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Portland 20 at Houston 27
1985 Week 5 - Sunday, March 24, 1985
Portland Breakers(2-2) at Houston Gamblers(4-0)(-17)
Attendance: 22,031
HOUSTON(AP) -- Houston's Jim Kelly threw two touchdown passes and engineered the Gamblers to Sam Harrell's game-winning 1-yard touchdown dive with 54 seconds to play en route to a 27-20 victory over the Portland Breakers.
Clarence Verdin started the game-winning drive with a 45-yard kickoff return and after Kelly kept for two yards and a first down, Harrell scored. The touchdown quelled a comeback by the Breakers, who rallied from a 20-6 fourth-quarter deficit to tie it 20-20 with 3:38 to play.
The Gamblers, 5-0, started sluggishly but led 13-3 at the half on a 50-yard Kelly to Vince Courville pass and field goals of 25 and 42 yards by Toni Fritsch.
1 2 3 4 F
POR 3 0 3 14 - 20
HOU 0 13 0 14 - 27
Scoring
POR:Mazzetti 26 FG - POR 3, HOU 0
HOU:Courville 50 pass from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, POR 3
HOU:Fritsch 25 FG - HOU 10, POR 3
HOU:Fritsch 42 FG - HOU 13, POR 3
POR:Mazzetti 25 FG - HOU 13, POR 6
HOU:Barousse 13 pas from Kelly(Fritsch kick) - HOU 20, POR 6
POR:Williams 32 pass from Robinson(Mazzetti kick) - HOU 20, POR 13
POR:Beverly 6 run(Mazzetti kick) - HOU 20, POR 20
HOU:Harrell 1 run(Fristch kick) - HOU 27, POR 20
Box Score
POR HOU
First Downs 22 15
Rushes-Yards 33-111 10-29
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 33-21-280-3 32-18-225-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-9 3-29
Total Plays-Yards 66-391 42-254
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-3
Penalties-Yards 17-113 2-20
Turnovers 4 4
Time of Possession 37:59 22:01
Attendance = 22,031
PORTLAND HOUSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Robinson 33 21 289 3 1 63.83 Kelly 32 18 254 1 2 89.84
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Beverly 27 103 3.8 1 Clark 5 20 4.0 0
Williams 6 8 0.8 0 Harrell 2 6 3.0 1
Johnson 1 5 5.0 0
Kelly 2 -2 -1.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Williams 4 76 19.0 1 McNeil 5 78 15.6 0
Ross 5 74 14.8 0 McGhee 5 72 14.4 0
Lockett 4 54 13.5 0 Courville 2 58 29.0 1
Franz 4 44 11.0 0 Barousse 2 14 7.0 1
Willis 1 17 17.0 0 Verdin 2 14 7.0 0
Hall 1 9 9.0 0 Clark 1 11 11.0 0
Harrell 1 7 7.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Hall 2 63 31.5 0 Verdin 2 77 38.5 0
Jackson 2 36 18.0 0 Eason 1 22 22.0 0
Willis 1 16 16.0 0 Myers 1 12 12.0 0
Young 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Hall 2 19 9.5 0 McNeil 2 36 18.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Mazzetti 2-3 26 2-2 8 Fritsch 2-2 42 3-3 9
miss: 31 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Gossett 3 114 38.0 Walters 3 138 46.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Neil 3 29 Catan 1 9
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Byers 1 15 15.0 0 Bradley 2 15 7.5 0
Roquemore 1 45 45.0 0
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Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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