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Los Angeles 20 at Birmingham 35
1983 Week 11 - Saturday, May 14, 1983
Los Angeles Express(5-5) at Birmingham Stallions(5-5)(-3)
Attendance: 42,212, TV: ESPN
BIRMINGHAM(AP) - Bob Lane passed for three touchdowns and set up two others as the Birmingham Stallions defeated the Los Angeles Express 35-20 in a United States Football League game last night.
Lane, Birmingham's top quarterback with Reggie Collier out for the season with a knee injury, connected for 27 yards to Earl Gant, 22 to Jim Smith and 16 to Lonnie Johnson for scores.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 0 7 0 13 - 20
BIR 14 14 7 0 - 35
Scoring
BIR:Talton 11 yd run (Norwood kick) - BIR 7, LA 0
BIR:Gant 27 yd pass from Lane (Norwood kick) - BIR 14, LA 0
BIR:Smith 22 yd pass from Lane (Norwood kick) - BIR 21, LA 0
BIR:Talton 4 yd run (Norwood kick) - BIR 28, LA 0
LA: Ellis 11 yd pass from Rae (Abbott kick) - BIR 28, LA 7
BIR:Johnson 16 yd pass from Lane (Norwood kick) - BIR 35, LA 7
LA: Haines 5 yd pass from Rae (Abbott kick) - BIR 35, LA 14
LA: Allen 33 yd pass from Ramsey (kick failed) - BIR 35, LA 20
Box Score
LA BIR
First Downs 15 11
Rushes-Yards 9-36 46-194
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 53-30-331-2 24-13-268-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-39 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 67-328 70-462
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-3
Penalties-Yards 7-33 6-70
Turnovers 3 4
Time of Possession 26:28 33:32
Attendance = 42,212
LOS ANGELES BIRMINGHAM
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Rae 25 15 173 1 2 94.0 Lane 24 13 268 1 3 94.0
Ramsey 28 15 158 1 1 93.8
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Harrington 2 19 9.5 0 Talton 25 147 5.9 2
Ramsey 3 11 3.7 0 Johnson 11 27 2.5 0
Barnett 1 4 4.0 0 Gant 3 8 2.7 0
Boddie 3 2 0.7 0 White 4 8 2.0 0
Lane 3 4 1.3 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Allen 5 110 22.0 1 Smith 9 189 21.0 1
Haines 8 105 13.1 1 Gant 2 56 28.0 1
Ellis 10 64 6.4 1 Johnson 1 16 16.0 1
Harrington 3 21 7.0 0 Anderson 1 7 7.0 0
Moser 1 14 14.0 0
Boddie 2 12 6.0 0
Sherrod 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Tolbert 3 86 28.7 0 Johnson 4 68 17.0 0
Allen 2 31 15.5 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Fox 1 7 7.0 0 Frederick 2 13 6.5 0
Allen 1 4 4.0 0 Talton 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Abbott 0-1 0 2-3 2 Norwood 0-0 0 5-5 5
miss: 45 miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 6 279 46.5 Bollinger 5 195 39.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None Spencer 2 15
Smith 1 7
McPherson 1 5
Cline 0.5 11
Raines 0.5 1
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Hosea 1 7 7.0 0 Thompson 1 22 22.0 0
McPherson 1 13 13.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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