1983 Chicago Blitz Roster
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 StatisticsTeam 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 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, the Blitz topped the league with 456 points. On the other side of the ball, the stingy defense allowed 271 points. Tim Spencer rushed for a team-leading 1,157 yards, 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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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Junior Ah You | DE | December 30, 1948 | 6'3" | 233 | Arizona State | Sale Miu, American Samoa | 18 | 18 |
| 32 | Carl Allen | CB | December 21, 1955 | 6'0" | 185 | Southern Miss | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 13 | 3 |
| 80 | Marcus Anderson | WR | June 12, 1959 | 5'11" | 178 | Tulane | Port Arthur, TX USA | 18 | 0 |
| 54 | Robert Barnes | G/C | April 20, 1958 | 6'4" | 255 | Southern Methodist | Corpus Christi, TX | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Mack Boatner | RB/TE | October 4, 1958 | 6'0" | 220 | SE Louisiana | White Castle, LA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Luther Bradley | S/CB | May 7, 1955 | 6'2" | 195 | Notre Dame | Florence, SC USA | 17 | 17 |
| 59 | Bruce Branch | G | August 15, 1960 | 6'3" | 258 | Arizona State | Camden, NJ | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Eddie Brown | S | February 19, 1952 | 5'11" | 187 | Tennessee | Jasper, TN USA | 18 | 1 |
| 63 | Mark Buben | DT/DE | March 23, 1957 | 6'3" | 260 | Tufts | Auburn, MA USA | 18 | 0 |
| 88 | Wamon Buggs | WR | February 4, 1960 | 6'2" | 200 | Vanderbilt | Memphis, TN | 18 | 18 |
| 72 | Robert Cobb | DE/DT | October 12, 1957 | 6'4" | 248 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Collins | WR/HB | July 31, 1954 | 5'9" | 192 | Utah | ||||
| 3 | Frank Corral | P/K | June 16, 1955 | 6'2" | 224 | UCLA | Chihuahua, Mexico | 15 | 0 |
| 84 | Doug Cozen | TE/T | July 9, 1957 | 6'4" | 241 | Illinois | Palatine, IL | 18 | 0 |
| Tim Darling | LB | July 21, 1959 | 6'2" | 230 | Central Connecticut | ||||
| 21 | Doug Dennison | RB | December 18, 1951 | 6'1" | 202 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | Lancaster, PA USA | 18 | 0 |
| 82 | Larry Douglas | WR | April 26, 1957 | 6'1" | 187 | Southern | Independence, LA | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Walt Easley | RB | September 8, 1957 | 6'2" | 226 | West Virginia | Charleston, WV USA | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Joe Ehrmann | DT | March 29, 1949 | 6'5" | 260 | Syracuse | Buffalo, NY USA | 18 | 18 |
| 78 | Nick Eyre | T | June 16, 1959 | 6'5" | 276 | BYU | Las Vegas, NV USA | 18 | 18 |
| 55 | Jim Fahnhorst | LB | November 8, 1958 | 6'4" | 230 | Minnesota | St. Cloud, MN USA | 18 | 18 |
| 51 | Joe Federspiel | LB | May 6, 1950 | 6'1" | 230 | Kentucky | Louisville, KY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Doak Field | LB | October 8, 1958 | 6'2" | 228 | Baylor | Burnet, TX USA | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | Frank Garcia | P | June 5, 1957 | 6'0" | 205 | Arizona St. | Tucson, AZ USA | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | Bruce Gheesling | LB | April 5, 1960 | 6'1" | 212 | Furman | Atlanta, GA | 15 | 0 |
| 76 | Ken Gillen | DE | April 4, 1960 | 6'4" | 240 | Illinois | Baltimore, MD | 5 | 0 |
| Tim Groves | S | February 18, 1959 | 6'1" | 210 | Florida | Sumter, SC | |||
| 77 | Tim James | C/G | October 25, 1956 | 6'2" | 280 | Elon | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Trumaine Johnson | WR | November 16, 1960 | 6'1" | 196 | Grambling St. | Bogalusa, LA USA | 18 | 18 |
| 14 | Tim Koegel | QB | October 28, 1958 | 6'4" | 201 | Notre Dame | Cincinnati, OH | 16 | 4 |
| 50 | Jack Lafferty | C | June 25, 1958 | 6'4" | 235 | Eastern Illinois | Columbus, OH | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Greg Landry | QB | December 18, 1946 | 6'4" | 210 | Massachusetts | Nashua, NH USA | 12 | 12 |
