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Michigan 28 at Boston 24
1983 Week 9 - Sunday, May 1, 1983
Michigan Panthers(4-4) at Boston Breakers(5-3)(-3)
Attendance: 10,971, TV: ABC
BOSTON (AP) - John Williams scored on a 1-yard dive with 1:23 left and a late Boston rally ended three yards short of the Michigan goal line, as the Panthers held on for a 28-24 United States Football League victory over the Breakers on Sunday.
The touchdown, which extended Michigan's winning streak to four, overshadowed a brilliant passing performance by Boston's Johnnie Walton, who completed 37 of 49 for three touchdowns and 422 yards.
Williams' touchdown capped a 43-yard drive that followed a 17-yard punt by Boston's Dario Casarino.
1 2 3 4 F
MIC 7 7 0 14 - 28
BOS 0 10 0 14 - 24
Scoring
MIC:Echols recovered fumble in end zone (Bojovic kick) - MCH 7, BOS 0
BOS:Franz 44 yd pass from Walton (Mazzetti kick) - BOS 7, MCH 7
BOS:Mazzetti 38 yd field goal - BOS 10, MCH 7
MIC:Cobb 5 yd pass from Hebert (Bojovic kick) - MCH 14, BOS 10
MIC:Carter 47 yd pass from Hebert (Bojovic kick) - MCH 21, BOS 10
BOS:Steels 1 yd pass from Walton (pass failed) - MCH 21, BOS 16
BOS:Steels 13 yd pass from Walton (Crump pass from Walton) - BOS 24, MCH 21
MIC:Williams 1 yd run (Bojovic kick) - MCH 28, BOS 24
Box Score
MCH BOS
First Downs 16 26
Rushes-Yards 38-121 20-65
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 26-17-247-0 48-37-423-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 1-6
Total Plays-Yards 65-361 69-482
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-2
Penalties-Yards 14-58 13-69
Turnovers 1 2
Time of Possession 29:01 30:59
Attendance = 12,818
MICHIGAN BOSTON
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Hebert 26 17 247 0 2 121.8 Walton 48 37 423 0 3 123.9
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Lacy 16 55 3.4 0 Davis 7 26 3.7 0
Williams 13 41 3.2 1 Crump 11 22 2.0 0
Miller, C 4 18 4.5 0 Smith, C 1 13 13.0 0
Hebert 5 7 1.4 0 Steels 1 4 4.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Carter 3 77 25.7 1 Franz 6 103 17.2 1
Cobb 5 53 10.6 1 Lockett 8 85 10.6 0
Holloway 2 39 19.5 0 Smith, C 4 75 18.8 0
Miller, C 2 36 18.0 0 Crump 8 66 8.3 0
McClain 1 19 19.0 0 Davis 6 65 10.8 0
Echols 2 14 7.0 0 Steels 5 29 5.8 2
Lacy 2 9 4.5 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Williams 3 90 30.0 0 Steels 4 58 14.5 0
Matthews 1 24 24.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Carter 3 17 5.7 0 Wilson 3 22 7.3 0
Matthews 1 5 5.0 0
Steels 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Bojovic 0-0 0 4-4 4 Mazzetti 1-1 38 1-1 4
miss: none miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Partridge 8 323 40.4 Casarino 6 280 46.7
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Corker 1 6 Lee 1 7
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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