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Washington 31 at Oakland 17
1984 Week 9 - Sunday, April 22, 1984
Washington Federals(0-8) at Oakland Invaders(0-8)(-3)
Attendance: 14,828
OAKLAND (AP) - Curtis Bledsoe set a club record with 165 yards and also scored a pair of touchdowns as the Washington Federals recorded their first win of the campaign, 31-17 over 0-9 Oakland.
That game drew only 14,828, a football low for the Oakland Coliseum. Bledsoe led the Federals, 1-8, to their highest scoring game of the season and Oakland, 0-9, squandered a 10-7 halftime lead.
Washington went ahead for good with 3:38 left in the third period when quarterback Mike Hohensee handed off to halfback Billy Taylor. Taylor lateraled back to Hohensee, who ran two yards for a touchdown.
1 2 3 4 F
WAS 0 7 10 14 - 31
OAK 0 10 0 7 - 17
Scoring
OAK:Shea 34 yd field goal - OAK 3, WAS 0
OAK:Banks 23 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) - OAK 10, WAS 0
WAS:Simmons 77 yd pass from Hohensee (Brockhaus kick) - OAK 10, WAS 7
WAS:Brockhaus 35 yd field goal - WAS 10, OAK 10
WAS:Hohensee 2 yd run (Brockhaus kick) - WAS 17, OAK 10
WAS:Bledsoe 5 yd run (Brockhaus kick) - WAS 24, OAK 10
OAK:Jordan 11 yd run (Shea kick) - WAS 24, OAK 17
WAS:Bledsoe 37 yd run (Brockhaus kick) - WAS 31, OAK 17
Box Score
WAS OAK
First Downs 21 14
Rushes-Yards 45-214 20-118
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 26-15-217-1 27-10-113-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-21 4-35
Total Plays-Yards 74-410 51-196
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 6-5
Penalties-Yards 9-85 4-20
Turnovers 1 7
Time of Possession 37:34 22:26
Attendance = 14,828
WASHINGTON OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Hohensee 31 22 296 0 1 122.5 Neuheisel 33 21 219 2 1 67.6
Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bledsoe 27 165 6.1 2 Jordan 8 64 8.0 1
Taylor B 14 47 3.4 0 Newton 7 37 5.3 0
Hohensee 2 2 1.0 1 Whittington 5 17 3.4 0
Claitt 2 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Simmons 3 97 32.3 1 Banks 4 67 16.8 1
Walters 7 86 12.3 0 Jackson 3 23 7.7 0
Robinson 2 18 9.0 0 Jordan 1 13 13.0 0
Taylor G 2 16 8.0 0 Gilbert 1 9 9.0 0
Bledsoe 1 0 0.0 0 Smith H 1 1 1.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Taylor G 2 33 16.5 0 Brown 4 72 18.0 0
Robinson 1 21 21.0 0 Lewis 2 42 21.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Robinson 3 23 7.7 0 Banks 3 8 2.7 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Brockhaus 1-2 35 4-4 7 Shea 1-1 34 2-2 5
miss: 22 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Smigelsky 7 277 39.6 Talley 6 222 37.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Randolph 2 16 Browning 2 14
Cobb 1 16 Bennett 1 7
Kellin 1 3
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Holley 1 17 17.0 0 Quinn 1 53 53.0 0
Hines 1 3 3.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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