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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.

1st Q




Complete Game




Complete Game




Highlights




	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

Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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