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Week 16: Houston Gamblers at Memphis Showboats

December 16, 1990
57°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 59,480 (95%)
Gamblers 3 14 3 7 - 27
Showboats 7 17 6 3 - 33

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Showboats: 1-5-HOU 5 (8:36) 88-Eugene Bufkin ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 7 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 4-3-MEM 4 (4:59) 17-Vern McKinney 21 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 7 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-12-HOU 27 (14:58) 16-James Ewing 45 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 10 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-6-HOU 7 (3:30) 45-Ricardo Thomas ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 17 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-10-HOU 25 (3:27) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 81-Jett Black for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Vern McKinney. MEM 17 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-20-MEM 26 (2:25) 1-David Allen pass complete to 47-David Austin for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-James Ewing. MEM 24 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-1-MEM 1 (0:50) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 18-Anthony Fulks for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Vern McKinney. MEM 24 HOU 17
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-1-HOU 31 (8:30) 16-James Ewing 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 27 HOU 17
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-2-HOU 23 (6:57) 16-James Ewing 40 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 30 HOU 17
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-11-MEM 15 (1:58) 17-Vern McKinney 32 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 30 HOU 20
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 4-2-HOU 31 (5:57) 16-James Ewing 48 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 33 HOU 20
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-2-MEM 11 (2:47) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 80-Gabriel Ahrens for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Vern McKinney. MEM 33 HOU 27

Team Statistics

Showboats Gamblers
First Downs 19 16
- Rushing 8 2
- Passing 11 12
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 461 438
- Offensive Plays 73 62
- Yards Per Play 6.32 7.06
Net Rushing Yards 162 23
- Rushing Attempts 31 16
- Yards Per Rush 5.23 1.44
Net Passing Yards 299 415
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 25 / 2 45 / 32 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 299 425
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.12 9.02
- Yards Per Completion 11.96 13.28
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 15 1 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 10.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 3
Penalties/Yards 5 / 25 3 / 23
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 3 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 87 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 1 2 / 24
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 26
Time of Possession 34:11 25:50

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:07 3:34 OWN 20 9 80 Touchdown
1 4:57 5:03 OWN 20 9 53 Field Goal
2 13:31 2:09 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
2 9:10 1:30 OWN 46 3 8 Punt
2 6:06 2:40 OWN 47 5 53 Touchdown
2 3:15 1:02 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 1:08 0:06 OWN 23 1 0 Fumble
2 0:47 0:47 OWN 24 2 14 Half
3 15:00 2:59 OWN 25 6 15 Punt
3 10:32 2:07 OWN 44 4 25 Field Goal
3 8:20 1:27 OPP 31 3 8 Field Goal
3 4:04 1:28 OWN 15 4 14 Interception
3 1:54 4:07 OWN 25 8 47 Interception
4 10:45 1:24 OWN 23 3 10 Punt
4 7:55 2:02 OPP 39 3 8 Field Goal
4 2:44 0:57 OPP 43 3 0 Punt
4 0:49 0:49 OPP 22 2 0 Game

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:53 OWN 25 5 69 Interception
1 8:33 3:36 OWN 25 6 71 Field Goal
2 14:54 1:23 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 11:22 2:12 OWN 4 3 0 Punt
2 7:41 1:34 OWN 5 3 -2 Punt
2 3:26 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 2:14 1:06 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 1:02 0:15 OPP 39 3 39 Touchdown
3 12:01 1:29 OWN 15 3 -7 Punt
3 8:26 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
3 6:54 2:50 OWN 25 5 54 Interception
3 2:36 0:41 OPP 14 3 -1 Field Goal
4 12:47 2:02 OWN 28 3 1 Punt
4 9:21 1:26 OWN 18 3 15 Interception
4 5:53 3:09 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
4 1:47 0:58 OWN 6 5 18 Downs

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mark Lambert 16 89 5.56 21 4 0
Mark Glenn 8 33 4.13 19 2 0
Numbers Zielinski 2 17 8.50 9 0 0
Eugene Bufkin 2 16 8.00 11 1 1
Ricardo Thomas 1 7 7.00 7 0 1
David Allen 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ryan Dearing 12 29 2.42 9 0 0
Lloyd Ellis 4 -6 -1.50 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Allen 42 25 299 0 / 0 1 74 2 69.44

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 45 32 425 1 / 10 3 75 3 95.14

