1983 Chicago Blitz (USFL)

2nd place Central 12-6-0 ,667

Joe Haering	Linebackers
Paul Lanham	Passing Coordinator
John Payne	Offensive Line
John Teerlinck	Defensive Line
Dick Walker	Defensive Secondary
Charlie Waller	Offensive Coordinator
Ray Wietecha	Offensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	3/6/1983	A	Washington Federals	28-7	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	38010
Sat	3/12/1983	A	Arizona Wranglers	29-30	L		Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	28434
Sun	3/20/1983	H	Denver Gold	13-16	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	22600
Sun	3/27/1983	H	Los Angeles Express	20-14	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	10936
Sat	4/2/1983	A	Tampa Bay Bandits	42-3	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	46585
Sun	4/10/1983	H	Birmingham Stallions	22-11	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	13859
Sun	4/17/1983	A	Michigan Panthers	12-17	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	11634
Mon	4/25/1983	H	New Jersey Generals	17-14	W	OT	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	32182
Sun	5/1/1983	A	Los Angeles Express	38-17	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	21123
Sun	5/8/1983	H	Washington Federals	31-3	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	11030
Sun	5/15/1983	A	Philadelphia Stars	24-31	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	20931
Sun	5/22/1983	A	New Jersey Generals	19-13	W	OT	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	33812
Mon	5/30/1983	H	Arizona Wranglers	36-11	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	13952
Mon	6/6/1983	A	Boston Breakers	15-21	L		Boston, MA	Nickerson Field	15087
Sun	6/12/1983	H	Tampa Bay Bandits	31-8	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	21249
Fri	6/17/1983	A	Birmingham Stallions	29-14	W		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	22500
Sun	6/26/1983	H	Michigan Panthers	19-34	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	25041
Sun	7/3/1983	H	Oakland Invaders	31-7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	12346
Playoff
Sat	7/9/1983	A	Philadelphia Stars	38-44	L	OT	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	15684

