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C-A The Orlando Sentinel, Monday, March 4, 1985 Gunslingers sack Williams, Outlaws, 16-14 THE USFL MHjt Week 2 TT COMPILED FROM WIRE REPORTS SAN ANTONIO, Texas Defensive lineman Jeff Chaffin sacked Arizona Outlaws quarterback Doug Williams for a last-second safety Sunday to give the San Antonio Gunslingers a 16-14 victory. San Antonio (1-1) was scoreless FOOTBALL three and two plays. Birmingham's Cliff Stoudt passed for two scores and ran for another. The Gold jumped to a 26-14 halftime lead. Birmingham cut it to 26-21 on a 55-yard Stoudt pass to Joey Jones early in the third period.

But Denver retaliated with drives of 78 and 56 yards, capped by scoring runs by Evans and Johnson. Todd Gerhart ran for 119 yards and Johnson for 74 for Denver, which held Birmingham to 67 yards rushing. Stoudt completed 17 of 38 passes for 258 yards. Birmingham got three interceptions and two fumble recoveries in the first half. Chuck Clanton picked off the passes and got one of the recoveries.

Late Saturday Quarterback Doug Woodward passed for 185 yards, and running back Buford Jordan rushed for 110 to lead Portland over visiting Los Angeles, 14-10. Los Angeles quarterback Steve Young mounted three sustained drives in the fourth quarter. The Express' final drive came up short when when Duane Gunn caught a long pass and was tackled at the Breakers' 4-yard line as time expired. It was the Breakers' first victory of the season and first game in Portland after moving from New Orleans. This is the third city for the franchise, which originated in Boston.

A crowd of 25,000 welcomed the Breakers to their new home, the Civic Stadium. Los Angeles fumbled the ball away five times, including twice in the final period, and Young threw one interception. Los Angeles controlled the ball most of the first quarter and scored first on a 31-yard field goal by Tony Zendejas. Young set up the score with a 48-yard pass, but the drive stalled after three muffed plays, including a fumble. The Breakers scrambled back in the opening minutes of the second period, scoring on a five-play, 77-yard drive.

Woodward hit receiver Frank Lockett with a 32-yard pass for the touchdown. Invaders 17, Stars 17 OAKLAND, Calif. Bobby Hebert of Oakland threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Carter with 1 second left in the fourth period, forcing the game into overtime, but the Invaders had to settle for a tie with the defending champion Baltimore Stars. The Invaders (1-0-1), who trailed 17-0 late in the third period, drove 59 yards in 31 seconds for their final touchdown, which was followed by Novo Bojo-vic's extra-point kick. With 4:25 left in overtime, David Trout of the Stars missed a 49-yard field goal attempt.

Bojovic tried a 48-yard field goal with 1:47 left and the kick was blocked by Baltimore's George Cooper. Chuck Fusina of Baltimore (0-1-1) threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Victor Harrison four minutes into the game. The Stars' quarterback, who suffered a thumb injury in the season opener a week ago, added an 11-yard touchdown pass to Herbert Harris in the second period, and a 27-yard field goal by Trout in the third quarter made the score 17-0. Oakland's offense produced only five first downs and 101 yards before Hebert hit Gordon Banks on a 42-yard scoring pass as time ran out in the third quarter. Baltimore's Harris fumbled as he returned the kickoff opening the fourth quarter, the Invaders recovered, and Bojovic kicked a 40-yard field goal.

Gold 40, Stallions 23 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Vince Evans, directing a 564-yard run-and-shoot offense, passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as Denver (1-1) defeated Birmingham (1-1). Evans completed 14 of 27 passes for 284 yards, including touchdown tosses of 48 yards to Vincent White and 39 yards to Leonard Harris. His 55-yard screen pass to Bill Johnson on Denver's first play set up the first of two touchdowns by Johnson. Three Denver scores came on drives of only two, until the fourth quarter, when it capitalized on a bad punt snap for one touchdown and turned a 69-yard pass from quarterback Rick Neuheisel to wide receiver Danny Buggs into another.

The Gunslingers hit paydirt for the first time after Arizona's Case de Bruikn dropped a bad snap on a punt try, picked it up and was tackled at his team's 2. Two plays later Scott Stamper went in from the 1. Arizona (1-1) upped the score to 14-7 by driving 75 yards in 12 plays. Kevin Long dove in from the 1. On the first play of San Antonio's next possession, Neuheisel connected with Buggs for a 69-yarder and a 14-14 tie.

Gunslinger Reggie Mathis blocked Arizona's next punt and Jim Bob Morris recovered at the visitors' 2-yard line. But San Antonio couldn't cross the goal line, and a faked field goal attempt ended in an incomplete Neuheisel pass. Arizona got off one play deep in its territory before Chaffin pounced on Williams for the winning safety. Arizona scored on its first possession of the game, driving 71 yards on 13 plays for its first touchdown of the season and a 7-0 halftime lead. The Gunslingers threatened once in the first half, driving 46 yards to the Arizona 9 before stalling out.

