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Houston 13 at Denver 16
1985 Week 16 - Sunday, June 9, 1985
Houston Gamblers(9-6) at Denver Gold(10-5)(-5)
Attendance: 12,553, TV: ABC
DENVER(AP) - You aren't supposed to win football games with such offensive futility. In the second and third quarters, the Denver Gold had five straight drives that reached the Houston 4, 2, 9, 13 and 25-yard lines. From those five scoring opportunities, the Gold extracted zero points.
Jim Asmus missed a pair of chip-shot field goals, and Gold quarterback Bob Gagliano was intercepted three times in the end zone.
Asmus, atoning for two earlier missed field-goal attempts, kicked an 18-yarder with one second remaining, lifting the Gold to a 16-13 United States Football League victory over the Houston Gamblers.
The victory enabled the Gold to clinch a playoff berth.
1 2 3 4 F
HOU 3 3 0 7 - 13
DEN 7 0 3 6 - 16
Scoring
DEN:Le.Harris 63 pass from Gagliano(Asmus kick) - DEN 7, HOU 0
HOU:Fritsch 46 FG - DEN 7, HOU 3
HOU:Fritsch 31 FG - DEN 7, HOU 6
DEN:Asmus 40 FG - DEN 10, HOU 6
DEN:Asmus 47 FG - DEN 13, HOU 6
HOU:Fowler 6 run(Fritsch kick) - DEN 13, HOU 13
DEN:Asmus 18 FG - DEN 16, HOU 13
Box Score
HOU DEN
First Downs 16 20
Rushes-Yards 16-77 21-47
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 39-21-214-1 45-24-415-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 5-30
Total Plays-Yards 55-291 66-462
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 4-24 7-47
Turnovers 2 3
Time of Possession 26:57 33:03
Attendance = 12,553
HOUSTON DENVER
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Dillion 38 21 233 1 0 62.72 Gagliano 45 24 445 3 1 67.36
Sanders 1 0 0 0 0 --
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Fowler 6 25 4.2 1 B.Johnson 15 38 2.5 0
Harrell 6 25 4.2 0 T.Johnson 2 11 5.5 0
Sanders 2 23 11.5 0 Gagliano 3 1 0.3 0
Dillion 2 4 2.0 0 Le.Harris 1 -3 -3.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Sanders 4 56 14.0 0 Le.Harris 4 177 44.3 1
McGhee 4 53 13.3 0 Lewis 9 130 14.4 0
Barousse 3 42 14.0 0 Turner 3 40 13.3 0
Johnson 3 29 9.7 0 B.Johnson 4 39 9.8 0
Fowler 4 24 6.0 0 Stegall 1 37 37.0 0
Verdin 2 19 9.5 0 Johnson 3 22 7.3 0
Courville 1 10 10.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Courville 1 25 25.0 0 Lo.Harris 3 83 27.7 0
Verdin 1 18 18.0 0
McGhee 1 6 6.0 0
Young 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McNeil 1 0 0.0 0 Lo.Harris 3 31 10.3 0
N.Harris 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Fritsch 2-2 46 1-1 7 Asmus 3-5 47 1-1 10
miss: -- miss: 19,30
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Corral 6 226 37.7 Asmus 3 110 36.7
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Catan 2 5 Mikolas 1.5 6.5
DeAyala 1 11 Thornton 1 11
H.Taylor 1 8 Ogrin 0.5 1.5
Fitzpatrick 1 6
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Roquemore 2 16 8.0 0 Shields 1 22 22.0 0
Mitchell 1 8 8.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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