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Memphis 24 at Tampa Bay 42
1984 Week 16 - Saturday, June 9, 1984
Memphis Showboats(7-8) at Tampa Bay Bandits(11-4)(-14)
Attendance: 48,785
TAMPA,FL(AP) - Gary Anderson scored his 18th, 19th and 20th touchdowns of the year Saturday night to set a United States Football League single season record and lead the Tampa Bay Bandits to a 42-24 victory over the Memphis Showboats.
The triumph was the ninth in 10 games for the playoff bound Bandits. Anderson's first touchdown, a 2 yard run with 37 seconds left in the half, boosted Tampa Bay into a 21-7 lead. The 6 foot, 180 pound speedster from Arkansas scored No. 2 with 32 seconds remaining in the third quarter running on fourth and one to hike the Bandits lead.
Memphis came right back with a four play, 74 yard drive leading to Mike Kelley's 18 yard scoring pass to Cormac Carney. The 7-9 Showboats, however couldn't contain Anderson, who finished with 101 yards rushing on 18 carries.
1 2 3 4 F MEM 7 10 0 7 - 24 TB 7 14 7 14 - 42 Scoring TB: Harvey 10 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 7, MEM 0 MEM:Reid 1 yd run (Duncan kick) - MEM 7, TB 7 TB: Boone 4 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, MEM 7 MEM:Crawford 6 yd pass from Kelley (Duncan kick) - MEM 14, TB 14 MEM:Duncan 20 yd field goal - MEM 17, TB 14 TB: G. Anderson 2 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 21, MEM 17 TB: G. Anderson 11 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 28, MEM 17 MEM:Carney 18 yd pass from Kelley (Duncan kick) - TB 28, MEM 24 TB: G. Anderson 40 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 35, MEM 24 TB: Boone 2 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 42, MEM 24 Box Score MEM TB First Downs 14 26 Rushes-Yards 21-89 43-213 Passing (A-C-Y-I) 27-17-252-2 34-16-198-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 0-0 Total Plays-Yards 50-326 77-411 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 5-40 6-41 Turnovers 2 1 Time of Possession 23:27 36:33 Attendance = 48,785 MEMPHIS TAMPA BAY Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Kelley 27 17 252 2 2 87.3 Reaves 34 16 198 1 1 63.1 Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Reid 13 41 3.1 0 Anderson G 18 101 5.6 3 Kelley 3 36 12.0 0 Boone 23 89 3.9 2 Quarles 3 10 3.3 0 Morgan 1 21 21.0 0 Crawford 1 3 3.0 0 Williams 1 2 2.0 0 Fitzgerald 1 -1 -1.0 0 Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Crawford 6 86 14.3 1 Harvey 6 65 10.8 1 Shirk 3 69 23.0 0 Morgan 4 60 15.0 0 Quarles 2 33 16.5 0 Anderson G 2 32 16.0 0 Carney 2 28 14.0 1 Boone 3 26 8.7 0 Sandilands 1 15 15.0 0 Gillespie 1 10 10.0 0 White B 1 11 11.0 0 Jackson 1 5 5.0 0 Reid 1 6 6.0 0 Pittman 1 4 4.0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Crawford 3 61 20.3 0 Bailey 5 85 17.0 0 White B 1 8 8.0 0 Williams 0 9 -.- 0 Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Sandilands 1 13 13.0 0 Bailey 1 5 5.0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Duncan 1-1 20 3-3 6 Andrusyshyn 0-0 -- 6-6 6 miss: -- miss: -- Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave Partridge 1 40 40.0 Andrusyshyn 3 89 29.7 Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds None Simmons 1 8 Carter 1 7 Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Major 1 2 2.0 0 Beaudoin 1 24 24.0 0 McCallister 1 3 3.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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