About This File
A continuation of my hypothetical USFL series. Narrative up soon.
Features:
-7 minute quarters
-Stats after every quarter
-Wedge Returns
-Directional Punting
-Graphic Tweaks, including funky end zones
-Stat Tweaks
-Sim Data Tweaks
-Offensive Formation Tweaks
-3 team, 3 Division Structure
-12 teams make playoffs (as opposed to original 8 teams)
-18 game, locked, custom schedule
-All Pro: '86 All-NFL Vs. '86 All-USFL (I had to make modifications: Dennis Gentry, Bobby Joe Edmonds, and Tim McGee all made ALL-NFL as Special Teams Players; some other modifications based on ALL-AFC or ALL-NFC)
Player allocation was based on a mix of the 1986 territorial and Open Drafts, narrative flourishes, and '85 NFL final cuts. In terms of NFL player cuts: I placed players based on their USFL draft status or regional proximity of their college or through research.
'86 territorial rights/Open Draft
Arizona
Phil Freeman
Greg Baty (rights trade w/Oakland)
Paul Godbey*
Max Zandejas
Baltimore
Rich Badanjack
Todd Bowles
Tim Cofield
Stan Gelbaugh
J.D. Maarveld
John Taylor
Birmingham
Jesse Bendross (‘84 territorial pick)
Carl Byrum
Harold Hallman
Willie Totten
Chicago
Cap Boso
Keith Byars
Jim Everett
Bobby Howard
Devon Mitchell*
Denver
Mike Busch
Rick Donnelly
Dwayne Jiles
Glen Kozlowski
Vai Sikahema
Eric Yarber
Houston
Floyd Dixon
Rory Graves (rights acquired in Weddington "liquidation" trade w/New Jersey)
Brett Maxie*
John Teltshick
Reyna Thompson
Jacksonville
Eddie Anderson*
Kent Austin (rights trade w/Birmingham, future considerations)
Ray Criswell
Alonzo Johnson (rights trade w/Tampa Bay for Alonzo Mitz)
Pat Swilling ('86 or '87 Saints)
LA
Joe Cormier
John Lee
Erik Howard (completes '85 trade w/Oakland for rights to Damon Allen)
Robert Jenkins*
Allen Pitts
James Pruitt
Memphis
Tony Baker
Brian Blankenship ('86 open draft pick)
Ravin Caldwell
Don Griffin*
Enis Jackson*
Tim Harris
Michigan
Brad Cochran
John Offerdahl
Butch Rolle
John Wojciechowski
New Jersey
Gill Fenerty (3rd round open draft selection, pick acquired in Sam Bowers trade)
Tim Green
Mark Jackson (2nd round open draft pick)
John Tagliaferri
New Orleans
Willie Gillus (15th round open draft pick)
Dalton Hilliard
Tank Landry
Ronald Scott*
Jackie Walker
Oakland
Joe Kelly
Rueben Mayes
Junior Tautalatasi
Oklahoma
Tony Casillas
Charles Crawford
Rusty Hilger
Kevin Murphy
Willie Pless
Pittsburgh
Chuck Banks
Doug Marrone (4th round open draft pick)
Mike Zordich*
San Antonio
Domingo Bryant
Matt Darwin
Seth Joyner
Larry Linne*
Walter Murray (2nd round Open Draft)
Anthony Toney
Tampa Bay
Jamie Dukes*
Joe Dudek
Hassan Jones
Alonzo Mitz (Jacksonville territorial pick, signed after cut)
Orson Mobely
Ricky Moore (rights acquired in trade w/Birmingham)
Jesse Solomon
Washington
Dino Hackett
Mike Haight (1st round Open Draft)
Napoleon McCallum (rights acquired in trade w/Baltimore for Curtis Bledsoe)
Henry Walls*
*Will appear in future USFL Hack
Transactions
Arizona
Andre Francis (‘83 territorial pick)
Al Harris ('84 Bears)
Jim Kovach ('83 or '84 Saints)
Odis McKinney (‘81 Raiders)
Art Still ('86 Chiefs)
Eric Truvillion ('87 Lions)
Baltimore
Curtis Bledsoe (trade w/Washington for rights to Mark Kelso and Napoleon McCallum)
James Burroughs
