1983 Michigan Panthers Statistics

United States Football League (USFL)
Team Record: 12-6
Finishing 1st in the USFL's Central Division
Won Championship
Coach: Jim Stanley (12-6)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 200,258, Avg. 22,251 in 9 home dates

1983 Michigan Panthers Roster
1983 Michigan Panthers Results

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

Michigan piled up points with 451 points, while the defense conceded 337. Bobby Hebert triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,568 yards. Mike Cobb paced the receiving corps, snagging 61 passes, while Anthony Carter accumulated 1,181 receiving yards.

Ken Lacy carried the ball for a team-best 1,180 yards for the Panthers.

Robert Pennywell snatched 4 opponent throws. John Corker topped the defensive unit with 28.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 74 sacks.

Jim Stanley coached the team. The 1983 Michigan Panthers won the Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bobby Hebert	451	257	57.0	3568	7.9	27	6.0	17	3.8	81t	20	160	86.8
Whit Taylor	34	17	50.0	353	10.4	1	2.9	0	0.0	59	4	23	96.8
Ken Lacy	1	1	100.0	38	38.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	38t	0	0	158.3
Rick Partridge	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	487	275	56.5	3959	8.1	29	6.0	17	3.5	81	24	183

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ken Lacy	232	1180	5.1	59	6
John Williams	153	624	4.1	31t	12
Cleo Miller	94	374	4.0	19	0
Tony Ellis	46	158	3.4	25	0
Terry Miller	33	123	3.7	22	3
Mike Hagen	13	68	5.2	16	0
Bobby Hebert	28	35	1.2	9	3
Whit Taylor	3	10	3.3	16	0
Jimmy Hargrove	2	4	2.0	3	0
Anthony Carter	3	1	0.3	9	0
Totals	607	2577	4.2	59	24

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mike Cobb	61	746	12.2	31	5
Anthony Carter	60	1181	19.7	81t	9
Ken Lacy	40	433	10.8	39t	2
Derek Holloway	39	811	20.8	69t	11
Donnie Echols	20	196	9.8	27	0
Frank McClain	19	264	13.9	39	0
Cleo Miller	12	92	7.7	28	0
John Williams	8	80	10.0	53t	1
Tony Ellis	5	55	11.0	27	0
Jerome Stelly	3	27	9.0	11	0
Mike Hagen	3	25	8.3	14	0
Jimmy Hargrove	2	24	12.0	17	0
Lonell Phea	1	14	14.0	14	0
Terry Miller	1	9	9.0	9	0
Ray Pinney	1	2	2.0	2t	1
Totals	275	3959	14.4	81	29

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Novo Bojovic	54	49	90.7	29	18	62.1	103
Totals	54	49	90.7	29	18	62.1	103

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
David Greenwood	37	1532	41.4	56
Rick Partridge	23	905	39.3	53
Herman Weaver	16	601	37.6	52
Bob Grupp	1	28	28.0	28
Totals	77	3066	39.8	56

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Anthony Carter	40	387	9.7	57t	1
Lonell Phea	8	87	10.9	23	0
Derek Holloway	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	49	472	9.6	57	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lonell Phea	14	307	21.9	39
John Williams	12	290	24.2	43
Derek Holloway	13	254	19.5	31
Ron Ingram	10	206	20.6	26
Jerome Stelly	5	88	17.6	21
Tom Moriarty	3	68	22.7	23
Tony Ellis	2	30	15.0	24
Mike Hagen	2	30	15.0	18
Cleo Miller	1	21	21.0	21
David Greenwood	1	3	3.0	3
Robert Pennywell	1	0	0.0	0
John Arnaud	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	65	1297	20.0	43

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Robert Pennywell	4	23	5.8	16
Ron Osborne	3	7	2.3	7
David Greenwood	2	31	15.5	31
Oliver Davis	2	24	12.0	23
John Corker	2	22	11.0	11
Ray Bentley	2	11	5.5	11
John Arnaud	2	7	3.5	4
Andy Cannavino	1	9	9.0	9
Freddie Logan	1	0	0.0	0
Clarence Chapman	1	0	0.0	0
Kyle Borland	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	21	134	6.4	31

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
John Corker	28.5	200	7.0
David Tipton	12.0	104.5	8.7
Ronnie Paggett	9.5	75	7.9
Team	6.0	38	6.3
Allen Hughes	4.0	26	6.5
Phil Dokes	3.0	24.5	8.2
Kyle Borland	2.0	22	11.0
Mike Edwards	2.0	22	11.0
Ira Albright	2.0	6	3.0
Robert Pennywell	1.0	12	12.0
David Greenwood	1.0	10	10.0
Ray Bentley	1.0	9	9.0
John Banaszak	1.0	8	8.0
Andy Cannavino	1.0	7	7.0
Totals	74.0	564	7.6

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Donnie Echols						1
John Corker						1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Novo Bojovic	0	0	0	0		0			18	49	0	0	0	103
John Williams	12	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	78
Derek Holloway	0	11	0	0		0			0	0	0	1	0	68
Anthony Carter	0	9	1	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	60
Ken Lacy	6	2	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	48
Mike Cobb	0	5	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	30
Bobby Hebert	3	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	1	0	20
Terry Miller	3	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	18
Donnie Echols	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6
Ray Pinney	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
John Corker	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6
Ira Albright	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0	0	0	0	6
John Banaszak	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	1	2
Totals	24	29	1	0	0	0	2	1	18	49	0	2	1	451