Nick Mike-Mayer's 33-yard field goal attempt never materialized after Neuheisel fumbled the snap. Arizona's Luis Zendejas failed on two field goal attempts, one 42 yards and the other 51. EASTERN CONFERENCE VS. Pet PF PA Dlv. Streak Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 22 14 1-0 Won 1 Memphis 1 0 0 1.000 20 3 0-0 Won 1 Birmingham 1 1 0 .500 61 68 1-0 Lost 1 New Jersey i i 6 56 48 1-1 Won 1 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 63 57 1-0 Lostl Baltimore 0 ii 1 lio 31 39 0-1 Tied 1 Orlando 0 2 0 .000 17 63 0-2 Lost 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE vt.

Pet PF PA Div. Streak Houston 2 0 0 1.000 84 61 1-0 Won 2 Oakland 1 0 1 .750 48 27 1-0 Tied 1 Arizona i i 0 .500 23 23 1-1 Lostl Denver 1 i 0 I6o 50 54 0-1 Won 1 Portland i i 6 .500 21 19 1-1 Won 1 San Antonio i i 0 HoO 19 34 1-0 Won 1 Los Angeles 0 2 0 .000 43 48 0-2 Lost 2 FRIDAY'S RESULT New Jersey 28, Orlando 10 SATURDAY'S RESULT Portland 14, Los Angeles 10 SUNDAY'S RESULTS Houston 50, Tampa Bay 28 San Antonio 16, Arizona 14 Denver 40, Birmingham 23 Baltimore 17, Oakland 17, OT TODAY'S GAME LINE Memphis at Jacksonville, 8 p.m. Showboats by 2V4 SATURDAY'S GAMES Birmingham at Orlando, 8 p.m. Baltimore at Memphis, 9 p.m. SUNDAY'S GAMES Tampa Bay at San Antonio, 2:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at New Jersey, 2:30 p.m. I Portland at Denver, 2:30 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 4 p.m. NEXT MONDAY Jacksonville at Arizona, 9 p.m. a For a luxurious Sr Centipede lawn MW lb 3 Memphis at Jacksonville Gator Bowl, 8 p.m.

Broadcast: ESPN, 8 p.m. Records: Memphis 1-0, Jacksonville 1-0. Coaches: Memphis Pepper Rodgers; Jacksonville Lindy Intante. Last week: Memphis defeated San Antonio, 20-3; Jackson-i ville defeated Baltimore, 22-14. 'Last meeting: Jacksonville defeated Memphis, 12-10, in ,1984.

Injury report MEMPHIS TB Tim Spencer (ankle), is out; LB John Corker (shoulder), DE Sam Clancy (knee) are questionable. Tyrone McGriff (knee), Robert Woods (back), LB Lemont Jeffers (shoulder) are probable. JACKSONVILLE QB Brian Sipe (shoulder), DE Keith Millard (knee) are out. Spread: Showboats by 2. 5.

Compiled by Jim Ricfcenbacfcer ASSOCIATED PRESS Houston's Clarence Verdin is hit hard but he gets a first down. Possession 41:51 33:09 BANDITS Sunday's statistics Gamblers 50, Bandits 28 fear vt 7 7 1 0 0 17 0 0 7 10 0 17 Bird more Oakland mm From C-1 First Period: SALT Harrison 61 pass from Fusina (Trout kick), Second Period: BALT H. Harris 1 1 pass from Fusina (Trout kick), Third Period: JL down run. On the ensuing kickoff, Hous HOU 13 11- 41 248 202 22-41-0 1-1 5-45 4-3 12- 35 TB 27 23-87 408 4 33-62-6 5-36 2-45 0-0 7-55 BALT FG Trout 27, OAK First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Sacks By Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of Possession Banks 42 pass from Hebert (Boiovic kick), ton's Clarence Verdin ran 94 yards for a touchdown. 15:00: Fourth Period: OAK FG Bojovic 40, 1 48; OAK Carter 18 pass from He bert (Boiovic kick).

14:59, A 20,495. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 24:14 35:46 Tampa had to punt on its next possession, and Gerald McNeil ran the punt back 79 yards for yet another Houston touchdown and a 21-7 lead. "There were no lanes, no nothing, just pure field," Tampa Bay kicker Zenon Andrusyshyn said of the run-backs. "Our kick-return team gave us life when we needed it," Houston Coach Jack Pardee said. Verdin and McNeil also caught touchdown passes from Kelly, who has thrown for 835 yards and nine TDs in only two games this season.

