USFL '86: The Season That Never Was

Thursday, December 21, 2017

'83 Chronology-USFL on ABC

Event Date: February 25th, 1983

Event Description: ABC Broadcast Schedule

Source: UPI

ABC-TV said Thursday it will kick off its broadcast of United States Football League coverage with three regional games on opening day March 6 -- including the New Jersey at Los Angeles game featuring the pro debut of Generals' running back Herschel Walker.

On Wednesday, Walker announced he had signed a 3-year USFL contract with the Generals after a record-setting three years at Georgia. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 as a junior and holds 10 NCAA rushing records.

The network's regular season broadcasting covers 17 Sunday afternoon games and one Friday night contest for the March 6-July 3 inaugural USFL season. ABC also has contracted to televise the July 9-10 playoffs and the July 17 championship game.


The other regional games to be televised March 6 are Chicago at Washington and Philadelphia at Denver.

In other USFL news;

The USFL Philadelphia Stars Wednesday signed linebacker Jeff Gabrielson to a one-year contract and waived former Penn State linebacker Rick Donaldson.

Gabrielson, a 6-foot-2, 245-pound 1980 Ripon College graduate, played in the Canadian Football League with Montreal in 1980 and 1981. He most recently attended Ottawa's 1982 training camp, a spokesman said.

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