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Wild Card: Memphis Showboats at Houston Gamblers

December 23, 1984
70°
Houston Astrodome (Houston, TX) Attendance: 63,799 (94%)
Showboats 14 7 0 7 - 28
Gamblers 0 13 7 11 - 31

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 49 (13:38) 7-James Perry pass complete to 10-Robert Herrera for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. HOU 0 MEM 7
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 2-1-HOU 1 (4:29) 20-Douglas Donald ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. HOU 0 MEM 14
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-10-MEM 35 (11:08) 7-James Perry pass complete to 10-Robert Herrera for 65 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. HOU 0 MEM 21
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-6-MEM 6 (7:41) 11-Tony Dean pass complete to 24-Chase Miles for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 7 MEM 21
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 4-5-MEM 26 (5:40) 19-Daniel McCormack 43 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 10 MEM 21
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 4-3-MEM 18 (0:30) 19-Daniel McCormack 36 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 13 MEM 21
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 3-2-MEM 2 (8:50) 11-Tony Dean pass complete to 80-Gabriel Ahrens for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 20 MEM 21
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 2-4-HOU 36 (12:45) (Hot Read) 11-Tony Dean pass complete to 86-Bruce Edwards for 64 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 11-Tony Dean pass complete to 23-Mark Lambert to MEM 0 for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! 23-Mark Lambert breaks down the CB. HOU 28 MEM 21
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-8-MEM 30 (8:16) 19-Daniel McCormack 47 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 31 MEM 21
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 3-4-HOU 36 (5:57) 7-James Perry pass complete to 10-Robert Herrera for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. HOU 31 MEM 28

Team Statistics

Gamblers Showboats
First Downs 19 10
- Rushing 6 2
- Passing 12 7
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 410 345
- Offensive Plays 78 53
- Yards Per Play 5.26 6.51
Net Rushing Yards 102 23
- Rushing Attempts 32 13
- Yards Per Rush 3.19 1.77
Net Passing Yards 308 322
- Att/Comp/Int 46 / 29 / 0 39 / 25 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 308 331
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 9
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.70 8.05
- Yards Per Completion 10.62 13.24
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 18 2 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.5
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 25 3 / 22
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 6 1 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 2 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 25
Time of Possession 35:25 24:36

Drive Charts

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:30 1:31 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 9:55 2:01 OWN 4 4 12 Punt
1 4:26 1:36 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 1:19 1:25 OWN 27 3 2 Punt
2 12:44 1:33 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
2 10:59 3:22 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
2 6:55 1:19 OPP 30 3 5 Field Goal
2 2:06 1:39 OPP 37 7 19 Field Goal
3 15:00 6:13 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
3 5:54 2:42 OWN 20 4 25 Punt
3 2:21 3:06 OWN 49 8 38 Missed FG
4 13:20 0:47 OWN 30 2 70 Touchdown
4 11:09 2:57 OWN 34 7 36 Field Goal
4 5:50 3:24 OWN 25 7 30 Punt
4 1:50 1:50 OPP 23 5 12 Game

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 11:59 2:04 OWN 31 3 4 Punt
1 7:54 3:28 OWN 36 6 64 Touchdown
1 2:50 1:32 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 14:54 2:10 OWN 28 3 3 Punt
2 11:11 0:12 OWN 35 2 65 Touchdown
2 7:37 0:42 OWN 25 3 0 Interception
2 5:36 3:30 OWN 25 6 15 Interception
2 0:27 0:27 OWN 25 1 -5 Half
3 8:47 2:53 OWN 25 6 25 Punt
3 3:13 0:52 OWN 7 3 0 Punt
4 14:14 0:54 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
4 12:33 1:24 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
4 8:12 2:22 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
4 2:26 0:36 OWN 20 3 9 Interception

Rushing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mark Lambert 21 83 3.95 16 4 0
Chase Miles 9 19 2.11 6 0 0
Tony Dean 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Timothy Corral 3 13 4.33 11 1 0
Douglas Donald 10 10 1.00 3 0 1

Passing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 46 29 308 0 / 0 3 64 0 104.26

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Perry 39 25 331 1 / 9 3 65 3 84.46

