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Denver 9 at Birmingham 7
1983 Week 7 - Sunday, April 17, 1983
Denver Gold(3-3) at Birmingham Stallions(2-4)(-1.5)
Attendance: 26,250
BIRMINGHAM(AP) - Brian Speelman kicked a 50-yard field goal with six seconds left to give the Denver Gold Gold a 9-7 victory over the Birmingham Stallions in a United States Football League game Sunday.
The Stallions apparently had the game in hand when Speelman fell far short on a 52-yard kick, but a roughing penalty later gave him another chance.
His kick was the only score after Birmingham took a 7-6 lead with almost 13 minutes left in the first half.
Tight end Darryl Mason ran 33 yards on a screen pass to set up that touchdown, scored on a 4-yard run off right tackle by Earl Gant. Scott Norwood kicked the point.
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 6 0 0 3 - 9
BIR 0 7 0 0 - 7
Scoring
DEN:Matthews 15 yd pass from Johnson (pass failed) - DEN 6, BIR 0
BIR:Gant 4 yd run (Norwood kick) - BIR 7, DEN 6
DEN:Speelman 50 yd field goal - DEN 9, BIR 7
Box Score
DEN BIR
First Downs 16 17
Rushes-Yards 28-110 40-171
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 38-16-115-2 27-11-112-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-12 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 67-213 67-283
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1
Penalties-Yards 8-65 7-73
Turnovers 4 2
Time of Possession 27:37 32:23
Attendance = 26,250
DENVER BIRMINGHAM
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Johnson 38 16 115 2 1 36.6 Collier 27 11 112 1 0 37.9
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Sydney 14 61 4.4 0 Quarles 13 78 6.0 0
Miller, T 5 18 3.6 0 White 13 47 3.6 0
Johnson 2 16 8.0 0 Collier 4 26 6.5 0
Matthews 4 10 2.5 0 Gant 10 20 2.0 1
Ford 1 5 5.0 0
Canada 1 4 4.0 0
Ballage 1 -4 -4.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
James 2 31 15.5 0 Mason 4 51 12.8 0
Phea 3 30 10.0 0 Smith 3 42 14.0 0
Canada 2 25 12.5 0 White 2 11 5.5 0
Matthews 4 11 3.8 1 Anderson 1 10 10.0 0
Sydney 3 10 3.3 0 Gant 1 -2 -2.0 0
Niziolek 2 8 4.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Ford 2 44 22.0 0 Dirden 2 25 12.5 0
Grandjean 1 15 15.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Martin 2 20 10.0 0 Frederick 3 12 4.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Speelman 1-2 50 0-0 3 Norwood 0-2 0 1-1 1
miss: 52 miss: 47, 43
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Gortz 6 255 42.5 Bollinger 7 286 40.9
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None Spencer 0.5 6
Walker 0.5 6
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Whittingham 1 0 0.0 0 Cesare 1 4 4.0 0
Thompson 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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