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Denver 6 at Arizona 41
1984 Week 13 - Saturday, May 19, 1984
Denver Gold(7-5) at Arizona Wranglers(5-7)(-7)
Attendance: 21,741
TEMPE, AZ (Chicago Herald) -- Quarterback Greg Landry hit on 23 of 28 passes for 284 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Arizona Wranglers to a 41-6 rout of the Denver Gold.
Landry,a 17-year veteran, had been benched In Arizona's three previous starts as coach George Allen opted to look at second-year pro Alan Risher. However, he came back with a flourish, connecting on his first nine passes.
The Wranglers' win turned the Pacific Division race Into a wide-open chase.
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 0 0 0 6 - 6
AZ 0 21 6 14 - 41
Scoring
AZ: Spencer 1 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 7, DEN 0
AZ: Landry 2 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 14, DEN 0
AZ: Willis 15 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick) - AZ 21, DEN 0
AZ: T. Johnson 18 yd pass from Landry (kick failed) - AZ 27, DEN 0
AZ: Spencer 10 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 34, DEN 0
AZ: White 24 yd interception return (Corral kick) - AZ 41, DEN 0
DEN:Sydney 19 yd run (run failed) - AZ 41, DEN 6
Box Score
DEN AZ
First Downs 13 21
Rushes-Yards 33-118 23-91
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 22-12-123-1 29-23-284-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-28 1-7
Total Plays-Yards 58-213 53-368
Fumbles-Lost 5-4 1-0
Penalties-Yards 10-50 13-65
Turnovers 2 1
Time of Possession 31:49 28:11
Attendance = 21,741
DENVER ARIZONA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Mortensen 5 4 95 1 0 79.2 Landry 28 23 284 0 3 144.6
Penrose 10 7 31 0 0 73.3 Risher 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
Hobart 7 1 -3 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Sydney 9 39 4.3 1 Spencer 10 45 4.5 2
Preston 5 32 6.4 0 Long 8 27 3.4 0
White 9 21 2.3 0 Boatner 2 12 6.0 0
Hobart 6 17 2.8 0 Willis 1 7 7.0 0
Matthews 1 6 6.0 0 Landry 2 0 0.0 1
Mortensen 3 3 1.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Williams 1 49 49.0 0 Johnson T 6 90 15.0 1
Sydney 4 34 8.5 0 Ricker 5 62 12.4 0
Harris 2 21 10.5 0 Douglas 4 56 14.0 0
Hicks 1 16 16.0 0 Willis 3 40 13.3 1
Matthews 1 2 2.0 0 Long 1 15 15.0 0
Preston 3 1 0.3 0 Spencer 2 9 4.5 0
Dennison 1 9 9.0 0
Boatner 1 3 3.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Harris 3 75 25.0 0 Tolbert 1 19 19.0 0
Williams 1 9 9.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
None None
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Speelman 0-0 -- 0-0 0 Corral 0-1 -- 5-6 5
miss: -- miss: 28
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Hobart 4 134 33.5 Corral 2 97 48.5
Mortensen 1 14 14.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Stalls 1 7 Lee 1.5 13.5
Ehrmann 0.5 5
Lathrop 0.5 5
Lorch 0.5 4.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Allen 1 0 0.0 0 White 1 24 24.0 1
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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