1984 Memphis Showboats Roster
United States Football League (USFL)
Team Record: 7-11
Finishing 4th in the USFL's South Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Pepper Rodgers (7-11)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 248,388, Avg. 27,599 in 9 home dates
1984 Memphis Showboats StatisticsTeam Record: 7-11
Finishing 4th in the USFL's South Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Pepper Rodgers (7-11)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 248,388, Avg. 27,599 in 9 home dates
1984 Memphis Showboats Results
The Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 7 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the USFL's South Division of the Eastern Conference.
The Showboats scored 320 points, but the defensive squad yielded 455. Walter Lewis passed for 1,862 yards, and Mike Kelley spent time under center, too. Derrick Crawford paced all receivers, snagging 61 passes for 703 yards, while Gary Shirk and Cormac Carney contributed to the receiving game as well.
Alan Reid carried the ball for a team-best 723 yards for Memphis, while Walter Lewis also contributed to the rushing attack.
Mike Thomas picked off 5 opponent throws. Reggie White topped pass rushers with 12 quarterback sacks.
Pepper Rodgers coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | Steve Bearden | DE/LB | January 28, 1962 | 6'4" | 240 | Vanderbilt | Selma, AL | 18 | 3 |
| 8 | Barney Bussey | S/CB | May 20, 1962 | 6'0" | 215 | South Carolina St. | Lincolnton, GA USA | 6 | 5 |
| 83 | Cormac Carney | WR | May 6, 1959 | 5'11" | 200 | UCLA | Detroit, MI | 18 | 17 |
| 74 | Calvin Clark | DE/DT | March 8, 1959 | 6'4" | 260 | Purdue | Atlanta, GA | 18 | 15 |
| 81 | Martin Cox | WR | August 12, 1956 | 6'0" | 180 | Vanderbilt | Mullins, SC | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Derrick Crawford | WR | September 3, 1960 | 5'10" | 185 | Memphis | Memphis, TN USA | 18 | 18 |
| 65 | Brian Dalatri | C | May 29, 1960 | 6'2" | 260 | Louisiana Tech | Suffern, NY | 4 | |
| 22 | Kim Dameron | WR/DB | November 7, 1960 | 5'9" | 171 | Arkansas | Hot Springs, AR | 18 | 0 |
| 59 | Steve Doolittle | LB | January 5, 1959 | 6'3" | 235 | Colorado | Kansas City, KS | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | Alan Duncan | K | November 13, 1938 | 5'9" | 189 | Tennessee | 18 | 0 | |
| 79 | Greg Fairchild | T/G | March 10, 1954 | 6'4" | 258 | Tulsa | St. Louis, MO USA | 5 | 5 |
| 48 | Mickey Fitzgerald | RB | April 10, 1958 | 6'2" | 235 | Virginia Tech | Lynchburg, VA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 80 | Leonard Floyd | WR | June 13, 1961 | 5'11" | 177 | Tennessee State | |||
| 33 | Glenn Ford | RB | June 30, 1960 | 6'1" | 200 | Lenoir-Rhyne | Greensboro, NC | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | John Fourcade | QB | October 11, 1960 | 6'1" | 208 | Mississippi | Gretna, LA USA | ||
| 70 | Charles Gillespie | G | November 17, 1958 | 6'4" | 295 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 | |
| 55 | Mike Grant | LB | November 3, 1959 | 6'1" | 225 | East Carolina | Charleston, SC | 13 | 0 |
| 20 | Tim Groves | S | February 18, 1959 | 6'1" | 210 | Florida | Sumter, SC | 8 | 0 |
| 66 | Carlton Gunn | DE/DT | August 12, 1960 | 6'2" | 305 | Carson-Newman | Tampa, FL | 11 | 9 |
| 54 | Steve Hammond | LB | February 25, 1960 | 6'4" | 225 | Wake Forest | Hartford, CT USA | 18 | 18 |
| 88 | Van Heflin | TE | April 4, 1959 | 6'3" | 235 | Vanderbilt | Atlanta, GA | 17 | 1 |
| 75 | Myke Horton | G | July 17, 1953 | 6'3" | 258 | UCLA | Yakima, WA | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Bryan Howard | DB | March 6, 1959 | 6'0" | 200 | Tennessee St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 15 | 9 |
| 57 | Lemont Jeffers | LB | April 15, 1960 | 6'3" | 220 | Tennessee | Newport, VA | 18 | 17 |
| 7 | Ken Johnson | QB | January 5, 1951 | 6'2" | 205 | Colorado | Lansing, MI | 6 | 0 |
| 76 | Kurt Jonker | T | January 21, 1957 | 6'5" | 270 | Augustana (SD) | Pella, IA | 4 | 2 |
| 85 | Anthony Jordan | WR | October 19, 1962 | 6'0" | 186 | Memphis State | Laurel, MS | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Mike Kelley | QB | December 31, 1959 | 6'3" | 195 | Georgia Tech | Sonora, CA USA | 5 | 5 |
| 53 | Doug Krahenbuhl | LB | December 25, 1959 | 6'1" | 230 | Colorado | 9 | 0 | |
