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Arizona 13 at Los Angeles 17


1983 Week 14 - Sunday, June 5, 1983
Arizona Wranglers(4-9) at Los Angeles Express(6-7)(-6.5)
Attendance: 13,826

Associated Press Report

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Ramsey threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jojo Townsell with 2:38 left for the victory.

Townsell, who was the Jets' No.3 draft pick, signed with the Express last Friday. Townsell's reception completed a seven-play, 61-yard drive. A defensive back, Bobby Hosea, intercepted Dan Manucci's pass at the Arizona 40 with 1:42 left to help protect the lead.

Ramsey completed 11 of 14 passes for 101 yards. Mike Rae, the starting quarterback, scored a touchdown and completed 12 of 20 passes for 115 yards.

Highlights




	1	2	3	4	F
AZ	3	0	7	3   -	13
LA	0	7	3	7   -   17

Scoring

AZ: Denfeld 25 yd field goal - ARI 3, LA 0

LA: Rae 1 yd run (Abbott kick) - LA 7, ARI 3

AZ: D. Clark 13 yd run (Denfeld kick) - ARI 10, LA 7

LA: Abbott 33 yd field goal - LA 10, ARI 10

AZ: Denfeld 34 yd field goal - ARI 13, LA 10

LA: Townsell 26 yd pass from Ramsey (Abbott kick) - LA 17, ARI 13

Box Score

                             ARI             LA
First Downs                   16             19
Rushes-Yards               24-72          26-79
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    30-20-193-1    34-23-216-2
Sacked-Yards Lost           9-68            2-6
Total Plays-Yards         63-197         62-289
Fumbles-Lost                 0-0            3-1
Penalties-Yards             7-60           2-29
Turnovers                      1              3
Time of Possession         30:10          29:50

Attendance = 13,826

ARIZONA					     LOS ANGELES
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Risher       17  14 143  0  0 101.7          Rae          20  12 115  2  0  36.5
Manucci      12   5  41  0  0  51.0          Ramsey       14  11 101  0  1 120.5
Blue          1   1   9  0  0 104.2          
 
Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Murray       10  44  4.4  0                  Barnett       7  32  4.6  0
Clark, D      7  15  2.1  1                  Rae           6  17  2.8  1
Howell        3  10  3.3  0                  Harrington    8  14  1.8  0
Risher        1   8  8.0  0                  Ramsey        3  10  3.3  0
Manucci       2   6  3.0  0                  Haslip        2   6  3.0  0
MaGee         1 -11-11.0  0                  
  
Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Balholm       4  53 13.3  0                  Townsell      2  57 27.5  1
Keel          6  44  7.3  0                  Allen         6  44  7.3  0
Flowers       3  28  9.3  0                  Harrington    4  36  9.0  0
Clark, D      2  25 12.5  0                  Haslip        3  24  8.0  0
Howell        1  20 20.0  0                  Ellis         3  21  7.0  0
Risher        1   9  9.0  0                  Boddie        2  17  8.5  0
Murray        2   9  4.5  0                  Sherrod       3  17  5.7  0
Denfeld       1   5  5.0  0                  
  
Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Henry           2  37 18.5  0                Boddie          1  33 33.0  0
MaGee           2  35 17.5  0                Allen           2  32 16.0  0
 
Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Henry           2  11  5.5  0                Fox             2   5  2.5  0
                                             Allen           1   0  0.0  0
  
Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Denfeld         2-3  34  1-1    7            Abbott          1-1  33  2-2    5
                miss: 40                                     miss: none

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Mees            5 234 46.8                   Partridge       4 144 36.0

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Jostes          1   3                        Weaver          3  25
Clark, C        1   3                        Scoggins        3  20
                                             Fields, G       2  15
                                             Dimler          1   8
  
Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
Walker          1  28 28.0  0                Hosea           1   0  0.0
Wilcox          1   2  2.0  0    

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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