Week 16: Florida Blazers at Tampa Bay Bandits

December 16, 1979
77°
Tampa Stadium (Tampa, FL) Attendance: 69,262 (93%)
Blazers 3 3 0 3 - 9
Bandits 7 7 14 7 - 35

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blazers: 4-9-TAM 18 (6:29) 11-Robert Allison 36 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 0 FLA 3
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 1-6-FLA 6 (2:12) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 13-Ernest Seal for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 7 FLA 3
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 1-10-FLA 10 (12:35) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 13-Ernest Seal for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 14 FLA 3
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 4-19-TAM 19 (2:50) 11-Robert Allison 37 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 76-Dean Park was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. TAM 14 FLA 6
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 2-1-TAM 49 (13:39) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 81-George Begay for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 21 FLA 6
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 3-12-TAM 21 (2:03) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 13-Ernest Seal for 79 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 28 FLA 6
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 4-5-TAM 6 (13:40) 11-Robert Allison 24 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 28 FLA 9
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 3-6-FLA 6 (7:43) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 35 FLA 9

Team Statistics

Bandits Blazers
First Downs 18 12
- Rushing 6 5
- Passing 12 7
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 505 273
- Offensive Plays 59 53
- Yards Per Play 8.56 5.15
Net Rushing Yards 141 110
- Rushing Attempts 29 23
- Yards Per Rush 4.86 4.78
Net Passing Yards 364 163
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 24 / 0 28 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 376 176
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 12 2 / 13
- Yards Per Pass Play 12.13 5.43
- Yards Per Completion 15.67 11.00
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 10 / 14 5 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 9.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 30 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 26
Time of Possession 32:27 27:33

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:24 2:11 OWN 12 3 9 Punt
1 6:25 4:17 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 1:20 3:49 OWN 21 7 79 Touchdown
2 2:47 1:42 OWN 25 6 13 Punt
3 15:00 1:28 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
3 10:27 2:07 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
3 5:30 3:39 OWN 11 6 89 Touchdown
4 13:37 5:58 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
4 7:16 7:16 OWN 30 12 58 Game

Florida Blazers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:36 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 11:12 4:47 OWN 30 9 52 Field Goal
1 2:08 0:48 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 12:31 9:44 OWN 25 14 56 Field Goal
2 1:05 1:05 OWN 20 2 8 Half
3 13:32 3:05 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
3 8:20 2:50 OWN 32 5 20 Punt
3 1:52 3:14 OWN 25 10 69 Field Goal
4 7:39 0:24 OWN 25 3 0 Punt

Rushing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ralph Allen 14 62 4.43 25 2 0
James Haigh 11 56 5.09 18 3 0
Frank Owens 4 23 5.75 10 1 0

Florida Blazers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jaime Giles 15 96 6.40 18 5 0
Jordan Devers 7 14 2.00 8 0 0
Michael London 1 0 0.00 - 0 0

Passing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Luis Gero 27 23 369 2 / 12 5 79 0 158.33
Tyrone Harvell 1 1 7 0 / 0 0 7 0 95.83

Florida Blazers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael London 28 16 176 2 / 13 0 31 0 75.89

Receiving Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edward Conner 8 138 17.25 29 1
Ernest Seal 4 99 24.75 79 3
George Begay 4 75 18.75 51 1
James Haigh 2 20 10.00 15 0
Frank Owens 1 14 14.00 14 0
David Albrecht 2 13 6.50 8 0
Michael Popa 1 10 10.00 10 0
Ralph Allen 2 7 3.50 7 0

Florida Blazers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Strickland 5 92 18.40 31 0
Jaime Giles 2 24 12.00 19 0
Chad Swanson 4 23 5.75 9 0
Richard Lamp 2 19 9.50 16 0
Jordan Devers 1 11 11.00 11 0
Peter Vargas 2 7 3.50 5 0

Blocking Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Joseph Frost 33 30 1 3
Bradley Davis 33 35 0 1
James Haigh 9 7 0 0
Christopher Shaw 0 1 0 0
George Begay 0 6 0 0
Stephen Button 0 2 0 0
Ralph Allen 9 4 0 0
James Templeton 7 3 0 0
Ernest Seal 0 17 0 1
Jim Stewart 3 0 0 0
Ira Edge 14 1 0 0
David Albrecht 9 27 0 2
William Dillon 36 34 0 3
Frank Owens 8 20 0 1
Edward Conner 0 24 0 0
Michael Popa 0 16 0 1
James Smith 38 42 0 1
Brandon Roberge 35 36 0 0
Joesph Wagner 0 2 0 0

Florida Blazers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Larry Buckner 28 23 0 3
Arthur Strickland 0 14 0 1
David Bearden 0 1 0 0
Barry Litchford 0 1 0 0
Paul Waller 0 1 0 0
Jason Brown 8 2 0 0
Edward Booth 3 1 0 0
Troy Hulse 1 1 0 0
Jaime Giles 2 5 0 0
Vincent Shor 0 2 0 0
Larry McCabe 1 2 0 0
Peter Vargas 6 20 0 1
Peter Kaplan 0 10 0 1
Richard Lamp 0 6 0 0
Gene Aguilar 37 27 0 0
Chad Swanson 0 14 0 1
Shelby Kemp 0 2 0 1
Morris Burbach 0 1 0 0
David Watkins 0 2 0 0
Travis Pino 0 2 0 0
Lorenzo Grant 19 20 0 3
Jamie Seymour 5 1 0 0
Jordan Devers 10 7 0 1
Dean Park 39 30 0 0
David Smith 37 25 0 1
James Foster 35 22 0 0
Craig Avery 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Florida Blazers

Fumble Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Florida Blazers

Punting

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 3 158 52.67 46.33 62 0

Florida Blazers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Medley 5 243 48.60 44.40 58 1

Kicking

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 5 / 5

Florida Blazers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Allison 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 0 / 0

Punt Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Strickland 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kick Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Arthur Strickland 1 33 33.0 0

Defensive Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits