Week 1: Memphis Showboats at Charlotte Hornets

September 07, 1980
84°
American Legion Memorial Stadium (Charlotte, NC) Attendance: 32,271 (65%)
Showboats 17 14 14 2 - 47
Hornets 7 7 10 0 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-17-CHA 17 (9:13) 16-James Ewing 36 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 0 MEM 3
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 2-10-CHA 34 (9:02) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 86-Ernest McNeill for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHA 0 MEM 10
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-3-CHA 3 (3:30) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 82-Gerard Hall for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHA 0 MEM 17
(Qtr 1) Hornets: 1-10-MEM 44 (0:55) 12-Wayne Cole pass complete to 26-William Dolloff for 44 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-James Vancamp. CHA 7 MEM 17
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-18-MEM 47 (14:09) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 53 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHA 7 MEM 24
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 49 (9:14) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 86-Ernest McNeill for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHA 7 MEM 31
(Qtr 2) Hornets: 1-5-MEM 5 (5:30) 48-Jerry Roux ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-James Vancamp. CHA 14 MEM 31
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 4-6-MEM 18 (10:46) 18-James Vancamp 35 yard field goal is GOOD. CHA 17 MEM 31
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 3-6-CHA 6 (3:09) 38-Gregory Shea ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHA 17 MEM 38
(Qtr 3) Hornets: 1-10-CHA 25 (3:06) 12-Wayne Cole pass complete to 26-William Dolloff for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-James Vancamp. CHA 24 MEM 38
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 1-6-CHA 6 (0:39) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHA 24 MEM 45
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 1-17-CHA 7 (5:04) 12-Wayne Cole sacked at CHA -1 for -8 yards (90-Dustin Hoy). Sack allowed by 64-Norris Scott. SAFETY! (90-Dustin Hoy) CHA 24 MEM 47

Team Statistics

Hornets Showboats
First Downs 14 16
- Rushing 3 6
- Passing 10 10
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 435 570
- Offensive Plays 58 73
- Yards Per Play 7.50 7.81
Net Rushing Yards 67 142
- Rushing Attempts 16 36
- Yards Per Rush 4.19 3.94
Net Passing Yards 368 428
- Att/Comp/Int 40 / 21 / 4 35 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 383 445
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.76 11.57
- Yards Per Completion 18.24 24.72
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 11 1 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 2
Penalties/Yards 1 / 7 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 25 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 30 2 / 65
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 7
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 3 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 31
Time of Possession 25:10 34:50

Drive Charts

Charlotte Hornets

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:24 OWN 25 3 39 Interception
1 9:09 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
1 8:56 0:47 OWN 25 2 8 Interception
1 6:38 2:18 OWN 20 4 27 Punt
1 3:25 2:36 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 14:50 0:03 OWN 32 1 0 Interception
2 14:01 1:02 OWN 30 3 5 Punt
2 11:59 1:22 OWN 29 3 7 Punt
2 9:05 3:38 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
2 3:53 2:03 OWN 19 4 4 Punt
2 0:48 0:48 OWN 2 2 19 Half
3 12:47 2:05 OWN 28 4 54 Field Goal
3 10:22 2:26 OWN 33 5 12 Punt
3 3:05 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 0:35 0:51 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 13:17 2:53 OWN 23 6 39 Fumble
4 8:26 0:33 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
4 5:07 0:07 OWN 14 1 -15 Safety

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:36 4:27 OWN 33 9 49 Field Goal
1 9:05 0:09 OPP 34 2 34 Touchdown
1 8:09 1:31 OPP 46 3 8 Punt
1 4:20 0:55 OWN 6 2 94 Touchdown
1 0:49 0:59 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 14:47 0:46 OPP 45 2 45 Touchdown
2 12:59 1:00 OWN 24 3 4 Punt
2 10:37 1:32 OWN 22 3 78 Touchdown
2 5:27 1:34 OWN 27 3 8 Punt
2 1:50 1:01 OWN 28 3 7 Punt
3 15:00 2:13 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 10:42 0:21 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 7:56 4:51 OWN 4 10 96 Touchdown
3 2:55 2:20 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 14:44 1:27 OWN 26 3 6 Punt
4 10:24 1:58 OWN 37 3 8 Punt
4 7:53 2:45 OWN 30 4 12 Punt
4 5:01 5:01 OWN 41 9 21 Game

