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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.
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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