Conference Championship: Showboats at Gamblers
January 12, 1986 70° Houston Astrodome
Attendance: 62,510 (92%)
Showboats 3 3 3 8 - 17
Gamblers 3 13 10 3 - 29
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 4-4-MEM 4 (8:57) 19-Daniel McCormack 21 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 MEM 0
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-6-HOU 10 (5:23) 16-James Ewing 28 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 MEM 3
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 2-1-MEM 1 (11:39) 11-Tony Dean pass complete to 23-Mark Lambert to MEM 0 for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 10 MEM 3
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-5-HOU 5 (7:38) 16-James Ewing 22 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 10 MEM 6
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-6-MEM 6 (1:55) 11-Tony Dean pass complete to 80-Gabriel Ahrens for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-6-HOU 27 (12:43) 16-James Ewing 45 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 16 MEM 9
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-2-MEM 2 (4:41) 19-Daniel McCormack 19 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 19 MEM 9
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-1-MEM 31 (1:08) 11-Tony Dean pass complete to 88-Willie Nelson for 31 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 26 MEM 9
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 3-6-HOU 6 (13:18) 47-David Austin ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 1-David Allen pass complete to 87-Roger Taylor for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! HOU 26 MEM 17
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-1-MEM 36 (2:56) 19-Daniel McCormack 54 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 29 MEM 17
Team Statistics
Gamblers Showboats
First Downs 22 19
- Rushing 5 8
- Passing 16 10
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 483 404
- Offensive Plays 70 57
- Yards Per Play 6.90 7.09
Net Rushing Yards 73 150
- Rushing Attempts 27 24
- Yards Per Rush 2.70 6.25
Net Passing Yards 410 254
- Att/Comp/Int 43 / 31 / 0 33 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 410 254
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.53 7.70
- Yards Per Completion 13.23 12.70
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 15 2 / 9
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.8 8.7
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 5 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 43 2 / 74
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 5 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 18 OWN 26
Time of Possession 35:32 24:29
Drive Charts
Gamblers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:05 OWN 16 10 80 Field Goal
1 5:20 1:36 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 0:10 3:34 OWN 5 7 95 Touchdown
2 7:35 5:41 OWN 25 11 69 Fumble
3 12:39 8:00 OWN 25 13 73 Field Goal
3 3:20 2:17 OWN 19 7 81 Touchdown
4 13:14 1:00 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
4 8:40 5:49 OWN 13 11 51 Field Goal
4 1:30 1:30 OWN 11 4 13 Game
Showboats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:55 3:35 OWN 25 7 65 Field Goal
1 3:44 3:34 OWN 25 6 25 Punt
2 11:35 4:00 OWN 25 6 69 Field Goal
2 1:55 0:02 OWN 6 1 -9 Touchdown
2 1:53 1:53 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 15:00 2:21 OWN 31 4 42 Field Goal
3 4:39 1:19 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 1:03 2:48 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
4 12:15 3:35 OWN 38 7 50 Fumble
4 2:51 1:22 OWN 32 10 58 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Gamblers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#22 Mark Lambert 18 60 3.33 13 2 0
#24 Chase Miles 5 14 2.80 8 0 0
#12 Tony Dean 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
#42 Lonnie Mohr 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0
Showboats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#47 David Austin 16 116 7.25 23 5 1
#80 Ken Hubbard 6 35 5.83 12 2 0
#15 Lauren Padron 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Gamblers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Tony Dean 43 31 410 0 / 0 3 52 0 125.15
