Event Date: April 11th, 1992
Event Description: Stallions Remain Unbeaten
Source: Birmingham Sentinel
Walter Lewis's 5-yard touchdown pass with 1:18 left was the difference, as the Birmingham Stallions edged the New Jersey Generals, 29-28.
Brent Fullwood finished with 75 yards on 21 carries for the Stallions (4-0), who remain atop the South division. Charlie Brown added 147 yards on nine receptions with a touchdown in the win. Walter Lewis threw for 283 yards on 23-of-30 efficiency with an interception and two touchdowns. Joey Jones added another 69 yards for the winning team with one score on six grabs.
Doug Flutie totaled 312 yards on 19-of-27 passing with two touchdowns for the Generals (2-2), who have now fallen two games behind division leading Pittsburgh. Perry Tuttle tallied 110 yards on six catches in defeat, while Zeke Mowatt had two touchdown grabs. Gordie Lockbaum and Nuu Faaola also notched rushing touchdowns.
The Generals got on the board with just over six minutes left in the quarter, as Flutie hooked up with Zeke Mowatt for an eight-yard touchdown. They added the extra-point and it was 7-0 after the first quarter.
Birmingham responded with a 14-play, 82 yard drive finishing with Brent Fullwood's six-yard touchdown run, tying the game at 7-7.
New Jersey answered with a scoring drive, culminated by Flutie's second touchdown pass to Mowatt giving the visiting team a 14-7 lead with just over nine minutes left to play in the half.
After exchanging punts, the Generals got the ball back and drove 83-yards finishing with a one-yard scoring plunge by fullback Nuu Faaola which pushed New Jersey out to a 21-7 lead. A late Birmingham field goal from Scott Norwood sent the teams into half-time at 21-10.
Trailing by a 18 points, the Stallions got the ball back near the end of the third quarter, and then marched down the field and converted on a third down before Paul Ott Carruth barreled his way in from one-yard out. The two-point conversion was no good, but Birmingham was within two scores at 28-16 with 11:23 left.
The teams traded possessions, and the Stallions eventually got the ball back at their own 28 with just over eight minutes left to play. Flanker Gary Lewis moved the chains with a 25-yard run, and later in the drive, on third down, a 25-yard touchdown pass to Joey Jones moved Birmingham to within five at 28-23.
The Stallions then embarked on an epic drive that saw the club convert on a 3rd-and-inches. The nine-play, 77-yard drive was capped by a Lewis to Brown touchdown pass, which gave Birmingham its first lead of the game, 29-28, with about 1:18 left in the game.
Game Notes;
New Jersey lineman Todd Thomas and punter John Teltschik were both inactive due to injuries...New Jersey finished with just 54 rushing yards on 27 attempts...Birmingham registered 418 total yards, while New Jersey had 366.
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