Week 7: New Jersey Generals at Tampa Bay Bandits

October 16, 1988
72°
Tampa Stadium (Tampa, FL) Attendance: 66,836 (90%)
Generals 0 0 3 0 - 3
Bandits 7 10 0 7 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bandits: 3-1-TAM 32 (4:52) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 17-Thomas Whitley for 68 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Edward Walter. TAM 7 NJG 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-1-NJG 1 (10:18) 10-Edward Walter 19 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 10 NJG 0
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 1-3-NJG 3 (1:13) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 29-Jimmy Clark to NJG 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Edward Walter. TAM 17 NJG 0
(Qtr 3) Generals: 4-13-TAM 33 (8:50) 3-Lucio Grant 51 yard field goal is GOOD. TAM 17 NJG 3
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 1-10-NJG 18 (9:58) 8-Melvin Driggers pass incomplete, intended for 87-Roger Taylor. complete to 87-Roger Taylor for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Edward Walter. TAM 24 NJG 3

Team Statistics

Bandits Generals
First Downs 13 11
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 8 9
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 316 198
- Offensive Plays 66 63
- Yards Per Play 4.79 3.14
Net Rushing Yards 91 77
- Rushing Attempts 33 24
- Yards Per Rush 2.76 3.21
Net Passing Yards 225 121
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 21 / 1 36 / 20 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 225 148
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 27
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.82 3.10
- Yards Per Completion 10.71 7.40
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 1 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 2 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 70
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 28
Time of Possession 31:32 28:26

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:51 3:44 OWN 33 6 27 Punt
1 6:10 1:27 OWN 24 3 76 Touchdown
1 3:21 0:45 OPP 40 3 -4 Punt
2 14:52 1:35 OWN 12 3 6 Punt
2 11:47 1:31 OPP 24 4 23 Field Goal
2 7:10 6:01 OWN 20 11 80 Touchdown
3 15:00 2:08 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 10:52 0:44 OWN 20 3 4 Interception
3 8:46 2:11 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 2:10 0:56 OWN 39 3 3 Punt
4 14:46 4:53 OWN 32 9 68 Touchdown
4 9:04 0:50 OWN 29 3 -2 Punt
4 7:21 3:10 OWN 25 5 22 Punt
4 2:27 0:44 OWN 19 5 22 Fumble
4 0:53 0:53 OWN 30 2 0 Game

New Jersey Generals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:09 OWN 38 4 30 Fumble
1 9:07 2:57 OWN 10 8 18 Punt
1 4:43 1:21 OWN 34 3 0 Interception
1 2:36 2:45 OWN 10 6 35 Punt
2 13:17 1:30 OWN 36 3 -21 Interception
2 10:16 3:06 OWN 25 5 31 Punt
2 1:09 1:09 OWN 25 2 10 Half
3 12:52 2:00 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
3 10:08 1:22 OPP 31 3 -4 Field Goal
3 6:34 4:24 OWN 23 8 37 Downs
3 1:14 1:28 OWN 9 3 7 Punt
4 9:53 0:49 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 8:14 0:52 OWN 28 3 2 Punt
4 4:11 1:44 OWN 17 5 15 Punt
4 1:43 0:50 OPP 42 4 19 Missed FG

Rushing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Meade 5 39 7.80 12 3 0
Jimmy Clark 21 32 1.52 7 0 0
Craig Maddox 5 20 4.00 7 0 0
Melvin Driggers 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rudi Johnson 14 48 3.43 10 2 0
Richard Hansen 8 27 3.38 7 0 0
Fred Dunagan 2 2 1.00 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Melvin Driggers 33 21 225 0 / 0 3 68 1 101.20

New Jersey Generals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ric Flair 36 20 148 3 / 27 0 26 2 42.36

