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Conference Championship: Birmingham Stallions at Washington Federals

January 10, 1988
70°
RFK Stadium (Washington, D. C., DC) Attendance: 56,692 (100%)
Stallions 7 3 10 0 - 20
Federals 3 7 3 10 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Federals: 4-8-BIR 24 (8:41) 16-John Bazile 42 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 3 BIR 0
(Qtr 1) Stallions: 1-5-WAS 5 (2:57) 9-David Schmitt pass complete to 80-Christopher Henderson for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Gerard Hinton. WAS 3 BIR 7
(Qtr 2) Stallions: 4-1-WAS 25 (5:16) 6-Gerard Hinton 43 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 3 BIR 10
(Qtr 2) Federals: 3-14-BIR 30 (1:35) 11-Scott Bieber pass complete to 88-Luther Ellis for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Bazile. WAS 87-Jason Laughlin was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. WAS 10 BIR 10
(Qtr 3) Stallions: (15:00) 16-John Bazile kicks 74 yards from WAS 35 to BIR -9. 30-Richard Sutton for 109yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Gerard Hinton. WAS 10 BIR 17
(Qtr 3) Federals: 4-4-BIR 31 (10:40) 16-John Bazile 50 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 13 BIR 17
(Qtr 3) Stallions: 4-2-WAS 15 (4:47) 6-Gerard Hinton 33 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 13 BIR 20
(Qtr 4) Federals: 4-9-BIR 29 (8:37) 16-John Bazile 47 yard field goal is GOOD. WAS 16 BIR 20
(Qtr 4) Federals: 4-3-BIR 22 (1:55) 11-Scott Bieber pass complete to 80-Allan Boyer for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Bazile. WAS 23 BIR 20

Team Statistics

Federals Stallions
First Downs 17 17
- Rushing 8 4
- Passing 7 12
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 338 256
- Offensive Plays 66 58
- Yards Per Play 5.12 4.41
Net Rushing Yards 108 82
- Rushing Attempts 23 22
- Yards Per Rush 4.70 3.73
Net Passing Yards 230 174
- Att/Comp/Int 43 / 29 / 1 33 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 230 207
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 33
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.35 4.83
- Yards Per Completion 7.93 9.86
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 14 2 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 6.0
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 6 / 47 4 / 28
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 18 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 52 1 / 109
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 29
Time of Possession 26:35 33:11

Drive Charts

Washington Federals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:50 OWN 24 5 21 Punt
1 10:45 2:07 OPP 36 4 12 Field Goal
1 2:54 2:02 OWN 25 4 14 Punt
2 12:59 2:16 OWN 29 3 9 Punt
2 5:12 3:43 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
3 6:25 0:08 OWN 18 2 0 Interception
3 4:44 1:34 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 1:21 3:28 OWN 9 8 42 Punt
4 11:58 3:24 OWN 37 7 34 Field Goal
4 6:14 4:24 OWN 32 9 68 Touchdown
4 0:39 0:39 OPP 48 2 15 Game

Birmingham Stallions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:10 1:26 OWN 20 3 12 Interception
1 8:38 5:44 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
1 0:52 2:53 OWN 14 7 46 Interception
2 10:43 5:31 OWN 17 8 57 Field Goal
2 1:29 1:29 OWN 25 3 2 Half
3 14:43 4:07 OPP 29 9 -39 Field Goal
3 10:36 4:11 OWN 25 6 21 Punt
3 6:17 1:34 OPP 22 3 8 Field Goal
3 3:10 1:49 OWN 18 4 21 Punt
4 12:53 0:56 OWN 10 3 4 Punt
4 8:34 2:20 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 1:50 1:11 OWN 25 8 23 Downs

Rushing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Cory Martin 17 92 5.41 15 4 0
Efrain Mattie 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
Jason Laughlin 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Robert Sullivan 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Cedric Ervin 2 0 0.00 1 0 0
Scott Bieber 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Richard Sutton 13 54 4.15 13 3 0
Mark Peterson 7 22 3.14 10 1 0
Marty Balin 2 6 3.00 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Washington Federals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Scott Bieber 43 29 230 0 / 0 2 30 1 86.39

