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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.
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
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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