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Tampa Bay 28 at Memphis 20
1985 Week 6 - Friday, March 29, 1985
Tampa Bay Bandits(3-2)(-2.5) at Memphis Showboats(3-2)
Attendance: 23,952, TV: ESPN
MEMPHIS(AP) - Running back Gary Anderson ran for two touchdowns and caught a pass for a third Friday night to give the Tampa Bay Bandits a 28-20 United States Football League victory over the Memphis Showboats.
Anderson, a 6-foot, 180 pounder from Arkansas, provided three of the Bandits' four touchdowns while accounting for 68 of his team's 82 yards rushing.
Quarterback John Reaves was 24-35 for 307 yards passing. The Bandits finished the night with 382 yards offense to Memphis' 291.
Tampa Bay, now 4-2, matched the Showboats touchdown-for-touchdown until the final period when the Bandits broke the cycle with a fourth-quarter drive that put them ahead 28-20.
Reaves threw two touchdown passes --a 5-yard toss to Anderson in the second quarter and a 7-yard pass to wide receiver Larry Brodsky in the third.
Memphis struck first when quarterback Walter Lewis connected with Derrick Crawford for 13 yards and a touchdown 13:20 deep into the first period. Reaves put together a 79-yard scoring drive on the Bandits next possession culminating in the pass to Anderson.
1 2 3 4 F
TB 0 14 7 7 - 28
MEM 7 6 7 0 - 20
Scoring
MEM:Crawford 13 pass from Lewis(Duncan kick) - MEM 7, TB 0
TB: Anderson 5 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - MEM 7, TB 7
MEM:Crawford 16 pass from Lewis(kick failed) - MEM 13, TB 7
TB: Anderson 1 run(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, MEM 13
MEM:Williams 26 pass from Lewis(Duncan kick) - MEM 20, TB 14
TB: Brodsky 7 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 21, MEM 20
TB: Anderson 3 run(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 28, MEM 20
Box Score
TB MEM
First Downs 22 16
Rushes-Yards 30-82 29-147
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 35-24-300-1 15-9-144-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 1-12
Total Plays-Yards 65-382 44-291
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 2-15 3-15
Turnovers 1 0
Time of Possession 31:33 28:27
Attendance = 23,952
TAMPA BAY MEMPHIS
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Reaves 35 24 307 1 2 102.92 Lewis 15 9 156 0 3 135.0
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Anderson 21 68 3.2 2 Lewis 7 78 11.1 0
Boone 8 11 1.4 0 Spencer 14 44 3.1 0
R.Williams 1 3 3.0 0 Sydney 7 26 3.7 0
H.Williams 1 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Jackson 4 78 19.5 0 Crawford 5 94 31.3 2
Brodsky 4 58 14.5 1 Moser 3 36 12.0 0
Anderson 6 54 9.0 1 H.Williams 1 26 26.0 1
Harvey 5 51 10.2 0
Truvillion 1 13 13.0 0
Boone 1 11 11.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
R.Williams 3 59 19.7 0 H.Williams 3 21 7.0 0
S.Carter 1 13 13.0 0 Sydney 1 14 14.0 0
Crawford 1 4 4.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Vaughan 3 14 4.7 0 H.Williams 1 7 7.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 0-0 -- 4-4 4 Duncan 0-0 -- 2-3 2
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 2 76 38.0 Grupp 4 181 45.3
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Johnson 1 12 White 1 7
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None - -- -- - Osborne 1 20 20.0 0
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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