Event Date: March 30th, 1992
Event Description: Star Struck!
Source: New York Daily News
Doug Flutie threw for 276 yards on 14-of-25 passing, and completed a go-ahead touchdown pass to Bobby Olive to start the fourth quarter, lifting the New Jersey Generals to a 30-24 win over the Baltimore Stars.
Flutie had three touchdown passes overall, and Olive caught two of them, finishing with four receptions for 57 yards for the Generals (1-1). Perry Tuttle added three catches for 97 yards with one touchdown.
Chuck Fusina went 16-for-32 passing and accumulated 176 yards and one touchdown, but was also sacked five times as Baltimore (1-1) lost its first game of the season.
Clarence Weathers and Victor Harrison each caught four passes, one for a touchdown, while John Settle ran for 91 yards and one touchdown on 15 attempts.
Flutie got New Jersey on the board in the first quarter with a 52-yard touchdown strike to Olive, though Fusina’s 22-yard touchdown throw with 2:12 left in the stanza knotted things headed into the second.
John Settle opened the second-quarter scoring with little more than seven minutes left by scampering into the end zone from ten yards out, to give Baltimore a 14-7 lead. Two Tony Franklin field goals closed out the first half scoring sending the teams into the break at 14-13.
The Stars led 24-20 heading into the fourth quarter, after a 71-yard interception return by R.L. Harris and a 28-yard field goal by kicker David Trout. New Jersey got their score via a 72-yard bomb from Flutie to Perry Tuttle with 13:53 remaining.
Early in the final period, Flutie led New Jersey on a quick drive punctuated by a quick strike. After a 20-yard pass to Robert Drummond brought the club up to the Baltimore six-yard line, Flutie connected with Olive again for the touchdown and a 27-24 lead.
Tony Franklin converted a late field goal, bringing New Jersey out to a 30-24 lead that would not be relinquished.
Game Notes;
New Jersey committed two turnovers, while Baltimore had none...Flutie was the Generals' leading rusher with 57 yards on nine attempts; the team had only 99 rushing yards total...Ex-Giant Zeke Mowatt finished with two catches for 38 yards for New Jersey.
more to come........
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