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Birmingham 41 at Chicago 7
1984 Week 13 - Friday, May 18, 1984
Birmingham Stallions(10-2)(-8) at Chicago Blitz(4-8)
Attendance: 8,578
CHICAGO (AP) -- With their star running back Joe Cribbs only a memory now, the Birmingham Stallions have had to rebuild their offense virtually from scratch -- and whatever they've done paid off Friday night.
"I think the world goes on, and no one guy, whether it's a player or coach, is a team by himself," Birmingham Coach Rollie Dotsch said after his club romped to a 41-7 victory over the Chicago Blitz. "Football is a team sport, and our team plays together as a team."
It was the their second game without Cribbs, who was the cornerstone of the Stallions offense before he walked out in a contract dispute leading the United States Football League in rushing.
Dotsch has turned to quarterback Cliff Stoudt, who completed 17 of 25 passes for 229 yards and two touchdowns. And Stoudt repeatedly turned to receiver Jim Smith, who
hauled in nine passes for a 104 yards.
1 2 3 4 F
BIR 17 0 14 10 - 41
CHI 0 0 7 0 - 7
Scoring
BIR:Evans 5 yd fumble return (Miller kick) - BIR 7, CHI 0
BIR:Miller 31 yd field goal - BIR 10, CHI 0
BIR:Clanton 41 yd interception return (Miller kick) - BIR 17, CHI 0
BIR:Gant 39 yd run (Miller kick) - BIR 24, CHI 0
CHI:Worthy 78 yd pass from Evans (Seibel kick) - BIR 24, CHI 7
BIR:Mason 27 yd pass from Stoudt (Miller kick) - BIR 31, CHI 7
BIR:Perry 5 yd pass from Stoudt (Miller kick) - BIR 38, CHI 7
BIR:Miller 36 yd field goal - BIR 41, CHI 7
Box Score
BIR CHI
First Downs 25 11
Rushes-Yards 45-216 13-59
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 25-17-229-0 32-12-202-4
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 1-14
Total Plays-Yards 72-436 46-247
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 9-53 6-45
Turnovers 0 5
Time of Possession 40:37 19:23
Attendance = 8,578
BIRMINGHAM CHICAGO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Stoudt 25 17 229 0 2 123.6 Evans 28 9 172 3 1 26.8
Reeves 4 3 30 1 0 56.3
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Gant 13 81 6.2 1 Canada 4 17 4.3 0
Perry 14 57 4.1 0 Ferguson 3 17 5.7 0
Johnson 11 44 4.0 0 Evans 2 16 8.0 0
Stoudt 2 18 9.0 0 Worthy 4 9 2.3 0
Thomas 4 10 2.5 0
Talton 1 6 6.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Smith 9 104 11.6 0 Worthy 3 97 32.3 1
Jones J 1 54 54.0 0 Potts 3 49 16.3 0
Mason 2 30 15.0 1 Haines 2 30 15.0 0
Toler 1 21 21.0 0 Canada 1 16 16.0 0
Gant 1 13 13.0 0 Keel 2 10 5.0 0
Perry 2 10 5.0 1 Lewis 1 0 0.0 0
Johnson 1 -3 -3.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Mansfield 2 42 21.0 0 James 3 63 21.0 0
Plank 1 13 13.0 0
Wilcox 1 4 4.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Frederick 2 0 0.0 0 Daniel 2 3 1.5 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Miller 2-2 36 5-5 11 Seibel 0-0 -- 1-1 1
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Parsons 4 155 38.8 Gossett 6 252 42.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Paggett 1 14 Times 1 6
Puha 1 3
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Clanton 2 47 23.5 1 None
Roe 1 -2 -2.0 0
Ray 1 -4 -4.0 0
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