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Tampa Bay 21 at Pittsburgh 9
1984 Week 17 - Saturday, June 16, 1984
Tampa Bay Bandits(12-4)(-11) at Pittsburgh Maulers(3-13)
Attendance: 16,832
PITTSBURGH(AP) -- Running back Greg Boone raced 80 yards for a touchdown and cornerback Jeff George returned a fumble 51 yards to lead the Tampa Bay Bandits to a 21-9 victory over the Pittsburgh Maulers before 16,832.
Boone's sprint with less than live minutes remaining sealed the victory for playoff bound Tampa Bay (13-4). The Maulers (3-14) played their final home game of their first USFL season. Tampa Bay quarterback John Reaves connected on 15 ol 33 passes for 221 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown pass to running back Gary Anderson. Pittsburgh's scores came on a 7-yard TD run by running back Mike Rozier and a 32-yard field goal by Eric Schubert.
1 2 3 4 F TB 7 7 0 7 - 21 PIT 3 0 6 0 - 9 Scoring PIT:Schubert 32 yd field goal - PIT 3, TB 0 TB: George 51 yd fumble return (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 7, PIT 3 TB: G. Anderson 21 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, PIT 3 PIT:Rozier 7 yd run (pass failed) - TB 14, PIT 9 TB: Boone 80 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 21, PIT 9 Box Score TB PIT First Downs 21 15 Rushes-Yards 24-192 37-127 Passing (A-C-Y-I) 34-15-221-1 30-13-151-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-12 2-21 Total Plays-Yards 61-401 69-257 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-1 Penalties-Yards 8-69 6-40 Turnovers 2 4 Time of Possession 26:24 33:36 Attendance = 16,832 TAMPA BAY PITTSBURGH Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Reaves 33 15 221 0 1 78.0 Carano 30 13 151 3 0 19.6 Anderson G 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Boone 14 166 11.9 1 Rozier 19 72 3.8 1 Anderson G 6 15 2.5 0 Holman 12 34 2.8 0 Williams 4 11 2.8 0 Anderson 1 16 16.0 0 Carano 1 6 6.0 0 Albright 1 3 3.0 0 Flowers 2 1 0.5 0 Johnson D 1 -5 -5.0 0 Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Harvey 4 94 23.5 0 Dirden 4 43 10.8 0 Boone 4 53 17.3 0 Flowers 2 32 16.0 0 Anderson G 4 46 11.5 1 Holman 2 20 10.0 0 Gillespie 2 16 8.0 0 Shaw 1 17 17.0 0 Morgan 1 12 12.0 0 Anderson 1 17 17.0 0 Johnson D 2 13 6.5 0 Rozier 1 9 9.0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Bailey 2 36 18.0 0 Sutton 3 97 32.3 0 Hill 1 18 18.0 0 Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Bailey 3 6 2.0 0 Harper 4 16 4.0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Andrusyshyn 0-1 -- 3-3 3 Schubert 1-2 32 0-0 3 miss: 55 miss: 49 Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave Andrusyshyn 7 318 45.4 Swider 6 277 46.2 Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds Butler 1 11 Clancy 1 6 Clark K 1 10 Freeman 1 1 Hollie 0.5 2.5 Griffin 0.5 2.5 Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Henderson 2 44 22.0 0 Freeman 1 10 10.0 0 Vaughan 1 -3 -3.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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