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Week 8: Memphis Showboats at Boston Breakers

October 21, 1979
62°
Nickerson Field (Boston, MA) Attendance: 36,287 (73%)
Showboats 20 19 20 10 - 69
Breakers 0 7 0 10 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 3-5-MEM 29 (13:38) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 71 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. BOS 59-William McDonald was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. BOS 0 MEM 7
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-10-BOS 17 (12:45) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 83-Sterling Willis for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 3-1-BOS 17 (9:37) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. BOS 0 MEM 20
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-5-BOS 14 (12:35) 16-James Ewing 33 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 0 MEM 23
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 1-10-BOS 31 (7:33) 49-Billy Williams ran to BOS 0 for 31 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. BOS 0 MEM 30
(Qtr 2) Breakers: 3-1-MEM 40 (6:30) 9-Michael Temples pass complete to 16-Wesley Watson for 40 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Christopher Lovell. BOS 7 MEM 30
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-3-BOS 3 (2:00) 16-James Ewing 22 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 7 MEM 33
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 1-2-BOS 2 (1:35) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 82-Gerard Hall for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 3-10-MEM 43 (10:41) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 86-Ernest McNeill for 57 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 2-15-BOS 17 (5:23) 49-Billy Williams ran to BOS 0 for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. BOS 7 MEM 52
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 14 (3:57) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 86 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. BOS 7 MEM 59
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-2-BOS 13 (14:26) 16-James Ewing 31 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 7 MEM 62
(Qtr 4) Breakers: 4-6-MEM 7 (12:24) 4-Christopher Lovell 25 yard field goal is GOOD. BOS 10 MEM 62
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 2-9-BOS 12 (7:06) 38-Gregory Shea ran to BOS 0 for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. BOS 10 MEM 69
(Qtr 4) Breakers: 1-10-MEM 15 (1:40) 9-Michael Temples pass complete to 36-Steven McCloud for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Christopher Lovell. BOS 17 MEM 69

Team Statistics

Breakers Showboats
First Downs 15 17
- Rushing 0 4
- Passing 15 13
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 308 732
- Offensive Plays 80 79
- Yards Per Play 3.85 9.27
Net Rushing Yards 1 188
- Rushing Attempts 1 31
- Yards Per Rush 1.00 6.06
Net Passing Yards 307 544
- Att/Comp/Int 68 / 32 / 3 48 / 27 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 391 544
- Sacks/Yards Lost 11 / 84 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.89 11.33
- Yards Per Completion 12.22 20.15
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 2 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 19 8 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 11.0 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 47 6 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 11 6 / 49
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 37 1 / 30
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 5
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 8
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 5 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 41
Time of Possession 25:56 34:04

Drive Charts

Boston Breakers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:28 0:44 OWN 25 3 -10 Interception
1 12:40 1:06 OWN 25 3 -20 Punt
1 9:33 3:59 OWN 25 7 33 Punt
1 2:12 0:56 OWN 6 3 1 Punt
2 12:32 0:55 OWN 25 3 12 Fumble
2 10:38 1:47 OWN 13 5 30 Punt
2 7:27 1:03 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 1:58 0:24 OWN 25 3 -10 Fumble
2 1:31 1:31 OWN 25 3 9 Half
3 15:00 1:35 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 12:24 1:35 OWN 23 3 -3 Punt
3 10:33 1:38 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
3 5:18 1:21 OWN 25 5 23 Punt
3 3:44 0:38 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 2:45 0:51 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
4 14:23 2:01 OWN 25 8 68 Field Goal
4 8:12 0:30 OWN 15 3 -7 Interception
4 7:00 0:43 OWN 34 3 -11 Punt
4 4:07 2:31 OWN 7 9 93 Touchdown
4 0:14 0:08 OPP 31 2 0 Interception

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:32 OWN 24 3 76 Touchdown
1 12:44 0:04 OPP 17 1 17 Touchdown
1 11:34 2:01 OPP 49 5 49 Touchdown
1 5:35 3:23 OWN 20 7 33 Punt
1 1:16 3:44 OWN 43 8 43 Field Goal
2 11:37 0:59 OPP 39 3 4 Punt
2 8:51 1:25 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
2 6:23 4:25 OWN 25 8 72 Field Goal
2 1:34 0:03 OPP 2 1 2 Touchdown
3 13:25 1:01 OWN 24 3 5 Punt
3 10:48 0:16 OWN 43 3 57 Touchdown
3 8:55 3:37 OWN 31 8 69 Touchdown
3 3:56 0:13 OWN 14 1 86 Touchdown
3 3:06 0:21 OWN 33 3 0 Punt
3 1:53 2:30 OWN 43 5 44 Field Goal
4 12:22 4:09 OWN 25 6 16 Punt
4 7:43 0:43 OPP 13 2 13 Touchdown
4 6:17 2:11 OWN 37 3 7 Punt
4 1:35 1:21 OWN 25 3 3 Fumble
4 0:06 0:06 OWN 33 1 28 Game

Rushing Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steven McCloud 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Billy Williams 12 95 7.92 31 3 2
Gregory Shea 17 76 4.47 12 2 1
Marcus Jordan 2 17 8.50 10 1 0

Passing Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael Temples 60 28 340 10 / 77 2 40 3 54.86
Eric Pierce 8 4 51 1 / 7 0 18 0 70.31

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Antonio Wilson 48 27 544 0 / 0 6 86 0 135.76

