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Washington 14 at Jacksonville 53
1984 Week 1 - Sunday, February 26, 1984
Washington Federals(0-0)(-3.5) at Jacksonville Bulls(0-0)
Attendance: 49,392
JACKSONVILLE (AP) - It was a bad day for the Washington Federals, who lost 13 of their first 14 last season. They started off the same way this year dropping a 53-14 decision to expansion Jacksonville. The 53 points was a league record.
Much-traveled quarterback Matt Robinson threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns, and Larry Mason ran for two scores as the Bulls broke Tampa's single-game USFL scoring mark of 45. There was a crowd of 49,392 at the Gator Bowl.
Washington quarterback Mike Hohensee ran for one score, and his backup, Reggie Collier threw 41 yards to Joey Walters for the other.
1 2 3 4 F
WAS 0 0 7 7 - 14
JAX 16 13 17 7 - 53
Scoring
JAX:Safety, Moore recovered fumble - JAX 2, WAS 0
JAX:Matthews 74 yd pass from Robinson (Miller kick) - JAX 9, WAS 0
JAX:Mason 1 yd run (Miller kick) - JAX 16, WAS 0
JAX:Mason 8 yd run (pass failed) - JAX 22, WAS 0
JAX:Henderson 54 yd pass from Robinson (Miller kick) - JAX 29, WAS 0
WAS:Hohensee 1 yd run (Vitiello kick) - JAX 29, WAS 7
JAX:McClendon 6 yd run (Miller kick) - JAX 36, WAS 7
JAX:Miller 26 yd field goal - JAX 39, WAS 7
JAX:Young 4 yd pass from Robinson (Miller kick) - JAX 46, WAS 7
WAS:Walters 51 yd pass from Collier (Vitiello kick) - JAC 4X, WAS 14
JAX:Whiting 9 yd run (Miller kick) - JAX 53, WAS 14
Box Score
WAS JAC
First Downs 13 28
Rushes-Yards 30-113 37-148
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 37-14-256-5 29-18-337-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-25 3-29
Total Plays-Yards 70-344 69-456
Fumbles-Lost 5-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 14-105 4-25
Turnovers 6 3
Time of Possession 26:42 33:18
Attendance = 49,392
WASHINGTON JACKSONVILLE
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Hohensee 23 9 117 2 0 19.7 Robinson 26 15 299 2 3 104.5
Collier 14 5 139 2 1 57.4 Mahfouz 3 3 38 0 0 118.8
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
James 13 49 3.8 0 Mason 11 36 3.3 2
Collier 6 45 7.5 0 McClendon 8 31 3.9 1
Hohensee 3 9 3.0 1 Robinson 4 28 7.0 0
Taylor B 6 9 1.5 0 Lewis 5 22 4.4 0
Robinson 2 1 0.5 0 Whiting 7 22 3.1 1
Matthews 1 11 11.0 0
Mahfouz 1 -2 -2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Walters 8 205 25.6 1 Matthews 1 74 74.0 1
Taylor B 3 37 9.0 0 Clark 4 65 .0 0
Harris 2 11 5.5 0 Henderson 1 54 54.0 1
Simmons 1 3 3.0 0 Alexis 3 42 14.0 0
Whiting 3 30 10.0 0
Young 2 22 11.0 1
Lewis 1 16 16.0 0
Bergmann 1 13 13.0 0
Mason 1 13 13.0 0
Kemp 1 8 8.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Robinson 6 134 22.3 0 Clark 2 30 15.0 0
Simmons 0 26 -.- 0
Triplett 1 14 14.0 0
Jackson 2 5 2.5 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Robinson 3 21 7.0 0 Clark 2 2 1.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Vitiello 0-2 -- 2-2 2 Miller 0-0 -- 6-6 6
miss: 43,46 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Moore 3 93 31.0 Mahfouz 1 46 46.0
Pierce 2 77 38.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Dailey 1 12 Dinkel 1 12
Brown J 1 9 Jackson 1 7
Smith 1 8 Costello 1 6
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Guess 2 16 8.0 0 Bessillieu 1 14 14.0 0
Brown S 1 14 14.0 0
Dinkel 1 11 11.0 0
Gee 1 7 7.0 0
Gray K 1 2 2.0 0
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