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Jacksonville 10 at Birmingham 42
1984 Week 12 - Friday, May 11, 1984
Jacksonville Bulls(4-7) at Birmingham Stallions(9-2)(-11)
Attendance: 29,500
BIRMINGHAM, AL (AP) - Earl Gant, filling in for Joe Cnbbs. the United States Football League's top rusher, scored twice and threw the key block against two defenders on another touchdown as the Birmingham Stallions defeated the Jacksonville Bulls 42-10 Friday night.
Gant ran it in both times from the 4-yard line as the Stailions, playing before 29,500 fans, increased their record to 10-2, best in the Southern Division The Bulls are 4-8.
Cliff Stoudt hit Ken Toler on a 55-yard scoring pass on Birminghamls first possession. Gant cleared out two Bulls defenders to allow Toler to score.
Gant started after Cnbbs, who led the Stallions in rushing in Birmingham's first 11 games, became embroiled in a contract dispute with the Stallions earlier this week.
Stoudt connected on 14 of 22 passes and scored on a touchdown run. Jacksonville's Matt Robinson completed 18 of 54 passes, but suffered two interceptions including one that David Evans returned 55 yards for a score.
The Bulls got a 45-yard scoring run from Larry Mason and a 22-yard field goal from Brian Franco, both after the Stallions had the game under control.
1 2 3 4 F
JAX 0 3 7 0 - 10
BIR 7 7 14 14 - 42
Scoring
BIR:Toler 55 yd pass from Stoudt (Miller kick) - BIR 7, JAX 0
BIR:Stoudt 3 yd run (Miller kick) - BIR 14, JAX 0
JAX:Franco 22 yd field goal - BIR 14, JAX 3
BIR:Gant 4 yd run (Miller kick) - BIR 21, JAX 3
BIR:Talton 1 yd run (Miller kick) - BIR 28, JAX 3
JAX:Mason 45 yd run (Franco kick) - BIR 28, JAX 10
BIR:Gant 4 yd run (Miller kick) - BIR 35, JAX 10
BIR:Evans 55 yd interception return (Miller kick) - BIR 42, JAX 10
Box Score
JAX BIR
First Downs 20 22
Rushes-Yards 16-102 38-167
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 35-19-275-2 22-14-237-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-34 1-10
Total Plays-Yards 55-343 61-394
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 7-50 7-40
Turnovers 3 2
Time of Possession 25:44 34:16
Attendance = 29,500
JACKSONVILLE BIRMINGHAM
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Robinson 34 18 266 2 0 54.3 Stoudt 22 14 237 1 1 96.2
Mahfouz 1 1 9 0 0 104.2
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Mason 9 69 7.7 1 Perry 15 65 4.3 0
Lewis 3 23 7.7 0 Johnson 8 44 5.5 0
Key 3 8 2.7 0 Gant 7 27 3.9 2
Robinson 1 2 2.0 0 Talton 3 14 4.7 1
Stoudt 3 12 4.0 1
Thomas 2 5 2.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Kemp 5 94 18.8 0 Smith 3 58 19.3 0
Alexis 5 65 13.0 0 Toler 1 55 55.0 1
Bergmann 4 55 13.8 0 Mason 3 37 12.3 0
Henderson 2 37 18.5 0 Jones J 1 32 32.0 0
McCurley 1 9 9.0 0 Gant 2 29 14.5 0
Key 1 8 8.0 0 Perry 3 17 5.7 0
Mason 1 7 7.0 0 Johnson 1 9 9.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Matthews 6 133 22.2 0 Johnson 3 85 28.3 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Kemp 1 1 1.0 0 Frederick 2 24 12.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Franco 1-1 22 1-1 4 Miller 0-0 -- 6-6 6
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Pierce 5 176 35.2 Parsons 3 105 35.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Dykes 1 10 Pureifory 4 34
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Dykes 1 4 4.0 0 Evans 1 55 55.0 1
Thomas 1 31 31.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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