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Wild Card: Memphis Showboats at Southern California Sun

December 25, 1988
59°
Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) Attendance: 68,529 (99%)
Showboats 8 11 7 3 - 29
Sun 0 0 0 0 - 0

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 3-7-SCS 7 (2:22) 1-David Allen pass complete to 13-Howard Aguirre for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 38-James Nash ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SCS 0 MEM 8
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-7-SCS 15 (13:10) 84-Tim Horton ran for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 38-James Nash ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! SCS 0 MEM 16
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-3-SCS 20 (5:56) 16-James Ewing 37 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 0 MEM 19
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 2-5-SCS 5 (8:54) 22-Mark Lambert ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. SCS 0 MEM 26
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-3-SCS 32 (8:11) 16-James Ewing 49 yard field goal is GOOD. SCS 0 MEM 29

Team Statistics

Sun Showboats
First Downs 11 19
- Rushing 5 11
- Passing 3 7
- Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 145 365
- Offensive Plays 57 71
- Yards Per Play 2.54 5.14
Net Rushing Yards 70 199
- Rushing Attempts 16 43
- Yards Per Rush 4.38 4.63
Net Passing Yards 75 166
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 20 / 2 28 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 112 166
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 37 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 1.83 5.93
- Yards Per Completion 5.60 10.38
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 6 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.2 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 21 3 / 28
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 6 3 / 19
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 65 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 28
Time of Possession 24:13 35:47

Drive Charts

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:25 OWN 25 7 26 Punt
1 8:52 2:05 OWN 21 4 17 Interception
1 2:18 1:29 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 13:06 2:27 OWN 24 5 12 Punt
2 5:52 1:31 OWN 21 3 9 Punt
2 2:13 2:13 OWN 6 6 13 Half
3 13:21 1:32 OWN 16 3 6 Punt
3 8:51 5:43 OWN 25 8 20 Punt
3 2:11 0:55 OWN 46 3 2 Punt
4 11:39 0:04 OWN 45 1 -1 Interception
4 8:07 0:56 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
4 5:11 1:24 OWN 28 5 -1 Punt
4 0:29 0:29 OWN 20 6 41 Game

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:35 2:43 OWN 11 6 23 Punt
1 6:47 4:28 OPP 36 9 36 Touchdown
1 0:49 2:43 OWN 22 6 78 Touchdown
2 10:39 4:47 OWN 23 10 57 Field Goal
2 4:22 2:08 OWN 41 3 8 Punt
3 15:00 1:39 OWN 25 5 12 Punt
3 11:49 2:58 OWN 35 5 65 Touchdown
3 3:08 0:57 OWN 5 3 3 Punt
3 1:16 4:38 OWN 9 9 46 Downs
4 11:35 3:27 OPP 50 5 18 Field Goal
4 7:12 2:01 OWN 22 3 6 Punt
4 3:47 3:18 OWN 31 5 13 Punt

Rushing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gene Ingram 12 47 3.92 16 1 0
Nicholas Wittrock 3 15 5.00 7 0 0
Billy Brown 1 8 8.00 8 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mark Lambert 16 93 5.81 17 3 1
Tim Horton 13 72 5.54 16 4 1
Duane Stokes 6 17 2.83 10 1 0
James Nash 8 17 2.13 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Wilmer Kimble 37 20 112 4 / 37 0 17 2 37.22

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Allen 28 16 166 0 / 0 1 47 0 86.31

