1983 Chicago Blitz Statistics

United States Football League (USFL)
Team Record: 12-6
Finishing 2nd in the USFL's Central Division
Lost Semifinal
Coach: George Allen (12-6)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 162,814, Avg. 18,090 in 9 home dates

1983 Chicago Blitz Roster
1983 Chicago Blitz Results

The Chicago Blitz of the United States Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the USFL's Central Division.

Offensively, Chicago topped the league with 456 points. At the same time, the stingy defense allowed 271 points. Tim Spencer rushed for a team-leading 1,157 yards for the Blitz, and Kevin Long also aided the ground game.

Greg Landry passed for 2,383 yards. Trumaine Johnson hauled in 81 balls for 1,322 yards.

Luther Bradley intercepted 12 opponent throws. Joe Ehrmann led the defensive unit with 13.5 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 58 sacks.

George Allen coached the team. The 1983 Chicago Blitz lost in the Semifinal.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Greg Landry	334	188	56.3	2383	7.1	16	4.8	9	2.7	52	31	233	83.5
Bobby Scott	78	43	55.1	639	8.2	4	5.1	3	3.8	34	11	90	83.2
Tim Koegel	89	42	47.2	557	6.3	5	5.6	2	2.2	56t	10	86	76.8
Tom Rozantz	3	2	66.7	21	7.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	0	0	86.8
Trumaine Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Tim Spencer	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	506	275	54.3	3600	7.1	25	4.9	14	2.8	56	52	409

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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
Totals	716	2769	3.9	33	23

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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
Totals	275	3600	13.1	56	25

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Frank Corral	40	37	92.5	41	22	53.7	103
John Roveto	9	9	100.0	7	4	57.1	21
Totals	49	46	93.9	48	26	54.2	124

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Frank Corral	74	2989	40.4	70
Frank Garcia	18	675	37.5	54
Team	2	0	0.0	0
Totals	94	3664	39.0	70

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lenny Willis	54	489	9.1	40t	1
Eddie Brown	2	29	14.5	18	0
Trumaine Johnson	1	26	26.0	26	0
Marcus Anderson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	58	544	9.4	40	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lenny Willis	30	626	20.9	39
Jim Stone	6	102	17.0	23
Doug Dennison	4	56	14.0	27
Eddie Brown	6	55	9.2	25
Marcus Anderson	1	18	18.0	18
Andrew Melontree	1	6	6.0	6
Mark Buben	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	49	879	17.9	39

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Luther Bradley	12	167	13.9	93t	1
Eddie Brown	6	88	14.7	35	1
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
Maurice Tyler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Carl Allen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	37	465	12.6	93	4

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Joe Ehrmann	13.5	92	6.8
Junior Ah You	11.5	120.5	10.5
Kit Lathrop	8.0	74	9.2
Karl Lorch	6.0	53.5	8.9
Mark Buben	4.0	40	10.0
John Lee	4.0	35	8.8
Stan White	4.0	34	8.5
Ed Smith	2.0	17	8.5
Don Schwartz	1.0	10	10.0
Jim Fahnhorst	1.0	9	9.0
Ken Gillen	1.0	9	9.0
Eddie Brown	1.0	9	9.0
Carl Allen	1.0	8	8.0
Totals	58.0	511	8.8

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Wamon Buggs						1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Frank Corral	0	0	0	0		0			22	37	0	1	0	105
Kevin Long	12	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	78
Trumaine Johnson	0	10	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	60
Tim Spencer	6	2	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	48
Lenny Willis	0	5	1	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	36
Paul Ricker	0	5	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	30
John Roveto	0	0	0	0		0			4	9	0	0	0	21
Tim Koegel	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Greg Landry	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Don Schwartz	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	6
Lance Shields	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	6
Walt Easley	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Eddie Brown	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	6
Luther Bradley	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	6
Wamon Buggs	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6
Mack Boatner	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Jim Stone	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Doug Cozen	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Doug Dennison	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Team	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	2	4
Kit Lathrop	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	1	2
Totals	23	25	1	0	0	4	1	0	26	46	0	1	3	456