1983 New Jersey Generals (USFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	3/6/1983	A	Los Angeles Express	15-20	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	34002
Sun	3/13/1983	A	Philadelphia Stars	0-25	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	38205
Sun	3/20/1983	H	Tampa Bay Bandits	9-32	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	53307
Sun	3/27/1983	H	Boston Breakers	21-31	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	41218
Sun	4/3/1983	A	Arizona Wranglers	35-21	W		Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	31382
Sun	4/10/1983	H	Michigan Panthers	6-21	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	17648
Sun	4/17/1983	H	Washington Federals	23-22	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	35381
Mon	4/25/1983	A	Chicago Blitz	14-17	L	OT	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	32182
Sun	5/1/1983	A	Denver Gold	34-29	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	47940
Mon	5/9/1983	H	Birmingham Stallions	7-22	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	38734
Mon	5/16/1983	A	Michigan Panthers	24-31	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	32862
Sun	5/22/1983	H	Chicago Blitz	13-19	L	OT	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	33812
Sun	5/29/1983	A	Washington Federals	32-29	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	11264
Sat	6/4/1983	A	Oakland Invaders	21-34	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	32908
Sun	6/12/1983	H	Philadelphia Stars	9-23	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	32521
Fri	6/17/1983	H	Los Angeles Express	20-13	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	31807
Sat	6/25/1983	H	Arizona Wranglers	21-14	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	30612
Sun	7/3/1983	A	Boston Breakers	10-34	L		Boston, MA	Nickerson Field	15798

