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Oakland 21 at Orlando 7
1985 Week 11 - Sunday, May 5, 1985
Oakland Invaders(6-3-1)(-9) at Orlando Renegades(2-8)
Attendance: 21,085
ORLANDO,FL(AP) - Reserve quarterback Fred Besana threw for three touchdowns to spark the Oakland Invaders to a 21-7 victory over the Orlando Renegades.
Besana completed 14 of 19 passes for 193 yards. He hit Derek Holloway with a 63-yard scoring pass on his first toss and then helped the Invaders wrap up the victory with a 3-yard scoring flip to Tom Newton in the third period and a 15-yarder to Anthony Carter in the last quarter.
Oakland won its third straight game to improve to 7-3-1. The host Renegades slipped to 2-9 with their third straight loss.
1 2 3 4 F OAK 0 7 7 7 - 21 ORL 0 7 0 0 - 7 Scoring OAK:Holloway 63 pass from Besana(Bojovic kick) - OAK 7, ORL 0 ORL:Walters 11 pass from Collier(Brockhaus kick) - OAK 7, ORL 7 OAK:Newton 3 pass from Besana(Bojovic kick) - OAK 14, ORL 7 OAK:Carter 15 passs from Besana(Bojovic kick) - OAK 21, ORL 7 Box Score OAK ORL First Downs 21 13 Rushes-Yards 33-176 20-44 Passing (A-C-Y-I) 29-16-200-1 24-13-141-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-22 3-18 Total Plays-Yards 62-376 44-185 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 8-70 4-45 Turnovers 2 0 Time of Possession 32:57 27:03 Attendance = 21,085 OAKLAND ORLANDO Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Besana 19 14 193 0 3 145.39 Collier 24 13 159 0 1 88.72 Hebert 10 2 29 1 0 0.0 Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Bentley 17 82 4.8 0 Bledsoe 10 29 2.9 0 Williams 7 39 5.6 0 Perry 3 11 3.7 0 Jordan 4 27 6.8 0 Collier 7 4 5.7 0 Newton 4 11 2.8 0 Besana 1 17 17.0 0 Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Holloway 4 82 20.5 1 Smith 3 62 20.7 0 Bentley 5 53 10.7 0 Walters 4 46 11.5 1 Carter 2 23 11.5 1 Odom 2 21 10.5 0 Shumann 1 21 21.0 0 Parrish 1 11 11.0 0 Banks 1 15 15.0 0 Bledsoe 1 9 9.0 0 Jordan 1 15 15.0 0 Miziolek 1 7 7.0 0 Cozen 1 10 10.0 0 Flowers 1 3 3.0 0 Newton 1 3 3.0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Jordan 1 31 31.0 0 Parrish 2 48 24.0 0 L.Johnson 1 12 12.0 0 Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Faulkner 4 28 7.0 0 V.Jackson 1 4 4.0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Bojovic 0-1 -- 3-3 3 Brockhaus 0-1 -- 1-1 1 miss: 37 miss: 52 Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave Talley 2 105 52.5 Cater 4 189 47.3 Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds Snipes 1 11 Hutchinson 1 9 Bennett 1 5 Atkins 1 8 McKeever 1 2 Riggins 1 5 Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD None - -- -- - V.Jackson 1 10 10.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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