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Philadelphia 17 at Boston 21
1983 Week 13 - Sunday, May 29, 1983
Philadelphia Stars(11-1)(-3.5) at Boston Breakers(7-5)
Attendance: 15,668, TV: ABC
BOSTON - By BRUCE LOWITT AP Sports Writer - Boston's 21-17 victory Sunday over Philadelphia on a last-play tipped touchdown catch by Frank Lockett halted the Stars' eight-game winning streak and prevented them from winning the United States Football League's Atlantic Division title.
Boston began its winning 65-yard drive with 1:50 to play. Johnnie Walton threw on all 12 plays, completing seven passes.
On fourth-and-two at the Philadelphia 14 with four seconds to go, Walton threw to Charlie Smith in a crowd in the end zone. The ball bounced off Smith's hand and fluttered a few feet away to Lockett.
His catch gave the Breakers, 8-5, their third consecutive victory and dropped the Stars to 11-2.
1 2 3 4 F
PHI 0 10 0 7 - 17
BOS 0 0 6 15 - 21
Scoring
PHI:Trout 35 yd field goal - PHI 3, BOS 0
PHI:Collier 8 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 10, BOS 0
BOS:Mazzetti 33 yd field goal - PHI 10, BOS 3
BOS:Mazzetti 19 yd field goal - PHI 10, BOS 6
BOS:C. Smith 16 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - BOS 13, PHI 10
PHI:Collier 5 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 17, BOS 13
BOS:Lockett 14 yd pass from Walton (2-point conversion awarded) - BOS 21, PHI 17
Box Score
PHI BOS
First Downs 16 20
Rushes-Yards 39-109 19-66
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 22-11-114-0 52-29-298-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-25 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 65-198 71-364
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2
Penalties-Yards 0-0 6-50
Turnovers 1 3
Time of Possession 31:00 29:00
Attendance = 15,668
PHILADELPHIA BOSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Fusina 22 11 114 0 2 95.6 Walton 52 29 298 1 2 77.2
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bryant 21 47 2.2 0 Crump 11 38 3.5 0
Russell 8 42 5.3 0 Johnson, D 4 12 3.0 0
Harvin 3 19 6.3 0 Davis 2 8 4.0 0
Riley 1 5 5.0 0 Walton 1 6 6.0 0
Fusina 6 -4 -0.7 0 Steels 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Fitzkee 3 45 15.0 0 Franz 6 96 16.0 0
Collier 3 31 10.3 2 Coash 2 48 24.0 0
Donovan 1 20 20.0 0 Smith, C 3 40 13.3 1
Bryant 3 14 4.7 0 Davis 5 32 6.4 0
Folsom 1 4 4.0 0 Johnson, D 5 28 5.6 0
Giammona 5 17 3.4 0
Lockett 1 14 14.0 1
Crump 1 12 12.0 0
Combs 1 11 11.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Harvin 2 39 19.5 0 Wilson 2 42 21.0 0
Rodenberger 1 13 13.0 0 Hughes 1 18 18.0 0
Russell 1 11 11.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Woerner 2 23 11.5 0 Wilson 2 12 6.0 0
Giammona 1 9 9.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Trout 1-2 35 2-2 5 Mazzetti 2-2 33 1-1 7
miss: 49 miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Landeta 6 248 41.3 Casarino 5 223 44.6
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None McClain 2 13
Gaylord 1 10
Restic 1 2
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Gibson 1 0 0.0 0 None
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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