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Denver 17 at Tampa Bay 33
1985 Week 8 - Monday, April 15, 1985
Denver Gold(5-2) at Tampa Bay Bandits(5-2)(-9.5)
Attendance: 54,267, TV: ESPN
TAMPA(UPI) -- John Reaves and Spencer Jackson hooked up on a 61-yard scoring pass to cap a 20-point second quarter Monday night that gave Tampa Bay a 33-17 triumph over the Denver Gold, keeping the Bandits tied fpr first place In the USFL's Eastern Conference.
The Bandits (6-2) remained tied with Birmingham while Denver (5-3) stayed tied with Houston atop the West despite snapping a three game winning streak.
Former Bears quarterback Vince Evans, who starts for Denver, suffered a dislocated finger on his right hand while throwing an interception late In the second quarter.
1 2 3 4 F
DEN 3 0 14 0 - 17
TB 0 20 0 13 - 33
Scoring
DEN:Speelman 22 FG - DEN 3, TB 0
TB: Andrusyshyn 42 FG - DEN 3, TB 3
TB: Anderson 1 run(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 10, DEN 3
TB: Jackson 61 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 17, DEN 3
TB: Andrusyshyn 24 FG - TB 20, DEN 3
DEN:Lewis 7 pass from Gagliano(Speelman kick) - TB 20, DEN 10
DEN:B.Johnson 23 run(Speelman kick) - TB 20, DEN 17
TB: Boone 12 run(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 27, DEN 17
TB: Williams 1 run(kick failed) - TB 33, DEN 17
Box Score
DEN TB
First Downs 20 25
Rushes-Yards 18-149 33-117
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 41-24-234-1 32-18-276-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-17 2-16
Total Plays-Yards 59-383 65-393
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1
Penalties-Yards 14-90 4-24
Turnovers 3 2
Time of Possession 27:56 32:04
Attendance = 54,267
DENVER TAMPA BAY
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Gagliano 21 14 113 0 1 95.93 Reaves 32 18 292 1 1 84.38
Evans 19 9 106 1 0 42.87
Hemphill 1 1 32 0 0 118.75
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
B.Johnson 12 95 7.9 1 Williams 14 54 3.9 1
Gagliano 5 38 7.6 0 Boone 9 37 4.1 1
Evans 1 16 16.0 0 Anderson 9 32 3.6 1
Reaves 1 -6 -6.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
White 8 66 8.3 0 Brodsky 9 115 12.8 0
Lewis 4 60 15.0 1 Jackson 4 91 22.8 1
Harris 8 59 7.4 0 Harvey 2 34 17.0 0
Loveall 1 32 32.0 0 Gillespie 2 33 16.5 0
Stegall 1 15 15.0 0 Anderson 1 19 19.0 0
T.Johnson 1 12 12.0 0
B.Johnson 1 7 7.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
L.Turner 4 93 23.3 0 R.Williams 2 45 22.5 0
Calip 1 25 25.0 0 Futrell 1 22 22.0 0
Kilkenny 1 12 12.0 0 Carter 1 14 14.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Martin 1 38 38.0 0 None - -- -- -
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Speelman 1-4 22 2-2 5 Andrusyshyn 2-2 42 3-4 9
miss: 42,54,39 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
None - -- -- Andrusyshyn 2 84 42.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Hemphill 1 9 Ramey 2 9
Thornton 1 7 Nordgren 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Martin 1 10 10.0 0 Vaughn 1 0 0.0 0
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Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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