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Houston 54 at Jacksonville 7
1984 Week 14 - Friday, May 25, 1984
Houston Gamblers(8-5)(-9) at Jacksonville Bulls(4-9)
Attendance: 31,638, TV: KTXH
Jacksonville, Fla(UPI) - Clarence Verdin returned the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown and Houston's Jim Kelly threw for 362 yards and three touchdowns Friday night as the Gamblers trounced the Jacksonville Bulls 54-7.
Verdin's opening touchdown came only 21 seconds into the game and established a momentum that the Bulls were never able to stop.
1 2 3 4 F
HOU 24 20 7 3 - 54
JAX 0 7 0 0 - 7
Scoring
HOU:Verdin 94 yd kickoff return (Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, JAX 0
HOU:Kelly 1 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 14, JAX 0
HOU:Sanders 55 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 21, JAX 0
HOU:Fritsch 27 yd field goal - HOU 24, JAX 0
HOU:Fritsch 32 yd field goal - HOU 27, JAX 0
JAX:Kemp 57 yd pass from Robinson (Franco kick) - HOU 27, JAX 7
HOU:Verdin 41 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 34, JAX 7
HOU:Moser 39 yd pass from Kelly (Fritsch kick) - HOU 41, JAX 7
HOU:Fritsch 41 yd field goal - HOU 44, JAX 7
HOU:Fowler 1 yd run (Fritsch kick) - HOU 51, JAX 7
HOU:Fritsch 34 yd field goal - HOU 54, JAX 7
Box Score
HOU JAX
First Downs 23 15
Rushes-Yards 27-196 19-109
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 32-23-403-1 42-12-187-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-24 3-21
Total Plays-Yards 64-575 64-275
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0
Penalties-Yards 18-135 7-60
Turnovers 2 3
Time of Possession 33:18 26:42
Attendance = 31,638
HOUSTON JACKSONVILLE
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Kelly 23 20 362 1 3 140.2 Robinson 25 6 109 2 1 25.3
Dillon 9 3 41 0 0 48.8 Mahfouz 17 6 78 1 0 26.1
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Fowler 15 106 7.1 1 Lewis 7 42 6.0 0
Kelly 5 41 8.2 1 Mahfouz 2 32 16.0 0
Clark 4 28 7.0 0 Mason 5 19 3.8 0
Johnson R 2 19 9.5 0 Key 5 16 3.2 0
Dillon 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Johnson R 8 106 13.3 0 Kemp 3 92 30.7 1
Moser 3 79 26.3 1 Mason 3 38 12.7 0
Sanders 4 70 17.5 1 Clark 3 38 12.7 0
McGhee 3 46 15.3 0 Whiting 1 12 12.0 0
McNeil 2 42 21.0 0 Lewis 1 5 5.0 0
Verdin 1 41 41.0 1 Key 1 2 2.0 0
Courville 1 13 13.0 0
Barousse 1 6 6.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Verdin 1 94 94.0 1 Key 4 82 20.5 0
Courville 1 9 9.0 0 Bessillieu 3 64 21.3 0
Mason 2 45 22.5 0
Whiting 1 28 28.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McNeil 3 35 11.7 0 Clark 2 0 0.0 0
Sanders 2 1 0.5 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Fritsch 4-4 41 6-6 18 Franco 0-1 -- 1-1 1
miss: -- miss: 33
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Walters 3 149 49.7 Pierce 8 329 41.1
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Catan 1 8 Douglas 2.5 10.5
Lewis 1 7 Clasby 1.5 11.5
Fitzpatrick 1 6 Costello 1 2
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Hawkins M 1 24 24.0 0 Courtney 1 0 0.0 0
Eason 1 14 14.0 0
Lewis 1 4 4.0 0
Myers 0 7 -.- 0
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