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Boston 19 at Birmingham 31
1983 Week 15 - Saturday, June 11, 1983
Boston Breakers(9-5) at Birmigham Stallions(7-7)(-2.5)
Attendance: 20,500
United Press International Report
The Birmingham Stallions intercepted four passes and went on to beat the Boston Breakers, 31-19, tonight in a United States Football League game.
The Stallions (8-7) had interceptions by Michael Thomas, Mel Land, Jimmy Walker and Herb Spencer. Birmingham had the ball for 39 of the 60 minutes in the game.
The quarterback Bob Lane ran for one touchdown and threw to Greg Anderson for another. The Stallions also scored on two runs by Lonnie Johnson.
Highlights
Highlights
1 2 3 4 F
BOS 7 0 0 12 - 19
BIR 14 3 0 14 - 31
Scoring
BIR:Lane 6 yd run (Norwood kick) - BIR 7, BOS 0
BIR:Anderson 25 yd pass from Lane (Norwood kick) - BIR 14, BOS 0
BOS:Giammona 16 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - BIR 14, BOS 7
BIR:Norwood 26 yd field goal - BIR 17, BOS 7
BIR:Johnson 3 yd run (Norwood kick) - BIR 24, BOS 7
BIR:Johnson 21 yd run (Norwood kick) - BIR 31, BOS 7
BOS:C. Smith 28 yd pass from Walton (2-pt conversion failed) - BIR 31, BOS 13
BOS:C. Smith 10 yd pass from Walton (2-pt conversion failed) - BIR 31, BOS 19
Box Score
BOS BIR
First Downs 21 20
Rushes-Yards 13-94 50-176
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 45-24-304-4 22-13-165-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 58-398 72-341
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2
Penalties-Yards 13-97 7-53
Turnovers 5 2
Time of Possession 21:00 39:00
Attendance = 20,500
BOSTON BIRMINGHAM
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Walton 42 22 276 4 3 57.3 Lane 22 13 165 0 1 97.7
Woodward 3 2 28 0 0 96.5
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Crump 6 49 8.2 0 Talton 19 70 3.7 0
Johnson, D 3 26 8.7 0 Johnson 12 58 4.8 2
Davis 4 19 4.8 0 Gant 8 19 2.4 0
Johnson 1 11 11.0 0
Lane 5 11 2.2 1
Quarles 3 5 1.7 0
White 2 2 1.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Smith, C 8 118 14.8 2 Gant 1 37 37.0 0
Franz 4 57 14.3 0 Mason 5 34 6.8 0
Giammona 5 47 9.4 1 Anderson 2 32 16.0 0
Lockett 3 46 15.3 0 Talton 2 30 15.0 0
Bayle 1 22 22.0 0 Moy 2 23 11.5 0
Johnson, D 1 8 8.0 0 Smith 1 9 9.0 0
Davis 1 6 6.0 0
Crump 1 0 0.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Wilson 3 84 28.0 0 Johnson 2 25 12.5 0
Hughes 1 19 19.0 0 Kincaid 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Giammona 2 10 5.0 0 Kincaid 1 13 13.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Mazzetti 0-0 0 1-1 1 Norwood 1-1 26 4-4 7
miss: none miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Casarino 3 151 50.3 Johnston 4 133 33.3
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None None
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Spencer 1 42 42.0 0
Walker 1 27 27.0 0
Land 1 9 9.0 0
Mitchell 1 3 3.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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