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
77	Junior Ah You	RDE	6-2	233	35	Arizona State
32	Carl Allen	CB	6-0	186	28	Southern Mississippi	13	3
80	Marcus Anderson	WR	6-0	175	24	Tulane	18	0
54	Robert Barnes	OG-C	6-4	255	25	Southern Methodist	14	0
43	Mack Boatner	FB	6-0	220	25	Southeastern Louisiana	12	0
27	Luther Bradley	FS	6-2	194	28	Notre Dame	17	17
59	Bruce Branch	OG	6-3	258	23	Scottsdale CC; Arizona State	2	0
25	Eddie Brown	S	5-11	190	31	Tennessee	18	1
63	Mark Buben	DT	6-3	265	26	Tufts	18	0
88	Wamon Buggs	WR	6-2	200	23	Vanderbilt	18	18
72	Bob Cobb	OT-DT	6-4	250	26	Northeast Mississippi CC; Cincinnati; Arizona	2	0
3	Frank Corral	K-P	6-2	233	28	Riverside CC; UCLA	15	0
84	Doug Cozen	TE	6-4	241	26	Illinois	18	0
21	Doug Dennison	HB	6-0	205	32	Kutztown	18	0
82	Larry Douglas	WR	6-1	187	26	Southern University	1	0
31	Walt Easley	FB	6-1	226	26	West Virginia	1	0
74	Joe Ehrmann	LDT	6-4	256	34	Syracuse	18	18
78	Nick Eyre	ROT	6-5	274	24	Brigham Young	18	18
55	Jim Fahnhorst	MLB	6-4	230	25	Minnesota	18	18
51	Joe Federspiel	LB	6-2	230	33	Kentucky	3	0
57	Doak Field	LB	6-2	226	25	Baylor	18	0
5	Frank Garcia	P	6-0	200	26	Nevada-Las Vegas; Arizona	3	0
58	Bruce Gheesling	LB	6-1	212	23	Furman	15	0
76	Ken Gillen	DE	6-4	240	23	Illinois	5	0
77	Tim James	C	6-2	280	27	Elon	1	0
2	Trumaine Johnson	WR	6-1	196	23	Grambling State	18	18
14	Tim Koegel	QB	6-4	201	25	Notre Dame	16	4
50	Jack Lafferty	C	6-4	235	25	Eastern Illinois	2	0
11	Greg Landry	QB	6-4	205	37	Massachusetts	12	12
70	Kit Lathrop	RDT	6-4	260	27	West Valley JC; Arizona State	18	18
64	John Lee	DE	6-2	259	30	Nebraska	15	1
24	Virgil Livers	RCB-LCB	5-8	183	31	Western Kentucky	18	18
62	Jim Lohmann	OG	6-5	265	28	Texas-El Paso	5	1
48	Kevin Long	FB	6-1	225	28	South Carolina	18	18
71	Karl Lorch	LDE	6-4	260	33	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	18	18
53	Andy Melontree	LB	6-3	228	26	Tyler JC; Baylor	18	0
1	Frank Minnifield	CB	5-9	180	23	Louisville	1	1
79	Bob Newton	LOG	6-5	260	34	Cerritos JC; Nebraska	1	1
68	Tim Norman	ROG	6-6	273	24	Illinois	17	17
65	Wally Pesuit	C	6-4	255	29	Kentucky	18	18
59	Tom Piette	C	6-4	250	23	Michigan State	8	0
34	Walter Poole	HB	5-11	185	23	Southern Illinois	1	0
86	Paul Ricker	TE	6-3	243	27	Norwich	18	18
7	John Roveto	K	5-11	178	25	Louisiana-Lafayette	3	0
15	Tom Rozantz	QB	6-1	194	26	William & Mary	3	0
37	Pat Schmidt	S	6-2	190	27	UCLA; Hawaii	2	0
28	Don Schwartz	SS	6-1	191	27	Washington State	18	17?
10	Bobby Scott	QB	6-1	201	34	Tennessee	4	2
22	Lance Shields	LCB	6-0	178	23	Drake	17	12
56	Ed Smith	LLB	6-2	217	26	Vanderbilt	18	18
46	Tim Spencer	HB	6-1	225	23	Ohio State	18	18
73	Mark Stevenson	LOG	6-3	285	27	Missouri; Western Illinois	6	6
42	Jim Stone	FB	6-1	214	25	Notre Dame	6	0
75	Rob Taylor	LOT	6-6	290	23	Northwestern	18	18
61	Tom Thayer	LOG	6-4	272	22	Notre Dame	10	8
79	Troy Thomas	OT-DT	6-6	250	27	Grambling State	10	3
50	Steve Tobin	C	6-4	258	26	Minnesota	6	0
20	Maurice Tyler	CB	6-0	186	33	Baltimore JC; Morgan State	5	2
29	Ted Walton	CB	5-10	200	26	Connecticut	15	1
52	Stan White	RLB	6-1	224	34	Ohio State	18	18
89	Lenny Willis	WR	5-11	180	30	Nebraska Southern JC; Ohio State	18	0
81	Tim Wrightman	TE	6-3	236	23	UCLA	9	0
69	Kari Yli-Renko	LOG	6-5	270	24	Cincinnati	7	3

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Larry Alleyne	LB	Northern Illinois
Charles Armstead	DB	Illinois
Rich Barrent	G	Northern Illinois
Mike Bass	K	Illinois
Dennis Bishop	DB	Illinois
Darryl Byrd	LB	Illinois
Phil Carter	RB	Notre Dame
Bob Clasby	DE	Notre Dame
Joe Curtis	RB	Illinois
Dave Duerson	DB	Notre Dame
Tony Eason	QB	Illinois
Mark Fischer	C	Notre Dame
Dan Gregus	DE	Illinois
Chris Hinton	T	Northwestern
Tony Hunter	TE	Notre Dame
J.D. Johnson	DE	Western Illinois
Adam Lingner	C	Illinois
Mike Martin	WR	Illinois
Larry Moriarty	RB	Notre Dame
Bob Pratt	G	Northwestern
John Stadnik	T	Western Illinois
Jerome Stelly	WR	Western Illinois
Tom Thayer	G	Notre Dame
Oliver Williams	WR	Illinois
Mark Zavagnin	LB	Notre Dame

