Most people USFL fans know that Herschel Walker led the New Jersey Generals in team history for rushing yards.  Who led the team in passing yards for its history?

Answer:

Bobby Scott

Brian Sipe and Doug Flutie had fewer yards with the Generals

http://www.totalfootballstats.com/NewJerseyGenerals.asp

Here is a short clip from Week 1 of the 1983 USFL season.  It has the New Jersey Generals and Herschel Walker’s pro football debut:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Po70RNh48

Here is a link to an autographed USFL New Jersey Generals helmet featuring autographs from Doug Flutie and Herschel Walker:

• http://www.toysonmainstreet.com/sdetail.asp?ID=9134

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The home page of TheNewUSFL.com has some solid information about the original USFL teams.  Simply click the helmet of the team on which you want more information.

Here is a difficult-to-find bumber of the USFL New Jersey Generals, who played in the League from 1983 to 1985.  It is a corporate-sponsor bumper sticker which may be have restricted in its distribution to the local area at the time.

Here is a unique item of USFL history: an announcement about press credentials from the New Jersey Generals

If you want to get items from the New Jersey Generals or other USFL memorabilia then be sure to click any of the images from the eBay items listed below to start your search:

Here is a piece of unique USFL memorabilia: an autographed picture from Doug Flutie when he played for the New Jersey Generals in 1985

If you want USFL merchandise and memorabilia then be sure to click any of the items which interest you in the eBay listings below:

Here Mike Tollin’s response to Donald Trump’s “Small Potatoes” comment about the USFL, during the filming of the USFL documentary which airs this week:  http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/36191/director_mike_tollin_responds_to_donald_trumps_usfl_documentary_anger

This post will provide you multiple resources to discover more information about the New Jersey Generals.  The team played in the United States Football League during the 1983-1985 USFL seasons:

• New Jersey Generals on Squidoo
• New Jersey Generals on OursportsCentral
• New Jersey Generals on USFL.info
• New Jersey Generals on Remembertheusfl

Here is a Los Angeles Times article about Doug Flutie being drafted by the New Jersey Generals in 1985:  http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-04/sports/sp-6646_1_nfl-draft

What was not covered, however, was the fact that the Portland Breakers could have been entitled to Doug Flutie’s rights.  Due to an oversight on the USFL’s part (depending to whom you listen), the Breakers had Flutie’s rights stemming from the 1983 Boston Breakers.  Here is why:

The USFL constructed a “territorial” draft process whereby teams would have “protected” colleges from whom they could draft.  It was designed that way to keep geographic interest in the franchise.  Boston College, where Flutie went to school, was under the “territorial” protection of the 1983 Boston Breakers.  When the team ultimately ended up in Portland in 1985, the colleges to whom the Breakers had territorial rights in the draft had not yet changed.

Even though a Northeast college would have no geographic impact on the Portland franchise, the Breakers believed that they still had exclusive rights to Doug Flutie.  How this was resolved is not widely known, and there are conflicting stories about the resolution.   If any of you have official documentation about the resolution then post a comment and/or send the information to the e-mail address you find on the contact page.