Receiving Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nicholas Wittrock 4 27 6.75 17 0
Gene Ingram 5 21 4.20 6 0
James Brough 4 19 4.75 9 0
Norman Shaw 3 17 5.67 10 0
James Wise 1 17 17.00 17 0
Paul Bieker 2 6 3.00 10 0
Milton Wood 1 5 5.00 5 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Willie Howland 4 76 19.00 47 0
Mark Lambert 5 40 8.00 21 0
Val Smith 1 17 17.00 17 0
Roger Starnes 2 10 5.00 9 0
Thomas Davila 1 9 9.00 9 0
Howard Aguirre 2 8 4.00 7 1
Duane Stokes 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Dennis Lee 49 22 2 2
David Wilson 46 25 1 1
Tim Daniels 50 25 1 1
Willie Brooks 47 22 0 1
Teddy Romero 1 1 0 0
Jeff Diaz 0 3 0 0
Mark Fields 0 1 0 0
Dennis Hernandez 0 1 0 0
Nicholas Wittrock 4 3 0 1
Kevin Smith 1 0 0 0
Eugene Snoddy 1 4 0 1
Roderick Vanbrunt 2 3 0 1
Kevin Migues 0 1 0 0
Dustin Diamond 0 1 0 0
Gene Ingram 2 2 0 0
Edward Standley 1 2 0 0
Norman Shaw 0 8 0 0
Rex Hawkins 0 6 0 0
Robert Ruiz 10 9 0 0
Thomas Waldon 9 7 0 0
James Wise 0 10 0 2
Paul Bieker 18 14 0 0
James Brough 3 17 0 1
Milton Wood 1 6 0 0
Richard Tom 46 23 0 3
Juan Webb 0 2 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Bruce 28 43 0 4
Francis Cipriani 0 1 0 0
Rick Finke 0 1 0 0
William Augustine 0 1 0 1
Willie Lawhon 0 1 0 0
Christian Donahue 0 2 0 0
James Alonzo 0 1 0 0
Duane Stokes 3 1 0 0
Jason Hinkle 0 2 0 0
Thomas Davila 0 1 0 1
Mark Lambert 4 0 0 0
Tim Horton 1 8 0 1
Stephen Fontenot 0 1 0 0
Ricky Cox 0 1 0 0
Donald Guo 0 2 0 0
Willie Kim 0 1 0 0
Chris Elmore 0 1 0 0
Willie Howland 0 24 0 1
Russell Cox 36 47 0 2
Roger Starnes 0 24 0 0
James Sims 28 43 0 1
Tyler Waller 28 45 0 0
Howard Aguirre 0 18 0 1
Walter Bowser 15 34 0 4
Amos Griffiths 28 45 0 7
Val Smith 7 28 0 1
Kerry Sheridan 0 2 0 0
Jonathan Sullivan 8 16 0 3
John Stlouis 10 4 0 0
Seth Brown 6 1 0 0
James Nash 8 11 0 0
Arthur Grant 7 0 0 0
Myron Klein 9 3 0 0
Ernest Wiley 0 3 0 0

Interception Stats

Southern California Sun

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Willie Lawhon 1 2 2.00 0
Willie Kim 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Nicholas Wittrock 1 0 0 0
Willie Brooks 0 1 0 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Francis Cipriani 0 0 1 0

Punting

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Hoxie 9 392 43.56 41.78 51 3

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dwain Yu 6 294 49.00 43.83 62 2

Kicking

Southern California Sun

Memphis Showboats

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

Punt Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Wise 1 6 6.0 6 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tim Horton 3 19 6.3 9 0

Kick Return

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Wise 2 65 32.5 0

Memphis Showboats

Defensive Stats

Southern California Sun

Name Tackles Sacks
Jose Taylor 9 0
Edward Thompson 6 0
Eugene Snoddy 6 0
Eddie Cavin 5 0
Roderick Vanbrunt 5 0
Edward Standley 4 0
Robert Harvard 4 0
Dustin Diamond 3 0
Harvey Meyer 3 0
Ricky McLean 3 0
Jeff Diaz 2 0
William Waggoner 2 0
Tim Daniels 1 0
Norman Shaw 1 0
Dennis Hernandez 1 0
Scott Garnett 1 0
Martin Mendez 1 0
James Brough 1 0

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Larry Anderson 7 0
Donald Guo 7 0
Chris Elmore 6 0
Francis Cipriani 4 0
Ricky Cox 2 1
Seth Brown 2 1
Rick Finke 2 0
William Augustine 2 0
Chad Kroeger 2 0
Brett Edward 1 1
Paul Gordon 1 0
Marshall Brewer 1 0
Willie Lawhon 1 0
Stephen Fontenot 1 1
Edward Morrison 1 0
Chris Goings 1 0
James Alonzo 1 0