1985 Memphis Showboats Roster
United States Football League (USFL)
Team Record: 11-7
Finishing 3rd in the USFL's Eastern Conference
Lost Semifinal
Coach: Pepper Rodgers (11-7)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 278,473, Avg. 30,941 in 9 home dates
1985 Memphis Showboats StatisticsTeam Record: 11-7
Finishing 3rd in the USFL's Eastern Conference
Lost Semifinal
Coach: Pepper Rodgers (11-7)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 278,473, Avg. 30,941 in 9 home dates
1985 Memphis Showboats Results
The Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the USFL's Eastern Conference.
The Showboats ran up 429 points, while the solid defense conceded 337. Mike Kelley threw for 2,186 yards, and Walter Lewis played quarterback, too. Derrick Crawford snagged 70 passes, while Greg Moser accumulated 1,145 receiving yards.
Tim Spencer carried the ball for a team-best 789 yards for Memphis.
Don Bessillieu, Ron Osborne and Barney Bussey each intercepted 3 opponent throws. Reggie White topped the defensive unit with 11.5 quarterback sacks.
Pepper Rodgers coached the team. The 1985 Memphis Showboats lost in the Semifinal.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Dave Albright | LB | January 25, 1960 | 6'2" | 235 | San Jose State | Oakland, CA | ||
| 21 | John Arnaud | S/CB | June 4, 1961 | 6'0" | 185 | Iowa State | Fort Lewis, WA | ||
| 76 | John Banaszak | DE | August 24, 1950 | 6'3" | 242 | East. Michigan | Cleveland, OH USA | ||
| 99 | Steve Bearden | DE/LB | January 28, 1962 | 6'4" | 240 | Vanderbilt | Selma, AL | ||
| 47 | Don Bessillieu | S | May 4, 1956 | 6'1" | 200 | Georgia Tech | Fort Benning, GA USA | ||
| 73 | Russ Bolinger | T | September 10, 1954 | 6'5" | 255 | California-Riverside | Wichita, KS USA | 10 | |
| Scott Bolzan | T | July 25, 1962 | 6'3" | 280 | Northern Illinois | Chicago, IL | 2 | ||
| 80 | Gerald Bradley | WR | January 16, 1961 | 6'1" | 180 | Weber State | |||
| 52 | Mike Brewington | LB | December 4, 1957 | 6'3" | 225 | East Carolina | Greenville, NC | ||
| 81 | Preston Brown | WR | March 2, 1958 | 5'10" | 184 | Vanderbilt | Nashville, TN USA | ||
| Chuck Bushbeck | K | August 2, 1960 | 5'9" | East Carolina | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Barney Bussey | S/CB | May 20, 1962 | 6'0" | 215 | South Carolina St. | Lincolnton, GA USA | 17 | |
| 3 | Mossy Cade | C/G | December 26, 1961 | 6'1" | 197 | Texas | Casa Grande, AZ USA | 15 | 0 |
| 70 | John Canei | T/G | November 1, 1959 | 6'5" | 258 | Miami | Steubenville, OH | ||
| 90 | Sam Clancy | DE | May 29, 1958 | 6'7" | 288 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 18 | |
| 74 | Calvin Clark | DE/DT | March 8, 1959 | 6'4" | 260 | Purdue | Atlanta, GA | ||
| 58 | Will Cokeley | LB | December 6, 1960 | 6'2" | 220 | Kansas St. | Topeka, KS USA | 14 | |
| 31 | Leonard Coleman | CB | January 30, 1962 | 6'2" | 203 | Vanderbilt | Boynton Beach, FL USA | 18 | |
| Charles Cook | DT | May 13, 1959 | 6'3" | 255 | Miami (FL) | Gainesville, FL USA | |||
| 53 | John Corker | LB | December 29, 1958 | 6'5" | 240 | Oklahoma St. | Miami, FL USA | 17 | |
| 9 | Derrick Crawford | WR | September 3, 1960 | 5'10" | 185 | Memphis | Memphis, TN USA | 18 | |
| 7 | Alan Duncan | K | November 13, 1938 | 5'9" | 189 | Tennessee | 0 | ||
| 29 | Mike Fox | S/CB | October 26, 1959 | 5'11" | 180 | San Diego State | Fontana, CA | ||
| Greg Gerken | LB | April 30, 1959 | 6'4" | 230 | Northern Arizona | Denver, CO | |||
| 57 | Darryl Goodlow | LB | November 2, 1960 | 6'2" | 235 | Oklahoma | St. Louis, MO USA | ||
| David Graham | DT/DE | April 6, 1959 | 6'6" | 250 | Morehouse | Chicago, IL USA | |||
| 55 | Mike Grant | LB | November 3, 1959 | 6'1" | 225 | East Carolina | Charleston, SC | ||
| 11 | Bob Grupp | P | May 8, 1955 | 5'11" | 193 | Duke | Philadelphia, PA USA | ||
