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November 02, 1980 51° Liberty Bowl
Attendance: 52,491 (84%)
Gold 3 26 3 6 - 38
Showboats 28 0 10 9 - 47
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 3-4-DEN 4 (8:28) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 83-Sterling Willis for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 7 DEN 0
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 2-10-DEN 39 (6:41) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 39 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 14 DEN 0
(Qtr 1) Gold: 4-10-MEM 21 (5:37) 3-Lucio Grant 39 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 14 DEN 3
(Qtr 1) Showboats: (5:34) 3-Lucio Grant kicks 68 yards from DEN 35 to MEM -3. 38-Gregory Shea for 103yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 21 DEN 3
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 3-3-DEN 3 (1:59) 38-Gregory Shea ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 28 DEN 3
(Qtr 2) Gold: 3-8-MEM 8 (14:54) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 12-Michael Sonnenberg for 8 yards. 12-Michael Sonnenberg made a nice adjustment to make that catch. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. MEM 28 DEN 10
(Qtr 2) Gold: 2-17-MEM 1 (9:33) 18-Antonio Wilson sacked at MEM -7 for -9 yards (95-George Turner). Sack allowed by 78-Rodney Towell. SAFETY! (95-George Turner) 78-Rodney Towell completely missed his blocking assignment. MEM 28 DEN 12
(Qtr 2) Gold: 3-2-MEM 2 (3:57) 25-Cedric Finn ran to MEM 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. MEM 28 DEN 19
(Qtr 2) Gold: 4-12-MEM 25 (2:19) 3-Lucio Grant 43 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (MEM 75-Julian Kimmel) (Declined) MEM 28 DEN 22
(Qtr 2) Gold: 2-10-DEN 35 (1:25) 9-Dustin Nichols pass complete to 27-Corey True for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. MEM 28 DEN 29
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 2-11-DEN 39 (12:12) 18-Antonio Wilson pass complete to 86-Ernest McNeill for 39 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 35 DEN 29
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-10-DEN 20 (9:56) 16-James Ewing 38 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 38 DEN 29
(Qtr 3) Gold: 4-4-MEM 20 (7:02) 3-Lucio Grant 38 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 38 DEN 32
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-7-DEN 14 (14:22) 16-James Ewing 33 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 41 DEN 32
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-20-DEN 26 (10:33) 16-James Ewing 44 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 44 DEN 32
(Qtr 4) Gold: 2-2-MEM 2 (5:53) 19-Adam Cates pass complete to 80-Ronald Tatman for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-2-DEN 27 (4:25) 16-James Ewing 45 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 47 DEN 38
Team Statistics
Showboats Gold
First Downs 17 10
- Rushing 2 0
- Passing 13 9
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 418 418
- Offensive Plays 84 85
- Yards Per Play 4.98 4.92
Net Rushing Yards 79 20
- Rushing Attempts 29 10
- Yards Per Rush 2.72 2.00
Net Passing Yards 339 398
- Att/Comp/Int 50 / 25 / 3 70 / 32 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 379 421
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 40 5 / 23
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.16 5.31
- Yards Per Completion 15.16 13.16
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 19 4 / 21
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.3 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 3
