* Championship * 07-05-1987 Liberty Bowl Temp:91 Wind:0-5 MVP:Cliff Stoudt
1 2 3 4 Tot
1986 Houston (2-1) 0 3 0 0 3
1986 Birmingham (3-0) 10 7 3 6 26
Scoring Summary
1 11:33 Birmingham TD Cliff Stoudt 19 pass to Heimuli (Miller) (6-50-3:16) 0-7
1 6:46 Birmingham FG Dan Miller 48 (5-23-2:56) 0-10
2 3:30 Houston FG Miller 28 (18-88-11:14) 3-10
2 1:30 Birmingham TD Cliff Stoudt 24 pass to J.R. Ambrose (Miller) (7-77-1: 3-17
3 5:47 Birmingham FG Dan Miller 47 (8-50-4:27) 3-20
4 8:59 Birmingham FG Dan Miller 30 (5-17-3:10) 3-23
4 0:23 Birmingham FG Dan Miller 43 (11-53-6:50) 3-26
Drive Summary
1 Birmingham 50 6 plays 50 yards 3:16 Touchdown, Hou 0 Bir 7
1 Houston Hou 9 3 plays 0 yards 1:31 Punt
1 Birmingham Bir 46 5 plays 23 yards 2:56 Field Goal, Hou 0 Bir 10
1 Houston Hou 24 3 plays -6 yards 1:29 Punt
1 Birmingham Bir 36 3 plays 4 yards 0:42 Punt
1 Houston Hou 9 3 plays 7 yards 1:35 Interception
1 Birmingham Hou 29 7 plays 29 yards 2:48 Turnover on downs
2 Houston Hou 1 18 plays 88 yards 11:14 Field Goal, Hou 3 Bir 10
2 Birmingham Bir 23 7 plays 77 yards 1:49 Touchdown, Hou 3 Bir 17
2 Houston Hou 33 8 plays 56 yards 1:16 Missed Field Goal
2 Birmingham Bir 20 1 plays -1 yards 0:07 End Half
3 Houston Hou 23 8 plays 41 yards 4:27 Punt
3 Birmingham Bir 20 8 plays 50 yards 4:27 Field Goal, Hou 3 Bir 20
3 Houston Hou 23 3 plays 7 yards 1:30 Punt
3 Birmingham Bir 25 3 plays -1 yards 2:20 Punt
3 Houston Hou 32 1 plays 6 yards 0:12 Fumble
3 Birmingham Hou 38 3 plays 6 yards 1:34 Interception
4 Houston Hou 10 7 plays 22 yards 2:41 Interception
4 Birmingham Hou 30 5 plays 17 yards 3:10 Field Goal, Hou 3 Bir 23
4 Houston Hou 19 6 plays 23 yards 1:26 Punt
4 Birmingham Bir 21 11 plays 53 yards 6:50 Field Goal, Hou 3 Bir 26
4 Houston Hou 18 2 plays 34 yards 0:18 Game Over
Hou Bir
First Downs 17 17
Rushes 25-77 31-74
Passes 31-17-219 23-16-226
Sacked 3-23 1-8
Fumble 3 1
Penalties 4-45 1-5
Turnovers 3 1
Missed Tackles 8 2
Dropped Passes 1 1
Bad Passes 3 1
Passes 25+ 1 0
Runs 10+ 2 3
Blitzers 25 7
Challenges 2-2 0-0
Time 29:10 30:50
Third Down 6-13 5-12
Fourth Down 0-0 0-1
Red Att/Td/Fg 2/0/1 3/1/1
Net Offense 273 292
Houston Gamblers Birmingham Stallions
Passing Att Cmp Yds 25 In Td Sk Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds 25 In Td Sk Rate
Kelly 31 17 219 1 2 0 3 50.3 Cliff Stoud 23 16 226 0 1 2 1 111.9
Rushing Att Yds Avg FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Avg FD 10 Lg TD
Harrrell 15 29 1.9 1 0 5 0 Heimuli 23 52 2.3 3 2 12 0
Kelly 4 24 6.0 2 1 11 0 Cliff Stoud 4 24 6.0 1 1 20 0
Lazarus 6 24 4.0 1 1 11 0 J.R. Ambros 2 4 2.0 0 0 6 0
25 77 3.1 4 2 11 0 Joe Cribbs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Troy Johnso 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0
31 74 2.4 4 3 20 0
Receiving No Dp Att Yds Avg FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Att Yds Avg FD 25 Lg TD
Sanders 7 0 11 125 17.9 7 1 34 0 Heimuli 5 0 5 64 12.8 3 0 20 1
Johnson 4 0 7 39 9.8 2 0 13 0 J.R. Ambros 5 0 7 77 15.4 4 0 24 1
Barousse 2 0 3 17 8.5 1 0 11 0 Hall 2 0 2 28 14.0 2 0 16 0
Harrrell 1 0 3 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Joey Jones 2 1 4 31 15.5 1 0 17 0
Lazarus 1 1 2 11 11.0 1 0 11 0 Troy Johnso 2 0 5 26 13.0 1 0 16 0
McNeil 1 0 2 9 9.0 1 0 9 0 16 1 0 226 14.1 11 0 24 2
Campbell 1 0 2 11 11.0 0 0 11 0
17 1 0 219 12.9 12 1 34 0
Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD
Kelly 2 2 0 Cliff Stoud 1 1 0
Harrrell 1 0 0 Chuck Clant 0 1 0
Kick Returns No Yds Avg Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Avg Lg TD
Verdin 6 92 15.3 25 0 J.R. Ambros 1 32 32.0 32 0
Eason 1 18 18.0 18 0 Troy Johnso 1 15 15.0 15 0
Punt Returns No Fc Yds Avg Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Avg Lg TD
Thad McFadd 1 1 6 6.0 6 0 Tommy Hayne 4 0 17 4.3 8 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Miller 1-2 28 0-0 3 Dan Miller 4-4 48 2-2 14
Punting No Yds Avg Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Avg Tb 20 Bk Lg
Walters 5 226 45.2 1 0 0 51 Lewis Colbe 2 101 50.5 0 1 0 57
Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT
Byron Evans 8 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Curt Jarvis 8 1 0 0 0 0 0-0
Paul 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tommy Hayne 8 0 2 0 0 0 0-0
Kevin Dean 6 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Danny Noona 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Larry Stati 6 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 Chuck Clant 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Billy Jones 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Mike Perko 5 0 0 0 0 1 0-0
Tim Newton 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rodney Hard 4 2 1 0 1 2 0-0
Wycliffe Lo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dave Burke 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-18
Tony Degrat 2 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 Chip Powell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Myers 2 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 Sanchez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0
Orsby Crens 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Wayne Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Bongivengo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Desmond Hol 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Kaukialo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thomas Boyd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Lewis,W 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Tim Powell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Catan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 David Evans 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Leon Pennin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 David Dumar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Alonzo John 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Dennis Wood 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0
Dale Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0