Wild Card: Gold at Showboats
December 28, 1997 34° Liberty Bowl
Attendance: 62,319 (100%)
Gold 0 0 0 3 - 3
Showboats 6 3 3 7 - 19
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-7-DEN 25 (9:15) 5-Gary Ridgeway 43 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 DEN 0
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-3-DEN 16 (5:22) 5-Gary Ridgeway 34 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 6 DEN 0
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 4-8-DEN 18 (7:14) 5-Gary Ridgeway 36 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 9 DEN 0
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-9-DEN 33 (1:31) 5-Gary Ridgeway 52 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 12 DEN 0
(Qtr 4) Showboats: 1-10-DEN 10 (9:15) 24-Erik McNamee pass complete to 11-Jeremy Wheatley for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Gary Ridgeway. MEM 19 DEN 0
(Qtr 4) Gold: 4-5-MEM 28 (4:29) 9-Robert Deacon 45 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 19 DEN 3
Team Statistics
Showboats Gold
First Downs 10 7
- Rushing 3 1
- Passing 7 5
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 228 140
- Offensive Plays 67 66
- Yards Per Play 3.40 2.12
Net Rushing Yards 80 38
- Rushing Attempts 24 21
- Yards Per Rush 3.33 1.81
Net Passing Yards 148 102
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 26 / 0 42 / 23 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 164 130
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 16 3 / 28
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.44 2.27
- Yards Per Completion 6.31 5.65
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 17 2 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 3
Penalties/Yards 2 / 16 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 53 4 / 31
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 35
Int Returns/Yards 2 / -2 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 26
Time of Possession 32:30 27:30
Drive Charts
Showboats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:34 OWN 25 4 20 Punt
1 11:57 2:46 OPP 46 6 21 Field Goal
1 6:53 1:34 OPP 34 4 18 Field Goal
1 1:49 2:41 OWN 16 5 17 Punt
2 12:41 2:45 OWN 27 5 19 Punt
2 8:39 1:28 OPP 20 3 2 Field Goal
2 5:08 2:06 OWN 31 3 9 Punt
2 1:51 1:29 OWN 35 6 16 Punt
3 12:37 1:28 OWN 4 3 1 Punt
3 9:41 5:11 OWN 20 7 31 Punt
3 3:12 1:45 OPP 34 3 1 Field Goal
3 0:00 1:33 OWN 29 3 5 Punt
4 11:17 2:06 OWN 35 5 65 Touchdown
4 8:29 1:50 OWN 13 3 7 Punt
4 6:18 0:42 OWN 42 2 2 Fumble
4 4:25 0:47 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
4 0:45 0:45 OWN 30 2 -1 Game
Gold
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:26 1:28 OWN 9 3 -3 Punt
1 9:11 2:18 OWN 29 5 12 Fumble
1 5:19 3:30 OWN 25 6 18 Punt
2 14:08 1:27 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 9:56 1:18 OWN 14 3 -2 Interception
2 7:11 2:02 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 3:02 1:12 OWN 8 3 9 Punt
2 0:21 0:21 OWN 3 1 1 Half
3 15:00 2:23 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
3 11:09 1:28 OWN 45 3 6 Punt
3 4:31 1:19 OWN 20 3 3 Interception
3 1:27 1:27 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 13:27 2:10 OWN 27 3 -7 Punt
4 9:11 0:42 OWN 25 3 13 Punt
4 6:39 0:22 OWN 38 3 0 Punt
4 5:36 1:10 OPP 32 3 5 Field Goal
4 3:38 2:53 OWN 35 13 35 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#27 Steve Ransome 19 68 3.58 10 1 0
#26 Matthew Royster 3 12 4.00 10 1 0
#3 Erik McNamee 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Gold
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#2 Erik Younker 6 20 3.33 12 1 0
#34 Jerry Murphy 11 8 0.73 7 0 0
#23 Peter White 3 6 2.00 3 0 0
#37 Brian Turner 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Passing Stats
Showboats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Erik McNamee 41 26 164 2 / 16 1 27 0 79.73
Gold
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Andrew Brewer 42 23 130 3 / 28 0 20 2 40.77
Receiving Stats
Showboats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 Thomas Ballard 4 42 10.50 26 0
#85 Wayne Ross 5 38 7.60 13 0
#80 Richard Harris 4 34 8.50 27 0
#27 Steve Ransome 7 32 4.57 10 0
#86 Paul Davis 3 10 3.33 8 0
#26 Jeremy Wheatley 1 10 10.00 10 1