| 50 | Art Kuehn | C | February 12, 1953 | 6'3" | 257 | San Jose St. | Victoria, BC Canada | 18 | 18 |
| 10 | Walter Lewis | QB | April 26, 1962 | 6'1" | 209 | Alabama | Brewton, AL | 13 | 13 |
| 31 | Terry Love | S | August 25, 1958 | 6'2" | 205 | Murray St. | Forrest City, AR USA | 18 | 14 |
| Herbert Lowe | LB | June 1, 1961 | 6'1" | 215 | Northern Alabama | ||||
| 27 | Doran Major | S | May 20, 1961 | 5'10" | 180 | Memphis State | Honolulu, HI | 16 | 5 |
| 22 | Randy McCue | S | March 27, 1961 | 6'1" | 188 | Eastern Illinois | 7 | 2 | |
| 73 | Phil McKinnely | T | July 8, 1954 | 6'4" | 248 | UCLA | Oakland, CA USA | 17 | 17 |
| 43 | Terdell Middleton | RB | April 8, 1955 | 6'0" | 198 | Memphis | Memphis, TN USA | 6 | 0 |
| 62 | Ron Mikolajczyk | T/G | June 2, 1950 | 6'3" | 275 | Marshall | Passaic, NJ USA | 9 | 9 |
| 23 | Vic Minor | S | November 28, 1958 | 6'0" | 198 | La-Monroe | Shreveport, LA USA | 16 | 12 |
| Bill Myatt | QB | January 4, 1960 | 6'3" | 210 | Hayward State | ||||
| Bob Norris | G | November 13, 1960 | 6'5" | 272 | Iowa Central CC/Eastern Illinois | Pittsfield, IL | |||
| 25 | Anthony Parker | RB | April 2, 1961 | 6'0" | 210 | Memphis State | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Rick Partridge | P | August 26, 1957 | 6'1" | 175 | Utah | Orange, CA USA | 18 | 0 |
| 21 | Jairo Penaranda | RB | June 15, 1958 | 5'11" | 217 | UCLA | Barranquilla, Colombia | 8 | 4 |
| 19 | Carlton Peoples | DB | November 9, 1960 | 6'0" | 195 | Tennessee | Memphis, TN | 9 | 7 |
| Joel Peters | DE/DT | March 12, 1957 | 6'5" | 275 | Arizona State | Sioux City, IA | |||
| 72 | Larry Pfohl | T/G | June 2, 1958 | 6'3" | 270 | Miami | Buffalo, NY | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Dwayne Pittman | RB | October 27, 1960 | 5'11" | 200 | Arkansas State | 2 | 0 | |
| 40 | Cornelius Quarles | RB | July 7, 1959 | 6'0" | 220 | Howard | Richmond, VA | 17 | 14 |
| 34 | Alan Reid | RB | September 6, 1960 | 5'8" | 190 | TCU | Wurzburg, Germany | 17 | 17 |
| 64 | Greg Roberts | G | January 19, 1956 | 6'3" | 260 | Oklahoma | Nacogdoches, TX USA | 13 | 7 |
| 51 | Bill Roe | LB/DT | February 6, 1958 | 6'3" | 233 | Colorado | South Bend, IN USA | 9 | 8 |
| 82 | Reggie Sandilands | WR | August 30, 1962 | 5'10" | 180 | Bethune-Cookman | Miami, FL | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Sebro | C | March 9, 1959 | 6'3" | 260 | Colorado | ||||
| 87 | Gary Shirk | TE | February 23, 1950 | 6'1" | 220 | Morehead St. | Marysville, OH USA | 18 | 18 |
| 56 | Rod Shoate | LB | April 26, 1953 | 6'1" | 214 | Oklahoma | Spiro, OK USA | 14 | 13 |
| 84 | Frank Smith | TE | February 9, 1961 | 6'2" | 220 | Memphis State | Winona, MS | 8 | 0 |
| 61 | Ken Smith | G | October 16, 1960 | 6'2" | 285 | Evansville | Indianapolis, IN USA | 18 | 17 |
| 32 | James Stewart | CB | June 28, 1957 | 6'0" | 194 | Memphis State | Memphis, TN | 4 | 3 |
| 28 | Derrick Taylor | CB | January 29, 1960 | 6'0" | 187 | Purdue | |||
| 49 | Mike Thomas | CB | April 6, 1957 | 6'0" | 175 | Tennessee State | Lynchburg, VA | 11 | |
| 77 | Ken Times | DT/DE | January 1, 1956 | 6'2" | 246 | Southern | Deerfield Beach, FL USA | 4 | 2 |
| James Tolbert | RB | December 2, 1959 | 5'11" | 210 | Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | |||
| 93 | Jimmy Walker | DT/DE | December 30, 1956 | 6'2" | 265 | Arkansas | Camden, AR USA | ||
| 92 | Reggie White | DE/DT | December 19, 1961 | 6'5" | 291 | Tennessee | Chattanooga, TN USA | 16 | 16 |
| 44 | Billy White | RB | January 3, 1959 | 5'11" | 190 | Southeast Missouri St. | St. Louis, MO | ||
| 52 | Mike Whittington | LB | August 9, 1958 | 6'2" | 220 | Notre Dame | Miami, FL USA | 12 | |
| 63 | Brett Williams | DE/DT/LB | May 23, 1958 | 6'3" | 260 | Austin Peay | Norfolk, VA | 14 | |
| Leon Williams | CB | March 23, 1959 | 5'10" | 180 | Louisville | Tampa, FL | |||
| 29 | Leonard Williams | RB/WR | June 27, 1960 | 6'0" | 205 | West. Carolina | Man, WV USA | 12 | |
| 98 | Ricky Williamson | DE | July 26, 1960 | 6'4" | 240 | Mars Hill | Reidsville, NC | ||
| 30 | Lee Wilson | CB | July 19, 1959 | 5'9" | 182 | San Diego State | Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 58 | Willis Yates | LB | December 15, 1959 | 6'1" | 220 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | 15 | |
| Mark Young | DB | June 5, 1960 | 5'11" | 182 | Morgan State | Washington, DC |
