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There is even now a strange relationship when talking football and we cite the city of Birmingham, Alabama. Indeed, many still trots the head of stallions galloping on the Legion Field and these past few years of dreams in USFL.

Birmingham was simply an unqualified success for the next football a good team with results exceeding expectations, a health fiancière and a relationship with the public without a hitch, but the death of the league in 1985, all hopes are gone.

Coached for three years by Rollie DOTSCH, a former assistant of the Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL), the team offered a handsome surplus career quarterback Cliff STOUDT notably, also from Steelers franchise. At his side were found Joe CRIBBS a Buffalo Bills (NFL) RB and a few others. Stallions team was good, if not the largest, one of the big teams in the league.

However, the 1983 season became subdued, despite the disastrous performance of QB Bob LANE (third worst attack), the situation was saved because the team still managed 3017 yards race (including 907 only by Ken TATTON). The arrival of the next season, STOUDT at the attack and CRIBBS to the race allowed the team to really take off. The figures speak for themselves: STOUDT lined 26 touchdowns for 3,121 yards and only seven interceptions. CRIBBS led the league with 1,467 yards running and Jim SMITH capta 89 passes for 1,481 yards. After the regular season, came the playoffs and a win against the Tampa Bay Bandits 36-17 before losing 20-10 in the semifinals against the eventual champions, the Philadelphia Stars.

The following year, the same desire to win and the season concludes with a 13 wins to 5 losses, before crushing the Denver Gold 48-07 and ending up in the semifinals again, the Stars ... Baltimore (the franchise moved to Philadelphia for the 1985 season). And there, same result: a 28-14 home defeat that deprived them certainly a coronation USFL.

When the league stopped, many hoped that the NFL would quickly enough to Birmingham to join the team in the championship. But the NFL has a sharp tongue and to this day, unfortunately, Birmingham is still on draft extensions league, but nothing concrete. Stallions became a legend, and basically, it is perhaps better that way ...

 

 

 

 

  owner(s) coach(es) stadium stats spectators  

1983 - 1985

1983-85

Marvin WARNER

1983-85

Rollie DOTSCH

1983-84

Legion Field

(75.412 capacity)

1983

09 - 09

1984

14 - 04

1985

13 - 03

1983

22.046

1984

36.850

1985

32.065