Two USFL records were set Sunday, one for most total pass attempts by two teams (103) and most kickoff return yardage by two teams (370). The old mark was 352 by Washington and Tampa Bay in 1983. RUSHING Baltimore, Bryant 18-74, 21 10 14 50 7 7 7 7 21 Houston Tampa Bay I nomas 15-39, Marvin 6-17, Fusina 7-18 Oakland, J. Williams 13-35, Bentley 4-11, Newton 7-2. Faulkner 1-6.

Hebert 1-1. PASSING Baltimore, Fusina 20-30-1, 272. Bryant 0-1-0-0. Oakland, Hebert 19- "The execution was there. The front 10 men were blocking, and I hit the outside," said Verdin, who also had a 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Jacksonville last season.

"Then I saw it was just one-on-one, and I knew I had it for the distance." Five plays later linebacker Mike Hawkins intercepted Reaves, and with four quick passes Kelly gave Houston a 14-7 lead. 46-2-302. RECEIVING Baltimore, Harvin 5-41, Collier 4-38, H. Harris 3-40, Harrison 2-77, Fitzkee 2-38. Bryant 2-9.

Dunek 1-20, Thomas 1-9. Oakland, Carter 6-152, Banks 3-73. Schumann 3-26, Newton 3-9. Hollowav 2-26. Bentley 2-16.

MISSED FIELD GOALS Baltimore, Trout 49. Oakland, Bojovic 46. Gunslingers 16, Outlaws 14 SA 10 21-54 114 36 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards has produced more good lifetime Southern lawns than any other grass seed brand in history. For more than a generation, thousands of lovely lawns have been established annually with Centi-Seed, the original and dependable Centipede grass seed. New Centi-Seed is treated for fungus and bacteria protection and with a natural growth stimulant for quicker, surer results.

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Lewis sacked Jordan in end lone; HOU FG Fritsch 36; A 42,291 (tickets distributed) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Houston, Clark 4-16, Har-rell 4-13, Kelly 2-9, Dillon 1-3. Tampa Bay, Anderson 13-37, Boone 9-41. Blunk 1-9. PASSING Houston, Kelly 19-31-0-261. Dillon 3-10-0-23.

Tampa Bay. Reaves 18-31-2-225, Jordan 15-31-4-184. RECEIVING Houston, Verdin 6-45, Johnson 4-49. Harrell 4-37, Courville 3-52, McNeil 2-78. Barousse 2-14.

Clark 1-9. Tampa Bay, Truvillion 7-82, Carter 4-81, Jackson 4-61, Brodsky 4-58. Harvey 4-56, Price 3-21, Boone 3-11, Anderson 3-35, Blunk 1-4. MISSED FIEL0 GOALS None. Gold 40, Stallions 23 10-22-1 ARIZ 16 26-102 202 24 24-34-2 7-41 2-14 2-0 5-45 32:18 USFL's TV replays side with referees 2-9 6-36 2-0 3-25 27:42 Sacks By Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Possession 7 0 0 7 14 0 0 0 II 16 Arlaona San Antonio First Period: ARIZ Long 1 run (Zen ASSOCIATED PRESS deias kick), Fourth Period: SA Stamper 1 run (Mike-Meyer kick), ARIZ Long 1 run (Zendeias kick), SA Buggs 69 pass from Neuheisel, (Mike-Meyer kick).

SA Safety Wil I JL liams tackled in end zone by Chaffin Eric Truvillion 13 32; A 11,151 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Jim Kelly RUSHING Arizona. Long 12-36, Brown 8-31, Williama 2-22, Boatner 2-6, Clark 1-3. Anderson 1-1. San Antonio, Stamper 8-22, Worthy 5-18. Neuheisal 4-6, 5 pound pickini Canada 3-5, Roberts 1-3.

DEN 24 37-284 247 46 14-28-3 4-40 2-39 22 12-81 35:02 BIR 19 21-67 258 43 17-38-1 2-37 7-36 2-0 5-46 24 58 95' First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Sacks by Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Possession PASSING Arizona. Williams 24-34-2. plants up to $11 0 20.000 square feet 211 San Antonio. Neuheisel 10-22-1-155 TAMPA Appeals by both coaches were rejected Sunday in the Houston-Tampa Bay game as the United States Football League for the second week made use of television instant replay on certain controversial calls by officials. Tampa Bay Coach Steve Spurrier protested a non-fumble call on what was ruled an incomplete pass from Jim Kelly to Houston wide receiver Scott McGhee.Cal Lepore, director of USFL officials, viewed the videotape from the LIFETIME LAWN RECEIVING Arizona, Wheeler 6-61 Long 5-49, Boatner 4-40, Clark 4-26, Brown 2-14, Anderson 2-14, Mistier 1-7.

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But because the Bandits had exhausted their allotment for How they scored FIRST QUARTER TAMPA BAY Anderson runs 5 yards. Key play: Reaves' 28-yard pass to Harvey to puts Tampa Bay on Houston's 42-yard line. 80 yards, 9 plays, 9.41. Andrusyshyn PAT. 7-0, Tampa Bay.

