▁season , ▁the ▁team ▁trad ed ▁away ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁league ' s ▁leading ▁s acker , ▁line back er ▁John ▁C ork er ▁to ▁Michigan ▁for ▁a ▁ 5 th ▁round ▁pick . ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁a ▁rot ating ▁door ▁at ▁Q B , ▁the ▁Feder als ▁lost ▁ 8 ▁games ▁by ▁a ▁T D ▁or ▁less , ▁a ▁fact ▁that ▁gave ▁team ▁owner ▁Berl ▁Bern hard ▁hope ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁season . ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁team ▁finished ▁second ▁to ▁last ▁in ▁attend ance ▁drawing ▁ 1 3 , 8 5 0 ▁per ▁game . ▁New ▁Jersey ▁Gener als ' ▁running ▁back ▁H ersch el ▁Walker ▁emer ged ▁as ▁the ▁league ' s ▁first ▁super star ▁running ▁for ▁ 1 , 8 1 2 ▁yards ▁and ▁ 1 7 ▁T D s . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁team ▁only ▁won ▁ 6 ▁games . ▁The ▁Den ver ▁Gold ▁won ▁only ▁ 7 ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁games ▁in ▁their ▁first ▁year , ▁but ▁finished ▁first ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁in ▁attend ance ▁drawing ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 4 1 , 7 3 6 ▁fans ▁to ▁see ▁a ▁team ▁that ▁featured ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁former ▁Bron cos . ▁Team ▁owner ▁Ron ▁B land ing ▁stuck ▁to ▁his ▁budget , ▁and ▁took ▁great ▁pride ▁in ▁seeing ▁his ▁team ▁defeat ▁the ▁big ▁budget ▁Chicago ▁Bl itz ▁in ▁Chicago ▁ 1 6 – 1 3 ▁in ▁week ▁three ▁on ▁a ▁T D ▁run ▁with ▁ 2 2 ▁seconds ▁to