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Los Angeles 6 at Oakland 27
1985 Week 12 - Saturday, May 11, 1985
Los Angeles Express(3-8) at Oakland Invaders(7-3-1)(-13.5)
Attendance: 12,482, TV: ESPN
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - John Williams ran for tWo touchdowns and Novo Bojovic kicked two 48-yard field goals as the streaking Oakland Invaders won their fourth straight United States Football League game Saturday, a 27-6 victory over the Los Angeles Express.
Oakland, 8-3-1, moved into a temporary tie for first place in the Western Conference with Houston. Los Angeles dropped to 3-9.
Williams scored his first touchdown less than two minutes into the game when he swept around left end for 26 yards. Bojovic's kick gave the Invaders a 7-0 lead.
Tony Zendejas booted a 26-yard field goal moments into the second quarter to put the Express on the board. But the Invaders came right back four plays later when quarterback Bobby Hebert found Anthony Carter for a 62-yard touchdown scoring pass.
Zendejas' 39-yard field goal midway through the second quarter proved to be the Express' last points of the game. The Invaders put it away by halftime, taking a 24-6 lead after Williams rambled seven yards for a touchdown and Bojovic notched his first 48-yard field goal of the day.
Bojovic's second 48-yard field
goal, with 5:18 to go in the third quarter, capped the Oakland scoring. Express quarterback Steve Young was sacked seven times by the Invader defense.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 0 6 0 0 - 6
OAK 7 17 3 0 - 27
Scoring
OAK:J.Williams 26 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 7, LA 0
LA: Zendejas 26 FG - OAK 7, LA 3
OAK:Carter 62 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 14, LA 3
LA: Zendejas 39 FG - OAK 14, LA 6
OAK:J.Williams 7 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 21, LA 6
OAK:Bojovic 48 FG - OAK 24, LA 6
OAK:Bojovic 48 FG - OAK 27, LA 6
Box Score
LA OAK
First Downs 14 22
Rushes-Yards 21-112 33-178
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 27-10-66-0 25-14-223-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 7-46 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 48-178 58-401
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 9-98 9-103
Turnovers 1 1
Time of Possession 26:47 33:13
Attendance = 12,482
LOS ANGELES OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Young 21 9 108 0 0 59.23 Hebert 25 14 223 0 1 99.25
Seurer 5 1 4 0 0 39.58
Partridge 1 0 0 0 0 --
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Nelson 10 58 5.8 0 Bentley 10 57 5.7 0
Warren 7 27 3.9 0 Jordan 13 56 4.3 0
Young 4 27 6.8 0 J.Williams 7 45 6.4 2
Newton 2 13 6.5 0
Hebert 1 7 7.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Gunn 2 61 30.5 0 Holloway 6 84 14.0 0
Townsell 2 19 9.5 0 Carter 4 82 20.5 1
Hersey 3 18 6.0 0 Shumann 2 42 21.0 0
Warren 1 14 14.0 0 Banks 1 9 9.0 0
O'Neal 1 5 5.0 0 Bentley 1 6 6.0 0
Nelson 1 -5 -5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Gunn 2 63 31.5 0 Jordan 2 45 22.5 0
Nelson 3 34 11.3 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Gunn 1 20 20.0 0 Faulkner 2 12 6.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Zendejas 2-2 39 0-0 6 Bojovic 2-3 48 3-3 9
miss: -- miss: 48
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 6 248 41.3 Talley 3 128 42.7
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Snipes 3 27 None - --
Smith 2 9
Vaughan 1 6
McClanahan 1 4
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None - -- -- - None - -- -- -
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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