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Houston 42 at Oakland 7
1985 Week 3 - Sunday, March 10, 1985
Houston Gamblers(2-0)(-2) at Oakland Invaders(1-0-1)
Attendance: 16,037
OAKLAND(AP) -- Houston quarterback Jim Kelly continued his torrid passing assault in the USFL by throwing four touchdown passes as the Gamblers rolled over the Oakland Invaders 42-7.
Kelly completed 29 of 40 passes for 404 yards as Western Conference-leading Houston improved to 3-0 with its 10th straight victory over two seasons. Kelly has now thrown for 13 touchdowns and 1,239 yards inthe Gamblers' three victories this year. Oakland slipped to 1-1-1 in the Western Conference before a crowd of 16,037 on a rainy day.
Kelly wasted no time in putting the Gamblers ahead, throwing two scoring passes in the first five minutes of the game. He hit Richard Johnson with a 34-yard pass and then found Clarence Verdin on a 74-yard TD play.
1 2 3 4 F
HOU 14 7 7 14 - 42
OAK 7 0 0 0 - 7
Scoring
HOU:Johnson 34 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, OAK 0
HOU:Verdin 74 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 14, OAK 0
OAK:A.Bentley 6 run(Bojovic kick) - HOU 14, OAK 7
HOU:A.Hawkins interception return(Fritsch kick) - HOU 21, OAK 7
HOU:McGhee 8 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 28, OAK 7
HOU:Verdin 23 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 35, OAK 7
HOU:Potts 6 pass from Dillon(Fritsch kick) - HOU 42, OAK 7
Box Score
HOU OAK
Rushes-Yards 5-33 34-173
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 43-31-393-0 33-13-131-4
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 2-20
Total Plays-Yards 48-426 67-304
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yards 5-49 6-68
Turnovers 0 4
Time of Possession 23:01 36:59
Attendance = 16,037
HOUSTON OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Kelly 40 29 404 0 4 137.92 Besana 18 8 82 3 0 18.52
Dillon 3 2 8 0 1 109.72 Hebert 15 5 69 1 0 21.25
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Verdin 1 14 14.0 0 A.Bentley 10 77 7.7 1
Kidd 1 13 13.0 0 J.Williams 9 44 4.9 0
Clark 3 6 2.0 0 Besana 2 19 9.5 0
Newton 6 15 2.5 0
Jordan 5 8 1.6 0
Hebert 1 8 8.0 0
Faulkner 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Verdin 10 167 16.7 2 Carter 4 62 15.5 0
Johnson 8 102 12.8 1 Banks 4 47 11.8 0
McGhee 4 79 19.8 1 Newton 3 26 8.7 0
McNeil 2 31 15.5 0 A.Bentley 2 16 8.0 0
Clark 4 21 5.3 0
Potts 1 6 6.0 1
Kelly 1 3 3.0 0
Barousse 1 2 2.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
McGhee 1 33 33.0 0 A.Bentley 3 65 21.7 0
Young 1 10 10.0 0 Faulkner 1 25 25.0 0
McClanahan 1 10 10.0 0
Plummer 1 10 10.0 0
Snipes 1 10 10.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McNeil 4 21 5.3 0 Banks 1 13 13.0 0
Faulkner 1 8 8.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Fritsch 0-1 -- 6-6 6 Bojovic 0-0 -- 1-1 1
miss: 33 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Walters 6 237 39.5 Talley 7 292 41.7
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Hughes 1 11 Greenwood 1 6
Holyfield 1 9 Lucas 1 4
Bethea 1 0
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Eason 1 38 38.0 0 None
A.Hawkins 1 13 13.0 1
M.Hawkins 1 11 11.0 0
Bradley 1 10 10.0 0
Simpson 0 14 -- 0
Lewis 0 3 -- 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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