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Week 1: Tampa Bay Bandits at New Jersey Generals

September 08, 1985
80°
Giants Stadium (Piscataway, NJ) Attendance: 74,554 (93%)
Bandits 0 0 0 14 - 14
Generals 3 10 7 6 - 26

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Generals: 4-7-TAM 31 (1:17) 3-Lucio Grant 48 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 3 TAM 0
(Qtr 2) Generals: 4-4-TAM 4 (6:04) 3-Lucio Grant 21 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 6 TAM 0
(Qtr 2) Generals: 2-3-TAM 3 (0:35) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 44-Magic Johnson for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 13 TAM 0
(Qtr 3) Generals: 1-10-TAM 23 (6:45) 5-Ric Flair pass complete to 12-Aaron Paul for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Lucio Grant. NJG 20 TAM 0
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-5-TAM 5 (9:43) 3-Lucio Grant 22 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 23 TAM 0
(Qtr 4) Generals: 4-1-TAM 36 (3:06) 3-Lucio Grant 53 yard field goal is GOOD. NJG 26 TAM 0
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 1-10-TAM 25 (3:03) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 17-Thomas Whitley for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Leon Rupe. NJG 26 TAM 7
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 1-10-TAM 32 (1:47) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 17-Thomas Whitley for 68 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Leon Rupe. NJG 26 TAM 14

Team Statistics

Generals Bandits
First Downs 28 3
- Rushing 12 0
- Passing 13 1
- Penalty 3 2
Total Net Yards 444 218
- Offensive Plays 83 33
- Yards Per Play 5.35 6.61
Net Rushing Yards 197 17
- Rushing Attempts 50 9
- Yards Per Rush 3.94 1.89
Net Passing Yards 247 201
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 26 / 2 24 / 14 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 247 201
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.48 8.38
- Yards Per Completion 9.50 14.36
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 16 0 / 9
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.7 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 35 7 / 37
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 28 1 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 35
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 45:44 14:17

Drive Charts

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:31 OWN 25 6 42 Interception
1 9:54 8:41 OWN 21 13 47 Field Goal
2 14:49 3:01 OWN 16 6 30 Punt
2 10:16 4:14 OWN 43 6 53 Field Goal
2 3:41 3:11 OWN 30 10 70 Touchdown
3 11:01 4:21 OWN 44 7 56 Touchdown
3 5:39 4:17 OWN 25 8 34 Interception
3 0:23 5:42 OWN 32 10 63 Field Goal
4 9:06 6:04 OWN 25 9 39 Field Goal
4 2:51 1:05 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 1:37 1:37 OWN 45 5 13 Game

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:29 1:34 OWN 32 3 5 Punt
1 1:13 1:24 OWN 25 4 17 Punt
2 11:48 1:32 OWN 7 3 8 Punt
2 6:02 2:21 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 0:31 0:31 OWN 25 1 1 Half
3 15:00 3:59 OWN 25 8 38 Missed FG
3 6:40 1:01 OWN 27 3 5 Punt
3 1:22 1:00 OWN 32 3 -2 Punt
4 9:40 0:34 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 3:02 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
4 1:46 0:10 OWN 32 1 68 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 23 92 4.00 11 1 0
Magic Johnson 18 80 4.44 25 2 0
Fred Dunagan 3 22 7.33 9 0 0
Calvin Hobbes 3 3 1.00 6 0 0
Ric Flair 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jimmy Clark 8 12 1.50 6 0 0
Duane Stokes 1 5 5.00 5 0 0

Passing Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ric Flair 33 26 247 0 / 0 2 24 2 92.80

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Melvin Driggers 24 14 201 0 / 0 2 75 0 113.37

