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Memphis 14 at Oakland 29
1984 Week 13 - Saturday, May 19, 1984
Memphis Showboats(5-7) at Oakland Invaders(3-9)(-1.5)
Attendance: 22,030
OAKLAND (Chicago Herald) - Fred Besana completed 20 of 29 attempts for 259 yards and two touchdowns and Marcus Quinn intercepted four passes Saturday night to lead the Oakland Invaders to their fourth straight USFL victory, a 29-14 triumph over the Memphis Showboats before 22,030 fans.
Memphis return specialist Derrick Crawford tried to spark the Showboats, 5-8, by taking the second halfs opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown to pull Memphis within 16-14.
Oakland is now 4-9. The Invaders broke the game open with nine minutes to go when Quinn intercepted his eighth pass of the season and returned it to the Memphis 15.
Besana's best game of the year and came at an opportune time for the Invaders as halfback Eric Jordan ,who
had rushed for three straight 100 yard plus games, injured his ankle in the second quarter and did not return.
1 2 3 4 F
MEM 0 7 7 0 - 14
OAK 10 6 0 13 - 29
Scoring
OAK:Netwon 1 yd run (Shea kick) - OAK 7, MEM 0
OAK:Shea 22 yd field goal - OAK 10, MEM 0
MEM:Lewis 38 yd run (Duncan kick) - OAK 10, MEM 7
OAK:Besana 1 yd run (kick failed) - OAK 16, MEM 7
MEM:Crawford 97 yd kickoff return (Duncan kick) - OAK 16, MEM 14
OAK:Newton 2 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) - OAK 23, MEM 14
OAK:Banks 12 yd pass from Besana (kick failed) - OAK 29, MEM 14
Box Score
MEM OAK
First Downs 14 24
Rushes-Yards 19-131 49-128
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 29-12-97-5 29-20-259-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-29 1-0
Total Plays-Yards 52-199 79-387
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-31 8-84
Turnovers 5 0
Time of Possession 21:20 38:40
Attendance = 22,030
MEMPHIS OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Lewis 9 3 31 1 0 4.6 Besana 29 20 259 0 2 119.8
Johnson 20 9 66 4 0 13.8
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Reid 9 60 6.7 0 Newton 23 47 2.0 1
Lewis 2 41 20.5 1 Whittington 10 30 3.0 0
Johnson 1 15 15.0 0 Jordan 8 29 3.6 0
Quarles 3 8 2.7 0 Besana 3 12 4.0 1
Ford 4 7 1.8 0 Lewis 1 5 5.0 0
Torosian 1 3 3.0 0
Brown 3 2 0.7 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Ford 3 30 10.0 0 Whittington 7 85 12.1 0
Shirk 2 26 13.0 0 Lewis 2 63 31.5 0
Carney 2 17 8.5 0 Williams 4 51 12.8 0
Crawford 1 13 13.0 0 Banks 4 49 12.3 1
Reid 2 11 5.5 0 Newton 2 8 4.0 1
White B 1 3 3.0 0 Jordan 1 3 3.0 0
Quarles 1 -3 -3.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Crawford 4 152 38.0 1 Brown 2 34 17.0 0
Groves 1 12 12.0 0 Lewis 1 21 21.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Dameron 2 15 7.5 0 Lewis 1 6 6.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Duncan 0-0 -- 2-2 2 Shea 1-2 22 2-4 5
miss: -- miss: 35
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 5 203 40.6 Talley 4 138 34.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Gunn 1 0 Bennett 2 14
Lucas 1 9
Browning 1 6
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Quinn 4 35 8.8 0
Daniel 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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