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Vickey Ray Anderson	44	FB	6-0	205	27	Oklahoma	7	1
Dave Betz		K	6-0	175	26	Western Kentucky; Louisville	3	0
Dave Boisture	11	QB	6-1	191	24	Holy Cross	4	0
Sam Bowers	89	TE	6-4	250	26	Westchester CC; Tennessee State; Fordham	18	9
Gene Bradley	12	QB	6-4	215	26	Arkansas State	3	0
Larry Brodsky	80	WR	6-0	190	23	Miami (Florida)	11	9
Andy Carino	48	LB	6-2	225	23	Rutgers
Maurice Carthon	33	FB	6-1	225	22	Arkansas State	15	12
Ted Cirillo	75	LOT	6-5	276	23	Syracuse	5	2
Maurice Clemmons	59	LILB	6-1	235	23	Kent State	17	13
Larry Coffey	35	HB	5-10	198	24	West Virginia Wesleyan	10	0
Ray Costict	55	RILB	6-0	218	28	Mississippi State	14	14
Joe Cugliari	95	LDE	6-3	270	25	Indiana (Pennsylvania)	7	4
Terry Daniels	24	LCB	5-11	181	23	Tennessee	18	9
Scott Dawson		NG	6-1	268	24	Oklahoma	3	1
Mike Friede	88	WR	6-3	205	26	Garden City CC; Indiana	18	11
Steve Hammond	54	LB	6-4	225	23	Wake Forest	15	2
Donnie Harris	26	SS	6-2	185	29	Northland; Rutgers	8	2
Wayne Harris	64	ROG	6-2	269	22	Mississippi State	18	18
Warren Harvey	22	CB	5-11	173	26	Syracuse
Victor Hicks	81	TE	6-3	250	26	Oklahoma	17	9
William Holliday	23	CB	5-9	170	28	Bowie State	8	0
Kent Hull	58	C	6-4	272	22	Mississippi State	18	18
Dave Jacobs	1	K	5-7	153	26	Syracuse	12	0
John Jewell	70	LOG	6-2	255	24	Kent State	14	8
Eric Johnson	28	SS	6-1	192	31	Washington State
John Joyce	47	LILB-RILB	6-1	230	24	Colgate	15	5
Jeff Knapple	16	QB	6-2	200	27	UCLA; Colorado; Northern Colorado	8	6
Fred Lang	49	LB	6-3	220	25	Syracuse	3	0
James Lockette	96	RDE-LDE	6-4	259	23	Missouri	18	14
Thomas Lott	36	HB	5-11	205	26	Oklahoma	18	0
Mel Lunsford	90	LDE	6-3	256	33	Central State (Ohio)	12	11
Mike Mason	67	OT	6-6	280	25	UCLA		0
Reggie Mathis	43/50	LILB	6-2	220	27	Navarro JC; Oklahoma
Tom McConnaughey	86	WR	6-1	182	26	Spokane Falls CC; Oregon; Central Arkansas	17	17
Mike McKibben	53	LOLB-ROLB	6-3	228	27	Kent State	17	9
Troy McMillin	63	LOG	6-3	260	24	Illinois	16	10
Bryan Millard	76	ROT-LOT	6-5	283	23	Texas	7	7
Keith Moody	21	FS	5-11	179	30	Syracuse	10	10
Richard Murray	93	RDE	6-2	260	29	Oklahoma	5
Greg Murtha	78	LOT-ROT	6-6	268	26	Minnesota	12	12
Frank Naylor	51	C	6-1	248	24	Rutgers	17	0
Dana Noel	37	LCB-SS	5-10	185	25	Minnesota	17	17
Lance Olander	22	RB-P	6-1	205	24	Colorado	11	0
Terry Porter	20	CB	5-11	179	24	Montclair State	3	0
Joe Robinson		OT	6-5	280	27	Ohio State		0
John Roveto	4	K	5-11	178	25	Louisiana-Lafayette	3	0
Bobby Scott	10	QB	6-1	201	34	Tennessee	12	12
Rod Shoate	56	ROLB	6-1	215	30	Oklahoma	17	13
Rod Skillman		NG	6-3	260	23	Missouri	8	0
Mark Slawson	85	WR	6-2	195	24	The Citadel	15	1
Sam Sopp	27	FS	5-11	171	23	Kent State	18	8
Dwight Sullivan	46	FB	5-10	210	24	North Carolina State	18	5
Todd Thomas	77	ROT	6-5	262	24	North Dakota	18	11
Walter Tullis	84	WR	6-0	175	30	Delaware State	9	0
Herschel Walker	34	HB	6-1	225	21	Georgia	18	18
Ben Watts	95	NG	6-2	270	23	Stephen F. Austin State		5
Mike Weddington	52	LOLB	6-4	245	23	Oklahoma	18	12
Mike Williams	29	RCB	5-10	180	28	Texas A&M	18	18
Steve Williams	79	NG	6-0	280	23	Oklahoma		2
Ricky Williamson	98	DE	6-4	240	23	Mars Hill	17
Tom Woodland	71	NG	6-1	270	24	Iowa; Fort Scott CC; Missouri	15	10
Kari Yli-Renko	68	OT	6-5	270	24	Cincinnati	6	4

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Bill Bates	DB	Tennessee
Mike Casteel	DT	Tennessee
Mike Charles	DT	Syracuse
Ted Cirillo	T	Syracuse
Mike Cofer	LB	Tennessee
Alex Falcinelli	K	Rutgers
Gerry Feehery	C	Syracuse
Willie Gault	WR	Tennessee
Steve Haworth	DB	Oklahoma
Lee Jenkins	DB	Tennessee
Kenny Jones	TE	Tennessee
Weldon Ledbetter	RB	Oklahoma
Mike Miller	WR	Tennessee
Joe Nett	G	Syracuse
Rod Pegues	RB	Oklahoma
Bill Pickel	DT	Rutgers
Darryl Songy	DB	Oklahoma
Rich Spitzer	T	Rutgers
Chris Wampler	DT	Tennessee
Mike Weddington	DE	Oklahoma
Steve Williams	G	Oklahoma
Darryal Wilson	WR	Tennessee
Stanley Wilson	RB	Oklahoma
Chet Winters	RB	Oklahoma
Keith Woetzel	LB	Rutgers
Dave Wolf	LB	Colgate

