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Tampa Bay 20 at Michigan 7


1984 Week 9 - Monday, April 23, 1984
Tampa Bay Bandits(5-3) at Michigan Panthers(6-2)(-4)
Attendance: 31,433, TV: ESPN

PONTIAC, Mich. (UPI) - Quarterback John Reaves connected on 22-of-37 passes for 251 yards job. and two touchdowns to lead the Tampa Bay Bandits to a 20-7 victory Monday night over the slumping MichiganPanthers. The loss was the third straight for the defending USFL champions, who dropped into a tie for first place in the Central Division with Oklahoma and Houston at 6-3. The Bandits, also 6-3, held on to third in the Southern Division with their third -consecutive victory. Coming into the nationally televised contest, Reaves had completed 69 percent of his passes.

Complete Game




	1	2	3	4	F
TB	7	7	3	3   -   20
MIC	7	0	0	0   -    7

Scoring

TB: Harvey 12 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 7, MIC 0

MIC:Broughton 80 yd pass from Hebert (Bojovic kick) - TB 7, MIC 7

TB: Truvillion 17 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, MIC 7

TB: Andrusyshyn 38 yd field goal - TB 17, MIC 7

TB: Andrusyshyn 20 yd field goal - TB 20, MIC 7    

Box Score

                              TB            MIC
First Downs                   20             10
Rushes-Yards              32-110          15-44
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    37-22-251-1    35-18-262-4
Sacked-Yards Lost           2-19           1-11
Total Plays-Yards         71-342         51-295
Fumbles-Lost                 0-0            2-1
Penalties-Yards             7-55           5-45
Turnovers                      1              5
Time of Possession         37:11          22:49

Attendance = 31,433

TAMPA BAY				     MICHIGAN
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Reaves       37  22 251  1  2  86.7          Hebert       35  18 262  4  1  46.1

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Boone        16  67  4.2  0                  Lacy          9  34  3.8  0
Anderson G   16  43  2.7  0                  Patrick       2   6  3.0  0
                                             Williams      2   3  1.5  0
                                             Miller T      1   1  1.0  0
                                             Echols        1   0  0.0  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Harvey        7 103 14.7  1                  Broughton     2  96 48.0  1
Truvillion    6  79 13.2  1                  Cobb          7  68  9.7  0
Gillespie     4  42 10.5  0                  Lacy          6  52  8.7  0
Anderson G    3  19  6.3  0                  Holloway      2  35 17.5  0
Boone         1   8  8.0  0                  Miller T      1  11 11.0  0
Morgan        1   0  0.0  0                  

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Bailey          2  36 18.0  0                Futrell         3  61 20.3  0
                                             Miller T        2  33 16.5  0

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Bailey          3  31 10.3  0                Futrell         1  11 11.0  0
                                             Allen           1   2  2.0  0

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Andrusyshyn     2-4  38  2-2    8            Bojovic         0-0  --  1-1    1
                miss: 42,44                                  miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Andrusyshyn     5 226 45.2                   Greenwood       5 192 38.4

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Butler          1  11                        Corker          2  19

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
Hanna           2   7  3.5  0                Davis           1   2  2.0  0
Beaudoin        1   4  4.0  0                
Bailey          1   0  0.0  0       

Archived news report
Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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