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PANTHERS
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| The
Panthers 1983 Divisional Playoff game against
the Oakland Invaders drew the highest attendance
- 60,237 - of the league's inaugural
season. |
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| The
Panthers 1983 USFL championship did not help the
team sell out the Pontiac Silverdome, however. |
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Panthers attendance among USFL teams still was
stellar however, drawing 44,485 against
Pittsburgh, 42,655 against Birmingham, and
42,692 against the San Antonio Gunslingers in
1984. |
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NFL's Detroit Lions, meanwhile, were selling out
despite putting a team that could best be
described as "wretched" in comparison. |
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| When
the USFL announced its plans to move to a fall
schedule in 1986, Panthers owner A. Alfred
Taubman decided that competing with the Lions
would simply be a means of losing more money. |
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| Rather
than to fold his team however, Taubman teamed up
with Oakland Invaders owner Tad Taube, merging
the two teams. |
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| The
surviving team, the 1985 Oakland Invaders,
returned Taubman to the USFL Championship
Game. Unlike 1983 however, this time the
Stars (now out of Baltimore) would hand his team
a loss, 28-24. |
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Michigan
Panthers
primary logo |
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Depiction
of the
Panthers helmet,
featuring the team's
unique "champagne silver" |
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Michigan
Panthers
Media Guides |
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