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Oakland 17 at Portland 30
1985 Week 7 - Saturday, April 6, 1985
Oakland Invaders(4-1-1)(-9.5) at Portland Breakers(2-4)
Attendance: 23,388
PORTLAND, OR (UPI) - Matt Robinson threw three touchdown passes Saturday night to lift the Portland Breakers to a 30-17 triumph over the Oakland Invaders.
Portland's secondary victimized Invaders quarterback Bobby Hebert for four interceptions and a fumble. Three of the thefts resulted in Breakers' scores and the fourth killed an Oakland drive in the fourth quarter.
Hebert completed 18-of-34 passes for 304 yards and one touchdown. Robinson, rebounding from a poor effort in last week's 33-0 loss to San Antonio, was 14-of-22 and 163 yards.
After Oakland tied it 17-17 on Novo Bojovic's field goal from 42 yards, the Breakers took the lead to stay in the third quarter when Robinson engineered a 10 play, 64-yard drive capped by a 2-yard toss to Dwight Beverley for a touchdown. Beverley's fake into the line set up a 24-yard pass from Robinson to David Bayle for a key firstdown.
Portland scored again when Scott Byers intercepted Hebert and Anthony Allen caught a 17-yard halfback pass from Louis Jackson to make it 30-17.
Ruben Vaughn then blocked Tim Mazzetti's kick, stopping his string of 87 straight conversions, a USFL record. He had hit a 103 in a row, counting his NFL career.
The Invaders took the opening kickoff from their own 24 to the Portland 11, but Hebert fumbled and Jerald Baylis recovered.
The Breakers then moved 89 yards on 11 plays with Robinson passing to Dan Ross for 14 yards and a 7-0 lead.
Joe Restic intercepted an Hebert pass on the Oakland 45 and Robinson moved the Breakers 19 yards before Mazzetti kicked a 43-yard field goal. Another interception stopped an Oakland drive with Bruce Miller grabbing an Hebert pass and returning it 23 yards to the Oakland 35.
Five plays later Robinson passed to Ross for four yards and a 17-0 advantage Hebert's 33-yard touchdown pass to Albert Bentley made it 17-7.
Robinson was intercepted by John Sullivan on the Oakland 10 and the Invaders concluded a 90-yard march with John Williams scoring from the 2.
Bojovic made it 17-14 with 23 seconds left in the half.
1 2 3 4 F
OAK 0 14 3 0 - 17
POR 10 7 13 0 - 30
Scoring
POR:Ross 13 pass from Robinson(Mazzetti kick) - POR 7, OAK 0
POR:Mazzetti 43 FG - POR 10, OAK 0
POR:Ross 44 pass from Robinson(Mazzetti kick) - POR 17, OAK 0
OAK:Bentley 33 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - POR 17, OAK 7
OAK:Williams 2 run(Bojovic kick) - POR 17, OAK 14
OAK:Bojovic 42 FG - POR 17, OAK 17
POR:Beverly 2 pass from Robinson(kick blocked) - POR 23, OAK 17
POR:Allen 17 pass from Robinson(Mazzetti kick) - POR 30, OAK 17
Box Score
OAK POR
First Downs 20 17
Rushes-Yards 28-117 29-172
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 34-18-304-4 24-15-180-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-3
Total Plays-Yards 62-421 53-352
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-50 7-55
Turnovers 5 1
Time of Possession 29:27 30:23
Attendance = 23,388
OAKLAND PORTLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Hebert 34 18 304 4 1 53.68 Robinson 22 14 163 1 3 106.63
Jackson 1 1 17 0 1 158.33
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bentley 12 58 4.8 0 Beverly 12 79 6.6 0
Williams 14 57 4.1 1 Jackson 8 58 7.3 0
Newton 1 2 2.0 0 J.Williams 9 35 3.9 0
Hebert 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Banks 6 139 23.2 0 Allen 2 30 15.0 1
Holloway 3 71 23.7 0 Hall 1 29 29.0 0
Bentley 6 67 11.2 1 Bayle 2 28 14.0 0
Carter 1 15 15.0 0 Willis 2 23 11.5 0
Schumann 1 8 8.0 0 Lockett 2 20 10.0 0
B.Williams 1 4 4.0 0 Ross 2 17 8.5 2
Williams 2 16 8.0 0
Jackson 1 15 15.0 0
Beverly 1 2 2.0 1
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Faulkner 4 82 20.5 0 Ricks 3 82 27.3 0
Hart 2 34 17.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Banks 2 3 1.5 0 None - -- -- -
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Bojovic 1-1 42 2-2 5 Mazzetti 1-1 43 3-4 6
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Talley 1 37 37.0 Gossett 3 102 33.7
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Bennett 1 3 None - --
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Sullivan 1 0 0.0 0 Byers 2 0 0.0 0
Miller 1 32 32.0 0
Restic 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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