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Oakland 31 at Houston 21
1985 Week 18 - Monday, June 24, 1985
Oakland Invaders(12-4-1) at Houston Gamblers(10-7)(-2.5)
Attendance: 15,797, TV: ESPN
HOUSTON (UPI) - The Oakland Invaders led 3-0 six minutes into their game against the Houston Gamblers Monday night. History dictated the game was over. The Invaders entered the contest with a 12-0 record in games in which they scored first. Oakland was 0-4-1 when opponents opened the scoring. The Invaders stuck to their previous form, holding off the Gamblers 31-21 in the regularseason finale for both U.S.Football League playoff bound first round of the teams.
"Well, I don't believe in but there's superstitions, something about it when we score first we win," Oakland coach Charlie Sumner said. "When we don't, we lose. We just try to score first, and I hope this holds true in the playoffs."
The Western Conference champion Invaders, led by the 117-yard rushing performance of John Williams, will carry a league-best 13-4-1 record into the playoffs against Tampa Bay Sunday at Oakland. Houston, which fell to 10-8, will travel to Birmingham to take on the Stallions Saturday.
A crowd of 15,797 turned out to watch what may have been the final performance by the Gamblers in Houston. The Gamblers have had financial support from the league and are reportedly moving to Chicago for the 1986 season.
1 2 3 4 F
OAK 17 7 7 0 - 31
HOU 0 7 0 14 - 21
Scoring
OAK:Bojovic 44 FG - OAK 3, HOU 0
OAK:McClanahan blocked punt recovery in end zone(Bojovic kick) - OAK 10, HOU 0
OAK:Holloway 64 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 17, HOU 0
OAK:Bentley 1 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 24, HOU 0
HOU:Fowler 47 pass from Dillon(Fritsch kick) - OAK 24, HOU 7
OAK:Williams 44 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 31, HOU 7
HOU:Harrell 3 run(run failed) - OAK 31, HOU 13
HOU:Harrell 1 run(Sanders pass from Dillon) - OAK 31, HOU 21
Box Score
OAK HOU
First Downs 23 22
Rushes-Yards 38-181 14-84
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 23-10-199-1 50-26-274-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-23 1-10
Total Plays-Yards 61-380 64-358
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-61 8-80
Turnovers 2 3
Time of Possession 32:34 27:26
Attendance = 15,797
OAKLAND HOUSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Hebert 23 10 199 1 1 70.74 Dillon 50 26 274 3 1 49.92
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Williams 17 117 6.9 1 Fowler 6 36 6.0 0
Bentley 14 50 3.6 1 Dillon 3 27 9.0 0
Faulkner 3 10 3.3 0 Harrell 5 21 4.2 2
Newton 2 5 2.5 0
Hebert 2 1 0.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Holloway 2 75 37.5 1 Johnson 8 117 14.7 0
Banks 4 56 14.0 0 Fowler 4 62 15.5 1
Bentley 2 42 21.0 0 Harrell 4 33 8.3 0
Shumann 1 20 20.0 0 Sanders 4 27 6.8 0
Williams 1 6 6.0 0 Verdin 4 17 4.3 0
McNeil 2 18 9.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Faulkner 1 18 18.0 0 Courville 2 36 18.0 0
Verdin 1 31 31.0 0
Potts 1 21 21.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Faulkner 3 40 13.3 0 McNeil 4 64 16.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Bojovic 1-1 44 4-4 7 Fritsch 0-0 -- 1-1 1
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Talley 6 250 41.7 Corral 6 216 36.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
McClanahan 1 10 Catan 2 23
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Davis 1 41 41.0 0 DeAyala 1 14 14.0 0
Greenwood 1 0 0.0 0
J.Sullivan 1 0 0.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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