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Philadelphia 24 at Tampa Bay 10
1983 Week 9 - Saturday, April 30, 1983
Philadelphia Stars(7-1)(-1) at Tampa Bay Bandits(6-2)
Attendance: 41,559, TV: ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. (UP1) - Kelvin Bryant, second-leading rusher in the U.S. Football League, scored two touchdowns Saturday night to lift the Philadelphia Stars to a 24-10 victory over the Tampa Bay Bandits.
Bryant, who gained 106 yards on 22 carries, scored the first touchdown for Philadelphia, 8-1, on a 10-yard run in the first quarter, and the last in the third period on a 3-yard run.
Allen Harvin added a 2-yard TD run in the third quarter and David Trout kicked a 44-yard field goal in the first period for the Stars.
Tampa Bay, 6-3, scored its only touchdown in the second quarter when Jimmy Jordan passed 2 yards to wide receiver Eric Truvillion. Zenon Andrusyshyn kicked a 25-yard field goal in the third period.
After Andrusyshyn's field goal narrowed the score to 17-10, Bryant took command. He carried five times for 47 yards in an eight-play drive that covered 67 yards, scoring on a pitchout around right end.
1 2 3 4 F
PHI 10 0 14 0 - 24
TB 0 7 3 0 - 10
Scoring
PHI:Bryant 10 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 7, TB 0
PHI:Trout 44 yd field goal - PHI 10, TB 0
TB: Truvillion 2 yd pass from Jordan (Andrusyshyn kick) - PHI 10, TB 7
PHI:Harvin 20 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 17, TB 7
TB: Andrusyshyn 25 yd field goal - PHI 17, TB 10
PHI:Bryant 3 yd run (Trout kick) - PHI 24, TB 10
Box Score
PHI TB
First Downs 20 16
Rushes-Yards 36-175 18-69
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 28-17-232-1 49-24-260-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-75 1-8
Total Plays-Yards 70-342 68-321
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 3-18 2-14
Turnovers 2 4
Time of Possession 32:44 27:16
Attendance = 41,559
PHILADELPHIA TAMPA BAY
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Fusina 28 17 232 1 0 72.3 Jordan 47 24 260 3 1 48.2
Platt 1 0 0 0 0 39.6
Buggs 1 0 0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Bryant 22 106 4.8 2 Platt 10 46 4.6 0
Boddie 9 67 7.4 1 Franks 8 23 2.9 0
Fusina 4 2 0.5 0
Russell 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Collier 5 73 14.6 0 Truvillion 5 73 12.4 1
Parker 2 39 19.5 0 Platt 7 56 8.0 0
Harvin 2 31 15.5 0 Gillespie 1 40 40.0 0
Donovan 1 21 21.0 0 Buggs 4 31 7.8 0
Bryant 4 21 5.2 0 Franks 2 27 13.5 0
Folsom 1 19 19.0 0 Gilbert 2 17 8.5 0
Dunek 1 18 18.0 0 Young 1 8 8.0 0
Riley 1 10 10.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Harvin 2 41 20.5 0 Bailey 3 62 20.7 0
Russell 1 15 15.0 0 Wilson 3 37 12.3 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Woerner 1 1 1.0 0 Bailey 3 14 4.7 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Trout 1-1 44 3-3 6 Andrusyshyn 1-2 25 1-1 4
miss: none miss: 37
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Landeta 7 291 41.6 Andrusyshyn 5 204 40.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Woerner 1 8 Times 3 32
Ramey 1 18
Piurowski 1 17
Nordgren 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Sutton 1 9 9.0 0 Edwards 1 2 2.0 0
Gibson 1 0 0.0 0
Bunting 1 0 0.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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