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Birmingham 10 at Philadelphia 31
1983 Week 17 - Sunday, June 26, 1983
Birmingham Stallions(8-8) at Philadelphia Stars(14-2)(-6.5)
Attendance: 17,973
PHILADELPHIA(AP) - Allen Harvin ran for touchdowns of 1 and 19 yards and set up a score by Kelvin Bryant with a 44-yard option pass as Philadelphia built a 24-0 hung on to defeat the Birmingham Stallions 31-10 and improve their league-leading record to 15-2.
The Stars, who clinched the Atlantic Division title two weeks ago, played to a crowd of 15,585 at Veterans Stadium.
1 2 3 4 F
BIR 0 3 0 7 - 10
PHI 14 10 0 7 - 31
Scoring
PHI:Russell 7 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 7, BIR 0
PHI:Harvin 19 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 14, BIR 0
PHI:Trout 31 yd field goal - PHI 17, BIR 0
PHI:Bryant 2 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 24, BIR 0
BIR:Norwood 34 yd field goal - PHI 24, BIR 3
PHI:Harvin 1 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 31, BIR 3
BIR:Anderson 18 yd pass from Lane (Norwood kick) - PHI 31, BIR 10
Box Score
BIR PHI
First Downs 20 19
Rushes-Yards 29-136 36-164
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 43-20-223-3 34-16-235-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 1-8
Total Plays-Yards 75-351 71-391
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0
Penalties-Yards 4-30 4-25
Turnovers 4 0
Time of Possession 27:00 33:00
Attendance = 17,973
BIRMINGHAM PHILADELPHIA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Lane 30 13 150 1 1 56.3 Fusina 16 9 122 0 1 101.6
Williams 13 7 83 2 0 34.0 Pisarkiewicz 15 6 69 0 0 54.6
Harvin 1 1 44 0 0 118.8
Krohn 2 0 0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Talton 11 66 6.0 0 Harvin 14 89 6.4 2
Gant 7 31 4.4 0 Bryant 10 40 4.0 1
Johnson 5 20 4.0 0 Anderson 5 24 4.8 0
Quarles 4 15 3.8 0 Russell 2 9 4.5 0
Lane 1 3 3.0 0 Pisarkiewicz 2 2 1.0 0
Williams 1 1 1.0 0 Rodenberger 3 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Smith, J 8 113 14.1 0 Fitzkee 5 105 21.0 0
Mason 2 31 15.5 0 Collier 4 102 25.5 0
Quarles 2 28 14.0 0 Bryant 3 14 2.8 0
Anderson 1 18 18.0 1 Harvin 1 9 9.0 0
Gant 2 16 8.0 0 Russell 1 7 7.0 1
Talton 4 15 3.8 0 Anderson 1 4 4.0 0
Moy 1 12 12.0 0 Dunek 1 -6 -6.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Kincaid 2 43 21.5 0 Harvin 1 14 14.0 0
Johnson 1 16 16.0 0 Sutton 1 0 0.0 0
Grandjean 2 11 5.5 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Kincaid 2 11 5.5 0 Woerner 3 31 10.3 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Norwood 1-2 34 1-1 4 Trout 1-2 31 4-4 7
miss: 46 miss: 50
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Johnston 4 172 43.0 Landeta 4 160 40.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Corker 2 18 Case 1 6
Dokes 1 12 Fielder 0.5 3.5
Hughes 1 10 Gabrielsen 0.5 3.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None DeMarinis 1 16 16.0 0
Jackson 1 9 9.0 0
Woerner 1 0 0.0 0
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