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Week 1: Tampa Bay Bandits at Houston Gamblers

September 07, 1986
70°
Houston Astrodome (Houston, TX) Attendance: 62,500 (92%)
Bandits 3 7 7 0 - 17
Gamblers 14 7 24 3 - 48

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-1-TAM 1 (9:31) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 87-Wesley Hull for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 7 TAM 0
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 4-7-HOU 33 (3:24) 7-Leon Rupe 51 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 7 TAM 3
(Qtr 1) Gamblers: 1-8-TAM 8 (0:18) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 22-Mark Lambert to TAM 0 for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 66-Carl Lawlor was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. HOU 14 TAM 3
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 3-1-HOU 8 (2:05) 26-Paul Meade ran for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Leon Rupe. HOU 14 TAM 10
(Qtr 2) Gamblers: 1-2-TAM 2 (0:28) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 85-James Orourke for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 21 TAM 10
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 4-4-TAM 4 (9:08) 19-Daniel McCormack 21 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 24 TAM 10
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 1-10-HOU 42 (6:51) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 28-Albert Buckland for 58 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 49-Thomas Knotts was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. TAM 54-William Coley was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. HOU 31 TAM 10
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 2-8-HOU 8 (5:29) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 84-Andrew Hickman for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Leon Rupe. HOU 31 TAM 17
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 3-10-TAM 12 (2:12) 8-Melvin Driggers pass INTERCEPTED by 42-Robert Sokol at TAM 27. 42-Robert Sokol to TAM 0 for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 38 TAM 17
(Qtr 3) Gamblers: 1-5-TAM 11 (1:49) 12-Tony Dean pass complete to 86-Bruce Edwards for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Daniel McCormack. HOU 45 TAM 17
(Qtr 4) Gamblers: 4-2-TAM 6 (2:00) 19-Daniel McCormack 23 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 48 TAM 17

Team Statistics

Gamblers Bandits
First Downs 27 10
- Rushing 10 2
- Passing 15 7
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 574 268
- Offensive Plays 81 54
- Yards Per Play 7.09 4.96
Net Rushing Yards 148 54
- Rushing Attempts 39 13
- Yards Per Rush 3.79 4.15
Net Passing Yards 426 214
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 30 / 1 41 / 19 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 426 214
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.14 5.22
- Yards Per Completion 14.20 11.26
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 14 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 29 5 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 28 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 95 1 / 34
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 46 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 2 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 26
Time of Possession 40:12 19:49

Drive Charts

Houston Gamblers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:33 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
1 9:10 3:39 OWN 26 6 38 Missed FG
1 3:20 3:07 OWN 26 7 74 Touchdown
2 11:40 4:07 OWN 20 7 38 Punt
2 2:01 1:37 OWN 22 6 78 Touchdown
3 13:31 4:26 OWN 19 8 77 Field Goal
3 7:33 0:52 OWN 32 2 68 Touchdown
3 5:25 3:07 OWN 40 6 14 Punt
3 1:58 0:08 OPP 25 1 0 Interception
3 1:50 0:06 OPP 16 1 16 Touchdown
3 0:49 2:56 OWN 5 6 35 Punt
4 11:51 3:30 OWN 18 6 16 Interception
4 7:40 5:42 OWN 43 9 52 Field Goal
4 1:22 1:22 OWN 31 4 12 Game

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:27 0:17 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 5:31 2:11 OWN 43 4 24 Field Goal
1 0:14 3:33 OWN 25 6 14 Punt
2 7:33 5:32 OWN 9 10 91 Touchdown
2 0:24 0:24 OWN 25 1 4 Half
3 15:00 1:29 OWN 26 3 6 Punt
3 9:06 1:33 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 6:41 1:16 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
3 2:18 0:20 OWN 12 3 0 Interception
3 1:44 0:55 OWN 25 4 21 Punt
4 12:54 1:02 OWN 20 4 23 Punt
4 8:22 0:41 OPP 42 5 7 Missed FG
4 1:58 0:36 OWN 25 3 5 Punt

Rushing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mark Lambert 14 67 4.79 13 2 0
Chase Miles 16 56 3.50 9 0 0
Albert Buckland 6 21 3.50 14 1 0
Wesley Hull 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
Fredrick Skeen 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Carl Lawlor 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Meade 2 23 11.50 15 1 1
Richard Dyer 3 16 5.33 9 0 0
Jimmy Clark 8 15 1.88 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tony Dean 42 30 426 0 / 0 5 63 1 133.53

