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Los Angeles 14 at Denver 10
1983 Week 12 - Sunday, May 22, 1983
Los Angeles Express(5-6) at Denver Gold(4-7)(-1.5)
Attendance: 32,963, TV: ABC
DENVER(AP) - The Denver Gold, who last week became the first United States Footbail League team to fire a coach, lost to the Los Angeles Express 14-10 yesterday, in the first game under coach Charley Armey.
John Barnett, a rookie running back, rammed over from the one-yard line with 3:38 left to give Los Angeles the win and spoil the occasion for Armey, who became interim coach when Red Miller was fired.
Los Angeles moved to 6-6 and took over the lead in the USFL Pacific Division while Denver dropped to 4-8.
A number of Gold fans protested when Gold owner Ron Blanding fired popular Miller, resulting in what appeared to be a fan backlash. The team sold 39,040 tickets for the game, about 8,000 fewer than usual, and there were 6,000 no-shows.
Denver took a 7-0 first-half lead on a 31-yard pass from Alvin White to Harry Sydney. But Mike Rae tossed 19 yards to Barnett to tie the score in the third quarter. Brian Speilman's field goal put Denver ahead again. But the Express dominated the final period, finally driving for Barnett's winning touchdown following a fourth-down 26-yard pass from Rae to Wilbert Haslip.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 0 0 7 7 - 14
DEN 0 7 3 0 - 10
Scoring
DEN:Sydney 31 yd pass from A. White (Speelman kick) - DEN 7, LA 0
LA: Barnett 19 yd pass from Rae (Abbott kick) - LA 7, DEN 7
DEN:Speelman 50 yd field goal - DEN 10, LA 7
LA: Barnett 1 yd run (Abbott kick) - LA 14, DEN 10
Box Score
LA DEN
First Downs 22 10
Rushes-Yards 32-110 24-62
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 43-21-275-2 22-11-147-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-12 3-24
Total Plays-Yards 77-373 49-185
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-51 8-21
Turnovers 2 2
Time of Possession 35:28 24:32
Attendance = 32,963
LOS ANGELES OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Rae 43 21 275 2 1 57.8 Mortensen 15 9 109 0 0 82.4
White, A 7 2 38 2 1 49.7
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Haslip 8 36 4.5 0 Sydney 13 46 3.5 0
Barnett 9 33 3.7 1 Mortensen 3 12 4.0 0
Harrington 12 30 2.5 0 Canada 3 7 2.3 0
Boddie 2 11 5.5 0 Stamper 1 6 6.0 0
Rae 1 0 0.0 0 Matthews 2 -3 -1.5 0
White, V 2 -5 -2.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Allen 5 68 13.6 0 Dirden 3 54 18.0 0
Ellis 3 56 18.7 0 Sydney 3 44 14.7 1
Haines 4 47 11.8 0 Niziolek 3 35 11.7 0
Haslip 2 33 16.5 0 James 1 7 7.0 0
Harrington 3 30 10.0 0 White, V 1 7 7.0 0
Sherrod 2 22 11.0 0
Barnett 2 19 8.0 1
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Allen 1 23 23.0 0 Ford 3 79 16.3 0
Tolbert 1 20 20.0 0
Moser 1 5 5.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Tolbert 2 22 11.0 0 Martin 2 17 8.5 0
Allen 2 14 7.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Abbott 0-2 0 2-2 2 Speelman 1-1 50 1-1 4
miss: 29, 31 miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 4 166 41.5 Gortz 5 239 47.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Fields, G 1 11 Gerken 1 6
Philyaw 1 3 Short 1 6
Aupiu 0.5 5
Weaver 0.5 5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Scoggins 1 7 7.0 0 Dumars 1 30 30.0 0
Lute 1 5 5.0 0 Whittingham 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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