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Denver 9 at Boston 17
1983 Week 11 - Monday, May 16, 1983
Denver Gold(4-6) at Boston Breakers(5-5)(-4.5)
Attendance: 4,173
BOSTON(AP) - Marcus Marek raced 85 yards with a recovered fumble for a touchdown midway through the first quarter, and Tony Davis scored on a one-yard burst late in the fourth period as Boston beat Denver 17-9 in game played entirely in a heavy rain in Boston.
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 0 0 3 6 - 9
BOS 7 3 0 7 - 17
Scoring
BOS:Marek 85 yd fumble return (Mazzetti kick) - BOS 7, DEN 0
BOS:Mazzetti 36 yd field goal - BOS 10, DEN 0
DEN:Speelman 40 yd field goal - BOS 10, DEN 3
DEN:Sydney 1 yd run (kick failed) - BOS 10, DEN 9
BOS:Davis 1 yd run (Mazzetti kick) - BOS 17, DEN 9
Box Score
DEN BOS
First Downs 18 11
Rushes-Yards 48-186 27-90
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 26-10-85-2 22-9-108-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 74-271 49-198
Fumbles-Lost 7-2 2-1
Penalties-Yards 14-73 7-47
Turnovers 4 1
Time of Possession 34:39 25:21
Attendance = 4,173
DENVER BOSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Johnson, K 23 9 68 1 0 29.1 Walton 22 9 108 0 0 56.6
Mortensen 3 1 17 1 0 13.9
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Canada 15 61 4.1 0 Steels 7 36 5.1 0
Sydney 17 56 3.3 1 Crump 8 26 3.3 0
Johnson, K 4 29 7.3 0 Johnson, D 4 16 4.0 0
Matthews 9 23 2.6 0 Davis 7 7 1.0 1
Choate 1 22 22.0 0 Lockett 1 5 5.0 0
Mortensen 2 -5 -2.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
James 2 39 19.5 0 Lockett 4 73 18.3 0
Niziolek 2 15 7.5 0 Franz 1 13 13.0 0
Sydney 1 12 12.0 0 Smith, C 2 12 6.0 0
Ford 1 8 8.0 0 Steels 2 10 5.0 0
Johnson, R 1 6 6.0 0
Matthews 1 3 3.0 0
Canada 2 2 1.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Miller, T 3 76 25.3 0 Wilson 2 43 21.5 0
Ford 1 34 34.0 0
Sullivan 1 7 7.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Martin 4 51 12.8 0 Giammona 2 5 2.5 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Speelman 1-1 40 0-1 3 Mazzetti 1-2 36 2-2 5
miss: none miss: 49
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Gortz 7 209 29.9 Casarino 7 270 38.6
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None None
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Carter 1 0 0.0 0
Wilson 1 0 0.0 0Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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