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Oakland 14 at Pittsburgh 28


1984 Week 6 - Sunday, April 1, 1984
Oakland Invaders(0-5) at Pittsburgh Maulers(1-4)(-6)
Attendance: 22,408

PITTSBURGH(AP) - Glenn Carano threw touchdown passes to Jackie Flowers and ran for another TD to lead the Pittsburgh Maulers to a 28-14 win over Oakland, which is winless in six games.

Flowers caught five passes for 140 yards as the Maulers, 2-4, registered their first home victory. The scoring tosses went 16, 28, and 7 yards, the latter set up by a 77-yard completion.

Highlights




Highlights




	1	2	3	4	F
OAK	0	7	7	0   -   14
PIT    14	7	0	7   -   28

Scoring

PIT:Flowers 16 yd pass from Carano (Lee kick) - PIT 7, OAK 0

PIT:Carano 1 yd run (Lee kick) - PIT 14, OAK 0

PIT:Flowers 28 yd pass from Carano (Lee kick) - PIT 21, OAK 0

OAK:Lewis 33 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) - PIT 21, OAK 7

OAK:Banks 17 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) - PIT 21, OAK 14

PIT:Flowers 7 yd pass from Carano (Lee kick) - PIT 28, OAK 14

Box Score

                             OAK            PIT
First Downs                   21             10
Rushes-Yards              31-135         33-117
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    35-18-196-0    15-10-185-1
Sacked-Yards Lost           3-26            1-5
Total Plays-Yards         69-305         49-297
Fumbles-Lost                 3-2            2-1
Penalties-Yards             4-25           5-25
Turnovers                      2              2
Time of Possession         33:12          26:48

Attendance = 22,408

OAKLAND					     PITTSBURGH
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Besana       34  17 201  0  2  88.0          Carano       15  10 185  1  3 120.8
Grant         1   1  -5  0  0  79.2          

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Newton        8  67  8.4  0                  Bryant       24  90  3.8  0
Whittington  11  29  2.6  0                  Lawrence      2  11  5.5  0
Jackson       4  21  0.0  0                  Coles         2   8  4.0  0
Besana        5  15  3.0  0                  Miller        2   6  3.0  0
Jordan        1   2  2.0  0                  Holman        2   1  0.5  0
Brown         2   1  0.5  0                  Carano        1   1  1.0  1

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Banks         6  99 16.5  1                  Collier       4  52 13.0  0
Lewis         4  53 13.3  1                  Folsom        4  21  5.3  0
Newton        4  30  7.5  0                  Bryant        3  20  6.7  0
Gilbert       1  12 12.0  0                  Dunek         1  20 20.0  0
Williams      2   7  3.5  0                  Harris H      1  14 14.7  0
Whittington   1  -5 -5.0  0                  Russell       1  11 11.0  0

 Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Lewis           2  55 27.5  0                Dirden          1  27 27.0  0
Banks           1  19 19.0  0                 
Moore           1  11 11.0  0                 
Jackson         1   6  6.0  0                 

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Banks           3  21  7.0  0                Potts           1   3  3.0  0
Lewis           2   3  1.5  0                 

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Shea            0-0  --  2-2    2            Lee             0-0  --  4-4    4
                miss: --                                     miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Talley          5 161 32.2                   Swider          6 246 41.0

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Sullivan        1   5                        Hollie          2  18
                                             Clancy          1   8

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
Daniel          1  17 17.0  0                None

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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