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Houston 15 at Memphis 17
1985 Week 12 - Sunday, May 12, 1985
Houston Gamblers(8-3)(-4.5) at Memphis Showboats(6-5)
Attendance: 27,325, TV: ABC
MEMPHIS, TN - Quarterback Mike Kelley ran for two first-half touchdowns and Alan Duncan added a 27-yard field goal as Memphis collected a 17-15 victory over Houston.
The Gamblers, now 8-4. were threatening even as time ran out at the Liberty Bowl. Houston managed to move the ball down to the Memphis 30 in less than two minutes.
The Memphis defense, as it had done all afternoon, knocked down two of Houston quarterback Jim Kelly's passes to slow the drive and use up valuable seconds.
Kelly connected on his final pass of the game to running back Todd Fowler, but he picked up only four yards on the play and that left the Gamblers two points short of a victory.
1 2 3 4 F
HOU 0 6 3 6 - 15
MEM 7 7 0 3 - 17
Scoring
MEM:Kelley 4 run(Duncan kick) - MEM 7, HOU 0
HOU:Fritsch 32 FG - MEM 7, HOU 3
HOU:Fritsch 42 FG - MEM 7, HOU 6
MEM:Kelley 3 run(Duncan kick) - MEM 14, HOU 6
HOU:Fritsch 22 FG - MEM 14, HOU 9
MEM:Duncan 27 FG - MEM 17, HOU 9
HOU:Sanders 43 pass from Kelly(pass failed) - MEM 17, HOU 15
Box Score
HOU MEM
First Downs 23 15
Rushes-Yards 13-42 30-132
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 51-34-273-2 20-12-164-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-21 1-8
Total Plays-Yards 64-315 50-296
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2
Penalties-Yards 11-60 14-133
Turnovers 3 3
Time of Possession 32:32 27:28
Attendance = 27,325
HOUSTON MEMPHIS
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Kelly 51 34 295 2 1 71.94 Kelley 20 12 174 1 0 67.50
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Harrell 5 17 3.4 0 Spencer 13 69 5.3 0
Kelly 2 13 6.5 0 Kelley 5 22 4.4 2
Fowler 6 12 2.0 0 Williams 4 16 4.0 0
Porter 3 16 5.3 0
Sydney 2 6 3.0 0
Parker 3 3 1.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Sanders 11 111 10.1 1 Crawford 5 86 17.2 0
Johnson 8 70 8.8 0 Moser 3 35 11.7 0
Verdin 4 37 9.3 0 Heflin 1 32 32.0 0
Harrell 5 29 5.8 0 Shirk 1 9 9.0 0
Fowler 3 26 8.7 0 Parker 1 6 6.0 0
McNeil 3 22 7.3 0 Sydney 1 6 6.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Verdin 2 27 13.5 0 H.Williams 5 114 22.8 0
Courville 1 22 22.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McNeil 5 34 6.8 0 H.Williams 2 7 3.5 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Fritsch 3-4 42 0-0 9 Duncan 1-1 27 2-2 5
miss: 37 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Walters 2 70 35.0 Grupp 5 194 38.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Catan 1 8 White 1 9
M.Hawkins 1 2 Corker 1 5
Clark 1 3
Clancy 0.5 2
Cokeley 0.5 2
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Roquemore 1 0 0.0 0 Cade 1 0 0.0 0
Cokeley 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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