Luis Aguilar connected from 55 yards on the final snap for his eighth field goal of the game to lift the Philadelphia Stars to a 24-21 victory over the New Jersey Generals on Sunday.

Aguilar set a USFL record as he accounted for all the Stars’ points at Ford Field in Detroit. His other field goals came from 22, 42, 56, 36, 27, 51 and 49 yards.

In the USFL’s other Week 5 games:

· Pittsburgh’s defense held the Michigan Panthers to 152 yards and recorded four takeaways, four sacks and 10 tackles for loss in the Maulers’ 23-7 victory on Saturday at Ford Field.

· Houston running back Mark Thompson ran for three touchdowns and the Gamblers scored 20 straight fourth-quarter points to defeat the Birmingham Stallions 27-20 on Saturday at Protective Stadium in Birmingham. The Stallions had 10 penalties and the Gamblers had none. A 50-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Terry Wilson to wide receiver Anthony Ratliff-Williams gave Houston a 14-13 lead. A miss on a 51-yard field-goal attempt put the Gamblers on their 41-yard line, and, with the help of two penalties, they drove for another touchdown. Trailing 20-13, Birmingham had a successful fourth-and-4 throw nullified by an offensive pass interference penalty, then lost a fourth-and-14 completion to video review with 1:48 to play to put Houston on the Stallions 8 and set up the Gamblers’ final points.

· The Memphis Showboats pinned the first loss of the season on the New Orleans Breakers with a 17-10 victory on Sunday at Protective Stadium. Down by one point, the Showboats went on nine-play, 59-yard drive capped by quarterback Cole Kelley’s 4-yard touchdown pass to tight end John Mitchell and 2-point conversion pass to running back Juwan Washington with 2:16 to play. New Orleans’ final possession ended on a fourth-and-4 incompletion at the Breakers 29-yard line. New Orleans had the opportunity to get the football again but jumped offside on fourth-and-2 with 39 seconds to play. A span of 2:37 in the second quarter featured five turnovers – two fumbles and one interception by the Breakers and one interception and one fumble by the Showboats.

The NFL record for field goals in a game is held by former Auburn kicker Rob Bironas, who made eight in the Tennessee Titans’ 38-36 victory over the Houston Texans on Oct. 21, 2007.

The Stars needed Aguilar’s final field goal after New Jersey quarterback Kyle Lauletta’s 1-yard touchdown run and 2-point conversion pass with 21 seconds to play capped a drive that included a fourth-down conversion at the Generals 17-yard line.

Terry Wright’s 32-yard return of a short kickoff put Philadelphia at the New Jersey 47 with 14 seconds remaining.

The Generals lost even though they gained 354 yards to the Stars’ 166. New Jersey also had four turnovers while Philadelphia had none.

Generals running back Darius Victor, the 2022 USFL Offensive Player of the Year, lost three fumbles. The first two – recovered at the New Jersey 32 and 20 – set up Philadelphia field goals, and the Stars recovered the last one at their 3-yard line with 5:31 remaining.

The Week 5 results left the four North Division teams – Michigan, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh – with identical 2-3 records. In the South, New Orleans is 4-1, Birmingham and Houston are 3-2 and Memphis is 2-3.

Players from Alabama high schools and colleges in the USFL’s Week 5 games included:

Pittsburgh Maulers 23, Michigan Panthers 7

· Maulers center Xavier Dampeer (Auburn) did not record any stats.

· Maulers linebacker Reuben Foster (Auburn High, Alabama) was designated a game-day inactive. A knee injury kept Foster off the field.

· Maulers defensive back Sedevyn Gray (West Alabama) made one tackle.

· Brodarious Hamm (Auburn) started at right offensive tackle for the Panthers.

· Garrett Marino (UAB) started at defensive tackle for the Panthers.

Houston Gamblers 27, Birmingham Stallions 20

· Gamblers tight end Brandon Barnes (Russell County, Alabama State) did not record any stats.

