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Pittsburgh 24 at New Orleans 27
1984 Week 7 - Sunday, April 8, 1984
Pittsburgh Maulers(2-4) at New Orleans Breakers(5-1)(-10.5)
Attendance: 39,315, TV: ABC
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Johnnie Walton threw two late touchdown passes Sunday, then engineered a drive that produced Tim Mazzetti's 41-yard field goal in the closing seconds that lifted the New Orleans Breakers to a 27-24 United States Football League victory over the Pittsburgh Maulers.
The win kept New Orleans, 6-1, unbeaten at home and in a first-place tie with Birmingham in the USFL South. Pittsburgh, which came within a hair of an upset, slipped to 2-5.
Pittsburgh quarterback Glenn Carano, enjoying his best day as a pro, had New Orleans in a 24-17 hole with just 2:46 in the game. But Walton, passing for 48 yards on the drive, then marched New Orleans 80 yards in 57 seconds, passing 24 yards to Charlie Smith for the game tying touchdown.
Then, after forcing a Pittsburgh punt, New Orleans took the ball from its own 36 to the Maulers' 24-yard line in just five plays to set up Mazzetti's game-winning score with 12 seconds on the clock.
Walton, with 18 completions in 33 attempts for 257 yards, also passed 15 yards to Marion Brown for a third-quarter touchdown.
New Orleans' other scores came on a 33-yard field goal by Mazzetti in the third quarter and ona five-yard run by Marcus Dupree for the game's first score in the opening period.
Carano threw two touchdown passes to Greg Anderson and also scored on a one-yard plunge that built the Maulers' 24-17edge. The Maulers also scored on a 32-yard field goal by Tony Lee in the third period.
Carano was brilliant in picking apart a Breakers secondary which had three starters out with injuries. He finished with a professional best of 34 completions in 48 attempts for 388 yards, but he also was intercepted three times by New Orleans' fill-in secondary.
1 2 3 4 F
PIT 7 0 3 14 - 24
NO 7 0 10 10 - 27
Scoring
NO: Dupree 5 yd run (Mazzetti kick) - NO 7, PIT 0
PIT:Anderson 9 yd pass from Carano (Lee kick) - PIT 7, NO 7
NO: Mazzetti 33 yd field goal - NO 10, PIT 7
PIT:Lee 32 yd field goal - PIT 10, NO 10
NO: Brown 15 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - NO 17, PIT 10
PIT:Anderson 7 yd pass from Carano (Lee kick) - PIT 17, NO 17
PIT:Carano 1 yd run (Lee kick) - PIT 24, NO 17
NO: Smith 24 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - NO 24, PIT 24
NO: Mazzetti 41 yd field goal - NO 27, PIT 24
Box Score
PIT NO
First Downs 29 28
Rushes-Yards 23-72 30-180
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 48-35-388-3 33-18-257-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 1-12
Total Plays-Yards 72-452 64-425
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 9-84 7-49
Turnovers 3 1
Time of Possession 31:28 28:32
Attendance = 39,315
PITTSBURGH NEW ORLEANS
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Carano 48 35 388 3 2 84.4 Walton 33 18 257 0 2 100.2
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Rozier 13 45 3.5 0 Jordan 12 111 9.3 0
Lawrence 5 29 5.8 0 Dupree 10 41 4.1 1
Carano 3 1 0.3 1 Schellen 7 30 4.3 0
Holman 2 -3 -1.5 0 Good 1 -2 -2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Flowers 10 135 13.5 0 Smith 7 113 16.1 1
Anderson 10 128 12.8 2 Ross 4 57 14.3 0
Shaw 6 79 13.2 0 Jordan 3 50 16.7 0
Raugh 7 23 3.3 0 Lockett 2 24 12.0 0
Holman 2 23 11.5 0 Brown 1 15 15.0 1
Schellen 1 -2 -2.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Miller 3 57 19.0 0 Good 3 69 23.0 0
Lawrence 2 35 17.5 0 Chase 1 16 16.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
None Good 1 -4 -4.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Lee 1-1 32 3-3 6 Mazzetti 2-2 41 3-3 9
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Swider 2 86 43.0 Casarino 3 141 47.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Hollie 1 12 Robinson 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Jones 1 4 4.0 0
Johnson E 1 0 0.0 0
Miller 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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