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Los Angeles 0 at Denver 51
1985 Week 9 - Saturday, April 20, 1985
Los Angeles Express(2-6) at Denver Gold(5-3)(-6)
Attendance: 13,165
On Saturday, Bob Gagliano, making his first start, completed 17 of 25 passes for 297 yards and four touchdowns --three to Leonard Harris --as the Denver Gold buried the Los Angeles Express 51-0.
Gagliano left the game in the fourth quarter and Vince Evans, who had injured his hand a week ago, took over, running for one TD and passing for one.
Steve Young, the LA quarterback, returned to action after being sidelined several weeks with a knee injury. He was sacked six times and completed five of 10 passes for 63 yards before coming out late in the first half.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 0 0 0 0 - 0
DEN 7 10 13 21 - 51
Scoring
DEN:L.Harris 46 pass from Gagliano(Asmus kick) - DEN 7, LA 0
DEN:L.Harris 9 pass from Gagliano(Asmus kick) - DEN 14, LA 0
DEN:Asmus 35 FG - DEN 17, LA 0
DEN:B.Johnson 15 run(kick Failed) - DEN 23, LA 0
DEN:L.Harris 30 pass from Gagliano(Asmus kick) - DEN 30, LA 0
DEN:White 29 pass from Gagliano(Asmus kick) - DEN 37, LA 0
DEN:Evans 6 run(Asmus kick) - DEN 44, LA 0
DEN:Stegall 29 pass from Evans(Asmus kick) - DEN 51, LA 0
Box Score
LA DEN
First Downs 14 29
Rushes-Yards 22-70 25-170
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 25-15-178-2 28-19-341-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 8-77 1-16
Total Plays-Yards 47-248 53-511
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 10-86 4-40
Turnovers 2 1
Time of Possession 31:40 28:20
Attendance = 13,165
LOS ANGLES DENVER
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Seurer 15 10 115 1 0 61.81 Gagliano 25 17 297 1 4 131.17
Young 10 5 63 1 0 30.42 Evans 3 2 60 0 1 149.31
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Nelson 14 46 3.3 0 B.Johnson 17 131 7.7 1
Gray 8 24 3.0 0 Gagliano 2 16 8.0 0
Gerhart 4 13 3.3 0
Evans 2 10 5.0 1
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Gunn 4 67 16.8 0 L.Harris 10 188 18.8 3
Sherrod 2 36 18.0 0 Lewis 4 67 16.8 0
Hudson 4 32 8.0 0 White 2 37 18.5 1
Townsell 2 27 13.5 0 Calip 1 31 31.0 0
Hersey 2 22 11.0 0 Stegall 1 29 29.0 1
Nelson 1 -6 -6.0 0 T.Johnson 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Boddie 2 41 20.5 0 L.Turner 1 24 24.0 0
Gray 2 31 15.5 0
Nelson 1 21 21.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
None - -- -- - Martin 1 15 15.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Zendejas 0-1 -- 0-0 0 Asmus 1-2 35 6-7 9
miss: 47 miss: 47
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 4 161 40.3 None - -- --
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Howard 1 16 Thornton 4.5 38.5
C.Turner 2 14
Taliferro 1 19
Trimble 0.5 5.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Patillo 1 9 9.0 0 Walls 1 19 19.0 0
Blinka 1 2 2.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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