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Oakland 17 at Birmingham 20
1985 Week 8 - Saturday, April 13, 1985
Oakland Invaders(4-2-1) at Birmingham Stallions(5-2)(-4.5)
Attendance: 44,500, TV: ESPN
BIRMINGHAM, AL (AP) - Joe Cribbs gained a season-high 94 yards and Birmingham's defense had five sacks and two interceptions as the Stallions defeated Oakland 20-17 Saturday night.
The victory put Birmingham atop the United States Football League's Eastern Conference at 6-2. Second place Tampa Bay, at 5-2, plays Denver Monday night. Oakland fell to 4-3-1 and to fourth place in the Western Conference.
Birmingham drove 79 and 63 yards on its first two possessions, capped by scoring runs of 9 yards by Cribbs and 8 yards by quarterback Cliff Stoudt, who injured an elbow on the run and later had toi leave the game.
Danny Miller added field goals of 48 and 31 yards for Birmingham.
Oakland's Bobby Hebert hit Anthony Carter on a 24-yard toss to the 2 and John Williams carried it across early in the second quarter to make it 14-7.
Novo Bojovic got a 27-yard field goal for the Invaders in the third period, and with 20 seconds left in the game, Hebert hit Carter on a 3-yard scoring pass.
Birmingham sacked Hebert for a total of 41 yards, and Clanton got his
second interception in the final quarter. Hebert finished with 17 completions
on 30 passes for 192 yards.
1 2 3 4 F
OAK 0 7 3 7 - 17
BIR 14 0 6 0 - 20
Scoring
BIR:Cribbs 9 run(Miller kick) - BIR 7, OAK 0
BIR:Stoudt 8 run(Miller kick) - BIR 14, OAK 0
OAK:J.Williams 2 run(Bojovic kick) - BIR 14, OAK 7
BIR:Miller 48 FG - BIR 17, OAK 7
OAK:Bojovic 37 FG - BIR 17, OAK 10
BIR:Miller 31 FG - BIR 20, OAK 10
OAK:A.Carter 3 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - BIR 20, OAK 17
Box Score
OAK BIR
First Downs 13 17
Rushes-Yards 18-51 39-178
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 30-17-151-2 20-7-108-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-41 1-2
Total Plays-Yards 48-202 59-286
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 10-105 3-15
Turnovers 2 0
Time of Possession 27:47 32:13
Attendance =
OAKLAND BIRMINGHAM
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Hebert 30 17 192 2 1 59.31 Stoudt 15 5 61 0 0 46.81
Lane 5 2 49 0 0 76.25
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
J.Williams 6 27 4.5 1 Cribbs 24 94 3.9 1
Jordan 5 16 3.2 0 Stoudt 3 34 11.3 1
Bentley 5 6 1.2 0 Perry 5 30 6.0 0
Hebert 2 2 1.0 0 Coles 3 10 3.3 0
Jones 1 9 9.0 0
Lane 3 1 0.3 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
A.Carter 5 70 14.0 1 Mason 2 53 26.5 0
Banks 5 49 9.8 0 Smith 1 22 22.0 0
Holloway 2 31 15.5 0 Cribbs 2 14 7.0 0
Bentley 2 21 10.5 0 Jones 1 13 13.0 0
Shumann 1 11 11.0 0 Earl 1 8 8.0 0
Williams 1 10 10.0 0
Jordan 1 0 0.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Hart 3 52 17.3 0 Sutton 2 36 18.0 0
Plummer 1 1 1.0 0 Gant 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Faulkner 3 27 9.0 0 McFadden 3 2 0.7 0
Banks 1 11 11.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Bojovic 1-1 37 2-2 5 Miller 2-2 48 2-2 8
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Talley 6 303 50.5 Parsons 5 179 35.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Snipes 1 2 Cline 1.5 14
Spencer 1 10
Kelley 1 5
Perko 0.5 4
Roe 0.5 4
Taylor 0.5 4
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None - -- -- - Clanton 2 24 12.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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