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Week 9: Oakland Invaders at Memphis Showboats

October 31, 1976
63°
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) Attendance: 42,396 (68%)
Invaders 3 6 0 0 - 9
Showboats 3 6 3 0 - 12

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Invaders: 4-3-MEM 25 (10:23) 19-Lester Reed 43 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 0 OAK 3
(Qtr 1) Showboats: 4-1-OAK 2 (6:47) 1-Chris Farrel 19 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 OAK 3
(Qtr 2) Invaders: 4-2-MEM 31 (5:25) 19-Lester Reed 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 3 OAK 6
(Qtr 2) Showboats: 2-3-OAK 3 (1:37) 25-Don Soto ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Invaders: 2-3-MEM 30 (0:05) 19-Lester Reed 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MEM 9 OAK 9
(Qtr 3) Showboats: 4-2-OAK 2 (9:12) 1-Chris Farrel 19 yard field goal is GOOD. OAK 65-Steven Martinez was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MEM 12 OAK 9

Team Statistics

Showboats Invaders
First Downs 15 20
- Rushing 3 3
- Passing 10 14
- Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 359 232
- Offensive Plays 68 71
- Yards Per Play 5.28 3.27
Net Rushing Yards 101 66
- Rushing Attempts 31 18
- Yards Per Rush 3.26 3.67
Net Passing Yards 258 166
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 19 / 1 43 / 23 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 272 230
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 14 10 / 64
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.97 3.13
- Yards Per Completion 14.32 10.00
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 5 / 4
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 60 2 / 18
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 7 3 / 25
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 34
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 1 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 28
Time of Possession 31:02 28:59

Drive Charts

Memphis Showboats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:49 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 10:20 3:36 OWN 25 9 73 Field Goal
1 6:40 2:06 OPP 14 3 5 Missed FG
1 3:41 3:36 OPP 43 6 22 Interception
2 13:37 2:03 OWN 39 3 -1 Punt
2 10:16 1:28 OPP 24 3 3 Missed FG
2 5:21 1:33 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 2:24 0:51 OWN 28 6 72 Touchdown
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 2 30 Half
3 12:33 3:24 OWN 44 7 54 Field Goal
3 5:35 1:37 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
3 2:31 2:22 OWN 27 7 34 Missed FG
4 13:47 3:17 OWN 20 6 23 Punt
4 4:04 1:50 OWN 3 3 5 Punt
4 1:42 1:29 OWN 16 4 19 Punt

Oakland Invaders

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:11 2:51 OWN 49 6 26 Field Goal
1 6:44 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
1 4:34 0:53 OWN 20 4 28 Fumble
1 0:05 1:28 OWN 12 3 -2 Punt
2 11:34 1:17 OWN 21 3 5 Fumble
2 8:49 3:27 OWN 29 7 41 Field Goal
2 3:49 1:24 OWN 28 3 3 Punt
2 1:34 1:33 OWN 25 6 44 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:27 OWN 25 5 35 Fumble
3 9:09 3:35 OWN 25 5 22 Punt
3 3:58 1:27 OWN 35 3 -8 Punt
3 0:09 1:22 OWN 46 6 10 Punt
4 10:30 6:26 OWN 10 13 68 Interception
4 2:14 0:32 OWN 48 5 24 Interception
4 0:13 0:13 OWN 21 1 -7 Game

Rushing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gregory Shea 20 71 3.55 20 3 0
Don Soto 8 28 3.50 9 0 1
Davis Kidd 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Joseph Cantwell 1 0 0.00 - 0 0
John Marshall 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

Oakland Invaders

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Curtis 13 36 2.77 11 1 0
Jason Brooks 5 30 6.00 21 2 0

Passing Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joseph Cantwell 35 19 272 2 / 14 0 50 1 67.80

Oakland Invaders

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jacob Ellis 40 22 213 9 / 57 0 18 1 59.69
Les Lacy 3 1 17 1 / 7 0 17 1 13.89

