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Baltimore 7 at Birmingham 14
1985 Week 16 - Saturday, June 8, 1985
Baltimore Stars(8-6-1) at Birmingham Stallions(11-4)(-5)
Attendance: 24,300, TV: ESPN
(UPI) - Cliff Stoudt threw two touchdown passes to Jim Smith, and a swarming Birmingham defense made several big p1ays to power the Stallions to a 14-7 vIctory over the Baltimore Stars.
Stoudt lobbed an 11-yard scoring pass to Smith in the second quarter, and teamed up with the veteran receiver on a 5-yard scoring strike in the fourth quarter.
The victory improved Birmingham's record to 12-4, best in the USFL Eastern Conference.
The defending champion Stars 8-7-1, scored on a fourth-and-goal, 2-yard pass from Chuck Fusina to Scott Fitzkee with 1:26 left.
Baltimore had several earlier scoring chances but Dave Trout missed on field goal attempts of 50, 51 and 50 yards. Birmingham's defense came up with two key turnovers to stop other scorIng drives.
Chuck Clinton robbed the Stars of a scoring chace with less than a minute left in the first half by picking off a Fusina pass in the end zone on second-and-goal from the 7. It was Clanton's interception of the season, a USFL record.
Defensive tackle Doug Smith stopped another threat on the first play of the fourth quarter by forcing and recovering fullback David Riley's fumble on fourth-and-one at the Birmingham 27.
1 2 3 4 F
BAL 0 0 0 7 - 7
BIR 0 7 0 7 - 14
Scoring
BIR:Smith 11 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 7, BAL 0
BIR:Smith 5 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 14, BAL 0
BAL:Fitzkee 2 pass from Fusina(Trout kick) - BIR 14, BAL 7
Box Score
BAL BIR
First Downs 15 13
Rushes-Yards 24-60 25-80
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 39-23-197-1 18-14-122-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-47 5-31
Total Plays-Yards 63-257 43-202
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 4-30 2-10
Turnovers 2 2
Time of Possession 30:36 29:24
Attendance = 24,300
BALTIMORE BIRMINGHAM
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Fusina 39 23 244 1 1 75.16 Stoudt 18 14 153 1 2 115.97
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bryant 12 39 3.3 0 Coles 7 37 5.3 0
Riley 7 15 2.1 0 Stoudt 4 19 4.8 0
Fusina 3 8 2.7 0 Cribbs 11 16 1.5 0
Harvin 2 -2 -1.0 0 Gant 3 8 2.7 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Caver 6 76 12.7 0 Toler 3 59 19.7 0
Fitzkee 5 48 9.6 1 Smith 4 36 9.0 2
Harrison 2 28 14.0 0 Coles 3 32 10.7 0
Dunek 3 27 9.0 0 Mason 2 16 8.0 0
Donovan 1 22 22.0 0 Cribbs 2 10 5.0 0
Bryant 2 19 9.5 0
Riley 3 18 6.0 0
Harvin 1 6 6.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Worthy 2 37 18.5 0 None - -- -- -
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lane 4 31 7.8 0 Sutton 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Trout 0-3 -- 1-1 1 Miller 0-0 -- 2-2 2
miss: 51,50,50 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Landeta 4 161 40.3 Parsons 5 193 38.6
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Fuller 1.5 15 Kelley 2 21
Fielder 1 7 Cline 1 11
Opfar 1 4 Taylor 1 9
Mills 1 3 S.Smith 1 6
Walker 0.5 2
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Lush 1 20 20.0 0 Clanton 1 0 0.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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