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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

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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