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Los Angeles 10 at Oakland 20
1983 Week 13 - Sunday, May 29, 1983
Los Angeles Express(6-6) at Oakland Invaders(5-7)(-1.5)
Attendance: 28,967
OAKLAND (AP) - Oakland's Raymond Chester fell on his own fumble in the end zone for a touchdown that gave the Invaders a 20-10 victory over Los Angeles.
In Oakland, where the crowd was announced at 28,967, Fred Besana fired a shot that Chester caught at the 5. He fell and fumbled on the 2, but recovered the ball in tbe end zone to give Oakland a 14-7 lead in the third quarter.
The teams are 6-7 and tied for first in the Pacific Division.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 0 7 3 0 - 10
OAK 7 0 7 6 - 20
Scoring
OAK:Holmes 3 yd run (Shea kick) - OAK 7, LA 0
LA: Haslip 1 yd run (Abbott kick) - LA 7, OAK 7
OAK:Chester 38 yd pass from Besana (Shea kick) - OAK 14, LA 7
OAK:Shea 27 yd field goal - BIR 17, LA 7
LA: Abbott 27 yd field goal - OAK 17, LA 10
OAK:Shea 40 yd field goal - OAK 20, LA 10
Box Score
LA OAK
First Downs 15 17
Rushes-Yards 33-118 33-114
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 28-14-115-1 26-14-161-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-43 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 67-190 59-275
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 12-66 8-35
Turnovers 1 3
Time of Possession 31:23 28:37
Attendance = 28,967
LOS ANGELES OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Rae 15 7 31 1 0 25.7 Besana 26 14 161 2 1 53.5
Ramsey 13 7 84 0 0 73.9
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Harrington 16 82 5.1 0 Whittington 24 92 3.8 0
Haslip 9 33 3.7 1 Holmes 4 14 3.5 1
Barnett 3 6 2.0 0 Jackson 2 4 2.0 0
Rae 3 6 2.0 0 Aldridge 1 3 3.0 0
Ramsey 1 -3 -3.0 0 Besana 2 1 0.5 0
Allen 1 -6 -6.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Allen 2 38 19.0 0 Whittington 8 66 8.3 0
Haines 3 29 9.7 0 Chester 2 53 26.5 1
Sherrod 4 23 5.8 0 Banks 3 36 12.0 0
Barnett 2 13 6.5 0 Aldridge 1 6 6.0 0
Harrington 3 12 4.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Tolbert 3 56 18.7 0 Lewis 3 76 25.3 0
Allen 1 18 18.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Tolbert 2 18 9.0 0 Banks 5 56 11.2 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Abbott 1-1 27 1-1 4 Shea 2-2 40 2-2 8
miss: none miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 5 235 47.0 Talley 3 159 53.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None Hardman 3 26
Bennett 1 6
Liles 1 6
Jefferson 1 5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Rich 1 5 5.0 0 Quinn 1 27 27.0 0
Justin 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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