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Tampa Bay 30 at Denver 36
1984 Week 4 - Sunday, March 18, 1984
Tampa Bay Bandits(3-0)(-5) at Denver Gold(2-1)
Attendance: 19,173
Denver(AP) - Cornerback David Martin picked off a John Reaves sideline pass and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown with 6:34 left to give the Gold a 36-30 win over the Tampa Bay Bandits. Martin's score came just 37 seconds after Denver quarterback Craig Penrose threw a 13 yard touchdown pass to Leonard Harris that tied the score 30-30. Martin then stepped in front of Tampa Bay tight end Marvin Harvey, picked off Reaves' poorly thrown ball and ran untouched into the end zone.
1 2 3 4 F TB 7 7 13 3 - 30 DEN 0 16 7 13 - 36 Scoring TB: Truvillion 13 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 7, DEN 0 DEN:Speelman 31 yd field goal - TB 7, DEN 3 TB: Henderson 50 yd fumble return (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, DEN 3 DEN:Bailey 14 yd pass from Penrose (Speelman kick) - TB 14, DEN 10 DEN:Speelman 33 yd field goal - TB 14, DEN 13 DEN:Speelman 46 yd field goal - DEN 16, TB 14 DEN:White 14 yd run (Speelman kick) - DEN 23, TB 14 TB: Gillespie 85 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - DEN 23, TB 21 TB: Boone 1 yd run (pass failed) - TB 27, DEN 23 TB: Andrusyshyn 35 yd field goal - TB 30, DEN 23 DEN:Harris 13 yd pass from Penrose (Speelman kick) - DEN 30, TB 30 DEN:Martin 38 yd interception return (kick blocked) - DEN 36, TB 30 Box Score TB DEN First Downs 14 17 Rushes-Yards 19-38 46-161 Passing (A-C-Y-I) 35-14-284-2 19-11-181-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-24 3-22 Total Plays-Yards 57-298 68-320 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-3 Penalties-Yards 7-65 9-50 Turnovers 3 4 Time of Possession 23:35 36:25 Attendance = 19,173 TAMPA BAY DENVER Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Reaves 34 13 250 2 2 59.7 Penrose 18 11 181 0 2 131.9 Anderson 1 1 34 0 0 118.8 Sydney 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Boone 7 22 3.1 1 Sydney 18 69 3.8 0 Anderson 11 17 1.5 0 White 15 60 4.0 1 Reaves 1 -1 -1.0 0 Williams 2 16 8.0 0 Murray 7 12 1.7 0 Matthews 4 4 1.0 0 Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Gillespie 2 100 50.0 1 Harris 3 62 20.7 1 Truvillion 6 94 15.7 1 Williams 1 39 39.0 0 Anderson 3 34 11.3 0 Sydney 3 36 12.0 0 Harvey 1 34 34.0 0 Bailey 1 14 14.0 1 Brodsky 2 22 11.0 0 Niziolek 1 12 12.0 0 White 1 10 10.0 0 Arnold 1 8 8.0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Bailey 3 57 19.0 0 Harris 3 150 50.0 0 Williams R 1 14 14.0 0 Williams 1 20 20.0 0 Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Anderson 1 12 12.0 0 Martin 4 42 10.5 0 Bailey 3 10 3.3 0 White 1 15 15.0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Andrusyshyn 1-1 35 3-3 6 Speelman 3-3 46 3-3 12 miss: -- miss: -- Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave Andrusyshyn 7 265 37.9 Gortz 4 164 41.0 Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds Ramey 1 13 Gerken 1 10 Henderson 1 5 Moore 1 8 Williams L 1 4 Sullivan 1 6 Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Hanna 1 0 0.0 0 Martin 1 38 38.0 1 Sullivan 1 14 14.0 0
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