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Birmingham 14 at San Antonio 15
1985 Week 7 - Sunday, April 7, 1985
Birmingham Stallions(5-1)(-11) at San Antonio Gunslingers(2-4)
Attendance: 8,873
SAN ANTONIO(AP) - Nick Mike-Mayer kicked three field goals to pace the San Antonio Gunslingers to a 15-14 victory over the Birmingham Stallions Sunday in a United States Football League game.
Mike-Mayer's game-winning 24-yard field goal came with about 11 minutes to go in the game and was scored after a fumble recovery by defensive end Greg Fields.
San Antonio's only touchdown was scored on the last play of the third quarter by its defense when linebacker Putt Choate recovered a fumble interception return and scored from two yards.
Birmingham, 5-2, missed an opportunity to win the game with less than a minute to go when kicker Danny Miller's 37-yard field goal attempt was no good.
Birmingham had marched 64 yards to the San Antonio 20 before Miller's attempt. Reserve quarterback Bob Lane had directed the drive, including two key passes to wide receiver Jim Smith.
Birmingham jumped to an early 7-0 lead in the first quarter when safety Chuck Clanton returned an intercepted pass 49 yards for a touchdown. San Antonio had cut the lead to 7-6 at halftime after two Mike-Mayer field goals, Including a 36-yard field goal on the last play of the first half.
Mike-Mayer scored his first field goal on the first play of the second quarter.
Cliff Stoudt scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak early in the third quarter to give the Stallions a 14-6 lead.
Birmingham running back Joe Cribbs gained 71 yards in 20 carries and had five catches for 37 yards to lead the Stallions.
1 2 3 4 F
BIR 7 0 7 0 - 14
SA 0 6 6 3 - 15
Scoring
BIR:Clanton 49 interception return(Miller kick) - BIR 7, SA 0
SA: Mike-Mayer 49 FG - BIR 7, SA 3
SA: Mike-Mayer 36 FG - BIR 7, SA 6
BIR:Stoudt 1 run(Miller kick) - BIR 14, SA 6
SA: Choate 2 fumble recovery return(pass failed) - BIR 14, SA 12
SA: Mike-Mayer 24 FG - SA 15, BIR 14
Box Score
BIR SA
First Downs 17 10
Rushes-Yards 32-109 24-64
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 26-16-165-2 23-11-135-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-17 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 58-274 47-199
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-1
Penalties-Yards 4-30 2-10
Turnovers 3 3
Time of Possession 34:04 25:56
Attendance = 8,673
BIRMINGHAM SAN ANTONIO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Stoudt 20 13 126 2 0 42.92 Neuheisel 22 10 122 2 0 25.19
Lane 6 3 39 0 0 70.83 Mortensen 1 1 13 0 0 118.75
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Cribbs 20 71 3.6 0 Worthy 7 27 3.9 0
Gant 8 30 3.8 0 Canada 7 17 2.4 0
Stoudt 3 12 4.0 1 Stamper 6 15 2.5 0
Perry 1 -4 -4.0 0 Neuheisel 3 8 2.7 0
Roberts 1 -3 -3.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Smith 5 59 11.8 0 Hadnot 5 59 11.8 0
Cribbs 5 37 7.4 0 Hackett 3 33 11.0 0
Jones 2 25 12.5 0 Gordon 1 17 17.0 0
Toler 1 20 20.0 0 Canada 1 14 14.0 0
Mason 1 11 11.0 0 Roberts 1 12 12.0 0
Earl 1 8 8.0 0
Gant 1 8 8.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Sutton 2 40 20.0 0 Bonner 1 27 27.0 0
Carruth 1 11 11.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McFadden 2 17 8.5 0 Bonner 2 4 2.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Miller 0-2 -- 2-2 2 Mike-Mayer 3-3 49 0-0 9
miss: 31,37 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Parsons 4 168 42.0 Mike-Mayer 4 167 41.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None - -- Morris 1 12
Chaffin 1 3
Gillen 1 2
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Clanton 1 49 49.0 1 Minor 1 32 32.0 0
Cline 1 0 0.0 0 D'Amico 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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