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Washington 27 at Oakland 34
1983 Week 11 - Monday, May 16, 1983
Washington Federals(1-9) at Oakland Invaders(4-6)(-10)
Attendance: 25,900
OAKLAND(AP) - Fred Besana threw four touchdown passes to lead Oakland over Washington 34-27.
Besana, in raising his TD pass total to 15, hit Wyatt Henderson twice and Gordon Banks and Jerry AJdridge once a piece.
The Federals drove to the Oakland 2-yard line in the closing minutes, were pushed back to the 7 by a damaging delay-of-game penalty, and Washington quarterback Mike Hohensee was stopped at the 1 as he tried to score on a quarterback draw play with 1:22 left.
Monday, May 16, 1983 at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum
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1Q
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2Q
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3Q
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4Q
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Final
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| Washington |
7
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10
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10
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0
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27
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| OAKLAND� | 7 |
20
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7
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0
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34
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| OAK | Henderson 7 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) |
| WAS | Homes 6 yd pass from Hohensee (Vitiello kick) |
| OAK | Aldridge 1 yd run (kick failed) |
| WAS | Vitiello 37 yd FG |
| OAK | Aldridge 5 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) |
| WAS | Homes 80 yd pass from Hohensee (Vitiello kick) |
| OAK | Henderson 11 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) |
| OAK | Banks 6 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) |
| WAS | Vitiello 32 yd FG |
| WAS | Homes 21 yd pass from Hohensee (Vitiello kick) |
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| TEAM STATISTICS |
WAS
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OAK
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| First Downs............................................ |
17
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21
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| Total Net Yards...................................... | 353 | 327 |
| Total Yds Rushing................................... |
137
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118
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| Total Yds Passing................................... |
216
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209
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| Pass Att - Comp - Int............................. |
30 - 12 - 1
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31 - 22 - 2
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| Off Plays - Avg....................................... |
65 - 5.4
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66 - 5.0
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| Punts - Avg............................................. |
5 - 33.8
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5 - 32.8
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| Fumbles - Lost........................................ |
1 - 1
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2 - 1
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| Time of Possession.................................. |
26:29
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33:31
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
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| Rushing | WAS | James 13-58; Taylor 14-52; Hohensee 6-27 |
| OAK | Jackson 10-44; Whittington 14-39; Besana 2-21; Holmes 3-13; Aldridge 1-1 | |
| Passing | WAS | Hohensee 30-12-1-231 |
| OAK | Besana 31-22-2-270 | |
| Receiving | WAS | James 5-48; Homes 4-131; Walters 2-38; M. Harris 1-14 |
| OAK | Banks 5-114; Whittington 5-51; Chester 4-40; Henderson 3-33; Jackson 3-18 |
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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