Receiving Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Delatorre 10 122 12.20 25 0
Matthew Morgan 5 56 11.20 20 0
Steven Hooper 3 48 16.00 27 0
Wesley Watson 1 40 40.00 40 1
Jake Howard 2 36 18.00 20 0
Jeremiah Henderson 3 27 9.00 20 0
Mark Jackson 2 22 11.00 14 0
Steven McCloud 3 18 6.00 15 1
Richard Marshall 1 16 16.00 16 0
Louis Davis 1 6 6.00 6 0
Aaron Chavez 1 0 0.00 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerome Wheeler 6 252 42.00 86 3
Ernest McNeill 4 100 25.00 57 1
Gerard Hall 6 81 13.50 26 1
Sterling Willis 4 56 14.00 17 1
David Creasey 2 44 22.00 23 0
Gregory Shea 3 9 3.00 9 0
Billy Williams 2 2 1.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

Boston Breakers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Don Thompson 87 18 2 2
Richard Marshall 3 2 1 1
Rafael McGill 85 17 1 1
Hector Courtney 79 12 1 0
Donald Farrer 82 15 1 2
Steven McCloud 21 5 1 1
Louis Davis 2 1 0 0
Clint Leddy 0 2 0 0
Jason Myrick 0 1 0 0
John Houston 2 1 0 0
Jason Hendon 0 1 0 0
William McDonald 0 1 0 0
Roy Edelman 0 2 0 0
Johnny Aguilar 0 3 0 0
Nathan Smith 0 1 0 0
Raymond Downing 0 2 0 0
Aaron Chavez 5 3 0 0
Jake Howard 0 2 0 1
Wesley Watson 0 1 0 0
Freddie Brown 78 14 0 0
David Carswell 7 2 0 0
Ryan Willey 7 2 0 0
James Lord 0 3 0 0
Matthew Morgan 0 6 0 0
William Delatorre 0 8 0 0
Steven Hooper 0 5 0 0
Jeremiah Henderson 15 7 0 0
Jerry Valerio 24 4 0 0
Mark Jackson 33 8 0 0
Brian Taylor 0 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Nathan Branch 4 2 0 0
Patrick Burke 0 5 0 0
Lloyd Ford 13 0 0 0
Duane Kirkpatrick 16 0 0 0
Donald Molinari 17 2 0 0
Martin McMeans 0 3 0 0
Albert Arsenault 0 1 0 0
Adam Young 0 3 0 0
Billy Williams 4 2 0 1
Gerard Hall 0 32 0 0
David Creasey 0 6 0 0
Julian Kimmel 0 2 0 0
Matthew Southerland 8 3 0 1
Sam Heath 0 1 0 0
Gary Purpura 0 1 0 0
Edward Ryan 0 1 0 0
Refugio Hudson 0 1 0 0
Dewayne Garcia 16 0 0 0
Gregory Shea 11 3 0 0
Edwin James 0 2 0 0
Donn Webb 0 4 0 0
Allen Mullins 0 1 0 0
John Biggs 1 5 0 0
Jerome Wheeler 0 17 0 0
John Lawrence 0 4 0 0
Leonard Cory 0 2 0 0
Marshall Forbes 0 7 0 4
Lamar Reynolds 1 3 0 1
Joshua Minor 62 41 0 7
Jeremy Contreras 56 38 0 0
Rodney Towell 59 43 0 0
Edward Jackson 66 49 0 2
Ernest McNeill 25 36 0 0
Sterling Willis 0 33 0 0
Marcus Jordan 13 11 0 0
Franklin Thompson 47 41 0 3
Bradley Garcia 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Boston Breakers

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Marshall Forbes 1 4 4.00 0
Sam Heath 1 1 1.00 0
Albert Arsenault 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Matthew Morgan 2 1 0 0
Michael Temples 1 0 0 0
Peter Edge 0 0 1 0
Roy Edelman 0 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Billy Williams 1 0 0 0
John Biggs 0 0 2 0
Martin McMeans 0 1 0 0
Tyler Helton 0 1 0 0

Punting

Boston Breakers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Eric Beach 11 527 47.91 40.18 57 1

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Lamont Hensley 6 256 42.67 41.00 53 3

Kicking

Boston Breakers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Lovell 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 25 2 / 2

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 33 6 / 9

Punt Return

Boston Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matthew Morgan 1 11 11.0 11 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gregory Shea 6 49 8.2 12 0

Kick Return

Boston Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Matthew Morgan 1 37 37.0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gregory Shea 1 30 30.0 0

Defensive Stats

Boston Breakers

Name Tackles Sacks
Jerome Stevens 10 0
Peter Edge 7 0
Nathan Smith 6 0
Roy Edelman 6 0
James Lord 5 0
Clint Leddy 5 0
David Burt 3 0
Raymond Downing 3 0
Ryan Willey 3 0
Juan Cortez 2 0
George Broom 1 0
William Delatorre 1 0
Wesley Ochs 1 0
Jason Hendon 1 0
Mark Jackson 1 0
Aaron Chavez 1 0
David Carswell 1 0
Matthew Morgan 1 0
Donald Farrer 1 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Albert Arsenault 12 0
Marshall Forbes 4 0
Donn Webb 4 1
Lamar Reynolds 3 1
David Steinman 3 0
Sam Heath 2 2
Michael Ross 2 0
Martin McMeans 2 2
Refugio Hudson 2 1
Bradley Garcia 2 0
Nathan Branch 1 1
Joshua Minor 1 0
John Biggs 1 2
Julian Kimmel 1 1
James Ewing 1 0
Gary Purpura 1 0
Edward Ryan 1 0
Marcus Jordan 1 0