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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.

Complete Game




Highlights




Highlights




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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