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Tim Spencer	RB	Ohio State
1	11	Trumaine Johnson	WR	Grambling State
2	19	Johnny Hector	RB	Texas A&M
3	30	Frank Minnifield	DB	Louisville
4	43	Matt VandenBoom	DB	Wisconsin
4	47	Rob Fada	G	Pittsburgh
11	126	Pat Dunsmore	TE	Drake
13	150	Ron Versnik	C	Wisconsin
14	163	Jim Kelly	QB	Miami (Florida)
15	174	Matt Hernandez	DT	Purdue
16	187	Reggie Roby	P	Iowa
17	198	Chuck Ehin	DE	Brigham Young
18	211	Andy Gibler	TE	Missouri
19	222	Shamus McDonough	DT	Iowa State
20	235	Babe Laufenberg	QB	Indiana
21	246	Karl Mecklenburg	DE	Minnesota
22	259	Mark Rush	RB	Miami (Florida)
23	270	Chuck Nelson	K	Washington
24	283	Dennis Talbot	LB	Rhode Island

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	102	124	99	122	9
Opponents Totals	31	73	68	99	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	33:26	356	138	172	46	111	281	39.5				129	1138
Opponents Totals	26:34	252	107	115	30	71	255	27.8				148	1145

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Frank Corral	0	37	40	92.5	1	1	22	41	53.7	0	105
Kevin Long	13	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	78
Trumaine Johnson	10	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	60
Tim Spencer	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	48
Lenny Willis	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
Paul Ricker	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
John Roveto	0	9	9	100.0	0	0	4	7	50.0	0	18
Mack Boatner	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Luther Bradley	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Eddie Brown	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Wamon Buggs	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Doug Cozen	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Doug Dennison	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Walt Easley	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Tim Koegel	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Greg Landry	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Don Schwartz	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Lance Shields	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Jim Stone	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Kit Lathrop	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	2
Tom Rozantz	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	0
Bobby Scott	0	0	0		0	2	0	0		0	0
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		2	4
Team Totals	54	46	49	93.9	1	4	26	48	54.2	3	456
Opponents Totals	33	22	27	81.5	4	6	13	20	65.0	2	271

