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Week 1: Tampa Bay Bandits at Florida Blazers

September 06, 1987
90°
Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL) Attendance: 42,542 (82%)
Bandits 7 0 7 6 - 20
Blazers 3 7 0 6 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blazers: 4-2-TAM 6 (11:30) 11-Robert Allison 24 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 3 TAM 0
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 1-5-TAM 30 (11:24) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 26-Paul Meade for 70 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 68-Gary Lennox. FLA 3 TAM 7
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 2-10-FLA 27 (5:24) 6-Sidney Maggard pass complete to 80-Arthur Strickland for 73 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Robert Allison. FLA 10 TAM 7
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 1-10-FLA 16 (1:36) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 89-John McDougal for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 68-Gary Lennox. FLA 10 TAM 14
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 2-10-FLA 41 (12:23) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 26-Paul Meade for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 4-1-TAM 10 (8:07) 11-Robert Allison 29 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 13 TAM 20
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 4-10-TAM 36 (1:41) 11-Robert Allison 54 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 16 TAM 20

Team Statistics

Blazers Bandits
First Downs 14 11
- Rushing 3 6
- Passing 11 5
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 341 338
- Offensive Plays 67 60
- Yards Per Play 5.09 5.63
Net Rushing Yards 55 109
- Rushing Attempts 25 21
- Yards Per Rush 2.20 5.19
Net Passing Yards 286 229
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 28 / 2 39 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 296 229
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.81 5.87
- Yards Per Completion 10.57 11.45
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 13 1 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 6.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 7 / 49 4 / 31
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 65 1 / 23
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 9
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 29
Time of Possession 33:19 26:39

Drive Charts

Florida Blazers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:33 OWN 30 7 64 Field Goal
1 11:12 1:30 OWN 26 4 16 Interception
1 6:50 2:04 OWN 37 3 -5 Punt
1 2:35 2:42 OWN 26 4 7 Punt
2 12:32 2:03 OWN 33 3 -2 Punt
2 8:59 1:55 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 5:27 0:13 OWN 27 2 73 Touchdown
2 3:41 1:57 OWN 18 6 30 Punt
3 12:42 2:02 OWN 13 3 9 Punt
3 8:27 4:09 OWN 8 6 21 Punt
3 1:32 1:41 OWN 34 3 2 Punt
4 13:18 0:53 OWN 27 3 13 Interception
4 12:15 4:11 OWN 30 6 60 Field Goal
4 7:04 2:52 OWN 35 5 17 Punt
4 2:33 0:56 OWN 36 7 28 Field Goal
4 0:38 0:38 OWN 37 2 0 Game

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:27 0:15 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 9:42 2:52 OPP 50 5 21 Missed FG
1 4:46 2:11 OWN 23 4 17 Punt
2 14:53 2:21 OWN 23 3 7 Punt
2 10:29 1:30 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 7:04 1:36 OWN 19 5 14 Punt
2 5:14 1:33 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 1:44 1:44 OWN 10 3 10 Half
3 15:00 2:18 OWN 25 7 24 Punt
3 10:39 2:13 OWN 34 5 24 Punt
3 4:18 2:46 OWN 28 6 72 Touchdown
4 14:51 1:32 OWN 26 3 2 Punt
4 12:26 0:11 OPP 41 2 41 Touchdown
4 8:04 1:00 OWN 17 3 5 Punt
4 4:12 1:39 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
4 1:37 0:58 OWN 49 4 21 Missed FG

Rushing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Zachary Medlin 7 31 4.43 10 1 0
Scott Friel 8 21 2.63 8 0 0
Michael Cross 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
Lucas Irwin 9 -5 -0.56 2 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Meade 14 62 4.43 13 3 0
Jimmy Clark 3 34 11.33 22 2 0
Craig Maddox 4 13 3.25 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Sidney Maggard 41 28 296 1 / 10 1 73 2 76.88

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Melvin Driggers 39 20 229 0 / 0 3 70 0 94.93