· Gamblers defensive end Tim Bonner (Demopolis) made two tackles and forced a fumble on the second-half kickoff. Houston recovered the football, but the Gamblers were stopped on downs at the Birmingham 12-yard line on the possession.

· Stallions wide receiver Myron Mitchell (Jasper, UAB) caught four passes for 33 yards.

· Stallions running back Bo Scarbrough (Northridge, Alabama) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.

· Gamblers kicker Nick Vogel (UAB) made all three of his extra-point attempts. Vogel also returned a fumble on a kickoff return at the Birmingham 49-yard line.

· Stallions wide receiver Austin Watkins (UAB) caught four passes for 25 yards.

· Stallions wide receiver Marlon Williams (McGill-Toolen) in on injured reserve and not eligible to play.

Philadelphia Stars 24, New Jersey Generals 21

· Calvin Ashley (Auburn) started at right guard for the Generals.

· Generals tight end Braedon Bowman (South Alabama) had a 24-yard reception.

· Generals linebacker Jalen Choice (Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa, Jacksonville State) made two tackles.

· Generals cornerback Blake Countess (Auburn) is on the injured list and not eligible to play.

· Generals running back Kingston Davis (Prattville, UAB/Miles) was designated as a game-day inactive.

· Generals wide receiver Cam Echols-Luper (Auburn High) had a 31-yard kickoff return.

· Generals safety Trae Elston (Oxford) made three tackles.

· Antonio Garcia (Troy) started at left offensive tackle for the Stars.

· Stars offensive tackle Colby Ragland (UAB) did not record any stats.

· LaBryan Ray (James Clemens, Alabama) started at defensive tackle for the Stars.

· Generals wide receiver Randy Satterfield (Jemison, West Alabama) was designated as a game-day inactive.

· Generals tight end Wes Saxton (Hueytown, South Alabama) had a 25-yard reception and made a special-teams tackle.

· Generals defensive tackle Tyrone Truesdell (Auburn) made two tackles.

· Generals cornerback Christian Tutt (Auburn) made three tackles and broke up a pass.

Memphis Showboats 17, New Orleans Breakers 10

· Breakers tight end Justin Alexander-Johnson (Hoover) was designated as a game-day inactive.

· Breakers wide receiver Dee Anderson (Alabama A&M) had two receptions for 24 yards.

· Showboats defensive end Big Kat Bryant (Auburn) made one tackle.

· Breakers defensive tackle Connor Christian (Jacksonville State) made four tackles.

· Showboats wide receiver John Franklin III (Auburn) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.

· Breakers quarterback Aqeel Glass (Alabama A&M) was designated as a game-day inactive.

· Showboats running back Ezra Gray (Alabama State) was designated as a game-day inactive.

· Showboats safety T.J. Green (Sylacauga) was designated as a game-day inactive.

· Kirk Kelley (Troy) started at left guard for the Breakers.

· Breakers linebacker Zakoby McClain (Auburn) was designated as a game-day inactive.

· Breakers offensive tackle Steven Rowzee (Troy) did not record any stats.

· Breakers linebacker Shaheed Salmon (Samford) made seven tackles and record one tackle for loss.

· Breakers tight end Jared Scott (Jacksonville State) did not record any stats.

· Breakers wide receiver Eli Stove (Auburn) caught two passes for 7 yards, had a 10-yard run and returned three kickoffs for 74 yards.

· Showboats tight end Jay Jay Wilson (Auburn) caught five passes for 64 yards. On Memphis’ touchdown drive, Wilson had a 13-yard reception on a third-and-5 pass to move Memphis to the New Orleans 3-yard line.

In Week 6 games:

· The Maulers and Showboats meet at 11:30 a.m. CDT Saturday at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis. USA will televise the game.

· The Stallions and Panthers square off at 3 p.m. Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. FOX will televise the game.

· The Breakers and Stars play at 11 a.m. Sunday at Ford Feld. FS1 will televise the game.

· The Generals and Gamblers face off at 3 p.m. Sunday at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. FOX will televise the game.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.