Rushing Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jerry Roux 15 68 4.53 13 1 1
Humberto Gray 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gregory Shea 24 76 3.17 10 1 1
William Guerro 5 47 9.40 19 2 0
Marcus Jordan 7 19 2.71 13 1 0

Passing Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Wayne Cole 39 21 383 2 / 15 2 75 4 65.38
Chad Pierson 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Antonio Wilson 35 18 445 2 / 17 5 91 0 136.61

Receiving Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Dolloff 5 202 40.40 75 2
Samuel Kiefer 5 95 19.00 35 0
Jerry Roux 6 36 6.00 15 0
Ricky Jackson 3 31 10.33 19 0
Robert Carroll 2 19 9.50 11 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerome Wheeler 7 231 33.00 91 2
Ernest McNeill 2 85 42.50 51 2
Gregory Shea 5 74 14.80 27 0
Gerard Hall 3 46 15.33 24 1
Donald Torres 1 9 9.00 9 0

Blocking Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Harold White 41 20 1 2
Norris Scott 49 29 1 2
Michael Becker 51 23 0 1
Albert Barraza 1 0 0 0
Paul Fuller 0 1 0 1
Morris Sterling 0 2 0 0
Robert Neal 0 1 0 0
Brian Queen 0 2 0 0
Steven Klock 0 1 0 0
Joseph Abernathy 0 3 0 0
Fernando Stone 0 3 0 1
Robert Mason 0 2 0 0
Wayne Harris 2 5 0 0
David Bronson 0 3 0 1
Eduardo Sorenson 6 3 0 1
Carl Hammond 11 1 0 0
Jesse Doolan 11 1 0 0
Greg Murtha 11 0 0 0
Alfred Schaefer 11 8 0 0
Humberto Gray 12 7 0 0
Jerry Roux 12 2 0 0
Jorge Knox 51 25 0 0
Ricky Jackson 6 23 0 2
Samuel Kiefer 6 16 0 1
William Dolloff 2 6 0 0
John Abdallah 42 25 0 1
Robert Carroll 0 12 0 0
Thomas Ross 0 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joshua Minor 51 40 1 1
Richard Glasgow 0 5 0 0
Ernest McNeill 17 33 0 0
Robert Cole 0 1 0 0
David Bearden 0 2 0 0
John Lawrence 0 2 0 0
Dustin Hoy 0 3 0 1
Joshua Kay 0 9 0 0
Lamar Reynolds 0 3 0 0
Sam Heath 0 1 0 0
William Guerro 1 0 0 0
Jose Sterling 12 0 0 0
Adam Young 0 1 0 0
Donald Molinari 18 1 0 0
Donald Torres 0 17 0 1
Jerome Wheeler 0 27 0 0
Nathan Branch 0 3 0 0
Gerard Hall 0 25 0 2
Marcus Jordan 5 11 0 0
Franklin Thompson 38 46 0 5
Duane Kirkpatrick 52 50 0 6
Rodney Towell 52 38 0 1
Jeremy Contreras 47 40 0 2
Gregory Shea 10 9 0 2
Albert Arsenault 0 3 0 0
Martin McMeans 0 1 0 0
Donn Webb 0 6 0 0
Marshall Forbes 0 4 0 1
Richard Hartnett 2 6 0 0
Leonard Cory 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Cole 3 7 2.33 0
Donn Webb 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Charlotte Hornets

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jerry Roux 2 2 0 0
Wayne Cole 1 0 0 0
Raymond Osborne 0 0 1 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Antonio Wilson 1 0 0 0
Joshua Minor 0 1 0 0
Marshall Forbes 0 1 1 0
Donn Webb 0 0 1 0

Punting

Charlotte Hornets

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Desantiago 7 319 45.57 45.57 51 2

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Lamont Hensley 10 500 50.00 42.50 63 3

Kicking

Charlotte Hornets

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Vancamp 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 3 / 3

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 36 6 / 6

Punt Return

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jerry Roux 3 25 8.3 13 0

Memphis Showboats

Kick Return

Charlotte Hornets

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jerry Roux 1 30 30.0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gregory Shea 2 65 32.5 0

Defensive Stats