Receiving Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ernest McNeill 3 65 21.67 50 0
Robert Herrera 6 61 10.17 16 0
Jerome Wheeler 3 58 19.33 21 0
Gerard Hall 4 55 13.75 26 0
James Dennis 1 21 21.00 21 0
Davis Kidd 1 8 8.00 8 0
Gregory Shea 1 4 4.00 4 0

Oakland Invaders

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Albert Smith 8 106 13.25 18 0
Jason Brooks 2 29 14.50 15 0
William Guerro 2 27 13.50 17 0
Jonathan Brennan 2 24 12.00 17 0
David Lemasters 4 23 5.75 14 0
Christopher Curtis 1 10 10.00 10 0
Anthony Tanaka 1 10 10.00 10 0
Robert Buenrostro 1 5 5.00 5 0
Micheal Sutton 1 3 3.00 3 0
Christian Martens 1 -7 -7.00 -7 0

Blocking Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Rodney Towell 48 35 1 2
Gregory Shea 5 6 0 1
John Biggs 6 2 0 0
Adam Kerr 0 1 0 0
James Dennis 0 1 0 0
Edward Kohan 2 1 0 0
Douglas Banda 2 1 0 1
John Marshall 1 11 0 2
Martin McMeans 0 2 0 0
Paul Bounds 0 1 0 0
Donald John 0 1 0 0
Ronald Shull 0 3 0 0
Robert Miller 6 0 0 0
Don Soto 2 2 0 1
Graig Chamlee 1 14 0 0
Jeremy Contreras 51 31 0 2
Jerome Wheeler 0 3 0 0
Christopher Lopez 13 1 0 0
Nathan Branch 13 3 0 1
Gerard Hall 0 11 0 0
Davis Kidd 20 23 0 2
Robert Herrera 0 13 0 1
Ernest McNeill 4 28 0 5
Ronald Sapp 51 44 0 0
Lloyd Ford 50 27 0 2
Robert Tudor 51 41 0 1
Ralph Villareal 0 1 0 0

Oakland Invaders

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kenneth Miller 48 27 2 5
Rick Brun 56 29 2 0
Mark Lucia 47 19 2 4
Frank Eddins 49 26 1 0
Steve Hernandez 57 22 1 2
Justin Kennedy 6 2 1 2
William Guerro 1 0 0 0
Jason Brooks 3 0 0 0
Robert Carrion 0 2 0 0
David Correa 9 6 0 0
David Monroe 3 0 0 0
Bruce Rivera 4 3 0 0
Jody Carter 3 0 0 0
Shawn Arzola 0 1 0 0
Steven Martinez 3 3 0 0
Antonio Ramos 4 2 0 0
Franklin Johnson 8 2 0 0
Micheal Sutton 17 23 0 0
Christopher Curtis 9 3 0 0
Robert Buenrostro 6 10 0 0
Anthony Tanaka 0 11 0 0
David Lemasters 0 18 0 1
Jonathan Brennan 0 11 0 1
Albert Smith 0 18 0 0
Christian Martens 15 10 0 1
Joseph Washington 14 3 0 0
Scotty Gray 4 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Juan Bacote 2 1 0.50 0

Oakland Invaders

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Edward Alston 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Memphis Showboats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Biggs 0 2 3 0
Ronald Shull 0 1 1 0
Martin McMeans 0 1 0 0
Donald John 0 0 1 0

Oakland Invaders

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jacob Ellis 3 0 0 0
Les Lacy 1 0 0 0
Albert Smith 1 0 0 0
Jonathan Brennan 0 1 0 0

Punting

Memphis Showboats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Matthew Robbins 7 303 43.29 40.14 55 1

Oakland Invaders

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Cody Carlin 5 241 48.20 38.80 53 0

Kicking

Memphis Showboats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Chris Farrel 2 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 1 19 0 / 1

Oakland Invaders

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lester Reed 3 / 3 3 / 3 0 / 0 49 0 / 0

Punt Return

Memphis Showboats

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gerard Hall 2 7 3.5 4 0

Oakland Invaders

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Curtis 3 25 8.3 11 0

Kick Return

Memphis Showboats

Oakland Invaders

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Curtis 1 34 34.0 0

Defensive Stats