The 1983 season was the inaugural season for the Los Angeles Express in the United States Football League. The Express were led by head coach Hugh Campbell and finished with a 8–10 record.
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 March 6 New Jersey Generals W 20–15 1–0 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 32,008 2 Washington Federals W 20–3 2–0 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 22,453 3 at Arizona Wranglers L 14–21 2–1 Sun Devil Stadium 29,335 4 March 27 at Chicago Blitz L 14–20 2–2 Soldier Field 10,936 5 April 3 Oakland Invaders W 10–7 3–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 17,139 6 April 10 Philadelphia Stars L 3–17 3–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 18,671 7 at Tampa Bay Bandits W 18–13 4–3 Tampa Stadium 32,223 8 at Michigan Panthers L 24–34 4–4 Pontiac Silverdome 13,184 9 May 1 Chicago Blitz L 17–38 4–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 21,123 10 Boston Breakers W 23–20 5–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 16,307 11 at Birmingham Stallions L 20–35 5–6 Legion Field 42,212 12 May 22 at Denver Gold W 14–10 6–6 Mile High Stadium 32,963 13 May 29 at Oakland Invaders L 10–20 6–7 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 28,967 14 June 5 Arizona Wranglers W 17–13 7–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 13,826 15 June 12 Michigan Panthers L 17–42 7–8 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 16,023 16 at New Jersey Generals L 13–20 7–9 Giants Stadium 31,807 17 June 26 at Washington Federals L 21–28 7–10 RFK Stadium 9,792 18 July 3 Denver Gold W 21–14 8–10 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 11,471 Sourcesstatscrew.com 1983 Los Angeles Express Game-by-Game Resultsusflsite.com 1983 USFL Seasonprofootballarchives.com 1983 Los Angeles Express (USFL)
Standings
Roster Opening Day roster Los Angeles Express 1983 Opening Day Roster (at 6-Mar-83) Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Vister Hayes WR Lonnie Turner Mike Harris WR
Tight ends Ricky Ellis Vic Rakhshani Mike Sherrod TE/WR Offensive linemen
Wayne FaaLafua RT Mike Fields LG
Pat Cornelius C
Defensive linemen Eddie Weaver NT
Junior Filiaga NT
Clifton Alapa DE Linebackers Danny Rich LOLB
Ron Seawell RILB
Dann Lute LB Greg Williams LB
Defensive backs
Al Burleson SS Tyrone Justin CB Mike Fox FS
Special teams
Developmental squad
Brian Broomell QB John Barnett RB
Jerome Franey LB Ken Faul LB Bobby Hosea SS Injured reserve
rookies in italics 40 Active, 9 Developmental
1983 Los Angeles Express final roster
Los Angeles Express 1983 Final Game Roster (at 3-Jul-83) Quarterbacks
Russ Jensen
Running backs John Barnett RB
Wide receivers
Greg Moser
Tight ends Ricky Ellis Mike Sherrod WR/TE Offensive linemen
Wayne Faalafua OT
Carl Allen C Pat Cornelius C Wayne Jones C/LS
Defensive linemen Eddie Weaver LDT
Clifton Alapa RDE Junior Filiaga NT Linebackers Danny Rich LLB Greg Williams MLB
Ron Seawell LB Dan Lute LB Jerome Franey LB Rickey Orange LB
Defensive backs
Tyrone Justin RCB Mike Fox FS Bobby Hosea SS
Robert Sparks SS Rodney Weber FS Brett Axelson DB Special teams
Jeff Partridge P Developmental squad
Vister Hayes WR
Injured reserve
rookies in italics 40 Active, 9 Developmental
References