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Gary Anderson	RB	Arkansas
2	22	Mark Stewart	LB	Washington
2	24	Darryl Talley	LB	West Virginia
3	27	Ramsey Dardar	DL	Louisiana State
4	46	Wes Hopkins	DB	Southern Methodist
5	51	Wayne Harris	OG	Mississippi State
5	60	Mark Cooper	T	Miami (Florida)
6	70	Randy Grimes	C	Baylor
7	75	Kent Hull	C	Mississippi State
8	94	Maurice Carthon	RB	Arkansas State
9	99	Marlin Russell	LB	Toledo
10	118	Charles Benson	DE	Baylor
11	123	Danny Walters	DB	Arkansas
12	142	Bryan Millard	T	Texas
13	147	Ricky Williamson	DE	Mars Hill
14	166	James Britt	DB	Louisiana State
15	171	Todd Hallstrom	T	Minnesota
16	190	Steve Cox	G	Tulsa
16	191	Tony Chickillo	DT	Miami (Florida)
17	195	Jeff Christensen	QB	Eastern Illinois
18	214	Dana Moore	K	Mississippi State
19	219	Norris Brown	TE	Georgia
20	238	Joe Lukens	OG	Ohio State
21	243	Carlton Briscoe	DB	McNeese State
22	262	Earnest Barnes	DL	Mississippi State
23	267	Steve Hammond	LB	Wake Forest
24	286	Tim Dorian	C	Wichita State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	75	104	46	89	0	314
Opponents Totals	64	122	112	130	9

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	29:56	352	155	156	41	93	241	38.6				100	802
Opponents Totals	30:14	357	144	187	26	94	247	38.1				125	1092

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Herschel Walker	18	0	0		1		0	0		0	110
Dave Jacobs	0	13	16	81.3	0		6	13	46.2	0	31
Dwight Sullivan	4	0	0		0		0	0		0	24
Maurice Carthon	3	0	0		3		0	0		0	24
Victor Hicks	3	0	0		1		0	0		0	20
Tom McConnaughey	3	0	0		0		0	0		0	18
Dave Betz	0	4	6	66.7	0		4	6	66.7	0	16
Vickey Ray Anderson	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Sam Bowers	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Larry Brodsky	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Mike Friede	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Eric Johnson	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
John Joyce	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Thomas Lott	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Mark Slawson	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Walter Tullis	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	6
Joe Cugliari	0	0	0		0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	40	23	30	76.7	5	10	13	25	52.0	1	314
Opponents Totals	50	40	43	93.0	4	6	29	42	69.0	1	437

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Herschel Walker	412	1812	4.4	83t	17
Maurice Carthon	90	334	3.7	14	3
Dwight Sullivan	47	205	4.4	20t	4
Walter Tullis	17	123	7.2	33	1
Thomas Lott	18	110	6.1	16	1
Bobby Scott	19	71	3.7	14	0
Dave Boisture	7	45	6.4	11	0
Vickey Ray Anderson	5	29	5.8	9	0
Jeff Knapple	4	25	6.3	10	0
Larry Coffey	6	20	3.3	12	0
Mark Slawson	2	18	9.0	12	0
Sam Bowers	2	15	7.5	8	0
Lance Olander	3	11	3.7	6	0
Tom McConnaughey	1	1	1.0	1	0
Dave Jacobs	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Victor Hicks	2	-11	-5.5	-5	0
Team Totals	636	2803	4.4	83t	26
Opponents Totals	642	2718	4.2	44	25

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bobby Scott	296	167	56.4	113	2174	7.3	13.0	65t	7	2.4	16	5.4	38	258	1916	65.1
Jeff Knapple	164	82	50.0	72	1017	6.2	12.4	41	3	1.8	10	6.1	13	105	912	50.3
Dave Boisture	35	16	45.7	17	160	4.6	10.0	20	1	2.9	2	5.7	9	65	95	44.9
Gene Bradley	19	7	36.8	11	81	4.3	11.6	19	1	5.3	1	5.3	0	0	81	46.2
Mike Friede	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	515	272	52.8	214	3432	6.7	12.6	65t	12	2.3	29	5.6	60	428	3004	58.2
Opponents Totals	539	298	55.3	220	3962	7.4	13.3	85t	23	4.3	21	3.9	37	264	3698	76.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Herschel Walker	53	489	9.2	65t	1
Sam Bowers	43	715	16.6	49	1
Tom McConnaughey	42	691	16.5	37t	3
Mike Friede	25	379	15.2	27t	1
Victor Hicks	20	267	13.4	40t	3
Maurice Carthon	20	170	8.5	22	0
Dwight Sullivan	20	99	5.0	11	0
Larry Brodsky	19	239	12.6	31t	1
Mark Slawson	17	259	15.2	27	1
Larry Coffey	6	56	9.3	27	0
Vickey Ray Anderson	5	22	4.4	7	1
Walter Tullis	2	52	26.0	37	0
Team Totals	272	3432	12.6	65t	12
Opponents Totals	298	3962	13.3	75t	23

