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Tampa Bay 31 at Jacksonville 13


1984 Week 11 - Saturday, May 5, 1984
Tampa Bay Bandits(7-3)(-5.5) at Jacksonville Bulls(4-6)
Attendance: 71,174, TV: ESPN

(AP) - John Reaves passed for 205 yards, including touchdown throws to Larry Brodsky and Eric Truvillion, to lead the Tampa Bandits to a victory over the Jacksonville Bulls in Tampa.

A crowd of 71,174 was on hand in the Gator Bowl, surpassing the USFL record for a night game -- 51,274 who watched the Bandits beat the Bulls 28-25 in Tampa on March 10.

Highlights




	1	2	3	4	F
TB	3      21	0	7   -   31
JAX	7	3	0	3   -   13

Scoring

JAX:Kemp 39 yd pass from Mahfouz (Franco kick) - JAX 7, TB 0

TB: Andrusyshyn 49 yd field goal - JAX 7, TB 3

JAX:Franco 39 yd field goal - JAX 10, TB 3

TB: G. Anderson 1 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 10, JAX 10

TB: Johnson 17 yd interception return (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 17, JAX 10

TB: Brodsky 30 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 24, JAX 10

JAX:Franco 29 yd field goal - TB 24, JAX 13

TB: Truvillion 3 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 31, JAX 13

Box Score

                              TB            JAX
First Downs                   19             15
Rushes-Yards              40-158          16-51
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    27-16-205-0    33-22-364-2
Sacked-Yards Lost            1-9           5-41
Total Plays-Yards         68-354         54-374
Fumbles-Lost                 0-0            3-1
Penalties-Yards             4-30           7-75
Turnovers                      0              3
Time of Possession         34:00          26:00

Attendance = 71,174

TAMPA BAY				     JACKSONVILLE
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Reaves       27  16 205  0  2 107.8          Mahfouz      20  11 183  2  1  63.1
                                             Robinson     13  11 181  0  0 118.8

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Boone        22 118  1.7  0                  Lewis        12  46  3.8  0
Anderson G   17  40  3.0  1                  Mason         2   5  2.5  0
Reaves        1   0  0.0  0                  Key           1   1  1.0  0
                                             Robinson      1  -1 -1.0  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Truvillion    4  55 13.8  0                  Clark         7 148 21.1  0
Harvey        3  46 15.3  0                  Kemp          4  92 23.0  1
Brodsky       3  45 15.0  0                  Alexis        3  38 12.7  0
Anderson G    4  43 10.8  0                  Mason         3  34 11.3  0
Boone         2  16  8.0  0                  Young         2  22 11.0  0
                                             Lewis         2  19  9.5  0 
                                             Bergmann      1  11 11.0  0

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Bailey          2  50 25.0  0                Matthews        3  42 14.0  0
Christian       1  15 15.0  0                Gray            1  14 14.0  0
                                             Clark           1   8  8.0  0

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Bailey          3  38 12.7  0                Clark           1   6  6.0  0

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Andrusyshyn     1-2  49  4-4    7            Franco          2-2  39  1-1    7
                miss: 32                                     miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Andrusyshyn     4 134 33.5                   Pierce          4 151 37.8

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Butler        2.5  20                        Dykes           1   9
Simmons         1  12                        
Nordgren        1   8                        
Clark M       0.5   1                        

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
Johnson         1  17 17.0  0                None
Hanna           1   2  2.0  0                

Archived news report
Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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