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Houston 33 at Arizona 17
1985 Week 9 - Sunday, April 21, 1985
Houston Gamblers(5-3) at Arizona Outlaws(4-4)(NL)
Attendance: 16,640, TV: ABC
TEMPE, AZ (AP) -The Houston Gamblers broke a three-game losing streak by putting the run back into their "Run and Shoot" offense.
Houston rushed for a season high 131 yards on 18 carries, including Sam Harrell's 17-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, and Jim Kelly threw two touchdown passes to Scott McGhee in the second half for a 33-17 victory over the Arizona Outlaws Sunday night.
"It helped to have our running backs healthy again," Kelly said. "If we execute like we're supposed to, this is what can happen."
The triumph gave the Gamblers a 6-3 record and tied them with Denver for first place in the United States Football League's Western Conference.
Kelly, the league's Most Valuable Player as a rookie last year after throwing for 44 touchdowns, completed 22 of 34 passes for 238 yards against Arizona. He now has 3,128 yards and 26 TD passes in nine games.
1 2 3 4 F
HOU 7 3 13 10 - 33
AZ 0 14 3 0 - 17
Scoring
HOU:Harrell 17 run(Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, AZ 0
AZ: D.Williams 1 run(Zendejas kick) - HOU 7, AZ 7
AZ: Long 12 pass from D.Williams(Zendejas kick) - AZ 14, HOU 7
HOU:Fritsch 32 FG - AZ 14, HOU 10
HOU:Verdin 95 kickoff return(Fritsch kick) - HOU 17, AZ 14
AZ:Zendejas 34 FG - HOU 17, AZ 17
HOU:McGhee 10 pass from Kelly(kick failed) - HOU 23, AZ 17
HOU:McGhee 3 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 30, AZ 17
HOU:Fritsch 24 FG - HOU 33, AZ 17
Box Score
HOU AZ
First Downs 18 18
Rushes-Yards 18-131 26-121
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 34-22-223-0 38-20-288-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 1-1
Total Plays-Yards 52-354 64-409
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2
Penalties-Yards 4-23 5-27
Turnovers 0 4
Time of Possession 25:24 34:36
Attendance = 16,640
HOUSTON ARIZONA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Kelly 34 22 238 0 2 104.78 D.Williams 38 29 293 2 1 84.65
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Fowler 14 87 6.2 0 Long 12 44 3.7 0
Harrell 4 44 11.0 1 Brown 9 30 3.3 0
Clark 2 23 11.5 0
Boatner 1 20 20.0 0
D.Williams 2 4 2.0 1
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Johnson 3 60 20.0 0 Boatner 5 83 16.6 0
Harrell 7 59 8.4 0 A.Williams 3 73 24.3 0
Verdin 4 35 8.8 0 Clark 3 42 14.0 0
McGhee 3 33 11.0 2 Anderson 3 29 9.7 0
Barousse 2 31 15.5 0 Long 3 27 9.0 1
Fowler 3 21 7.0 0 Mistler 2 24 12.0 0
Wheeler 1 15 15.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Verdin 2 113 56.5 1 Harris 4 69 17.3 0
Eason 1 12 12.0 0 O.Brown 2 44 22.0 0
A.Allen 1 17 17.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McNeil 2 18 9.0 0 Harris 2 6 3.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Fritsch 2-2 32 3-4 9 Zendejas 1-2 34 2-2 5
miss: -- miss: 33
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Walters 3 137 45.7 deBruijn 2 78 39.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Crosby 1 1 Taylor 1 8
Tipton 1 7
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
DeAyala 1 19 19.0 0 None - -- -- -
Bradley 1 0 0.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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