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Baltimore 14 at Jacksonville 22
1985 Week 1 - Sunday, February 24, 1985
Baltimore Stars(0-0)(-7) at Jacksonville Bulls(0-0)
Attendance: 51,045
JACKSONVILLE(AP) - Jacksonville kicker Brian Franco booted a league-tying 5 field goals, including a 51-yarder, to pace the Bulls to a 22-14 victory over the Baltimore Stars, the defending USFL champions. Starting QB Brian Sipe suffered a shoulder separation at the end of the first quarter and will be out from six to 14 weeks. Sipe had hit 5 of 6 passes for 51 yards.
Baltimore moved within eight points with a minute to go as Tim Riordan hit Herbert Harris with a 3-yard scoring toss and connected with Willie Collier for a 2-point conversion. The Stars then recovered an onside kick but could not move the ball.
The game drew 51,045, the largest crowd of the weekend.
1 2 3 4 F BAL 0 6 0 8 - 14 JAX 0 6 10 6 - 22 Scoring JAX:Franco 42 FG - JAX 3,BAL 0 BAL:Trout 30 FG - JAX 3,BAL 3 JAX:Franco 25 FG - JAX 6, BAL 3 BAL:Trout 27 FG - JAX 6, BAL 6 JAX:Lewis 2 pass from Mahfouz(Franco kick) - JAX 13, BAL 6 JAX:Franco 51 FG - JAX 16, BAL 6 JAX:Franco 27 FG - JAX 19, BAL 6 JAX:Franco 50 FG - JAX 22, BAL 6 BAL:Harris 3 pass from Riordan(Collier pass from Riordan) - JAX 22, BAL 14 Box Score BAL JAX First Downs 23 12 Rushes-Yards 27-82 22-57 Passing (A-C-Y-I) 36-21-258-2 30-22-183-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-36 0-0 Total Plays-Yards 63-340 52-240 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 12-71 8-54 Turnovers 4 0 Time of Possession 26:31 33:29 Attendance = 51,045 BALTIMORE JACKSONVILLE Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Riordan 21 13 117 0 1 92.76 Mahfouz 24 17 132 0 1 97.92 Fusina 15 8 122 2 0 40.83 Sipe 6 5 51 0 0 102.08 Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Bryant 13 53 4.1 0 Rozier 13 30 2.3 0 Riley 6 21 3.5 0 Mason 4 10 2.5 0 Fusina 3 12 4.0 0 Mahfouz 2 10 5.0 0 Harrison 1 10 10.0 0 Griffin 2 4 2.0 0 Harvin 1 6 6.0 0 Sipe 1 3 3.0 0 Riordan 3 -20 -6.7 0 Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Collier 7 112 16.0 0 Keel 6 54 9.0 0 Fitzkee 4 64 16.0 0 Alexis 3 37 12.3 0 Harris 4 52 13.0 1 Kemp 3 30 10.0 0 Dunek 2 40 20.0 0 Matthews 3 26 8.7 0 Harvin 3 25 8.3 0 Griffin 2 13 6.5 0 Bryant 1 1 1.0 0 Rozier 2 12 6.0 0 Mason 1 7 7.0 0 Lewis 1 2 2.0 1 Young 1 2 2.0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD H.Harris 5 140 28.0 0 Gray 1 20 20.0 0 Butts 1 16 16.0 0 Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Lane 2 20 20.0 0 None - -- --- - Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Trout 2-2 30 0 6 Franco 5-5 51 1 16 miss: -- miss: -- Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave Landeta 1 38 38.0 Swider 2 96 48.0 Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds None - - Millard 2 17 Clasby 1 10 C.Anderson 1 9 Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD None - -- -- - Gee 1 21 21.0 0 Bessillieu 1 1 1.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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