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Houston 47 at Pittsburgh 26
1984 Week 12 - Saturday, May 12, 1984
Houston Gamblers(6-5)(-6.5) at Pittsburgh Maulers(2-9)
Attendance: 24,880, TV: ESPN
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jim Kelly tied a USFL record with five touchdown passes, including three to Richard Johnson and a 68-yard bomb to Ricky Sanders, as Houston routed Pittsburgh 47-26.
Kelly threw for 264 yards and four touchdowns in leading the Gamblers to a 34-7 halftime lead. He finished by completing 15 of 29 passes for 367 yards.
The five scoring passes, tying a mark set by three other USFL quarterbacks this season, give Kelly 28 for the season, breaking the fledgling league's previous record of 27 set last season by Bobby Hebert of Michigan.
1 2 3 4 F
HOU 10 24 3 10 - 47
PIT 0 7 13 6 - 26
Scoring
HOU:Fritsch 25 yd field goal - HOU 3, PIT 0
HOU:R. Johnson 15 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 10, PIT 0
HOU:Fritsch 22 yd field goal - HOU 13, PIT 0
HOU:R. Johnson 13 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 20, PIT 0
PIT:Raugh 13 yd pass from Carano (Lee kick) - HOU 20, PIT 7
HOU:Sanders 68 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 27, PIT 7
HOU:Fowler 21 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 34, PIT 7
HOU:Fritsch 42 yd field goal - HOU 37, PIT 7
PIT:Miller 12 yd run (kick failed) - HOU 37, PIT 13
PIT:Miller 1 yd run (Lee kick) - HOU 37, PIT 20
HOU:R. Johnson 31 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 44, PIT 20
PIT:Flowers 70 yd pass from Rozantz (pass failed) - HOU 44, PIT 26
HOU:Fritsch 29 yd field goal - HOU 47, PIT 26
Box Score
HOU PIT
First Downs 27 16
Rushes-Yards 22-138 33-136
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 39-20-465-0 22-9-192-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-15 5-45
Total Plays-Yards 65-588 60-283
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2
Penalties-Yards 15-132 6-50
Turnovers 1 3
Time of Possession 29:19 30:41
Attendance = 24,880
HOUSTON PITTSBURGH
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Kelly 29 15 367 0 5 136.9 Carano 14 4 48 1 1 35.4
Dillon 10 5 98 0 0 84.6 Rozantz 7 5 144 0 1 153.3
Miller 1 0 0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Fowler 20 130 6.5 0 Miller 20 93 4.7 2
Williams 1 11 11.0 0 Rozier 8 28 3.5 0
Dillon 1 -3 -3.0 0 Rozantz 3 8 2.7 0
Carano 1 4 4.0 0
Holman 1 3 3.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Sanders 8 227 15.0 0 Flowers 2 83 41.5 1
Johnson R 4 70 6.3 0 Anderson 2 48 24.0 0
Moser 2 53 9.0 0 Raugh 3 38 12.7 1
Fowler 3 46 15.0 0 Dirden 1 16 16.0 0
Verdin 1 38 38.0 0 Holman 1 7 7.0 0
McGhee 1 16 16.0 0
McNeil 1 15 15.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Verdin 1 22 22.0 0 Sutton 3 71 23.7 0
Reliford 1 3 3.0 0 Dirden 3 37 12.3 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McNeil 1 10 10.0 0 None
Sanders 1 -2 -2.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Fritsch 4-4 42 5-5 17 Lee 0-1 -- 2-3 2
miss: -- miss: 23
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Walters 3 77 25.7 Swider 5 167 33.4
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Puha 2.5 20 Clancy 2 10
Times 1.5 17 Graham 1 5
Catan 1 8 Griffin 1 0
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Myers 1 16 16.0 0 None
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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