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Philadelphia 25 at Pittsburgh 10
1984 Week 5 - Saturday, March 24, 1984
Philadelphia Stars(3-1)(-6) at Pittsburgh Maulers(1-3)
Attendance: 24,341, TV: ESPN
PITTSBURGH (UPI) - Scott Fitzkee caught three touchdown passes from Chuck Fusina Saturday to give the Philadelphia Stars a 25-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Maulers before 23,341 fans.
Fitzkee finished with eight catches for 177yards. He just missed scoring a fourth touchdown, beating cornerback Bill Yancy early in the second quarter for a 45-yard gain to the 5.
Philadephia (4-1) was forced to settle for three points with Dave Trout hitting the second of his two field goals, a 21-yarder to give the Stars a 6-0 lead.
Against the top-ranked defense in the USFL, the Maulers (1-4) gained just 233 yards and converted four of 11 third-down plays.
Philadelphia's Kelvin Bryant rushed for 79 yards on 16 carries before leaving the game in the third quarter with a hamstring pull. Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier had 54 yards on 16 carries for Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh's only touchdown, a 5 yard pass from Glenn Carano to newly-acquired wide reciever Jackie Flowers, came after an apparent fourth down sack of Carano by Don Fiedler was nullified by a defensive holding penalty.
Trout's second field goal made it 6-0 before the Maulers scored on Tony Lee's 37-yarder to make it 6-3 at halftime.
The Stars took over in the third quarter, with Fitzkee catching touchdown passes of 16 and 23 yards. Both Trout kicks failed, leaving Philadelphia with an 18-3 lead.
Fusina, a teammate of Fitzkee's at Penn State,completed 16 of 21 passes for 249 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.
1 2 3 4 F
PHI 3 3 12 7 - 25
PIT 0 3 0 7 - 10
Scoring
PHI:Trout 42 yd field goal - PHI 3, PIT 0
PHI:Trout 21 yd field goal - PHI 6, PIT 0
PIT:Lee 37 yd field goal - PHI 6, PIT 3
PHI:Fitzkee 16 yd pass from Fusina (kick failed) - PHI 12, PIT 3
PHI:Fitzkee 23 yd pass from Fusina (kick failed) - PHI 18, PIT 3
PIT:Flowers 5 yd pass from Carano (Lee kick) - PHI 18, PIT 10
PHI:Fitzkee 40 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 25, PIT 10
Box Score
PHI PIT
First Downs 19 17
Rushes-Yards 35-160 20-74
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 21-16-249-0 34-18-170-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-11 1-10
Total Plays-Yards 57-398 55-234
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 8-55 3-20
Turnovers 0 0
Time of Possession 34:45 25:15
Attendance = 24,341
PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Fusina 21 16 249 0 3 154.6 Carano 34 18 170 0 1 76.8
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bryant 16 79 4.9 0 Rozier 16 54 3.4 0
Harvin 11 56 5.1 0 Lawrence 3 11 3.7 0
Fusina 4 25 6.3 0 Carano 1 9 9.0 0
Russell 4 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Fitzkee 8 177 22.1 3 Flowers 5 62 12.4 1
Collier 2 21 10.5 0 Anderson 5 45 9.0 0
Donovan 1 18 18.0 0 Raugh 2 21 10.5 0
Bryant 2 15 7.5 0 Rozier 3 19 6.3 0
Harvin 2 11 5.5 0 Shaw 2 18 9.0 0
Folsom 1 7 7.0 0 Miller 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lane 2 54 27.0 0 Miller 4 66 16.5 0
Donovan 1 10 10.0 0 Friday 1 13 13.0 0
Coles 1 6 6.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lane 5 50 10.0 0 None
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Trout 2-3 42 1-3 7 Lee 1-1 37 1-1 4
miss: 50 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Landeta 1 40 40.0 Swider 5 203 40.6
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Fielder 1 10 Clancy 1 11
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None None
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