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Washington 13 at Houston 31
1984 Week 7 - Monday, April 9, 1984
Washington Federals(0-6) at Houston Gamblers(3-3)(-14.5)
Attendance: 16,710
HOUSTON(AP) -Houston running back Sam Harrell scored on runs of seven and 16 yards, sandwiched around a 39-yard field goal by Toni Fritsch, as Houston, 4-3, turned a 7-0 first quarter edge into a 24-7 halftime lead and a 31-13 final over Washington.
Quarterback Jim Kelly had a 51-yard TD pass to Clarence Verdin on the Gamblers' fourth offensive play of the game. The Federals, 0-7, sacked Kelly three times and held the Gamblers without a first down for the first 24 minutes of the second half.
1 2 3 4 F
WAS 0 7 0 6 - 13
HOU 7 17 0 7 - 31
Scoring
HOU:Verdin 51 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, WAS 0
WAS:Bledsoe 2 yd run (Porter kick) - WAS 7, HOU 7
HOU:Harrell 7 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 14, WAS 7
HOU:Fritsch 39 yd field goal - HOU 17, WAS 7
HOU:Harrell 16 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 24, WAS 7
WAS:G. Taylor 32 yd pass from Hohensee (kick failed) - HOU 24, WAS 13
HOU:Courville 23 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 31, WAS 13
Box Score
WAS HOU
First Downs 23 15
Rushes-Yards 33-65 14-72
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 44-27-305-0 27-14-307-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-48 7-41
Total Plays-Yards 82-322 48-338
Fumbles-Lost 5-2 2-1
Penalties-Yards 5-42 8-43
Turnovers 2 1
Time of Possession 38:47 21:13
Attendance = 16,710
WASHINGTON HOUSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Hohensee 44 27 305 0 1 89.7 Kelly 27 14 307 0 2 117.4
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bledsoe 13 53 4.1 1 Harrell 9 49 5.4 2
Taylor B 15 34 2.3 0 Kelly 2 19 9.5 0
Claitt 1 0 0.0 0 Fowler 3 4 1.3 0
Hohensee 4 -22 -5.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Taylor G 8 102 12.8 1 Verdin 3 93 31.0 1
Walters 7 71 10.1 0 Johnson 5 88 17.6 0
Harris M 5 67 13.4 0 Moser 3 72 24.0 0
Simmons 5 54 10.8 0 Sanders 2 31 15.5 0
Burke 1 7 7.0 0 Courville 1 23 23.0 1
Taylor B 1 4 4.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Taylor G 3 63 21.0 0 Verdin 1 25 25.0 0
Hines 1 9 9.0 0 Courville 1 23 23.0 0
Apuna 1 2 2.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Robinson 4 39 9.8 0 Sanders 3 33 11.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Porter 0-1 -- 1-2 1 Fritsch 1-1 39 4-4 7
miss: 49 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Smigelsky 5 165 33.0 Walters 6 243 40.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Brown G 2.5 15.5 Crosby 2 26
Hines 1 9 Fitzpatrick 1 8
Smith 1 8 Myers 1 8
Kellin 1 6 Anae 1 6
Corvino 1 2
Apuna 0.5 0.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None None
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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