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Wild Card: Memphis Showboats at Chicago Blitz

December 29, 1985
46°
Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) Attendance: 66,405 (99%)
Showboats 14 17 0 3 - 34
Blitz 7 0 3 9 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blitz: 2-4-MEM 4 (8:24) 8-Roy Rhyne pass complete to 84-Dennis Hall for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Matthew Eno. CHI 7 MEM 0
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-3-CHI 3 (4:07) 1-David Allen pass complete to 81-Willie Howland for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHI 7 MEM 7
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 41 (3:12) 1-David Allen pass complete to 81-Willie Howland for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHI 7 MEM 14
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 1-2-CHI 2 (11:26) 1-David Allen pass complete to 81-Willie Howland for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHI 7 MEM 21
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 49 (2:53) 1-David Allen pass complete to 81-Willie Howland for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. CHI 7 MEM 28
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 3-10-CHI 34 (0:07) 16-James Ewing 51 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 7 MEM 31
(Qtr 3) Blitz: 4-7-MEM 25 (11:01) 11-Matthew Eno 43 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 10 MEM 31
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 4-2-MEM 2 (3:17) 11-Matthew Eno 19 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 13 MEM 31
(Qtr 4) Blitz: 3-10-MEM 14 (1:13) 8-Roy Rhyne pass complete to 80-Roy Bonds for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-6-CHI 39 (0:26) 16-James Ewing 56 yard field goal is GOOD. CHI 19 MEM 34

Team Statistics

Blitz Showboats
First Downs 11 17
- Rushing 2 3
- Passing 7 9
- Penalty 2 5
Total Net Yards 223 363
- Offensive Plays 73 64
- Yards Per Play 3.05 5.67
Net Rushing Yards 33 76
- Rushing Attempts 22 29
- Yards Per Rush 1.50 2.62
Net Passing Yards 190 287
- Att/Comp/Int 48 / 28 / 0 34 / 21 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 217 296
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 27 1 / 9
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.73 8.20
- Yards Per Completion 7.75 14.10
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 18 2 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.1 10.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 37 9 / 58
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 33 5 / 40
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 50 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 30
Time of Possession 30:29 29:33

Drive Charts

Chicago Blitz

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:39 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
1 4:04 0:53 OWN 25 3 -11 Punt
1 3:04 0:54 OWN 17 3 -12 Punt
1 0:07 1:27 OWN 6 3 8 Punt
2 11:23 0:55 OWN 20 3 -3 Punt
2 9:05 1:29 OWN 8 4 23 Punt
2 4:53 2:01 OWN 1 3 8 Punt
2 2:45 1:31 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 0:03 0:03 OWN 25 1 1 Half
3 13:36 0:59 OPP 46 3 5 Punt
3 11:52 0:55 OPP 28 3 3 Field Goal
3 9:24 2:16 OWN 27 3 6 Punt
3 4:10 2:52 OWN 34 5 23 Punt
3 0:00 1:28 OWN 35 3 5 Punt
4 11:53 2:06 OWN 25 5 9 Punt
4 7:28 1:02 OPP 50 3 5 Punt
4 5:11 1:57 OPP 23 6 21 Field Goal
4 1:50 0:41 OWN 40 5 60 Touchdown
4 0:21 0:21 OWN 25 1 3 Game

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:21 4:17 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 3:11 0:08 OWN 41 1 59 Touchdown
1 2:09 2:03 OWN 47 3 6 Punt
2 13:39 2:17 OWN 41 5 59 Touchdown
2 10:27 1:22 OPP 43 3 2 Punt
2 7:37 2:43 OWN 29 5 17 Punt
2 2:53 0:08 OWN 49 1 51 Touchdown
2 1:14 1:11 OWN 23 7 43 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:24 OWN 25 3 13 Interception
3 12:37 0:45 OWN 20 2 0 Fumble
3 10:57 1:33 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 7:08 2:58 OWN 6 5 12 Punt
3 1:19 1:19 OWN 20 3 -5 Punt
4 13:32 1:40 OWN 15 3 8 Punt
4 9:46 2:18 OWN 22 4 16 Punt
4 6:26 1:15 OWN 20 3 -4 Fumble
4 3:14 1:25 OWN 25 3 -15 Punt
4 1:08 0:47 OPP 43 3 4 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Max Howard 21 32 1.52 14 1 0
Wilbert Knowles 1 1 1.00 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ken Hubbard 24 68 2.83 14 2 0
Raymond Hampton 5 8 1.60 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Roy Rhyne 48 28 217 3 / 27 2 46 0 83.42

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Allen 34 21 296 1 / 9 4 59 1 116.79

