MEMPHIS-Walter Lewis's 55-yard touchdown pass to Derek Crawford early in the final frame turned out to be the difference and gave the Memphis Showboats a 49-46 victory over the New Jersey Generals in a United States Football League playoff game Saturday afternoon.
The Showboats took the early lead via a six-yard touchdown run from Anthony Parker, which was quickly followed by a 101-yard kickoff return by Clarence Verdin tying things at 7-7.
After a Russell Erxleben 21-yard field goal to start the second quarter, Parker scored again on a nine-yard scamper giving Memphis a 14-10 lead. Jim Kelly found Richard Johnson in the corner of the endzone for a 10-yard score and a 17-10 lad for the visitors.
Memphis then closed out the first half with a pair of Walter Lewis touchdown passes, the first a six-yarder to Anthony Parker and the second a 59-yard strike to Greg Moser as time was expiring just before intermission pushing the Showboats lead to 28-17.
Jim Kelly opened the second half with a 65-yard bomb to Sam Harrell as the Generals clawed back to within four points down 28-24. A Harry Sydney six-yard run at the 9:00 minute mark pushed the Memphis lead back to eleven at 35-24.
The Generals quickly responded with a Jim Kelly to Scott McGhee 23-yard score before Lewis found Moser streaking down the sideline for a 71-yard dart and a 42-31 lead.
The final frame saw Kelly throw two more touchdown passes a one-yarder to Herschel Walker and a 46-yarder to Gerald "the Ice Cube" McNeil.
The Showboats will now move on the USFL Championship game in Jacksonville next week to take on the Arizona Outlaws.
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