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Chicago 13 at Houston 38
1984 Week 16 - Sunday, June 10, 1984
Chicago Blitz(5-10) at Houston Gamblers(10-5)(-13)
Attendance: 24,243, TV: ABC
HOUSTON (AP) - First-year quarterback Jim Kelly has led the first-year Houston Gamblers to a division title over the United States Football League' s defending champions, and along the way he's grabbed a few titles for himself.
Kelly established three American professional football records Sunday as the 11-5 Gamblers overwhelmed the Chicago Blitz 38-13 to open an insurmountable three-game lead over the Central Division's second-place Michigan Panthers.
The rookie completed 21 of 31passes for 335 yards and four touchdowns, giving him record single-season passing totalsof 4,825 yards, 40 touchdowns and nine 300-yard games.
Kelly broke two records set by Dan Fouts of the National Football League's San Diego Chargers. Fouts threw for 4,802 yards in 1979, and in 1980, had eight 300-yard games, the marks that Kelly broke Sunday.
The 40 touchdown passes eclipse the record of 36 established by George Blanda and Y.A. Tittle in 1961 and 1963, respectively. Kelly set the records in the 16th game of the Gamblers' 18-game season. Fouts' records were set in 16-game seasons, and Blanda's and Tittle's in 14 games.
"Anytime you break a record of Dan Fouts' it's a great feeling," Kelly said. "It wasn't one of my best days but the receivers did a great job instinctively."
One of those receivers, Richard Johnson, set another record with 103 catches on the season, surpassing the old mark of 101 by Charles Hennigan of the 1964 Houston Oilers.
1 2 3 4 F
CHI 0 10 3 0 - 13
HOU 14 7 7 10 - 38
Scoring
HOU:Harrell 1 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, CHI 0
HOU:R. Johnson 10 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 14, CHI 0
CHI:Seibel 38 yd field goal - HOU 14, CHI 3
HOU:R. Johnson 30 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 21, CHI 3
CHI:Haines 15 yd pass from Reeves (Seibel kick) - HOU 21, CHI 10
HOU:Sanders 62 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 28, CHI 10
CHI:Seibel 22 yd field goal - HOU 28, CHI 13
HOU:Barousse 11 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 35, CHI 13
HOU:Fritsch 46 yd field goal - HOU 38, CHI 13
Box Score
CHI HOU
First Downs 13 30
Rushes-Yards 18-67 25-149
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 36-16-168-1 47-27-407-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-38 2-13
Total Plays-Yards 59-197 74-543
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 6-65 11-90
Turnovers 2 3
Time of Possession 25:20 34:40
Attendance = 24,243
CHICAGO HOUSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Reeves 36 16 168 1 1 56.3 Kelly 36 21 335 2 4 103.4
Dillon 11 6 72 0 0 74.8
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Canada 7 26 3.7 0 Fowler 14 105 7.5 0
Reeves 3 21 7.0 0 Kelly 6 25 4.2 0
Ferguson 5 16 3.2 0 Harrell 5 19 3.8 1
Middleton 2 3 1.5 0
Stone 1 1 1.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Haines 5 45 9.0 1 Sanders 7 130 18.6 1
Worthy 3 43 14.3 0 McGhee 5 82 16.4 0
Canada 3 24 8.0 0 Johnson R 5 58 11.6 2
Ferguson 1 21 21.0 0 McNeil 2 58 29.0 0
Anderson 1 12 12.0 0 Moser 2 34 17.0 0
Middleton 1 9 9.0 0 Barousse 2 29 14.5 1
Keel 1 8 8.0 0 Courville 1 15 15.0 0
Stone 1 6 6.0 0 Fowler 1 12 12.0 0
Verdin 1 2 2.0 0
Kelly 1 -13-13.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
James 2 56 28.0 0 Verdin 3 40 13.3 0
Puha 2 23 11.5 0 Courville 1 30 30.0 0
Wilcox 1 22 22.0 0
Stroth 1 15 15.0 0
Jostes 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Daniel 1 2 2.0 0 McNeil 5 83 16.6 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Seibel 2-2 38 1-1 7 Fritsch 1-2 46 5-5 8
miss: -- miss: 35
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Gossett 7 323 46.1 Walters 3 117 39.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Morgan 1 9 Catan 2 21
Taylor 1 4 Crosby 1.5 10
Taylor 1 5
Fitzpatrick 0.5 2
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Gabrielsen 1 31 31.0 0 Eason 1 2 2.0 0
Kelley 1 11 11.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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