Penalties/Yards 5 / 55 3 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 27 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 162 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 1 3 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 5 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 3 3 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 32
Time of Possession 35:52 23:47
Drive Charts
Showboats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:36 OWN 20 12 80 Touchdown
1 8:07 1:32 OWN 34 5 66 Touchdown
1 5:15 0:51 OPP 25 3 -6 Interception
1 4:24 2:27 OPP 37 6 37 Touchdown
2 14:50 1:39 OWN 22 4 33 Punt
2 10:17 0:47 OWN 8 2 -18 Safety
2 7:52 1:27 OWN 12 3 0 Punt
2 5:30 0:04 OWN 11 1 0 Interception
2 3:56 0:51 OWN 25 3 2 Interception
2 2:15 0:28 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
2 1:13 1:02 OWN 25 4 21 Punt
3 14:11 2:05 OWN 44 4 56 Touchdown
3 11:56 2:04 OPP 42 5 22 Field Goal
3 8:52 0:39 OWN 15 2 2 Interception
3 6:59 0:55 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
3 5:46 1:27 OWN 27 3 4 Punt
3 3:26 4:07 OWN 46 8 39 Field Goal
4 12:46 2:17 OWN 37 5 37 Field Goal
4 8:49 2:07 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
4 5:50 1:29 50 4 23 Field Goal
4 1:48 0:51 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
4 0:07 0:07 OPP 21 1 0 Game
Gold
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:24 0:18 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 6:35 1:01 OWN 25 4 54 Field Goal
1 1:56 2:06 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 13:12 2:54 OWN 20 8 36 Punt
2 9:30 1:37 OWN 35 3 5 Punt
2 6:25 0:55 OWN 40 3 8 Punt
2 5:26 1:30 OPP 24 5 24 Touchdown
2 3:04 0:49 OPP 22 3 -2 Field Goal
2 1:47 0:34 OWN 36 2 64 Touchdown
2 0:11 0:11 OWN 2 1 3 Half
3 15:00 0:49 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
3 12:06 0:09 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
3 9:53 1:00 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 8:13 1:14 OPP 26 3 6 Field Goal
3 6:04 0:18 OWN 24 3 0 Punt
3 4:20 0:54 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
4 14:19 1:33 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 10:29 1:40 OWN 25 5 34 Punt
4 6:42 0:53 OWN 23 3 77 Touchdown
4 4:21 2:33 OWN 25 11 50 Downs
4 0:56 0:49 OWN 28 4 10 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#34 William Guerro 4 41 10.25 24 1 0
#38 Gregory Shea 19 26 1.37 9 0 1
#35 Marcus Jordan 5 12 2.40 12 1 0
#18 Antonio Wilson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Gold
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#12 Corey True 4 11 2.75 6 0 0
#31 Cedric Finn 4 9 2.25 5 0 1
#9 Dustin Nichols 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
#87 Joseph Dailey 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Antonio Wilson 50 25 379 5 / 40 3 44 3 70.33
Gold
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Dustin Nichols 61 23 333 4 / 20 2 77 2 53.52
#8 Adam Cates 9 9 88 1 / 3 1 40 0 144.44
Receiving Stats
Showboats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Sterling Willis 6 119 19.83 44 1
#86 Ernest McNeill 2 66 33.00 39 1
#38 Gregory Shea 7 57 8.14 40 0
#11 Donald Torres 3 45 15.00 17 0
#82 Gerard Hall 3 44 14.67 16 0
#87 Jerome Wheeler 1 39 39.00 39 1
#35 Marcus Jordan 1 5 5.00 5 0
#34 William Guerro 2 4 2.00 4 0
Gold
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#12 Corey True 10 172 17.20 77 1
#87 Joseph Dailey 3 93 31.00 54 0
#80 Joseph Garner 3 72 24.00 43 0
#80 Ronald Tatman 3 26 8.67 26 1
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 4 25 6.25 13 1
#82 Kevin Stoneking 1 21 21.00 21 0
#43 Donald Dahlquist 2 7 3.50 9 0
#31 Cedric Finn 5 4 0.80 3 0
#15 Ryan Woods 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Showboats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#63 Rodney Towell 67 35 2 2
#60 Jose Sterling 67 33 1 7
#67 Matthew Southerland 8 1 1 1
#57 Nathan Branch 3 8 0 0
#93 Richard Hartnett 0 5 0 0
#96 John Lawrence 0 6 0 0
#20 Marshall Forbes 0 6 0 0
