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Jacksonville 14 at Arizona 45
1984 Week 16 - Friday, June 8, 1984
Jacksonville Bulls(4-11) at Arizona Wranglers(7-8)(-16)
Attendance: 15,513
TEMPE, AZ (AP) - Tim Spencer and Kevin Long each scored twice from the one-yard line and Greg Landry threw two touchdown passes as the Arizona Wranglers bombed the Jacksonville Bulls 45-14 Friday night in a United States Football League game.
Stringing consecutive victories together for the first time this season, the Wranglers evened their record at 8-8 -- the first time they have reached .500 since they were 4-4. Jacksonville, losing its sixth straight game and fourth in a row on the road, fell to 4-12 before a crowd of only 15,513 at 70,021-seat Sun Devil Stadium.
Arizona tied a club record with 21 first period points and set a franchise mark for points in the first half en route to a commanding 38-7 halftime lead.
Long's first one-yard run capped a 13-play, 70-yard drive 7:42 into the game and he added another touchdown dive 5:08 later to finish a 54-yard drive.
After Wrangler safety Luther Bradley's 13-yard interception return to the Jacksonville 49, Landry hit Lenny Willis on a 40-yard scoring strike off a flea-flicker play for a 21-0 bulge with 17 seconds left in the first period.
Frank Corral kicked a 37-yard field goal 4:28 into the second quarter before Arizona defensive end John Lee recovered a fumble by Bulls quarterback Matt Robinson at the Jacksonville 14. Three plays later, Spencer dove over from the one with 7:30 remaining in the half.
Frank Minnifield's interception then set up Landry's 15-yard touchdown pass to Trumaine Johnson for a 38-0 lead with four minutes left.
The expansion Bulls avoided a shutout 48 seconds before halftime when Donald Dykes blocked Corral's punt and Vaughan Johnson recovered the ball in the Arizona end zone.
Spencer made it 45-7 on another one-yard dive with 3:09 to go in the third quarter.
Rookie Ben Bennett, making his USFL debut for Jacksonville, fired a seven-yard touchdown pass to Alton Alexis with 32 seconds remaining in the game.
Landry completed eight of 12 passes for 185yards -- giving him 3,032 yards and 21 touchdowns through 16 games. Both totals are career highs for the 16-year pro.
Spencer had 61 yards on 13 carries as he broke the 1,000-yard barrier for the second straight season.He now has 1,049.
Robinson hit on three of nine attempts for 26 yards with one interception while backup Robbie Mahfouz was 8-of-12 for 58 yards and one pass picked off. Bennett played the final 14:45 for the Bulls and completed seven of 10 passes for 113 yards.
1 2 3 4 F
JAX 0 7 0 7 - 14
AZ 21 17 7 0 - 45
Scoring
AZ: Long 1 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 7, JAX 0
AZ: Long 1 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 14, JAX 0
AZ: Willis 40 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick) - AZ 21, JAX 0
AZ: Corral 37 yd field goal - AZ 24, JAX 0
AZ: Spencer 1 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 31, JAX 0
AZ: T. Johnson 15 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick)- AZ 38, JAX 0
JAX:Johnson recovered blocked punt in end zone (Franco kick) - AZ 38, JAX 7
AZ: Spencer 1 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 45, JAX 7
JAX:Alexis 7 yd pass from Bennett (Franco kick) - AZ 45, JAX 14
Box Score
JAX AZ
First Downs 14 21
Rushes-Yards 14-75 39-197
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 31-18-197-2 21-14-206-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-44 1-9
Total Plays-Yards 50-228 61-394
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-41 10-76
Turnovers 4 1
Time of Possession 26:31 33:29
Attendance = 15,513
JACKSONVILLE ARIZONA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Bennett 10 7 113 0 1 140.8 Landry 18 12 185 0 2 137.5
Mahfouz 12 8 58 1 0 43.1 Risher 3 2 21 1 0 47.2
Robinson 9 3 26 1 0 17.1
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Whiting 8 50 6.3 0 Spencer 13 61 4.4 2
Lewis 2 27 13.5 0 Long 11 46 4.2 2
Mason 2 1 0.5 0 Boatner 8 42 5.3 0
Mahfouz 2 -3 -1.5 0 Johnson R 6 35 5.8 0
Risher 1 13 13.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Kemp 4 83 20.8 0 Spencer 3 61 20.3 0
Young 3 41 13.7 0 Willis 2 56 28.0 1
Alexis 4 36 9.0 1 Johnson T 4 37 9.3 1
Matthews 2 20 10.0 0 Boatner 2 29 14.5 0
McCurley 1 9 9.0 0 Long 2 16 8.0 0
Whiting 4 8 2.0 0 Dennison 1 7 7.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Kemp 3 62 20.7 0 Tolbert 1 25 25.0 0
Matthews 2 40 20.0 0 Clark 1 2 2.0 0
Key 1 17 17.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Kemp 1 6 6.0 0 Brown 1 7 7.0 0
Tolbert 1 6 6.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Franco 0-0 -- 2-2 2 Corral 1-1 37 6-6 9
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Pierce 1 27 27.0 Corral 3 92 30.7
Franco 5 237 47.4
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Philyaw 0.5 4.5 Lorch 1 10
Brown R 0.5 4.5 Lee 1 9
Smith 1 9
Young 1 9
Buben 1 7
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Gray 1 0 0.0 0 Bradley 1 13 13.0 0
Minnifield 1 5 5.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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