Houston 28 at Michigan 31 OT

1984 Week 11 - Sunday, May 6, 1984
Houston Gamblers(6-4) at Michigan Panthers(6-4)(-4.5)
Attendance: 29,068, TV: ABC

PONTIAC,MI(AP) - Novo Bojovic kicked a 29-yard field goal with 59 seconds left in overtime to give the Michigan Panthers a 31-28 victory over the Houston Gamblers.

The kick came 12 plays after linebacker John Corker deflected a 30-yard field goal attempt by Houston's Toni Fritsch.

Michigan, 7-4, snapped a four-game losing streak and has a one-game lead over Houston and Oklahoma in the Central Division.

Complete Game

Highlights

	1	2	3	4	O	F
HOU	0	7	7      14       0   -   28
MIC	7	7      14       0       3   -   31

Scoring

MIC:Lacy 13 yd pass from Hebert (Bojovic kick) - MIC 7, HOU 0

MIC:Broughton 4 yd pass from Hebert (Bojovic kick) - MIC 14, HOU 0

HOU:Sanders 37 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - MIC 14, HOU 7

MIC:Williams 7 yd run (Bojovic kick) - MCIC 21, HOU 7

HOU:Sanders 44 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - MIC 21, HOU 14

MIC:Williams 68 yd run (Bojovic kick) - MIC 28, HOU 14

HOU:Kelly 5 yd run (Fritsch kick) - MIC 28, HOU 21

HOU:Fowler 1 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 28, MIC 28

MIC:Bojovic 29 yd field goal - MIC 31, HOU 28

Box Score

                             HOU            MIC
First Downs                   21             24
Rushes-Yards              29-181         39-246
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    36-23-249-2    36-20-199-1
Sacked-Yards Lost           5-25           3-25
Total Plays-Yards         70-405         78-420
Fumbles-Lost                 1-1            1-1
Penalties-Yards             3-25           7-45
Turnovers                      3              2
Time of Possession         33:07          40:54

Attendance = 29,068

HOUSTON					     MICHIGAN
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Kelly        36  23 249  2  2  79.5          Hebert       36  20 199  1  2  78.4

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Fowler       22 140  6.4  0                  Williams     22 165  7.5  0
Kelly         7  41  5.9  0                  Lacy          7  43  6.1  0
                                             Hebert        4  28  7.0  0
                                             Miller C      6  10  1.7  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Sanders       9 120 13.3  2                  Holloway      5  61 12.2  0
Johnson R     9  67  7.4  0                  Broughton     5  46  9.2  1
McGhee        2  34 17.0  0                  Lacy          3  29  9.7  1
Moser         1  15 15.0  0                  Williams      3  27  9.0  0
Fowler        2  13  6.5  0                  Cobb          2  23 11.5  0
                                             Miller C      2  13  6.5  0

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Verdin          3  82 27.3  0                Bentley         2  31 15.5  0
Eason           1  23 23.0  0                Broughton       1  15 15.0  0
Kidd            1   0  0.0  0                Moriarty        1  13 13.0  0
                                             Gill            1   0  0.0  0

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
McNeil          2  24 12.0  0                Broughton       1   0  0.0  0
Sanders         2   4  2.0  0                

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Fritsch         0-1  --  4-4    4            Bojovic         1-1  29  4-4    7
                miss: 30                                     miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Walters         6 278 46.3                   Greenwood       1  37 37.0
                                             Bojovic         5 213 42.6

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Myers           1  11                        Bethea          3  16
Fitzpatrick     1   8                        Borland         1   8
Crosby          1   6                        Singletary      1   1

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
Mitchell        1  13 13.0  0                Greenwood       1  10 10.0  0
                                             Corker          1   0  0.0  0

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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn

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