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Jacksonville 36 at Oakland 42
1985 Week 4 - Sunday, March 17, 1985
Jacksonville Bulls(1-2) at Oakland Invaders(1-1-1)(-6.5)
Attendance: 16,678
OAKLAND(AP) - The Oakland Invaders, who had totaled 55 points in their first three United States Football League games this season, finally got their offense in high gear. When they did, it was off to the races against the Jacksonville Bulls.
"Getting the offense for all four quarters was one of the main things today," said Invader quarterback Bobby Hebert, who threw for four touchdowns Sunday in a 42-36 victory. "We started well and it was almost like a track meet out there."
Hebert riddled the Bulls for 328 yards passing and fullback Albert Bentley rushed for 97 yards. On eight kickoff returns, the Invaders racked up 216 yards.
"We finally got our offense going," said Oakland Coach Charlie Sumner, whose 2-1-1 team bounced back from a 42-7 loss against Houston. "My heart is still pounding. Yeah, I like these kinds of games. I'd like for us to get a little more ahead, though."
Oakland kicker Novo Bojovic kicked a 37-yard field goal to break a 29-29 tie early in the fourth quarter. Then Hebert guided the Invaders 98 yards to a 1-yard TD plunge by Tom Newton.
Jacksonville rallied on Larry Mason's 8-yard scoring run to close within 39-36. The Bulls got back the ball, but QB Ed Luther - making his first USFL appearance after leaving the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League - was intercepted by Gary Plummer, who returned the ball 46 yards, to set up a 41-yard field goal by Bojovic.
Luther was then intercepted by David Greenwood with eight seconds left. Still, he wound up passing for three touchdowns. Still, he wound up passing for three touchdowns while completing 25 of 45 throws for 282 yards.
"We really didn't play well enough to win," said Luther, who signed with the Bulls two weeks ago after Brian Sipe was injured. "It was nice getting out there and getting bumped around a little bit. I think we'll get better."
1 2 3 4 F
JAX 3 19 7 7 - 36
OAK 7 14 8 13 - 42
Scoring
OAK:Carter 17 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 7, JAX 0
JAX:Franco 46 FG - OAK 7, JAX 3
JAX:Franco 44 FG - OAK 7, JAX 6
OAK:Banks 39 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 14, JAX 6
JAX:Alexis 8 pass from Luther(pass failed) - OAK 14, JAX 12
OAK:Holloway 39 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 21, JAX 12
JAX:Kemp 13 pass from Luther(Franco kick) - OAK 21, JAX 19
JAX:Franco 33 FG - JAX 22, OAK 21
JAX:Alexis 26 pass from Luther(Franco kick) - JAX 29, OAK 21
OAK:Cozen 3 pass from Hebert(Banks 3 pass from Hebert) - JAX 29, OAK 29
OAK:Bojovic 37 FG - OAK 32, JAX 29
OAK:Newton 1 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 39, JAX 29
JAX:Mason 8 run(Franco kick) - OAK 39, JAX 36
OAK:Bojovic 41 FG - OAK 42, JAX 36
Box Score
JAX OAK
First Downs 24 20
Rushes-Yards 21-81 27-145
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 45-35-263-3 25-16-311-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-19 2-17
Total Plays-Yards 66-344 52-456
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-3
Penalties-Yards 6-32 12-96
Turnovers 3 3
Time of Possession 34:01 25:59
Attendance = 16,678
JACKSONVILLE OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Luther 45 25 282 3 3 68.94 Hebert 24 16 328 0 4 149.31
Williams 1 0 0 0 0 --
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Rozier 17 70 4.2 0 Bentley 13 97 7.5 0
Mason 1 8 8.0 1 Jordan 7 25 3.6 0
Griffin 3 3 1.0 0 Williams 4 17 4.3 0
Newton 3 6 2.0 1
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Alexis 8 123 30.8 2 Banks 4 113 28.3 1
Kemp 7 84 12.0 1 Holloway 5 102 20.4 1
Keel 4 28 7.0 0 Carter 5 98 19.6 1
Young 1 23 23.0 0 Williams 1 12 12.0 0
Matthews 2 16 8.0 0 Cozen 1 3 3.0 1
Rozier 2 8 4.0 0
Mason 1 0 0.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Butts 4 86 21.5 0 Faulkner 3 117 39.0 0
Matthews 3 78 26.0 0 A.Bentley 3 91 30.3 0
Wood 1 12 12.0 0 Shaw 1 8 8.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Kemp 1 32 32.0 0 Banks 1 8 8.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Franco 3-3 46 3-3 12 Bojovic 2-3 41 4-4 10
miss: -- miss: 32
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Swider 4 172 43.0 Talley 1 38 38.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Millard 2 17 Browning 1.5 14
Bennett 0.5 5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Plummer 1 46 46.0 0 None - -- -- -
Shaw 1 22 22.0 0
Greenwood 1 8 8.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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