Save the USFL Tapes! The United States Football League video library is at risk. How can you help? Learn more about our campaign to save USFL video, then check out the USFL Video Library Preservation GoFundMe campaign. Please contact me with any questions.
Join the Save the USFL Video Archive Facebook group for updates.
Looking for news and updates on the new USFL?
« Previous Game Philadelphia Next Game »
« Previous Game Pittsburgh Next Game »
Philadelphia 25 at Pittsburgh 10
1984 Week 5 - Saturday, March 24, 1984
Philadelphia Stars(3-1)(-6) at Pittsburgh Maulers(1-3)
Attendance: 24,341, TV: ESPN
PITTSBURGH (UPI) - Scott Fitzkee caught three touchdown passes from Chuck Fusina Saturday to give the Philadelphia Stars a 25-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Maulers before 23,341 fans.
Fitzkee finished with eight catches for 177yards. He just missed scoring a fourth touchdown, beating cornerback Bill Yancy early in the second quarter for a 45-yard gain to the 5.
Philadephia (4-1) was forced to settle for three points with Dave Trout hitting the second of his two field goals, a 21-yarder to give the Stars a 6-0 lead.
Against the top-ranked defense in the USFL, the Maulers (1-4) gained just 233 yards and converted four of 11 third-down plays.
Philadelphia's Kelvin Bryant rushed for 79 yards on 16 carries before leaving the game in the third quarter with a hamstring pull. Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier had 54 yards on 16 carries for Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh's only touchdown, a 5 yard pass from Glenn Carano to newly-acquired wide reciever Jackie Flowers, came after an apparent fourth down sack of Carano by Don Fiedler was nullified by a defensive holding penalty.
Trout's second field goal made it 6-0 before the Maulers scored on Tony Lee's 37-yarder to make it 6-3 at halftime.
The Stars took over in the third quarter, with Fitzkee catching touchdown passes of 16 and 23 yards. Both Trout kicks failed, leaving Philadelphia with an 18-3 lead.
Fusina, a teammate of Fitzkee's at Penn State,completed 16 of 21 passes for 249 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.
1 2 3 4 F
PHI 3 3 12 7 - 25
PIT 0 3 0 7 - 10
Scoring
PHI:Trout 42 yd field goal - PHI 3, PIT 0
PHI:Trout 21 yd field goal - PHI 6, PIT 0
PIT:Lee 37 yd field goal - PHI 6, PIT 3
PHI:Fitzkee 16 yd pass from Fusina (kick failed) - PHI 12, PIT 3
PHI:Fitzkee 23 yd pass from Fusina (kick failed) - PHI 18, PIT 3
PIT:Flowers 5 yd pass from Carano (Lee kick) - PHI 18, PIT 10
PHI:Fitzkee 40 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 25, PIT 10
Box Score
PHI PIT
First Downs 19 17
Rushes-Yards 35-160 20-74
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 21-16-249-0 34-18-170-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-11 1-10
Total Plays-Yards 57-398 55-234
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 8-55 3-20
Turnovers 0 0
Time of Possession 34:45 25:15
Attendance = 24,341
PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Fusina 21 16 249 0 3 154.6 Carano 34 18 170 0 1 76.8
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bryant 16 79 4.9 0 Rozier 16 54 3.4 0
Harvin 11 56 5.1 0 Lawrence 3 11 3.7 0
Fusina 4 25 6.3 0 Carano 1 9 9.0 0
Russell 4 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Fitzkee 8 177 22.1 3 Flowers 5 62 12.4 1
Collier 2 21 10.5 0 Anderson 5 45 9.0 0
Donovan 1 18 18.0 0 Raugh 2 21 10.5 0
Bryant 2 15 7.5 0 Rozier 3 19 6.3 0
Harvin 2 11 5.5 0 Shaw 2 18 9.0 0
Folsom 1 7 7.0 0 Miller 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lane 2 54 27.0 0 Miller 4 66 16.5 0
Donovan 1 10 10.0 0 Friday 1 13 13.0 0
Coles 1 6 6.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Lane 5 50 10.0 0 None
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Trout 2-3 42 1-3 7 Lee 1-1 37 1-1 4
miss: 50 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Landeta 1 40 40.0 Swider 5 203 40.6
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Fielder 1 10 Clancy 1 11
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None None
Archived news report
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
« Previous Game Philadelphia Next Game »
« Previous Game Pittsburgh Next Game »
Multimedia | | Links | Privacy Policy | Contact Us
