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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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