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Los Angeles 24 at Michigan 34
1983 Week 8 - Saturday, April 23, 1983
Los Angeles Express(4-3) at Michigan Panthers(3-4)(-1.5)
Attendance: 13,184, TV: ESPN
PONTIAC, MI (AP) - Quarterback Bobby Hebert connected with Anthony Carter on a 26-yard touchdown toss and then threw a yard to Mike Cobb to pace Michigan to a 34-24 victory over the Los Angeles Express.
Novo Bojovic kicked four field goals as the Panthers, 4-4, rallied in the second half. Los Angeles also is 4-4.
1 2 3 4 F
LA 10 7 0 7 - 24
MIC 7 6 18 3 - 34
Scoring
LA: Abbott 27 yd field goal - LA 3, MCH 0
MIC:Carter 26 yd pass from Hebert (Bojovic kick) - MCH 7, LA 3
LA: Boddie 2 yd run (Abbott kick) - LA 10, MCH 7
MIC:Bojovic 29 yd field goal - MCH 10, LA 10
MIC:Bojovic 24 yd field goal - MCH 13, LA 10
LA: Haines 22 yd pass from Rae (Abbott kick) - LA 17, MCH 13
MIC:Bojovic 22 yd field goal - LA 17, MCH 16
MIC:Williams 1 yd run (Holloway pass from Hebert) - MCH 24, LA 17
MIC:Cobb 1 yd pass from Hebert (Bojovic kick) - MCH 31, LA 17
MIC:Bojovic 34 yd field goal - MCH 34, LA 17
LA: Ellis 26 yd pass from Ramsey (Abbott kick) - MCH 34, LA 24
Box Score
LA MCH
First Downs 18 21
Rushes-Yards 24-96 42-229
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 30-18-237-1 25-15-188-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-22 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 57-311 67-417
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-40 6-41
Turnovers 2 2
Time of Possession 26:09 33:51
Attendance = 13,184
LOS ANGELES MICHIGAN
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Rae 22 12 145 0 1 90.2 Hebert 25 15 188 2 2 76.8
Ramsey 8 6 92 1 1 112.5
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Barnett 10 59 5.9 0 Lacy 14 104 7.4 0
Boddie 10 27 2.7 1 Williams 17 63 3.7 1
Haslip 3 13 4.3 0 Miller, C 11 62 5.6 0
Harrington 1 -3 -3.0 0 Hebert 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Haines 9 132 14.7 1 Cobb 5 71 14.2 1
Ellis 3 46 15.3 1 Carter 3 57 19.0 1
Boddie 3 37 12.3 0 Echols 3 35 11.7 0
Williams, K 2 15 7.5 0 Lacy 3 25 8.3 0
Sherrod 1 7 7.0 0 Miller, C 1 0 0.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Tolbert 5 100 20.0 0 Holloway 2 44 22.0 0
Williams, K 2 51 25.5 0 Hagen 1 18 18.0 0
Barnett 1 25 25.0 0 Williams 1 0 0.0 0
Arnaud 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Tolbert 2 12 6.0 0 Carter 3 17 5.7 0
Fox 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Abbott 1-1 27 3-3 6 Bojovic 4-4 34 2-2 14
miss: none miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 6 203 33.8 Weaver 3 127 42.3
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None Tipton 2.5 16
Paggett 0.5 6
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Burleson 2 6 3.0 0 Chapman 1 0 0.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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