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Conference Championship: Houston Gamblers at Memphis Showboats

January 10, 1988
4°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 62,380 (100%)
Gamblers 0 7 6 9 - 22
Showboats 11 8 14 14 - 47

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-8-HOU 8 (4:59) 16-James Ewing 25 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-5-HOU 5 (0:36) 22-Mark Lambert ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 30-Brian Kuss ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! MEM 11 HOU 0
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-2-HOU 2 (10:17) 22-Mark Lambert ran to HOU 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 30-Brian Kuss ran to HOU 0 for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! MEM 19 HOU 0
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 2-4-MEM 4 (1:56) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 86-Bruce Edwards for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. MEM 19 HOU 7
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 1-15-MEM 48 (12:31) 1-David Allen pass complete to 47-David Austin for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 26 HOU 7
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-6-MEM 22 (8:22) 19-Daniel McCormack 39 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 26 HOU 10
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 2-15-MEM 20 (7:46) 1-David Allen pass complete to 81-Willie Howland for 80 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 33 HOU 10
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-5-MEM 14 (3:05) 19-Daniel McCormack 31 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 33 HOU 13
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 2-10-MEM 5 (10:47) 1-David Allen sacked at MEM -7 for -13 yards MEM 33 HOU 15
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 2-10-HOU 21 (4:18) 12-Tony Dean pass INTERCEPTED by 94-Donald Guo at HOU 21. 94-Donald Guo to HOU 0 for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 40 HOU 15
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 1-3-HOU 3 (2:11) 1-David Allen pass complete to 82-Thomas Davila for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 47 HOU 15
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 1-10-HOU 18 (0:01) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 80-Gabriel Ahrens for 82 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. MEM 47 HOU 22

Team Statistics

Showboats Gamblers
First Downs 21 20
- Rushing 16 1
- Passing 4 19
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 489 470
- Offensive Plays 64 71
- Yards Per Play 7.64 6.62
Net Rushing Yards 255 36
- Rushing Attempts 38 10
- Yards Per Rush 6.71 3.60
Net Passing Yards 234 434
- Att/Comp/Int 25 / 14 / 1 60 / 39 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 247 444
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 13 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 9.00 7.11
- Yards Per Completion 17.64 11.38
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 9 2 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.1 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 5 / 35 3 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 43
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 29 1 / -1
2pt Conversions 2 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 29:33 30:29

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:48 7:52 OWN 3 13 89 Field Goal
1 2:09 1:36 OWN 20 6 80 Touchdown
2 14:15 4:00 OWN 26 8 74 Touchdown
2 3:22 0:05 OWN 21 1 -1 Interception
2 1:52 1:52 OWN 25 3 7 Half
3 15:00 2:37 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 8:18 0:44 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
3 3:02 2:10 OWN 25 4 22 Punt
4 14:07 0:59 OWN 42 3 5 Punt
4 10:49 0:06 OWN 5 2 -15 Safety
4 9:14 4:02 OWN 22 7 27 Punt
4 4:10 0:04 OPP 25 1 0 Interception
4 4:06 1:59 OPP 25 4 25 Touchdown
4 1:28 1:27 OWN 26 3 3 Punt

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:12 OWN 25 5 27 Punt
1 4:56 2:47 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
1 0:33 1:18 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 10:15 6:53 OWN 17 12 62 Downs
2 3:18 1:25 OPP 34 6 34 Touchdown
3 12:23 4:05 OWN 25 8 53 Field Goal
3 7:35 4:33 OWN 25 9 61 Field Goal
3 0:52 1:44 OWN 16 6 48 Downs
4 13:08 2:20 OWN 20 6 40 Punt
4 10:43 1:29 OWN 29 3 4 Punt
4 5:12 1:02 OWN 8 4 13 Interception
4 2:08 0:40 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 0:01 0:01 OWN 18 1 82 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mark Lambert 15 127 8.47 16 8 2
Tim Horton 15 115 7.67 16 6 0
Walter Bowser 3 6 2.00 4 0 0
Brian Kuss 2 4 2.00 2 0 0
Thomas Davila 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
Ernest Wiley 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Numbers Zielinski 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Chase Miles 6 28 4.67 16 2 0
Ryan Dearing 4 8 2.00 7 0 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Allen 24 14 247 1 / 13 3 80 1 115.80
Ronald Brown 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 60 39 444 1 / 10 2 82 2 84.31

