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Michigan 20 at Philadelphia 29


1983 Week 14 - Sunday, June 5, 1983
Michigan Panthers(8-5) at Philadelphia Stars(11-2)(-5.5)
Attendance: 19,727, TV: ABC

PHILADELPHIA(AP) - Chuck Fusina hit on 17 of 22 passes for 149 yards in the second half, including three touchdowns, as the Stars rallied from a 14-9 deficit to down the Michigan Panthers 29-20.

The 12-2 Stars, who saw their eight-game winning streak snapped on the final play in Boston last week, used a balanced attack to cool off the Panthers, who had won eight of their previous nine games.

Highlights




Highlights




	1	2	3	4	F
MIC	0      14	6	0   -   20
PHI	9	0      13	7   -   29

Scoring

PHI:Trout 38 yd field goal - PHI 3, MCH 0

PHI:Bryant 15 yd run (kick failed) - PHI 9, MCH 0

MIC:Cobb 5 yd pass from Hebert (Bojovic kick) - PHI 9, MCH 7

MIC:Hebert 1 yd run (Bojovic kick) - MCH 14, PHI 9

PHI:Russell 39 yd pass from Fusina (pass failed) - PHI 15, MCH 14

PHI:Fitzkee 5 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 22, MCH 14

MIC:Williams 53 yd pass from Hebert (pass failed) - PHI 22, MCH 20

PHI:Riley 5 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 29, MCH 20 

Box Score

                             MCH            PHI
First Downs                   25             18
Rushes-Yards              32-102         27-104
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    45-25-314-1    32-24-227-0
Sacked-Yards Lost           2-18            2-3
Total Plays-Yards         79-398         61-328
Fumbles-Lost                 1-0            2-1
Penalties-Yards             7-55           5-45
Turnovers                      1              1
Time of Possession         31:40          28:20

Attendance = 19,727

MICHIGAN				     PHILADELPHIA
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Hebert       45  25 314  1  2  83.0          Fusina       32  24 227  0  3 125.4
 
Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Lacy         13  71  5.5  0                  Bryant       15  74  4.9  1
Miller, T    10  22  2.2  0                  Harvin        5  15  3.0  0
Williams      3   9  3.0  0                  Fusina        5   8  1.6  0
Miller, C     4   2  0.5  0                  Russell       2   7  3.5  0
Hebert        2  -2 -1.0  1                  

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Carter        6  74 12.3  0                  Bryant        5  62 12.4  0
Williams      2  65 32.5  1                  Collier       6  47  7.8  0
Cobb          5  56 11.2  1                  Russell       2  43 21.5  1
Miller, C     6  49  8.2  0                  Folsom        4  27  6.8  0
Echols        2  19  9.5  0                  Fitzkee       4  25  6.3  1
Holloway      1  18 18.0  0                  Dunek         2  18  9.0  0
Lacy          1  17 17.0  0                  Riley         1   5  5.0  1
McClain       2  16  8.0  0                   
                    
Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Phea            4  79 19.8  0                Harvin          3  55 18.3  0
 
Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Carter          2  22 11.0  0                Woerner         1   8  8.0  0
Phea            1  12 12.0  0                 
   
Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Bojovic         0-2   0  2-2    2            Trout           1-2  38  2-3    5
                miss: 34, 48                                  miss: 25

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Partridge       3  94 31.4                   Landeta         3 161 53.7

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Paggett         1   1                        Mills           1  12
                                             Rosborough      1   6
   
Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
None                                         Rosborough      1   1  1.0  0

Archived news report
Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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