With a chance to win the North Division of the USFL, the Pittsburgh Maulers took on the Michigan Panthers on Saturday night. The two teams’ third matchup of the season ended like the two previous with the Maulers edging out the Panthers, but this time in overtime, 31-27.
The Panthers owned the first offensive possession of the game and they made it a good one. The team manufactured a long, 15-play drive that ate up eight minutes and 15 seconds of the first quarter. The drive’s big play came when Michigan quarterback E.J. Perry found running back Stevie Scott for a 30-yard gain to set the team up at the Pittsburgh five-yard line.