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Birmingham 11 at Chicago 22
1983 Week 6 - Sunday, April 10, 1983
Birmingham Stallions(2-3) at Chicago Blitz(3-2)(-10)
Attendance: 13,859, TV: ABC
CHICAGO(AP) - Kevin Long's 1-yard touchdown blast capped an 83-yard drive with 1:57 to play Sunday and clinched a 22-11 victory for the Chicago Blitz over the Birmingham Stallions in a USFL game.
It was the third straight win for Chicago and left the Blitz with a 4-2 record while Birmingham dropped to 2-4.
Chicago held only a 13-11 lead when the Blitz put together its final touchdown drive, highlighted by a 31-yard pass from Greg Landry to Doug Dennison.
The Blitz took a 6-0 lead on field goals of 20 and 42 yards by Frank Corral, who had been reactivated earlier in the day. Corral had been sidelined with a slight ligament tear in the right knee.
1 2 3 4 F
BIR 0 6 0 5 - 11
CHI 3 3 7 9 - 22
Scoring
CHI:Corral 20 yd field goal - CHI 3, BIR 0
CHI:Corral 42 field goal - CHI 6, BIR 0
BIR:Collier 11 yd run (bad snap) - BIR 6, CHI 6
BIR:Spencer 2 yd run (Corral kick) - CHI 13, BIR 6
BIR:Safety, Landry tackled in end zone - CHI 13, BIR 8
BIR:Norwood 36 yd field goal - CHI 13, BIR 11
CHI:Long 1 yd run (Corral kick) - CHI 20, BIR 11
CHI:Safety, Collier tackled in end zone - CHI 22, BIR 11
Box Score
BIR CHI
First Downs 16 24
Rushes-Yards 31-171 40-210
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 25-11-137-1 29-16-232-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-72 4-29
Total Plays-Yards 62-236 73-413
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 9-39 7-24
Turnovers 1 1
Time of Possession 27:10 32:50
Attendance = 13,859
BIRMINGHAM CHICAGO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Collier 25 11 137 1 0 44.9 Landry 29 16 232 0 0 81.4
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Collier 9 74 8.2 1 Spencer 19 106 5.6 1
Gant 6 32 5.3 0 Long 17 73 4.3 1
Quarles 6 29 4.8 0 Landry 1 11 11.0 0
White 7 29 4.1 0 Dennison 1 10 10.0 0
Johnson 1 4 4.0 0 Stone 2 10 5.0 0
Skibinski 2 3 1.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Mason 2 31 15.5 0 Ricker 3 58 19.3 0
Anderson 2 29 14.5 0 Buggs 3 48 16.0 0
Smith 3 25 8.3 0 Johnson 3 36 12.0 0
Gant 1 22 22.0 0 Dennison 1 31 31.0 0
Frederick 1 16 16.0 0 Spencer 1 26 26.0 0
Quarles 2 14 7.0 0 Long 4 21 4.3 0
Willis 1 12 12.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Dirden 3 69 23.0 0 Willis 4 70 17.5 0
Grandjean 2 20 10.0 0
Frederick 1 14 14.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Frederick 2 12 6.0 0 Willis 2 33 16.5 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Norwood 1-1 36 0-1 3 Corral 2-3 42 2-2 8
miss: none miss: 30
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Bollinger 6 208 34.7 Corral 3 110 36.7
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Cline 1 9 Lathrop 2 29
Raines 1 9 Lorch 2 19
Walker 1 8 Ehrmann 1 9
Williams, B 1 3 Ah You 0.5 7.5
Fahnhorst 0.5 7.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Brown 1 11 11.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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