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Conference Championship: Southern California Sun at Memphis Showboats

January 11, 1987
56°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 61,527 (99%)
Sun 0 0 0 14 - 14
Showboats 8 9 14 14 - 45

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-4-SCS 4 (7:36) 84-Tim Horton ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 45-Jessie Cepeda ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! MEM 8 SCS 0
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-3-SCS 3 (9:17) 16-James Ewing 22 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 11 SCS 0
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-6-SCS 37 (5:50) 16-James Ewing 55 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 14 SCS 0
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-4-SCS 27 (1:25) 16-James Ewing 45 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 17 SCS 0
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 17 (12:56) (Hot Read) 1-David Allen pass complete to 45-Jessie Cepeda for 83 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 24 SCS 0
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 3-1-SCS 1 (7:15) 18-Numbers Zielinski ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 31 SCS 0
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 1-7-SCS 7 (12:56) 84-Tim Horton ran to SCS 0 for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 38 SCS 0
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 3-14-SCS 34 (8:05) 80-Ken Hubbard ran to SCS 0 for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 45 SCS 0
(Qtr 4) Sun: 2-6-MEM 12 (5:55) 9-Christopher Kimbrough pass complete to 11-Fred Bates for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. MEM 45 SCS 7
(Qtr 4) Sun: 3-8-SCS 49 (3:17) 9-Christopher Kimbrough pass complete to 87-James Wise for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Alan Grossi. MEM 45 SCS 14

Team Statistics

Showboats Sun
First Downs 18 13
- Rushing 7 2
- Passing 9 8
- Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 478 307
- Offensive Plays 71 61
- Yards Per Play 6.73 5.03
Net Rushing Yards 164 85
- Rushing Attempts 44 19
- Yards Per Rush 3.73 4.47
Net Passing Yards 314 222
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 21 / 0 41 / 23 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 314 233
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 11.63 5.29
- Yards Per Completion 14.95 10.13
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 17 7 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.5 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 63 5 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 4 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 14 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 23
Time of Possession 38:53 21:08

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 7:26 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
1 5:33 5:28 OWN 28 9 24 Punt
2 14:14 5:00 OPP 38 7 35 Field Goal
2 7:43 1:57 OPP 41 3 3 Field Goal
2 4:20 2:59 OWN 18 9 55 Field Goal
3 12:55 0:12 OWN 17 1 83 Touchdown
3 11:20 4:06 OWN 19 8 81 Touchdown
3 5:52 1:53 OWN 26 3 5 Punt
3 1:43 2:39 OWN 28 5 11 Punt
4 12:56 0:03 OPP 7 1 7 Touchdown
4 11:35 3:37 OWN 8 6 92 Touchdown
4 5:51 1:38 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 3:09 1:55 OWN 25 3 2 Punt

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:34 2:00 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 0:06 0:51 OWN 8 4 16 Fumble
2 9:15 1:31 OWN 25 3 4 Fumble
2 5:46 1:26 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 1:21 1:21 OWN 25 3 22 Half
3 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 12:44 1:24 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 7:13 1:22 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 3:58 2:16 OWN 21 5 14 Punt
4 14:04 1:09 OWN 4 5 12 Interception
4 12:53 1:18 OWN 25 6 15 Punt
4 7:58 2:07 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
4 4:13 1:04 OWN 32 5 68 Touchdown
4 1:14 1:14 OWN 28 6 41 Game

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ken Hubbard 7 75 10.71 34 3 1
Tim Horton 23 64 2.78 12 2 2
Numbers Zielinski 11 24 2.18 10 1 1
Jessie Cepeda 2 2 1.00 2 0 0
Hoyt Axton 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Nicholas Wittrock 13 46 3.54 11 1 0
Juan Webb 6 39 6.50 22 1 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Allen 26 21 314 0 / 0 1 83 0 129.81
Jerry Montalvo 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Christopher Kimbrough 41 23 233 1 / 11 2 51 1 78.61

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Willie Howland 5 143 28.60 64 0
Jessie Cepeda 2 83 41.50 83 1
David Austin 3 32 10.67 14 0
Ernest McNeill 4 25 6.25 8 0
Ken Hubbard 1 10 10.00 10 0
Tim Horton 2 8 4.00 6 0
Jerome Betancourt 2 7 3.50 5 0
James Nash 2 6 3.00 6 0

