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Oakland 17 at Chicago 13
1984 Week 10 - Sunday, April 29, 1984
Oakland Invaders(0-9) at Chicago Blitz(3-6)(-13)
Attendance: 7,802
CHICAGO(AP) - The Oakland Invaders have finally stopped retreating, thanks to a little-used running back named Eric Jordan. The rookie from Purdue carried the ball 13 times for 186 yards and two touchdowns, including an 80-yard dash on Oakland's first play from scrimmage, as the Invaders beat Chicago 17-13 Sunday for their first victory of the season after nine losses.
"I just wanted to play and show what I could do," said Jordan, who had carried only 17 times for 103 yards in Oakland's first nine games. "Being a rookie, you just have to wait. You can't expect to start right off the bat."
Jordan, who spearheaded an Invaders running attack that netted a single-game USFL record of 300 yards, doesn't have to worry anymore about getting some playing time. "I think it's kind of hard, with 186 yards, to keep him off the field,"interim head coach Chuck Hutchison said.
1 2 3 4 F
OAK 7 0 7 3 - 17
CHI 0 10 0 3 - 13
Scoring
OAK:Jordan 80 yd run (Shea kick) - OAK 7, CHI 0
CHI:Ferguson 1 yd run (Seibel kick) - CHI 7, OAK 7
CHI:Seibel 24 yd field goal - CHI 10, OAK 7
OAK:Jordan 46 yd run (Shea kick) - OAK 14, CHI 10
CHI:Seibel 39 yd field goal - OAK 14, CHI 13
OAK:Shea 34 yd field goal - OAK 17, CHI 13
Box Score
OAK CHI
First Downs 12 18
Rushes-Yards 32-300 33-197
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 17-10-75-2 34-18-173-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 1-13
Total Plays-Yards 50-368 68-357
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1
Penalties-Yards 12-72 12-63
Turnovers 4 1
Time of Possession 24:33 35:27
Attendance = 7,802
OAKLAND CHICAGO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Besana 17 10 75 2 0 29.9 Evans 34 18 173 0 0 67.4
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Jordan 13 186 14.3 2 Canada 9 77 8.6 0
Newton 11 62 5.6 0 Ferguson 11 67 6.1 1
Whittington 5 42 8.4 0 Worthy 9 39 4.3 0
Besana 2 9 4.5 0 Evans 2 7 3.5 0
Brown 1 1 1.0 0 Stone 2 7 3.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Jordan 4 38 9.5 0 Haines 7 113 16.1 0
Williams 2 17 8.5 0 Lewis 2 26 13.0 0
Newton 2 8 4.0 0 Keel 3 24 8.0 0
Banks 1 7 7.0 0 Worthy 4 9 2.3 0
Lewis M 1 5 5.0 0 Canada 2 1 0.5 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Brown 4 94 23.5 0 Daniel 4 89 22.3 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Banks 3 16 5.3 0 Daniel 3 58 19.3 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Shea 1-2 34 2-2 5 Seibel 2-3 39 1-1 7
miss: 43 miss: 44
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Talley 4 168 42.0 Gossett 6 255 42.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Browning 1 13 Times 1 7
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Kelley 1 12 12.0 0
Fox 1 0 0.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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