Baltimore 19 at Memphis 21

1985 Week 3 - Saturday, March 9, 1985
Baltimore Stars(0-1-1)(-3) at Memphis Showboats(2-0)
Attendance: 37,466, TV: ESPN

MEMPHIS, TN (AP) - Walter Lewis ran for one touchdown and threw for two more in leading unbeaten Memphis to its third straight triumph in a 21-19 decision over the defending USFL champion Baltimore Stars.

With Memphis trailing 13-0, in the third quarter, Lewis scored on a one-yard run when he was chased into the corner by a horde of Baltimore defenders but managed to get the ball over the goal line before being tackled.

Complete Game

Highlights

	1	2	3	4	F
BAL    10	3	0	6   -   19
MEM	0       0      14       7   -   21

Scoring

BAL:Trout 39 FG - BAL 3, MEM 0

BAL:Bryant 4 run(Trout kick) - BAL 10, MEM 0

BAL:Trout 46 FG - BAL 13, MEM 0

MEM:Lewis 1 run(Duncan kick) - BAL 13, MEM 7

MEM:Huffman 2 pass from Lewis(Duncan kick) - MEM 14, BAL 13

MEM:Crawford 27 pass from Lewis(Duncan kick) - MEM 21, BAL 13

BAL:Thomas 1 run(run failed) - MEM 21, BAL 19

Box Score

                             BAL            MEM
First Downs      	      19             11             
Rushes-Yards               22-73         29-148
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    44-30-275-1     14-8-148-2
Sacked-Yards Lost           4-26           3-16
Total Plays-Yards         66-348         43-296
Fumbles-Lost                 3-0            2-0  
Penalties-Yards             5-46           4-10
Turnovers                      1              2
Time of Possession         34:27          25:33

Attendance =37,466 

BALTIMORE				     MEMPHIS
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Fusina       44  30 313  1  0  79.07         Lewis        14   8 129  2  2  88.10

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Bryant       12  41  3.4  1		     Lewis         9 102 11.3  1
Fusina        2  23 11.5  0		     Williams      7  18  2.6  0
Thomas        5   5  1.0  1		     Sydney        5  12  2.4  0
Harvin        3   4  1.3  0                  Porter        4   9  2.3  0
					     Spencer       4   7  1.8  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Dunek        11 107  9.7  0                  Crawford      3  72 24.0  1
Fitzkee       6  70 11.7  0		     Moser         2  36 18.0  0
Collier       3  36 12.0  0		     Raugh         1  19 19.0  0
Bryant        2  36 18.0  0                  Shirk         1  10 10.0  0
Harris        2  17  8.5  0		     Huffman       1   2  2.0  0
Harrison      1  17 17.0  0
Thomas        1   2  2.0  0                  

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Harrison        2  56 27.0  0                Crawford        1  27 27.0  0
Harris          2  24 12.0  0                Parker          1  20 20.0  0
Lane            0  23  --   0		     Cokeley	     1   0  0.0  0           

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Lane            5  67 13.4  0                Crawford        1  19 19.0  0               

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Trout           2-3  46  1-2   7             Duncan          0-0  --  3-3   3
                miss: 36                                     miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Landeta         5 169 33.8                   Miller          6 253 42.3

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Fielder         1   8                        B.Williams      1  12
Moor     	1   5			     Coleman         1   9
Gibson          1   3                        Hammond         1   3
					     White           1   2             

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
Fuller		1  35 35.0  0		     Osborne	     1   0  0.0  0
Cooper          1   0  0.0  0

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn

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