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Wild Card: Denver Gold at Memphis Showboats

December 28, 1997
34°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) 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

Memphis 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

Denver 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

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Steve Ransome 19 68 3.58 10 1 0
Matthew Royster 3 12 4.00 10 1 0
Erik McNamee 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Denver Gold

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Erik Younker 6 20 3.33 12 1 0
Jerry Murphy 11 8 0.73 7 0 0
Peter White 3 6 2.00 3 0 0
Brian Turner 1 4 4.00 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Erik McNamee 41 26 164 2 / 16 1 27 0 79.73

Denver Gold

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Andrew Brewer 42 23 130 3 / 28 0 20 2 40.77

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Ballard 4 42 10.50 26 0
Wayne Ross 5 38 7.60 13 0
Richard Harris 4 34 8.50 27 0
Steve Ransome 7 32 4.57 10 0
Paul Davis 3 10 3.33 8 0
Jeremy Wheatley 1 10 10.00 10 1
Robert Richey 2 -2 -1.00 2 0

Denver Gold

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Calvin Hoffman 5 29 5.80 7 0
Gary Cortez 4 24 6.00 11 0
Brian Turner 3 23 7.67 20 0
Peter White 3 16 5.33 8 0
Antonio Calvo 4 16 4.00 6 0
Steven Riley 1 14 14.00 14 0
Erik Younker 2 7 3.50 6 0
Jerry Murphy 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Brooks 40 32 1 2
William Wunsch 52 34 1 1
Amos Griffiths 55 32 0 1
John Pursel 0 1 0 0
Robert Alexander 0 2 0 1
Jeremy Wheatley 0 1 0 0
Matthew Royster 5 4 0 0
Ryan Draper 0 2 0 1
Vincent Hernandez 0 3 0 1
Douglas Anchondo 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Athey 0 1 0 0
Dennis Torres 0 1 0 0
Jerry Hyder 0 3 0 0
Eric Taft 0 4 0 0
Kenneth Bennett 9 2 0 0
Nicholas Porter 0 3 0 0
Michael Brown 0 3 0 0
Jose Fox 0 4 0 1
Rick Denton 17 2 0 0
Richard Boyd 15 0 0 0
Arthur Cox 6 0 0 0
Keith Lamoreaux 5 4 0 1
Mark Littlejohn 15 10 0 0
Wayne Ross 0 23 0 2
Robert Richey 16 14 0 0
Richard Harris 0 9 0 0
Jonathon Jordan 58 28 0 2
Paul Davis 0 16 0 1
Ryan Beall 57 31 0 1
Steve Ransome 10 5 0 0
Thomas Ballard 0 17 0 0
Wade Whittaker 0 1 0 0

Denver Gold

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jason Moore 45 32 2 2
Steve Aguilar 57 30 0 0
Richard Garcia 0 1 0 0
Josiah Stiefel 0 1 0 0
Osvaldo Bradley 2 0 0 0
William Allen 0 2 0 0
Antonio Calvo 0 6 0 1
Brian Turner 6 1 0 0
Gary Cortez 0 11 0 0
Jerry Murphy 16 2 0 0
Tony Crabtree 0 3 0 0
Wilson Stanley 0 1 0 0
Gerald Jones 0 1 0 0
James Butts 0 2 0 0
Herbert Patterson 0 1 0 0
Archie Baker 0 1 0 0
Justin Fast 50 26 0 2
Richard Smith 0 1 0 0
Joshua Woodruff 0 1 0 0
Rafael Powers 5 2 0 0
Henry Cozart 12 0 0 0
John Slack 11 1 0 0
Bobby Olsen 56 25 0 0
Steven Riley 0 11 0 0
Robert Reynolds 57 35 0 1
Erik Younker 7 6 0 0
Calvin Hoffman 16 18 0 3
Peter White 21 15 0 0
Glen Silvas 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Mims 1 0 0.00 0
Dennis Torres 1 -2 -2.00 0

Denver Gold

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Erik McNamee 1 0 0 0
Michael Brown 0 1 0 0
Dennis Torres 0 0 1 0
Douglas Anchondo 0 0 1 0

Denver Gold

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jerry Murphy 2 0 0 0
Henry Massie 0 1 1 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Phillip Patterson 10 485 48.50 43.60 52 4

Denver Gold

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Henry Vogt 11 526 47.82 41.27 52 3

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Ridgeway 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Denver Gold

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Deacon 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 0 / 0

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gordon Janes 3 53 17.7 29 0

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Richard Smith 4 31 7.8 11 0

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Denver Gold

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Brian Turner 1 35 35.0 0

Defensive Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Tackles Sacks
Michael Brown 9 0
Douglas Anchondo 8 1
Vincent Hernandez 6 0
Richard Mims 5 0
Keith Lamoreaux 4 0
Jose Fox 4 0
Dennis Torres 4 0
Mark Littlejohn 2 0
Stephen Ramsey 2 0
Eric Taft 1 1
Robert Alexander 1 0
Erik McNamee 1 0
Jimmy Athey 1 0
Cornell Johnston 1 0
Jerry Hyder 1 0
Gary Ridgeway 1 0
Wade Whittaker 1 1

Denver Gold

Name Tackles Sacks
Joshua Woodruff 8 0
James Butts 7 0
Bill Conlan 6 0
Herbert Patterson 5 0
Gerald Jones 4 0
Rafael Powers 4 0
Billy Muncy 4 0
Josiah Stiefel 3 0
Richard Smith 3 0
Henry Massie 3 1
Richard Garcia 2 0
Steve Aguilar 1 0
Calvin Hoffman 1 0
Steven Riley 1 0
Robert Reynolds 1 0
Curt Hoffmann 1 1