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Memphis 19 at Birmingham 34


1985 Week 4 - Sunday, March 17, 1985
Memphis Showboats(3-0) at Birmingham Stallions(2-1)(-4)
Attendance: 34,500

BIRMINGHAM, AL (AP) - Cliff Stoudt passed for 247 yards and two touchdowns for Birmingham while the Stallions sacked quarterback Walter Lewis 10 times for 68 yards as Birmingham downed the Memphis Showboats 34-19.

Linebacker Bill Roe had three of the sacks as Birmingham tied with Memphis and Tampa Bay with 3-1 records.

Highlights




	1	2	3	4	F
MEM	0	3      10	6   -   19
BIR	7      14       0      13   -   34

Scoring

BIR:Smith 20 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 7, MEM 0

BIR:Mason 1 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 14, MEM 0

MEM:Duncan 47 FG - BIR 14, MEM 3

BIR:Cribbs 8 run(Miller kick) - BIR 21, MEM 3

MEM:Duncan 37 FG - BIR 21, MEM 6

MEM:Moser 57 pass from Lewis(Duncan kick) - BIR 21, MEM 13

MEM:Rose 55 fumble return(pass fail) - BIR 21, MEM 19

BIR:Miller 25 FG - BIR 24, MEM 19

BIR:Miller 22 FG - BIR 27, MEM 19

BIR:Coles 20 run(Miller kick) - BIR 34, MEM 19

Box Score

                             MEM            BIR
First Downs                   14             20     
Rushes-Yards               18-69         43-201
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    32-14-202-0    20-13-239-1
Sacked-Yards Lost          10-68            1-8
Total Plays-Yards         50-271         63-440
Fumbles-Lost                 2-1            3-2
Penalties-Yards             9-64           7-50
Turnovers                      1              3
Time of Possession         24:54          35:06

Attendance = 34,500

MEMPHIS					     BIRMINGHAM
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Lewis        32  14 270  0  1  84.11         Stoudt       20  13 247  1  2 120.21 

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Lewis	      5  33  6.6  0		     Cribbs       11  65  5.9  1
Spencer       6  17  2.8  0		     Stoudt        7  53  7.6  0
Parker        3  13  4.3  0                  Gant         13  44  3.4  0
Porter        2   4  2.0  0                  Coles        12  39  3.3  1
Sydney        2   2  1.0  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Moser         6 172 28.7  1                  Jones         3 121 40.3  0
Crawford      3  54 18.0  0                  Smith         2  72 36.0  1
Raugh         2  21 10.5  0		     Gant          4  28  7.0  0
Shirk         2  21 10.5  0		     Cribbs        2  24 12.0  0
Spencer       1   2  2.0  0		     Coles         1   1  1.0  0
					     Mason         1   1  1.0  1                 

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Crawford        2  38 19.0  0                Sutton          3  22  7.3  0
H.Williams      3  32 10.7  0		     Carruth         1  20 20.0  0
Raugh           1  10 10.0  0                
O'Neal          1   2  2.0  0    

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
H.Williams      1  10 10.0  0                McFadden        2  19  9.5  0                

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Duncan          2-4  47  1-1   7             Miller	     2-2  25  4-4  10
                miss: 51,54                                  miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Miller          4 164 41.0                   Parsons         3 103 34.3

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Corker          1   8                        Roe             3  24
					     Pureifoy        2  15
					     D.Smith	     2  15
					     Paggett         2   8
					     Perko           1   6                    

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
Cade            1   0  0.0  0		     None            -  --   --  -

Archived news report
Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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