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Michigan 20 at Chicago 17


1984 Week 18 - Sunday, June 24, 1984
Michigan Panthers(9-8)(-6) at Chicago Blitz(5-12)
Attendance: 5,557, TV: WBBM

6/24/84

CHICAGO (AP) - Michigan tuned up for its playoff opener in Los Angeles with a 20-17 victory over Chicago.

John Williams ran for 161 yards and two touchdowns and Novo Bojovic kicked two field goals as Michigan, 10-8, edged the Blitz, 5-13, at Chicago. Ron Reeves passed for Chicago's only touchdown and also passed for a two-point conversion. Kevin Seibel kicked three field goals for the Blitz.

	1	2	3	4	F
MIC	0	3	7      10   -   20
CHI	3	3	3	8   -   17

Scoring

CHI:Seibel 28 yd field goal - CHI 3, MIC 0

CHI:Seibel 21 yd field goal - CHI 6, MIC 0

MIC:Bojovic 39 yd field goal - CHI 6, MIC 3

MIC:J. Williams 72 yd run (Bojovic kick) - MIC 10, CHI 6

CHI:Seibel 35 yd field goal - MIC 10, CHI 9

MIC:Bojovic 45 yd field goal - MIC 13, CHI 9

MIC:J. Williams 1 yd run (Bojovic kick) - MIC 20, CHI 9

CHI:Lewis 3 yd pass from Reeves (Lewis pass from Reeves) - MIC 20, CHI 17

Box Score

                             MIC            CHI
First Downs                   14             20
Rushes-Yards              32-229         33-187
Passing (A-C-Y-I)      16-7-55-0    30-14-142-0
Sacked-Yards Lost            1-6           2-16
Total Plays-Yards         49-278         65-313
Fumbles-Lost                 1-1            3-1
Penalties-Yards             7-54           8-70
Turnovers                      1              1
Time of Possession         26:22          33:38

Attendance = 5,557

MICHIGAN				     CHICAGO
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Hebert       16   7  55  0  0  52.9          Reeves       30  14 142  0  1  71.8

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Williams J   15 161 10.7  2                  Canada       14  83  5.9  1
Lacy         10  43  4.3  0                  Ferguson      9  51  5.7  0
Holloway      1  12 12.0  0                  Reeves        5  42  8.4  0
Miller C      4  10  2.5  0                  Worthy        3   5  1.7  0
Miller T      1   7  7.0  0                  Anderson      1   5  5.0  0
Taylor        1  -4 -4.0  0                  Stone         1   1  1.0  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Holloway      3  28  9.3  0                  Canada        3  53 17.7  0
Williams J    2  12  6.0  0                  Worthy        4  40 10.0  0
Allen         1  11 11.0  0                  Anderson      4  34  8.5  0
Miller C      1   4  4.0  0                  Lewis         2   9  4.5  1
                                             Potts         1   6  6.0  0

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Futrell         2  55 27.5  0                James           4  94 23.5  0
Bentley A       1   2  2.0  0                
McKeever        1   0  0.0  0                

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Broughton       2  13  6.5  0                Daniel          4  35  8.8  0

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Bojovic         2-2  45  2-2    8            Seibel          3-3  35  0-0    9
                miss: --                                     miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Johnston        4 191 47.8                   Gossett         5 204 40.8

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Banaszak        1  10                        Kilkenny        1   6
Rose            1   6                        

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
None                                         None

Archived news report
Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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