Trent Richardson’s return to professional football has left one simple impression on the rest of the Alliance of American Football.

He is unstoppable, at least in goal-to-go situations.

Richardson scored three rushing touchdowns while the defense forced four turnovers and allowed two field goals – in four trips to the red zone – to lift the Birmingham Iron (3-0) to a 28-12 victory today over the Atlanta Legends at Georgia State Stadium in Atlanta.

The victory keeps Birmingham undefeated and one of two unbeaten teams in the AAF, along with the Orlando Apollos.

“We ended up getting the ball to our good strong running back and he ended up doing a nice job,” coach Tim Lewis said in his post-game interview with CBS Sports Network. “Defensively, did a nice job of turning the ball over, taking it away from them and we ended up capitalizing on it. Got a little bit of a lead and was able to hold on to it.”

Richardson finished with 46 rushing yards but scored three touchdowns – two in the second half – to give the former Alabama standout six rushing scores this season. He also scored a 2-point conversion attempt after his second touchdown.

“Big ups to the team we just played, they were a good team up front and they did what they had to do,” Richardson said in his TV interview. “It was a hard-fought game, but big ups to my offensive line and offensive coordinator putting us in the right position. Luis (Perez) did a great job managing the game but at the end of the day the boss has the last say-so and we did what we had to do to go get that W.”

“We just had to take what they gave us,” Richardson continued. “They had one guy in the middle who was 6-6, 380 or something like that, and they’re big strong guys. So anytime we could, we tried to runs straight at them and get as much as we can because watching them on film there was barley breathing room in there.”

Atlanta took a 3-0 lead off a 21-yard field goal from Younghoe Koo to start the second quarter, but the Iron answered with a 39-yard kick from Nick Novak and a 5-yard rushing touchdown from Richardson with 2:39 to go in the half.

The Legends managed to score on another field goal attempt near the end of the first half but was shut out in the second half until 1:41 remaining. Birmingham allowed 346 total yards but picked off Matt Simms three times– one each by Jack Tocho, Matt Redfield and Jamar Summers – while sacking the former Tennessee quarterback three times.

Simms finished 27-of-46 passing for 280 yards and connected with 10 different receivers. He threw a a 23-yard touchdown pass to Keith Towbridge late in the fourth quarter.

“We just kept plugging away and did a little bit better job on our perimeter run support,” Lewis said. “In the pass game, of course, our guys got after it up front and started putting pressure on the quarterback and intercepted a couple.”

Richardson scored twice in the second half, and Novak nailed another long field goal in the third quarter to push the lead to 26-6 before the final Atlanta score cut the final margin to 28-12.

Perez finished 17-of-31 passing for 160 yards and looked far more comfortable in the second half despite throwing his first interception of the season. He was sacked only once.

The Iron return to Legion Field next Sunday, March 3, at 3 p.m. CT, to face the San Antonio Commanders.