Denver 6 at Jacksonville 42

1985 Week 18 - Sunday, June 23, 1985
Denver Gold(11-6)(-2) at Jacksonville Bulls(8-9)
Attendance: 32,428

JACKSONVILLE, FL (AP) - The Bulls came back from a 31-0 loss to Memphis last week to throttle Denver 42-6.

Mike Rozier scored four touchdowns and Ed Luther passed for 370 yards as Jacksonville posted its largest margin of victory in the Bulls' two-year history and closed out a 9-9 season.

Despite the loss, the Gold still managed to qualify for the playoffs with an 11-7 record.

Highlights

	1	2	3	4	F
DEN	3	0	3	0   -    6
JAX    14       7       7      14   -   42

Scoring

JAX:Rozier 1 run(Franco kick) - JAX 7, DEN 0

DEN:Asmus 39 FG - JAX 7, DEN 3

JAX:Rozier 34 run(Franco kick) - JAX 14, DEN 3

JAX:Rozier 9 pass rom Luther(Franco kick) - JAX 21, DEN 3

DEN:Asmus 39 FG - JAX 21, DEN 6

JAX:Alexis 29 pass from Luther(Franco kick) - JAX 28, DEN 6

JAX:Rozier 8 run(Franco kick) - JAX 35, DEN 6

JAX:Mason 29 run(Franco kick) - JAX 42, DEN 6

Box Score

                             DEN            JAX
First Downs		      15	     22                   
Rushes-Yards              19-142         30-168
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    33-16-295-1    24-19-379-1
Sacked-Yards Lost           6-50            0-0
Total Plays-Yards         52-437         54-547
Fumbles-Lost                 5-2            0-0
Penalties-Yards            12-74           5-45
Turnovers                      3              1
Time of Possession         29:00          31:00

Attendance = 32,429 

DENVER					     JACKSONVILLE
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Evans        22  11 263  1  0  74.62         Luther       23  18 373  1  1 115.13
Gagliano     11   5  82  0  0  71.02         Belue         1   1   9  0  0 104.17
  
Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Evans         7  83 11.9  0		     Rozier       21  98  4.7  4
Johnson       9  30  3.3  0		     Mason         3  37 12.3  1
Hemphill      1  26 26.0  0		     Lewis         4  35  8.8  0
Gagliano      1   2  2.0  0		     Luther        2  -2 -1.0  0
Gerhart       1   1  1.0  0	 

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
L.Harris      9 192 21.3  9		     Alexis        6 164 27.3  1
Stegall       2  53 26.5  0		     Kemp          4  90 22.5  0
T.Johnson     2  43 21.5  0		     Mason         2  50 25.0  0
M.Lewis       2  38 19.0  0		     Lewis         1  26 26.0  0
Turner        1  19 19.0  0		     Young         2  17  8.5  0
					     Matthews      2  16  8.0  0
					     Rozier        2  16  8.0  0                 

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Calip           2  41 20.5  0		     Matthews        2  38 19.0  0
L.Turner        2  15  7.5  0		     Kemp            1  15 15.0  0
N.Harris        1  11 11.0  0               

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
None            -  --   --  -		     Kemp            1  20 20.0  0                

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Asmus           2-3  39  0-0   6             Franco          0-1  --  6-6   6
                miss: 46                                     miss: 26

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Asmus           3  98 32.7                   None            -  --   --

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
None            -  --                        Millard       2.5 16.5
					     Clasby        1.5 17.5
					     Dinkel          1   9
					     V.Johnson       1   7                    

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
N.Miller        1  37 37.0  0		     McMillan        1  28 28.0  0

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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn

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