1983 New Jersey Generals Statistics

United States Football League (USFL)
Team Record: 6-12
Finishing 3rd in the USFL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (6-12)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 304,396, Avg. 33,822 in 9 home dates

1983 New Jersey Generals Roster
1983 New Jersey Generals Results

The New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 6 wins and 12 losses, finishing third in the USFL's Atlantic Division.

The Generals chalked up 314 points, but the defensive squad conceded 437. Herschel Walker piled up yardage, accumulating a 1,812 yards for New Jersey.

Bobby Scott passed for 2,174 yards. Herschel Walker paced the receiving corps, grabbing 53 passes, while Sam Bowers accumulated 715 receiving yards, while Tom McConnaughey contributed to the receiving game also.

Mike Williams intercepted 8 errant tosses from the opposition. Mike Weddington sacked quarterbacks 6 times.

Chuck Fairbanks coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bobby Scott	296	167	56.4	2174	7.3	7	2.4	16	5.4	65t	38	258	65.1
Jeff Knapple	164	82	50.0	1017	6.2	3	1.8	10	6.1	41	13	105	50.3
Dave Boisture	35	16	45.7	160	4.6	1	2.9	2	5.7	20	9	65	44.9
Gene Bradley	19	7	36.8	81	4.3	1	5.3	1	5.3	19	0	0	46.2
Mike Friede	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	515	272	52.8	3432	6.7	12	2.3	29	5.6	65	60	428

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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 Anderson	5	29	5.8	9	0
Jeff Knapple	4	25	6.2	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	0	0
Totals	636	2803	4.4	83	26

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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	50	8.3	27	0
Vickey Anderson	5	22	4.4	7	1
Totals	270	3380	12.5	65	12

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Dave Jacobs	16	13	81.2	13	6	46.2	31
Dave Betz	6	4	66.7	6	4	66.7	16
John Roveto	6	6	100.0	6	3	50.0	15
Team	2	0	0.0	0	0		0
Totals	30	23	76.7	25	13	52.0	62

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lance Olander	54	1998	37.0	57
Dave Jacobs	23	788	34.3	51
Team	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	78	2786	35.7	57

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Thomas Lott	25	155	6.2	17
Mike Williams	5	58	11.6	18
William Holliday	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	31	213	6.9	18

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Thomas Lott	53	1160	21.9	37
Larry Coffey	6	113	18.8	39
Lance Olander	6	89	14.8	22
Dwight Sullivan	5	85	17.0	23
Herschel Walker	3	69	23.0	27
Mike Williams	2	49	24.5	30
Mike Weddington	4	41	10.2	14
Vickey Anderson	1	19	19.0	19
Walter Tullis	1	7	7.0	7
Mike Friede	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	82	1632	19.9	39

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Williams	8	68	8.5	26
Terry Daniels	4	26	6.5	23
Keith Moody	3	27	9.0	16
Sam Sopp	3	22	7.3	15
Rod Skillman	1	4	4.0	4
Dana Noel	1	1	1.0	1
Rod Shoate	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	21	148	7.0	26

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Mike Weddington	6.0	46	7.7
James Lockette	5.0	37	7.4
Terry Daniels	4.0	39	9.8
Rod Shoate	4.0	33	8.2
Tom Woodland	3.0	20	6.7
Ricky Williamson	3.0	13	4.3
Mike McKibben	2.0	12	6.0
Joe Cugliari	2.0	11	5.5
Mel Lunsford	1.0	5	5.0
Richard Murray	1.0	5	5.0
Don Harris	1.0	5	5.0
Scott Dawson	1.0	4	4.0
Maurice Clemmons	0.5	6	12.0
Steve Hammond	0.5	3	6.0
Rod Skillman	0.5	3	6.0
Sam Sopp	0.5	3	6.0
Totals	35.0	245	7.0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Eric Johnson						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
Herschel Walker	17	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	1	0	110
Dave Jacobs	0	0	0	0		0			6	13	0	0	0	31
Dwight Sullivan	4	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	24
Maurice Carthon	3	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	3	0	24
Victor Hicks	0	3	0	0		0			0	0	0	1	0	20
Tom McConnaughey	0	3	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	18
Dave Betz	0	0	0	0		0			4	4	0	0	0	16
John Roveto	0	0	0	0		0			3	6	0	0	0	15
Thomas Lott	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Mike Friede	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Vickey Anderson	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Eric Johnson							1		0	0	0			6
Mark Slawson	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Larry Brodsky	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
John Joyce								1	0	0	0			6
Sam Bowers	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Walter Tullis	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	6
Joe Cugliari	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	1	2
Totals	26	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	23	0	5	1	314