Receiving Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Todd Christensen 6 72 12.00 18 0
Aaron Paul 3 43 14.33 23 1
Rudi Johnson 4 35 8.75 24 0
Chad Ochocinco 4 33 8.25 14 0
Justin Timberlake 3 33 11.00 19 0
Radar O'Reilly 2 13 6.50 8 0
Magic Johnson 3 12 4.00 7 1
Johnny Fever 1 6 6.00 6 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Whitley 6 167 27.83 75 2
Edward Conner 3 21 7.00 12 0
Joesph Wagner 1 6 6.00 6 0
John McDougal 1 5 5.00 5 0
Andrew Hickman 1 1 1.00 1 0
Duane Stokes 1 1 1.00 1 0
Jimmy Clark 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kent Hull 40 54 0 2
Indiana Jones 0 4 0 0
Jimmy Hoffa 1 0 0 0
Bon Scott 0 2 0 0
Charlie Hustle 0 1 0 0
Allen Maloney 0 2 0 1
Carlos Zambrano 0 2 0 0
Vann McElroy 2 3 0 1
Ponyboy Curtis 9 8 0 0
Tony Berryhill 4 1 0 0
Everett Bowers 8 0 0 0
Calvin Hobbes 0 4 0 0
Johnny Fever 0 11 0 1
Jeff Hanneman 0 4 0 0
Bob Marley 0 3 0 0
Steve Niehaus 40 54 0 2
Louis Eckhart 0 5 0 0
Justin Timberlake 0 26 0 1
Dokie Williams 0 9 0 0
Fred Dunagan 0 2 0 0
Magic Johnson 5 4 0 0
Todd Christensen 3 46 0 2
Aaron Paul 0 16 0 1
Rudi Johnson 6 6 0 0
Chad Ochocinco 0 27 0 2
Radar O'Reilly 16 29 0 1
Dusty Baker 40 52 0 2
Don "Donkey" Kong 39 48 0 0
Elvis Presley 41 52 0 2
Boris Becker 0 2 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Virgil Tindell 0 2 0 0
Jimmy Clark 6 2 0 0
Mark Rogers 0 2 0 0
William Morris 0 1 0 0
Jim Grisby 0 2 0 0
Lewis Lum 0 3 0 1
William Lewis 0 1 0 0
Antonio Nelson 2 0 0 0
David Brown 3 0 0 0
Richard Dyer 0 1 0 0
Thomas Whitley 0 1 0 0
Edward Conner 0 3 0 0
David Wilcox 5 5 0 0
Eric Rodriquez 0 2 0 1
Brian Buckley 9 6 0 0
Burt Johnston 9 7 0 0
Jonathan Sullivan 11 7 0 0
Duane Stokes 5 8 0 0
Joesph Wagner 0 3 0 0
David Caldwell 23 13 0 1
Michael Hall 31 14 0 0
Arthur Audette 33 16 0 1
William Dillon 34 18 0 0
Ronald Davis 31 16 0 1
Francisco Bailey 0 1 0 0
Lyle Brown 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Jersey Generals

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Charles Mooney 1 0 0.00 0
Keith Weber 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Bob Marley 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Punting

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 2 96 48.00 44.50 49 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicholas Houston 7 317 45.29 41.86 53 1

Kicking

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 53 2 / 2

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Leon Rupe 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Aaron Paul 3 20 6.7 13 0
Chad Ochocinco 1 8 8.0 8 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edward Conner 1 8 8.0 8 0

Kick Return

New Jersey Generals

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jimmy Clark 1 35 35.0 0

Defensive Stats

New Jersey Generals

Name Tackles Sacks
Indiana Jones 4 0
Walter Moore 4 0
Jeff Hanneman 3 0
Bob Marley 3 0
Bruce Dickinson 2 0
Bon Scott 2 0
Vann McElroy 2 0
Rudi Johnson 1 0
Tony Perez 1 0
James Lockette 1 0
Dokie Williams 1 0
Marty McFly 1 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
Mark Rogers 13 0
Clifford Swank 13 0
Jim Grisby 10 0
Craig Smith 7 0
Charles Mooney 6 0
Kendrick Mobley 6 0
Stephen Taylor 4 0
Francisco Bailey 4 0
Eric Rodriquez 3 0
Burt Johnston 2 0
Josef Bryant 2 0
William Dillon 1 0
Joel Harness 1 0
Virgil Tindell 1 0
Keith Weber 1 0
David Wilcox 1 0
Edward Conner 1 0