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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
Archived news report
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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