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Birmingham 19 at Denver 21
1983 Week 13 - Friday, May 27, 1983
Birmingham Stallions(7-5)(-4) at Denver Gold(4-8)
Attendance: 38,829, TV: ESPN
DENVER (AP) - Quarterback Fred Mortensen ran for two touchdowns and strong safety David Dumars returned an interception 78 yards for another score, leading the Denver Gold to a 21-19 United States Football League victory over the Birmingham Stallions on Friday night.
The victory marked the coaching debut of former National Football League quarterback Craig Morton and snapped a five-game losing streak for Denver, now 5-8. Birmingham had its five-game winning streak ended and dropped to 7-6.
A crowd of 38,829 - about 4,000 below Denver's season average - witnessed the contest.
1 2 3 4 F
BIR 7 3 3 6 - 19
DEN 0 7 14 0 - 21
Scoring
BIR:Smith 15 yd pass from Lane (Norwood kick) - BIR 7, DEN 0
DEN:Mortensen 3 yd run (Speelman kick) - DEN 7, BIR 7
BIR:Norwood 42 yd field goal - BIR 10, DEN 7
BIR:Norwood 42 yd field goal - BIR 13, DEN 7
DEN:Mortensen 5 yd run (Speelman kick) - DEN 14, BIR 13
DEN:Dumars 78 yd interception return (Speelman kick) - DEN 21, BIR 13
BIR:Mason 3 yd pass from Lane (pass failed) - DEN 21, BIR 19
Box Score
BIR DEN
First Downs 25 10
Rushes-Yards 40-155 27-148
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 26-17-210-3 14-4-52-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 5-29
Total Plays-Yards 67-363 46-171
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 2-20 11-83
Turnovers 4 0
Time of Possession 34:24 25:26
Attendance = 38,829
BIRMINGHAM DENVER
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Lane 26 17 210 3 2 76.3 Mortensen 14 4 52 0 0 42.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Talton 16 77 4.8 0 Canada 8 57 7.1 0
Johnson 11 43 3.9 0 White, V 4 32 8.0 0
White 10 26 2.6 0 Sydney 7 24 3.4 0
Smith 1 5 5.0 0 Matthews 5 23 4.6 0
Quarles 1 2 2.0 0 Mortensen 3 12 4.0 2
Lane 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Smith 5 76 15.2 0 Sydney 1 27 27.0 0
Anderson 3 71 23.7 0 James 1 18 18.0 0
Mason 5 49 9.8 0 Niziolek 1 7 7.0 0
Frederick 1 10 10.0 0 Canada 1 0 0.0 0
Stephens 1 9 9.0 0
White 1 -1 -1.0 0
Johnson 1 -4 -4.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Kincaid 2 27 13.5 0 James 2 32 16.0 0
Stamper 1 13 13.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Frederick 2 11 5.5 0 None
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Norwood 2-3 42 1-1 7 Speelman 0-1 38 3-3 3
miss: 41 miss: 49
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Bollinger 1 33 33.0 Gortz 5 226 45.2
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Raines 3.5 21 Perry 1 2
Cline 0.5 3
Spencer 0.5 2.5
Walker 0.5 2.5
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Dumars 1 78 78.0 1
Miller, N 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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