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Tampa Bay 27 at Oakland 30 Playoff
1985 Quarterfinals - Sunday, June 30, 1985
Tampa Bay Bandits(10-8) at Oakland Invaders(13-4-1)(-10)
Attendance: 19,346, TV: ABC
OAKLAND(AP) - Novo Bojovic remembered last year's USFL playoffs, when he missed three field goals in a losing effort for the Michigan Panthers. "I wasn't about to let last year repeat itself," the Oakland Invaders placekicker said after booting a 23-yard field goal on the last play of the game to give his team a 30-27 victory over the Tampa Bay Bandits in the opening round of the United States Football League playoffs.
Bojovic also atoned for a 31-yard field goal attempt he missed with 5:14 left. He earlier kicked field goals of 37 and 52 yards setting up next weekends game against the Memphis Showboats who on Sunday battered the Denver Gold 48-7.
Tampa Bay quarterback John Reaves passed for three touchdowns and ran for another. His 15-yard TD pass to Willie Gillespie with 9:41 left in the game tied it at 27, but kicker Zenon Andrusyshyn missed on a 35-yard extra-point attempt after penalties nullified two earlier successful conversions.
Then Oakland marched to the winning field goal, waiting until only two seconds were left on the clock to call a time out.
1 2 3 4 F
TB 0 14 7 6 - 27
OAK 3 7 10 10 - 30
Scoring
OAK:Bojovic 37 FG - OAK 3, TB 0
TB: Jackson 5 pass from Reaves(Andusyshyn kick) - TB 7, OAK 3
TB: G.Anderson 73 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, OAK 3
OAK:Holloway 25 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - TB 14, OAK 10
OAK:Carter 40 pass from Hebert(Bojovic kick) - OAK 17, TB 14
OAK:Bojovic 52 FG(Bojovic kick) - OAK 20, TB 14
TB: Reaves 6 run(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 21, OAK 20
OAK:Newton 1 run(Bojovic kick) - OAK 27, TB 21
TB: Gillespie 15 pass from Reaves(kick failed) - OAK 27, TB 27
OAK:Bojovic 23 FG - OAK 30, TB 27
Box Score
TB OAK
First Downs 19 17
Rushes-Yards 24-119 26-94
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 30-18-299-3 28-15-250-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-16 1-12
Total Plays-Yards 54-418 54-344
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-45 11-105
Turnovers 4 2
Time of Possession 26:57 33:03
Attendance = 19,346
TAMPA BAY OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Reaves 30 18 315 3 3 89.58 Hebert 27 15 271 2 2 84.03
Faulkner 1 0 0 0 0 ---
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
G.Anderson 13 90 18.4 0 J.Williams 14 45 3.2 0
Boone 10 23 2.3 0 A.Bentley 7 38 5.4 0
Reaves 1 6 6.0 1 Newton 3 5 1.7 1
Carter 1 4 4.0 0
Holloway 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
G.Anderson 5 111 22.2 1 Holloway 3 75 25.0 1
Jackson 5 87 17.4 1 Banks 2 73 36.5 0
Brodsky 2 49 24.5 0 Carter 2 52 26.0 1
Gillespie 2 38 19.0 1 A.Bentley 4 37 9.3 0
Harvey 3 24 8.0 0 J.Williams 3 24 8.0 0
Boone 1 6 6.0 0 Cozen 1 10 10.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
F.Carter 6 157 26.2 0 Faulkner 3 85 28.3 0
O.Brown 2 35 17.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Jackson 1 8 8.0 0 None - -- -- -
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 0-1 -- 3-4 3 Bojovic 3-4 52 3-3 12
miss: 28 miss: 31
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 1 34 34.0 Talley 3 142 47.3
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Ramey 1 12 Hollie 1 8
Shaw 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Harrell 1 0 0.0 0 O.Davis 2 34 17.0 0
Thurman 1 0 0.0 0 McKeever 1 6 6.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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