▁money ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁small ▁capacity .) ▁ ▁Boston ▁finished ▁the ▁season ▁ 1 1 – 7 , ▁narrow ly ▁missing ▁the ▁play offs . ▁Wal ton , ▁who ▁had ▁retired ▁from ▁pro ▁football ▁years ▁earlier , ▁and ▁had ▁spent ▁the ▁previous ▁ 3 ▁years ▁co aching ▁college ▁football , ▁was ▁the ▁league ' s ▁ 7 th ▁ranked ▁passer . ▁ ▁Boston ▁and ▁Washington ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁US FL ▁teams ▁to ▁draw ▁less ▁than ▁ 1 4 , 0 0 0 ▁per ▁game ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁other ▁ 1 0 ▁teams ▁drew ▁over ▁ 1 8 , 0 0 0 ▁per ▁game . ▁The ▁George ▁Allen - led , ▁Chicago ▁Bl itz ▁had ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁an ▁" N FL ▁cal iber " ▁team ▁and ▁were ▁heavily ▁fav ored ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁title ▁and ▁domin ate ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁league . ▁The ▁team ▁was ▁stack ed ▁with ▁quality ▁players , ▁led ▁by ▁NFL ▁veter an ▁quarter back ▁Greg ▁Land ry , ▁ro ok ie ▁H B ▁Tim ▁Sp encer ▁of ▁Ohio ▁State , ▁and ▁ro ok ie ▁wide ▁receiver ▁Tr um aine ▁Johnson ▁of ▁Gr amb ling . ▁In ▁week ▁two , ▁Jim ▁Joseph ' s ▁Arizona ▁W r ang lers ▁led ▁by ▁ro ok ie ▁quarter back ▁Alan ▁R isher ▁of ▁L SU ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁fourth ▁quarter ▁ 2 9 – 1 2 ▁def ic it ▁to ▁defeat ▁the ▁Bl itz ▁ 3 0 – 2 9 ▁in ▁a ▁game ▁considered ▁by ▁many