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Los Angeles 14 at Philadelphia 18


1984 Week 12 - Sunday, May 13, 1984
Los Angeles Express(5-6) at Philadelphia Stars(10-1)(-10)
Attendance: 22,391, TV: ABC

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A 46-yard interception return by Garcia Lane set up a go ahead touchdown by Dave Riley and Philadelphia went on to record its 11th victory in 12 games by winning at home against Los Angeles, 18-14.

A crowd of 22,391 saw Los Angeles quarterback Steve Young and fullback Mel Gray power the Express, 5-7, to a 14-9 lead with 3:18 left in the third quarter. Young ran nine yards to give Los Angeles its second touchdown. Gray, a rookie from Purdue, finished with 122 yards on 20 carries, including a 20-yard TD jaunt, to become the first rusher to gain more than 100 yards in a game against the Stars this season.

The Stars came back when Lane intercepted a Young pass and returned it to the two, from where Riley scored. The Stars settled for 15-14 lead when a two-point conversion missed, but David Trout booted a 36-yard field goal in the fourth quarter for the final margin.

Complete Game




Complete Game




	1	2	3	4	F
LA	0	7	7	0   -   14
PHI	6	3	6	3   -   18

Scoring

PHI:Dunek 4 yd pass from Fusina (kick failed) - PHI 6, LA 0

PHI:Trout 30 yd field goal - PHI 9, LA 0

LA: Gray 20 yd run (Zendejas kick) - PHI 9, LA 7

LA: Young 9 yd run (Zendejas kick) - LA 14, PHI 9 

PHI:Riley 2 yd run (pass failed) - PHI 15, LA 14

PHI:Trout 36 yd field goal - PHI 18, LA 14

Box Score

                              LA            PHI
First Downs                   19             12
Rushes-Yards              37-186          26-78
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    21-13-142-1    22-13-164-1
Sacked-Yards Lost           5-43           3-20
Total Plays-Yards         63-285         51-222
Fumbles-Lost                 2-0            0-0
Penalties-Yards            10-65           9-85
Turnovers                      1              1
Time of Possession         33:34          26:26

Attendance = 22,391

LOS ANGELES				     PHILADELPHIA
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Young        21  13 142  1  0  62.0          Fusina       22  13 164  1  1  78.6

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Gray         20 122  6.1  1                  Bryant       20  60  3.0  0
Nelson       11  37  3.4  0                  Fusina        2  16  8.0  0
Young         4  16  4.0  1                  Riley         2   4  2.0  1
Boddie        1   8  8.0  0                  Harvin        2  -2 -1.0  0
Mack          1   3  3.0  0                  

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Sanders       8 227 15.0  0                  Riley         3  43 14.3  0
Johnson R     4  70  6.3  0                  Collier       2  38 19.0  0
Moser         2  53  9.0  0                  Fitzkee       2  35 17.5  0
Fowler        3  46 15.0  0                  Bryant        4  28  7.0  0
Verdin        1  38 38.0  0                  Folsom        1  16 16.0  0
McGhee        1  16 16.0  0                  Dunek         1   4  4.0  1

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Gray            3  54 18.0  0                McCants         1  24 24.0  0
Boddie          1  15 15.0  0                
Mack            1  12 12.0  0                

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Gunn            1  15 15.0  0                Lane            2  13  6.5  0

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Zendejas        0-2  --  2-2    2            Trout           2-2  36  0-1    6
                miss: 47,41                                  miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Partridge       5 176 35.2                   Landeta         4 179 44.8

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Achica          2  12                        Kugler        1.5 13.5
Forte           1   8                        Lush            1   9
                                             Fielder         1   8
                                             Bunting         1   8
                                             Howard        0.5  4.5

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
West            1  27 27.0  0                Lane            1  46 46.0  0

Archived news report
Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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