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San Antonio 24 at Arizona 23
1984 Week 10 - Saturday, April 28, 1984
San Antonio Gunslingers(2-7) at Arizona Wranglers(4-5)(-12)
Attendance: 12,259
TEMPE, AZ (AP) -- Nick Mike-Mayer's 42-yard field goal broke a 14-14 tie and Mike Ulmer scored on a 60-yard punt return as the San Antonio Gunslingers held on to beat the Arizona Wranglers 24-23 in a United States Football League game.
The expansion Gunslingers, now 3-7, sealed the victory by blocking a 32-yard field goal attempt by Wrangler placeckicker Frank Corral with 58 seconds remaining.
Ken Hartley intentionally ran out of the end zone on a San Antonio punting situation with five seconds left to give Arizona its final points.
The Wranglers fell to 4-6 after losing their second straight game before a rain-splattered crowd of only 12,259 at 70,021-seat Sun Devil Stadium.
After Arizona quarterback Alan Risher's 25-yard touchdown pass to Trumaine Johnson 6:15 into the third quarter tied the score at 14-14, San Antonio linebacker Rich D'Amico intercepted a Risher pass and returned it 12 yards to the Wrangler 27.
Mike-Mayer then booted his field goal with 2:33 left in the quarter. Ulmer's scoring burst up the middle of the soggy field on his punt return 45 seconds into the fourth period made it 24-17.
The Wranglers closed the gap to 24-21 on Kevin Long's second 1-yard touchdown run of the game with 10:08 left. San Antonio led 14-7 at halftime after two first quarter scores.
Rookie quarterback Rick Neuheisel's 40-yard touchdown strike to split end Glenn Starks capped a nine-play, 82-yard Gunslinger drive 9:28 into the game.
1 2 3 4 F
SA 14 0 3 7 - 24
AZ 0 7 7 9 - 23
Scoring
SA: Starks 40 yd pass from Neuheisel (Mike-Mayer kick) - SA 7, AZ 0
SA: Raeford 53 yd interception return (Mike-Mayer kick) - SA 14, AZ 0
AZ: Long 1 yd run (Corral kick) - SA 14, AZ 7
AZ: T. Johnson 25 yd pass from Risher (Corral kick) - AZ 14, SA 14
SA: Mike-Mayer 42 yd field goal - SA 17, AZ 14
SA: Ulmer 60 yd punt return (Mike-Mayer kick) - SA 24, AZ 14
AZ: Long 1 yd run (Corral kick) - SA 24, AZ 21
AZ: Safety, Hartley steps out of end zone - SA 24, AZ 23
Box Score
SA AZ
First Downs 11 19
Rushes-Yards 23-75 25-99
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 24-13-151-0 37-24-310-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-25 2-13
Total Plays-Yards 50-201 64-396
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-0
Penalties-Yards 7-25 8-34
Turnovers 2 3
Time of Possession 27:37 32:23
Attendance = 12,259
SAN ANTONIO ARIZONA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Neuheisel 24 13 151 0 1 87.3 Risher 37 24 310 3 1 66.3
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Roberts 7 51 7.3 0 Spencer 12 48 4.0 0
Stamper 7 15 2.1 0 Long 11 38 3.5 2
Neuheisel 2 9 4.5 0 Risher 1 7 7.0 0
Bonner 4 8 2.0 0 Boatner 1 6 6.0 0
Penn-White 2 -2 -1.0 0
Hartley 1 -6 -6.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Gordon 3 42 14.0 0 Willis 5 99 19.8 0
Starks 1 40 40.0 1 Long 6 61 10.2 0
Roberts 5 39 7.8 0 Johnson T 3 57 19.0 1
Hackett 1 14 14.0 0 Spencer 3 51 17.0 0
Bonner 1 8 8.0 0 Ricker 2 18 9.0 0
Penn-White 1 6 6.0 0 Boatner 3 16 5.3 0
Stamper 1 2 2.0 0 Dennison 2 18 9.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Bonner 2 31 15.5 0 Tolbert 5 89 17.8 0
Ulmer 1 25 25.0 0
Roberts 1 12 12.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Ulmer 5 76 15.2 1 Brown 1 6 6.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Mike-Mayer 1-1 42 3-3 6 Corral 0-2 -- 3-3 3
miss: -- miss: 41,32
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Hartley 6 228 38.0 Corral 6 246 41.0
Mike-Mayer 1 38 38.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Ulmer 1 9 Johnson 2.5 19.5
Fields 1 4 Butler 0.5 5.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Raeford 1 53 53.0 1 None
Tyler 1 15 15.0 0
D'Amico 1 12 12.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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