Receiving Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Whitley 3 91 30.33 68 1
Burt Johnston 5 46 9.20 13 0
Roger Taylor 4 39 9.75 18 1
Jimmy Clark 7 30 4.29 9 1
Ricardo Thomas 1 12 12.00 12 0
Paul Meade 1 7 7.00 7 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Cody Schiavo 5 48 9.60 16 0
Rudi Johnson 4 35 8.75 26 0
Corey True 2 22 11.00 11 0
Calvin Hobbes 3 20 6.67 9 0
Richard Hansen 3 18 6.00 11 0
Roger Rabbit 2 7 3.50 4 0
Radar O'Reilly 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0

Blocking Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Mooney 0 1 0 0
Vincent Gatto 16 9 0 0
Rick Harrison 0 1 0 0
Alan Tacker 0 3 0 0
Paul Meade 1 3 0 0
Andre Flores 1 0 0 0
John McDougal 0 7 0 1
Jimmy Clark 2 1 0 0
Emmett Simmons 0 1 0 1
Mark Rogers 0 1 0 0
Jim Grisby 0 1 0 0
Ricardo Thomas 0 11 0 0
Francisco Bailey 0 2 0 0
Gary Lennox 0 2 0 0
Richard Mosley 11 7 0 0
Eric Rodriquez 3 2 0 0
Thomas Whitley 0 16 0 0
Burt Johnston 14 29 0 1
Craig Maddox 14 20 0 3
Roger Taylor 0 21 0 1
Herbert Hunt 32 32 0 0
Merrill Marks 44 34 0 4
Antonio Nelson 45 39 0 4
David Caldwell 43 38 0 2
Michael Hall 45 36 0 2
Larry Mollett 0 2 0 0
Larry Vargas 0 1 0 0
Stephen Taylor 0 3 0 0
David Byers 0 2 0 0

New Jersey Generals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Don "Donkey" Kong 45 25 2 3
Bruce Dickinson 0 2 0 0
John Diehl 0 1 0 0
Kent Hull 12 11 0 0
Ponyboy Curtis 12 10 0 0
Max Headroom 10 3 0 0
Kirby Puckett 10 0 0 0
Allen Maloney 0 1 0 0
Bob Marley 0 1 0 0
Vann McElroy 0 1 0 0
Justin Timberlake 0 2 0 0
Roger Rabbit 0 6 0 0
Rudi Johnson 7 0 0 0
Homer Simpson 1 3 0 0
Richard Hansen 3 2 0 0
Indiana Jones 0 1 0 1
Justin Orlowski 0 1 0 0
Len Bias 0 1 0 0
Marcus Medina 0 1 0 0
Todd Christensen 0 5 0 0
Fred Dunagan 2 0 0 0
Hans Gruber 0 2 0 0
Lars Ulrich 0 2 0 0
Jeff Hanneman 0 1 0 0
Charlie Spencer 0 2 0 0
Rod Martin 0 2 0 0
Mikhail Gorbachev 0 2 0 1
Martin Riggs 0 2 0 0
Nuke LaLoosh 0 2 0 0
Corey True 0 16 0 1
Walter Moore 6 2 0 0
Everett Bowers 38 24 0 2
Tony Berryhill 37 23 0 0
Dusty Baker 49 29 0 2
Andre The Giant 39 28 0 2
Calvin Hobbes 12 26 0 0
Cody Schiavo 0 16 0 0
Radar O'Reilly 20 15 0 0
Dan Conner 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Emmett Simmons 1 0 0.00 0
Charles Mooney 1 0 0.00 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Martin Riggs 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jimmy Clark 1 0 0 0
Clifford Swank 0 1 0 0
Stephen Taylor 0 0 2 0

New Jersey Generals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Rudi Johnson 1 0 0 0
Richard Hansen 1 0 0 0
Calvin Hobbes 0 1 0 0
Rod Martin 0 1 1 0

Punting

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicholas Houston 8 335 41.88 41.88 49 5

New Jersey Generals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clark W. Griswold 8 381 47.63 44.50 53 2

Kicking

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edward Walter 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 19 3 / 3

New Jersey Generals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Lucio Grant 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 51 0 / 0

Punt Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

New Jersey Generals

Kick Return

Tampa Bay Bandits

New Jersey Generals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Marty McFly 2 70 35.0 0

Defensive Stats