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Wild Card: Georgia Force at Tampa Bay Bandits

December 28, 1980
79°
Tampa Stadium (Tampa, FL) Attendance: 69,122 (93%)
Force 3 27 0 3 - 33
Bandits 7 7 10 10 - 34

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bandits: 2-4-GAF 21 (12:15) 13-Michael White pass complete to 86-Joesph Wagner for 21 yards. 86-Joesph Wagner made a great diving catch! TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 7 GAF 0
(Qtr 1) Force: 4-10-TAM 24 (8:47) 9-Donald Gary 41 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 7 GAF 3
(Qtr 2) Force: 3-7-GAF 28 (13:41) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 19-Jonathan Carlyle for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Donald Gary. TAM 7 GAF 10
(Qtr 2) Force: 2-6-TAM 6 (11:13) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 35-James Burgess for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 3-7-GAF 30 (4:36) 13-Michael White pass complete to 86-Joesph Wagner for 30 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 14 GAF 16
(Qtr 2) Force: 3-8-GAF 35 (3:36) (Hot Read) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 89-Norman Shaw for 65 yards. Nice adjustment by 89-Norman Shaw to catch that ball. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Donald Gary. TAM 96-Joseph Poulsen was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. TAM 14 GAF 23
(Qtr 2) Force: 2-6-TAM 6 (1:24) 10-Phillip Anderson pass complete to 19-Jonathan Carlyle for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Donald Gary. TAM 14 GAF 30
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 4-1-GAF 17 (10:59) 15-Thomas Hummell 34 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 17 GAF 30
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 1-10-TAM 25 (7:12) 13-Michael White pass complete to 86-Joesph Wagner for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 24 GAF 30
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 2-1-GAF 1 (11:57) 13-Michael White pass complete to 12-Edward Conner for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Thomas Hummell. TAM 31 GAF 30
(Qtr 4) Force: 4-9-TAM 9 (8:22) 9-Donald Gary 26 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 31 GAF 33
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-13-GAF 35 (0:38) 15-Thomas Hummell 52 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 34 GAF 33

Team Statistics

Bandits Force
First Downs 15 11
- Rushing 2 1
- Passing 11 10
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 475 410
- Offensive Plays 75 64
- Yards Per Play 6.33 6.41
Net Rushing Yards 106 25
- Rushing Attempts 27 26
- Yards Per Rush 3.93 0.96
Net Passing Yards 369 385
- Att/Comp/Int 46 / 23 / 4 37 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 383 392
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 14 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.69 10.13
- Yards Per Completion 16.65 21.78
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 15 3 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 9.6
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 30 6 / 59
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 20 4 / 20
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 54 3 / 115
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 8
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 28
Time of Possession 29:25 30:37

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:40 2:28 OWN 37 6 63 Touchdown
1 8:44 2:13 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 4:24 0:55 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 1:17 1:26 OWN 29 3 -2 Punt
2 13:31 0:54 OWN 27 2 8 Interception
2 11:09 1:27 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 8:08 3:37 OWN 35 8 65 Touchdown
2 3:26 1:16 OWN 25 3 7 Interception
2 1:22 1:22 OWN 19 2 12 Half
3 15:00 2:03 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 7:59 0:58 OWN 12 3 88 Touchdown
3 4:56 0:51 OWN 34 3 6 Punt
3 3:08 2:13 OWN 23 4 0 Punt
4 14:01 2:01 OWN 6 9 91 Interception
4 8:19 2:19 OWN 25 5 65 Interception
4 3:56 3:22 OWN 35 10 30 Field Goal

Georgia Force

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:20 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
1 12:12 3:28 OWN 25 7 51 Field Goal
1 6:31 2:07 OWN 23 3 7 Punt
1 3:29 2:12 OWN 22 3 8 Punt
2 14:51 1:20 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
2 12:37 1:28 OPP 40 4 40 Touchdown
2 9:42 1:34 OWN 22 3 -3 Punt
2 4:31 1:05 OWN 34 3 66 Touchdown
2 2:11 0:49 OPP 35 7 35 Touchdown
3 12:57 2:02 OWN 25 3 -9 Field Goal
3 10:56 2:56 OWN 34 5 21 Punt
3 7:01 2:05 OWN 22 3 -2 Punt
3 4:05 0:58 OWN 20 4 14 Punt
3 0:55 1:53 OWN 34 5 10 Punt
4 12:00 0:06 OWN 1 2 -1 Touchdown
4 11:55 3:36 OWN 25 5 66 Field Goal
4 6:00 2:04 OWN 9 3 4 Punt
4 0:34 0:34 OWN 25 3 -2 Game

Rushing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herschel Walker 20 89 4.45 12 1 0
Ralph Allen 7 17 2.43 8 0 0

Georgia Force

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Burgess 18 22 1.22 10 1 0
Dominique Barrientos 2 2 1.00 1 0 0
Herman Wiltse 6 1 0.17 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael White 40 22 372 2 / 14 4 75 3 88.75
Luis Gero 6 1 11 0 / 0 0 11 1 0.00

Georgia Force

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Phillip Anderson 34 17 376 1 / 7 4 72 0 129.04
Richard Garrett 3 1 16 0 / 0 0 16 0 52.08

