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Denver 17 at Oklahoma 14 OT
1984 Week 2 - Saturday, March 3, 1984
Denver Gold(1-0)(-4) at Oklahoma Outlaws(1-0)
Attendance: 25,403
TULSA(AP) -- Brian Speelman kicked a 21-yard field goal only 31 seconds into overtime Saturday to give the Denver Gold a 17-14 United States Football League victory over the Oklahoma Outlaws before a crowd of 24,917.
Speelman's field goal followed a fumbled snap by Oklahoma punter Bob Boris, who was downed at the Outlaws' three-yard line by linebacker Jon Bungartz. It was the second time Boris had been trapped for a loss while attempting to punt, with both setbacks leading to points for the Gold. Linebacker Greg Gerken trapped Boris for a 12-yard loss late in the third quarter to set up Harry Sydney's 13-yard sweep for Denver's second touchdown, which gave the Gold a 14-7 lead.
Vincent Whiite also scored on a 1-yard plunge with 4:47 remaining in the third period as Denver rallied from a 7-0 deficit for its second victory. It was the first loss for Oklahoma, which defeated Pittsburgh 7-3 last Sunday in its USFL debut.
Quarterback Doug Williams completed 24-of-45 passes for 258 yards as the Outlaws rallied to tie the score on his 1-yard keeper early in the final quarter. However, Williams failed to complete his last seven passing attempts and a 47-yard field goal try by former Tulsa University kicked Stu Crum sailed wide left with 3:49 left in the game, ending Oklahoma's last hope of breaking the 14-14 deadlock.
After picking up only one first down in the first half, the Denver offense came to life with a 53-yard completion from quarterback Craig Penrose to tight end Victor Hicks to launch the Gold's first scoring drive. The march covered 64 yards in five plays.
Penrose wound up completing 14-of-23 passes for 146 yards but also had two intercepted.
1 2 3 4 O F
DEN 0 0 14 0 3 - 17
OKL 0 7 0 7 0 - 14
Scoring
OKL:Thornton 7 yd pass from D. Williams (Crum kick) - OKL 7, DEN 0
DEN:White 1 yd run (Speelman kick) - DEN 7, OKL 7
DEN:Sydney 13 yd run (Speelman kick) - DEN 14, OKL 7
OKL:D. Williams 1 yd run (Crum kick) - OKL 14, DEN 14
DEN:Speelman 21 yd field goal - DEN 17, OKL 14
Box Score
DEN OKL
First Downs 11 18
Rushes-Yards 29-97 30-55
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 23-14-164-2 45-24-259-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-18 1-0
Total Plays-Yards 54-243 76-314
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 5-55 3-30
Turnovers 3 1
Time of Possession 28:02 32:29
Attendance = 25,403
DENVER OKLAHOMA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Penrose 23 14 164 2 0 46.3 Williams D 45 24 259 0 1 77.9
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Sydney 14 57 4.1 1 Thornton 14 49 4.2 0
White 9 19 2.1 1 Williams D 4 22 5.5 1
Matthews 5 13 2.6 0 James 8 14 1.8 0
Murray 1 8 8.0 0 Ragsdale 2 -1 -0.5 0
Boris 2 -29-14.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Hicks 3 74 24.7 0 Wheeler 2 57 28.5 0
Harris 3 28 9.3 0 Turner 4 55 13.8 0
White 3 21 7.0 0 Crane 5 48 9.6 0
Williams K 1 19 19.0 0 Thornton 6 34 5.7 1
Bailey 1 12 12.0 0 Blair 1 29 29.0 0
Sydney 3 10 3.3 0 James 4 20 5.0 0
Hughes 1 10 10.0 0
Ragsdale 1 6 6.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Harris 2 37 18.5 0 Wheeler 1 19 19.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
White 3 7 2.3 0 None
Hemphill 1 4 4.0 0
Allen 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Speelman 1-1 21 2-2 5 Crum 0-2 -- 2-2 2
miss: -- miss: 42,47
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Gortz 7 298 42.6 Boris 6 208 34.7
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Gerken 0.5 0 Anderson 1 10
Stalls 0.5 0 Middleton 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Middleton 2 5 2.5 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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