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Tampa Bay 21 at Jacksonville 10
1985 Week 12 - Sunday, May 12, 1985
Tampa Bay Bandits(8-3)(-1.5) at Jacksonville Bulls(6-5)
Attendance: 58,928
JACKSONVILLE,FL - Tampa Bay running back Gary Anderson ran for one touchdown and passed for another to give the Bandits a 21-10 win over Jacksonville.
Jacksonville quarterback Brian Sipe. who hadn't played since suffering a shoulder separation in the opening game on Feb. 24., entered the game in the third quarter. He hit 10-of-12 passes for 110 yards, but the Bulls didn't score under his leadership.
Midway through the opening quarter, Anderson scored on a 5-yard sweep around the left side.
In the second quarter, with a fourth-and-one from the eight, quarterback John Reaves pitched to Anderson, who passed to tight end Marvin Harvey for the touchdown.
The versatile Anderson rushed 13 times for 55 yards.
1 2 3 4 F
TB 7 7 7 0 - 21
JAX 0 10 0 0 - 0
Scoring
TB: Anderson 5 run(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 7, JAX 0
JAX:Franco 25 FG - TB 7, JAX 3
TB: Harvey 8 pss from Anderson(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, JAX 3
JAX: Rozier 9 run(Franco kick) - TB 14, JAX 10
TB: Brodsky 15 pass from Reaves(Andusyshyn kick) - TB 21, JAX 10
Box Score
TB JAX
First Downs 20 23
Rushes-Yards 24-103 21-103
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 27-18-215-2 38-22-240-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-12
Total Plays-Yards 51-318 59-353
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 7-22 3-15
Turnovers 2 4
Time of Possession 28:46 31:14
Attendance = 58,928
TAMPA BAY JACKSONVILLE
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Reaves 26 17 207 2 1 70.51 Luther 26 12 142 2 0 31.25
Anderson 1 1 8 0 1 139.58 Sipe 12 10 110 0 0 104.86
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Anderson 13 55 4.2 1 Rozier 16 73 4.2 1
Boone 9 36 4.0 0 Mason 3 22 7.3 0
Gillespie 1 12 12.0 0 Sipe 1 9 9.0 0
Holman 1 0 0.0 0 Kemp 1 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Anderson 5 69 13.8 0 Keel 6 64 10.7 0
Brodsky 4 49 12.3 1 Alexis 4 60 15.0 0
Harvey 3 31 10.3 1 Rozier 4 44 11.0 0
Jackson 1 25 25.0 0 Young 3 37 12.3 0
Gillespie 2 20 10.0 0 Mason 2 17 8.5 0
Price 2 16 8.0 0 Kemp 2 15 7.5 0
Boone 1 5 5.0 0 Matthews 1 15 15.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Bailey 3 71 23.7 0 Matthews 2 51 25.5 0
Butts 1 18 18.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Vaughan 1 12 12.0 0 None - -- -- -
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 0-1 -- 3-3 3 Franco 1-1 25 1-1 4
miss: 44 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 2 69 34.5 Swider 2 80 40.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
M.Clark 1 12 None - --
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Bailey 1 12 12.0 0 J.Johnson 1 22 22.0 0
Nordgren 1 2 2.0 0 Jakes 1 3 3.0 0
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