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Denver 27 at Los Angeles 10
1984 Week 1 - Sunday, February 26, 1984
Denver Gold(0-0) at Los Angeles Express(0-0)(-5)
Attendance: 32,082
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Craig Penrose's 6-yard touchdown pass to Elmer Bailey with 5:50 left broke a 10-10 tie, and Darryl Hemphill returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown just 1:11 later to break the game open for Denver as the Gold rolled to a 27-10 victory over the Los Angeles Express.
The crowd in the Coliseum was 32,082.
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 0 10 0 17 - 27
LA 3 7 0 0 - 10
Scoring
LA: Zendejas 36 yd field goal - LA 3, DEN 0
DEN:Matthews 1 yd run (Speelman kick) - DEN 7, LA 3
LA: Townsell 12 yd pass from Ramsey (Zendejas kick) - LA 10, DEN 7
DEN:Speelman 43 yd field goal - DEN 10, LA 10
DEN:Bailey 6 yd pass from Penrose (Speelman kick) - DEN 17, LA 10
DEN:Hemphill 42 yd interception return (Speelman kick) - DEN 24, LA 10
DEN:Speelman 46 yd field goal - DEN 27, LA 10
Box Score
DEN LA
First Downs 14 18
Rushes-Yards 26-86 21-86
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 23-16-166-0 34-25-144-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-28 3-20
Total Plays-Yards 53-224 58-200
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 6-65 5-43
Turnovers 0 5
Time of Possession 29:33 30:27
Attendance = 32,082
DENVER LOS ANGELES
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Penrose 22 16 166 0 1 109.3 Ramsey 33 24 147 3 1 53.5
Sydney 1 0 0 0 0 39.6 Partridge 1 1 -3 0 0 79.2
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Sydney 14 62 4.4 0 Nelson 10 49 4.9 0
Matthews Bo 10 13 1.3 1 Harrington 7 28 4.0 0
Williams 1 9 9.0 0 Ramsey 1 9 9.0 0
White 1 2 2.0 0 Allen 2 0 0.0 0
Ellis 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Bailey 3 41 13.7 1 Hersey 5 37 7.4 0
Harris 3 34 11.3 0 Moore 3 28 9.3 0
Sydney 3 27 9.0 0 Ellis 5 22 4.4 0
Williams 1 23 23.0 0 Townsell 2 20 10.0 1
Niziolek 2 15 7.5 0 Sherrod 3 12 4.0 0
Hicks 2 10 5.0 0 Harrington 2 12 6.0 0
Murray 1 10 10.0 0 Nelson 3 11 3.7 0
Matthews Bo 1 6 6.0 0 Allen 1 5 5.0 0
Boddie 1 -3 -3.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Harris 2 55 27.5 0 Boddie 3 83 27.7 0
Arnold 1 17 17.0 0 Allen 1 16 16.0 0
Durrette 1 5 5.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
None Ramsey 1 2 2.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Speelman 2-3 46 3-3 9 Zendejas 1-2 36 1-1 4
miss: 41 miss: 36
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Gortz 3 90 30.0 Partridge 1 18 18.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Moore 1.5 8.5 Howard 3 25
Stalls 1 6 Rich 1 3
Ogrin 0.5 5.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Hemphill 1 42 42.0 1 None
Newton 1 14 14.0 0
Martin 1 7 7.0 0
Archived news report
Archived boxscore
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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