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Wild Card: Detroit Wheels at Memphis Showboats

December 24, 1978
36°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 58,679 (94%)
Wheels 3 3 3 3 0 - 12
Showboats 3 6 3 0 3 - 15

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 4-21-MEM 21 (4:58) 2-Jose Fouche 38 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 0 DET 3
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-2-DET 29 (0:12) 16-James Ewing 48 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 DET 3
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-9-DET 10 (4:50) 16-James Ewing 28 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 6 DET 3
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 4-4-MEM 32 (1:15) 2-Jose Fouche 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 6 DET 6
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 1-9-DET 9 (0:07) 16-James Ewing 27 yard field goal is GOOD. DET 58-Juan Frigo was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MEM 9 DET 6
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-4-DET 19 (8:56) 16-James Ewing 38 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 12 DET 6
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 4-6-MEM 6 (4:31) 2-Jose Fouche 24 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 12 DET 9
(Qtr 4) Wheels: 4-3-MEM 32 (1:07) 2-Jose Fouche 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 12 DET 12
(OT) Showboats: 4-13-DET 15 (10:50) 16-James Ewing 34 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 15 DET 12

Team Statistics

Showboats Wheels
First Downs 24 15
- Rushing 9 2
- Passing 14 13
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 379 293
- Offensive Plays 71 61
- Yards Per Play 5.34 4.80
Net Rushing Yards 148 45
- Rushing Attempts 32 17
- Yards Per Rush 4.63 2.65
Net Passing Yards 231 248
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 23 / 1 39 / 23 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 249 285
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 5 / 37
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.92 5.64
- Yards Per Completion 10.83 12.39
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 13 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.8 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 24 4 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 36 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 4 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 28
Time of Possession 34:40 29:33

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:43 OWN 25 9 22 Punt
1 9:24 0:12 OWN 30 2 -10 Interception
1 4:54 4:46 OWN 25 9 46 Field Goal
2 11:30 6:42 OWN 5 10 85 Field Goal
2 1:11 1:06 OWN 25 5 66 Field Goal
3 12:46 0:53 OWN 19 3 -4 Punt
3 11:43 2:50 OPP 42 5 23 Field Goal
3 4:28 1:22 OWN 25 4 14 Punt
3 1:37 1:37 OWN 19 4 26 Punt
4 9:55 5:54 OWN 20 12 52 Downs
4 1:03 1:03 OWN 34 4 40 Missed FG
OT 14:19 3:32 OPP 29 5 13 Field Goal

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:17 0:53 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
1 9:12 4:18 OPP 40 7 19 Field Goal
1 0:08 3:39 OWN 25 9 35 Punt
2 4:48 3:37 OWN 25 8 40 Field Goal
2 0:04 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Half
3 15:00 2:14 OWN 27 3 8 Punt
3 11:53 0:10 OWN 41 1 -10 Fumble
3 8:53 4:25 OWN 25 9 69 Field Goal
3 3:06 1:29 OWN 30 3 6 Punt
3 0:00 5:05 OWN 6 10 46 Punt
4 4:01 2:58 OWN 28 6 40 Field Goal
OT 15:00 0:41 OWN 25 2 2 Interception

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gregory Shea 21 92 4.38 14 4 0
Sterling Willis 6 39 6.50 12 2 0
Marcus Jordan 5 17 3.40 11 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Enrique Pacheco 14 22 1.57 12 1 0
Robert Costello 2 12 6.00 8 0 0
Henry Prieto 1 11 11.00 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Antonio Wilson 34 23 249 2 / 18 0 26 0 88.97
Joseph Munson 3 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 1 0.00

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Henry Prieto 39 23 285 5 / 37 0 32 1 70.99

