United States Football League (1985)
Tombstone
Born: October 20, 1984 – The Philadelphia Stars relocate to Baltimore
Folded: August 1986
First Game: February 24, 1985 (L 22-14 @ Jacksonville Bulls)
Final Game: July 14, 1985 (W 28-24 vs. Oakland Invaders)
USFL Champions: 1985
Stadium
Byrd Stadium (45,000)11985 Sporting News Official USFL Guide & Register
Marketing
Team Colors: Crimson, Old Gold & White21985 Sporting News Official USFL Guide & Register
Ownership
Owners:
- 1985: Myles Tannenbaum
- 1986: Stephen Ross (USFL never took field in 1986)
Attendance
Includes attendance for the 1983 and 1984 seasons in Philadelphia, plus the 1985 season following the Stars’ move to Baltimore.
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Source: Kenn.com Attendance Project
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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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Baltimore Stars Video
The Stars best the Oakland Invaders in the 1985 USFL Championship Game at Giants Stadium.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyIyxvzcbZE
In Memoriam
Linebacker Sam Mills died of intestinal cancer on April 18, 2005 at the age of 45. New York Times obituary.
Stars founder and owner Myles Tannenbaum died at age 82 on August 31, 2012. Philly.com obituary.
Downloads
1986 Baltimore Stars Ticket Brochure (Cancelled Fall Season)
1986 Baltimore Stars Season Ticket Brochure
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