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Denver 17 at Houston 36
1985 Week 4 - Monday, March 18, 1985
Denver Gold(2-1) at Houston Gamblers(3-0)(-14)
Attendance: 33,747, TV: ESPN
HOUSTON (AP) - Denver Gold Coach Mouse Davis finally got a chance to look into the teeth of the run-and-shoot monster he created with the Houston Gamblers a year ago. And it bit him.
The Gamblers, paced by four touchdown passes from quarterback Jim Kelly and three field goals by Toni Fritsch, blasted Davis' Gold 36-17 Monday night in a United States Football League game with the offense Davis created last season as the Gamblers' offensive coordinator.
"Mouse is just like any other coach we play against but it was sure good to beat him," Kelly said after completing 32 of 61 passes for 433 yards. "After the game he (Davis) said he couldn't believe how much punishment I could take, but he said he knew that I was a hard-nosed player."
The Gamblers fell behind 17-13 in the third quarter before Kelly and the Gamblers rallied to their fourth straight victory. The Gold dropped to 2-2. "We did what we've been doing all year, keeping our poise and fighting back," Kelly said.
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 0 14 3 0 - 17
HOU 7 6 10 13 - 36
Scoring
HOU:Johnson 4 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, DEN 0
DEN:B.Johnson 26 run(Speelman kick) - HOU 7, DEN 7
HOU:Fritsch 27 FG - HOU 10, DEN 7
HOU:Fritsch 42 FG - HOU 13, DEN 7
DEN:Lewis 8 pass from Evans(Speelman kick) - DEN 14, HOU 13
DEN:Speelman 27 FG - DEN 17, HOU 13
HOU:Fritsch 40 FG - DEN 17, HOU 16
HOU:McNeil 40 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 23, DEN 17
HOU:Courville 10 pass from Kelly(pass failed) - HOU 29, DEN 17
HOU:Verdin 9 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 36, DEN 17
Box Score
DEN HOU
First Downs 16 23
Rushes-Yards 16-102 11-67
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 42-21-203-5 68-36-442-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-44 3-21
Total Plays-Yards 58-305 79-509
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 11-95 11-57
Turnovers 6 3
Time of Possession 24:54 35:06
Attendance = 33,747
DENVER HOUSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Evans 36 17 203 4 1 34.61 Kelly 61 32 433 3 4 76.74
Gagliano 6 4 44 1 0 48.61 Dillon 7 4 30 0 0 67.56
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
B.Johnson 10 70 7.0 1 Clark 5 28 5.6 0
Evans 5 23 4.6 0 Harrell 3 16 5.3 0
White 1 9 9.0 0 Kelly 2 13 6.5 0
Johnson 1 10 10.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Lewis 9 130 14.4 1 McNeil 5 142 28.4 1
K.Johnson 3 45 15.0 0 Verdin 8 111 13.8 1
Turner 3 28 9.3 0 Courville 5 84 16.8 1
Harris 3 18 6.0 0 Johnson 6 48 8.0 1
White 1 10 10.0 0 Clark 4 31 7.8 0
Gerhart 1 10 10.0 0 Barousse 3 28 9.3 0
Stegall 1 6 6.0 0 McGhee 3 24 8.0 0
Harrell 2 15 7.5 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
L.Turner 2 35 17.0 0 Verdin 1 64 64.0 0
Calip 3 30 10.0 0 Courville 1 28 28.0 0
T.Johnson 1 20 20.0 0 Eason 1 18 18.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Martin 2 33 16.5 0 McNeil 3 20 6.7 0
White 1 0 1.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Speelman 1-2 27 2-2 5 Fritsch 3-3 42 3-3 12
miss: 31 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Speelman 6 199 33.2 Walters 4 160 40.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Ogrin 1 9 Hughes 2 17
C.Turner 1 7 Lewis 1 11
Carswell 1 5 Holyfield 1 8
Taylor 1 7
DeAyala 1 1
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Delaney 3 77 25.7 0 Mitchell 2 29 14.5 0
Bradley 2 11 5.5 0
DeVaughn 1 31 31.0 0Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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