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Houston 45 at Chicago 36
1984 Week 3 - Sunday, March 11, 1984
Houston Gamblers(1-1) at Chicago Blitz(0-2)(-2.5)
Attendance: 7,808
CHICAGO (AP) - Sam Harrell rushed 20 times for a USFL record 200 yards and three touchdowns and quarterback Jim Kelly passed for three scores for Houston in the Gamblers 45-36 shootout win over the Blitz on Sunday afternoon.
Harrell, who had a 53-yard scoring dash, broke Herschel Walker's single-game rushing record of 194 yards and the game's 81 points also set a USFL record, surpassing the previous mark of 67. Kelly's scoring passes went 13 yards to Harrell, 61 yards to Ricky Sanders and 33 yards to Greg Moser.
Winless Chicago drew only 7,808 fans to its home opener in 18-degree weather.
1 2 3 4 F
HOU 14 10 14 7 - 45
CHI 3 13 13 7 - 36
Scoring
HOU:Sanders 61 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, CHI 0
CHI:Seibel 20 yd field goal - HOU 7, CHI 3
HOU:Harrell 7 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 14, CHI 3
CHI:Evans 5 yd run (Seibel kick) - HOU 14, CHI 10
HOU:Harrell 13 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 21, CHI 10
CHI:Anderson 25 yd pass from Evans (pass failed) - HOU 21, CHI 16
HOU:Fritsch 27 yd field goal - HOU 24, CHI 16
HOU:Moser 33 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 31, CHI 16
CHI:Anderson 24 yd run (pass failed) - HOU 31, CHI 22
CHI:Canada 1 yd run (Seibel kick) - HOU 31, CHI 29
HOU:Harrell 53 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 38, CHI 29
CHI:Evans 1 yd run (Seibel kick) - HOU 38, CHI 36
HOU:Harrell 2 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 45, CHI 36
Box Score
HOU CHI
First Downs 20 20
Rushes-Yards 28-231 26-91
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 27-14-242-1 36-22-371-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-34 4-39
Total Plays-Yards 45-439 66-423
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-2
Penalties-Yards 4-20 6-60
Turnovers 1 3
Time of Possession 27:48 32:12
Attendance = 7,808
HOUSTON CHICAGO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Kelly 26 13 229 1 3 102.9 Evans 36 22 371 1 1 93.6
Dillon 1 1 13 0 0 118.8
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Harrell 20 200 10.0 3 Canada 11 35 3.2 0
Kelly 6 28 4.7 0 Evans 5 22 4.4 1
Fowler 1 4 4.0 0 Anderson 2 20 10.0 0
Johnson 1 -1 -1.0 0 Ferguson 5 16 3.2 0
Ford 2 2 2.0 0
Stone 1 -4 -4.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Sanders 4 119 29.8 1 Lewis 7 105 15.0 0
Moser 2 52 26.0 1 Haines 3 102 34.0 0
Johnson 3 28 9.3 0 Anderson 5 93 18.6 1
Barousse 1 13 13.0 0 Canada 4 39 9.8 0
Harrell 2 12 6.0 1 Stone 1 13 13.0 0
McGhee 1 12 12.0 0 Ford 1 12 12.0 0
McNeil 1 6 6.0 0 MaGee 1 7 7.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Eason 6 152 25.3 0 Ford 6 147 24.5 0
McLain 1 0 0.0 0 Stone 1 22 22.0 0
Gillen 1 11 11.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McNeil 1 16 16.0 0 Daniel 3 -5 -1.7 0
Sanders 2 14 7.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Fritsch 1-1 27 6-6 9 Seibel 1-1 20 3-3 6
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Walters 4 120 30.0 Gossett 4 146 36.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Catan 2 19 Livers 1 9
Fitzpatrick 1 11 Cattage 1 6
Crosby 1 9 Taylor 0.5 16.5
Jostes 0.5 2.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Mitchell 1 22 22.0 0 Daniel 1 66 66.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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