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Jacksonville 18 at Birmingham 25
1985 Week 6 - Saturday, March 30, 1985
Jacksonville Bulls(2-3) at Birmingham Stallions(4-1)(-11.5)
Attendance: 41,200
REPRINTED from the Syracuse Herald-American
BIRMINGHAM - Cliff Stoudt threw three touchdown passes, two to little Joey Jones, to lead the Birmingham Stallions to a 25-18 victory over the Jacksonville Bulls in a United States Football League game Saturday night at Birmingham.
The victory, before 41,200 fans, gave Birmingham a 5-1 record and increased its Eastern Conference margin over Tampa Bay, 4-2. Jacksonville fell to 2-4.
The 5-foot-10 Jones' only two receptions were on scoring plays of 35 and 14 yards. Stoudt also connected with Jim Smith on a 56-yard touchdown toss. Danny Miller added a 45-yard field goal for Birmingham.
1 2 3 4 F
JAX 0 3 0 15 - 18
BIR 11 7 0 7 - 25
Scoring
BIR:Miller 45 FG - BIR 3, JAX 0
BIR:Smith 56 pass from Stoudt(Miller run) - BIR 11, JAX 0
JAX:Franco 21 FG - BIR 11, JAX 3
BIR:Jones 35 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 18, JAX 3
JAX:Mason 3 run(Kemp pass from Luther) - BIR 18, JAX 11
BIR:Jones 14 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 25, JAX 11
JAX:Bessillieu 26 interception return(Franco kick) - BIR 25, JAX 18
Box Score
JAX BIR
First Downs 17 18
Rushes-Yards 34-129 31-135
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 36-15-212-5 20-12-216-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-7
Total Plays-Yards 70-341 51-351
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 3-26 5-28
Turnovers 5 4
Time of Possession 33:59 26:01
Attendance = 41,200
JACKSONVILLE BIRMINGHAM
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Luther 36 15 212 5 0 21.76 Stoudt 20 12 223 2 3 98.54
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Rozier 18 73 4.1 0 Cribbs 14 81 5.8 0
Mason 11 47 4.3 1 Coles 10 42 4.2 0
Lewis 4 11 2.8 0 Gant 4 10 2.5 0
Luther 1 -2 -2.0 0 Mason 1 2 2.0 0
Stoudt 2 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Alexis 9 91 10.1 0 Smith 5 114 22.8 1
Kemp 3 71 23.7 0 Jones 2 49 24.5 2
Mathews 2 41 20.5 0 Mason 2 28 14.0 0
Clark 1 9 9.0 0 Cribbs 2 18 9.0 0
Gant 1 14 14.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Kemp 3 56 18.7 0 Carruth 2 47 23.5 0
Clark 2 33 16.5 0 Sutton 2 28 14.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Clark 1 18 18.0 0 McFadden 1 37 37.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Franco 1-1 21 1-1 4 Miller 1-2 45 3-3 6
miss: -- miss: 44
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Swider 2 97 48.5 Parsons 2 87 43.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Nelson 1 6 None - --
Millard 1 1
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Bessillieu 1 26 26.0 1 Clanton 2 4 2.0 0
Gee 1 11 11.0 0 Spencer 1 13 13.0 0
Evans 1 0 0.0 0
Roe 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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