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Baltimore 14 at Tampa Bay 28


1985 Week 10 - Sunday, April 28, 1985
Baltimore Stars(4-4-1) at Tampa Bay Bandits(6-3)(-2.5)
Attendance: 41,226

TAMPA(AP) - In Tampa, an announced crowd of 41,226 paid its way in to see John Reaves' third-quarter touchdown bombs of 47 yards to Larry Brodsky and 57 yards to Jerry Price propel the Tampa Bay Bandits past Baltimore 28-14 and into a first-place tie with Birmingham in the Eastern Conference.

Reaves' bombs snapped a 7-7 halftime tie. Their first score came on a 2-yard run by Gary Anderson, who finished the game with 106 yards rushing.

Highlights




	1	2	3	4	F
BAL	0	7	0	7   -   14
TB	0       7      14       7   -   28

Scoring

BAL:Bryant 9 run(Trout kick) - BAL 7, TB 0

TB: Anderson 2 run(Andrusyshyn kick) - BAL 7, TB 7

TB: Brodsky 47 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, BAL 7

TB: Price 57 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 21, BAL 7

TB: Boone 1 run(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 28, BAL 7

BAL:Collier 16 pass from Fusina(Trout kick) - TB 28, BAL 14 

Box Score

                             BAL            TB
First Downs    		      23            21               
Rushes-Yards              32-122        40-183
Passing (A-C-Y-I)    33-19-172-1   20-11-188-0
Sacked-Yards Lost            1-2           1-8
Total Plays-Yards         65-294        60-371
Fumbles-Lost                 1-1           1-0
Penalties-Yards             9-20          8-30
Turnovers                      2             0
Time of Possession         28:13         31:47

Attendance = 41,226 

BALTIMORE				     TAMPA BAY
Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate          Passing     Att Cmp Yds In Td  Rate
Fusina       33  19 174  1  1  69.51         Reaves       20  11 196  0  2 122.08 

Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD                  Rushing     Att Yds  Ave TD
Bryant       20  58  2.9  1                  Anderson     23 106  4.6  1
Fusina        7  47  6.7  0                  Boone        14  59  4.2  1
Riley         2  10  5.0  0                  Holman        3  18  6.0  0
Harvin        1   6  6.0  0
Thomas        2   1  0.5  0

Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD                  Receiving   Rec Yds  Ave TD
Collier       4  51 12.8  1                  Brodsky       3  69 23.0  1
Fitzkee       4  44 11.0  0		     Price         1  57 57.0  1
Bryant        6  25  4.2  0		     Gillespie     2  38 19.0  0
Harris        1  21 21.0  0		     Anderson      3  17  5.7  0
Riley         2  19  9.5  0		     Harvey        1   9  9.0  0
Dunek         2  14  7.0  0		     Boone         1   6  6.0  0               

Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
McCants         3  61 20.3  0		     Williams        2  25 12.5  0
Woerner         1  17 17.0  0		     
Rodenberger     1  14 14.0  0               

Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD                Punt Returns   No Yds  Ave TD
Lane            1   8  8.0  0		     Vaughan         1  20 20.0  0
R.L.Harris      1   7  7.0  0		     Bailey          1  16 16.0  0                   

Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts
Trout           0-1  --  2-2   2             Andrusyshyn     0-0  --  4-4   4
                miss: 40                                     miss: --

Punting        No Yds  Ave                   Punting        No Yds  Ave
Landeta         4 177 44.3                   Andrusyshyn     4 137 34.3

Sacks          Sk Yds                        Sacks          Sk Yds
Kugler          1   8			     M.Clark         1   2                    

Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD                Interceptions  No Yds  Ave TD
None            -  --   --  -		     Quinn           1   0  0.0  0

Archived news report
Archived news report

Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn


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