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Week 16: Portland Storm at Memphis Showboats

December 16, 1979
53°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 62,380 (100%)
Storm 10 0 0 11 - 21
Showboats 10 14 7 0 - 31

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Storm: 2-6-POR 29 (14:19) 4-William Hill pass complete to 80-Ivory Villanueva for 71 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Donald Dosch. MEM 0 POR 7
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-5-POR 11 (10:22) 16-James Ewing 29 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 POR 7
(Qtr 1) Storm: 4-3-MEM 26 (6:46) 1-Donald Dosch 44 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 POR 10
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 3-3-POR 3 (2:14) 7-James Perry pass complete to 86-Ernest McNeill for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 10 POR 10
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-10-POR 10 (14:14) 7-James Perry pass complete to 86-Ernest McNeill for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 17 POR 10
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 3-2-POR 2 (9:41) 7-James Perry pass complete to 15-David Creasey for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 24 POR 10
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 3-6-POR 6 (11:02) 7-James Perry pass complete to 83-Sterling Willis for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 31 POR 10
(Qtr 4) Storm: 4-1-MEM 16 (4:21) 1-Donald Dosch 34 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 31 POR 13
(Qtr 4) Storm: 2-8-MEM 8 (1:31) 4-William Hill pass complete to 19-Grant Cano for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 4-William Hill pass complete to 19-Grant Cano for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Pressure by 97-John Biggs. MEM 31 POR 21

Team Statistics

Showboats Storm
First Downs 25 13
- Rushing 10 1
- Passing 15 11
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 548 298
- Offensive Plays 82 63
- Yards Per Play 6.68 4.73
Net Rushing Yards 200 11
- Rushing Attempts 34 1
- Yards Per Rush 5.88 11.00
Net Passing Yards 348 287
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 28 / 2 56 / 28 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 355 333
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 6 / 46
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.25 4.63
- Yards Per Completion 12.68 11.89
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 14 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 10.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 65 3 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 11 2 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 32 1 / 27
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 2 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 6 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 27
Time of Possession 37:33 22:30

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:07 3:48 OWN 25 7 64 Field Goal
1 6:43 4:32 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 1:18 2:09 OWN 36 6 64 Touchdown
2 13:05 3:28 OWN 26 7 74 Touchdown
2 6:27 4:25 OWN 1 8 25 Punt
2 1:04 1:04 OWN 20 2 15 Half
3 15:00 0:23 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 13:43 2:44 OWN 45 9 55 Touchdown
3 7:24 5:23 OWN 2 11 57 Punt
3 1:35 0:03 OWN 49 1 0 Interception
3 0:32 4:44 OWN 11 7 50 Punt
4 8:02 1:56 OPP 48 4 9 Downs
4 4:18 1:27 OWN 24 3 -8 Interception
4 1:27 1:27 OPP 23 5 22 Game

Portland Storm

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:53 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 10:19 3:36 OWN 25 6 49 Field Goal
1 2:11 0:53 OWN 25 4 15 Interception
2 14:09 1:04 OWN 17 3 5 Punt
2 9:37 3:10 OWN 25 8 35 Punt
2 2:02 0:59 OWN 24 4 19 Punt
3 14:37 0:55 OWN 20 3 -11 Punt
3 10:58 3:35 OWN 25 5 22 Punt
3 2:01 0:26 OWN 20 3 -10 Punt
3 1:32 1:00 OWN 41 3 4 Punt
4 10:48 2:46 OWN 12 6 -10 Punt
4 6:06 1:49 OWN 38 8 46 Field Goal
4 2:51 1:24 OPP 43 7 43 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gregory Shea 17 143 8.41 33 7 0
Billy Williams 9 49 5.44 10 2 0
Roy Printz 6 8 1.33 5 0 0
James Perry 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Portland Storm

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Hill 1 11 11.00 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Perry 47 28 355 1 / 7 4 31 2 93.84

Portland Storm

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Hill 55 28 333 6 / 46 2 71 1 74.28
Allen Rose 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerome Wheeler 8 136 17.00 25 0
Ernest McNeill 7 66 9.43 31 2
Gerard Hall 3 50 16.67 20 0
Sterling Willis 4 49 12.25 19 1
David Creasey 4 41 10.25 28 1
Billy Williams 1 8 8.00 8 0
Gregory Shea 1 5 5.00 5 0

