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 24
Time of Possession 43:35 16:23

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:06 OWN 25 4 71 Interception
1 10:36 6:14 OWN 22 11 78 Touchdown
1 2:55 2:01 OWN 31 3 7 Punt
2 14:07 6:14 OWN 3 11 97 Touchdown
2 5:56 2:04 OWN 31 4 69 Touchdown
2 1:48 1:45 OWN 20 6 80 Touchdown
3 14:56 1:18 OPP 40 3 40 Touchdown
3 13:16 2:29 OWN 29 6 11 Punt
3 9:27 5:31 OWN 14 10 56 Field Goal
3 3:47 1:38 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 2:04 2:49 OPP 31 5 25 Missed FG
4 11:06 2:53 OWN 4 4 21 Punt
4 7:34 4:08 OWN 26 6 56 Missed FG
4 2:25 2:25 OWN 22 4 17 Game

San Jose SaberCats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:54 2:18 OWN 8 6 30 Punt
1 4:23 1:28 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 0:54 1:47 OWN 20 4 38 Punt
2 7:53 1:56 OWN 25 4 25 Interception
2 3:52 2:04 OWN 27 4 32 Punt
3 15:00 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 13:37 0:21 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 10:47 1:20 OWN 20 4 25 Punt
3 3:56 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 2:09 0:05 OWN 26 1 0 Interception
4 14:15 3:10 OWN 20 11 37 Punt
4 8:12 0:38 OWN 37 3 -5 Punt
4 3:26 1:01 OWN 25 3 7 Punt

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gregory Shea 22 163 7.41 60 4 0
Sterling Willis 18 152 8.44 33 8 2
Marcus Jordan 5 16 3.20 7 0 0
Cedric Finn 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Gray 5 27 5.40 11 1 0
Jeffrey Matson 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Antonio Wilson 33 22 323 1 / 9 3 49 1 116.10

San Jose SaberCats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 37 17 276 5 / 38 1 75 3 46.68

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Leonard Ricks 6 132 22.00 49 1
Gerard Hall 6 100 16.67 40 1
Fred Stevenson 4 33 8.25 14 1
Jerome Wheeler 2 28 14.00 19 0
Gregory Shea 2 19 9.50 11 0
Patrick Burke 1 6 6.00 6 0
Ernest McNeill 1 5 5.00 5 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Martin 3 93 31.00 75 1
William Kendrick 3 74 24.67 34 0
David Perez 3 60 20.00 30 0
Jose Lohman 3 15 5.00 7 0
Christopher Gray 1 14 14.00 14 0
Joseph Sanders 2 11 5.50 12 0
Samuel Rutherford 1 7 7.00 7 0
Charles May 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gregory Shea 1 9 1 3
Jeremy Contreras 43 49 0 2
Dewayne Garcia 12 0 0 0
Gary Purpura 0 1 0 0
Edward Ryan 0 2 0 0
Antonio Tinsley 0 2 0 1
Nathan Branch 0 2 0 0
Sterling Willis 3 3 0 0
Douglas Banda 3 1 0 0
Donald Molinari 6 0 0 0
Duane Kirkpatrick 8 3 0 1
Rafael McGill 12 0 0 0
Lloyd Ford 10 1 0 0
Leonard Ricks 0 7 0 1
Rodney Towell 46 59 0 0
Fred Stevenson 5 13 0 0
Martin McMeans 0 3 0 0
Edwin James 0 2 0 1
Gerard Hall 0 32 0 0
Ernest McNeill 21 35 0 0
Jerome Wheeler 0 26 0 1
Joshua Minor 34 50 0 2
Franklin Thompson 28 56 0 3
Marcus Jordan 7 40 0 3
Ronald Sapp 41 60 0 6
John Biggs 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Mosley 41 16 1 1
Jose Lohman 11 5 1 1
Daniel Bailey 6 2 1 1
Frank Wakefield 0 3 0 0
Eddie Wilson 14 1 0 0
Thomas Trombetta 2 0 0 0
Charles May 0 1 0 0
Javier Vestal 3 2 0 0
Jeffery Mackey 2 2 0 0
James Peeler 0 2 0 0
Joseph Sanders 1 5 0 0
Scott Smith 0 1 0 0
William Kendrick 0 2 0 0
Christopher Gray 7 5 0 2
Brian Vazquez 5 2 0 1
Charles Martin 17 1 0 0
Bryan Leisure 0 1 0 0
John Martin 2 6 0 1
David Perez 0 6 0 0
Donald Bonner 42 6 0 0
Jose Sterling 50 13 0 0
Michael Warren 46 17 0 1
Andres Holm 40 14 0 1
Jeffrey Matson 22 11 0 0
Antoine Smith 1 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Adam Young 1 2 2.00 0
Douglas Banda 1 1 1.00 0
Allen Mullins 1 -1 -1.00 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Charles Grant 1 2 2.00 0

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Marcus Jordan 2 0 0 0
Gregory Shea 1 1 0 0
Gerard Hall 1 0 0 0
Franklin Thompson 0 1 0 0
Jerome Wheeler 0 1 0 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jose Lohman 0 0 1 0
Kevin Keller 0 0 1 0
Bryan Leisure 0 0 1 0
Frank Wakefield 0 0 1 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Matthew Robbins 4 200 50.00 42.25 61 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney West 9 410 45.56 39.33 55 1

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 1 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 5 / 5

San Jose SaberCats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tommie Prather 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gerard Hall 3 30 10.0 13 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Gray 1 11 11.0 11 0

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

San Jose SaberCats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Gray 2 50 25.0 0

Defensive Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Douglas Banda 6 1
Edward Ryan 4 1
Allen Mullins 4 0
David Steinman 3 0
Adam Young 2 0
Albert Arsenault 2 0
Antonio Tinsley 2 0
Ronald Sapp 1 0
David Aguila 1 0
Nathan Branch 1 1
Bradley Garcia 1 0
Gary Purpura 1 1
Edwin James 1 0
Samuel Sanjuan 1 1
Ernest McNeill 1 0

San Jose SaberCats

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Reed 11 0
Richard McCarthy 8 0
Donny Harris 6 1
Frank Wakefield 6 0
Robert Oakley 5 0
Bryan Leisure 5 0
Brian Vazquez 4 0
James Peeler 4 0
Jack Englert 4 0
Craig Edson 4 0
Kevin Keller 3 0
John Martin 2 0
Jeffery Mackey 2 0
Steven Peterson 2 0
Christopher Gray 1 0
David Perez 1 0
Stephen Taylor 1 0
William Kendrick 1 0