Receiving Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Samuel Rutherford 2 53 26.50 46 0
Joey Walker 5 51 10.20 23 0
Dennis Hall 9 51 5.67 8 1
Max Howard 5 19 3.80 7 0
Eric Wilkinson 2 14 7.00 10 0
Roy Bonds 1 14 14.00 14 1
Michael Steffes 1 8 8.00 8 0
Brandon Bonner 1 6 6.00 6 0
Wilbert Knowles 1 1 1.00 1 0
Timothy Kutz 1 0 0.00 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Willie Howland 6 135 22.50 59 4
Roger Taylor 5 64 12.80 22 0
Brian Kuss 3 46 15.33 30 0
Jerome Betancourt 2 27 13.50 20 0
Ernest McNeill 1 14 14.00 14 0
Raymond Hampton 1 6 6.00 6 0
Numbers Zielinski 1 5 5.00 5 0
Ken Hubbard 2 -1 -0.50 1 0

Blocking Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andrew Manning 45 28 2 4
Dennis Hall 20 16 1 1
Andre Ochs 63 34 0 4
Rodolfo Madden 0 1 0 1
Harry Brown 0 2 0 0
Marion Cummings 0 4 0 0
David Spillman 0 2 0 0
Reuben Patton 0 3 0 1
Melvin Wall 2 2 0 0
Richard Keiser 0 1 0 0
Trent Sessions 0 1 0 0
William Dortch 0 3 0 0
Robert Stroble 0 4 0 0
Roy Bonds 0 1 0 0
Curtis Axelson 0 1 0 0
Michael Brawner 0 1 0 0
Chris Moneymaker 6 0 0 0
Robert Tate 0 5 0 1
August Saari 0 2 0 0
Franklin Corso 0 3 0 0
Martin Hindman 66 33 0 1
Brad Meriwether 0 2 0 0
Dennis Canning 13 9 0 0
James Davison 24 5 0 0
John Johns 16 2 0 0
Samuel Rutherford 0 15 0 0
Wilbert Knowles 4 4 0 1
Brandon Bonner 0 3 0 0
Eric Wilkinson 27 13 0 0
Joey Walker 0 13 0 1
Michael Steffes 0 16 0 1
Manuel Selfridge 50 30 0 1
Cesar Wolfe 59 27 0 1
Max Howard 14 3 0 0
Timothy Kutz 3 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joseph Jarvis 35 32 1 3
Frank Hernandez 35 41 0 3
Thomas Yeager 0 5 0 2
Raymond Hampton 2 3 0 0
Roger Taylor 0 9 0 0
Kerry Sheridan 0 4 0 0
George Thomas 9 9 0 0
Gerald Hanlon 12 2 0 0
James Alonzo 9 0 0 0
Lauren Padron 2 5 0 0
Shawn Nakano 0 4 0 0
Brett Edward 0 2 0 0
Lamar Reynolds 0 5 0 0
Numbers Zielinski 6 6 0 1
John Stlouis 15 2 0 0
Jerome Betancourt 0 20 0 2
Louis Poss 13 3 0 0
William Mitchell 3 6 0 0
Ken Hubbard 6 2 0 0
Ernest McNeill 13 16 0 0
Brian Kuss 13 16 0 1
Clifton Salgado 34 30 0 4
Mario Phillips 21 24 0 2
James Sims 35 36 0 1
Jeffrey Estrada 34 31 0 3
Willie Howland 0 23 0 1
Joseph Showalter 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Tate 1 0 0.00 0

Memphis Showboats

Fumble Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Richard Keiser 0 1 1 0
Curtis Axelson 0 1 0 0
Reuben Patton 0 0 1 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ken Hubbard 1 0 0 0
Raymond Hampton 1 0 0 0
Albert Arsenault 0 1 0 0

Punting

Chicago Blitz

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Simon Jones 13 616 47.38 39.31 61 2

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jeff Johnson 9 417 46.33 42.67 52 3

Kicking

Chicago Blitz

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Matthew Eno 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 1 / 1

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 2 / 2 2 / 2 2 / 2 56 4 / 4

Punt Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joey Walker 3 33 11.0 33 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Roger Taylor 5 40 8.0 18 0

Kick Return

Chicago Blitz

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Joey Walker 2 50 25.0 0

Memphis Showboats

Defensive Stats

Chicago Blitz

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Keiser 10 0
Robert Tate 7 0
Marion Cummings 6 0
Rodolfo Madden 4 0
Robert Stroble 3 0
Reuben Patton 3 1
Dennis Canning 3 0
Brad Meriwether 2 0
Trent Sessions 2 0
Curtis Axelson 2 0
David Spillman 2 0
Brian Anderson 2 0
Michael Brawner 1 0
Dennis Hall 1 0
William Dortch 1 0
Marc Buckwalter 1 0
Michael Steffes 1 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Vernon Herron 10 0
Chris Elmore 7 0
Adam Young 6 0
Mitchell Welch 5 0
Jermaine Torian 5 0
Kerry Sheridan 4 3
Lamar Reynolds 4 0
Erin Lazarus 3 0
Brian Davis 2 0
Martin McMeans 2 0
Willie Howland 2 0
Antonio Tinsley 2 0
Paul Gordon 2 0
Jerome Betancourt 1 0
Joseph Showalter 1 0
Albert Arsenault 1 0
David Adams 1 0