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Denver 35 at San Antonio 9
1985 Week 11 - Sunday, May 5, 1985
Denver Gold(6-4)(-6) at San Antonio Gunslingers(3-7)
Attendance: 9,753
SAN ANTONIO(AP) - Quarterback Bob Gagliano threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as the Denver Gold raced to an easy 35-9 victory over the San Antonio Gunslingers.
The Gold turned five San Antonio interceptions and two fumbles into five touchdowns as they upped their record to 7-3. San Antonio dropped to 3-7 with the loss, their fourth straight.
Denver's opportunistic defense was led by free safety Steve Tremble, who intercepted three passes for 38 yards, tying the franchise record for a single game.
1 2 3 4 F DEN 7 14 7 7 - 35 SA 0 3 6 0 - 9 Scoring SA: Mike-Mayer 32 FG - SA 3, DEN 0 DEN:White 14 pass from Gagliano(Asmus kick) - DEN 7, SA 3 DEN:B.Johnson 14 run(Asmus kick) - DEN 14, SA 3 SA: Mike-Mayer 39 FG - DEN 14, SA 6 DEN:Lewis 30 pass from Gagliano(Asmus kick) - DEN 21, SA 6 SA: Mike-Mayer 34 FG - DEN 21, SA 9 DEN:Gagliano 1 run(Asmus kick) - DEN 28, SA 9 DEN:Gagliano 1 run(Asmus kick) - DEN 35, SA 9 Box Score DEN SA First Downs 17 15 Rushes-Yards 25-123 27-106 Passing (A-C-Y-I) 40-22-248-3 35-15-181-5 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 7-53 Total Plays-Yards 65-371 62-287 Fumbles-Lost 6-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 10-57 5-35 Turnovers 3 7 Time of Possession 27:46 32:14 Attendance = 9,753 DENVER SAN ANTONIO Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Gagliano 34 20 224 3 2 61.40 Neuheisel 29 14 176 4 0 28.02 Evans 5 1 16 0 0 40.42 Mortensen 6 1 5 1 0 0.00 Hemphill 1 1 8 0 0 100.00 Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD B.Johnson 9 58 6.4 1 Works 6 58 9.7 0 Gagliano 9 33 3.7 2 Stamper 15 43 2.9 0 Gerhart 4 17 4.3 0 Williams 1 20 20.0 0 L.Harris 2 13 6.5 0 Roberts 3 15 5.0 0 White 1 2 2.0 0 Hagen 2 10 5.0 0 Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD L.Harris 8 99 12.4 0 Gordon 4 70 17.5 0' Lewis 3 50 16.7 1 Hackett 3 55 18.3 0 White 5 36 7.2 1 Roberts 3 21 7.0 0 Turner 2 30 15.0 0 Works 1 14 14.0 0 K.Johnson 1 16 16.0 0 Hagen 1 9 9.0 0 Carswell 1 8 8.0 0 Stamper 2 7 3.5 0 Gerhart 1 6 6.0 0 Canada 1 5 5.0 0 B.Johnson 1 3 3.0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD None - -- -- - Works 1 15 15.0 0 Bonner 1 12 12.0 0 Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD L.Harris 1 7 7.0 0 Bonner 1 2 2.0 0 H.Harris 1 0 0.0 0 Loveall 1 0 0.0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Asmus 0-0 - 5-5 5 Mike-Mayer 3-3 39 0-0 9 miss: -- miss: -- Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave Asmus 4 130 32.5 Mike-Mayer 4 165 41.2 Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds Thornton 2 13 None - -- Hope 1 7 Kilkenny 1 7 Mikolas 1 7 Ogrin 1 7 Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Trimble 3 38 12.7 0 Oliver 1 29 29.0 0 Nevens 1 9 9.0 0 James 1 20 20.0 0 Miller 1 0 0.0 0 Raeford 1 12 12.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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