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Oakland 31 at Denver 16
1985 Week 14 - Thursday, May 23, 1985
Oakland Invaders(9-3-1) at Denver Gold(9-4)(-3)
Attendance: 12,372, TV: ESPN
DENVER(AP) - Oakland quarterback Bobby Hebert completed 19 of 27 passes for 337 yards and four touchdowns Thursday night, leading the invaders to their sixth straight triumph -- a 31-16 decision over the Denver Gold.
The victory raised the Invaders' Western Conference-leading record to 10-3-1 and gave them a 1-1/2 game lead over Denver, now 9-5, with four games remaining.
1 2 3 4 F
OAK 14 7 3 7 - 31
DEN 0 10 0 6 - 0
Scoring
OAK:Banks 55 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 7, DEN 0
OAK:Bentley 17 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 14, DEN 0
DEN:Gerhart 7 run(Asmus kick) - OAK 14, DEN 7
OAK:Wright 2 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 21, DEN 7
DEN:Asmus 35 FG - OAK 21, DEN 10
OAK:Bojovic 20 FG - OAK 24, DEN 10
OAK:Holloway 11 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 31, DEN 10
DEN:Calip 2 pass from Gagliano(pass failed) - OAK 31, DEN 16
Box Score
OAK DEN
First Downs 23 18
Rushes-Yards 30-164 12-70
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 27-19-337-0 43-21-255-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-20
Total Plays-Yards 57-501 55-325
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 9-67 5-35
Turnovers 0 3
Time of Possession 35:51 24:09
Attendance = 12,372
OAKLAND DENVER
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Hebert 27 19 337 0 4 152.31 Gagliano 41 20 248 3 1 45.58
Evans 2 1 27 0 0 95.83
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bentley 12 89 7.4 0 Gerhart 5 48 9.6 1
Williams 12 55 4.6 0 Johnson 6 22 3.7 0
Newton 4 15 3.8 0 Gagliano 1 0 0.0 0
Hebert 2 5 2.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Banks 4 120 30.0 1 Le.Harris 8 116 14.5 0
Carter 7 114 16.3 0 White 6 60 10.0 0
Bentley 2 33 16.5 1 Lewis 2 56 27.0 0
Shumann 1 29 29.0 0 Turner 1 20 20.0 0
Holloway 3 26 8.7 1 Gerhart 1 11 11.0 0
Cozen 1 13 13.0 0 T.Johnson 1 8 8.0 0
Wright 1 2 2.0 1 Calip 2 4 2.0 1
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Jordan 1 13 13.0 0 Lo.Harris 3 87 29.0 0
Faulkner 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
None - -- -- - Lo.Harris 1 44 44.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Bojovic 1-1 20 4-4 7 Asmus 1-2 35 1-2 1
miss: -- miss: 52
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Talley 2 86 43.0 Asmus 1 54 54.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Snipes 2 20 None - --
Davis 1 0
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
McKeever 1 22 22.0 0 None - -- -- -
Martin 1 16 16.0 0
R.Bentley 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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