#50 Donn Webb 0 6 0 0
#52 David Bearden 0 4 0 1
#27 Albert Arsenault 0 5 0 0
#54 Lamar Reynolds 0 8 0 1
#72 Jeremy Contreras 64 32 0 1
#53 Leo Warren 48 40 0 7
#86 Ernest McNeill 25 31 0 0
#66 Franklin Thompson 54 37 0 1
#82 Gerard Hall 0 24 0 1
#87 Jerome Wheeler 0 20 0 2
#83 Sterling Willis 0 28 0 0
#11 Donald Torres 0 6 0 0
#34 William Guerro 3 1 0 0
#61 Duane Kirkpatrick 21 6 0 1
#38 Gregory Shea 9 6 0 0
#35 Marcus Jordan 14 6 0 0
#72 Donald Molinari 22 5 0 0
#50 Joshua Minor 9 0 0 0
#79 Dustin Hoy 0 3 0 0
#51 Leonard Cory 0 2 0 0
#97 Sam Heath 0 2 0 0
#75 Julian Kimmel 0 2 0 0
#94 Gary Purpura 0 3 0 0
#88 Joshua Kay 0 7 0 0
#65 Erin Lazarus 0 1 0 0
#48 Antonio Tinsley 0 1 0 1
#97 Martin McMeans 0 1 0 0
Gold
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#43 Donald Dahlquist 72 19 1 2
#76 Kenneth Nelson 80 17 1 1
#90 Clyde Raines 0 3 0 0
#72 Charles Martin 72 18 0 0
#78 Jonathan Crabtree 85 30 0 1
#53 Keith Barge 87 19 0 0
#31 Cedric Finn 15 3 0 0
#12 Corey True 14 7 0 1
#63 William Reaves 28 16 0 0
#80 Ronald Tatman 17 10 0 1
#73 Marc Gowdy 19 5 0 1
#20 Don Wilkerson 7 3 0 0
#81 Wayne Postma 18 0 0 0
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 0 10 0 2
#80 Joseph Garner 0 12 0 1
#87 Joseph Dailey 0 8 0 0
#81 John Provencal 2 8 0 0
#14 Jimmy Williams 0 2 0 0
#64 John Short 0 1 0 0
#38 Gabriel Meza 0 1 0 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 0 1 0 0
#92 Albert Donaldson 0 2 0 0
#31 Juan Bonnett 0 1 0 0
#54 Timothy Despres 0 1 0 0
#28 Gregory Garrison 0 1 0 0
#51 Thomas Abbas 3 2 0 0
#95 George Turner 0 2 0 0
#15 Ryan Woods 0 1 0 0
#54 Mitchell Welch 0 1 0 0
#82 Kevin Stoneking 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Showboats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#27 Albert Arsenault 1 1 1.00 0
#22 Vernon Herron 1 0 0.00 0
Gold
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#41 Donald Lopez 1 2 2.00 0
#52 Gregory Hubbard 1 1 1.00 0
#92 Albert Donaldson 1 -1 -1.00 0
Fumble Stats
Showboats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#87 Jerome Wheeler 0 1 0 0
Gold
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Showboats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Lamont Hensley 8 391 48.88 46.25 53 2
Gold
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Eric Beach 10 456 45.60 40.40 61 4
Kicking
Showboats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#16 James Ewing 4 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 45 5 / 5
Gold
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Lucio Grant 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 3 / 3
Punt Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#38 Gregory Shea 3 27 9.0 11 0
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#38 Gregory Shea 4 162 40.5 1
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 1 37 37.0 0
Defensive Stats
Showboats
Name Tackles Sacks
#93 Richard Hartnett 7 0
#20 Marshall Forbes 6 0
#22 Vernon Herron 5 0
#54 Lamar Reynolds 4 1
#28 Tony Moore 3 0
#37 Steven Minton 3 0
#27 Albert Arsenault 3 0
#57 Nathan Branch 3 1
#50 Donn Webb 3 2
#48 Antonio Tinsley 2 0
#96 John Lawrence 1 0
#83 Sterling Willis 1 0
#53 Leo Warren 1 0
#65 Erin Lazarus 1 0
#11 Donald Torres 1 0
#97 Sam Heath 1 0
#97 Martin McMeans 1 1
#57 Charles Gilcrease 1 0
Gold
Name Tackles Sacks
#31 Juan Bonnett 6 0
#54 Timothy Despres 5 1
#60 Blaine Hernandez 5 0
#20 Don Wilkerson 4 0
#52 Gregory Hubbard 4 1
#41 Donald Lopez 4 0
#90 Clyde Raines 4 0
#95 George Turner 4 2
#92 Albert Donaldson 3 0
#28 Gregory Garrison 3 0
#60 Jeffery Mackey 3 1
#55 Kirk Wall 3 0
#38 Gabriel Meza 2 0
#32 Bradley Leon 2 0
#87 Joseph Dailey 2 0
#14 Michael Sonnenberg 1 0
#43 Anthony Mashburn 1 0
#81 Wayne Postma 1 0
#65 Danny Simon 1 0
#64 John Short 1 0
#54 Mitchell Welch 1 0
#26 Roy Wiley 1 0
#43 Donald Dahlquist 1 0