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Oakland 31 at Memphis 19
1985 Week 5 - Sunday, March 24, 1985
Oakland Invaders(2-1-1) at Memphis Showboats(3-1)(-3)
Attendance: 28,773
MEMPHIS(AP) -- Bobby Hebert threw two touchdown passes and fullback Albert Bentley ran for 148 yards as the Oakland Invaders defeated the Memphis Showboats 31-19.
Fullback Tom Newton scored the first Oakland touchdown on a 1-yard run eight plays after Daryl Hart fell on a Memphis fumble on the opening kickoff. Oakland allowed the Showboats to knot the score 7-7 at the first quarter, but stretched its lead to 21-13 at the half.
The Invaders added a 34-yard field goal by Novo Bojovic in the third quarter and a touchdown in the final period.
1 2 3 4 F
OAK 7 14 3 7 - 31
MEM 7 6 0 6 - 19
Scoring
OAK:Newton 1 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 7, MEM 0
MEM:Moser 24 pass from Lewis(Duncan kick) - OAK 7, MEM 7
OAK:Banks 13 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 14, MEM 7
MEM:Raugh 5 pass from Lewis(kick failed) - OAK 14, MEM 13
OAK:Carter 15 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 21, MEM 13
OAK:Bojovic 34 FG - OAK 24, MEM 13
MEM:Crawford 14 pass from Lewis(run failed) - OAK 24, MEM 19
OAK:Jordan 2 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 31, MEM 19
Box Score
OAK MEM
First Downs 18 21
Rushes-Yards 34-213 25-104
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 24-13-167-0 28-18-259-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 5-34
Total Plays-Yards 58-380 53-363
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1
Penalties-Yards 8-53 5-14
Turnovers 0 2
Time of Possession 30:58 29:12
Attendance = 28,773
OAKLAND MEMPHIS
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Hebert 24 13 169 0 2 104.34 Lewis 28 18 290 1 3 119.64
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bentley 19 148 7.8 0 Spencer 16 52 3.3 0
J.Williams 7 43 6.1 0 Sydney 6 35 5.8 0
Jordan 6 13 2.2 1 Lewis 2 11 5.5 0
Hebert 1 8 8.0 0 Crawford 1 6 6.0 0
Newton 1 1 1.0 1
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Carter 4 86 21.5 1 Moser 3 92 30.7 1
Banks 4 46 11.5 1 Crawford 4 83 20.8 1
Jordan 1 18 18.0 0 Raugh 4 68 17.0 1
Holloway 1 14 14.0 0 H.Williams 2 18 9.0 0
Shumann 1 7 7.0 0 Sydney 2 18 9.0 0
J.Williams 1 2 2.0 0 Spencer 2 15 7.5 0
Bentley 1 -4 -4.0 0 Porter 1 -4 -4.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Faulkner 2 49 24.5 0 H.Williams 3 89 29.7 0
Jordan 1 22 22.0 0 Crawford 1 10 10.0 0
Newton 1 15 15.0 0 Sydney 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Banks 1 8 8.0 0 H.Williams 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Bojovic 1-1 34 4-4 7 Duncan 0-0 - 1-2 1
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Talley 4 155 38.8 Miller 2 61 30.5
Kelley 1 14 14.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Bennett 1 11 Clancy 1 2
Vaughn 1 8
Greenwood 1 7
Browning 1 5
Shaw 1 3
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
McKeever 1 20 20.0 0 None - -- -- -
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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