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Los Angeles 14 at Arizona 21
1983 Week 3 - Saturday, March 19, 1983
Los Angeles Express(2-0)(-3.5) at Arizona Wranglers(1-1)
Attendance: 29,335
TEMPE (AP) - Jim Asmus, who had climaxed Arizona's comeback against the Blitz a week ago with a last-second field goal, kicked two field goals to help the Wranglers down Los Angeles 21-14, one of them a 57-yarder to drop the Express from the unbeaten ranks.
The Wranglers' other points came on rookie Alan Risher's 45-yard pass to Jackie Flowers and Darryl Clark's 1-yard dive. Each LA quarterback passed to Kevin Williams for a TD, Mike Rae's covering 61 yards, Tom Ramsey's covering 3.
MONDAY, MARCH 19 SCORE BY PERIODS Los Angeles .................. 0 7 0 7--14 Arizona .................. 7 11 0 3--21 Arizona--FG Asmus 57. Los Angeles--K. Williams 61 pass from Rae (Abbott kick.) Arizona--Flowers 45 pass from Risher (Howell run.) Arizona--FG Asmus 41. Los Angeles--K. Williams 3 pass from Ramsey (Abbott kick.) TEAM STATISTICS Los Angeles Arizona First downs ........................... 19 17 Rushes-yards .......................... 13-30 47-183 Passing-yards ......................... 315 134 Return yards .......................... 52 89 Passes ................................ 26-50-0 12-27-0 Sacks by .............................. 2-21 1-9 Punts ................................. 7-44.4 6-38.2 Fumbles-lost .......................... 3-2 3-1 Penalties-yards ....................... 5-53 7-49 Time of possession .................... 23:04 36:56 Attendance--29,335 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING: Los Angeles--Boddie 6-22, Harrington 5-6, Ramsey 2-2. Arizona--Howell 21-98, Bledsoe 13-53, Risher 6-18, Clark 4-5, Blue 2-9, Murray 1-0. PASSING: Los Angeles--Rae 9-13-0, 164; Ramsey 17-37-0, 172. Arizona--Risher 12-27-0, 143 yards. RECEIVING: Los Angeles--K. Williams 7-153, Ellis 6-83, Boddie 5-36, Harrington 3-14, Hayes 3-38, Rakhshani 2-12. Arizona--Bledsoe 4-21, Flowers 3-73, Keel 3-27, Balholm 2-22. KICKOFF RETURNS: Los Angeles--Turner 2-46. Arizona-- Blue 2-57, Ryckman 1-0. PUNT RETURNS: Los Angeles--Fox 1-3, Turner 1-3. Arizona-- Boone 1-27, Jones 1-4, Ryckman 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS--None. PUNTING: Los Angeles--Partridge 7-44.4. Arizona-- Asmus 6-38.2. FIELD GOALS: Los Angeles�Abbott 0-2. Arizona--Asmus 2-4. SACKS: Los Angeles�Edwards 1-9. Arizona�Clark �-6, Perkins �-6, Nelson �-4�, Cattage �-4�.
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Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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