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Oklahoma 17 at New Jersey 49


1984 Week 11 - Sunday, May 6, 1984
Oklahoma Outlaws(6-4) at New Jersey Generals(8-2)(-11.5)
Attendance: 34,917, TV: ABC

E.RUTHERFORD,NJ(AP)-Herschel Walker ran for 127 yards and three touchdowns while Brian Sipe threw for two more scores as the New Jersey Generals buried the Oklahoma Outlaws 49-17 Sunday in the United States Football League.

The Generals, 9-2, forced five turnovers, which led to four touchdowns before a home crowd of 34,917.

Highlights




May 6, 1984
New Jersey Generals - 49
Oklahoma Outlaws - 17
at Giants Stadium
34,917

Oklahoma		0	3	0	14   --	17
New Jersey	14	14	21	0    --	49

1st Quarter	NJ - Bowers 13 pass from Sipe (Ruzek kick)
		NJ - Walker 62 run (Ruzek kick)
2nd Quarter	NJ - Carthon 9 pass from Sipe (Ruzek kick)
		NJ - Walker 2 run (Ruzek kick)
		OKL - FG Herrera 39
3rd Quarter	NJ - Walker 4 run (Ruzek kick)
		NJ - Pegues 3 run (Ruzek kick)
		NJ - Leopold 19 interception return (Ruzek kick)
4th Quarter	OKL - Steptoe 47 pass from Williams (Herrera kick)
		OKL - Sample 4 run (Herrera kick)

TEAM STATS:		OKLAHOMA		NEW JERSEY
First downs		24		14
Rushes-yards		20-56		38-219
Passing yards		347		103
Return yards		10-134		9-101
Passes			31-51-3		6-8-0
Sacks by			0-0		3-34
Punts			2-43		4-48
Fumbles-lost		5-2		1-0
Penalties-yards		8-64		4-38
Time of possession		32:01		27:59

INDIVIDUAL STATS:
RUSHING = Oklahoma: Lazarus 9-30, Ragsdale 2-10, Thornton 4-10, Sample 2-6, Turner 1-0, Hughes
	2-0.  New Jersey: Walker 16-127, Carthon 14-77, Pegues 7-17, Knight 1-(-2).
PASSING = Oklahoma: D.Williams 31-51-3-381.  New Jersey: Sipe 6-7-0-103, Bradley 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING = Oklahoma: A.Williams 7-95, Lazarus 7-84, Steptoe 5-95, Wheeler 4-21, Gray 2-36,
	Thornton 2-19, Ragsdale 2-14, Turner 1-12, Sample 1-5.  New Jersey: Spek 2-67,
	Carthon 2-18, Bowers 1-13, Collins 1-5.
MISSED FIELD GOALS = none

Archived news report
Archived news report
Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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