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Tampa Bay 31 at San Antonio 18
1985 Week 3 - Sunday, March 10, 1985
Tampa Bay Bandits(1-1)(-5) at San Antonio Gunslingers(1-1)
Attendance: 21,822
SAN ANTONIO(AP) -- Quarterback John Reaves tossed for 298 yards and three touchdowns to pace the Tampa Bay Bandits to a 31-18 victory over the San Antonio Gunslingers.
Reaves tied his own franchise record set last season with a string of 12 straight pass completions during the first half and ended up completing 25 of 31 tosses for the game. Wide receiver Eric Truvillion caught two touchdowns on throws of 3 and 32 yards from Reaves.
Truvillion's catches extended a 36-game streak over three seasons of games in which he has caught at least one pass, ranking second in USFL history. Reaves also threw a 54-yard scoring pass to reserve wide receiver Steve Carter.
1 2 3 4 F
TB 7 10 7 7 - 31
SA 6 6 0 6 - 18
Scoring
SA: Mike-Mayer 40 FG - SA 3, TB 0
TB: Truvillion 32 Pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 7, SA 3
SA: Mike-Mayer 30 FG - TB 7, SA 6
TB: Carter 54 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, SA 6
SA: Stamper 1 run(pass failed) - TB 14, SA 12
TB: Andrusyshyn 22 FG - TB 17, SA 12
TB: Hannah 78 interception return(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 24, SA 12
TB: Truvillion 3 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 31, SA 12
SA: Mortensen 10 run(pass failed) - TB 31, SA 18
Box Score
TB SA
First Downs 21 14
Rushes-Yards 30-119 25-108
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 31-25-290-1 36-16-169-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 2-17
Total Plays-Yards 61-409 61-277
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-35 4-53
Turnovers 4 3
Time of Possession 29:30 30:30
Attendance = 21,822
TAMPA BAY SAN ANTONIO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Reaves 31 25 298 1 3 125.54 Neuheisel 22 8 101 2 0 13.64
Mortensen 14 8 85 1 0 45.24
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Anderson 20 80 4.0 0 Stamper 9 24 2.7 1
R.Williams 6 26 4.3 0 Choate 1 23 23.0 0
Boone 4 13 3.3 0 Canada 5 22 4.4 0
Worthy 7 15 2.1 0
Mortensen 1 10 10.0 1
Roberts 1 8 8.0 0
Neuheisel 1 6 6.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Truvillion 8 130 16.3 2 Roberts 7 124 17.7 0
Carter 1 54 54.0 1 O.Williams 1 16 16.0 0
Anderson 5 31 6.2 0 Stamper 2 15 7.5 0
Brodsky 2 26 13.0 0 Hadnot 2 8 4.0 0
Jackson 2 24 12.0 0 Gordon 1 8 8.0 0
Boone 5 19 3.8 0 Hackett 1 8 8.0 0
Harvey 1 8 8.0 0 Worthy 1 5 5.0 0
Williams 1 6 6.0 0 Buggs 1 2 2.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Futrell 2 39 19.5 0 O.Williams 3 72 24.0 0
R.Williams 1 16 16.0 0 Rush 1 25 25.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
None - -- -- - None - -- -- -
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 1-1 22 4-4 7 Mike-Mayer 2-2 40 0-0 6
miss: -- miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
None - -- -- Hartley 2 63 31.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Johnson 2 17 Gillen 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Hannah 1 78 78.0 1 Armstead 1 28 28.0 0
Vaughn 1 0 0.0 0
Clark 1 0 0.0 0
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