{"id":8781,"date":"2025-12-06T13:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/?p=8781"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:45:30","slug":"1986-usfl-divisional-playoffs-michigan-panthers-at-denver-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/2025\/12\/06\/1986-usfl-divisional-playoffs-michigan-panthers-at-denver-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"1986 USFL Divisional Playoffs: Michigan Panthers at Denver Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/score-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/score-2.jpg 322w, https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/score-2-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dateline<\/span>: Saturday, June 14, 1986. Denver finished off a Saturday of blowouts with a convincing win over Michigan. Quarterback Bob Gagliano and running back Bill Johnson had a field day against the Panthers, combinig for 5 touchdowns in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young Michigan quarterback Jim Harbuagh struggled in the game. He threw three interceptions in the game. Running back Albert Bentley didn&#8217;t fare much better. He ran for only 24 yards on 14 attempts. If the Gold defense keeps playing like this, they will be difficult to beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denver can host Los Angeles but they need to go to Houston if the Gamblers win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fc3df5723fd&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fc3df5723fd\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"219\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/summary-1-1024x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/summary-1-1024x219.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/summary-1-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/summary-1-768x164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/summary-1.jpg 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dateline: Saturday, June 14, 1986. Denver finished off a Saturday of blowouts with a convincing win over Michigan. Quarterback Bob Gagliano and running back Bill Johnson had a field day against the Panthers, combinig for 5 touchdowns in the game. Young Michigan quarterback Jim Harbuagh struggled in the game. He threw three interceptions in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/2025\/12\/06\/1986-usfl-divisional-playoffs-michigan-panthers-at-denver-gold\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1986 USFL Divisional Playoffs: Michigan Panthers at Denver Gold<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[57,14,15],"class_list":["post-8781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-box-scores-and-recaps","category-stats","tag-1986-playoffs","tag-denver-gold","tag-michigan-panthers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2guysgaming.net\/usfldr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}