Box Score

2984 Denver 14, 2984 Birmingham 20
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2984 Denver	14	0	0	0	0	14
2984 Birmingham	0	14	3	3	0	20

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	8:06	2984 Denver	H.Sydney 5 yd. pass from F.Mortensen (B.Speelman kick)	7-0 DEL
1	3:00	2984 Denver	V.Hicks 5 yd. pass from F.Mortensen (B.Speelman kick)	14-0 DEL
2	4:30	2984 Birmingham	J.Cribbs 2 yd. run (D.Miller kick)	14-7 DEL
2	0:15	2984 Birmingham	K.Toler 34 yd. pass from C.Stoudt (D.Miller kick)	14-14 BIL
3	8:42	2984 Birmingham	D.Miller 20 yd. field goal	17-14 BIL
4	10:30	2984 Birmingham	D.Miller 25 yd. field goal	20-14 BIL

Other Highlights
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Event	Player	Yards
1	4:30	2984 Denver	Pass	Victor Hicks	53
2	9:00	2984 Denver	Missed Field Goal	Brian Speelman	39
2	8:24	2984 Birmingham	QBSack	Pat Ogrin	-6
2	6:18	2984 Denver	Fumble	Harry Sydney
2	0:01	2984 Denver	Pass	Elmer Bailey	33
3	3:36	2984 Denver	Missed Field Goal	Brian Speelman	19
3	1:48	2984 Denver	Intercept	John Bungartz	15
3	0:18	2984 Denver	Missed Field Goal	Brian Speelman	43
4	11:06	2984 Birmingham	QBSack	John Bungartz	-9
4	10:12	2984 Denver	QBSack	Jackie Cline	0
4	9:18	2984 Denver	QBSack	Mike Perko	-7
4	0:15	2984 Denver	QBSack	Dave Pureifory	-4
4	0:08	2984 Denver	QBSack	Mike Perko	-3

Team Statistics
	2984 Denver	2984 Birmingham
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	3-17-1-21	9-11-1-21
Third Down Efficiency	8-14-57%	8-14-57%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-1-0%	0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-21-67%	13-21-62%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	397-65-6.1	349-66-5.3
Total Net Yards Rushing	82	198
Total Rushes	20	40
Average Per Rush	4.1	4.9
Passes Completed/Attempted	27/41 (65.9%)	11/24 (45.8%)
Net Yards Passing	315	151
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.0	6.9
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/14	2/15
Punts/Average	2/44.5	3/42.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/8	0/0
Kickoffs/Returns	2/30	2/45
Interceptions/Returns	1/15	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/72	8/52
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	1/0
Time of Possession	29 mins 27 secs	30 mins 33 secs
Average Drive Start	DEL 28	BIL 30

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2984 Denver
Fred Mortensen	41	27	329	65.9	8.0	2	4.9	0	0	53	4/14	106.7
2984 Birmingham
Cliff Stoudt	24	11	166	45.8	6.9	1	4.2	1	4.2	34	2/15	65.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2984 Denver
Harry Sydney	18	73	4.1	18	0	0	1/1
Fred Mortensen	2	9	4.5	6	0	0	0/0
2984 Birmingham
Joe Cribbs	17	85	5.0	23	1	0	0/0
Leon Perry	9	54	6.0	19	0	0	1/0
Cliff Stoudt	6	23	3.8	9	0	0	0/0
Ken Talton	3	8	2.7	6	0	0	0/0
Earl Gant	3	10	3.3	7	0	0	0/0
Lonnie Johnson	2	18	9.0	10	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2984 Denver
Harry Sydney	9	116	12.9	29	1	0
Leonard Harris	5	30	6.0	13	0	0
Victor Hicks	5	84	16.8	53	1	0
Bill Johnson	4	32	8.0	13	0	0
Kevin Williams	3	34	11.3	15	0	0
Elmer Bailey	1	33	33.0	33	0	0
2984 Birmingham
Darryl Mason	4	48	12.0	15	0	0
Ken Toler	2	49	24.5	34	1	0
Earl Gant	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
Robin Earl	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
Joey Jones	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
Jim Smith	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Joe Cribbs	1	13	13.0	13	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2984 Denver
Brian Speelman	0/1	0/0	0/1	0/1	0/0	0/3	0.0
2984 Birmingham
Danny Miller	0/0	2/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2984 Denver
Steve Gortz	2	44.5	44.5	0	2	50	0
2984 Birmingham
Bob Parsons	3	42.3	33.0	1	1	60	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2984 Denver
Leonard Harris	2	30	15.0	26	0
2984 Birmingham
Von Mansfield	1	20	20.0	20	0
Earl Gant	1	25	25.0	25	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2984 Denver
David Martin	1	0	8	8.0	8	0
2984 Birmingham
Ron Frederick	0	1	0		0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2984 Denver
Greg Gerken	8	0	0
Jeff Harper	8	0	0
Tom Sullivan	6	0	0
Pat Ogrin	6	1	0
John Bungartz	5	1	0
David Martin	5	0	0
David Dumars	3	0	0
DeAnthony Allen	3	0	0
Nate Miller	2	0	0
Bruce Thornton	2	0	0
Bill Matthews	1	0	0
2984 Birmingham
Herbie Spencer	8	0	1
Mike Perko	7	2	0
David Evans	6	0	0
Bill Roe	5	0	0
Chuck Clanton	4	0	0
Ricky Ray	4	0	0
Taft Sales	4	0	0
Dennis Woodberry	3	0	0
Joe Cugliari	3	0	0
Dave Pureifory	3	1	0
Jackie Cline	2	1	0
Buddy Aydelette	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2984 Denver
John Bungartz	1	15	15.0	15	0
2984 Birmingham

Game Story
In a tightly fought contest Birmingham beat Denver by the score of 20 to 14. Joe Cribbs ran the ball 17 times for 85 yards and added a touchdown. Birmingham was clutch on third down, converting on 8 of 14 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing Denver 198 to 82 yards. Denver got ahead early outscoring Birmingham 14 to 0 in the first quarter. The game was tied at the half, 14 to 14. Fred Mortensen threw 41 times for 329 yards and 2 touchdowns for Denver, but it wasn't enough.

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