Showboats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#1 David Allen 33 20 254 0 / 0 0 51 0 84.66
Receiving Stats
Gamblers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gabriel Ahrens 5 101 20.20 52 1
#12 Willie Nelson 5 85 17.00 31 1
#22 Mark Lambert 7 78 11.14 26 1
#83 James Connelly 6 60 10.00 18 0
#24 Chase Miles 2 46 23.00 41 0
#51 Wesley Hull 2 21 10.50 14 0
#81 Marcus Medina 1 12 12.00 12 0
#86 Bruce Edwards 3 7 2.33 3 0
Showboats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 Lauren Padron 3 87 29.00 37 0
#14 Willie Howland 4 76 19.00 23 0
#85 Jerome Betancourt 1 51 51.00 51 0
#86 Ernest McNeill 3 18 6.00 11 0
#30 Brian Kuss 2 10 5.00 6 0
#47 David Austin 3 7 2.33 5 0
#87 Roger Taylor 2 4 2.00 2 0
#80 Ken Hubbard 2 1 0.50 6 0
Blocking Stats
Gamblers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#21 Rick Edwards 0 2 0 0
#90 Irvin Balzer 0 2 0 0
#64 Danny Keating 49 34 0 2
#55 Luis Torres 0 2 0 0
#98 Robert Sokol 0 2 0 1
#55 Jonathan Fenn 0 2 0 0
#49 Paul Sabella 1 3 0 0
#45 John Rogers 0 3 0 1
#66 Carl Lawlor 51 29 0 1
#53 Keith Barge 44 32 0 1
#65 Christopher Jarman 48 38 0 0
#67 Philip Johnson 48 29 0 0
#42 Lonnie Mohr 30 29 0 3
#51 Wesley Hull 10 25 0 2
#82 Gabriel Ahrens 0 20 0 0
#22 Mark Lambert 6 7 0 1
#84 Fredrick Skeen 1 10 0 0
#12 Willie Nelson 0 13 0 0
#49 Thomas Knotts 7 0 0 0
#86 Bruce Edwards 0 19 0 0
#83 James Connelly 0 3 0 0
#24 Chase Miles 1 5 0 1
#54 James Tompkins 5 2 0 0
#79 Timothy Adams 0 2 0 0
#59 Lyle Maldanado 0 1 0 1
#94 Jeffrey Lovelace 0 1 0 0
#94 Charles Wallace 0 1 0 0
Showboats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#75 Frank Hernandez 33 28 0 4
#57 Jeffrey Estrada 33 30 0 1
#60 Joseph Jarvis 31 26 0 0
#66 Clifton Salgado 33 29 0 0
#57 James Sims 32 23 0 0
#30 Brian Kuss 8 11 0 3
#47 David Austin 5 1 0 0
#86 Ernest McNeill 8 20 0 2
#85 Jerome Betancourt 0 12 0 0
#14 Willie Howland 1 20 0 0
#87 Roger Taylor 0 12 0 0
#88 Mario Phillips 11 16 0 0
#32 William Mitchell 3 3 0 0
#59 Louis Poss 7 5 0 0
#18 Numbers Zielinski 6 4 0 0
#77 John Stlouis 6 3 0 0
#3 Joseph Showalter 0 1 0 0
#49 David Adams 0 1 0 0
#68 Brett Edward 0 1 0 0
#15 Lauren Padron 1 8 0 1
#73 Michael Bailey 0 1 0 0
#56 Gerald Hanlon 4 2 0 0
#44 George Thomas 3 2 0 0
#80 Ken Hubbard 4 2 0 0
#54 Lamar Reynolds 0 2 0 0
#48 Antonio Tinsley 0 1 0 0
#28 Paul Gordon 0 1 0 0
#78 James Alonzo 2 0 0 0
#97 Thomas Yeager 0 2 0 1
#22 Vernon Herron 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Gamblers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Showboats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Gamblers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#24 Chase Miles 1 0 0 0
#66 Carl Lawlor 0 1 0 0
#53 Keith Barge 0 0 1 0
#90 Irvin Balzer 0 1 1 0
Showboats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#87 Roger Taylor 1 0 0 0
#94 Shawn Hicks 1 1 0 0
#80 Ken Hubbard 1 0 0 0
#18 Numbers Zielinski 0 1 0 0
#28 Paul Gordon 0 0 1 0
Punting
Gamblers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#13 Juan Hanson 2 88 44.00 43.00 48 0
Showboats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Jeff Johnson 3 137 45.67 45.67 47 2
Kicking
Gamblers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Daniel McCormack 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 54 2 / 3
Showboats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#16 James Ewing 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 0 / 0
Punt Return
Gamblers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Gamblers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#44 Philip King 2 43 21.5 0
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#14 Willie Howland 2 74 37.0 0
Defensive Stats
Gamblers
Name Tackles Sacks
#21 Rick Edwards 8 0
#49 Paul Sabella 5 0
#55 Jonathan Fenn 4 0
#94 Edward Mayberry 4 0
#45 John Rogers 4 0
#94 Jeffrey Lovelace 3 0
#45 David Asuncion 3 0
#98 Robert Sokol 3 0
#44 Philip King 2 0
#90 Irvin Balzer 2 0
#79 Timothy Adams 2 0
#33 Michael Rider 1 0
#14 Daniel McCormack 1 0
Showboats
Name Tackles Sacks
#22 Vernon Herron 11 0
#28 Paul Gordon 8 0
#1 Brian Davis 7 0
#54 Lamar Reynolds 4 0
#53 Chris Elmore 4 0
#26 Adam Young 4 0
#27 Albert Arsenault 3 0
#94 Shawn Hicks 3 0
#54 Mitchell Welch 2 0
#44 George Thomas 1 0
#48 Antonio Tinsley 1 0
#55 Kerry Sheridan 1 0
#49 David Adams 1 0
#78 James Alonzo 1 0
#1 David Allen 1 0