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Oakland 17 at Oklahoma 14
1984 Week 14 - Saturday, May 26, 1984
Oakland Invaders(4-9) at Oklahoma Outlaws(6-7)(-2.5)
Attendance: 16,378
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Kevin Shea booted a 32-yard field goal on the last play of the third quarter and the Oakland Invaders made it stand up for a 17-14 win over the skidding Oklahoma Outlaws in the United States Football League Saturday night.
It was the fifth straight victory for the 5-9 Invaders while Oklahoma dropped its sixth straight to fall to 6-8.
Oakland quarterback Fred Besana completed 18 of 25 passes for 225 yards and a touchdown in the game. In the first half, Besana hit wide receiver Gordon Banks for a 19-yard touchdown, capitalizing on an Outlaws fumble at their own 34.
The Outlaws got untracked with a second quarter, 77-yard drive culminating in quarterback Doug Williams' 9-yard touchdown pass to a George Ragsdale.
Less than two minutes later, linebacker Vic Koenning batted a Besana pass high into the air, fielded it and rambled 26 yards to put Oklahoma on top, 14-7.
1 2 3 4 F
OAK 7 7 3 0 - 17
OKL 0 14 0 0 - 14
Scoring
OAK:Banks 19 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) - OAK 7, OKL 0
OKL:Ragsdale 9 yd pass from D. Williams (Herrera kick) - OKL 7, OAK 7
OKL:Koenning 26 yd interception return (Herrera kick) - OKL 14, OAK 7
OAK:Newton 1 yd run (Shea kick) - OAK 14, OKL 14
OAK:Shea 32 yd field goal - OAK 17, OKL 14
Box Score
OAK OKL
First Downs 21 11
Rushes-Yards 36-91 19-80
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 27-19-232-1 25-14-148-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-58 2-19
Total Plays-Yards 68-265 46-209
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-3
Penalties-Yards 6-62 7-57
Turnovers 1 4
Time of Possession 40:19 19:41
Attendance = 16,378
OAKLAND OKLAHOMA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Besana 26 18 220 1 1 91.8 Williams D 25 14 148 1 1 70.1
Ramsey 1 1 12 0 0 116.7
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Jordan 13 33 2.5 0 Anderson E 14 62 4.4 0
Newton 12 26 2.2 1 Sample 3 12 4.0 0
Besana 3 17 5.7 0 Thornton 2 6 3.0 0
Whittington 7 15 2.1 0
Ramsey 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Banks 6 96 20.5 1 Wheeler 6 81 23.5 0
Lewis 4 69 27.0 0 Williams A 2 26 13.0 0
Gilbert 3 31 16.5 0 Turner 1 15 15.0 0
Newton 2 18 16.5 0 Ragsdale 1 9 9.0 0
Williams 1 10 23.0 0 Steptoe 1 6 6.0 0
Jordan 3 8 6.3 0 Anderson E 1 5 5.0 0
Lazarus 1 5 5.0 0
Price 1 1 1.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Brown 2 28 14.0 0 Harris 2 27 13.5 0
Lewis 1 25 25.0 0 Lazarus 1 9 9.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Banks 3 22 7.3 0 Harris 2 29 14.5 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Shea 1-1 32 2-2 5 Herrera 0-1 -- 2-2 2
miss: -- miss: 34
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Talley 6 237 39.5 deBruijn 4 185 46.3
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Worthy 1 13 Koenning 3 33
Lucas 1 6 Anderson C 2 25
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Martin 1 24 24.0 0 Koenning 1 26 26.0 1
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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