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Birmingham 29 at Houston 27
1985 Week 15 - Monday, June 3, 1985
Birmingham Stallions(10-4)(-1) at Houston Gamblers(9-5)
Attendance: 13,202, TV: ESPN
HOUSTON(AP) - The Birmingham Stallions didn't have their two top offensive
weapons in the game so they relied on a razzle-dazzle play to get them started and
kicking of Danny Miller and running of quarterback Cliff Stoudt to finish up. The
combined result was a 29-27 United States Football League victory over the Houston
Gamblers Monday night that vaulted the Stallions into the league playoffs. Birmingham
played the game without leading rusher Joe Cribbs and top receiver Jim Smith but Paul
Ott Carruth subbed for Cribbs and Miller kicked field goals of 47,43 and 20 yards to insure the victory. The Gamblers were missing quarterback Jim Kelly, out at least three more weeks with a torn ligament in his right knee.
1 2 3 4 F
BIR 7 13 0 9 - 29
HOU 14 7 0 6 - 27
Scoring
HOU:Harrell 23 pass from Dillion(Fritsch kick) - HOU 7, BIR 0
BIR:Jones 11 run with lateral after Mason 12 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - HOU 7, BIR 7
HOU:Harrell 6 run(Fritsch kick) - HOU 14, BIR 7
BIR:Miller 47 FG - HOU 14, BIR 10
BIR:Carruth 6 run(Miller kick) - BIR 17, HOU 14
HOU:Johnson 36 pass from Dillon(Fritsch kick) - HOU 21, BIR 17
BIR:Miller 43 FG - HOU 21, BIR 20
BIR:Miller 20 FG - BIR 23, HOU 21
BIR:Stoudt 1 run(kick failed) - BIR 29, HOU 21
HOU:Dillon 8 run(pass failed) - BIR 29, HOU 27
Box Score
BIR HOU
First Downs 21 15
Rushes-Yards 46-209 12-70
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 24-13-109-0 33-17-260-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-24 4-23
Total Plays-Yards 70-318 45-330
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Penalties-Yards 3-25 12-69
Turnovers 1 2
Time of Possession 35:57 24:03
Attendance = 13,202
BIRMINGHAM HOUSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Stoudt 24 13 144 0 1 86.11 Dillon 33 17 283 2 2 75.69
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Carruth 23 84 3.7 1 Harrell 4 34 8.5 1
Coles 14 59 4.2 0 Fowler 5 26 5.2 0
Stoudt 8 50 6.3 1 Dillon 3 10 3.3 1
Gant 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Toler 4 53 13.3 0 Johnson 5 108 21.6 1
McFadden 2 38 19.0 0 McGhee 3 59 19.7 0
Jones 3 15 5.0 1 McNeil 3 36 12.0 0
Coles 2 12 6.0 0 Sanders 3 29 9.7 0
Mason 1 12 12.0 0 Harrell 2 27 13.5 1
Carruth 1 4 4.0 0 Verdin 1 24 24.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Carruth 2 35 17.5 0 Courville 3 71 23.7 0
Hill 1 16 16.0 0 Potts 3 41 13.7 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McFadden 2 -1 -0.5 0 None - -- -- -
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Miller 3-3 47 2-3 11 Fritsch 0-1 -- 3-3 3
miss: -- miss: 32
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Parsons 3 115 38.3 Corral 3 123 41.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Roe 2 13 A.Hawkins 1 17
Spencer 2 10 H.Taylor 1 7
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Woodberry 1 23 23.0 0 None - -- -- -
Roe 1 2 2.0 0
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