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Week 8: Washington Federals at Memphis Showboats

October 26, 1980
75°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 49,650 (80%)
Federals 7 6 3 18 0 - 34
Showboats 10 7 10 7 3 - 37

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 23 (14:57) 7-James Perry pass complete to 86-Ernest McNeill for 77 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 7 WAS 0
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-1-WAS 20 (11:10) 16-James Ewing 39 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 10 WAS 0
(Qtr 1) Federals: 3-5-WAS 46 (8:35) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 80-Allan Boyer for 54 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Melvin Woods. MEM 10 WAS 7
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 3-4-WAS 4 (15:00) 34-William Guerro ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 17 WAS 7
(Qtr 2) Federals: 4-12-MEM 16 (7:16) 19-Melvin Woods 34 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 17 WAS 10
(Qtr 2) Federals: 4-10-MEM 13 (1:20) 19-Melvin Woods 31 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 17 WAS 13
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-6-WAS 18 (9:24) 16-James Ewing 36 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 20 WAS 13
(Qtr 3) Federals: 4-10-MEM 33 (4:51) 19-Melvin Woods 51 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 20 WAS 16
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 1-10-WAS 17 (0:48) 7-James Perry pass complete to 88-Joshua Kay for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 27 WAS 16
(Qtr 4) Federals: 4-5-MEM 7 (8:17) 19-Melvin Woods 25 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 27 WAS 19
(Qtr 4) Federals: 3-11-MEM 33 (5:06) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 84-Matt Ellis for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 83-Gary Munch for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Great move by 83-Gary Munch to get free of his coverage. That ball was not released cleanly. MEM 27 WAS 27
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 3-9-MEM 23 (3:07) 7-James Perry pass complete to 86-Ernest McNeill for 77 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 34 WAS 27
(Qtr 4) Federals: 1-10-MEM 23 (1:33) 9-Joe Richardson pass complete to 89-James West for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Melvin Woods. MEM 34 WAS 34
(OT) Showboats: 1-10-WAS 18 (4:00) 16-James Ewing 36 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 37 WAS 34

Team Statistics

Showboats Federals
First Downs 14 18
- Rushing 5 1
- Passing 9 17
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 568 492
- Offensive Plays 75 85
- Yards Per Play 7.57 5.79
Net Rushing Yards 119 35
- Rushing Attempts 23 24
- Yards Per Rush 5.17 1.46
Net Passing Yards 449 457
- Att/Comp/Int 48 / 19 / 3 59 / 31 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 480 471
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 31 2 / 14
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.63 7.49
- Yards Per Completion 25.26 15.19
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 4 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 18 8 / 22
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 11.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 40 5 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 33 2 / 16
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 70 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 3 / 9
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 30
Time of Possession 29:50 36:12

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:14 OWN 23 1 77 Touchdown
1 13:17 2:10 OWN 36 5 43 Field Goal
1 8:28 2:19 OWN 25 6 27 Punt
1 3:28 3:30 OWN 27 7 73 Touchdown
2 11:19 0:43 OWN 17 2 -1 Interception
2 7:13 0:57 OWN 26 3 5 Punt
2 4:34 2:48 OWN 19 7 42 Interception
2 1:17 0:28 OWN 23 4 15 Punt
3 12:11 2:50 OPP 38 5 20 Field Goal
3 4:47 0:58 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 2:52 2:07 OWN 31 4 69 Touchdown
4 14:05 2:10 OWN 34 3 -5 Punt
4 8:14 2:19 OWN 22 4 1 Fumble
4 4:59 0:15 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 3:55 0:59 OWN 22 3 78 Touchdown
4 1:29 0:19 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 0:12 0:12 OWN 19 3 1 Interception
OT 10:00 3:02 OWN 25 6 26 Punt
OT 5:27 1:30 OWN 38 3 44 Field Goal

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:46 1:29 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
1 11:07 2:39 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 6:09 2:41 OWN 8 4 18 Punt
2 14:58 3:39 OWN 25 6 26 Punt
2 10:36 3:23 OPP 24 6 9 Field Goal
2 6:16 1:41 OWN 27 4 7 Punt
2 1:46 0:30 OWN 47 6 40 Field Goal
2 0:49 0:49 OWN 20 2 -1 Half
3 15:00 2:49 OWN 25 5 -4 Interception
3 9:21 4:34 OWN 25 10 42 Field Goal
3 3:49 0:57 OWN 26 3 4 Punt
3 0:44 1:39 OWN 25 6 34 Interception
4 11:55 3:41 OWN 36 7 58 Field Goal
4 5:55 0:55 OPP 32 3 32 Touchdown
4 4:44 0:50 OWN 30 3 1 Punt
4 2:56 1:27 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
4 1:10 0:58 OWN 23 3 4 Punt
OT 6:58 1:31 OWN 13 3 8 Punt

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Guerro 16 83 5.19 15 4 1
Marcus Jordan 5 34 6.80 12 2 0
James Perry 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
Roy Rumph 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cory Martin 18 18 1.00 8 0 0
Joe Richardson 2 16 8.00 11 1 0
Jeremy Cooper 3 1 0.33 9 0 0
Tom Torres 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Perry 48 19 480 4 / 31 3 77 3 71.53

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joe Richardson 59 31 471 2 / 14 3 54 2 81.96

