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Week 1: Boston Breakers at Memphis Showboats

September 06, 1987
97°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 58,630 (94%)
Breakers 3 7 0 0 - 10
Showboats 16 8 10 7 - 41

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 3-5-MEM 10 (11:33) 1-David Allen pass complete to 81-Willie Howland for 90 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 1-David Allen pass complete to 89-Stanley Hughes for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! MEM 8 BOS 0
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-10-MEM 44 (8:31) 1-David Allen pass complete to 81-Willie Howland for 56 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 21-James Nash ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! MEM 16 BOS 0
(Qtr 1) Breakers: 4-6-MEM 26 (2:16) 17-Willie Putnam 43 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 16 BOS 3
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-10-BOS 46 (9:50) 22-Mark Lambert ran for 46 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 21-James Nash ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! MEM 24 BOS 3
(Qtr 2) Breakers: 3-12-BOS 39 (5:54) 6-Richard Garrett pass complete to 19-Joseph Clark for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Willie Putnam. MEM 24 BOS 10
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-18-BOS 32 (6:47) 16-James Ewing 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 27 BOS 10
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 1-10-BOS 19 (5:12) 1-David Allen pass complete to 81-Willie Howland for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 34 BOS 10
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 2-6-BOS 6 (6:19) 1-David Allen pass complete to 81-Willie Howland for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 70-Arthur Grant was injured on the play. MEM 41 BOS 10

Team Statistics

Showboats Breakers
First Downs 16 8
- Rushing 7 2
- Passing 7 4
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 458 154
- Offensive Plays 70 62
- Yards Per Play 6.54 2.48
Net Rushing Yards 192 15
- Rushing Attempts 35 22
- Yards Per Rush 5.49 0.68
Net Passing Yards 266 139
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 18 / 0 38 / 23 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 291 161
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 25 2 / 22
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.60 3.48
- Yards Per Completion 16.17 7.00
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 4 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 35 4 / 27
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 40 1 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 27 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 3 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 25
Time of Possession 31:37 28:20

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:23 1:03 OWN 6 3 94 Touchdown
1 9:51 1:27 OWN 34 4 66 Touchdown
1 6:54 1:22 OWN 24 3 7 Fumble
1 2:12 3:02 OWN 28 5 3 Punt
2 12:03 2:21 OWN 29 7 71 Touchdown
2 8:14 1:26 OWN 20 3 -6 Punt
2 5:45 1:22 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 2:20 0:43 OWN 26 5 28 Punt
3 15:00 1:31 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 11:28 4:45 OWN 41 7 27 Field Goal
3 5:15 0:06 OPP 26 1 26 Touchdown
3 4:14 1:59 OWN 20 4 18 Punt
4 13:25 7:09 OWN 18 12 82 Touchdown
4 4:58 1:29 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
4 2:18 1:52 OWN 29 4 18 Punt

Boston Breakers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:37 OWN 25 6 20 Punt
1 11:20 1:29 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
1 8:23 1:30 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 5:32 3:20 OPP 42 6 15 Field Goal
2 14:09 2:06 OWN 18 3 8 Punt
2 9:42 1:28 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 6:48 1:03 OWN 34 4 66 Touchdown
2 4:22 2:03 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
2 1:37 1:37 OWN 12 3 8 Half
3 13:29 2:01 OWN 26 3 -5 Punt
3 6:43 1:28 OWN 25 3 -3 Interception
3 5:08 0:54 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 2:15 3:50 OWN 18 9 22 Punt
4 6:16 1:18 OWN 25 5 12 Punt
4 3:29 1:11 OWN 27 3 -2 Punt
4 0:25 0:25 OWN 20 2 13 Game

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mark Lambert 21 157 7.48 46 7 1
Tim Horton 9 23 2.56 11 1 0
Duane Stokes 3 8 2.67 7 0 0
James Nash 2 4 2.00 2 0 0

Boston Breakers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steven McCloud 17 18 1.06 8 0 0
Ronnie Waltz 5 -3 -0.60 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Allen 30 18 291 3 / 25 4 90 0 132.08
Ronald Brown 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Boston Breakers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Richard Garrett 38 23 161 2 / 22 1 61 1 67.98