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Wise 2 59 29.50 51 1
David Grier 5 52 10.40 15 0
Norman Shaw 3 36 12.00 26 0
Fred Bates 5 35 7.00 12 1
Ralph Beaudry 3 20 6.67 10 0
Gregory Drayton 2 18 9.00 16 0
Nicholas Wittrock 2 11 5.50 6 0
Juan Webb 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Frank Hernandez 26 48 0 1
George Thomas 5 4 0 0
Reuben Pacheco 0 1 0 0
Numbers Zielinski 5 5 0 1
Sylvester Teal 0 1 0 0
Hoyt Axton 5 0 0 0
Donald Guo 0 2 0 0
Paul Gordon 0 3 0 0
Jermaine Torian 0 1 0 0
Chris Elmore 0 1 0 0
James Alonzo 0 1 0 0
Kerry Sheridan 0 1 0 1
Antonio Tinsley 0 1 0 0
Albert Arsenault 0 2 0 0
Joseph Jarvis 12 1 0 1
Gene Simmons 12 1 0 0
Donald Schultz 5 6 0 0
Willie Howland 0 23 0 0
Ken Hubbard 1 8 0 0
Brian Kuss 8 4 0 0
Roger Starnes 0 6 0 0
Christopher Boyd 11 8 0 1
Jerome Betancourt 0 23 0 0
David Austin 1 26 0 2
James Nash 11 24 0 1
Ernest McNeill 7 30 0 1
Tim Horton 10 3 0 0
Tyler Waller 27 52 0 7
Jessie Cepeda 15 14 0 1
James Sims 25 51 0 5
Clifton Salgado 26 37 0 3
Jeffrey Estrada 27 49 0 7
Jake Jones 0 1 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Wilson 49 30 1 3
Gregory Drayton 11 17 0 1
Guy Rojas 11 2 0 0
James Bryant 2 4 0 0
James Wise 0 8 0 0
Juan Webb 4 3 0 0
Robert Ruiz 12 0 0 0
Thomas Waldon 9 6 0 0
Rex Hawkins 0 21 0 0
Nicholas Wittrock 7 1 0 0
Willie Brooks 43 31 0 2
Tim Daniels 49 29 0 1
Teddy Romero 41 29 0 1
Ralph Beaudry 17 19 0 2
Dennis Lee 43 28 0 0
Norman Shaw 0 21 0 0
David Grier 0 3 0 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Chad Kroeger 1 14 14.00 0

Southern California Sun

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Tim Horton 1 0 0 0
Gregory Garrison 0 2 2 0
David Austin 0 1 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Nicholas Wittrock 2 0 0 0
Robert Harvard 0 0 1 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dwain Yu 5 234 46.80 46.80 57 2

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Brouillette 7 322 46.00 45.86 52 4

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 55 4 / 4

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Alan Grossi 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Austin 1 4 4.0 4 0

Southern California Sun

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Southern California Sun

Defensive Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Chris Elmore 6 0
Donald Guo 5 0
Paul Gordon 4 0
Jermaine Torian 3 0
James Alonzo 2 0
Chris Goings 2 0
Chad Kroeger 2 0
Kerry Sheridan 2 1
Gregory Garrison 2 0
Albert Arsenault 2 0
Antonio Tinsley 2 0
Michael Bailey 1 0
Sylvester Teal 1 0
Scott Wilks 1 0
Seth Brown 1 0
Donald Schultz 1 0
Robert Eidson 1 0
Russell Calhoun 1 0

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Dustin Diamond 10 0
Harold Lindsay 7 0
Robert Harvard 6 0
Ricky McLean 5 0
Jeff Diaz 4 0
Roderick Vanbrunt 4 0
Edward Standley 4 0
Bobby Leopold 3 0
Kevin Migues 3 0
Dennis Hernandez 3 0
Rodney Preston 3 0
Ernie Smith 2 0
Edward Thompson 2 0
Stephan Reed 2 0
Norman Shaw 2 0
Gregory Drayton 1 0
James Wise 1 0
Warren Waldrop 1 0