Receiving Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mark Lambert 8 65 8.13 36 0
Bruce Edwards 2 64 32.00 64 1
Lonnie Mohr 5 56 11.20 27 0
Gabriel Ahrens 4 37 9.25 14 1
Fredrick Skeen 4 27 6.75 10 0
Chase Miles 3 24 8.00 16 1
James Bryant 1 15 15.00 15 0
James Connelly 1 11 11.00 11 0
Willie Nelson 1 9 9.00 9 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Herrera 5 173 34.60 65 3
Jerome Betancourt 2 36 18.00 33 0
Douglas Donald 5 33 6.60 14 0
Ernest McNeill 6 30 5.00 12 0
Timothy Corral 2 28 14.00 22 0
Michael Popa 4 24 6.00 13 0
Charles Corbin 1 7 7.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Carl Lawlor 57 44 0 0
Gabriel Ahrens 0 13 0 0
James Connelly 0 1 0 0
Douglas Cormier 1 1 0 0
Zane Baker 1 1 0 0
Philip King 0 1 0 0
Luis Davidson 2 2 0 0
Robert Sokol 0 1 0 0
Irvin Balzer 0 1 0 0
Mark Lambert 9 4 0 0
Pedro Lee 0 2 0 1
Willie Nelson 0 15 0 0
Bruce Edwards 0 15 0 0
Keith Barge 58 44 0 7
Heath Tall 1 6 0 0
Thomas Knotts 12 0 0 0
Paul Sabella 7 4 0 0
Antonio Preston 20 14 0 0
Chase Miles 1 9 0 0
James Bryant 0 26 0 1
Fredrick Skeen 10 27 0 3
Lonnie Mohr 20 30 0 4
Philip Johnson 56 43 0 2
Danny Keating 58 46 0 1
Christopher Jarman 47 36 0 3
Daniel Hawes 0 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Sims 39 19 1 2
Ernest McNeill 15 19 0 3
James Byler 0 2 0 0
William Guerro 0 1 0 0
Timothy Corral 0 1 0 0
Jose Rumsey 2 0 0 0
Steven Minton 0 1 0 0
Chris Elmore 0 1 0 0
James Alonzo 0 1 0 0
Michael Popa 0 8 0 0
Robert Herrera 0 7 0 0
Lamar Reynolds 0 1 0 0
Charlie Happel 6 3 0 0
Charles Corbin 11 8 0 0
Louis Welch 49 26 0 1
Mark Lucia 13 1 0 0
Dwight Sullivan 13 3 0 0
Kyle Verrill 10 3 0 0
Douglas Donald 4 5 0 0
James Singleton 20 13 0 0
Clifton Salgado 46 23 0 0
Jeffrey Estrada 36 15 0 1
Jerome Betancourt 0 4 0 1
Frank Hernandez 39 18 0 4
Randy Christmas 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Charles Wallace 1 1 1.00 0
Irvin Balzer 1 1 1.00 0
John Rogers 1 0 0.00 0

Memphis Showboats

Fumble Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Chase Miles 1 0 0 0
Lonnie Mohr 0 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Donn Webb 0 0 1 0

Punting

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 7 271 38.71 42.29 49 1

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jeff Johnson 7 347 49.57 45.71 61 1

Kicking

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 3 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 47 2 / 2

Memphis Showboats

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

Punt Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Philip King 2 6 3.0 5 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Randy Christmas 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kick Return

Houston Gamblers

Memphis Showboats

Defensive Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
David Peralta 6 0
Edward Mayberry 6 0
Paul Sabella 4 0
Daniel Hawes 4 1
John Rogers 4 0
Philip King 3 0
Jonathan Fenn 2 0
Michael Pollock 1 0
Paul Cuomo 1 0
Leo Thompson 1 0
Irvin Balzer 1 0
Robert Sokol 1 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Antonio Tinsley 9 0
Tony Moore 9 0
Brian Davis 7 0
Martin McMeans 6 0
Andrew Jackson 6 0
Steven Minton 3 0
Shawn Hicks 3 0
Robert Scott 2 0
Chris Elmore 2 0
John Zendejas 2 0
Vernon Herron 2 0
Jose Rumsey 2 0
James Byler 1 0
James Alonzo 1 0
Douglas Donald 1 0
Jeffrey Estrada 1 0
William Puckett 1 0
Clifton Salgado 1 0