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Jacksonville 12 at Baltimore 17
1985 Week 15 - Sunday, June 2, 1985
Jacksonville Bulls(8-6) at Baltimore Stars(7-6-1)(-5)
Attendance: 9,663, TV: ABC
COLLEGE PARK, MD (AP) - The Baltimore Stars held Jacksonville's Mike Rozier to 60 yards rushing Sunday and won the USFL's eighth playoff spot by defeating the Bulls, 17-12.
Rozier, the Heisman Trophy winning running back, is second in the USFL in rushing, behind the New Jersey Generals' Hershel Walker. His 60 yards came on 16 carries. Jacksonville quarterback Brian Sipe threw for 198 yards on 15-of-26 attempts and suffered a separated shoulder when sacked by Mike Walker. He suffered a similar injury in the season-opener.
The Bulls (8-7-0) scored on an 11-yard pass from Ed Luther to runningback Larry Mason to come within 6 with 1:53 left. The 2-point conversion attempt failed.
The Stars (8-7-1) were led by running back Kelvin Bryant's 104 yards on 18 carries and 2 touchdowns and quarterback Chuck Fusina's 166 yards on 19-of-30 passing attempts.
The victory avenged a season-opening 22-14 loss to the Bulls.
1 2 3 4 F
JAX 3 0 3 6 - 12
BAL 3 7 0 7 - 17
Scoring
JAX:Franco 30 FG - JAX 3, BAL 0
BAL:Trout 41 FG - JAX 3, BAL 3
BAL:Bryant 6 run(Trout kick) - BAL 10, JAX 3
JAX:Franco 28 FG - BAL 10, JAX 6
BAL:Bryant 2 run(Trout kick) - BAL 17, JAX 6
JAX:Mason 12 pass from Luther(pass failed) - BAL 17, JAX 13
Box Score
JAX BAL
First Downs 23 16
Rushes-Yards 18-57 22-118
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 37-23-238-2 30-19-166-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-44 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 53-295 52-284
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 2-0
Penalties-Yards 5-40 7-60
Turnovers 3 1
Time of Possession 34:57 25:03
Attendance = 9,633
JACKSONVILLE BALTIMORE
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Sipe 26 15 198 2 0 49.84 Fusina 30 19 166 1 0 64.03
Luther 11 8 84 0 1 124.81
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Rozier 16 60 3.8 0 Bryant 18 104 5.8 2
Sipe 1 -1 -1.0 0 Harvin 2 12 6.0 0
Mason 1 -2 -2.0 0 Riley 1 4 4.0 0
Fusina 1 -2 -2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Alexis 9 97 10.8 0 Riley 4 35 8.8 0
Keel 3 61 20.3 0 Dunek 4 34 8.5 0
Kemp 3 49 16.3 0 Fitzkee 3 32 10.7 0
Matthews 2 26 13.0 0 Bryant 3 26 8.7 0
Mason 2 25 12.5 1 Caver 3 23 7.7 0
Rozier 3 12 4.0 0 Harvin 1 11 11.0 0
Donovon 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Butts 4 36 9.0 0 McCants 2 41 20.5 0
Harvin 1 23 23.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Kemp 3 18 6.0 0 Lane 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Franco 2-2 30 0-0 6 Trout 1-1 41 2-2 5
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Swider 3 116 38.7 Landeta 3 129 43.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None - -- Cooper 1 12
Opfar 1 9
Johnson 1 8
Fuller 1 7
Mills 1 5
Walker 1 3
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Gee 1 43 43.0 0 Sutton 1 60 60.0 0
Lush 1 0 0.0 0
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Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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