New Jersey Generals USFL

New Jersey Generals

United States Football League (1983-1985)

Tombstone

Born: May 11, 1982 – USFL founding franchise
Folded: August 1986

First Game: March 6, 1983 (L 20-15 @ Los Angeles Express)
Final Game: July 1, 1985 (L 20-17 vs. Baltimore Stars)

USFL Championships: None

Stadium

Giants Stadium
Opened: 1976
Demolished: 2010

Branding

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Ownership

Owners:

Attendance

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Source: Kenn.com Attendance Project

 

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Editor's Pick

Football For A Buck

The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
By Jeff Pearlman
 

The United States Football League—known fondly to millions of sports fans as the USFL—did not merely challenge the NFL, but cause its owners and executives to collectively shudder. In its three seasons from 1983-85, it secured multiple television deals, drew millions of fans and launched the careers of legends such as Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Herschel Walker, and Reggie White. But then it died beneath the weight of a particularly egotistical and bombastic team owner—a New York businessman named Donald J. Trump.

In Football for a Buck, Jeff Pearlman draws on more than four hundred interviews to unearth all the salty, untold stories of one of the craziest sports entities to have ever captivated America. From 1980s drug excess to airplane brawls and player-coach punch outs, to backroom business deals and some of the most enthralling and revolutionary football ever seen, Pearlman transports readers back in time to this crazy, boozy, audacious, unforgettable era of the game. He shows how fortunes were made and lost on the backs of professional athletes and how, forty years ago, Trump was already a scoundrel and a spoiler.

 

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In Memoriam

Linebacker Rod Shoate (Generals ’83) died of AIDS on October 4, 1999. The former Oklahoma Sooner was 46.

General Manager Jim Valek died on September 4, 2005 at age 77.

Original Generals owner J. Walter Duncan died of Parkinson’s disease on February 21, 2009 at the age of 92.

Linebacker Ray Costict (Generals ’83) passed away at age 56 on January 3, 2012.

Head Coach Chuck Fairbanks (Gens ’83) passed on April 2, 2013 of brain cancer. Fairbanks was 79.

 

Downloads

May 1985 Generals Orders Newsletter

May 1985 General Orders Newsletter

 

June 1985 Generals Orders Newsletter

 

Links

United States Football League Media Guides

USFL Programs

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