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Arizona 28 at Memphis 38


1985 Week 18 - Saturday, June 22, 1985
Arizona Outlaws(8-9) at Memphis Showboats(10-7)(-9)
Attendance: 32,743, TV: ESPN

MEMPHIS (AP) - Quarterback Mike Kelley ran for one touchdown and threw for another while completing 15-of-19 passes for 214 yards Saturday night as the host Memphis Showboats bombed the Arizona Outlaws 38-28.

The victory assured the Showboats, 11-7, the home-field advantage in the first round of the United States Football League playoffs, which begin next weekend. Arizona's season ended with an 8-10 record.

Complete Game




Highlights




	1	2	3	4	F
AZ     14	0	0      14   -   28
MEM    10      21       7       0   -   38

Scoring

MEM:Duncan 39 FG - MEM 3, AZ 0

AZ: Brown 1 run(Zendejas kick) - AZ 7, MEM 3

MEM:Parker 1 run(Duncan kick) - MEM 10, AZ 7

AZ: Brown 12 pass from Williams(Zendejas kick) - AZ 14, MEM 10

MEM:Kelley 1 run(Duncan kick) - MEM 17, AZ 14

MEM:Parker 1 run(Duncan kick) - MEM 24, AZ 14

MEM:Bradley 17 pass from Kelley(Duncan kick) - MEM 31, AZ 14

MEM:Heflin 6 pass from Lewis(Duncan kick) - MEM 38, AZ 14

AZ: Anderson 5 pass from Williams(Zendejas kick) - MEM 38. AZ 21

AZ: Clark 25 pass from Williams(Zendejas kick) - MEM 38, AZ 28

Box Score

                             AZ            MEM
First Downs            	     19             19       
Rushes-Yards              18-46         32-150
Passing (A-C-Y-I)   39-23-347-1    23-17-240-0
Sacked-Yards Lost          2-13            0-0
Total Plays-Yards        57-393         55-390
Fumbles-Lost                2-1            2-0
Penalties-Yards            6-60           6-39
Turnovers                     2              0
Time of Possession        28:32          31:28

Attendance = 32,743 

ARIZONA					     MEMPHIS
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Williams     39  23 347  1  3 103.26         Kelley       19  15 214  0  1 131.14
					     Lewis         4   2  26  0  1 110.42 

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Boatner      10  51  5.1  0		     Spencer      12  51  4.3  0
A.Williams    1   8  8.0  0		     Porter        4  39  9.8  0
Brown         5   5  1.0  1                  Parker        8  27  3.4  2
Clark         1   5  5.0  0		     L.Williams    3  21  7.0  0
G.Anderson    1 -13 -13.0 0		     Kelley        4   6  1.5  1
					     Lewis         1   6  6.0  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
A.Williams    6 130 21.7  0		     Raugh         2  46 23.0  0
G.Anderson    6  84 14.0  1                  Moser         1  36 36.0  0
Clark         4  61 15.3  1                  Crawford      4  34  8.2  0
D.Williams    3  26  8.7  0		     Bradley       2  29 14.5  1
Brown         2  25 12.5  1		     Parker        2  29 14.5  0
McDade        2  21 10.5  0		     H.Williams    1  21 21.0  0
					     Spencer       2  20 10.0  0
					     Porter        1  11 11.0  0
					     Shirk         1   8  8.0  0
					     Heflin        1   6  6.0  1                

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
E.Anderson      4  68 17.0  0		     Crawford        2  86 43.0  0
Clark           1  33 33.0  0		     Porter          1  26 26.0  0
Mansfield       1  20 20.0  0		     Heflin          1   0  0.0  0
E.Williams      1  15 15.0  0		     
A.Allen         0  20  0.0  0                

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
None            -  --   --  -                Crawford        1  37 37.0  0                

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Zendejas        0-0  --  4-4   4             Duncan          1-2  39  5-5   8            
                miss: --                                     miss: 24

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
deBruijn        2  84 42.0                   Miller          2  75 37.5

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
None            -  --                        White           1   9
					     Bearden         1   4
                    

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
None            -  --   --  -		     Osbourne        1  18 18.0  0

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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