Tampa Bay started the week in the only Saturday game by thrashing Birmingham. The win did little to soothe the wounds of a disappointing season, but it’s still better to end on an up rather than a down. In the Sunday games with no playoff implications, Philadelphia lost to Washington and Denver lost to Los Angeles.

Boston beat New Jersey and Oakland lost to Chicago. That gave Boston the number two seed and Oakland the number three seed. The Invaders travel to Boston on Saturday to open the playoffs. The win did nothing for Chicago’s playoff seeding as Michigan closed out a perfect regular season and will host Chicago on Sunday in the other playoff game this coming weekend. Look for the playoff preview a little later this week.

1983 Regular Season USFL Stat Leaders

Week 18 Games

Saturday

Tampa Bay Bandits 37, Birmingham Stallions 7

Sunday

Arizona Wranglers 7, Michigan Panthers 22

Denver Gold 23, Los Angeles Express 28

New Jersey Generals 20, Boston Breakers 32

Oakland Invaders 13, Chicago Blitz 29

Philadelphia Stars 15, Washington Federals 30

Final Regular Season Standings

Players of the Week

Offense: Jimmy Jordan, QB, Tampa Bay Bandits. Jordan led the Bandits to a win over division rival Birmingham in the last week of the season. He threw for over 300 yards and 4 touchdowns in the win.

Defense: Eddie Walker, CB, Arizona Wranglers. In spite of the loss, Walker played well for his team, recording 7 tackles and one interception.

Special Teams: Frank Corral, K, Chicago Blitz. Corral wen 5-7 on field goals with a long of 49 and 2-2 on extra points to score 17 of Chicago’s 29 points this week.