Clarence Collins
Dave Dreschler ('83 territorial pick)
Major Everett
Cornell Gowdy
Birmingham
Robert Brazile
Jeremiah Castille ('83 territorial pick)
Bob Harris (‘83 territorial pick)
Mike Landrum ('84 Falcons)
Malcolm Scott ('83 Giants or '87 Saints)
Chicago
Tron Armstrong ('84 3rd round open draft selection)
Todd Bell
Tom Cousineau
Ted Petersen
Gerald Small
Bob Thomas
Denver
Hasson Arbubakrr
Wendell Cason ('85 22nd round open draft pick via Jacksonville, acquired in Hemphill/Turner trade)
Chris Kołodziejski (‘84 territorial pick)
Larry Mason (trade w/Jacksonville for Daryl Hemphill, Calvin Turner, incul. cash, draft picks)
Todd Shell
Byron Williams
Houston
Danny Knight
Bobby Micho ('84 territorial pick)
Allen Rice ('84 territorial pick)
Jimmy Teal ('85 territorial pick)
Mike Weddington (trade w/New Jersey for Kiki DeAyala, Ricky Sanders, and Hosea Taylor)
Mike Whitwell
Jacksonville
Carl Aikens (part of Evans trade)
Vince Evans (trade w/Chicago for '88 and '89 1st round open draft picks and Carl Aikens)
Daryl Hemphill (trade w/Denver for Larry Mason, 2nd and 14th open round picks)
Ken Jenkins ('85 Skins, check '82 Lions)
Frank Middleton ('83 territorial pick by Tampa Bay, rights acquired in trade)
Mike Pruitt
Larry Swider
Calvin Turner (part of Hemphill trade)
LA
Mark Bortz ('83 6th round open draft pick)
Michael Harper ('84 territorial pick)
John Hendy ('85 territorial pick)
Bernard Quarles ('83 22nd round open draft pick)
Kelly Thomas (‘83 territorial pick)
Memphis
Sam Bowers (trade w/New Jersey for '86 3rd round open pick (Gill Fenerty), '87 5th round open pick)
Earnest Gray
Eddie Hill
Gary Hogeboom
Michigan
Ross Browner
Bill Elko (rights acquired in trade w/Tampa Bay)
Ron Springs
Lawrence Ricks ('83 Territorial pick)
New Jersey
Kiki DeAyala
Chas Fox ('85 6th round open draft pick)
Russell Erxleben
Kris Haines
Beasley Reece
Tommy Robison
Jay Saldi
Ricky Sanders
Hosea Taylor (trade w/Houston for Mike Weddington, Danny Knight, rights to Rory Graves, and '87 territorial pick)
Richard Todd
Reggie Wilkes
New Orleans
Perry Brooks
Hokie Gajan
Gary Kowalski
Todd Leibenstein
Herkie Walls
Oakland
Cliff Benson ('85 1st round open draft pick)
Greg Braclin
Henry Ellard
Neil Elshire
Emilie Harry ('85 territorial pick)
Jackie Flowers
Mike Lush (trade w/Baltimore for 2nd and 3rd round open draft picks '87)
Mike Moroski
Vince Newsome
Dwaine Wilson
Oklahoma
Theotis Brown
Duane Galloway
Louis Oubre
Stump Mitchell
Drew Pearson
Willie Tullis
Uwe Von Schumann
Pittsburgh
Less Browne
Julius Dawkins
Scott Fitzkee
Guy Fraizer
Tom Orosz
Don Smith
Leo Wisniewski
Dirt Winston
San Antonio
Greg Bingham
Bruce Davis ('85 territorial pick)
Doug Dawson ('84 territorial pick)
George Farmer
Paul Johns
Ronnie Paggett (trade w/Birmingham for 9th and 14th round '87 open picks)
Tampa Bay
Ray Alexander
Warren Bryant
Alphonso Carraker ("trade" w/Green Bay for Mike Butler)
Putt Choate
Speedy Neal
Marcus Quinn (trade w/Oakland)
Washington
K.D. Dunn ('85 territorial pick)
Kelvin Edwards*
Bubba Green
Homer Jordan ('83 territorial pick)
Mark Kelso ('85 6th round open pick by Baltimore, rights trade as part of Bledsoe deal)
William Perry ('85 territorial pick)
R.C. Thielemann
Tommy Vigorito
Edited by Tombor
