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Portland 17 at Denver 29
1985 Week 3 - Sunday, March 10, 1985
Portland Breakers(1-1) at Denver Gold(1-1)(-6.5)
Attendance: 17,870
DENVER(AP) -- Vince Evans threw for a touchdown and ran for another in the fourth quarter to lead the Denver Gold to a 29-17 victory over the Portland Breakers.
Evans scored with less than two minutes to go on a 1-yard quarterback sneak to provide the Gold with the cushion needed to bring the team's record to 2-1.
The game was played before a sparse crowd of 17,790, which was well below the expectations of the Gold ownership and even below 19,000 -- the number of season tickets reportedly sold.
Evans, acquired specifically to run the pass-happy Davis offense, hit Kelley Johnson with a 27-yard scoring strike early in the fourth quarter to give the Gold a 23-10 lead. But the Breakers kept their hand in the game by blocking Brian Speelman's extra point attempt, then scoring on the next series to close the gap to 23-17.
Tight end Dan Ross made a sensational catch of Doug Woodward's pass for a 37-yard touchdown. But any chance of coming back was snuffed when Denver linebacker Stan Blinka made a diving interception off a Woodward pass and Evans moved the Gold to the clinching score.
1 2 3 4 F
POR 7 0 3 7 - 17
DEN 0 10 7 12 - 29
Scoring
POR:Jordan 2 run(Mazzetti kick) - POR 7, DEN 0
DEN:Nease recovered fumble in end zone(Speelman kick) - POR 7, DEN 7
DEN:Speelman 25 FG - DEN 10, POR 7
POR:Mazzetti 33 FG - DEN 10, POR 10
DEN:B.Johnson 14 run(Speelman kick) - DEN 17, POR 10
DEN:K.Johnson 23 pass from Evans(kick blocked) - DEN 23, POR 10
POR:Ross 37 pass from Woodward(Mazzetti kick) - DEN 23, POR 17
DEN:Evans 1 run(run failed) - DEN 29, POR 17
Box Score
POR DEN
First Downs 25 20
Rushes-Yards 35-160 22-177
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 44-20-244-3 30-16-228-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 79-404 52-405
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2
Penalties-Yards 5-46 6-81
Turnovers 4 2
Time of Possession 36:21 23:39
Attendance = 17,790
PORTLAND DENVER
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Woodward 44 20 244 3 1 42.23 Evans 30 16 228 0 1 89.31
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Jordan 20 100 5.0 1 B.Johnson 12 114 9.5 1
Jackson 7 24 3.4 0 Evans 3 24 8.0 1
Woodward 2 17 8.5 0 Gerhart 4 23 5.8 0
Ricks 4 12 3.0 0 White 3 16 5.3 0
V.Williams 1 5 5.0 0
Lockett 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Ross 7 106 15.1 1 K.Johnson 5 86 17.2 1
Lockett 7 83 11.9 0 L.Harris 5 72 14.4 0
Hall 3 29 9.7 0 Lewis 3 56 18.7 0
Franz 2 22 11.0 0 White 3 14 4.7 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Ricks 2 68 34.0 0 Blinka 1 25 25.0 0
Jackson 1 25 25.0 0 Turner 1 21 21.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Hall 2 40 20.0 0 Martin 1 13 13.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Mazzetti 1-2 33 2-2 5 Speelman 1-2 25 2-2 5
miss: 48 miss: 38
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Gossett 2 76 38.0 Speelman 2 99 49.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None None
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None M.Miller 1 20 20.0 0
N.Miller 1 3 3.0 0
Hemphill 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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