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Austin 2 88 44.00 74 1
Numbers Zielinski 5 61 12.20 27 0
Mark Lambert 6 41 6.83 11 0
Arthur Devore 3 34 11.33 19 0
Mark Glenn 3 26 8.67 15 0
Burt Johnston 2 25 12.50 25 0
Ricardo Thomas 2 18 9.00 18 0
Willie Howland 2 6 3.00 6 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jett Black 5 125 25.00 75 1
Anthony Fulks 8 110 13.75 44 1
Hugh Chance 6 103 17.17 32 0
Wesley Hull 4 54 13.50 21 0
Lloyd Ellis 1 12 12.00 12 0
Gabriel Ahrens 1 11 11.00 11 1
Ryan Dearing 5 7 1.40 4 0
James Nash 2 3 1.50 3 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Willie Lawhon 0 2 0 0
David Austin 0 19 0 1
Matthew Samson 0 1 0 0
Larry Anderson 0 1 0 0
Donald Guo 0 2 0 0
Kevin Roland 0 2 0 0
Gordon Wong 0 4 0 0
William Downing 1 1 0 0
Myron Klein 4 2 0 0
Eugene Bufkin 0 1 0 1
William Wunsch 0 5 0 1
Paul Gordon 0 4 0 0
Francis Cipriani 1 6 0 0
Anthony Clubb 12 2 0 0
Omar Jenkins 0 1 0 0
Numbers Zielinski 0 7 0 0
Mark Lambert 3 3 0 0
Sylvester Teal 0 2 0 0
David Dougan 47 36 0 1
William Augustine 0 2 0 2
Stephen Fontenot 0 1 0 0
James Sims 53 35 0 1
Cory Garcia 50 37 0 1
Tyler Waller 41 37 0 1
Amos Griffiths 50 42 0 2
Ricardo Thomas 18 12 0 0
Willie Howland 0 17 0 0
Burt Johnston 8 9 0 0
Arthur Devore 0 23 0 6
Val Smith 15 29 0 0
Russell Cox 11 7 0 0
Mark Glenn 4 9 0 2
Herbert McFarland 12 7 0 0
Chester Brown 0 1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Zachary Hinkson 46 26 1 3
Michael Mills 43 25 0 0
Jonathan Fenn 0 1 0 0
Philip King 0 1 0 0
Luis Torres 0 2 0 0
Michael Skaggs 0 1 0 0
Albert Bruner 0 1 0 0
William Russell 0 2 0 0
Paul Sabella 0 1 0 0
Edward Mayberry 0 1 0 0
Thomas Hutson 6 2 0 0
Larry Theberge 0 1 0 0
William Coppedge 0 1 0 0
Richard Simons 0 1 0 0
Irvin Balzer 0 1 0 0
Charles Wallace 0 1 0 0
Lloyd Ellis 1 2 0 0
James Nation 12 1 0 0
Andre Ochs 46 26 0 0
John Corbin 11 3 0 0
Mathew McNeil 12 0 0 0
Jorge Knox 10 4 0 0
Donald Turner 0 1 0 0
Gabriel Ahrens 0 3 0 0
Lonnie Mohr 1 0 0 0
Ryan Dearing 8 4 0 0
Wesley Hull 13 14 0 1
Hugh Chance 0 17 0 1
Jett Black 0 13 0 0
Anthony Fulks 0 10 0 1
James Nash 23 15 0 0
Robert Turner 56 30 0 0
Philip Johnson 49 26 0 0
Bruce Edwards 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Willie Lawhon 1 1 1.00 0
Matthew Samson 1 0 0.00 0
Edward Morrison 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Rogers 1 22 22.00 0
Edward Mayberry 1 2 2.00 0

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ricardo Thomas 1 0 0 0
Eugene Bufkin 1 0 0 0
Willie Lawhon 0 0 1 0
James Riker 0 1 0 0
Mark Lambert 0 1 0 0

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ryan Dearing 1 0 0 0
Thomas Snyder 0 0 1 0
Philip King 0 0 1 0
Edward Mayberry 0 1 0 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Richard Huber 5 222 44.40 44.40 51 5

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 6 294 49.00 48.67 52 0

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Ewing 4 / 4 4 / 4 0 / 0 49 3 / 3

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Vern McKinney 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 3 / 3

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Numbers Zielinski 1 3 3.0 3 0

Houston Gamblers

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Omar Jenkins 3 87 29.0 0

Houston Gamblers

Defensive Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
James Riker 7 0
William Augustine 7 0
Donald Guo 6 0
Matthew Samson 4 0
Larry Anderson 4 0
Gordon Wong 4 0
Edward Morrison 4 0
Willie Lawhon 3 0
Mark Lambert 2 0
Timothy Despres 1 0
Stephen Fontenot 1 0
David Dougan 1 0
Paul Gordon 1 0
Marshall Brewer 1 0
Kevin Roland 1 1

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Thomas Hutson 15 0
Philip King 6 0
John Rogers 6 0
Thomas Snyder 5 0
Edward Mayberry 4 0
Larry Theberge 4 0
Jonathan Fenn 2 0
Paul Sabella 2 0
Michael Skaggs 2 0
Albert Bruner 2 0
Richard Simons 2 0
Hugh Chance 2 0
Gabriel Ahrens 1 0
Irvin Balzer 1 0
Anthony Fulks 1 0
Wesley Hull 1 0
Alexander Morrison 1 0
William Russell 1 0