Week 3 - 1983: Denver Gold vs Chicago Blitz

1983 Week 3 - Sunday, March 20, 1983 Attendance: 26,949, TV: ABC [Note: If you want to skip all the pregame analysis forward the video to the 6:30 minute mark where the game begins] Chicago gave George Allen the cold shoulder. The coach of the Windy City’s entry in the United States Football League brought the Blitz into snowy Soldier Field and barely one-third of the 68,000 seats in the ancient edifice were filled. And the Denver Gold left the Blitz with a cold, empty feeling, too. Quarterback Ken Johnson swept into the end zone on a fourth-down, 1-yard keeper with 18 seconds remaining to defeat Chicago. The 16-13 defeat was the second last minute loss by the Blitz. “It’s like a doctor doing a lot of things properly and then the patient dies,“ said Allen. Denver Coach Red Miller said he never considered playing it safe, going for the “sure“ three points with a field goal and then hoping for a shot at victory in overtime. “We didn’t think ’kick’ at all,“ Miller said. “I didn’t want to tie. We wanted to