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Birmingham 35 at Washington 3

1983 Week 9 - Sunday, May 1, 1983
Birmingham Stallions(3-5)(-1) at Washington Federals(1-7)
Attendance: 12,818

Washington (UPI) - Birmingham Stallions reserve quarterback Bob Lane threw for 192 yards and two touchdowns to lead his team to a 35-3 victory and hand the Washington Federals (1-8) their fourth straight defeat.

Lane, playing for the injured Reggie Collier, completed 13 of 29 passes, including touchdown passes of 20 and 44 yards for Birmingham(4-5).

Sunday, May 1, 1983 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

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	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q		Final
Birmingham	7	7	14	7		35
WASHINGTON	0	0	3	0		3

 

BIR	White 1 yd run (Norwood kick)
BIR	Frederick 44 yd pass from Lane (Norwood kick)
BIR	Anderson 20 yd pass from Lane (Norwood kick)
WAS	Castro 47 yd FG
BIR	Lane 4 yd run (Norwood kick)
BIR	Gant recovered fumble in endzone (Norwood kick)

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TEAM STATISTICS	BIR	WAS
First Downs............................................	19	20
Total Net Yards......................................	361	273
Total Yds Rushing...................................	169	64
Total Yds Passing...................................	192	209
Pass Att - Comp - Int.............................	30 - 13 - 1	48 - 17 - 5
Off Plays - Avg.......................................	73 - 4.9	73 - 3.7
Punts - Avg.............................................	9 - 41.8	6 - 44.0
Returns - Yds..........................................	13 - 147	14 - 86
Penalties - Yds........................................	11 - 85	6 - 51
Fumbles - Lost........................................	2 - 1	2 - 2
Time of Possession..................................	33:53	26:07

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
 
 

Rushing	BIR	Quarles 11-58; White 13-25; Williams 3-29; Talton 5-19; Gant 5-38
	WAS	James 16-40; Taylor 6-24
Passing	BIR	Lane 29-13-1-192; Williams 1-0-0-0
	WAS	Hohensee 14-6-1-69; Gilliam 34-11-4-164
Receiving	BIR	Anderson 3-57; Frederick 2-52; Smith 2-29; Talton 2-24; Mason 2-6
	WAS	Taylor 5-58; Holmes 4-53; Walters 4-59; Samules 1-30; M. Harris 1-13;

Archived news report
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn

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