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Chicago 24 at Philadelphia 31
1983 Week 11 - Sunday, May 15, 1983
Chicago Blitz(7-3) at Philadelphia Stars(9-1)(-2)
Attendance: 25,251, TV: ABC
By PHYLLIS MENSING PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Kelvin Bryant scored two touchdowns and quarterback Chuck Fusina ran in a third in a 21-point, fourth-quarter explosion as the Philadelphia Stars beat the Chicago Blitz 31-24 in the United States Football League Sunday.
The Stars set up their last two touchdowns off fumbles by Blitz quarterback Greg Landry, as they raised their league leading mark to 10-1. Chicago fell to 7-4 as its three game winning streak ended.
With Philadelphia down 24-10 at the end of the third quarter, Bryant rushed from the 3-yard line 2:30 into the fourth quarter. David Trout's extra point brought the Stars to within 24-17. Bryant set up the tying point with 9:20 left in the game after John Brooks recovered a fumble on Chicago's 16-yard line. Trout's extra point made it 24 all. Three minutes later, the Stars' Sam Mills recovered a fumbleon the Chicago 19-yard line, and Fusina ran 17 yards on a reverse for the go ahead touchdown, with Trout kicking the point-after.
With the Stars held scoreless in the third quarter, Chicago took a 21-10 lead on Landry's 9-yard touchdown pass to Trumaine Johnson, and Frank Corral's 37-yard field goal with 2:29 left made it 24-10. Landry's touchdown pass came after Marcus Anderson recovered a blocked punt on the Stars' 11-yard line.
1 2 3 4 F
CHI 7 7 10 0 - 24
PHI 3 7 0 21 - 31
Scoring
CHI:Willis 24 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick) - CHI 7, PHI 0
PHI:Trout 46 yd field goal - CHI 7, PHI 3
PHI:Donovan 12 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 10, CHI 7
CHI:Long 7 yd run (Corral kick) - CHI 14, PHI 10
CHI:Johnson 9 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick) - CHI 21, PHI 10
CHI:Corral 37 yd field goal - CHI 24, PHI 10
PHI:Bryant 3 yd run (Trout kick) - CHI 24, PHI 17
PHI:Bryant 5 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 24, CHI 24
PHI:Fusina 17 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 31, CHI 24
Box Score
CHI PHI
First Downs 17 21
Rushes-Yards 33-141 42-204
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 24-13-156-1 28-16-187-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-1 3-31
Total Plays-Yards 58-296 73-360
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 3-1
Penalties-Yards 6-42 5-53
Turnovers 3 2
Time of Possession 27:12 32:48
Attendance = 20,931
CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Landry 24 13 156 1 2 84.7 Fusina 28 16 187 1 1 74.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Long 16 76 4.8 1 Bryant 23 98 4.3 2
Spencer 15 65 4.3 0 Fusina 12 87 7.3 1
Landry 2 0 0.0 0 Harvin 7 19 2.7 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Johnson 6 82 13.7 1 Collier 5 79 15.8 0
Willis 2 47 23.5 1 Fitzkee 3 55 18.3 0
Buggs 3 16 5.3 0 Bryant 2 17 8.5 0
Long 1 6 6.0 0 Russell 3 15 5.0 0
Spencer 1 5 5.0 0 Donovan 1 12 12.0 1
Harvin 1 12 12.0 0
Riley 1 -3 -3.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Willis 1 15 15.0 0 Russell 1 22 22.0 0
Allen 2 31 15.5 0 Harvin 1 16 16.0 0
Dunek 1 7 7.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Willis 2 6 3.0 0 Woerner 4 15 3.8 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Corral 1-2 37 3-3 6 Trout 1-2 46 4-4 7
miss: 32 miss: 46
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Corral 5 211 42.2 Landeta 4 175 43.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Ah You 1 14 Fielder 1 1
Schwartz 1 10
Ehrmann 1 7
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Bradley 1 5 5.0 0 Lush 1 7 7.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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