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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

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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