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Birmingham 16 at Boston 27
1983 Week 5 - Saturday, April 2, 1983
Birmingham Stallions(2-2) at Boston Breakers(3-1)(-4)
Attendance: 10,976
BOSTON(AP) - Johnnie Walton threw two touchdown passes in the first 5:22 and Tim Mazzetti kicked two field goals as the Boston Breakers rolled to their fourth consecutive United States Football League victory 27-16 over the Birmingham Stallions Saturday.
Birmingham scored in the second quarter on a 2-yard run by Cornelius Quarles and a 22-yard field goal by Scott Norwood, and trailed 20-10 at halftime.
1 2 3 4 F
BIR 0 10 3 3 - 16
BOS 14 6 0 7 - 27
Scoring
BOS:Franz 26 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - BOS 7, BIR 0
BOS:Crump 13 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - BOS 14, BIR 0
BIR:Quarles 1 yd run (Norwood kick) - BOS 14, BIR 7
BIR:Norwood 22 yd field goal - BOS 14, BIR 10
BOS:Mazzetti 42 yd field goal - BOS 17, BIR 10
BOS:Mazzetti 22 yd field goal - BOS 20, BIR 10
BIR:Norwood 47 yd field goal - BOS 20, BIR 13
BIR:Norwood 29 yd field goal - BOS 20, BIR 16
BOS:Davis 2 yd run (Mazzetti kick) - BOS 27, BIR 16
Box Score
BIR BOS
First Downs 18 21
Rushes-Yards 29-121 28-130
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 35-18-243-2 30-18-205-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 67-345 58-335
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 2-11 5-45
Turnovers 3 0
Time of Possession 28:55 31:05
Attendance = 10,976
BIRMINGHAM BOSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Lane 26 16 277 2 0 65.7 Walton 30 18 205 0 2 102.8
Collier 9 2 23 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Gant 12 44 3.7 0 Davis 12 51 4.3 1
Quarles 12 40 3.3 1 Johnson, A 6 44 7.3 0
White 3 21 7.0 0 Crump 9 35 3.9 0
Lane 2 16 8.0 0 Walton 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Mason 5 80 16.0 0 Franz 5 73 32.0 1
Frederick 4 60 15.0 0 Smith, C 4 52 27.5 0
Anderson 2 59 29.5 0 Lockett 3 37 7.0 0
Dirden 3 22 7.3 0 Crump 3 26 14.5 1
Quarles 2 14 7.0 0 Johnson, A 2 17 9.3 0
Gant 1 6 6.0 0 Davis 1 0 8.5 0
White 1 2 2.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Dirden 3 54 18.0 0 Matthews 3 49 16.3 0
Kincaid 2 33 16.5 0 Harbison 2 18 9.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Frederick 2 4 2.0 0 None
Dirden 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Norwood 3-3 47 1-1 10 Mazzetti 2-2 42 3-3 9
miss: none miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Bollinger 2 88 44.0 Restic 6 191 31.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None Love 1 8
Marek 1 6
Roe 1 5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Smith, T 1 31 31.0 0
Wilson 1 0 0.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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