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Los Angeles 27 at San Antonio 31
1985 Week 16 - Sunday, June 9, 1985
Los Angeles Express(3-12) at San Antonio Gunslingers(3-12)(-4)
Attendance: 4,963
SAN ANTONIO. Texas (AP) - Gunslingers quarterback Rick Neuheisel scored from 1 yard out with 15 seconds remaining as San Antonio broke an eight-game losing streak with a 31-27 victory over the Los Angeles Express.
The win moved San Antonio out of the Western Conference cellar with a 4-12 record. The Express, which lost its sixth straight, is now 3-13.
The Gunslinger victory avenges a 38-7 drubbing at the hands of Los Angeles on March 16.
Neuheisel's plunge capped an eight-play, 70-yard drive in less than two minutes He hit Donny Roberts with passes of 19 and 7 yards. Roberts' second reception set up Neuheisel's score after San Antonio had lost a 12-point fourth-quarter lead.
San Antonio was ahead 24-12 with 8:36 left in the game after Roberts scored from l2 yards out. But the Express closed it to 24-19 on the next play, when Steve Young threw a 66- yard scoring bomb to Kris Haines.
After the kickoff, the Gunslingers appeared content to try and run out the clock, but a third-down Neuheisel pass was intercepted by David Howard and returned 6 yards to the San Antonio 41.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 0 6 6 15 - 27
SA 7 10 0 14 - 31
Scoring
SA: Stamper 4 run(Mike-Mayer kick) - SA 7, LA 0
SA: Mike-Mayer 18 FG - SA 10, LA 0
LA: Zendejas 36 FG - SA 10, LA 3
SA: R.Oliver blocked punt recover in end zone(Mike-Mayer kick) - SA 17, LA 3
LA: Zendejas 37 FG - SA 17, LA 6
LA: Warren 9 run(pass failed) - SA 17, LA 12
SA: Roberts 12 run(Mike-Mayer kick) - SA 24, LA 12
LA: Haines 66 pass from Young(Zendejas kick) - SA 24, LA 19
LA: Warren 7 run(O'Neal pass from Young) - LA 27, SA 24
SA: Neuheisel 1 run(Mike-Mayer kick) - SA 31, LA 27
Box Score
LA SA
First Downs 13 20
Rushes-Yards 17-91 33-182
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 23-17-182-0 27-19-231-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 2-15
Total Plays-Yards 40-273 60-413
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 3-2
Penalties-Yards 5-30 7-60
Turnovers 2 4
Time of Possession 23:57 36:03
Attendance = 4,689
LOS ANGELES SAN ANTONIO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Young 21 15 178 1 1 92.96 Neuheisel 27 19 231 2 0 65.51
Seurer 3 2 4 0 0 70.14
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Warren 14 73 5.2 2 Roberts 11 73 6.6 1
Young 2 14 7.0 0 Works 11 67 6.1 0
Boddie 1 4 4.0 0 Neuheisel 6 34 5.7 0
Stamper 5 8 1.6 1
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Haines 1 66 66.0 1 Roberts 5 78 15.6 0
Hersey 1 41 41.0 0 Hackett 3 40 13.3 0
Townsell 3 38 12.7 0 Lockett 2 39 19.5 0
Warren 7 35 5.0 0 Coffman 2 30 15.0 0
Gray 2 4 2.0 0 Works 3 25 8.3 0
Sherrod 1 -2 -2.0 0 Stamper 3 8 2.7 0
Hadnott 1 11 11.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Haines 3 63 21.0 0 Bonner 3 69 23.0 0
Gray 1 12 12.0 0
Howard 1 10 10.0 0
Boddie 1 8 8.0 0
Carson 1 -8 -8.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Townsell 2 1 0.5 0 Ulmer 4 32 8.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Zendejas 2-2 37 1-1 7 Mike-Mayer 1-1 18 4-4 7
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 4 195 48.8 Mike-Mayer 3 110 36.7
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Achica 1 8 Hanna 1 8
Rudolph 1 7 Anae 1 7
James 1 1
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Henderson 1 15 15.0 0 None - -- -- -
Howard 1 6 6.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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