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Willie Howland 6 117 19.50 80 1
David Austin 2 57 28.50 52 1
Ernest Wiley 1 28 28.00 28 0
Mark Lambert 1 25 25.00 25 0
Val Smith 1 10 10.00 10 0
Thomas Davila 2 5 2.50 3 1
Walter Bowser 1 5 5.00 5 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gabriel Ahrens 6 171 28.50 82 1
Bruce Edwards 10 105 10.50 19 1
Chase Miles 9 66 7.33 16 0
Anthony Fulks 2 31 15.50 17 0
Fredrick Skeen 1 30 30.00 30 0
Wesley Hull 2 17 8.50 15 0
Lonnie Mohr 6 15 2.50 4 0
Albert Buckland 2 8 4.00 7 0
Ryan Dearing 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Allen 26 41 0 2
Arthur Grant 11 4 0 0
Donald Guo 0 1 0 0
Shawn Hicks 0 1 0 0
Kerry Sheridan 0 1 0 0
Larry Anderson 0 2 0 0
Jason Hinkle 0 1 0 0
Sylvester Teal 0 2 0 0
Chris Goings 0 2 0 0
Francis Cipriani 0 1 0 0
Chad Kroeger 0 2 0 0
Chris Elmore 0 2 0 0
Michael Bailey 0 1 0 0
Reuben Pacheco 3 0 0 0
Numbers Zielinski 1 0 0 0
Brian Kuss 9 3 0 0
Thomas Davila 4 3 0 0
Mark Lambert 7 6 0 0
Solomon Fifield 7 0 0 0
Frank Hernandez 8 2 0 0
Michael Schneider 9 3 0 0
Ernest Wiley 3 4 0 0
Tim Horton 1 2 0 0
Walter Bowser 18 21 0 1
Val Smith 7 25 0 0
Roger Starnes 0 23 0 0
Willie Howland 0 32 0 1
Amos Griffiths 26 42 0 2
Tyler Waller 26 42 0 5
David Austin 0 30 0 2
James Sims 24 35 0 1
Gene Simmons 26 40 0 2
James Alonzo 1 0 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Danny Keating 70 27 1 1
James Tompkins 69 14 0 2
Richard Glasscock 0 1 0 0
Zane Baker 4 1 0 0
Gerald Miller 0 3 0 0
Charles Wallace 0 1 0 0
David Phillips 0 1 0 0
Ryan Dearing 1 1 0 0
Albert Buckland 0 1 0 0
Raymond Huang 0 1 0 0
Michael Skaggs 0 3 0 1
John Rogers 0 3 0 0
Jonathan Fenn 0 2 0 0
Anthony Fulks 0 9 0 2
Philip King 0 2 0 0
Paul Sabella 6 5 0 1
Carl Lawlor 10 0 0 0
Chase Miles 9 4 0 0
Gabriel Ahrens 0 11 0 0
Bruce Edwards 0 12 0 0
Wesley Hull 13 11 0 1
Lonnie Mohr 27 8 0 1
Fredrick Skeen 4 5 0 0
Zachary Hinkson 71 22 0 1
Thomas Knotts 70 19 0 1
Philip Johnson 63 22 0 0
Irvin Balzer 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Donald Guo 1 21 21.00 1
William Augustine 1 8 8.00 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jonathan Fenn 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Tim Horton 1 1 0 0
Walter Bowser 1 0 0 0
David Austin 0 1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Luis Torres 0 0 1 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dwain Yu 4 188 47.00 41.75 54 3

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 6 269 44.83 41.50 58 2

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 25 4 / 4

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 2 / 2

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Houston Gamblers

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Anthony Fulks 2 43 21.5 0

Defensive Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Chad Kroeger 6 0
Chris Goings 6 0
Donald Guo 5 0
Paul Gordon 5 0
Francis Cipriani 4 0
William Augustine 4 0
Larry Anderson 4 0
Chris Elmore 3 0
Reuben Pacheco 3 0
Jason Hinkle 2 1
Willie Lawhon 2 0
William Perkins 2 0
Marshall Brewer 2 0
Sylvester Teal 2 0
Roger Starnes 1 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Sabella 7 0
Michael Skaggs 5 0
Robert Sokol 5 0
Jonathan Fenn 5 0
John Rogers 4 0
Edward Mayberry 4 0
Raymond Huang 4 0
Philip King 3 0
David Phillips 2 0
Charles Wallace 2 0
Jeffrey Lovelace 2 0
Don Wilkerson 1 0
Luis Torres 1 0
Ronnie Stahl 1 0
Danny Keating 1 0