Receiving Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Strickland 3 129 43.00 73 1
Zachary Medlin 3 41 13.67 42 0
Lucas Irwin 12 33 2.75 13 0
Arthur Devore 2 21 10.50 13 0
Michael Cross 1 17 17.00 17 0
Kevin Forester 2 15 7.50 10 0
Jack Mathews 1 13 13.00 13 0
John Hogan 1 11 11.00 11 0
Scott Friel 2 8 4.00 7 0
Ray Parker 1 8 8.00 8 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Meade 8 146 18.25 70 2
Burt Johnston 3 25 8.33 12 0
Cody Schiavo 1 22 22.00 22 0
John McDougal 1 16 16.00 16 1
Roger Taylor 1 11 11.00 11 0
Craig Maddox 2 4 2.00 3 0
Thomas Whitley 1 3 3.00 3 0
David Byers 1 2 2.00 2 0
Jimmy Clark 2 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Florida Blazers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Bourne 53 37 1 1
Stanley Thompson 0 4 0 2
Zachary Medlin 6 4 0 0
Justin Gonzales 0 2 0 1
Ramon Carter 0 6 0 0
Robert Hunter 0 3 0 0
William Collier 2 1 0 0
Anthony Rodriguez 15 6 0 0
Donald McLemore 2 2 0 1
Michael Cross 2 7 0 0
Jack Mathews 0 14 0 1
James Barger 5 4 0 0
Robin Poe 13 0 0 0
Scott Friel 9 10 0 0
Lucas Irwin 10 11 0 3
Ray Parker 0 11 0 0
Eugene Holland 0 8 0 0
Arthur Strickland 0 12 0 0
Clint Melvin 43 33 0 7
Kevin Forester 18 27 0 2
Jeffrey Garrett 54 31 0 0
Jason Jones 54 39 0 4
Shane Wood 50 36 0 2
Arthur Devore 0 16 0 0
Ryan Tennison 0 9 0 1
David Justice 0 6 0 0
William Betancourt 0 5 0 0
Morris Burbach 0 5 0 0
Corey Dodson 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Mosley 50 35 0 0
William Morris 7 6 0 0
Josef Bryant 0 1 0 0
Clifford Swank 0 2 0 1
Charles Mooney 0 1 0 0
Jim Grisby 0 3 0 0
Virgil Tindell 0 2 0 1
Jimmy Atwell 0 2 0 0
Mark Rogers 0 4 0 0
Franklin Corso 0 2 0 0
Cody Schiavo 0 1 0 0
Paul Meade 1 2 0 0
Vincent Gatto 1 0 0 0
John McDougal 0 9 0 2
Roger Taylor 0 8 0 0
Larry Mollett 0 3 0 1
Michael Hall 46 28 0 0
Francisco Bailey 0 1 0 0
Stephen Taylor 0 5 0 0
Eric Rodriquez 0 2 0 0
Edward Gaillard 2 0 0 0
David Brown 16 5 0 0
Burt Johnston 16 30 0 1
Andrew Zeller 14 5 0 1
Jimmy Hoffa 15 2 0 0
Andre Flores 39 29 0 1
Antonio Nelson 38 30 0 0
David Caldwell 51 30 0 1
Craig Maddox 7 12 0 0
Thomas Whitley 0 16 0 0
David Byers 0 16 0 2
Gary Lennox 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Florida Blazers

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Stephen Taylor 1 9 9.00 0
Emmett Simmons 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Florida Blazers

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Cody Schiavo 0 1 0 0

Punting

Florida Blazers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Christopher Khan 9 430 47.78 42.00 54 2

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicholas Houston 10 451 45.10 40.80 48 3

Kicking

Florida Blazers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Allison 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 54 1 / 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gary Lennox 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 3

Punt Return

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Strickland 7 49 7.0 15 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Craig Smith 4 31 7.8 12 0

Kick Return

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Arthur Strickland 4 65 16.3 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jimmy Clark 1 23 23.0 0

Defensive Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Tackles Sacks
William Betancourt 8 0
Lawrence Kennedy 6 0
James Barger 6 0
Robert Hunter 4 0
Joe Greer 4 0
Freddie Brewer 3 0
Matthew Samson 2 0
Ramon Carter 2 0
Anthony Rodriguez 2 0
Ryan Tennison 2 0
Sidney Maggard 1 0
Morris Burbach 1 0
Arthur Strickland 1 0
David Justice 1 0
Ricky Wyatt 1 0
Eugene Holland 1 0
Arthur Devore 1 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
Charles Mooney 10 0
Jim Grisby 8 0
Francisco Bailey 8 1
Gary Lennox 5 0
Clifford Swank 5 0
Stephen Taylor 5 0
Mark Rogers 5 0
Burt Johnston 4 0
Emmett Simmons 3 0
Larry Mollett 2 0
Hershel Flowers 2 0
Eric Rodriquez 2 0
Michael Hall 1 0
Craig Smith 1 0