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tim Spencer	300	1157	3.9	25	6
Kevin Long	262	1022	3.9	33	12
Mack Boatner	45	256	5.7	32	1
Doug Dennison	42	134	3.2	10	0
Greg Landry	21	67	3.2	11	1
Jim Stone	15	41	2.7	8	1
Trumaine Johnson	7	40	5.7	12	0
Bobby Scott	9	34	3.8	11	0
Walt Easley	7	23	3.3	8	1
Tim Koegel	4	6	1.5	5t	1
Tom Rozantz	1	1	1.0	1	0
Walter Poole	2	1	0.5	2	0
Frank Garcia	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Team Totals	716	2769	3.9	33	23
Opponents Totals	535	2105	3.9	34	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Greg Landry	334	188	56.3	137	2383	7.1	12.7	52	16	4.8	9	2.7	31	233	2150	83.5
Tim Koegel	89	42	47.2	45	557	6.3	13.3	56	5	5.6	2	2.2	10	86	471	76.8
Bobby Scott	78	43	55.1	31	639	19.2	14.9	45	4	5.1	3	3.8	11	90	549	83.2
Tom Rozantz	3	2	66.7	1	21	7.0	10.5	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	21	86.8
Trumaine Johnson	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Tim Spencer	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals 50ts?	506	275	54.3	217	3600	7.1	13.1	56	25	4.9	14	2.8	52	409	3191	82.0
Opponents Totals	495	240	48.5	218	2898	5.9	12.1	57	18	3.6	37	7.5	60	521	2647	47.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Trumaine Johnson	81	1322	16.3	56	10
Wamon Buggs	40	493	12.3	26	0
Paul Ricker	39	493	12.6	43	5
Tim Spencer	38	362	9.5	43t	2
Kevin Long	28	192	6.9	23	1
Lenny Willis	19	366	19.3	42t	5
Doug Dennison	15	166	11.1	31	1
Tim Wrightman	6	86	14.3	24	0
Marcus Anderson	4	42	10.5	13	0
Mack Boatner	3	63	21.0	23	0
Walt Easley	1	10	10.0	10	0
Doug Cozen	1	5	5.0	5t	1
Team Totals	275	3600	13.1	56	25
Opponents Totals	240	2898	12.1	57	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Luther Bradley	12	167	13.9	93t	1
Eddie Brown	6	88	14.7	35	0
Ed Smith	5	8	1.6	5	0
Virgil Livers	4	43	10.8	24	0
Don Schwartz	3	45	15.0	45t	1
Lance Shields	1	44	44.0	44t	1
Ted Walton	1	31	31.0	31	0
Jim Fahnhorst	1	19	19.0	19	0
Stan White	1	15	15.0	15	0
Karl Lorch	1	5	5.0	5	0
Carl Allen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Maurice Tyler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	37	465	12.6	93t	4
Opponents Totals	14	130	9.3	23	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Frank Corral	74	2989	40.4	70		11	24
Frank Garcia	18	675	37.5	54		2	8
Team Totals	94	3664	39.0	70	2	13	32	273	3391	36.1
Opponents Totals	123	4808	39.1	75	1	10	16			33.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lenny Willis	54	14	489	9.1	40t	1
Trumaine Johnson	1	1	26	26.0	26	0
Eddie Brown	2	1	29	14.5	18	0
Marcus Anderson	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	58	16	544	9.4	40t	1
Opponents Totals	39	7	273	7.0	41	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lenny Willis	30	626	20.9	39
Marcus Anderson	1	18	18.0	18
Jim Stone	6	102	17.0	23
Doug Dennison	4	56	14.0	27
Eddie Brown	6	55	9.2	25
Andy Melontree	1	6	6.0	6
Mark Buben	1	0	0.0	0
Larry Douglas	0	16		16L
Team Totals	49	879	17.9	39
Opponents Totals	79	1282	16.2	41

SACKS	NO	YDS
Joe Ehrmann	13.5	92.0
Junior Ah You	11.5	120.5
Kit Lathrop	8.0	74.0
Karl Lorch	6.0	53.5
Mark Buben	4.0	40.0
John Lee	4.0	35.0
Stan White	4.0	34.0
Ed Smith	2.0	17.0
Don Schwartz	1.0	10.0
Ken Gillen	1.0	9.0
Jim Fahnhorst	1.0	9.0
Eddie Brown	1.0	9.0
Carl Allen	1.0	8.0
Team Totals	60.0	521.0
Opponents Totals	52.0	409.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mack Boatner	2		0		0	0	0
Luther Bradley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eddie Brown	0	0	1		1	0	0
Wamon Buggs	0	0	1		1	0	1
Doug Dennison	1		0		0	0	0
Jim Fahnhorst	0	0	0	3	3	6	0
Frank Garcia	1		1		1	0	0
Trumaine Johnson	3		2		2	0	0
Greg Landry	9		5		5	0	0
Kit Lathrop	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Virgil Livers	1		1		1	0	0
Kevin Long	6		1		1	0	0
Karl Lorch	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Andy Melontree	1		1	1	2	0	0
Bobby Scott	2		0			0	0
Lance Shields	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ed Smith	0	0	0	4	4	40	0
Tim Spencer	2		1		1	0	0
Jim Stone	2		1		1	0	0
Rob Taylor	0	0	1		1	0	0
Troy Thomas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Stan White	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Lenny Willis	10		8		8	0	0
Team Totals	40	16	24	20	44	46	1
Opponents Totals	52	20	32	16	48		0