| 54 | Steve Hammond | LB | February 25, 1960 | 6'4" | 225 | Wake Forest | Hartford, CT USA | 17 | |
| 60 | Paul Hanna | DT | September 14, 1959 | 6'4" | 251 | Purdue | Lakewood, OH | 5 | |
| John Harper | LB | June 12, 1960 | 6'3" | 230 | Southern Illinois | Memphis, TN USA | |||
| 93 | Jay Hayes | DE | March 3, 1960 | 6'6" | 265 | Idaho | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 88 | Van Heflin | TE | April 4, 1959 | 6'3" | 235 | Vanderbilt | Atlanta, GA | ||
| Bryan Howard | DB | March 6, 1959 | 6'0" | 200 | Tennessee St. | New Orleans, LA USA | |||
| 19 | Gary Huff | QB | April 27, 1951 | 6'1" | 195 | Florida St. | Natchez, MS USA | ||
| 56 | Dave Huffman | G/C | April 4, 1957 | 6'6" | 280 | Notre Dame | Canton, OH USA | 18 | |
| 57 | Lemont Jeffers | LB | April 15, 1960 | 6'3" | 220 | Tennessee | Newport, VA | ||
| 12 | Mike Kelley | QB | December 31, 1959 | 6'3" | 195 | Georgia Tech | Sonora, CA USA | 13 | |
| 50 | Art Kuehn | C | February 12, 1953 | 6'3" | 257 | San Jose St. | Victoria, BC Canada | ||
| 10 | Walter Lewis | QB | April 26, 1962 | 6'1" | 209 | Alabama | Brewton, AL | 14 | |
| 27 | Doran Major | S | May 20, 1961 | 5'10" | 180 | Memphis State | Honolulu, HI | 17 | |
| 68 | Tyrone McGriff | G | January 13, 1958 | 6'0" | 270 | Florida A&M | Vero Beach, FL USA | ||
| 62 | Ron Mikolajczyk | T/G | June 2, 1950 | 6'3" | 275 | Marshall | Passaic, NJ USA | ||
| 1 | Jim Miller | P | July 5, 1957 | 5'11" | 183 | Mississippi | Ripley, MS USA | 0 | |
| 84 | Greg Moser | WR | May 5, 1960 | 6'0" | 185 | Oregon | Fort Collins, CO | ||
| 44 | Ron O'Neal | RB | March 16, 1963 | 6'0" | 265 | Auburn | Atlanta, GA | ||
| 32 | Ray Odums | DB | October 30, 1951 | 6'2" | 175 | Alabama | |||
| 23 | Ron Osborne | CB/S | January 22, 1961 | 5'11" | 190 | Iowa State | Pahokee, FL | ||
| 25 | Anthony Parker | RB | April 2, 1961 | 6'0" | 210 | Memphis State | Buffalo, NY | ||
| Larry Pfohl | T/G | June 2, 1958 | 6'3" | 270 | Miami | Buffalo, NY | |||
| 26 | Ricky Porter | RB | January 14, 1960 | 5'10" | 198 | Slippery Rock | Sylacauga, AL USA | 18 | |
| 83 | Mark Raugh | TE | May 4, 1960 | 6'3" | 215 | West Virginia | Roaring Springs, PA | ||
| Alan Reid | RB | September 6, 1960 | 5'8" | 190 | TCU | Wurzburg, Germany | |||
| 91 | Carlton Rose | LB | February 8, 1962 | 6'2" | 220 | Michigan | Pompano Beach, FL USA | 17 | |
| 51 | Larry Rubens | C | January 25, 1959 | 6'1" | 253 | Montana St. | Spokane, WA USA | 18 | |
| 67 | Luis Sharpe | T | June 16, 1960 | 6'5" | 275 | UCLA | Havana, Cuba | 10 | |
| 87 | Gary Shirk | TE | February 23, 1950 | 6'1" | 220 | Morehead St. | Marysville, OH USA | ||
| 59 | Sanders Shiver | LB | February 14, 1954 | 6'2" | 227 | Carson-Newman | Gadsden, SC USA | ||
| 61 | Ken Smith | G | October 16, 1960 | 6'2" | 285 | Evansville | Indianapolis, IN USA | 18 | |
| 46 | Tim Spencer | RB | December 10, 1960 | 6'1" | 224 | Ohio St. | Martins Ferry, OH USA | 16 | |
| 24 | Harry Sydney | RB | June 26, 1959 | 6'0" | 217 | Kansas | Petersburg, VA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 49 | Mike Thomas | CB | April 6, 1957 | 6'0" | 175 | Tennessee State | Lynchburg, VA | ||
| 92 | Reggie White | DE/DT | December 19, 1961 | 6'5" | 291 | Tennessee | Chattanooga, TN USA | 18 | 18 |
| 52 | Mike Whittington | LB | August 9, 1958 | 6'2" | 220 | Notre Dame | Miami, FL USA | ||
| 63 | Brett Williams | DE/DT/LB | May 23, 1958 | 6'3" | 260 | Austin Peay | Norfolk, VA | ||
| 89 | Henry Williams | WR | May 31, 1962 | 5'6" | 185 | East Carolina | Memphis, TN USA | 17 | 0 |
| 20 | Leonard Williams | RB/WR | June 27, 1960 | 6'0" | 205 | West. Carolina | Man, WV USA | 11 | |
| Lenny Willis | WR | March 4, 1953 | 5'11" | 183 | Ohio St. | Washington, DC USA | |||
| 79 | Robert Woods | T | July 26, 1950 | 6'3" | 255 | Tennessee St. | Florence, AL USA |
