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Arizona 11 at Chicago 36
1983 Week 13 - Monday, May 30, 1983
Arizona Wranglers(4-8) at Chicago Blitz(8-4)(-8)
Attendance: 13,952, TV: ESPN
AP - On Monday night, the Chicago Blitz trimmed the Arizona Wranglers 36-11 before 13,952 fans in Soldiers Field at Chicago.
Frank Corral kicked four field goals and Lenny Willis returned a punt 40 yards for a TD to lead the Blitz, avenging a 30-29 loss to Arizona earlier in the season.The Wranglers dropped to 4-9 in the Pacific Division.
Rookie Tim Koegel, making his first start, hit on 12 of 29 passes for 202 yards. Wide receiver Trumaine Johnson had four receptions for 117 yards, including a 36-yarder for a TD.
The Wranglers scored on their first possession when Alan Risher connected on a 21-yard pass to Neil Balholm. The Blitz dominated play the rest ofthe way.
1 2 3 4 F
AZ 8 0 3 0 - 11
CHI 3 21 7 5 - 36
Scoring
AZ: Balholm 21 yd pass from Risher (Blue pass from Manucci) - ARI 8, CHI 0
CHI:Corral 40 yd field goal - ARI 8, CHI 3
CHI:Corral 36 yd field goal - ARI 8, CHI 6
CHI:Johnson 36 yd pass from Koegel (Corral kick) - CHI 13, ARI 8
CHI:Willis 40 yd punt return (Corral pass from Rozantz) - CHI 21, ARI 8
CHI:Corral 47 yd field goal - CHI 24, ARI 8
AZ: Denfeld 39 yd field goal - CHI 24, ARI 11
CHI:Spencer 1 yd run (Corral kick) - CHI 31, ARI 11
CHI:Corral 18 yd field goal - CHI 34, ARI 11
CHI:Safety, Manucci fumbled out of end zone - CHI 36, ARI 11
Box Score
ARI CHI
First Downs 7 25
Rushes-Yards 21-46 50-253
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 25-15-104-0 31-13-213-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-42 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 51-108 81-466
Fumbles-Lost 9-4 4-2
Penalties-Yards 8-82 7-70
Turnovers 4 3
Time of Possession 23:50 36:10
Attendance = 13,952
ARIZONA CHICAGO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Risher 24 15 104 0 1 86.1 Koegel 29 12 202 1 1 62.7
Manucci 1 0 0 0 0 39.6 Rozantz 2 1 11 0 0 66.7
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Murray 9 34 3.8 0 Long 19 102 5.4 0
Howell 8 17 2.1 0 Spencer 16 90 5.6 1
Clark, D 1 1 1.0 0 Boatner 8 47 5.9 0
Risher 3 -6 -2.0 0 Johnson 1 8 8.0 0
Dennison 5 7 1.4 0
Koegel 1 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Murray 6 36 6.0 0 Johnson 4 117 29.3 1
Howell 6 28 4.7 0 Ricker 2 39 19.5 0
Balholm 1 21 21.0 1 Buggs 3 30 10.0 0
Keel 1 16 16.0 0 Willis 1 12 12.0 0
Henry 1 3 3.0 0 Anderson 1 11 11.0 0
Spencer 2 4 2.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Blue 3 48 16.0 0 Willis 2 45 22.5 0
Henry 1 16 16.0 0 Dennison 1 7 7.0 0
Banks 1 7 7.0 0
Eppes 1 2 2.0 0
Redd 1 1 1.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Henry 1 10 10.0 0 Willis 4 30 7.5 1
Johnson 1 26 26.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Denfeld 1-1 39 0-0 3 Corral 4-7 47 2-2 14
miss: none miss: 37, 48, 25
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Mees 9 324 36.0 Corral 2 70 35.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None Ah You 2 15
Lathrop 1.5 13.5
White 1 10
Buben 0.5 3.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Norris 1 23 23.0 0 None
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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