Event Date: June 21st, 1985
Event Description: Panthers Eye Title
Source: UPI
The final obstacle between the Michigan Panthers and a chance at the United States Football League championship will be their toughest.
After disposing of the Los Angeles Express 48-14 in a first-round playoff game last weekend, the Panthers now face their main division rival the Houston Gamblers -- the team with the same record in the USFL.
The defending champion Gamblers scored a 46-30 victory over the Denver Gold in the opening round of the playoffs.
The teams split their two matchups during the regular season, with the Panthers winning a Week Five matchup by a score of 59-42 and the Gamblers taking victory in Week Fifteen by a 24-20 margin.
Game time is 4:30 p.m. EDT Sunday at the Silverdome in Pontiac.
Michigan's three wide receivers -- Anthony Carter, Derek Holloway and Walter Broughton -- have drawn Gamblers coach Jack Pardees attention, but Bobby Hebert has not gone unnoticed as he is coming off of a record-setting season. The 6-foot-4, signal caller’s season totals include 45 touchdowns and 5,456 yards.
“He is a quarterback who is trying to get $1 million from the National Football League,” Pardee said.
Hebert has reportedly agreed to sign a futures contract with the Los Angeles Raiders of the NFL.
Michigan also has offensive balance, with fullback John Williams piling up over 1,400 yards and 19 touchdowns on the year.
Panthers coach Jim Stanley compared his team's season to that of the Gamblers.
“We both started off well and continued to cruise throughout the season, we played two hard fought games and this weeks’ game will not be any different,” Stanley said.
The winner of Sunday's game will advance to the league championship and will meet the survivor of the New Jersey-Tampa Bay game to be played earlier in the day.
Story-(UPI Modified)
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