| 70 | Kit Lathrop | DT | May 10, 1956 | 6'5" | 255 | Arizona St. | San Jose, CA USA | 18 | 18 |
| 64 | John Lee | DE/DT | February 17, 1953 | 6'2" | 255 | Nebraska | Fort Monmouth, NJ USA | 15 | 1 |
| 24 | Virgil Livers | CB | March 26, 1952 | 5'8" | 176 | West. Kentucky | Fairfield, KY USA | 18 | 18 |
| 62 | Jim Lohmann | T/G | May 18, 1955 | 6'5" | 265 | Texas - El Paso | Oakland, CA | 5 | 1 |
| 48 | Kevin Long | RB | January 20, 1955 | 6'1" | 212 | South Carolina | Clinton, SC USA | 18 | 18 |
| Jim Looney | LB | August 18, 1957 | 6'0" | 225 | Purdue | Bastrop, LA USA | |||
| 71 | Karl Lorch | DE | June 14, 1950 | 6'3" | 258 | USC | Honolulu, HI USA | 18 | 18 |
| Marc May | TE | January 1, 1956 | 6'4" | 230 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | |||
| Bill McClung | C/G | May 4, 1956 | 6'3" | 235 | Carson-Newman | ||||
| 53 | Andrew Melontree | LB | December 1, 1957 | 6'4" | 228 | Baylor | Tyler, TX USA | 18 | 0 |
| 1 | Frank Minnifield | CB | January 1, 1960 | 5'9" | 180 | Louisville | Lexington, KY USA | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Bob Newton | G | August 16, 1949 | 6'4" | 257 | Nebraska | Pomona, CA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 68 | Tim Norman | G | July 10, 1959 | 6'6" | 270 | Illinois | Winfield, IL USA | 17 | 17 |
| 65 | Wally Pesuit | C/T | March 4, 1954 | 6'4" | 252 | Kentucky | Steubenville, OH USA | 18 | 18 |
| 59 | Tom Piette | C | August 29, 1960 | 6'4" | 250 | Michigan State | Detroit, MI | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | Walter Poole | RB/WR | March 27, 1960 | 5'11" | 185 | Southern Illinois | Youngstown, OH | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Porras | QB | March 28, 1958 | 6'3" | 205 | Washington | Oxnard, CA | |||
| 86 | Paul Ricker | TE | September 23, 1956 | 6'3" | 243 | Norwich | Beverly, MA | 18 | 18 |
| 7 | John Roveto | K | February 20, 1958 | 6'0" | 180 | La-Lafayette | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Tom Rozantz | QB | April 17, 1957 | 6'1" | 195 | William & Mary | Erie, PA | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Pat Schmidt | S | July 15, 1956 | 6'2" | 190 | Hawaii | Wichita, KS | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Don Schwartz | S | February 24, 1956 | 6'1" | 191 | Washington St. | Billings, MT USA | 18 | 17 |
| 10 | Bobby Scott | QB | April 2, 1949 | 6'1" | 201 | Tennessee | Chattanooga, TN USA | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | Lance Shields | CB | April 1, 1960 | 6'1" | 179 | Drake | Buffalo, NY | 17 | 12 |
| 56 | Ed Smith | LB | May 18, 1957 | 6'2" | 216 | Vanderbilt | Knoxville, TN USA | 18 | 18 |
| 46 | Tim Spencer | RB | December 10, 1960 | 6'1" | 224 | Ohio St. | Martins Ferry, OH USA | 18 | 18 |
| 73 | Mark Stevenson | G/T/C | February 24, 1956 | 6'3" | 285 | Missouri | Waukegan, IL USA | 6 | 6 |
| 42 | Jim Stone | RB | November 18, 1958 | 6'1" | 214 | Notre Dame | New Orleans, LA | 6 | 0 |
| 75 | Rob Taylor | T | November 14, 1960 | 6'6" | 293 | Northwestern | St. Charles, IL USA | 18 | 18 |
| 61 | Tom Thayer | G | August 16, 1961 | 6'4" | 271 | Notre Dame | Joliet, IL USA | 10 | 8 |
| 79 | Troy Thomas | T/DT/DE | October 11, 1956 | 6'6" | 250 | Grambling State | Shreveport, LA | 10 | 3 |
| 50 | Steve Tobin | P | March 29, 1957 | 6'4" | 258 | Minnesota | Breckenridge, MN USA | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | Maurice Tyler | CB/S | July 19, 1950 | 6'0" | 188 | Morgan St. | Karnack, TX USA | 5 | 2 |
| 29 | Ted Walton | CB/S | August 11, 1957 | 5'10" | 200 | Connecticut | Robersonville, NC | 15 | 1 |
| 52 | Stan White | LB | October 24, 1949 | 6'1" | 225 | Ohio St. | Dover, OH USA | 18 | 18 |
| 89 | Lenny Willis | WR | March 4, 1953 | 5'11" | 183 | Ohio St. | Washington, DC USA | 18 | 0 |
| 81 | Tim Wrightman | TE | March 27, 1960 | 6'3" | 237 | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 69 | Kari Yli-Renko | T/G | November 17, 1959 | 6'5" | 271 | Cincinnati | Sudbury, ON | 7 | 3 |