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Williams	8	68	8.5	26	0
Terry Daniels	4	26	6.5	23	0
Keith Moody	3	27	9.0	16	0
Sam Sopp	3	22	7.3	15	0
Rod Skillman	1	4	4.0	4	0
Dana Noel	1	1	1.0	1	0
Rod Shoate	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	148	7.0	26	0
Opponents Totals	29	333	11.5	71t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Lance Olander	54	1998	37.0	57		3	13
Dave Jacobs	23	788	34.3	51		3	5
Team Totals	78	2786	35.7	57	1	6	18	228	2558	32.8
Opponents Totals	78	2971	38.1	63	1	5	21			34.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Thomas Lott	25	12	155	6.2	17
Mike Williams	5	3	58	11.6	18
William Holliday	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	31	15	213	6.9	18
Opponents Totals	40	11	226	5.7	17

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Thomas Lott	53	1160	21.9	37
Mike Williams	2	49	24.5	30
Herschel Walker	3	69	23.0	27
Vickey Ray Anderson	1	19	19.0	19
Larry Coffey	6	113	18.8	39
Dwight Sullivan	5	85	17.0	23
Lance Olander	6	89	14.8	22
Mike Weddington	4	41	10.3	14
Walter Tullis	1	7	7.0	7
Mike Friede	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	82	1632	19.9	39
Opponents Totals	63	1295	20.6	39

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Weddington	6.0	46.0
James Lockette	4.5	36.5
Terry Daniels	4.0	39.0
Rod Shoate	4.0	33.0
Tom Woodland	3.0	20.0
Ricky Williamson	2.5	12.5
Mike McKibben	2.0	12.0
Joe Cugliari	2.0	11.0
Richard Murray	1.0	5.0
Mel Lunsford	1.0	5.0
Scott Dawson	1.0	4.0
Maurice Clemmons	0.5	6.0
Sam Sopp	0.5	3.0
Rod Skillman	0.5	3.0
Steve Hammond	0.5	3.0
Donnie Harris	1.0	5.0
Team Totals	37.0	264.0
Opponents Totals	60.0	428.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dave Boisture	1		0	0	0	0	0
Sam Bowers	3		1	0	1	0	0
Larry Brodsky	1		0	0	0	0	0
Maurice Carthon	4		0	0	0	0	0
Maurice Clemmons	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Larry Coffey	2		2	0	2	0	0
Joe Cugliari	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Hammond	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Victor Hicks	1		0	0	0	0	0
William Holliday	1		0	1	1	0	0
Dave Jacobs	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Jewell	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Eric Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	43	1
Jeff Knapple	4		1	0		0	0
Thomas Lott	8		6	0	6	-1	0
Mel Lunsford	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike McKibben	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Troy McMillin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Keith Moody	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
Richard Murray	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Naylor	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dana Noel	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Lance Olander	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Scott	7		3	0		0	0
Rod Skillman	1		1	0	1	0	0
Sam Sopp	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dwight Sullivan	3		2	0	2	-5	0
Walter Tullis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Herschel Walker	12		4	0	4	0	0
Mike Weddington	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ricky Williamson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Woodland	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	50	25	25	16	41	49	1
Opponents Totals	37	16	21	25	46		1

Bill Austin	Offensive Line
Doug Knotts	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Gil Krueger	Passing Game
Dick Moseley	Defensive Backs
John Polonchek	Quarterbacks
Mike Stock	Offensive Backs
George Wheeler	Defensive Line