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Denver 42 at Arizona 28
1985 Week 12 - Sunday, May 12, 1985
Denver Gold(7-4)(-3.5) at Arizona Outlaws(4-7)
Attendance: 5,731
TEMPE,AZ - Denver Iinebacker Mike McKibben returned a fourth quarter interception 45 yards for a touchdown to break 28-28 tie and give the Gold a 42-28 victory over Arizona.
McKibben's score came just 4:18 after Arizona linebacker Vic Koenning's club-record 77-yard interception return tied the score at 28-28.
Bill Johnson, who finished with 148 yards on 20 carries, closed out Denver's
scoring with a 1-yard run with 4:50 remaining as the Gold improved their record to 8-4.
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 0 14 14 14 - 42
AZ 7 7 7 7 - 28
Scoring
AZ: A.Williams 34 pass from R.Johnson(Zendejas kick) - AZ 7, DEN 0
AZ: Allen 15 interception return(Zendejas kick) - AZ 14, DEN 0
DEN:Le.Harris 32 pass from Evans(Asmus kick) - AZ 14, DEN 7
DEN:Lewis 22 pass from Evans(Asmus kick) - AZ 14, DEN 14
AZ: A.William 67 pass from R.Johnson(Zendejas kick) - AZ 21, DEN 14
DEN:Lewis 8 pass from Evans(Asmus kick) - AZ 21, DEN 21
DEN:Evans 1 run(Asmus kick) - DEN 28, AZ 21
AZ: Koenning 77 interception return(Zendejas kick) - DEN 28, AZ 28
DEN:McKibben 45 interception return(Asmus kick) - DEN 35, AZ 28
DEN:B.Johnson 1 run(Asmus kick) - DEN 42, AZ 28
Box Score
DEN AZ
First Downs 18 12
Rushes-Yards 28-174 23-101
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 36-14-166-3 26-11-149-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-31 4-33
Total Plays-Yards 64-340 49-250
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-3
Penalties-Yards 4-30 10-91
Turnovers 4 6
Time of Possession 30:12 29:48
Attendance = 5,731
DENVER ARIZONA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Evans 21 8 116 2 3 56.85 R.Johnson 15 8 154 2 2 89.31
Gagliano 15 6 81 1 0 30.14 D.Williams 9 3 28 1 0 3.24
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
B.Johnson 20 148 7.4 1 R.Brown 16 50 3.3 0
Hemphill 1 17 17.0 0 Boatner 5 35 7.0 0
Gagliano 2 7 3.5 0 R.Johnson 2 16 8.0 0
Evans 4 2 0.5 1
Lo.Harris 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Le.Harris 5 97 19.4 1 A.Williams 3 117 39.0 2
Lewis 2 30 15.0 2 Boatner 3 19 6.3 0
T.Johnson 2 16 8.0 0 Wheeler 1 16 16.0 0
L.Turner 2 16 8.0 0 G.Anderson 1 12 12.0 0
B.Johnson 1 13 13.0 0 Mistler 1 9 9.0 0
White 1 10 10.0 0 Clark 1 7 7.0 0
Stegall 1 5 5.0 0 R.Brown 1 2 2.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lo.Harris 4 86 21.5 0 O.Brown 4 59 14.8 0
Clark 1 27 27.0 0
Boatner 1 20 20.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lo.Harris 3 23 7.7 0 None - -- -- -
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Asmus 0-1 -- 6-6 6 Zendejas 0-0 -- 4-4 4
miss: 57 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Asmus 5 163 32.6 deBruijn 7 342 48.9
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Walls 2 10 Tipton 2 13
Ogrin 1 15 K.Gillen 1 14
McKibben 1 8 Middleton 1 4
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
McKibben 1 45 45.0 1 Koenning 1 77 77.0 1
N.Miller 1 7 7.0 0 Middleton 1 22 22.0 0
Nevens 1 6 6.0 0 C.Allen 1 15 15.0 0
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