Receiving Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joesph Wagner 3 126 42.00 75 3
Edward Conner 10 107 10.70 29 1
Michael Popa 4 76 19.00 29 0
David Albrecht 2 46 23.00 25 0
Ralph Allen 2 13 6.50 7 0
James Haigh 1 13 13.00 13 0
Herschel Walker 1 2 2.00 2 0

Georgia Force

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Burgess 5 79 15.80 65 1
Jonathan Carlyle 2 78 39.00 72 2
Norman Shaw 2 75 37.50 65 1
Herman Wiltse 3 63 21.00 33 0
Gregory Hoffman 2 34 17.00 26 0
Paul Johnston 2 22 11.00 11 0
Stephen Durbin 1 21 21.00 21 0
Dominique Barrientos 1 20 20.00 20 0

Blocking Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Dillon 57 35 1 3
Michael Hall 47 35 1 2
Michael Popa 0 21 0 1
Jim Stewart 4 5 0 0
James Davison 1 0 0 0
Walter Forbush 1 0 0 0
Joesph Wagner 0 10 0 0
David Wilcox 0 1 0 1
Randy Dukes 0 3 0 0
Howard Dailey 0 4 0 1
Daniel Middleton 0 2 0 0
David Asuncion 0 3 0 0
John Hernandez 0 4 0 0
Raymond Holt 0 1 0 0
Joseph Poulsen 0 4 0 0
Joseph Frost 12 0 0 0
Christopher Shaw 0 4 0 0
Bradley Davis 55 34 0 1
Ralph Allen 10 3 0 0
Ira Edge 13 2 0 0
Stephen Button 1 6 0 0
Edward Conner 0 21 0 1
David Albrecht 10 32 0 4
Herschel Walker 13 3 0 0
Arthur Audette 48 34 0 2
George Begay 0 10 0 0
Brandon Roberge 60 31 0 1
James Haigh 21 13 0 0
Joseph Gilmer 0 2 0 1

Georgia Force

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jeffrey Thompson 34 30 1 5
Brent Gould 35 37 0 1
Harold Lindsay 0 1 0 0
Yong Kolb 0 5 0 0
Robert Marsh 0 2 0 0
Wesley Ochs 0 3 0 1
Donald Schultz 0 2 0 0
Brandon Kidney 0 2 0 0
Charles Berke 0 5 0 0
Gregory Hoffman 0 2 0 0
Louis Welch 4 4 0 1
Steve Risner 0 4 0 1
Ralph Johnson 0 2 0 0
Neil Choate 1 0 0 0
Brandon Boyd 0 1 0 0
Lewis Wadsworth 0 1 0 0
Michael Ross 3 6 0 1
Herman Wiltse 2 7 0 0
Paul Johnston 0 5 0 1
Everett Bowers 17 4 0 0
Jimmy Rice 46 35 0 0
James Clay 29 27 0 1
Robert Willis 13 1 0 0
Thomas Regan 18 6 0 1
Michael Monday 9 3 0 0
Robert Lamon 25 15 0 0
Dominique Barrientos 1 21 0 0
Doug Mackie 49 31 0 1
Jonathan Carlyle 0 23 0 0
Norman Shaw 0 24 0 0
Stephen Durbin 7 18 0 0
James Burgess 2 2 0 0
Michael Souther 11 4 0 0
Jessie Draper 0 3 0 0
Fritz Patterson 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Georgia Force

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Ralph Johnson 2 6 3.00 0
Michael Ross 1 1 1.00 0
Harold Lindsay 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Haigh 0 1 0 0
Randy Dukes 0 0 1 0
Ralph Allen 0 1 0 0
Joesph Wagner 0 0 1 0

Georgia Force

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jonathan Carlyle 1 0 0 0
Ralph Johnson 1 0 0 0

Punting

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Manion 7 348 49.71 44.29 60 0

Georgia Force

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Randy Mead 9 421 46.78 44.89 51 2

Kicking

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Hummell 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 4 / 4

Georgia Force

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Gary 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 3 / 4

Punt Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Haigh 2 20 10.0 11 0

Georgia Force

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jonathan Carlyle 4 20 5.0 10 0

Kick Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
James Haigh 2 54 27.0 0

Georgia Force

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jonathan Carlyle 3 115 38.3 0

Defensive Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
Lewis Lum 6 0
Charles Mooney 6 0
William Lewis 5 1
Randy Dukes 4 0
Terry Crum 4 0
David Wilcox 3 0
William Coley 3 0
Howard Dailey 2 0
Jim Stewart 2 0
Virgil Tindell 2 0
Thomas Hummell 2 0
Otis Bourbeau 1 0
David Asuncion 1 0
Ralph Allen 1 0
Michael Popa 1 0
Phillip Carr 1 0
Joseph Poulsen 1 0
Daniel Middleton 1 0
Bradley Davis 1 0

Georgia Force

Name Tackles Sacks
James Byler 8 0
Michael Ross 6 0
Ralph Johnson 6 0
Yong Kolb 6 0
Michael Monday 5 0
Jessie Draper 3 0
Donald Schultz 2 1
Robert Marsh 2 0
Brandon Boyd 2 0
Brandon Kidney 2 0
Walter Gabbert 2 0
Harold Lindsay 2 0
John Brown 1 1
Robert Lamon 1 0
Wesley Ochs 1 0
Dominique Barrientos 1 0
Lewis Wadsworth 1 0
Dean Stephens 1 0
Fritz Patterson 1 0
Neil Choate 1 0