Portland Storm

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ivory Villanueva 1 71 71.00 71 1
John Sanders 5 70 14.00 26 0
Richard Glasscock 5 65 13.00 24 0
Michael Leonard 7 47 6.71 15 0
Grant Cano 4 38 9.50 24 1
James Orourke 2 29 14.50 21 0
Joseph West 2 5 2.50 4 0
Michael Black 1 5 5.00 5 0
John Alexander 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joshua Minor 54 40 1 6
Jeremy Contreras 55 43 0 1
Donald Molinari 5 0 0 0
Edward Ryan 0 1 0 0
John Lawrence 0 1 0 0
Allen Mullins 0 1 0 0
Edwin James 0 1 0 0
Julian Kimmel 0 1 0 0
Tyler Helton 0 1 0 0
Lamar Reynolds 0 2 0 1
Donn Webb 0 2 0 1
Nathan Branch 4 1 0 0
Matthew Southerland 2 0 0 0
Martin McMeans 0 2 0 0
Sam Heath 0 1 0 0
John Biggs 0 2 0 0
Duane Kirkpatrick 10 4 0 2
Rodney Towell 56 38 0 0
Lloyd Ford 11 3 0 0
Dewayne Garcia 9 0 0 0
Billy Williams 3 2 0 0
Patrick Burke 1 9 0 0
David Creasey 0 8 0 2
Roy Printz 5 10 0 0
Gregory Shea 14 8 0 0
Franklin Thompson 40 32 0 1
Sterling Willis 0 31 0 0
Ernest McNeill 14 28 0 0
Edward Jackson 56 40 0 1
Jerome Wheeler 0 16 0 1
Gerard Hall 0 25 0 1
Marshall Forbes 0 1 0 0

Portland Storm

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Randy Squires 70 4 2 2
David Sawyer 71 13 2 2
Kenneth Addison 71 20 1 2
Willie Brooks 5 0 1 1
Joseph West 21 5 0 0
Adam Lewis 0 3 0 0
Andre Lumley 0 2 0 0
Andre Stevens 0 1 0 0
Abram Schumacher 6 1 0 1
Cory Vargas 0 3 0 0
Theodore Zheng 4 3 0 2
Ray Watson 0 3 0 0
Richard Ross 0 4 0 0
Byron Demott 0 3 0 0
William Bennett 0 2 0 0
Grant Cano 0 5 0 0
Samuel Kelley 0 3 0 0
Ernest Huggins 0 3 0 0
Adam Bolding 69 20 0 1
Michael Black 0 1 0 0
John Alexander 8 2 0 1
Richard Glasscock 0 8 0 0
Ivory Villanueva 16 5 0 0
James Orourke 5 6 0 0
Gregory Khan 3 0 0 0
John Sanders 0 4 0 0
Michael Leonard 23 4 0 0
Robert Brown 72 9 0 0
Ronald Sapp 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Albert Arsenault 1 0 0.00 0

Portland Storm

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Timothy McLaughlin 1 0 0.00 0
Cory Vargas 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gregory Shea 1 1 0 0
Jerome Wheeler 0 1 0 0

Portland Storm

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Orourke 1 1 0 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Lamont Hensley 4 168 42.00 37.25 49 0

Portland Storm

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Sam Savage 8 393 49.13 44.38 60 3

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 4 / 4

Portland Storm

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Dosch 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 1 / 1

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gregory Shea 1 11 11.0 11 0

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Orourke 2 2 1.0 2 0

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gregory Shea 1 32 32.0 0

Portland Storm

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Orourke 1 27 27.0 0

Defensive Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Marshall Forbes 8 0
Albert Arsenault 5 0
Donn Webb 5 0
Martin McMeans 3 3
Gary Brown 2 0
John Biggs 2 1
Brandon Boyd 2 0
Lamar Reynolds 2 0
Nathan Branch 2 2
Gary Purpura 1 0
Sam Heath 1 0
Sterling Willis 1 0
Edward Ryan 1 0
Joshua Minor 1 0
Gerard Hall 1 0
David Steinman 1 0

Portland Storm

Name Tackles Sacks
James Perry 8 0
Ronald Rutledge 8 0
Timothy McLaughlin 8 0
Ernest Huggins 6 1
Samuel Dorsey 4 0
James Armijo 4 0
Marcus Kramer 3 0
Samuel Kelley 2 0
Theodore Zheng 2 0
James Wellman 2 0
Douglas Hill 2 0
Cory Vargas 2 0
Ray Watson 2 0
William Bennett 1 0
James Orourke 1 0
William Williams 1 0
Charles Patillo 1 0
Andre Lumley 1 0
Byron Demott 1 0
Kenneth Addison 1 0
Richard Ross 1 0
Grant Cano 1 0