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Chicago 35 at New Orleans 41 OT
1984 Week 5 - Sunday, March 25, 1984
Chicago Blitz(0-4) at New Orleans Breakers(4-0)(-10.5)
Attendance: 43,692, TV: ABC
New Orleans(AP) - There are two ways to look at Johnnie Walton's 44-yard touchdown pass to Frank Lockett at 2:59 of sudden-death overtime. Since the long-range toss gave the unbeaten New Orleans Breakers a wild 41-35 United States Football League victory over the winless Chicago Blitz, Lockett, who took the pass over his shoulder and streaked across the goal line, called it "a hell of a throw. I just turned and the ball was there."
But Chicago Coach Marv Levy had a different view."Their guy threw a pass, our guy missed it, their guy caught it," he said.
Walton's overtime TD strike to Lockett capped a game in which the New Orleans quarterback completed 29 of 43 passes for 440 yards and four touchdowns. He hit Buford Jordan -- who caught seven passes for 71 yards and rushed for 135 -- on a 14 yard scoring pass in the first quarter, Dan Ross on a four-yarder in the third quarter and Charlie Smith from nine yards out with 1:52 left in the fourth quarter after Chicago had taken a 32-28 lead.
The Blitz tied it 35-35 on Kevin Seibel's 23-yard field goal with no time left on the clock.
1 2 3 4 O F
CHI 0 17 0 18 0 - 35
NO 14 7 7 7 6 - 41
Scoring
NO: Dupree 1 yd run (Mazzetti kick) - NO 7, CHI 0
NO: Jordan 14 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - NO 14, CHI 0
CHI:Anderson 6 yd pass from Evans (Seibel kick) - NO 14, CHI 7
NO: Jordan 1 yd run (Mazzetti kick) - NO 21, CHI 7
CHI:Keel 14 yd pass from Evans (Seibel kick) - NO 21, CHI 14
CHI:Seibel 30 yd field goal - NO 21, CHI 17
NO: Ross 4 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - NO 28, CHI 17
CHI:Fox 92 yd fumble return (Keel pass from Evans) - NO 28, CHI 25
CHI:Anderson 50 yd pass from Evans (Seibel kick) - CHI 32, NO 28
NO: C. Smith 9 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - NO 35, CHI 32
CHI:Seibel 23 yd field goal - CHI 35, NO 35
NO: Lockett 44 yd pass from Walton - NO 41, CHI 35
Box Score
CHI NO
First Downs 20 30
Rushes-Yards 23-122 29-151
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 33-22-292-0 43-29-440-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 56-414 72-591
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-1
Penalties-Yards 11-76 8-64
Turnovers 0 1
Time of Possession 29:15 33:44
Attendance = 43,692
CHICAGO NEW ORLEANS
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Evans 32 22 292 0 3 128.6 Walton 43 29 440 0 4 131.9
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Canada 13 68 5.2 0 Jordan 19 135 7.1 1
Evans 2 23 11.5 0 Schellen 7 18 2.6 0
Ford 3 16 5.3 0 Dupree 2 3 1.5 1
Ferguson 5 15 3.0 0 Walton 1 -5 -5.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Anderson 4 81 20.3 2 Lockett 5 155 31.0 1
Haines 4 77 19.3 0 Ross 7 92 13.1 1
Lewis 5 69 13.8 0 Smith C 4 82 20.5 1
Canada 7 48 6.9 0 Jordan 7 71 10.1 1
Keel 1 14 14.0 1 Brown 2 25 12.5 0
Ford 1 3 3.0 0 Schellen 4 15 3.8 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Ford 4 86 21.5 0 Wilson 4 63 15.8 0
Stone 1 18 18.0 0 Miller 1 14 14.0 0
Steels 2 8 4.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Daniel 2 7 3.5 0 Miller 1 2 2.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Seibel 2-2 30 3-3 9 Mazzetti 0-0 -- 5-5 5
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Gossett 3 121 40.3 Casarino 3 134 44.7
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None None
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None None
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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