The 1983 USFL season was the inaugural season of the
United States Football League
The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...
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Rules differences from NFL
*Optional 2 point conversion after touchdown (the NFL would add this rule in 1994).
*Optional 1 inch kicking tee for extra points and field goal attempts.
*Clock stop on first downs within the last 2 minutes of the 2nd and 4th quarters.
*Intentional and unintentional pass interference.
*Six member officiating crew (no side judge).
*The USFL game ball was inch (1 cm) shorter than the NFL game ball (both made by
Wilson).
*There were no preseason games.
Expansion cities for 1984
During the 1983 season, the USFL announced expansion cities for the 1984 season.
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Pittsburgh
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April 28
*San Diego May 16; moved to
Tulsa
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July 7
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Houston
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May 19
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Jacksonville
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June 14
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San Antonio
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July 11
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Memphis July 17
Regular season
''W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against''
'' = Division Champion, = Wild Card''
''Michigan won the tiebreaker with Chicago based on season series 2-0-0''
Playoffs
Statistics
1983 regular season stat leaders
Awards
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Season awards
References
See also
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1983 NFL season
The 1983 NFL season was the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The Colts played their final season in Baltimore before the team's relocation to Indianapolis the following season. The season ended with Super Bowl XVIII wh ...
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1983 USFL season
United States Football League
The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...
1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...