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Birmingham 20 at Oakland 14 OT
1983 Week 2 - Sunday, March 13, 1983
Birmingham Stallions(0-1) at Oakland Invaders(1-0)(-7)
Attendance: 47,344
OAKLAND (AP) - There were 47,344 fans in Oakland Coliseum to watch the Invaders in the ballpark's first pro game since the NFL's Raiders fled south to Los Angeles. But Bob Lane, Birmingham's quarterback, cut short the celebrating when he dived into the end zone from the 1-yard line 5:54 into overtime to give the Stallions 20-14 victory.
MARCH 13 SCORE BY PERIODS Birmingham ............... 0 0 14 0 6--20 Oakland .................. 7 0 0 7 0--14 SCORING Oakland--Torosian 1 run (Shea kick). Birmingham--Frederick 46 pass from Collier (Norwood kick). Birmingham--Talton 1 run (Norwood kick). Oakland--Henderson 26 pass from Besana (Shea kick). Birmingham--Lane 1 run. TEAM STATISTICS Birmingham Oakland First downs ........................... 11 19 Rushes-yards .......................... 33-92 39-127 Passing yards ......................... 188 222 Sacked- Yards lost .................... 1-9 6-48 Return yards .......................... 57 121 Passes ................................ 11-74-2 19-30-1 Punts ................................. 6- 36.3 5-42.4 Fumbles-Lost .......................... 1-0 5-1 Penalties-Yards ....................... 8-55 4-40 Time of possession .................... 28:04 37:50 Attendance--47,344. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing--Birmingham, Talton 18-44, White 8-35, Gant 3-6, Collier 1-4, Skibinski 1-2, Lane 2-1; Oak- land, Torosian 12-48, Whittington 13-41, Jackson 7- 29, Besana 6-12, James 1-minus 3. Passing--Birmingham, Lane 5-16-2--68, Collier 6- 8-0--129; Oakland, Besana 19-30-1--270. Receiving--Birmingham, Frederick 3-80, Anderson 3-57, Gant 3-31, Stephens 1-17, Talton 1-12; Oak- land, Henderson 5-73, Chester 4-78, Torosian 4-53, Whittington 4-50, Banks 2-16. Kckoff Returns--Birmingham, Miller 1-13, Trot- man 1-11, Battaglia 1-10; Oakland, James 2-42, Banks 2-14. Punt Returns--Birmingham, Kincaid 3-23; Oakland, Yancy 4-32. Interceptions--Birmingham, Thompson 1-0; Oak- land, Plummer 1-18, Daniel 1-15. Punting--Birmingham, Casarino 6-36.3: Oakland, Talley 5-42.4. Field Goals--Birmingham, None attempted; Oakland, Shea 0-4. Sacks--Birmingham, Hickman l-11, McPherson 1- 10, Raines 1-10, Walker 1-4; Oakland, Liles 1-9.
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