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Oakland 7 at Denver 20
1984 Week 18 - Friday, June 22, 1984
Oakland Invaders(7-10) at Denver Gold(8-9)(-3)
Attendance: 32,623, TV: Local
DENVER (AP) -- After the last last nine games, when they compiled an embarrassing 1-8 record, no one realistically expected the Denver gold to finish the season on a high note.
But then no one expected Harry Sydney to rush for 117 yards or Craig Penrose to come off the beach with a competent performance or the defense to get a shutout until the final two minutes.
A Denver Gold team that looked dead in the water as far as the playoffs were concerned kept its faint hopes alive, with Friday night's 20-7 United States Football League triumph over the Oakland Invaders.
Denver finished the regular season at 9-9. If Arizona loses to Pacific Division champion Los Angeles tonight, Denver gains the fourth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference. An Arizona victory gives the playoff spot to the Wranglers.
"We'll just have to wait and see how the other game comes out, and start preparing Sunday if we have to," said Denver Coach Craig Morton. "But I'm real happy tonight. It was a great way to finish the regular season. We proved a lot."
1 2 3 4 F
OAK 0 0 0 7 - 7
DEN 0 10 7 3 - 20
Scoring
DEN:Sydney 43 yd run (Speelman kick) - DEN 7, OAK 0
DEN:Speelman 57 yd field goal - DEN 10, OAK 0
DEN:Williams 31 yd pass from Penrose (Speelman kick) - DEN 17, OAK 0
DEN:Speelman 45 yd field goal - DEN 20, OAK 0
OAK:Sullivan recovered fumble in end zone (Shea kick) - DEN 20, OAK 7
Box Score
OAK DEN
First Downs 18 17
Rushes-Yards 32-125 35-151
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 33-17-288-3 25-11-125-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-27 3-25
Total Plays-Yards 68-368 63-251
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1
Penalties-Yards 14-89 13-67
Turnovers 3 3
Time of Possession 31:18 28:42
Attendance = 32,623
OAKLAND DENVER
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Besana 33 17 288 3 0 43.5 Hobart 5 0 0 0 0 39.6
Penrose 20 11 125 2 1 51.0
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Jackson 5 51 10.2 0 Sydney 18 117 6.5 1
Newton 12 27 2.3 0 Matthews 4 20 5.0 0
Whittington 4 20 5.0 0 Hobart 2 14 7.0 0
Jordan 7 16 2.3 0 Penrose 1 4 4.0 0
Besana 3 10 3.3 0 Preston 5 3 0.6 0
Torosian 1 1 1.0 0 Johnson B 1 1 1.0 0
White 4 -8 -2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Banks 2 69 34.5 0 Sydney 6 61 10.2 0
Newton 4 59 14.8 0 Williams 2 35 17.5 1
Lewis 1 55 55.0 0 Hicks 2 22 11.0 0
Williams 4 54 13.5 0 Preston 1 7 7.0 0
Torosian 1 17 17.0 0
Stief 1 13 13.0 0
Gilbert 2 11 5.5 0
Jackson 2 10 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Brown 3 49 16.3 0 Hicks 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Banks 3 25 8.3 0 White 1 3 3.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Shea 0-0 -- 1-1 1 Speelman 2-2 57 2-2 8
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Talley 5 250 50.0 Speelman 6 277 46.2
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Bennett 1.5 15.5 Stalls 1.5 15
Sullivan 1 5 Ogrin 1.5 12
Shaw 0.5 4.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Plummer 1 7 7.0 0 Martin 2 0 0.0 0
Martin 1 0 0.0 0 Dumars 1 17 17.0 0
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