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Week 14: Detroit Wheels at Memphis Showboats

December 08, 1974
54°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 61,554 (99%)
Wheels 7 7 14 0 - 28
Showboats 0 9 0 7 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wheels: 3-8-DET 38 (12:52) 6-Henry Prieto pass complete to 80-Timothy Hanna to MEM 0 for 62 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. MEM 0 DET 7
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-1-DET 6 (13:53) 1-Chris Farrel 24 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 DET 7
(Qtr 2) Wheels: 3-5-DET 30 (13:12) 6-Henry Prieto pass complete to 80-Timothy Hanna for 70 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. MEM 3 DET 14
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-9-DET 11 (8:06) 6-Henry Prieto pass complete to 26-Robert Costello to DET 20 for 9 yards. 26-Robert Costello FUMBLES (34-Patrick Bruno) recovered by MEM-34-Patrick Bruno for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 1-10-MEM 28 (10:05) 6-Henry Prieto pass complete to 88-Paul Lee for 28 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. MEM 9 DET 21
(Qtr 3) Wheels: 2-8-MEM 24 (5:57) (Hot Read) 6-Henry Prieto pass complete to 80-Timothy Hanna for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Jose Fouche. MEM 90-Douglas Banda was injured on the play. MEM 9 DET 28
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 2-10-DET 36 (13:24) 4-Brandon Rocha pass complete to 10-Jimmy Landon for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Chris Farrel. MEM 16 DET 28

Team Statistics

Showboats Wheels
First Downs 12 10
- Rushing 2 5
- Passing 10 4
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 282 418
- Offensive Plays 65 63
- Yards Per Play 4.34 6.63
Net Rushing Yards 52 132
- Rushing Attempts 19 35
- Yards Per Rush 2.74 3.77
Net Passing Yards 230 286
- Att/Comp/Int 40 / 24 / 1 27 / 13 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 280 294
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 50 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.00 10.21
- Yards Per Completion 11.67 22.62
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 17 7 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.3 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 40 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 4 / 14
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 43 1 / 28
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 10 1 / 28
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 28
Time of Possession 33:59 26:01

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:43 1:53 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 8:38 2:41 OWN 10 5 20 Punt
1 4:23 5:33 OWN 20 10 74 Field Goal
2 13:01 4:27 OWN 25 6 36 Punt
2 7:56 1:34 OPP 25 4 -40 Missed FG
2 6:22 1:27 OWN 42 4 4 Punt
2 4:51 0:57 OPP 26 3 6 Interception
2 0:35 0:35 OWN 12 1 12 Half
3 15:00 2:21 OWN 26 3 -12 Punt
3 10:00 0:58 OWN 19 3 3 Punt
3 8:14 1:34 OWN 16 3 9 Fumble
3 5:52 2:17 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 0:53 1:01 OWN 22 3 1 Punt
4 14:47 1:30 OWN 47 4 53 Touchdown
4 11:43 2:20 OWN 20 5 33 Punt
4 6:37 0:57 OWN 44 3 -7 Punt
4 3:44 1:02 OWN 31 3 -7 Punt
4 0:52 0:52 OWN 12 4 35 Game

Detroit Wheels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:17 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
1 10:50 2:12 OWN 31 3 9 Punt
1 5:57 1:35 OWN 24 3 4 Punt
2 13:50 0:49 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 8:34 0:37 OWN 10 2 1 Punt
2 4:55 0:04 OWN 7 1 0 Interception
2 3:54 3:19 OWN 36 9 59 Interception
3 12:39 2:38 OWN 36 5 64 Touchdown
3 9:02 0:48 OWN 33 3 -2 Punt
3 6:40 0:48 OPP 26 2 26 Touchdown
3 3:35 2:42 OWN 31 5 24 Interception
4 14:52 0:05 OWN 30 1 0 Interception
4 13:17 1:34 OWN 27 3 2 Punt
4 9:23 2:46 OWN 7 5 5 Punt
4 5:40 1:56 OWN 14 3 9 Punt
4 2:43 1:51 OWN 31 6 23 Punt

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gregory Shea 15 43 2.87 12 1 0
Don Soto 4 9 2.25 9 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Costello 26 99 3.81 22 4 0
David Ortiz 8 27 3.38 10 1 0
Henry Prieto 1 6 6.00 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Brandon Rocha 40 24 280 6 / 50 1 36 1 79.17

Detroit Wheels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Henry Prieto 27 13 294 1 / 8 4 70 4 87.58

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Aaron Gleeson 7 106 15.14 30 0
Robert Herrera 6 84 14.00 26 0
Gerard Hall 6 43 7.17 13 0
Jimmy Landon 1 36 36.00 36 1
Gregory Shea 2 7 3.50 5 0
Don Soto 1 3 3.00 3 0
Jerome Wheeler 1 1 1.00 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Hanna 4 178 44.50 70 3
Rigoberto Gonzales 2 38 19.00 33 0
Paul Lee 2 29 14.50 28 1
Timothy Milligan 1 21 21.00 21 0
Robert Costello 3 18 6.00 9 0
John Risinger 1 10 10.00 10 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Rodney Towell 0 0 2 0
Dewayne Garcia 0 0 2 0
Jeremy Contreras 0 0 2 0

Detroit Wheels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dennis Hatch 0 0 1 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gabriel Decker 2 10 5.00 0
James Jones 1 0 0.00 0
Donald Goad 1 0 0.00 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
David Peralta 1 28 28.00 0

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Brandon Rocha 2 1 0 0
Don Soto 1 0 0 0
Patrick Bruno 0 1 1 1
Davis Kidd 0 1 0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Costello 1 0 0 0
Robbie Hammock 0 0 1 0
Francis Rosa 0 1 0 0
Josh Daughtry 0 0 1 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Daniel Espinosa 11 499 45.36 44.36 50 1

Detroit Wheels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Marshall 7 332 47.43 47.43 52 0

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Chris Farrel 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 24 1 / 2

Detroit Wheels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Fouche 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 - 4 / 4

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gerard Hall 1 1 1.0 1 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Risinger 4 14 3.5 7 0

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gregory Shea 1 23 23.0 0
Gerard Hall 1 20 20.0 0

Detroit Wheels

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Risinger 1 28 28.0 0

Defensive Stats