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Los Angeles 13 at Arizona 27
1985 Week 5 - Saturday, March 23, 1985
Los Angeles Express(1-3)(-1.5) at Arizona Outlaws(2-2)
Attendance: 20,835, TV: ESPN
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Reggie Brown scored two touchdowns and became Arizona's first 100-yard rusher this season with 127 on 16 carries as the Outlaws beat the Los Angeles Express 27-13 in a United States Football League game Saturday night.
The loss was costly for the Express, however, as $40 million quarterback Steve Young suffered strained ligaments in his left knee late in the third quarter. Arizona led 17-3 at halftime and held on, from there to improve its record to 3-2 overall and 3-0 at home before a crowd of just 20,835 at 70,021- seat Sun Devil Stadium.
Los Angeles, now 1-4, has yet to win here in four tries over a three-season span.
The Outlaws opened the scoring 7:44 into the game on Doug Williams' 9-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Al Williams. A fumbled punt at the Arizona 30-yard line led to a 44-yard field goal by the Express' Tony Zendejas with 8:31 left in the second quarter.
Lonnie Harris atoned for his fumble with a 76-yard kickoff return, preceding rookie Luis Zendejas' 33-yard field goal for a 10-3 Outlaw lead 6:42 before halftime.
Tony Zendejas, who is Luis' cousin, kicked a club-record 49-yard field goal 3:37 later -- set up by linebacker Andy Melontree's interception -- to cut Los Angeles' deficit to 10-6.
Brown's 1-yard plunge with 27 seconds to go gave Arizona an 11-point bulge at the half.
He added a 44-yard touchdown run 44 seconds before the end of the third quarter for a 27-6 lead. Luis Zendejas had booted a 40-yard field goal 9:33 earlier -- the first points allowed by the Express this season in the third period after a 46-0 skein.
Doug Williams wound up with 14 completions in 27 attempts for 153 yards.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 0 6 0 7 - 13
AZ 7 10 10 0 - 27
Scoring
AZ: A.Williams 9 pass from D.Williams(L.Zendejas kick) - AZ 7, LA 0
LA: T.Zendejas 44 FG - AZ 7, LA 3
AZ: L.Zendejas 33 FG - AZ 10, LA 3
LA: T.Zendejas 49 FG - AZ 10, LA 6
AZ: Brown 1 run(L.Zendejas kick) - AZ 17, LA 6
AZ: L.Zendejas 40 FG - AZ 20, LA 6
AZ: Brown 44 run(L.Zendejas kick) - AZ 27, LA 6
LA: Townsell 51 pass from Seurer(T.Zendejas kick) - AZ 27, LA 13
Box Score
LA AZ
First Downs 9 15
Rushes-Yards 20-58 29-161
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 33-14-166-1 27-14-143-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 7-45 1-10
Total Plays-Yards 53-224 56-304
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-3
Penalties-Yards 4-23 9-65
Turnovers 2 4
Time of Possession 29:19 30:41
Attendance = 20,835
LOS ANGELES ARIZONA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Young 15 8 88 1 0 43.19 D.Williams 27 14 153 1 1 65.82
Seurer 18 6 123 0 1 76.85
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Young 4 29 7.3 0 Brown 16 127 7.9 2
Nelson 9 10 1.1 0 Long 11 31 2.8 0
Warren 2 10 5.0 0 Clark 2 3 1.5 0
Gray 3 8 2.7 0
Alexander 1 3 3.0 0
Townsell 1 -2 -2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Hudson 5 78 15.6 0 Mistler 4 51 12.8 0
Townsell 2 59 29.5 1 A.Williams 2 25 12.5 1
Haines 1 30 30.0 0 Anderson 1 22 22.0 0
Gray 1 12 12.0 0 Boatner 1 22 22.0 0
Warren 1 11 11.0 0 Clark 1 13 13.0 0
O'Neal 1 10 10.0 0 Long 1 12 12.0 0
Campbell 1 8 8.0 0 Brown 1 8 8.0 0
Alexander 1 2 2.0 0
Nelson 1 1 1.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Alexander 3 46 15.3 0 Harris 2 89 44.5 0
Gray 1 22 22.0 0
Sherrod 1 7 7.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Townsell 3 23 7.7 0 Harris 6 70 11.7 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
T.Zendejas 2-2 49 1-1 7 L.Zendejas 2-2 40 3-3 9
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 4 166 41.6 deBruijn 4 182 45.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Randolph 0.5 5 Lathrop 4 22
Weaver 0.5 5 Buben 1 14
Tipton 1 6
Lorch 1 3
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Melontree 1 2 2.0 0 None - -- -- 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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