Week 1: Southern California Sun at Tampa Bay Bandits

September 07, 1980
88°
Tampa Stadium (Tampa, FL) Attendance: 69,582 (94%)
Sun 3 3 3 0 - 9
Bandits 10 3 0 14 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bandits: 3-10-TAM 16 (14:15) 11-Luis Gero pass complete to 25-Herschel Walker for 84 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 7 SCS 0
(Qtr 1) Sun: 4-5-TAM 8 (7:09) 17-Alan Grossi 26 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 7 SCS 3
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 4-1-SCS 1 (2:44) 15-Thomas Hummell 19 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 10 SCS 3
(Qtr 2) Sun: 4-4-TAM 14 (13:37) 17-Alan Grossi 32 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 10 SCS 6
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-1-SCS 33 (2:52) 15-Thomas Hummell 50 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 13 SCS 6
(Qtr 3) Sun: 4-16-TAM 21 (8:38) 17-Alan Grossi 39 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 13 SCS 9
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 2-10-TAM 20 (13:32) (Hot Read) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 39-Ralph Allen for 80 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 20 SCS 9
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 1-10-SCS 36 (7:39) 16-Tyrone Harvell pass complete to 83-Michael Popa for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 27 SCS 9

Team Statistics

Bandits Sun
First Downs 8 13
- Rushing 2 5
- Passing 6 8
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 449 268
- Offensive Plays 60 71
- Yards Per Play 7.48 3.77
Net Rushing Yards 44 87
- Rushing Attempts 22 32
- Yards Per Rush 2.00 2.72
Net Passing Yards 405 181
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 16 / 1 36 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 405 197
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.66 4.64
- Yards Per Completion 25.31 9.38
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 4 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 25 4 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 25 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 39 2 / 34
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 27
Time of Possession 24:05 35:52

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:59 OWN 16 3 84 Touchdown
1 7:07 4:25 OWN 25 8 74 Field Goal
2 13:33 0:48 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 8:42 2:15 OWN 11 3 6 Punt
2 4:25 1:38 OWN 27 5 40 Field Goal
2 1:50 1:50 OWN 32 3 6 Half
3 12:55 0:41 OWN 25 2 11 Interception
3 8:34 0:56 OWN 26 3 -1 Punt
3 6:08 1:36 OWN 10 3 9 Punt
3 2:22 0:15 OWN 19 3 0 Punt
3 1:10 0:48 OWN 32 3 1 Punt
4 13:36 0:15 OWN 20 2 80 Touchdown
4 11:23 0:18 OWN 33 3 0 Punt
4 9:02 1:28 OWN 30 4 70 Touchdown
4 6:12 2:49 OWN 3 4 26 Punt
4 3:04 3:04 OWN 32 8 25 Game

Southern California Sun

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:01 6:54 OWN 13 10 79 Field Goal
1 2:42 4:08 OWN 25 10 61 Field Goal
2 12:46 4:04 OWN 20 7 32 Punt
2 6:27 2:01 OWN 30 4 6 Punt
2 2:47 0:57 OWN 13 3 7 Punt
3 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 12:14 3:39 OPP 36 6 15 Field Goal
3 7:38 1:30 OWN 33 3 4 Punt
3 4:32 2:10 OWN 35 3 4 Punt
3 2:08 0:57 OWN 35 3 -11 Punt
3 0:23 1:47 OWN 20 5 32 Punt
4 13:20 1:57 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
4 11:05 2:03 OWN 20 3 8 Punt
4 7:33 1:21 OWN 25 5 22 Punt
4 3:23 0:19 OWN 26 3 0 Punt

Rushing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herschel Walker 13 27 2.08 8 0 0
Ralph Allen 5 15 3.00 6 0 0
James Haigh 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Luis Gero 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Horn 22 68 3.09 11 2 0
Ronald Diaz 10 19 1.90 12 1 0

Passing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Luis Gero 34 14 289 0 / 0 1 84 1 69.36
Tyrone Harvell 4 2 116 0 / 0 2 80 0 135.42

Southern California Sun

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Oscar Willis 36 21 197 3 / 16 0 29 0 73.50

Receiving Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Popa 4 102 25.50 45 1
Herschel Walker 3 94 31.33 84 1
Ralph Allen 2 81 40.50 80 1
David Albrecht 3 49 16.33 25 0
James Haigh 2 41 20.50 35 0
Joseph Gilmer 1 38 38.00 38 0
Joesph Wagner 1 0 0.00 0 0

Southern California Sun

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Dayton 5 61 12.20 22 0
John Horn 3 39 13.00 29 0
Gregory Drayton 3 37 12.33 22 0
David Nelson 3 26 8.67 14 0
William Alanis 1 13 13.00 13 0
David Tucker 3 13 4.33 7 0
Stuart Haney 3 8 2.67 5 0

Blocking Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jim Stewart 1 5 0 0
Ira Edge 12 1 0 0
Raymond Holt 0 2 0 0
Al Schwartz 0 3 0 0
Howard Dailey 0 3 0 0
Martin Wildermuth 0 1 0 0
Joesph Wagner 0 3 0 0
Randy Dukes 0 4 0 0
Daniel Middleton 0 2 0 0
Joseph Gilmer 0 2 0 0
James Davison 0 2 0 0
Ralph Allen 5 3 0 0
James Haigh 12 9 0 0
Frank Owens 13 23 0 1
Joseph Poulsen 0 5 0 0
Edward Conner 0 23 0 1
George Begay 0 12 0 0
Herschel Walker 11 2 0 0
Bradley Davis 49 27 0 4
William Dillon 43 30 0 2
James Smith 50 31 0 0
Brandon Roberge 48 22 0 2
Joseph Frost 47 25 0 1
Michael Popa 0 18 0 1
David Albrecht 9 23 0 2
David Asuncion 0 2 0 0
John Hernandez 0 4 0 1
William Lewis 0 3 0 1

Southern California Sun

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kenneth South 38 41 2 5
Mark Trask 54 44 1 2
Brent Couture 0 2 0 0
Ronald Diaz 2 1 0 0
Steven Bunger 1 0 0 0
Tyrone Kennedy 0 2 0 0
Dan Fredericks 9 1 0 0
David Tucker 0 6 0 0
John Horn 15 4 0 0
David Nelson 0 16 0 0
Guy Rojas 52 39 0 0
David Ellis 38 40 0 4
Gregory Drayton 15 30 0 5
Charles Long 50 23 0 4
Douglas Banda 0 2 0 0
David Mackey 2 12 0 1
Stuart Haney 27 28 0 1
Ronald Roney 15 13 0 1
Jose Murphy 0 2 0 0
Thomas Dayton 0 21 0 3
James Kelley 0 3 0 0
Jeffrey Crossman 0 3 0 0
Brian Middleton 0 3 0 0
Mitchell Plummer 0 3 0 0
Ricky McLean 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Southern California Sun

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Norman Brown 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Southern California Sun

Punting

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 8 380 47.50 46.88 53 0

Southern California Sun

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clyde Perrotta 12 566 47.17 43.25 54 4

Kicking

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 3 / 3

Southern California Sun

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Alan Grossi 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 0 / 0

Punt Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Haigh 4 25 6.3 10 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Nelson 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kick Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Haigh 2 39 19.5 0

Southern California Sun

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Marks 2 34 17.0 0

Defensive Stats