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Tampa Bay 24 at Philadelphia 38
1984 Week 6 - Sunday, April 1, 1984
Tampa Bay Bandits(3-2) at Philadelphia Stars(4-1)(-7.5)
Attendance: 30,270, TV: ABC
PHILADELPHIA(AP) - Kelvin Bryant, playing on a pulled hamstring that kept him out of practice all week, ran for 114 yards and three touchdowns in Philadelphia's 38-24 defeat of visiting Tampa Bay in fornt of a crowd of 30,270 at Veterans Stadium.
Bryant ran for 38 yards with a fumble for the Stars' second touchdown in the second quarter. After Tampa Bay cut the deficit to 24-10 with a 53-yard pass play from John Reaves to Marvin Harvey, Bryant scored on two 1-yard runs in a four-minute span of the third period.
Philadelphia stayed even with New Jersey in the Atlantic Division, while Tampa Bay is now 3-3.
1 2 3 4 F
TB 0 3 14 7 - 24
PHI 7 14 17 0 - 38
Scoring
PHI:Fusina 1 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 7, TB 0
PHI:Bryant 38 yd fumble return (Trout kick) - PHI 14, TB 0
PHI:Fitzkee 5 yd pass from Fusina (Trout kick) - PHI 21, TB 0
TB: Andrusyshyn 36 yd field goal - PHI 21, TB 3
PHI:Trout 29 yd field goal - PHI 24, TB 3
TB: Harvey 53 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - PHI 24, TB 10
PHI:Bryant 1 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 31, TB 10
PHI:Bryant 1 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 38, TB 10
TB: Gillespie 32 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - PHI 38, TB 17
TB: Truvillion 6 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - PHI 38, TB 24
Box Score
TB PHI
First Downs 23 27
Rushes-Yards 11-42 54-220
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 38-25-343-2 29-19-146-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-12 4-38
Total Plays-Yards 51-373 87-328
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 4-1
Penalties-Yards 7-44 7-42
Turnovers 5 1
Time of Possession 16:07 43:53
Attendance = 30,270
TAMPA BAY PHILADELPHIA
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Reaves 33 25 343 2 3 113.6 Fusina 29 19 146 0 1 89.2
Peace 5 0 0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Anderson G 7 25 3.6 0 Bryant 27 114 4.2 2
Boone 3 17 3.4 0 Harvin 15 71 4.7 0
Reaves 1 0 0.0 0 Fusina 5 17 3.4 1
Russell 5 13 2.6 0
Riley 2 5 2.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Gillespie 7 128 18.3 1 Collier 4 52 13.0 0
Harvey 3 92 30.7 1 Folsom 4 21 5.3 0
Truvillion 5 61 12.2 1 Bryant 3 20 6.7 0
Anderson G 7 42 6.0 0 Dunek 1 20 20.0 0
Boone 3 20 6.7 0 Harris H 1 14 14.7 0
Russell 1 11 11.0 0
Fitzkee 1 5 5.0 1
Harvin 4 3 0.8 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Fitzpatrick 2 31 15.5 0 McCants 1 26 26.0 0
Jackson 1 18 18.0 0 Rodenberger 1 17 17.0 0
Christian 1 7 7.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Anderson G 1 0 0.0 0 Lane 2 21 10.5 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 1-1 36 3-3 6 Trout 1-2 29 5-5 8
miss: -- miss: 42
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 2 94 47.0 Landeta 1 33 33.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Benson 1 11 Lush 1 5
Anderson D 1 10 Fuller 0.5 3.5
Clark M 1 9 Cooper 0.5 3.5
Johnson 0.5 4
Clark K 0.5 4
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Cooper 1 2 2.0 0
Lush 1 0 0.0 0
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