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Houston 35 at Oakland 27
1984 Week 8 - Monday, April 16, 1984
Houston Gamblers(4-3)(-7.5) at Oakland Invaders(0-7)
Attendance: 18,320, TV: KTXH
OAKLAND(AP) - The Houston Gamblers came out throwing, as usual, and another high scoring game was underway.
But the first 20 points went on the Oakland Invaders' side of the scoreboard Monday night.
"I've never thrown four interceptions that quickly in my life. I think our offense gave them a few more points than we should have," Gamblers quarterback Jim Kelly said after his team's come-from-behind 35-27 United States Football League victory, one which gave the Gamblers a 5-3 record.
"But we kept our poise. We did what we had to do," added the rookie who went over the 300-yard mark for the fourth time as a pro, passing for 304, and threw his 15th and 16th touchdown passes, both to Richard Johnson.
The Houston comeback featured two touchdown runs by Sam Harrell, who totaled 150 yards rushing. The Gamblers, highest scoring team in the USFL, finished with 504 yards on offense and held Oakland's offense to 248.
1 2 3 4 F
HOU 0 14 7 14 - 35
OAK 7 13 7 0 - 27
Scoring
OAK:Newton 1 yd run (Shea kick) - OAK 7, HOU 0
OAK:Besana 3 yd run (pass failed) - OAK 13, HOU 0
OAK:Martin 71 yd interception return (Shea kick) - OAK 20, HOU 0
HOU:R. Johnson 10 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - OAK 20, HOU 7
HOU:Harrell 3 yd run (Fritsch kick) - OAK 20, HOU 14
OAK:H. Smith 59 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) - OAK 27, HOU 14
HOU:R. Johnson 21 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - OAK 27, HOU 21
HOU:Harrell 6 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 28, OAK 27
HOU:Fowler 6 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 35, OAK 27
Box Score
HOU OAK
First Downs 30 12
Rushes-Yards 31-227 26-76
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 40-25-304-4 29-14-177-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-27 2-11
Total Plays-Yards 75-504 57-242
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-29 8-62
Turnovers 4 0
Time of Possession 32:58 27:02
Attendance = 18,320
HOUSTON OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Kelly 40 25 304 4 2 62.9 Besana 29 14 177 0 1 79.2
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Harrell 20 154 7.7 2 Whittington 12 42 3.5 0
Fowler 5 32 6.4 1 Newton 10 26 2.6 1
Sanders 3 23 7.7 0 Besana 3 12 4.0 1
Kelly 3 18 6.0 0 Lewis 1 -4 -4.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Johnson R 9 118 13.1 2 Smith H 1 59 59.0 1
Sanders 10 75 7.5 0 Banks 6 42 7.0 0
Harrell 4 69 17.3 0 Whittington 2 30 15.0 0
McNeil 1 25 25.0 0 Newton 2 25 12.5 0
McGhee 1 17 17.0 0 Williams 1 10 10.0 0
Jackson 1 6 6.0 0
Lewis 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Verdin 3 79 26.3 0 Brown 2 35 17.5 0
Eason 1 38 38.0 0 Moore 2 23 11.5 0
Vonner 1 11 11.0 0 Jordan 1 19 19.0 0
Shaw 1 7 7.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Sanders 3 17 5.7 0 None
McNeil 3 7 2.3 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Fritsch 0-0 -- 5-5 5 Shea 0-0 -- 3-3 3
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Walters 4 131 32.8 Talley 9 335 37.2
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Hawkins 1 9 Lucas 1 9
Taylor 1 2 Quinn 1 7
Mohr 1 6
Shaw 1 5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Quinn 2 54 27.0 0
Martin 1 71 71.0 1
Drake 1 12 12.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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