1984 was the second of three seasons for the United States Football League. The Boston Breakers were sold and relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana as the New Orleans Breakers. There were six expansion teams: the Houston Gamblers, Jacksonville Bulls, Memphis Showboats, Oklahoma Outlaws, Pittsburgh Maulers and San Antonio Gunslingers, increasing the total from 12 to 18 teams. The Chicago Blitz's owner buys the Arizona Wranglers and sells the Blitz, all but two the Blitz players are traded to Arizona, all but two the Wranglers players traded to Chicago. The Blitz coaches also go to Arizona, with Chicago acquiring a new coaching staff in 1984. The franchises also traded draft choices. On the field and featuring a tenacious "Doghouse" defense that allowed just 12.5 points per game, the Philadelphia Stars feasted on one expansion team (Pittsburgh) and one one hapless one (Washington) to earn four of their 16 wins against only two losses, to take the Atlantic Division title.  Donald Trump's spending on player personnel in New Jersey was paying off as they finished second under Walt Michaels at 14-4-0 and earning their first trip to the USFL playoffs. In the USFL's new Southern Division, the Birmingham Stallions and Tampa Bay Bandits engaged in a dogfight for the division title, each posting 14-4-0 records and making the playoffs - the Stallions winning the division crown via tiebreakers. The 1983 USFL champion Michigan Panthers were expected to steamroll their way through a weak Central Division, but the expansion Houston Gamblers had other ideas.  Picking up a slew of offensive firepower in quarterback Jim Kelly and wide receivers Ricky Sanders and Richard Johnson, and introducing the "run n' shoot" offense invented by Darrell "Mouse" Davis, the Gamblers put up an incredible 618 points - an average of 34 per game - to post a 13-5-0 record and win the division in the team's first season.  The 10-8-0 Panthers settled for second place and one of the Western Conference wild-card playoff berths. The Los Angeles Express made a significant splash in the player signing market, signing Brigham Young quarterback Steve Young to a staggering $40 million contract.  Young, together with the addition of an offensive line seen by some as the best in all pro football, then went on to win the division title with a 10-8-0 record.  The Arizona Wranglers also finished 10-8-0, but had to settle for a wild-card berth due to tiebreakers. In the first round of the playoffs, the Michigan Panthers would fall to the L.A. Express in 3 overtimes 27-21. The Philadelphia Stars would beat the New Jersey Generals 28-7. The Arizona Wranglers would beat the Houston Gamblers 17-6. And the Birmingham Stallions would beat the Tampa Bay Bandits 36-17. In the second round, Arizona would beat Los Angeles 35-23, while Philadelphia would beat Birmingham 20-10. This would set up the Championship game between the Philadelphia Stars and the Arizona Wranglers, at Tampa Florida, on Sunday, July 15, 1984. It was a night for redemption and the Philadelphia Stars, a team driven all year long by a two-point loss in the United States Football League's inaugural championship game, would not be denied. Philadelphia, a 24-22 loser to Michigan in the first USFL championship game in 1983, dominated the Wranglers from start to finish, although a trio of turnovers threatened to spoil the club's mission. Fusina completed his first 10 passes as the Stars built a 13-3 halftime lead and Bryant, the league's most valuable player in 1983 and second leading rusher in 1984, ran for 115 yards on 29 carries to pace an offensive attack that featured a USFL playoff-record 59 rushing plays. Philadelphia controlled the ball for 43:19 to Arizona's 16:41 and the Stars outgained the Wranglers 414 yards to 119. Shutout in the second and third quarters, the Stars used the Wranglers' onlv turnover to set up a touchdown that put them comfortably ahead 20-3 with 9:55 left in the fourth quarter, and clinchthe 1984 USFL Championship.