Birmingham Stallions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Schmitt 33 21 207 3 / 33 1 23 2 66.10

Receiving Stats

Washington Federals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Luther Ellis 11 118 10.73 30 1
Allan Boyer 8 46 5.75 22 1
Jeffrey Lynn 2 40 20.00 24 0
Efrain Mattie 5 17 3.40 5 0
Robert Sullivan 2 9 4.50 7 0
Patrick Begay 1 0 0.00 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Richard Sutton 5 61 12.20 23 0
William Taylor 3 39 13.00 16 0
Christopher Henderson 4 38 9.50 14 1
Leonard Robles 3 27 9.00 12 0
Mark Peterson 3 23 7.67 11 0
Jeffrey Zimmer 1 9 9.00 9 0
Larry Ceasar 1 7 7.00 7 0
Stephen Richardson 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Washington Federals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Wesley Griffin 48 26 0 7
Richard Bennett 13 8 0 0
Theodore Paladino 0 1 0 0
Elwood Valdez 0 4 0 0
Reid Davis 0 2 0 0
Cedric Ervin 2 4 0 0
Luther Ellis 0 12 0 0
Dusty Aranda 0 3 0 1
Stephen Newton 0 1 0 0
Robert Sullivan 3 6 0 0
John Meyer 0 2 0 0
Dino Perez 0 2 0 1
Matthew Minor 0 4 0 1
John Broussard 0 3 0 0
William Kane 7 0 0 0
David Zimmer 10 1 0 0
Francis Vanhoose 0 3 0 0
Cory Martin 5 7 0 1
Jason Laughlin 9 25 0 0
Jeffrey Lynn 2 23 0 1
Efrain Mattie 11 13 0 2
Allan Boyer 0 11 0 1
Joseph Popovich 53 31 0 1
William Power 44 32 0 0
Eddie Long 42 30 0 1
David Aybar 52 35 0 0
Edwin Malik 0 4 0 1
Allan Buchanan 0 3 0 0
Gene Gilbert 0 6 0 0
Larry Gonzalez 5 3 0 1
Fred Hall 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Peres 1 0 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Mills 43 29 1 1
Jaime McCauley 40 30 1 2
Adam Bullard 34 24 1 1
Howard Hutchinson 0 2 0 1
Bruce Sylvester 4 0 0 0
Larry Ceasar 2 0 0 0
Lyle Chaffin 0 1 0 0
Roy Buckle 0 1 0 0
Fred Kyle 0 2 0 0
Joseph Gerald 0 1 0 0
Steven Minton 4 5 0 0
William Williams 0 1 0 0
Keith Clevenger 0 4 0 1
Steven Bunger 3 3 0 0
Daniel Tedrow 0 1 0 0
Richard Sutton 4 2 0 0
Christopher Henderson 0 19 0 2
Robert Marx 6 9 0 0
Douglas Trump 3 0 0 0
Anthony Quinn 8 2 0 0
Mark Peterson 3 1 0 0
Stephen Richardson 20 13 0 0
Jeffrey Zimmer 0 21 0 0
Jeffery Hankins 43 28 0 3
Leonard Robles 0 17 0 1
William Taylor 0 16 0 2
William Sawyers 42 27 0 2
Marty Balin 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Washington Federals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Francis Vanhoose 1 0 0.00 0
Allan Buchanan 1 0 0.00 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Roy Buckle 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Washington Federals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jason Laughlin 1 1 0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Punting

Washington Federals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wayne Lange 5 235 47.00 42.80 56 4

Birmingham Stallions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jack Carle 4 193 48.25 44.25 51 2

Kicking

Washington Federals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Bazile 3 / 3 3 / 3 0 / 0 50 2 / 2

Birmingham Stallions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gerard Hinton 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 2 / 2

Punt Return

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jason Laughlin 2 18 9.0 10 0

Birmingham Stallions

Kick Return

Washington Federals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jason Laughlin 2 52 26.0 0

Birmingham Stallions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Richard Sutton 1 109 109.0 1

Defensive Stats