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Memphis 17 at Los Angeles 23 OT


1984 Week 8 - Saturday, April 14, 1984
Memphis Showboats(2-5) at Los Angeles Express(2-5)(-7.5)
Attendance: 10,049, TV: ESPN

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Steve Young, Los Angeles' rookie quarterback, won his first game in three starts when he scored on a one-yard plunge in overtime for the 23-17 home-field victory over Memphis. Tony Zendejas of the Express sent the game into overtime with a 27-yard field goal with one second left in regulation. Young completed 22 of 34 passes for 358 yards.

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	1	2	3	4	O	F
MEM	7	3	7	0       0   -   17
LA	7	7	0	3	6   -   23

Scoring

MEM:Lewis 8 yd run (Duncan kick) - MEM 7, LA 0

LA: Townsell 81 yd pass from Young (Zendejas kick) - LA 7, MEM 7

LA: Nelson 5 yd run (Zendejas kick) - LA 14, MEM 7

MEM:Duncan 31 yd field goal - LA 14, MEM 10

MEM:Quarles 4 yd run (Duncan kick) - MEM 17, LA 14

LA: Zendejas 27 yd field goal - LA 17, MEM 17

LA: Young 1 yd run (no kick) - LA 23, MEM 17   

Box Score

                             MEM             LA
First Downs                   11             26
Rushes-Yards              27-110         36-169
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    20-14-147-0    34-22-358-0
Sacked-Yards Lost            1-2            0-0
Total Plays-Yards         48-255         70-527
Fumbles-Lost                 2-1            2-2
Penalties-Yards             5-35           4-30
Turnovers                      1              2
Time of Possession         28:16          34:35

Attendance = 10,049

MEMPHIS					     LOS ANGELES
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Lewis        20  14 147  0  0  91.0          Young        34  22 358  0  1 109.7

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Reid         18  81  4.5  0                  Nelson       21 113  5.4  1
Lewis         3  15  5.0  1                  Young         7  24  3.4  1
Quarles       4  14  3.5  1                  Gray          6  24  4.0  0
Crawford      2   0  0.0  0                  Boddie        2   8  4.0  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Carney        1  57 57.0  0                  Townsell      9 249 27.7  1
Reid          5  55 11.0  0                  Gunn          4  41 10.3  0
Crawford      6  21  3.5  0                  Nelson        5  32  6.4  0
Shirk         1  13 13.0  0                  Gray          3  31 10.3  0
Quarles       1   1  1.0  0                  Boddie        1   5  5.0  0

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Crawford        2  95 47.5  0                Boddie          2  62 31.0  0
Sandilands      1  18 18.0  0                Gray            2  46 23.0  0
Shirk           1   7  7.0  0                 

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Sandilands      1   2  2.0  0                Allen           4  17  4.3  0

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Duncan          1-1  31  2-2    5            Zendejas        1-2  27  2-2    5
                miss: --                                     miss: 34

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Partridge R     6 284 47.3                   Partridge S     2  86 43.0

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
None                                         Ussery          1   2

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
None                                         None

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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