Regular Season Week 15: Blitz at Showboats
December 14, 1980 68° Liberty Bowl
Attendance: 59,970 (96%)
Blitz 14 3 14 0 - 31
Showboats 7 0 14 16 - 37
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-10-CHI 10 (7:03) 7-James Perry pass complete to 11-Donald Torres for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 7 CHI 0
(Qtr 1) Blitz: 1-20-MEM 24 (2:07) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 89-Joey Walker for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. MEM 7 CHI 7
(Qtr 1) Blitz: 1-10-CHI 13 (0:30) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 89-Joey Walker for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. MEM 7 CHI 14
(Qtr 2) Blitz: 4-2-MEM 2 (8:41) 11-Matthew Eno 21 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 7 CHI 17
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 1-10-MEM 49 (7:36) 15-Daniel McKee pass complete to 85-George Allen to MEM 0 for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. MEM 7 CHI 24
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 1-7-CHI 7 (3:05) 7-James Perry pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 14 CHI 24
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 1-6-MEM 6 (1:44) 29-Max Howard ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. MEM 14 CHI 31
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 2-10-MEM 47 (0:55) (Hot Read) 7-James Perry pass complete to 11-Donald Torres for 53 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 21 CHI 31
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 18 (11:16) (Hot Read) 7-James Perry pass complete to 87-Jerome Wheeler for 82 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 1-10-CHI 3 (8:22) 29-Max Howard FUMBLES recovered by CHI-15-Daniel McKee for 1 yards. Tackle by 54-Lamar Reynolds. SAFETY! (54-Lamar Reynolds) MEM 29 CHI 31
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 3-12-CHI 12 (5:22) 7-James Perry pass complete to 82-Gerard Hall for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 34-William Guerro ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! MEM 37 CHI 31
Team Statistics
Showboats Blitz
First Downs 24 14
- Rushing 3 3
- Passing 20 11
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 658 489
- Offensive Plays 76 60
- Yards Per Play 8.66 8.15
Net Rushing Yards 72 63
- Rushing Attempts 20 20
- Yards Per Rush 3.60 3.15
Net Passing Yards 586 426
- Att/Comp/Int 54 / 33 / 4 38 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 594 442
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 8 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.46 10.65
- Yards Per Completion 18.00 22.10
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 3 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 13 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.9 10.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 40 6 / 55
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 4 2 / 43
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 104 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 30
Time of Possession 33:16 26:43
Drive Charts
Showboats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:22 4:23 OWN 7 10 93 Touchdown
1 2:02 1:33 OWN 25 3 44 Interception
1 0:17 3:14 OWN 25 5 28 Interception
2 8:38 3:01 OWN 25 7 36 Punt
2 1:51 1:51 OWN 7 3 15 Half
3 15:00 0:40 OWN 25 3 8 Interception
3 12:54 1:35 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
3 9:43 2:07 OWN 7 6 41 Interception
3 7:28 4:26 OWN 27 8 73 Touchdown
3 1:41 0:55 OWN 32 3 68 Touchdown
4 12:36 1:33 OWN 4 3 96 Touchdown
4 10:08 1:46 OWN 17 6 47 Punt
4 8:19 3:01 OWN 44 7 56 Touchdown
4 3:31 1:41 OWN 9 3 8 Punt
4 1:30 1:30 OPP 48 4 18 Game
Blitz
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:38 OWN 25 6 30 Punt
1 6:59 4:57 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
1 0:29 0:13 OWN 13 1 87 Touchdown
2 12:03 3:25 OWN 30 7 68 Field Goal
2 5:37 3:46 OWN 20 8 30 Punt
3 14:20 1:26 OPP 39 3 -9 Punt
3 11:19 1:35 OPP 41 3 -5 Punt
3 7:36 0:08 OPP 49 1 49 Touchdown
3 3:02 1:21 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
3 0:45 3:09 OWN 25 6 18 Punt
4 11:03 0:55 OWN 25 4 13 Punt
4 8:22 0:03 OWN 3 1 -3 Safety
4 5:18 1:47 OWN 25 5 23 Punt
4 1:50 0:20 OWN 40 4 12 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#34 William Guerro 13 57 4.38 10 1 0
#35 Marcus Jordan 3 6 2.00 9 0 0
#5 James Perry 2 5 2.50 5 0 0
#24 Roy Rumph 2 4 2.00 4 0 0
Blitz
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#29 Max Howard 17 49 2.88 14 2 1
#34 Bruce Fine 3 14 4.67 10 1 0
Passing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#5 James Perry 54 33 594 2 / 8 5 82 4 98.84
