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Denver 28 at Memphis 24
1984 Week 5 - Sunday, March 25, 1984
Denver Gold(3-1)(-4.5) at Memphis Showboats(1-3)
Attendance: 21,213
MEMPHIS(AP) - Craig Penrose threw two touchdown passes as Denver came from behind twice, but it took Vincent White's 16-yard run with 57 seconds left to provide the 28-24 victory over Memphis.
The Showboats led 24-21 with 2:53 remaining after Alan Reid's 1-yard run capped a 16-play drive that covered 72 yards. But Denver struck back with a 66-yard drive. The key play was a 27-yard pass from Penrose to Leonard Harris at the Memphis 25. White scored two plays later.
Penrose's TD passes covered 36 yards to Scott Niziolek and 24 to John Arnold. He was intercepted once, with Memphis Terry Love returning it 79 yards for a touchdown.
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 14 0 0 14 - 28
MEM 0 3 14 7 - 24
Scoring
DEN:White 9 yd run (Speelman kick) - DEN 7, MEM 0
DEN:Niziolek 36 yd pass from Penrose (Speelman kick) - DEN 14, MEM 0
MEM:Duncan 48 yd field goal - DEN 14, MEM 3
MEM:Love 79 yd interception return (Duncan kick) - DEN 14, MEM 10
MEM:Lewis 1 yd run (Duncan kick) - MEM 17, DEN 14
DEN:Arnold 34 yd pass from Penrose (Speelman kick) - DEN 21, MEM 17
MEM:Reid 2 yd run (Duncan kick) - MEM 24, DEN 21
DEN:White 16 yd run (Speelman kick) - DEN 28, MEM 24
Box Score
DEN MEM
First Downs 11 19
Rushes-Yards 21-112 41-168
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 20-12-177-1 25-17-175-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-12 2-20
Total Plays-Yards 43-277 68-323
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 9-50 8-63
Turnovers 1 2
Time of Possession 20:39 39:21
Attendance = 21,213
DENVER MEMPHIS
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Penrose 20 12 177 1 2 101.5 Lewis 25 17 175 1 0 71.3
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Sydney 12 54 4.5 0 Reid 22 71 3.2 1
White 7 52 7.4 2 Quarles 11 39 3.5 0
Murray 1 5 5.0 0 Lewis 5 37 7.4 1
Johnson 1 1 1.0 0 Crawford 2 21 10.5 0
Middleton 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Arnold 2 49 24.5 1 Carney 3 52 17.3 0
Niziolek 3 45 15.0 1 Reid 4 34 8.5 0
Williams 1 30 30.0 0 Crawford 5 31 6.2 0
Harris 1 27 27.0 0 Shirk 3 30 10.0 0
Bailey 1 10 10.0 0 Dameron 1 21 21.0 0
White 2 9 4.5 1 Middleton 1 7 7.0 0
Hirn 1 5 5.0 0
Sydney 1 2 2.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Harris 3 64 21.3 0 Crawford 3 102 34.0 0
Arnold 2 32 16.0 0 Carney 1 17 17.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Martin 1 7 7.0 0 Dameron 1 10 10.0 0
Crawford 1 -2 -2.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Speelman 0-0 -- 4-4 4 Duncan 1-1 48 3-3 6
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Gortz 6 230 38.3 Partridge 2 94 47.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Stalls 1 11 White 2 12
Turner 1 9
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Gerken 1 37 37.0 0 Love 1 79 79.0 1
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