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Oakland 19 at Los Angeles 24
1984 Week 17 - Friday, June 15, 1984
Oakland Invaders(7-9) at Los Angeles Express(9-7)(-6.5)
Attendance: 14,794
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles clinched a berth in the playoffs when Steve Young threw for one touchdown and ran 47 yards for another to lead the Express to a 24-19 victory over the Oakland Invaders Friday.
The Express had to survive a last-second Oakland drive, which ended with quarterback Fred Besana's pass being knocked away in the end zone as time ran out. Oakland had a seven-game winning streak snapped.
1 2 3 4 F
OAK 3 3 6 7 - 19
LA 0 14 0 10 - 24
Scoring
OAK:Shea 26 yd field goal - OAK 3, LA 0
LA: Gray 76 yd pass from Young (Zendejas kick) - LA 7, OAK 3
OAK:Shea 47 yd field goal - LA 7, OAK 6
LA: Young 47 yd run (Zendejas kick) - LA 14, OAK 6
OAK:Jordan 1 yd run (pass failed) - LA 14, OAK 12
LA: Gray 7 yd run (Zendejas kick) - LA 21, OAK 12
OAK:Williams 30 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) - LA 21, OAK 19
LA: Zendejas 37 yd field goal - LA 24, OAK 19
Box Score
OAK LA
First Downs 25 14
Rushes-Yards 28-136 31-153
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 35-23-256-0 16-14-195-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-22 1-14
Total Plays-Yards 66-370 48-334
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 4-30 8-43
Turnovers 0 0
Time of Possession 33:18 26:42
Attendance = 14,794
OAKLAND LOS ANGELES
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Besana 36 23 256 0 1 94.2 Young 16 14 195 0 1 138.3
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Jordan 13 88 6.8 1 Young 8 82 10.3 1
Newton 13 36 2.8 0 Gray 5 44 8.8 1
Besana 1 9 9.0 0 Nelson 7 15 2.1 0
Whittington 1 3 3.0 0 Mack 9 13 1.4 0
Hersey 1 4 4.0 0
Townsell 1 -5 -5.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Williams 8 91 11.4 1 Gray 4 82 20.5 1
Jordan 6 57 9.5 0 Moore 4 70 17.5 0
Banks 4 46 11.5 0 Boddie 3 24 8.0 0
Newton 3 37 12.3 0 Hersey 1 10 10.0 0
Whittington 1 17 17.0 0 Long 1 6 6.0 0
Lewis 1 8 8.0 0 Sherrod 1 3 3.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lewis 3 68 22.7 0 Gunn 3 79 26.3 0
Brown 2 47 23.5 0 Boddie 2 56 28.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Banks 1 5 5.0 0 Gunn 1 2 2.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Shea 2-2 47 1-1 7 Zendejas 1-1 37 3-3 6
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Talley 2 105 52.5 Partridge 2 80 40.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Levasa 1 14 Williams 2 20
Ussery 1 2
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None None
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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