![]() Momentum has shifted, Generals on the boardĪt first, Things started to go backward for New Jersey. The score remained 10-7 entering the fourth quarter. Cookus returned to the field and throw a 50-yard pass to Diondre Overton. The Stars lost both Channing Stribling (ankle) and Matthew Colburn (leg) to different injuries in the third quarter. The Stars made a quarterback change midway through the third quarter after Cookus took a vicious hit. KJ Costello replaced Cookus following the interception pass he made earlier that eventually turned into a Generals touchdown. Amani Dennis closed the deal with the final interception for the Stars to beat the Generals 19-14 and advance to the finals. Just when the Generals were on the verge of victory with two minutes left, Maurice Alexander responded with a 87-yard punt return for a touchdown for the Stars to regain the lead with 1:36 left to play. Five minutes into the fourth quarter, KaVontae Turpin scored on a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown to give the Generals their first lead of the game at 14-13. The fourth quarter became a battle of momentum in the fourth quarter. Maurice Alexander, KaVontae Turpin take it to the house Jordan Ellis scored on a short-run play after New Orleans produced 58 yards of offense and ended the quarter with a 7-0 lead. Breakers break the ice in the first quarterĪfter the Stallions went 3 & out and a missed field goal on their opening drive, the Breakers drew first blood. The Stallions followed with a pick-6 by DeMarquis Gates to give them a 14-7 lead. J'Mar Smith finds Osiris Mitchell on a 23-yard touchdown pass. The Stallions responded back 10 seconds into the second quarter to tie the game at 7. Stallions score on both ends in the second quarter returns one to the endzone for the Stallions to regain the lead, 21-14 with less than a minute left. Unfortunately, that tie was only short-lived as Victor Golden Jr. Quick second scoring drives before the halfīreakers tie the game after a touchdown pass from Kyle Sloter to Jordan Ellis with a 1:06 left. Stallions lead the Breakers 21-14 at the half. ![]() Sloter threw a pick-6 earlier in the second quarter. Things are not going right for Sloter as he threw his second interception of the night before the first half. Sloter throws his second interception in the first half ![]() Birmingham now leads 24-17 with 11:45 left in the fourth quarter. Brandon Aubrey knocked down a 38-yard field goal. ![]() The Stallions continue to put points on the board in the fourth quarter. Taylor Bertolet made a 23-yard field for the Breakers to only trail 21-17 with 4:35 left in the third quarter. Here's a look back at how the two games unfolded Saturday: Bertolet knocks field goal in the second half The Stars and Stallions meet next weekend in the USFL championship game, also at Benson Stadium. The Philadelphia Stars defeated the New Jersey Generals in the first semifinal, while the Birmingham Stallions were winners over the New Orleans Breakers in Game 2. The USFL semifinals kicked off Saturday at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium right next door to the Hall of Fame and not too far from where the NFL was born a century ago at the Ralph Hay's Hupmobile in Downtown Canton. CANTON - After spending their entire 10-week regular season in the south - Birmingham, Alabama - the USFL headed north to the cradle of pro football for its entire postseason.
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