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Chicago 15 at Boston 21
1983 Week 14 - Monday, June 6, 1983
Chicago Blitz(9-4)(-1.5) at Boston Breakers(8-5)
Attendance: 15,087, TV: ESPN
BOSTON (UPI) -- The Boston Breakers are making waves in the USFL playoff race. The Breakers moved into enviable position for the league's wild card berth with a 21-15 win Monday night over the Chicago Blitz.
The victory, Boston's fourth straight, improved their record to 9-5, the same as Chicago, and one game better than Michigan, the third prime contender for a wild card berth. The Breakers again displayed their late-game ability and even Blitz coach George Allen was impressed.
Boston, which trailed 13-0 at one point, managed only eight first downs, 141 total yards and had to punt 11 times. The Blitz opened their 13-0 lead on two Frank Corral field goals and a29yard TD pass from Tim Koegel to Trumaine Johnson. But the Breakers, who have a habit of falling behind early, scored on a John Walton bootleg with 88 seconds to play in the half after a recovered fumble.
"It was a boot with no leg," joked Walton, who was averaging around 300 passing yards a game but was held to 88 by the USFL's top defense against the pass. Boston took a 14-13 lead when Richard Crump scored from six yards following a 50-yard flea-flicker and Crump added another score with 9:31 left to make it 21-13. Boston yielded a safety in the final seconds.
1 2 3 4 F
CHI 3 10 0 2 - 15
BOS 0 7 7 7 - 21
Scoring
CHI:Corral 23 yd field goal - CHI 3, BOS 0
CHI:Johnson 29 yd pass from Koegel (Corral kick) - CHI 10, BOS 0
CHI:Corral 29 yd field goal - CHI 13, BOS 0
BOS:Walton 10 yd run (Mazzetti kick) - CHI 13, BOS 7
BOS:Crump 6 yd run (Mazzetti kick) - BOS 14, CHI 13
BOS:Crump 9 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - BOS 21, CHI 13
CHI:Safety, Restic runs out of end zone - BOS 21, CHI 15
Box Score
CHI LA
First Downs 17 8
Rushes-Yards 48-226 30-53
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 27-10-131-0 23-10-88-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-29 2-18
Total Plays-Yards 78-328 55-123
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1
Penalties-Yards 7-75 9-68
Turnovers 2 2
Time of Possession 34:47 25:13
Attendance = 15,087
CHICAGO BOSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Koegel 27 10 131 0 1 65.5 Walton 23 10 88 1 1 50.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Spencer 22 90 4.1 0 Davis 15 38 2.5 0
Long 21 88 4.2 0 Crump 9 15 1.7 1
Boatner 3 36 12.0 0 Walton 1 10 10.0 1
Johnson 1 7 7.0 0 Lockett 1 7 7.0 0
Koegel 1 5 5.0 0 Johnson, D 3 4 1.3 0
Restic 1 -21-21.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Johnson 3 72 24.0 1 Franz 1 50 50.0 0
Ricker 4 28 7.0 0 Coash 2 18 9.0 0
Willis 1 21 21.0 0 Crump 4 18 4.5 1
Dennison 2 10 5.0 0 Lockett 1 9 9.0 0
Johnson, D 1 1 1.0 0
Giammona 1 -8 -8.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Willis 3 25 8.3 0 Wilson 2 44 22.0 0
Anderson 1 18 18.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Willis 7 41 5.9 0 Wilson 2 7 3.5 0
Giammona 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Corral 2-4 29 1-1 7 Mazzetti 0-0 0 3-3 3
miss: 40, 27 miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Corral 8 364 45.5 Casarino 11 487 44.3
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Ah You 2 18 Gaylord 1 12
Needham 1 9
Harbison 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Allen 1 0 0.0 0 None
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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