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Arizona 17 at Los Angeles 24
1984 Week 14 - Saturday, May 26, 1984
Arizona Wranglers(6-7) at Los Angeles Express(6-7)(-1)
Attendance: 11,702, TV: ESPN
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kevin Nelson's 2-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds left gave the Los Angeles Express a 24-17 victory over the Arizona Wranglers in a United States Football League game Saturday before a Crowd of 11,702 at the Coliseum.
The scoring play was set up by a 58-yard interception return by Troy West.
The win gave Los Angeles sole possession of second place in the Pacific Division at 7-7. Arizona fell to 6-8.
The Express entered the fourth quarter trailing 17-14, but tied the game with 2:18 left in the game on Tony Zendejas' 43-yard field goal.
Arizona took over and, in six plays, moved the ball from their 27 to the 47. The drive ended when Arizona quarterback Greg Landry's pass was picked off by West and returned to the Wrangler 2.
Nelson scored on the next play.
Arizona took a 7-0 lead on the first of two Tim Spencer touchdowns, a 5-yard run with 8:29 left in the first quarter.
The Express tied it on their next possession, an 11-play drive, capped by quarterback Steve Young's 6-yard touchdown run.
Arizona took a 10-7 halftime lead when Frank Corral kicked a 34-yard field goal with 20 seconds remaining in the half.
1 2 3 4 F
AZ 7 3 7 0 - 17
LA 7 0 7 10 - 24
Scoring
AZ: Spencer 5 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 7, LA 0
LA: Young 6 yd run (Zendejas kick) - LA 7, AZ 7
AZ: Corral 34 yd field goal - AZ 10, LA 7
AZ: Spencer 3 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 17, LA 7
LA: Mack 9 yd run (Zendejas kick) - AZ 17, LA 14
LA: Zendejas 43 yd field goal - LA 17, AZ 17
LA: Nelson 2 yd run (Zendejas kick) - LA 24, AZ 17
Box Score
AZ LA
First Downs 25 15
Rushes-Yards 32-152 25-111
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 37-19-232-1 23-11-184-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-29 2-13
Total Plays-Yards 73-355 50-282
Fumbles-Lost 5-1 2-0
Penalties-Yards 9-65 4-29
Turnovers 2 1
Time of Possession 35:18 24:42
Attendance = 11,702
ARIZONA LOS ANGELES
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Landry 37 19 232 1 0 59.7 Young 23 11 184 1 0 57.2
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Spencer 15 81 2.5 2 Mack 14 44 3.1 1
Long 12 64 2.2 0 Hersey 2 25 12.5 0
Boatner 3 4 1.3 0 Young 4 23 5.8 1
Landry 1 2 2.0 0 Townsell 2 13 6.5 0
Dennison 1 1 1.0 0 Nelson 2 9 4.5 1
Boddie 1 -3 -3.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Johnson T 12 145 12.1 0 Long 2 55 27.5 0
Long 2 36 18.0 0 Boddie 2 39 19.5 0
Ricker 1 31 31.0 0 Townsell 3 38 12.7 0
Spencer 2 8 4.0 0 Hersey 2 35 17.5 0
Dennison 1 7 7.0 0 Nelson 1 15 15.0 0
Willis 1 5 5.0 0 Mack 1 2 2.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Clark 1 28 28.0 0 Gunn 4 110 27.5 0
Tolbert 1 14 14.0 0 Drane 1 16 16.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Brown 1 3 3.0 0 Gunn 2 11 5.5 0
Tolbert 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Corral 1-1 34 2-2 5 Zendejas 1-1 43 3-3 6
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Corral 4 166 41.5 Partridge 4 191 47.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Smith 1 10 Williams 2 20
Lee 1 3 Jenkins 1 8
Weaver 1 1
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Allen 1 6 6.0 0 West 1 58 58.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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