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ernest McNeill 4 220 55.00 77 2
Jerome Wheeler 5 121 24.20 59 0
Sterling Willis 2 61 30.50 34 0
Gerard Hall 4 35 8.75 15 0
Joshua Kay 2 31 15.50 17 1
Roy Rumph 1 10 10.00 10 0
William Guerro 1 2 2.00 2 0

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jacob Scully 7 133 19.00 32 0
Matt Ellis 5 104 20.80 33 1
James West 3 65 21.67 34 1
Gary Munch 7 56 8.00 18 0
Allan Boyer 1 54 54.00 54 1
Roger Saddler 3 50 16.67 25 0
Cory Martin 2 6 3.00 4 0
Tom Torres 2 5 2.50 3 0
Jeremy Cooper 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Rodney Towell 65 36 1 1
Roy Rumph 2 1 1 1
Jose Sterling 60 27 1 1
Ernest McNeill 20 24 1 3
Nathan Branch 3 6 0 0
Albert Arsenault 0 6 0 1
Gary Purpura 0 3 0 1
Erin Lazarus 0 1 0 0
John Lawrence 0 2 0 0
Donald Torres 0 6 0 0
Sterling Willis 0 17 0 1
Matthew Southerland 6 0 0 0
William Guerro 12 10 0 3
Joshua Kay 0 4 0 0
Jerome Wheeler 0 15 0 0
Gerard Hall 0 16 0 1
Donald Molinari 18 0 0 0
Julian Kimmel 0 3 0 0
Richard Hartnett 0 7 0 1
Joshua Minor 5 1 0 0
Duane Kirkpatrick 14 1 0 0
Franklin Thompson 54 34 0 0
Marcus Jordan 11 5 0 0
Leo Warren 55 42 0 2
Jeremy Contreras 59 26 0 1
Lamar Reynolds 0 7 0 1
David Bearden 0 5 0 1
Donn Webb 0 3 0 0
Marshall Forbes 0 9 0 0
John Biggs 0 7 0 0
Dustin Hoy 0 4 0 1
Martin McMeans 0 2 0 0

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Daniel Dailey 2 3 1 1
Brian Pollack 61 31 0 1
Brian Vazquez 1 4 0 2
Jeremy Cooper 10 1 0 0
Jeffrey Smith 4 3 0 0
Douglas Beasley 0 2 0 0
Craig Edson 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Danko 0 3 0 0
Richard Brazier 0 3 0 1
Richard Fleming 0 4 0 0
Matthew Minor 0 3 0 0
Willie Hoover 0 2 0 0
John Broussard 0 1 0 0
Maurice Clemmons 0 1 0 0
Dale Harris 0 1 0 0
William Kyle 0 1 0 0
Allan Boyer 0 6 0 0
Roger Saddler 0 17 0 0
Joel Lossett 69 18 0 0
Caleb Young 0 5 0 0
Tom Torres 19 23 0 0
Matt Ellis 0 7 0 1
Paul Wright 16 3 0 0
James West 13 8 0 0
Donald Williams 16 3 0 0
Mark Roberts 13 0 0 0
Garland Gipson 6 3 0 0
Gary Munch 4 12 0 0
Cory Martin 13 8 0 0
Jacob Scully 12 23 0 4
Wesley Griffin 70 27 0 1
David Aybar 59 28 0 2
Frank Castillo 61 44 0 3
Francis Vanhoose 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Antonio Tinsley 1 0 0.00 0
Donn Webb 1 0 0.00 0

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
William Kyle 2 9 4.50 0
Matthew Minor 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gerard Hall 2 2 0 0
Marcus Jordan 1 0 0 0
John Biggs 0 0 1 0
Vernon Herron 0 0 1 0

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joe Richardson 2 1 0 0
Jeremy Cooper 1 2 0 0
Cory Martin 1 1 0 0
Matthew Minor 0 1 1 0
Garland Gipson 0 0 1 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Lamont Hensley 8 379 47.38 42.63 66 2

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Garland Hubler 8 375 46.88 44.13 53 2

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 4 / 4

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Melvin Woods 4 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 51 2 / 2

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gerard Hall 4 33 8.3 13 0

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gary Munch 2 16 8.0 13 0

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gerard Hall 3 70 23.3 0

Washington Federals

Defensive Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Donn Webb 8 1
Richard Glasgow 8 0
Richard Hartnett 8 0
Lamar Reynolds 5 0
Albert Arsenault 5 0
Marshall Forbes 5 0
Nathan Branch 4 0
Sam Heath 3 1
John Biggs 3 0
Antonio Tinsley 2 0
Erin Lazarus 2 0
Vernon Herron 2 0
Jerome Wheeler 2 0
Sterling Willis 1 0
Martin McMeans 1 0
William Guerro 1 0
Tony Moore 1 0

Washington Federals

Name Tackles Sacks
Craig Edson 11 0
Francis Vanhoose 5 0
Ulysses Hewitt 4 0
Richard Brazier 4 0
Willie Hoover 3 0
Jeffrey Danko 3 0
William Kyle 3 0
Jacob Scully 3 0
Dino Perez 2 0
John Broussard 2 2
Matthew Minor 2 0
James West 2 0
Brian Vazquez 1 0
Emanuel Mozee 1 0
Matt Ellis 1 0
Richard Fleming 1 1
Gary Munch 1 0
Dale Harris 1 1
Mark Roberts 1 0
Douglas Beasley 1 0