HOUSTON Verdin returns kickoff 94 yards. Fritsch PAT. 9:14. 7-7. HOUSTON Kelly passes 4 yards to Johnson.

Key play: Hawkins' interception of Reaves. 52 yards, 4 plays. 4:56. Fritsch PAT. 14-7.

Houston. HOUSTON McNeil returns punt 79 yards. Fritsch PAT. 2:41. 21-7, Houston.

SECOND QUARTER HOUSTON Kelly passes to Courville for 13 yards. Key play: Kelly completes 19-yard pass to Harell on fourth-and-7. 82 yards, 13 plays, 5:22. Fritsch PAT. 28-7, Houson.

TAMPA Reaves passes 14 yards to Jackson. Key play: Reaves' 12-yard pass to Brodsky on third-and-10. 64 yards, 10 plays, 3:09. Andrusyshyn PAT. 28-14, Houston.

HOUSTON Fritsch 38-yard FG. Key play: Kelly's 19-yard pass to Courville on second-and-17. 33 yards, 10 plays, :35. 31-14, Houson. THIRD QUARTER TAMPA Reaves passes 3 yards to Truvillion.

Key play: Reaves' 24-yard pass to Jackson to put Tampa Bay on Houston's 35-yard line. 64 yards, 8 plays, 10:38. Andrusyshyn PAT. 31-21, Houston. HOUSTON Kelly passes 58 yards to McNeil.

62 yards, 3 plays, 9:08. Fritsch PAT. 38-21, Houston. HOUSTON Kelly passes for 20 yards to Verdin. Key Bradley intercepts Reaves on the Bandit 20.

20 yards, 1 play, 6 38. Fritsch PAT. 45-21, Houston. FOURTH QUARTER TAMPA Jordan passes 52 yards to Carter. Key play: Kirch-baum recovers Houston fumble on the Houston 42-yard line.

42 yards, 3 plays, 7:11. Andrusyshyn PAT. 45-28, Houston. HOUSTON Jordan sacked in end zone for safety, 47-28, Houston. Houston Fritsch kicks 36-yard field goal.

Key play: McNeil returns free kick 40 yards to Tampa's 19-yard line. 0 yards, four plays, 4:24. 50-28. Houston. Sacks By Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Possession 3-1 First Period: DEN Johnson 1 run (Speelman kick), BIR Stoudt 7 run (Miller kick), DEN Salety, Stoudt tumbled out of end zone.

Second Period: DEN White 48 pass trom Evans (Speelman kick), DEN. Harris 39 pass from Evans (Speelman kick). 5 27; DEN FG Speelman 28 10 53; BIR Smith 9 pass from Stoudt (Miller kick). 14 28; Third Period: BIR Jones 53 pass trom Stoudt (Miller kick), DEN Evans 1 run (Speelman kick). Fourth Period: DEN Johnson 8 run (Speelman kick), 6:19: BIR Safety.

Evans tackled in end zone A 27,400 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Gold. Gerhart 21-119, Johnson 9-74. Evans 5-50, K. Johnson 1-28. White 1-9.

Stallions. Cribbs 9-36, Coles 1-15, Gant 5-10, Stoudt 6-5 PASSING Gold. Evans 14-28-3-284. Stallions Stoudt 17-38-1-259. RECEIVING Gold.

Harris 4-74, White 2-67. Johnson 1-55, Gerhart 2-53, Lewis 3-29. Stegsll 1-4. Johnson 1-2. Stallions.

Jones 4-96, Smith 6-83, Toler 1-40. Cribbs 2-22. Gant 2-9, Mason 2-9. MISSED FIELD GOALS None Stars 17, Invaders 17 8-50 29:02 HlKtiti SitgnM Mail hm Mi) art at irtciatMa. Man Centi-Seed is a Registered trademark used enclusively lor premium quality Centipede grass seed giown and packed by PATTEN SEED LAKELAND, GA 31635 Available At: Tarcai Farm Garden Center 1717 N.

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Young 13- 110. Gray 9-45. Alexander 2-15. Boddie 2- Instant replay Is used only in 14, Nelson 9-12 Portland, Jordan 1 7-1 1 televised games when a coach ap Williams 5-10. Woodward 2-10.

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95. Hudson 3-48, Nelson 3-37, Tonseii 1 BALT OAK First downs 22 16 Rushes-yards 46-148 26-55 Passing yards 226 275 Return yards 74 32 Passes 20-31-1 19-46-2 Sacks By 4-27 7-46 Punts 7-43 7-42 Fumbles-lost 5-3 3-1 Penalties-yards 7-37 7-50 22. Boddie 1-5. Gray 2 -4 Portland. Lock.

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