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Boston 16 at Philadelphia 23
1983 Week 8 - Sunday, April 24, 1983
Boston Breakers(5-2) at Philadelphia Stars(6-1)(-6.5)
Attendance: 10,257, TV: ABC
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Stars handed Boston two points, then the Breakers handed Philadelphia the football - and their United States Football League game.
The Stars, whose 7-1 record is the best in the league, downed 5-3 Boston 23-16 Sunday.
Kelvin Bryant ran for 110 yards and a touchdown but the key play came late in the game. Stars punter Sean Landeta ran out of his own end zone with Philadelphia ahead 20-14 for a safety.
On the ensuing kickoff, however, Boston's Ira Matthews fumbled at his own 30 and John Sutton recovered for the Stars.
With 1:49 left, David Trout put the game out of reach with a 42-yard field goal. , "I think the Stars made a poor decision in calling for the safety," said Breakers Coach Richard Coury. "It gave us a chance but we fumbled it away and that cost us the game."
"Our kicking coverage was excellent," noted Stars Coach Jim Mora, "and the fumble recovery was the turning point of the game."
Sutton said the Stars did everything they planned to do on Matthews' kick return. "The biggest thing we wanted to do was make sure we made the tackle to keep them from getting good field position," said Sutton.
Boston quarterback John Walton hit 31 of 44 passes for 367 yards.
1 2 3 4 F
BOS 0 0 7 9 - 16
PHI 7 10 3 3 - 23
Scoring
PHI:Collier 14 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 7, BOS 0
PHI:Bryant 21 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 14, BOS 0
PHI:Trout 34 yd field goal - PHI 17, BOS 0
PHI:Trout 26 yd field goal - PHI 20, BOS 0
BOS:Lockett 86 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - PHI 20, BOS 7
BOS:Crump 8 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - PHI 20, BOS 14
BOS:Safety, Landeta runs out of end zone - PHI 20, BOS 16
PHI:Trout 42 yd field goal - PHI 23, BOS 16
Box Score
BOS PHI
First Downs 19 14
Rushes-Yards 22-94 40-154
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 45-32-382-1 18-12-124-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 3-24
Total Plays-Yards 57-311 61-254
Fumbles-Lost 7-4 2-2
Penalties-Yards 7-60 4-30
Turnovers 5 3
Time of Possession 27:23 32:37
Attendance = 10,257
BOSTON PHILADELPHIA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Walton 44 31 367 1 2 101.2 Fusina 18 12 124 1 1 81.7
Mazzetti 1 1 15 0 0 118.8
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Crump 13 51 3.9 0 Bryant 23 110 4.8 1
Davis 7 32 4.6 0 Harvin 6 20 3.3 0
Walton 2 11 5.5 0 Fusina 4 13 3.3 0
Russell 4 12 3.0 0
Riley 2 4 2.0 0
Landeta 1 -5 -5.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Lockett 5 131 26.2 1 Parker 3 55 18.3 0
Smith, C 5 97 19.4 0 Collier 2 30 15.0 1
Franz 7 74 10.6 0 Folsom 1 11 11.0 0
Crump 6 50 8.3 0 Bryant 2 7 3.5 0
Davis 5 19 3.8 0 Donovan 1 6 6.0 0
Johnson, A 4 11 2.8 0 Riley 1 5 5.0 0
Harvin 1 5 5.0 0
Russell 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Matthews 4 52 13.0 0 Harvin 3 79 26.3 0
Needham 1 5 5.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
None Woerner 2 12 6.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Mazzetti 0-1 0 2-2 2 Trout 3-3 42 2-2 11
miss: 46 miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Hoopes 3 86 28.7 Landeta 4 175 43.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Phillips 2 20 Bunting 1 5
Restic 1 4
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Needham 1 0 0.0 0 Howard 1 0 0.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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