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Tampa Bay 17 at Oakland 10
1983 Week 10 - Sunday, May 8, 1983
Tampa Bay Bandits(6-3) at Oakland Invaders(4-5)(-1)
Attendance: 26,989, TV: ABC
OAKLAND(AP) - The Tampa Bay Bandits survived a furious Oakland rally for a 17-10 victory over the Invaders..
Jimmy Jordan, who later left the game with a separated shoulder, fired touchdown passes to Eric Truvillion and Danny Buggs to lead the Bandits. Jordan became a starter when John Reeves broke his wrist three weeks ago.
About 10,000 of the 26,989 ticketholders were no-shows for the nationally televised game at Oakland, where the Invaders trailed 17-0 after three quarters. The Oakland rally fell short despite a 3-yard touchdown run by quarterback Fred Besana and a 30-yard field goal by Kevin Shea.
1 2 3 4 F
TB 3 7 7 0 - 17
OAK 0 0 0 10 - 10
Scoring
TB: Andrusyshyn 22 yd field goal - TB 3, OAK 0
TB: Buggs 9 yd pass from Jordan (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 10, OAK 0
TB: Truvillion 18 yd pass from Jordan (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 17, OAK 0
OAK:Besana 3 yd run (Shea kick) - TB 17, OAK 7
OAK:Shea 30 yd field goal - TB 17, OAK 10
Box Score
TB LA
First Downs 17 24
Rushes-Yards 31-93 38-172
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 24-15-200-2 39-25-254-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-42 3-24
Total Plays-Yards 59-251 80-402
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 6-4
Penalties-Yards 4-28 7-60
Turnovers 3 6
Time of Possession 25:18 34:42
Attendance = 26,989
TAMPA BAY OAKLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Jordan 22 15 200 1 2 108.1 Besana 38 25 254 2 0 62.8
Koonce 2 0 0 1 0 0.0 Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Boone 14 46 5.4 0 Whittington 26 138 5.3 0
Platt 12 28 3.1 0 Besana 6 31 5.2 1
Franks 3 19 2.6 0 Henderson 1 6 6.0 0
Koonce 2 0 0.0 0 Jackson 4 4 1.0 0
Holmes 1 3 3.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Buggs 4 64 16.0 1 Henderson 4 71 17.8 0
Platt 5 54 10.8 0 Jackson 7 70 10.0 0
Truvillion 3 52 17.3 1 Chester 5 41 8.2 0
Cox 1 21 21.0 0 Whittington 5 36 7.2 0
Franks 1 5 5.0 0 Banks 3 27 9.0 0
Gilbert 1 4 4.0 0 Randall 1 9 9.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Bailey 1 20 20.0 0 Jackson 2 36 18.0 0
Hanna 1 13 13.0 0 Yancy 1 20 20.0 0
Hayes 1 0 0.0 0 James 1 -2 -2.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Bailey 2 19 9.5 0 Banks 1 11 11.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 1-1 22 2-2 5 Shea 1-3 30 1-1 4
miss: none miss: 55, 42
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 6 274 45.7 Talley 3 135 45.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Liles 2 23 Johnson 1 15
Atiyeh 1 10 Edwards 1 5
McClain 1 9 Ramey 1 4
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Quinn 1 19 19.0 0 George 2 0 0.0 0
Plummer 1 2 2.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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