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Denver 17 at Portland 23
1985 Week 17 - Friday, June 14, 1985
Denver Gold(11-5)(-7) at Portland Breakers(5-11)
Attendance: 18,953, TV: ESPN
PORTLAND, OR (AP) -- Louis Jackson rushed for 129 yards in 25 carries and caught five passes for another 85 yards Friday night to pace the Portland Breakers to a 23-17 United States Football League victory- over the playoff-bound Denver Gold.
The Breakers, 6-11, held the Gold deep in Portland territory in the final seconds to preserve the upset. Tommy Haynes knocked down Bob Gagliano's fourth-down pass at the goal line to seal the victory with 25 seconds to play.
Matt Robinson passed for 304 yards, threw one touchdown pass and ran for another for the Breakers, who led nearly the entire game.
Tim Mazzetti kicked three field goals, but missed a 35-varder with less than two minutes to go to give Denver a chance.
The Gold easily moved down the field, but had trouble after reaching the Portland 11 and never made it past the eight.
The loss by the Gold, 11-6, means Oakland can clinch the Western Conference title with a victory at home against New Jersev Saturday.
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 0 7 7 3 - 17
POR 7 3 10 3 - 23
Scoring
POR:Johnson 79 pass from Robinson(Mazzetti kick) - POR 7, DEN 0
DEN:Johnson 1 run(Asmus kick) - POR 7, DEN 7
POR:Mazzetti 50 FG - POR 10, DEN 7
DEN:Hemphill 78 fumble return TD(Asmus kick) - DEN 14, POR 7
POR:Robinson 1 run(Mazzetti kick) - POR 17, DEN 14
POR:Mazzetti 31 FG - POR 20, DEN 14
POR:Mazzetti 39 - POR 23, DEN 14
DEN:Asmus 23 FG - POR 23, DEN 17
Box Score
DEN POR
First Downs 15 20
Rushes-Yards 16-68 40-143
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 40-20-248-2 32-15-294-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-37 1-10
Total Plays-Yards 56-316 72-437
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1
Penalties-Yards 4-25 5-42
Turnovers 2 2
Time of Possession 25:28 34:32
Attendance = 18,953
DENVER PORTLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Gagliano 35 20 285 2 0 59.82 Robinson 30 15 304 0 1 97.08
Jackson 1 0 0 1 0 --
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Johnson 12 60 5.0 1 Jackson 25 129 5.2 0
Gagliano 4 8 2.0 0 Jordan 12 39 3.3 0
Robinson 1 1 1.0 1
Johnson 1 -3 -3.0 0
Ricks 1 -23 -23.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Lewis 7 177 25.3 0 Johnson 5 149 29.8 1
Stegall 5 48 9.6 0 Jackson 5 95 19.0 0
T.Johnson 1 17 17.0 0 Brown 2 22 11.0 0
Turner 1 16 16.0 0 Franz 1 17 17.0 0
Le.Harris 4 15 3.8 0 Jordan 1 17 17.0 0
B.Johnson 2 12 6.0 0 Ross 1 14 14.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lo.Harris 6 152 25.3 0 Jackson 2 25 12.5 0
Clark 1 15 15.0 0
Ricks 1 15 15.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lo.Harris 1 20 20.0 0 Hall 2 1 0.5 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Asmus 1-1 23 2-2 5 Mazzetti 3-4 50 2-2 11
miss: -- miss: 35
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Asmus 6 209 34.8 Gossett 4 168 42.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Buben 1 10 Baylis 2 15
Hughes 1 8
Neil 1 7
Needham 1 7
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Miller 1 0 0.0 0 Storr 1 11 11.0 0
Needham 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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