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerome Wheeler 3 58 19.33 23 0
Fred Stevenson 3 46 15.33 23 0
Gerard Hall 5 43 8.60 14 0
Gregory Shea 6 42 7.00 13 0
Leonard Ricks 2 30 15.00 15 0
Sterling Willis 1 26 26.00 26 0
Ernest McNeill 3 4 1.33 5 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 6 86 14.33 22 0
Zachary Powell 5 62 12.40 30 0
Matthew Mitchell 6 61 10.17 22 0
Paul Lee 1 32 32.00 32 0
Enrique Pacheco 2 29 14.50 23 0
David Ortiz 2 13 6.50 12 0
Robert Costello 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ronald Sapp 47 41 1 6
Jeremy Contreras 42 37 0 3
Leonard Ricks 0 11 0 1
Robert Miller 0 1 0 0
Edward Ryan 0 1 0 0
Allen Mullins 0 1 0 0
Edwin James 0 1 0 0
Donald Molinari 5 2 0 1
Lamar Reynolds 0 2 0 0
David Steinman 0 1 0 0
John Biggs 0 3 0 0
Edward Alston 0 2 0 0
Nathan Branch 0 3 0 1
Duane Kirkpatrick 8 0 0 0
Fred Stevenson 8 6 0 1
Rodney Towell 42 34 0 0
Rafael McGill 9 0 0 0
Lloyd Ford 10 0 0 0
Douglas Banda 3 2 0 0
Dewayne Garcia 15 2 0 0
Gregory Shea 2 4 0 0
Jerome Wheeler 0 20 0 1
Joshua Minor 37 41 0 0
Franklin Thompson 38 44 0 2
Marcus Jordan 13 28 0 0
Ernest McNeill 18 21 0 0
Gerard Hall 0 16 0 1
Adam Young 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Benjamin Wheeler 46 22 3 8
Thomas Watson 50 21 2 3
Ronald Davis 54 27 0 1
Ray Franklin 0 1 0 0
Chuck Johnson 0 1 0 0
David Peralta 0 1 0 1
Edward Flores 0 1 0 0
Daniel Hawes 0 1 0 0
Robert Basso 1 0 0 0
Arturo Williams 8 1 0 1
George Odriscoll 5 0 0 0
Timothy Hanna 0 6 0 0
David Ortiz 0 12 0 1
John Risinger 0 10 0 0
Matthew Mitchell 0 12 0 0
Christopher Turner 0 1 0 0
Chad Brown 0 2 0 0
Bradley Mondragon 5 4 0 1
Paul Lee 8 2 0 0
Joe Gomez 8 0 0 0
Enrique Pacheco 16 5 0 0
Zachary Powell 4 20 0 1
Eddie Hohman 26 14 0 0
Chad Mannings 54 22 0 1
Timothy Milligan 53 30 0 0
Robert Costello 2 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Douglas Banda 1 0 0.00 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robbie Hammock 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Sterling Willis 1 0 0 0
Antonio Wilson 1 0 0 0
David Steinman 0 0 1 0
Albert Arsenault 0 1 0 0
Franklin Thompson 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Henry Prieto 1 0 0 0
John Risinger 1 0 0 0
William Williams 0 0 1 0
Benjamin Wheeler 0 1 0 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Matthew Robbins 4 183 45.75 39.25 59 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 5 216 43.20 39.00 47 1

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 5 / 6 1 / 2 0 / 0 48 0 / 0

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 4 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 49 0 / 0

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Detroit Wheels

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gregory Shea 1 36 36.0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 1 33 33.0 0

Defensive Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Antonio Tinsley 7 0
John Biggs 7 4
Lamar Reynolds 6 0
Albert Arsenault 5 0
Samuel Sanjuan 5 1
Adam Young 4 0
Douglas Banda 2 0
Joseph Davis 1 0
Edward Alston 1 0
Nathan Branch 1 0
Eric Blaisdell 1 0
David Steinman 1 0
Allen Mullins 1 0
David Aguila 1 0
Edward Ryan 1 0
Jerome Wheeler 1 0
Bradley Garcia 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Tackles Sacks
Robbie Hammock 10 0
Malcolm Nazario 8 1
William Williams 6 0
Bradley Mondragon 5 0
Eric Spann 5 0
Aaron Robinson 4 0
Chad Brown 4 1
David Peralta 4 0
Chuck Johnson 4 0
Donald Martinez 3 0
Charles Clifton 2 0
Edward Flores 2 0
Eddie Hohman 1 0
Timothy Adams 1 0
Jose Fouche 1 0
Robert Costello 1 0