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Jacksonville 21 at Arizona 41
1985 Week 3 - Monday, March 11, 1985
Jacksonville Bulls(1-1) at Arizona Outlaws(1-1)(-4)
Attendance: 13,025, TV: ESPN
TEMPE, AZ (AP) - Doug Williams threw three touchdown passes and Reggie Brown scored three times on short runs as the Arizona Outlaws defeated the Jacksonville Bulls 41-21 in a United States Football League game Monday night.
Leading 13-7 at halftime, Arizona turned a fumble recovery and a controversial reception into 14 quick points which sealed its second win in three games.
Jacksonville fell to 1-2 before a crowd of only 13,025 at 70,021-seat Sun Devil Stadium. There were 7,514 announced no-shows with the game televised both locally and nationally on cable.
Although TV replays disputed wide receiver Greg Anderson's 47-yard reception to the Bulls' 17 early in the third quarter, the officials let it stand.
Williams then fired a 4-yard strike to tight end Ron Wheeler and a two-point conversion pass to Brown for a 21-7 lead with 10:49 left in the third period. Outlaws defensive tackle Kit Lathrop recovered a fumble at the Jacksonville 27-yard line 37 seconds later and Brown made it 27-7 on a 1-yard run with 6:56 remaining.
A 12-yard touchdown pass from Buck Belue to wide receiver Aubrey Matthews narrowed the Bulls' deficit to 27-14 with 24 seconds left in the third period. But Brown's 16-yard run 3:05 into the final quarter and 1-yard burst 3:46 later -- set up by linebacker Ed Smith's interception--made it 41-14.
Matthews' third touchdown of the night -- a 9-yard toss from Bulls' backup quarterback Robbie Mahfouz --closed out the scoring with 5:29 to go in the game.
Williams finished with 14 completions in 21 attempts for 190 yards while Belue was 20-of-35 for 156 yards.
Outlaws' heralded rookie place-kicker Luis Zendejas missed two extra-points plus a 25-yard field goal.
1 2 3 4 F
JAX 0 7 7 7 - 21
AZ 0 13 14 14 - 41
Scoring
AZ: Clark 2 pass from Williams(Zendejas kick) - AZ 7, JAX 0
AZ: Wheeler 38 pass from Williams(Zendejas kick) - AZ 14, JAX 0
JAX:Matthews 4 pass from Belue(Franco kick) - AZ 14, JAX 7
AZ: Wheeler 4 pass from Williams(Zendejas kick) - AZ 21, JAX 7
AZ: Brown 1 run(kick failed) - AZ 27, JAX 7
JAX:Matthews 12 pass from Belue(Franco kick) - AZ 27, JAX 14
AZ: Brown 16 run(Zendejas kick) - AZ 34, JAX 14
AZ: Brown 1 run(Zendejas kick) - AZ 41, JAX 14
JAX:Matthews 9 pass from Mahfouz(Franco kick) - AZ 41, JAX 21
Box Score
JAX AZ
First Downs 23 20
Rushes-Yards 19-90 35-176
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 41-24-193-2 21-14-190-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 60-283 56-366
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0
Penalties-Yards 8-96 13-110
Turnovers 3 0
Time of Possession 27:30 32:30
Attendance = 13,025
JACKSONVILLE ARIZONA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Belue 35 20 156 2 2 63.51 Williams 21 14 190 0 3 134.92
Mahfouz 6 4 43 0 1 127.08
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Rozier 12 48 4.0 0 Brown 13 72 5.5 3
Belue 3 30 10.0 0 Long 9 28 3.1 0
Mason 1 13 13.0 0 Campfield 4 28 7.0 0
Griffin 1 -1 -1.0 0 Boatner 5 21 4.2 0
Williams 2 17 8.5 0
Harris 1 10 10.0 0
Johnson 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Keel 7 62 8.9 0 Anderson 2 56 27.0 0
Rozier 8 61 7.6 0 Wheeler 2 42 21.0 2
Matthews 4 33 8.3 3 Mistler 2 27 13.5 0
Kemp 1 20 20.0 0 Brown 2 23 11.5 0
Alexis 3 18 6.0 0 Long 2 15 7.5 0
G.Clark 1 5 5.0 0 A.Clark 2 5 2.5 1
A.Williams 1 14 14.0 0
Boatner 1 8 8.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Butts 3 58 19.3 0 Harris 1 37 37.0 0
Matthews 3 42 14.0 0
Dinkel 1 8 8.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Butts 1 12 12.0 0 Harris 2 24 12.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Franco 0-0 -- 3-3 3 Zendejas 0-1 -- 3-5 3
miss: -- miss: 25
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Swider 4 145 36.3 DeBruijn 2 88 44.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None - -- Lorch 1 6
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None - -- -- - Middleton 1 28 28.0 0
Smith 1 15 15.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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