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Jacksonville 14 at Arizona 45


1984 Week 16 - Friday, June 8, 1984
Jacksonville Bulls(4-11) at Arizona Wranglers(7-8)(-16)
Attendance: 15,513

TEMPE, AZ (AP) - Tim Spencer and Kevin Long each scored twice from the one-yard line and Greg Landry threw two touchdown passes as the Arizona Wranglers bombed the Jacksonville Bulls 45-14 Friday night in a United States Football League game.

Stringing consecutive victories together for the first time this season, the Wranglers evened their record at 8-8 -- the first time they have reached .500 since they were 4-4. Jacksonville, losing its sixth straight game and fourth in a row on the road, fell to 4-12 before a crowd of only 15,513 at 70,021-seat Sun Devil Stadium.

Arizona tied a club record with 21 first period points and set a franchise mark for points in the first half en route to a commanding 38-7 halftime lead.

Long's first one-yard run capped a 13-play, 70-yard drive 7:42 into the game and he added another touchdown dive 5:08 later to finish a 54-yard drive.

After Wrangler safety Luther Bradley's 13-yard interception return to the Jacksonville 49, Landry hit Lenny Willis on a 40-yard scoring strike off a flea-flicker play for a 21-0 bulge with 17 seconds left in the first period.

Frank Corral kicked a 37-yard field goal 4:28 into the second quarter before Arizona defensive end John Lee recovered a fumble by Bulls quarterback Matt Robinson at the Jacksonville 14. Three plays later, Spencer dove over from the one with 7:30 remaining in the half.

Frank Minnifield's interception then set up Landry's 15-yard touchdown pass to Trumaine Johnson for a 38-0 lead with four minutes left.

The expansion Bulls avoided a shutout 48 seconds before halftime when Donald Dykes blocked Corral's punt and Vaughan Johnson recovered the ball in the Arizona end zone.

Spencer made it 45-7 on another one-yard dive with 3:09 to go in the third quarter.

Rookie Ben Bennett, making his USFL debut for Jacksonville, fired a seven-yard touchdown pass to Alton Alexis with 32 seconds remaining in the game.

Landry completed eight of 12 passes for 185yards -- giving him 3,032 yards and 21 touchdowns through 16 games. Both totals are career highs for the 16-year pro.

Spencer had 61 yards on 13 carries as he broke the 1,000-yard barrier for the second straight season.He now has 1,049.

Robinson hit on three of nine attempts for 26 yards with one interception while backup Robbie Mahfouz was 8-of-12 for 58 yards and one pass picked off. Bennett played the final 14:45 for the Bulls and completed seven of 10 passes for 113 yards.

Highlights




	1	2	3	4	F
JAX	0	7	0	7   -   14
AZ     21      17	7	0   -   45

Scoring

AZ: Long 1 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 7, JAX 0

AZ: Long 1 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 14, JAX 0

AZ: Willis 40 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick) - AZ 21, JAX 0

AZ: Corral 37 yd field goal - AZ 24, JAX 0

AZ: Spencer 1 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 31, JAX 0

AZ: T. Johnson 15 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick)- AZ 38, JAX 0

JAX:Johnson recovered blocked punt in end zone (Franco kick) - AZ 38, JAX 7

AZ: Spencer 1 yd run (Corral kick) - AZ 45, JAX 7

JAX:Alexis 7 yd pass from Bennett (Franco kick) - AZ 45, JAX 14

Box Score

                             JAX             AZ
First Downs                   14             21
Rushes-Yards               14-75         39-197
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    31-18-197-2    21-14-206-1
Sacked-Yards Lost           5-44            1-9
Total Plays-Yards         50-228         61-394
Fumbles-Lost                 4-2            0-0
Penalties-Yards             6-41          10-76
Turnovers                      4              1
Time of Possession         26:31          33:29

Attendance = 15,513

JACKSONVILLE				     ARIZONA
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Bennett      10   7 113  0  1 140.8          Landry       18  12 185  0  2 137.5
Mahfouz      12   8  58  1  0  43.1          Risher        3   2  21  1  0  47.2
Robinson      9   3  26  1  0  17.1          

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Whiting       8  50  6.3  0                  Spencer      13  61  4.4  2
Lewis         2  27 13.5  0                  Long         11  46  4.2  2
Mason         2   1  0.5  0                  Boatner       8  42  5.3  0
Mahfouz       2  -3 -1.5  0                  Johnson R     6  35  5.8  0
                                             Risher        1  13 13.0  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Kemp          4  83 20.8  0                  Spencer       3  61 20.3  0
Young         3  41 13.7  0                  Willis        2  56 28.0  1
Alexis        4  36  9.0  1                  Johnson T     4  37  9.3  1
Matthews      2  20 10.0  0                  Boatner       2  29 14.5  0
McCurley      1   9  9.0  0                  Long          2  16  8.0  0
Whiting       4   8  2.0  0                  Dennison      1   7  7.0  0

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Kemp            3  62 20.7  0                Tolbert         1  25 25.0  0
Matthews        2  40 20.0  0                Clark           1   2  2.0  0
Key             1  17 17.0  0                

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Kemp            1   6  6.0  0                Brown           1   7  7.0  0
                                             Tolbert         1   6  6.0  0

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Franco          0-0  --  2-2    2            Corral          1-1  37  6-6    9
                miss: --                                     miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Pierce          1  27 27.0                   Corral          3  92 30.7
Franco          5 237 47.4                   

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Philyaw       0.5  4.5                       Lorch           1  10
Brown R       0.5  4.5                       Lee             1   9
                                             Smith           1   9
                                             Young           1   9
                                             Buben           1   7

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
Gray            1   0  0.0  0                Bradley         1  13 13.0  0
                                             Minnifield      1   5  5.0  0 

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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