#37 Robert Richey 2 -2 -1.00 2 0
Gold
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#67 Calvin Hoffman 5 29 5.80 7 0
#16 Gary Cortez 4 24 6.00 11 0
#37 Brian Turner 3 23 7.67 20 0
#23 Peter White 3 16 5.33 8 0
#13 Antonio Calvo 4 16 4.00 6 0
#84 Steven Riley 1 14 14.00 14 0
#2 Erik Younker 2 7 3.50 6 0
#34 Jerry Murphy 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Showboats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#77 William Wunsch 52 34 1 1
#79 Robert Brooks 40 32 1 2
#51 Amos Griffiths 55 32 0 1
#14 Thomas Ballard 0 17 0 0
#27 Steve Ransome 10 5 0 0
#77 Ryan Beall 57 31 0 1
#86 Paul Davis 0 16 0 1
#74 Jonathon Jordan 58 28 0 2
#80 Richard Harris 0 9 0 0
#37 Robert Richey 16 14 0 0
#85 Wayne Ross 0 23 0 2
#82 Mark Littlejohn 15 10 0 0
#20 Keith Lamoreaux 5 4 0 1
#65 Arthur Cox 6 0 0 0
#66 Richard Boyd 15 0 0 0
#65 Rick Denton 17 2 0 0
#54 Michael Brown 0 3 0 0
#90 Jose Fox 0 4 0 1
#51 Nicholas Porter 0 3 0 0
#72 Kenneth Bennett 9 2 0 0
#79 Eric Taft 0 4 0 0
#53 Jerry Hyder 0 3 0 0
#21 Dennis Torres 0 1 0 0
#60 Jimmy Athey 0 1 0 0
#52 Douglas Anchondo 0 1 0 0
#46 Vincent Hernandez 0 3 0 1
#97 Ryan Draper 0 2 0 1
#26 Matthew Royster 5 4 0 0
#26 Jeremy Wheatley 0 1 0 0
#35 Robert Alexander 0 2 0 1
#92 John Pursel 0 1 0 0
#96 Wade Whittaker 0 1 0 0
Gold
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#52 Jason Moore 45 32 2 2
#66 Steve Aguilar 57 30 0 0
#67 Justin Fast 50 26 0 2
#23 Peter White 21 15 0 0
#67 Calvin Hoffman 16 18 0 3
#2 Erik Younker 7 6 0 0
#79 Robert Reynolds 57 35 0 1
#84 Steven Riley 0 11 0 0
#64 Bobby Olsen 56 25 0 0
#70 John Slack 11 1 0 0
#62 Henry Cozart 12 0 0 0
#58 Rafael Powers 5 2 0 0
#26 Joshua Woodruff 0 1 0 0
#22 Richard Smith 0 1 0 0
#50 Herbert Patterson 0 1 0 0
#93 Archie Baker 0 1 0 0
#31 Richard Garcia 0 1 0 0
#24 James Butts 0 2 0 0
#21 Gerald Jones 0 1 0 0
#33 Wilson Stanley 0 1 0 0
#51 Tony Crabtree 0 3 0 0
#34 Jerry Murphy 16 2 0 0
#16 Gary Cortez 0 11 0 0
#37 Brian Turner 6 1 0 0
#13 Antonio Calvo 0 6 0 1
#11 William Allen 0 2 0 0
#69 Osvaldo Bradley 2 0 0 0
#60 Josiah Stiefel 0 1 0 0
#77 Glen Silvas 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Showboats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#44 Richard Mims 1 0 0.00 0
#21 Dennis Torres 1 -2 -2.00 0
Gold
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Showboats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#3 Erik McNamee 1 0 0 0
#54 Michael Brown 0 1 0 0
#21 Dennis Torres 0 0 1 0
#52 Douglas Anchondo 0 0 1 0
Gold
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#34 Jerry Murphy 2 0 0 0
#52 Henry Massie 0 1 1 0
Punting
Showboats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#4 Phillip Patterson 10 485 48.50 43.60 52 4
Gold
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Henry Vogt 11 526 47.82 41.27 52 3
Kicking
Showboats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Gary Ridgeway 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 52 1 / 1
Gold
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#9 Robert Deacon 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 0 / 0
Punt Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 Gordon Janes 3 53 17.7 29 0
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#22 Richard Smith 4 31 7.8 11 0
Kick Return
Showboats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Gold
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#37 Brian Turner 1 35 35.0 0
Defensive Stats
Showboats
Name Tackles Sacks
#54 Michael Brown 9 0
#52 Douglas Anchondo 8 1
#46 Vincent Hernandez 6 0
#44 Richard Mims 5 0
#90 Jose Fox 4 0
#21 Dennis Torres 4 0
#20 Keith Lamoreaux 4 0
#82 Mark Littlejohn 2 0
#43 Stephen Ramsey 2 0
#7 Gary Ridgeway 1 0
#53 Jerry Hyder 1 0
#60 Jimmy Athey 1 0
#46 Cornell Johnston 1 0
#3 Erik McNamee 1 0
#35 Robert Alexander 1 0
#79 Eric Taft 1 1
#96 Wade Whittaker 1 1
Gold
Name Tackles Sacks
#26 Joshua Woodruff 8 0
#24 James Butts 7 0
#90 Bill Conlan 6 0
#50 Herbert Patterson 5 0
#21 Gerald Jones 4 0
#58 Rafael Powers 4 0
#46 Billy Muncy 4 0
#60 Josiah Stiefel 3 0
#22 Richard Smith 3 0
#52 Henry Massie 3 1
#31 Richard Garcia 2 0
#66 Steve Aguilar 1 0
#67 Calvin Hoffman 1 0
#84 Steven Riley 1 0
#79 Robert Reynolds 1 0
#54 Curt Hoffmann 1 1