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September 24, 1978 64° Liberty Bowl
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
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
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
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#38 Gregory Shea 22 163 7.41 60 4 0
#83 Sterling Willis 18 152 8.44 33 8 2
#35 Marcus Jordan 5 16 3.20 7 0 0
#31 Cedric Finn 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
SaberCats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#46 Christopher Gray 5 27 5.40 11 1 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Passing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Antonio Wilson 33 22 323 1 / 9 3 49 1 116.10
SaberCats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 David Schmitt 37 17 276 5 / 38 1 75 3 46.68
Receiving Stats
Showboats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Leonard Ricks 6 132 22.00 49 1
#82 Gerard Hall 6 100 16.67 40 1
#88 Fred Stevenson 4 33 8.25 14 1
#87 Jerome Wheeler 2 28 14.00 19 0
#38 Gregory Shea 2 19 9.50 11 0
#85 Patrick Burke 1 6 6.00 6 0
#86 Ernest McNeill 1 5 5.00 5 0
SaberCats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 John Martin 3 93 31.00 75 1
#89 William Kendrick 3 74 24.67 34 0
#17 David Perez 3 60 20.00 30 0
#81 Jose Lohman 3 15 5.00 7 0
#46 Christopher Gray 1 14 14.00 14 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 2 11 5.50 12 0
#88 Samuel Rutherford 1 7 7.00 7 0
#14 Charles May 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Showboats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#38 Gregory Shea 1 9 1 3
#72 Jeremy Contreras 43 49 0 2
#63 Rodney Towell 46 59 0 0
#77 Ronald Sapp 41 60 0 6
#35 Marcus Jordan 7 40 0 3
#66 Franklin Thompson 28 56 0 3
#50 Joshua Minor 34 50 0 2
#87 Jerome Wheeler 0 26 0 1
#86 Ernest McNeill 21 35 0 0
#82 Gerard Hall 0 32 0 0
#99 Edwin James 0 2 0 1
#97 Martin McMeans 0 3 0 0
#88 Fred Stevenson 5 13 0 0
#80 Leonard Ricks 0 7 0 1
#51 Dewayne Garcia 12 0 0 0
#70 Lloyd Ford 10 1 0 0
#57 Rafael McGill 12 0 0 0
#61 Duane Kirkpatrick 8 3 0 1
#72 Donald Molinari 6 0 0 0
#90 Douglas Banda 3 1 0 0
#83 Sterling Willis 3 3 0 0
#57 Nathan Branch 0 2 0 0
#48 Antonio Tinsley 0 2 0 1
#98 Edward Ryan 0 2 0 0
#94 Gary Purpura 0 1 0 0
#76 John Biggs 0 1 0 0
SaberCats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#81 Jose Lohman 11 5 1 1
#76 Richard Mosley 41 16 1 1
#31 Daniel Bailey 6 2 1 1
#67 Frank Wakefield 0 3 0 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 0 1 0 0
#37 Jeffrey Matson 22 11 0 0
#60 Andres Holm 40 14 0 1
#54 Michael Warren 46 17 0 1
#60 Jose Sterling 50 13 0 0
#78 Donald Bonner 42 6 0 0
#17 David Perez 0 6 0 0
#81 John Martin 2 6 0 1
#46 Christopher Gray 7 5 0 2
#72 Charles Martin 17 1 0 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 5 2 0 1
#77 Eddie Wilson 14 1 0 0
#89 William Kendrick 0 2 0 0
#53 Scott Smith 0 1 0 0
#80 Joseph Sanders 1 5 0 0
#24 James Peeler 0 2 0 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 2 2 0 0
#46 Javier Vestal 3 2 0 0
#14 Charles May 0 1 0 0
#55 Thomas Trombetta 2 0 0 0
#40 Antoine Smith 1 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Showboats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#26 Adam Young 1 2 2.00 0
#90 Douglas Banda 1 1 1.00 0
#91 Allen Mullins 1 -1 -1.00 0
SaberCats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#99 Charles Grant 1 2 2.00 0
Fumble Stats
Showboats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#35 Marcus Jordan 2 0 0 0
#38 Gregory Shea 1 1 0 0
#82 Gerard Hall 1 0 0 0
#66 Franklin Thompson 0 1 0 0
#87 Jerome Wheeler 0 1 0 0
SaberCats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#81 Jose Lohman 0 0 1 0
#50 Kevin Keller 0 0 1 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 0 0 1 0
#67 Frank Wakefield 0 0 1 0
Punting
Showboats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#15 Matthew Robbins 4 200 50.00 42.25 61 0
SaberCats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Rodney West 9 410 45.56 39.33 55 1
Kicking
Showboats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#16 James Ewing 1 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 5 / 5
SaberCats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Tommie Prather 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 1 / 1
Punt Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gerard Hall 3 30 10.0 13 0
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#46 Christopher Gray 1 11 11.0 11 0
Kick Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
SaberCats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#46 Christopher Gray 2 50 25.0 0
Defensive Stats
Showboats
Name Tackles Sacks
#90 Douglas Banda 6 1
#98 Edward Ryan 4 1
#91 Allen Mullins 4 0
#43 David Steinman 3 0
#26 Adam Young 2 0
#27 Albert Arsenault 2 0
#48 Antonio Tinsley 2 0
#77 Ronald Sapp 1 0
#66 David Aguila 1 0
#57 Nathan Branch 1 1
#20 Bradley Garcia 1 0
#94 Gary Purpura 1 1
#99 Edwin James 1 0
#66 Samuel Sanjuan 1 1
#86 Ernest McNeill 1 0
SaberCats
Name Tackles Sacks
#33 Paul Reed 11 0
#31 Richard McCarthy 8 0
#53 Donny Harris 6 1
#67 Frank Wakefield 6 0
#41 Robert Oakley 5 0
#45 Bryan Leisure 5 0
#26 Brian Vazquez 4 0
#24 James Peeler 4 0
#99 Jack Englert 4 0
#52 Craig Edson 4 0
#50 Kevin Keller 3 0
#81 John Martin 2 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 2 0
#74 Steven Peterson 2 0
#46 Christopher Gray 1 0
#57 Stephen Taylor 1 0
#17 David Perez 1 0
#89 William Kendrick 1 0