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Melvin Driggers 36 19 214 0 / 0 1 51 2 56.94
Christopher Pringle 5 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Albert Buckland 3 108 36.00 58 1
Willie Nelson 4 106 26.50 63 0
Gerald Miller 5 88 17.60 42 0
Mark Lambert 8 68 8.50 15 1
James Orourke 2 14 7.00 12 1
Wesley Hull 4 12 3.00 6 1
Lonnie Mohr 1 11 11.00 11 0
Bruce Edwards 1 11 11.00 11 1
Austin Gonzales 1 7 7.00 7 0
Chase Miles 1 1 1.00 1 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edward Conner 2 55 27.50 39 0
Roger Taylor 1 51 51.00 51 0
Burt Johnston 4 37 9.25 21 0
Joesph Wagner 3 24 8.00 20 0
Richard Dyer 2 22 11.00 22 0
Andrew Hickman 2 16 8.00 8 1
Jimmy Clark 3 7 2.33 5 0
Duane Stokes 1 1 1.00 1 0
Paul Meade 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andre Adkins 49 32 0 0
Philip King 0 2 0 0
Irvin Balzer 0 5 0 0
Luis Torres 0 5 0 0
Michael Pollock 0 5 0 2
Jonathan Fenn 2 4 0 0
Paul Sabella 0 5 0 0
John Rogers 0 4 0 0
Edward Mayberry 0 3 0 0
Albert Buckland 5 10 0 1
Brian Lowe 1 2 0 0
Timothy Adams 0 3 0 0
Lyle Maldanado 0 1 0 1
Juan Jacobson 0 2 0 0
David Phillips 0 2 0 0
Jeffrey Lovelace 0 10 0 0
Paul Cuomo 1 2 0 1
Chase Miles 7 3 0 0
Fredrick Skeen 4 23 0 4
Gerald Miller 0 16 0 1
Lonnie Mohr 30 22 0 1
James Tompkins 44 27 0 1
Danny Keating 47 36 0 0
Philip Johnson 45 32 0 1
Bruce Edwards 0 12 0 1
Willie Nelson 1 21 0 3
Thomas Knotts 47 38 0 3
Mark Lambert 1 2 0 1
Robert Sokol 0 5 0 1
Wesley Hull 11 18 0 1
James Orourke 4 9 0 2
Marquis Laporte 14 16 0 0
Austin Gonzales 0 11 0 0
George Orr 12 13 0 0
Carl Lawlor 11 14 0 1
Rick Edwards 0 7 0 3
Charles Wallace 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Mosley 48 16 0 1
Jimmy Clark 2 1 0 0
Charles Mooney 0 1 0 0
Andre Flores 2 0 0 0
Lyle Brown 0 1 0 0
Mark Rogers 0 1 0 0
William Morris 0 1 0 0
Eric Rodriquez 0 2 0 0
Jim Grisby 0 2 0 1
Virgil Tindell 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Atwell 0 1 0 0
Aurelio Authement 2 0 0 0
Paul Meade 3 2 0 0
Duane Stokes 7 6 0 0
Arthur Audette 50 25 0 1
Joesph Wagner 0 8 0 1
Thomas Whitley 0 13 0 1
Roger Taylor 0 7 0 0
Edward Conner 0 1 0 0
Richard Dyer 23 7 0 1
David Brown 17 0 0 0
David Wilcox 7 5 0 1
Andrew Zeller 20 1 0 0
Antonio Nelson 40 18 0 1
David Caldwell 33 20 0 1
Burt Johnston 19 13 0 1
Michael Hall 43 20 0 0
Craig Maddox 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Sokol 1 27 27.00 1
Michael Rider 1 19 19.00 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Craig Smith 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Mark Lambert 2 1 0 0
Albert Buckland 1 1 0 0
Lonnie Mohr 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Stephen Taylor 0 0 1 0
Emmett Simmons 0 0 1 0
Jim Grisby 0 0 1 0

Punting

Houston Gamblers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Juan Hanson 3 128 42.67 36.00 61 2

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicholas Houston 7 359 51.29 45.43 62 3

Kicking

Houston Gamblers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel McCormack 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 23 6 / 6

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Leon Rupe 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 51 2 / 2

Punt Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Juan Jacobson 6 28 4.7 11 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Kick Return

Houston Gamblers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Philip King 3 95 31.7 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Edward Conner 1 34 34.0 0

Defensive Stats

Houston Gamblers

Name Tackles Sacks
Jonathan Fenn 5 0
Paul Sabella 4 0
John Rogers 4 0
Philip King 3 0
Irvin Balzer 2 0
James Beasley 2 0
Rick Edwards 2 0
Edward Mayberry 2 0
Brian Lowe 2 0
David Phillips 1 0
Luis Torres 1 0
Jeffrey Lovelace 1 0
Austin Gonzales 1 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
Mark Rogers 11 0
Larry Mollett 8 0
Emmett Simmons 7 0
Craig Smith 7 0
Charles Mooney 6 0
Virgil Tindell 6 0
Stephen Taylor 5 0
Eric Rodriquez 4 0
David Wilcox 3 0
Clifford Swank 3 0
Keith Weber 3 0
Jim Grisby 2 0
Burt Johnston 2 0
William Coley 2 0
Lee Stewart 1 0
Richard Dyer 1 0
Francisco Bailey 1 0
Jimmy Atwell 1 0