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Oakland 28 at Memphis 19 Playoff
1985 Semifinals - Saturday, July 6, 1985
Oakland Invaders(14-4-1) at Memphis Showboats(12-7)(-3)
Attendance: 37,796, TV: ABC
MEMPHIS, TN (UPI) - Bobby Hebert connected with Anthony Carter for two touchdowns Saturday to lead a second-half rally that gave the Oakland Invaders a 28-19 victory over the Memph is Showboats and a trip to the USFL championship.
The Invaders will face the winner of Sunday's game between Baltimore and Birmingham for the league championship July 14, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Oakland trailed 13-7 early in the third quarter before breaking the game open with three straight touchdowns. Hebert hit Carter with touchdown passes of 24 and 19 yards in the third period, then scored on a 1-yard run to put the Invaders ahead 28-13 with 5:55 left in the game.
Memphis' Anthony Parker scored his second touchdown with 27-yard run with 4:19 left to close the lead to 28-19. Showboats quarterback Mike Kelley found Derrick Crawford in the end zone for an apparent two-point conversion, but the play was nullified when Memphis was called for holding.
Hebert connected on 18-of-33 for 287 yards and Carter caught nine passes for 154 yards. Williams rushed for 70 yards to lead Oakland. Parker gained 68 yards for Memphis while Kelley was good on 13-of-25 attempts for 163 yards.
Oakland opened the scoring in the second period on a 7-yard run by John Williams. The Showboats took a 10-7 halftime lead when Alan Duncan kicked a 34-yard field goal and Parker scored on a 23-yard run.
1 2 3 4 F OAK 0 7 14 7 - 28 MEM 0 10 3 6 - 19 Scoring OAK:Williams 7 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 7, MEM 0 MEM:Duncan 34 FG - OAK 7, MEM 3 MEM:Parker 23 run(Duncan kick) - MEM 10, OAK 7 MEM:Duncan 47 FG - MEM 13, OAK 7 OAK:Carter 24 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 14, MEM 13 OAK:Carter 19 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 21, MEM 13 OAK:Hebert 1 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 28, MEM 13 MEM:Parker 27 run(pass failed) - OAK 28, MEM 19 Box Score OAK MEM First Downs 21 17 Rushes-Yards 34-110 21-141 Passing (A-C-Y-I) 33-18-276-2 25-13-163-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-11 6-39 Total Plays-Yards 67-386 46-304 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-24 5-30 Turnovers 2 1 Time of Possession 34:06 25:54 Attendance = 37,796 OAKLAND MEMPHIS Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Hebert 33 18 287 2 2 78.72 Kelley 25 13 202 1 0 62.42 Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Williams 15 70 4.7 1 Parker 8 68 8.5 2 Bentley 12 38 3.2 0 Spencer 12 46 3.8 0 Newton 3 3 1.0 0 Lewis 1 27 27.0 0 Hebert 4 -1 -0.3 1 Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Carter 9 154 17.1 2 Moser 5 103 20.6 0 Holloway 3 60 20.0 0 Crawford 2 31 15.5 0 Banks 3 41 13.7 0 Bradley 2 24 12.0 0 Bentley 2 23 11.5 0 Spencer 2 23 11.5 0 Newton 1 9 9.0 0 Parker 1 12 12.0 0 Shirk 1 9 9.0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Faulkner 3 70 23.3 0 Crawford 2 60 30.0 0 Brown 1 22 22.0 0 Porter 1 20 20.0 0 Parker 1 14 14.0 0 Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Faulkner 1 14 14.0 0 Crawford 2 9 4.5 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Bojovic 0-1 -- 4-4 4 Duncan 2-2 47 1-1 5 miss: 53 miss: -- Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave Talley 3 116 38.7 Miller 4 134 33.5 Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds Moore 1 9 Bussey 1 11 Smith 1 8 McClanahan 1 6 Shaw 1 6 Bennett 1 5 Hollie 1 5 Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD McKeever 1 0 0.0 0 Odums 1 31 31.0 0 Hammond 1 0 0.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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