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Los Angeles 10 at Portland 14
1985 Week 2 - Saturday, March 2, 1985
Los Angeles Express(0-1)(-4.5) at Portland Breakers(0-1)
Attendance: 25,232, TV: ESPN
PORTLAND(AP) - Buford Jordan bulled for 100 yards and scored the game-winning touchdown on a four-yard run early in the fourth quarter as Portland made it's home debut a success in downing Los Angeles 14-10. A crowd of 25,232 watched the USFL's first Portland performance.
Saturday, March 2, 1985 Los Angeles Express 10 @ Portland Breakers 14 Stadium : Civic Stadium, Portland, OR. Attendance: 25,232 Los Angeles Portland First Downs 21 16 Rushes - Yards 34-196 26-138 Passing Yards 203 185 Return Yards 73 69 Passes 15-29-1 11-22-0 Sacks by 3-24 2-35 Punts 3-39 5-42 Fumbles-Lost 4-3 3-1 Penalties-Yards 4-25 8-50 Time of Possession 30:58 29:02 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Los Angeles 3 7 0 0 - 10 Portland 0 7 0 7 - 14 1st Quarter Scoring Los Angeles Express - 31 yard Field Goal by Zendejas 2nd Quarter Scoring Portland Breakers - Lockett 32 yard pass from Woodward ( Mazzetti Kick ) Los Angeles Express - Young 8 yard run ( Zendejas Kick ) 3rd Quarter Scoring NO SCORING 4th Quarter Scoring Portland Breakers - Jordan 4 yard run ( Mazzetti Kick ) INDIVIDUAL Statistics Rushing Los Angeles Express - Young 13-110, Gray 9-45, Nelson 9-12, Alexander 2-15, Boddie 2-14. Portland Breakers - Jordan 17-110, Williams 5-10, Woodward 2-10, Ricks 2-8. Passing Los Angeles Express - Young 15-26-1-203. Portland Breakers - Woodward 11-20-0-185. Receiving Los Angeles Express - Gunn 4-95, Hudson 3-48, Nelson 3-37, Gray 2-4, Townsell 1-22, Boddie 1-5. Portland Breakers - Lockett 3-94, Ross 2-27, Jordan 2-21, Hall 1-27, Franz 1-14, Williams 1-1, Beverley 1-0. Missed Field Goals Los Angeles Express - 42 yard FG missed by Zendejas. Portland Breakers - 32 yard & 49 yard FG's missed by Mazzetti.
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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