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New Orleans 20 at Tampa Bay 31
1984 Week 13 - Sunday, May 20, 1984
New Orleans Breakers(8-4) at Tampa Bay Bandits(9-3)(-6.5)
Attendance: 42,592, TV: ABC
TAMPA (AP) - Gary Anderson ran for thiee touchdowns and Tampa Bay capitalized on a pair of New Orleans turnovers to overcome a three-point halftime deficit and go on to defeat the Breakers 31-20 in a United States Football League game Sunday.
The triumph before a crowd of 42,592 was the seventh straight for the 10-3 Bandits who trail first place Birmigham by one game in the USFL's Southern Division. New Orleans dropped to 8-5 after its third loss in its last four games.
Anderson scored his 13th and 14th touchdowns of the year on runs of 2 and 3 yards with the latter boosting Tampa Bay into a 24-17 lead with 7:19 remaining in the third quarter.
1 2 3 4 F
NO 7 10 0 3 - 20
TB 7 7 10 7 - 31
Scoring
TB: Truvillion 3 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 7, NO 0
NO: Dupree 1 yd run (Mazzetti kick) - NO 7, TB 7
NO: Mazzetti 31 yd field goal - NO 10, TB 7
TB: G. Anderson 2 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, NO 10
NO: Dupree 1 yd run (Mazzetti kick) - NO 17, TB 14
TB: Andrusyshyn 22 yd field goal - TB 17, NO 17
TB: G. Anderson 3 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 24, NO 17
NO: Mazzetti 19 yd field goal - TB 24, NO 20
TB: G. Anderson 2 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 31, NO 20
Box Score
NO TB
First Downs 20 22
Rushes-Yards 33-160 33-137
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 33-19-258-0 32-23-276-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0
Total Plays-Yards 66-418 65-413
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 3-3
Penalties-Yards 4-25 2-15
Turnovers 3 4
Time of Possession 29:51 30:09
Attendance = 42,592
NEW ORLEANS TAMPA BAY
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Walton 32 19 258 0 0 85.2 Reaves 32 23 276 1 1 95.3
Mazzetti 1 0 0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Dupree 18 104 5.8 2 Boone 14 61 4.4 0
Jordan 12 53 4.4 0 Anderson G 16 57 3.6 3
Schellen 2 6 3.0 0 Williams 3 19 6.3 0
Walton 1 -3 -3.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Lockett 5 127 25.4 0 Truvillion 7 80 11.4 1
Smith C 2 35 17.5 0 Anderson G 6 74 12.3 0
Jordan 3 30 10.0 0 Jackson 2 53 26.5 0
Brown 3 29 9.7 0 Harvey 4 43 10.8 0
Ross 2 23 11.5 0 Brodsky 2 17 8.5 0
Franz 1 9 9.0 0 Williams 2 9 4.5 0
Dupree 3 5 1.7 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Good 3 69 23.0 0 Williams 2 38 19.0 0
Miller 1 23 23.0 0 Bailey 1 0 0.0 0
Steels 1 16 16.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Franz 1 8 8.0 0 Bailey 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Mazzetti 2-3 31 2-2 8 Andrusyshyn 1-1 22 4-4 7
miss: 48 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Casarino 1 33 33.0 Andrusyshyn 1 39 39.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
None None
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Marek 1 16 16.0 0 None
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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