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Los Angeles 14 at Chicago 20
1983 Week 4 - Sunday, March 27, 1983
Los Angeles Express(2-1) at Chicago Blitz(1-2)(-3.5)
Attendance: 10,936, TV: ABC
CHICAGO(AP) - George Allen has always preached defense. The Blitz practiced it against Los Angeles, recovering a fumble and intercepting two Tom Ramsey passes in the final 6 � minutes to preserve the 20-14 victory.
"I don't know if our budget can stand it but we gave all 40 guys a game ball," said Allen. 'The defense sucked it up it the end. We took the ball away three times. That's the way it has to be."
Jim Fahnhorst's recovery of a LaRue Harrington fumble set up John Roveto's second field goal, a 24-yarder with 2:04 to play that gave Chicago its winning margin, then Wally Pesuit and Eddie Brown intercepted Ramsey to kill the final chances by the Express.
Kevin Long's 1-yard run and Greg Landry's 5-yard pass to Doug Cozen accounted for Chicago's TDs. Ramsey passed 40 yards to Tony Boddie and 18 yards to Ricky Ellis for the Express' points.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 0 0 14 0 - 14
CHI 0 10 7 3 - 20
Scoring
CHI:Roveto 38 yd field goal - CHI 3, LA 0
CHI:Long 1 yd run (Roveto kick) - CHI 10, LA 0
LA: Boddie 40 yd pass from Ramsey (Abbott kick) - CHI 10, LA 7
CHI:Cozen 5 yd pass from Landry (Roveto kick) - CHI 17, LA 7
LA: Ellis 18 yd pass from Ramsey (Abbott kick) - CHI 17, LA 14
CHI:Roveto 24 yd field goal - CHI 20, LA 14
Box Score
LA CHI
First Downs 12 19
Rushes-Yards 23-93 40-158
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 32-12-122-2 36-20-173-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 1-9
Total Plays-Yards 56-208 77-322
Fumbles-Lost 5-1 3-0
Penalties-Yards 5-20 13-65
Turnovers 3 0
Time of Possession 24:29 35:31
Attendance = 10,936
LOS ANGELES CHICAGO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Rae 12 4 29 0 0 42.4 Landry 36 20 173 0 1 77.7
Ramsey 20 8 93 2 2 48.5
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Boddie 10 50 5.0 0 Spencer 21 87 4.1 0
Barnett 5 21 4.2 0 Long 12 58 4.8 1
Ramsey 2 14 7.0 0 Landry 5 12 2.4 0
Harrington 5 6 1.2 0 Stone 2 1 0.5 0
Haslip 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Boddie 2 46 23.0 1 Johnson,T 6 70 11.7 0
Haines 3 26 8.7 0 Buggs,W 3 53 17.7 0
Haslip 3 20 6.7 0 Long 4 16 4.0 0
Ellis,R 1 18 18.0 1 Spencer 3 15 5.0 0
Harrington 3 12 4.0 0 Ricker 3 14 4.7 0
Cozen 1 5 5.0 1
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Turner,L 1 17 17.0 0 Willis 2 47 23.5 0
Fox 1 11 11.0 0
Burleson 1 11 17.0 0
Seawell 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Turner,L 2 6 3.0 0 Willis 4 28 7.0 0
Fox 1 2 2.0 0
Byers 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Abbott 0-1 0 2-2 2 Roveto 2-3 38 2-2 8
miss: 45 miss: 45
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge,J 7 296 42.3 Garcia 8 311 38.9
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Weaver 1 9 Ehrmann 0.5 3.5
Lorch 0.5 3.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Brown,E 1 5 5.0 0
Smith,E 1 1 1.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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