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Denver 10 at Oakland 31
1985 Week 1 - Sunday, February 24, 1985
Denver Gold(0-0) at Oakland Invaders(0-0)(-6)
Attendance: 23,622
OAKLAND(AP) - At Oakland, before 23,633, Bobby Hebert - who came to the Invaders when the team merged with the Michigan Panthers - hit four touchdown passes to lead Oakland to a 31-10 triumph over the Denver Gold. Hebert connected with Anthony Carter on a 50-yard TD pass on the first play of the fourth quarter to snap a 10-10 tie. A pair of interceptions by Derrick Martin led to two more scores.
Highlights
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 7 0 3 0 - 10
OAK 7 3 0 21 - 31
Scoring
OAK:Holloway 25 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 7,DEN 0
DEN:Hemphill 52 fumble return(Speelman kick) - OAK 7, DEN 7
OAK:Bojovic 32 FG - OAK 10, DEN 7
DEN:Speelman 28 FG - OAK 10, DEN 10
OAK:Carter 50 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 17, DEN 10
OAK:B.Williams 3 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 24, DEN 10
OAK:J.Williams 14 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 31, DEN 10
Box Score
DEN OAK
First Downs 12 18
Rushes-Yards 10-60 33-153
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 45-14-148-3 28-15-219-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 2-14
Total Plays-Yards 55-228 61-372
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 9-89 9-75
Turnovers 3 2
Time of Possession 22:21 37:39
Attendance = 23,622
DENVER OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Evans 45 14 150 3 0 13.94 Hebert 26 15 233 1 4 111.06
Carter 1 0 0 0 0 --
J.Williams 1 0 0 0 0 --
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
B.Johnson 6 30 5.0 0 Newton 13 72 5.5 0
Evans 4 30 7.5 0 J.Williams 12 32 2.7 0
Bentley 5 29 5.8 0
Faulkner 3 20 6.7 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
White 6 87 14.5 0 Holloway 4 86 21.5 1
L.Harris 6 46 7.7 0 Carter 3 76 25.3 1
L.Turner 1 13 13.0 0 J.Williams 2 38 19.0 1
B.Johnson 1 4 4.0 0 Banks 1 13 13.0 0
B.Williams 2 10 5.0 1
Newton 2 6 3.0 0
Bentley 1 4 4.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
L.Turner 6 115 19.2 0 Brown 3 49 16.3 0
Faulkner 1 12 12.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Martin 2 9 4.5 0 Faulkner 2 3 1.5 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Speelman 1-2 28 1-1 4 Bojovic 1-1 32 4-4 7
miss: 54 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Speelman 5 186 37.2 Talley 5 213 42.6
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Thornton 1 7 Vaughan 1 2
Walls 1 7
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Hemphill 1 0 0.0 0 Martin 2 29 14.5 0
McKeever 1 20 20.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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