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Willie Howland 7 195 27.86 90 4
Brian Kuss 4 37 9.25 15 0
Mark Lambert 2 32 16.00 20 0
Tim Horton 3 14 4.67 7 0
David Austin 1 11 11.00 11 0
Stanley Hughes 1 2 2.00 2 0

Boston Breakers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Clark 5 75 15.00 61 1
Ronnie Waltz 4 21 5.25 9 0
Steven McCloud 4 21 5.25 11 0
Martin Sutton 5 20 4.00 6 0
Wade Wentz 2 20 10.00 13 0
Milton Wood 2 8 4.00 6 0
Karl Martinez 1 -4 -4.00 -4 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Sims 34 38 2 6
James Novotny 35 34 1 2
Paul Allen 34 45 0 2
Michael Schneider 10 4 0 1
William Augustine 0 1 0 0
Willie Lawhon 0 1 0 0
Chad Kroeger 0 1 0 0
Ricky Cox 0 2 0 0
Robert Eidson 0 2 0 0
Michael Bailey 0 3 0 0
Ernest Wiley 0 6 0 0
Stanley Hughes 5 4 0 0
Duane Stokes 9 6 0 2
Kerry Sheridan 0 4 0 0
Thomas Davila 11 9 0 0
Arthur Grant 10 2 0 0
Mark Lambert 4 1 0 0
John Stlouis 10 5 0 0
Frank Hernandez 12 1 0 0
James Nash 26 23 0 0
David Austin 0 26 0 2
Brian Kuss 12 29 0 1
Roger Starnes 0 17 0 0
Willie Howland 0 28 0 1
Amos Griffiths 34 37 0 7
Tyler Waller 35 43 0 4
Tim Horton 0 3 0 0

Boston Breakers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andres Holm 33 20 2 3
Jason Wilson 11 3 0 0
Joseph Totten 0 1 0 0
Frank Castillo 3 4 0 0
Ronnie Waltz 3 1 0 0
Wade Wentz 0 3 0 0
Larry Kuykendall 0 1 0 0
Justin Dean 0 1 0 0
William Russell 0 1 0 0
George Darnell 0 1 0 0
Charles Bowles 0 1 0 0
Dan Holbert 0 1 0 0
Jeremy Dedrick 0 1 0 0
Donald Glenn 13 0 0 0
Douglas Cormier 50 26 0 1
James McDevitt 14 0 0 0
Roy Hance 0 8 0 0
Michael Silverman 1 10 0 0
Milton Wood 1 21 0 0
Martin Sutton 0 16 0 0
Karl Martinez 8 22 0 0
Joseph Clark 0 13 0 1
James Mitchell 53 25 0 1
John Green 52 28 0 1
Steven McCloud 20 9 0 0
Robert Brown 52 25 0 1
Robert Cagle 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Donald Guo 1 0 0.00 0

Boston Breakers

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Brian Kuss 1 0 0 0

Boston Breakers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jason Shinkle 0 1 0 0
George Darnell 0 0 1 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dwain Yu 8 390 48.75 44.88 56 4

Boston Breakers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Simon Jones 11 560 50.91 45.55 63 2

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 2 / 2

Boston Breakers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Willie Putnam 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 1 / 1

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tim Horton 6 40 6.7 14 0

Boston Breakers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Clark 1 9 9.0 9 0

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Tim Horton 1 27 27.0 0

Boston Breakers

Defensive Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Chris Elmore 11 0
Paul Gordon 7 0
Francis Cipriani 6 0
Willie Lawhon 6 0
William Augustine 3 0
Shawn Hicks 2 0
Jason Hinkle 2 1
Chad Kroeger 2 0
Willie Howland 1 0
Donald Guo 1 0
Sylvester Teal 1 0
Thomas Davila 1 0
Marshall Brewer 1 0
William Perkins 1 0
James Alonzo 1 0
Ricky Cox 1 1
Larry Anderson 1 0

Boston Breakers

Name Tackles Sacks
Charles Bowles 9 0
Larry Kuykendall 6 2
Jeremy Dedrick 6 0
William Russell 5 0
Jason Shinkle 5 0
George Darnell 5 0
Peter Edge 4 0
Raymond Douglas 3 0
Joseph Totten 3 0
Dan Holbert 3 1
Jim Byrne 1 0
Jason Wilson 1 0
Manuel West 1 0
Ronnie Waltz 1 0
Justin Dean 1 0