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Birmingham 44 at Los Angeles 7
1985 Week 13 - Sunday, May 19, 1985
Birmingham Stallions(8-4) at Los Angeles Express(3-9)
Attendance: 4,658
LOS ANGELES(AP) - Birmingham's Cliff Stoudt tied a USFL record with five touchdown passes as he led the Birmingham Stallions to a 44-7 victory over the Los Angeles Express in a United States Football League game before a crowd of 4,658. Stoudt, who completed 18 of 23 passes for 280 yards, tied a USFL record which he already shared with four others. Jim Smith was on the receiving end of three of those passes to match a USFL mark held by eight players. In all, Smith caught eight passes for 185 yards.
The game's final outcome was never in doubt, as Birmingham scored 28 unanswered points at the outset.
Birmingham is tied for the Eastern Conference lead with a 9-4 record. Los Angeles is 3-10.
1 2 3 4 F
BIR 21 14 0 9 - 44
LA 0 7 0 0 - 7
Scoring
BIR:Mason 3 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 7, LA 0
BIR:Smith 45 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 14, LA 0
BIR:Smith 40 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 21, LA 0
BIR:Cribbs 2 run(Miller kick) - BIR 28, LA 0
LA: O'Neal 2 pass from Seurer(Zendejas kick) - BIR 28, LA 7
BIR:Jones 10 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 35, LA 7
BIR:Smith 24 passs from Stoudt(kick failed) - BIR 41, LA 7
BIR:Miller 46 FG - BIR 44, LA 7
Box Score
BIR LA
First Downs 19 20
Rushes-Yards 28-143 17-93
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 23-18-280-1 35-22-208-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-32
Total Plays-Yards 51-423 52-301
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2
Penalties-Yards 7-55 2-15
Turnovers 1 5
Time of Possession 30:42 29:18
Attendance = 4,658
BIRMINGHAM LOS ANGELES
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Stoudt 23 18 280 1 5 138.86 Seurer 35 22 240 3 1 56.85
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Cribbs 17 59 3.5 1 Gray 13 74 5.7 0
Coles 6 59 9.8 0 Warren 3 20 6.7 0
Stoudt 1 20 20.0 0 Seurer 1 -1 -1.0 0
Carruth 4 5 1.3 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
J.Smith 9 185 23.1 3 Townsell 5 67 13.4 0
Jones 3 44 14.7 1 Gunn 2 63 31.5 0
Mason 4 25 6.3 1 Hersey 6 60 10.0 0
Cribbs 2 21 10.5 0 Haines 2 30 15.0 0
Coles 1 5 5.0 0 O'Neal 3 10 3.3 1
Gray 3 9 3.0 0
Warren 1 3 3.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Carruth 1 7 7.0 0 Warren 4 100 25.0 0
Gunn 2 40 20.0 0
Nelson 1 19 19.0 0
Kennard 1 10 10.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McFadden 2 54 27.0 0 None - -- -- -
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Miller 1-1 46 5-6 8 Zendejas 0-0 -- 1-1 1
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Parsons 1 41 41.0 Partridge 2 98 49.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Spencer 1 14 None - --
Cline 1 10
Boyd 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Clanton 2 33 16.5 0 Henderson 1 0 0.0 0
Sutton 1 -2 -2.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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