Birmingham remain unbeaten with come-from-behind win over St. Louis

The Stallions are still looking for their first loss in the UFL.

Seven games, seven wins. It wasn’t easy on Saturday, when the 5-1 St. Louis Battlehawks have come to town. Trailing 20-17 after three quarters, the Stallions scored a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull away with a 30-26 victory.

Running back Adrian Martinez was 21-for-33 for 230 yards and three touchdowns. He added 60 yards rushing on seven attempts.

The play included a 61-yard field goal by Battlehawks kicker Andre Szmyt, cutting the score to 17-14 at halftime.

There were three lead changes in the final quarter, with the winning points coming on a one-play drive — a 40-yard touchdown pass from Martinez to Kevin Austin Jr.

A crowd of 14,056 (with most, if not all, seated on one side of the stadium and few or none on a side not at the standard TV angle) attended the game. They are the most to have attended a Birmingham home game.

Birmingham has won both USFL championships and is now the best team in the UFL. If these two teams meet again in the UFL championship, there will be a lot more people. The match will take place in St. Louis next month.