Blitz
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#15 Daniel McKee 38 20 442 2 / 16 3 87 0 120.72
Receiving Stats
Showboats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Sterling Willis 9 182 20.22 44 0
#87 Jerome Wheeler 6 163 27.17 82 2
#11 Donald Torres 5 83 16.60 53 2
#82 Gerard Hall 6 79 13.17 19 1
#88 Joshua Kay 3 66 22.00 29 0
#34 William Guerro 4 21 5.25 12 0
Blitz
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#87 George Allen 6 144 24.00 54 1
#89 Joey Walker 4 137 34.25 87 2
#86 John Ayala 6 97 16.17 35 0
#89 Wendell Pinegar 1 46 46.00 46 0
#29 Max Howard 2 15 7.50 14 0
#83 Michael Steffes 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Showboats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#50 Joshua Minor 63 36 1 1
#63 Rodney Towell 63 29 0 2
#67 Matthew Southerland 56 29 0 2
#61 Duane Kirkpatrick 61 36 0 5
#72 Donald Molinari 64 27 0 2
#35 Marcus Jordan 7 3 0 0
#34 William Guerro 13 5 0 0
#88 Joshua Kay 10 19 0 1
#82 Gerard Hall 0 8 0 0
#87 Jerome Wheeler 0 27 0 0
#11 Donald Torres 0 19 0 1
#83 Sterling Willis 0 16 0 0
#86 Ernest McNeill 6 11 0 0
#72 Jeremy Contreras 6 0 0 0
#64 Ronald Stanfill 2 0 0 0
#24 Roy Rumph 3 3 0 0
#60 Jose Sterling 7 0 0 0
#57 Nathan Branch 1 3 0 0
#93 Richard Hartnett 0 3 0 0
#79 Dustin Hoy 0 3 0 0
#76 John Biggs 0 3 0 0
#20 Marshall Forbes 0 4 0 0
#50 Donn Webb 0 3 0 1
#52 David Bearden 0 4 0 1
#97 Martin McMeans 0 3 0 0
#54 Lamar Reynolds 0 4 0 0
#37 Steven Minton 0 2 0 0
#96 John Lawrence 0 1 0 0
#75 Julian Kimmel 0 1 0 0
Blitz
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 John Jackson 47 27 1 2
#75 Andre Ochs 41 23 1 1
#61 Brian Buckley 50 25 0 2
#58 Willie Salisbury 49 25 0 1
#67 Aaron Dutton 49 32 0 1
#86 John Ayala 0 16 0 0
#87 George Allen 12 17 0 0
#89 Joey Walker 0 12 0 0
#83 Michael Steffes 0 17 0 2
#29 Max Howard 11 3 0 0
#34 Eric Wilkinson 22 12 0 0
#88 Adam Kerr 11 0 0 0
#83 Clifford Crumley 9 8 0 1
#94 Cesar Collins 3 3 0 0
#35 Anthony Crow 0 1 0 0
#44 David Feng 0 3 0 1
#89 Wendell Pinegar 0 3 0 0
#60 Peter Mays 2 0 0 0
#19 Daniel Casarez 0 1 0 0
#99 Kenneth Flowers 0 2 0 0
#54 Brad Meriwether 0 3 0 0
#43 Dennis Canning 0 1 0 0
#98 Buford Leblanc 0 1 0 0
#52 Jeff Melton 0 2 0 0
#65 Ben Watts 0 2 0 0
#94 Willard Clark 0 2 0 0
#95 William Kennedy 0 2 0 0
#65 Franklin Corso 0 1 0 0
#26 Rodolfo Madden 0 1 0 0
#41 George Keyes 0 1 0 0
#34 Bruce Fine 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Showboats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Blitz
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#99 Kenneth Flowers 1 0 0.00 0
#59 August Saari 1 0 0.00 0
#26 Rodolfo Madden 1 0 0.00 0
#95 William Kennedy 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Showboats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#20 Marshall Forbes 0 0 1 0
Blitz
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#15 Daniel McKee 1 1 0 0
#29 Max Howard 1 1 0 0
#34 Bruce Fine 1 1 0 0
Punting
Showboats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Lamont Hensley 4 178 44.50 27.75 52 1
Blitz
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Simon Jones 7 314 44.86 41.14 53 6
Kicking
Showboats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#16 James Ewing 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 3 / 4
Blitz
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#11 Matthew Eno 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 21 4 / 4
Punt Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#86 Ernest McNeill 1 4 4.0 4 0
Blitz
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#34 Bruce Fine 2 43 21.5 32 0
Kick Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#86 Ernest McNeill 3 104 34.7 0
Blitz
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Showboats
Name Tackles Sacks
#93 Richard Hartnett 6 0
#37 Steven Minton 5 0
#54 Lamar Reynolds 5 0
#22 Vernon Herron 3 0
#57 Nathan Branch 3 0
#48 Antonio Tinsley 3 0
#20 Marshall Forbes 3 0
#28 Tony Moore 3 0
#79 Dustin Hoy 2 0
#97 Tyler Helton 2 1
#96 John Lawrence 2 1
#83 Sterling Willis 2 0
#50 Donn Webb 1 0
#33 Richard Glasgow 1 0
#10 Lamont Hensley 1 0
#34 William Guerro 1 0
#65 Erin Lazarus 1 0
Blitz
Name Tackles Sacks
#43 Dennis Canning 8 0
#95 William Kennedy 5 0
#52 Jeff Melton 5 0
#98 Buford Leblanc 4 0
#99 Kenneth Flowers 4 0
#31 Richard Kelly 4 0
#44 David Feng 4 0
#30 Trent Sessions 3 0
#35 Anthony Crow 2 0
#26 Rodolfo Madden 2 0
#54 Brad Meriwether 2 0
#65 Ben Watts 2 1
#21 Kurtis Nielsen 2 0
#94 Cesar Collins 1 1
#65 Franklin Corso 1 0
#34 Bruce Fine 1 0
#86 John Ayala 1 0
#53 Leroy Obrien 1 0