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Philadelphia 22 at Arizona 21
1984 Week 7 - Sunday, April 8, 1984
Philadelphia Stars(5-1) at Arizona Wranglers(3-3)(-1)
Attendance: 30,252, TV: ABC
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP)-- Chuck Fusina fired an 11-yard touchdown pass to Willie Collier with 1:40 remaining and David Trout kicked the extra-point to cap a 16-point second-half rally as the Philadelphia Stars beat the error-prone Arizona Wranglers 22-21 in a United States Football League game Sunday.
The win was Philadelphia's fourth straight and improved its record to 6-1.
The Stars were without running back Kelvin Bryant -- the league's Most Valuable Player last year and second-leading rusher this season -- who didn't suit up due to an injured left knee.
Arizona lost its second consecutive game and fell to 3-4 before a crowd of 30,252 at 70,021-seat Sun Devil Stadium plus a national television audience.
Behind 21-6 at halftime, the Stars watched Wrangler placekicker Frank Corral miss a 41-yard field goal early in the third quarter and then recovered a fumbled punt on the Arizona 46. Seven plays later, Fusina lofted a 30-yard touchdown pass to David Riley with 3:50 left in the period.
After Herbert Harris recovered another fumbled punt at the Arizona 15-yard line, Trout's 27-yard field goal 1:29 into the fourth quarter cut Philadelphia's deficit to 21-15.
Sam Mills recovered a fumble by Wrangler quarterback Greg Landry at the Stars' 35 with 3:31 to go in the game which set up the winning score.
Fusina hit Riley with a 60-yard pass to the Arizona 11 before Collier's decisive catch and Trout's kick for a 22-21 lead.
Philadelphia sealed the victory with 53 seconds left when Pete Kugler recovered another Landry fumble at the Philadelphia 47-yard line.
1 2 3 4 F
PHI 0 6 6 10 - 22
AZ 14 7 0 0 - 21
Scoring
AZ: Long 1 yd run (Corral kick) - ARI 7, PHI 0
AZ:T. Johnson 10 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick) - ARI 14, PHI 0
PHI:Riley 4 yd run (kick failed) - ARI 14, PHI 6
AZ:Spencer 2 yd run (Corral kick) - ARI 21, PHI 6
PHI:Riley 30 yd pass from Fusina (run failed) - ARI 21, PHI 12
PHI:Trout 27 yd field goal - ARI 21, PHI 15
PHI:Collier 11 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 22, ARI 21
Box Score
PHI ARI
First Downs 14 22
Rushes-Yards 24-70 37-103
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 29-15-178-1 29-24-217-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-42 1-6
Total Plays-Yards 58-206 67-314
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 6-4
Penalties-Yards 11-62 9-35
Turnovers 1 5
Time of Possession 28:28 31:32
Attendance = 30,252
PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Fusina 29 15 178 1 2 79.4 Landry 29 24 217 1 1 95.0
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Fusina 3 27 9.0 0 Spencer 17 55 3.2 1
Harvin 16 24 1.5 0 Long 14 46 3.3 1
Riley 5 19 3.8 1 Boatner 1 9 9.0 0
Landry 5 -7 -1.4 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Riley 4 106 26.5 1 Johnson T 8 68 8.5 1
Collier 4 32 8.0 1 Ricker 4 61 15.3 0
Harris H 2 28 14.0 0 Spencer 3 29 9.7 0
Folsom 2 7 3.5 0 Willis 3 22 7.3 0
Dunek 1 5 5.0 0 Long 3 18 6.0 0
Harvin 2 0 0.0 0 Douglas 1 15 15.0 0
Dennison 2 4 2.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
McCants 2 24 12.0 0 Clark 2 26 13.0 0
Harris H 1 23 23.0 0 Dennison 1 11 11.0 0
Huffman 1 8 8.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Harris H 1 7 7.0 0 Walton 1 4 4.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Trout 1-1 27 1-2 4 Corral 0-1 -- 3-3 3
miss: -- miss: 41
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Landeta 4 209 52.3 Corral 2 77 38.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Moor 1 6 Lorch 2 22
Lathrop 2 11
Ehrmann 1 9
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Bunting 1 0 0.0 0 Brown 1 9 9.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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