Week 14: Tampa Bay Bandits at Florida Blazers

December 03, 1989
75°
Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL) Attendance: 38,725 (74%)
Bandits 14 6 3 0 - 23
Blazers 0 0 0 3 - 3

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bandits: 3-5-FLA 20 (7:23) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 17-Thomas Whitley for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Edward Walter. FLA 0 TAM 7
(Qtr 1) Bandits: 1-10-TAM 20 (4:15) 8-Melvin Driggers pass complete to 26-Paul Meade for 80 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Edward Walter. FLA 0 TAM 14
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-1-FLA 1 (7:50) 10-Edward Walter 19 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 0 TAM 17
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-9-FLA 19 (0:23) 10-Edward Walter 37 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 0 TAM 20
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 4-6-FLA 28 (10:50) 10-Edward Walter 46 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 0 TAM 23
(Qtr 4) Blazers: 4-3-TAM 3 (1:51) 19-Gerald Harmon 22 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 3 TAM 23

Team Statistics

Blazers Bandits
First Downs 9 12
- Rushing 0 4
- Passing 6 7
- Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 279 324
- Offensive Plays 53 68
- Yards Per Play 5.26 4.76
Net Rushing Yards 44 83
- Rushing Attempts 10 35
- Yards Per Rush 4.40 2.37
Net Passing Yards 235 241
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 30 / 2 33 / 25 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 242 241
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.47 7.30
- Yards Per Completion 8.07 9.64
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 7 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.4 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 25 8 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 7 / 53
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 78 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 33
Time of Possession 24:02 35:57

Drive Charts

Florida Blazers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:25 1:24 OWN 22 3 4 Punt
1 7:19 3:04 OWN 18 5 21 Punt
1 4:03 2:03 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 0:32 1:30 OWN 15 3 8 Punt
2 7:47 2:35 OWN 30 6 56 Fumble
2 4:21 0:04 OWN 43 1 0 Interception
2 2:20 0:32 OWN 4 3 1 Punt
2 0:20 0:20 OWN 29 2 7 Half
3 15:00 1:26 OWN 25 3 8 Fumble
3 10:46 6:16 OWN 25 10 55 Interception
3 0:15 1:12 OWN 28 3 9 Punt
4 9:18 1:15 OWN 6 3 3 Punt
4 6:15 0:53 OWN 8 3 9 Punt
4 3:17 1:28 OWN 20 5 77 Field Goal

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:35 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 12:00 4:42 OWN 38 8 62 Touchdown
1 4:15 0:12 OWN 20 1 80 Touchdown
1 2:00 1:28 OWN 30 3 3 Punt
2 14:02 6:15 OWN 45 10 54 Field Goal
2 5:12 0:51 OWN 4 3 -1 Punt
2 4:17 1:57 OWN 49 3 3 Punt
2 1:48 1:28 OPP 49 5 30 Field Goal
3 13:34 2:48 OPP 42 6 15 Field Goal
3 4:30 4:15 OWN 11 6 10 Punt
4 14:03 4:44 OWN 17 8 30 Punt
4 8:03 1:48 OPP 46 3 1 Punt
4 5:22 2:05 OWN 41 3 2 Punt
4 1:49 1:49 OWN 25 6 17 Game

Rushing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Corey True 3 24 8.00 12 1 0
Lucas Irwin 6 21 3.50 6 0 0
Robert Kistler 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Meade 15 33 2.20 12 2 0
Craig Maddox 5 32 6.40 10 2 0
Jimmy Clark 12 18 1.50 11 1 0
Melvin Driggers 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Sidney Maggard 42 30 242 1 / 7 0 59 2 65.77

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Melvin Driggers 33 25 241 0 / 0 2 80 0 115.85

Receiving Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ray Parker 4 83 20.75 58 0
Corey True 3 67 22.33 59 0
Freddie Mercury 3 21 7.00 11 0
Robert Kistler 1 20 20.00 20 0
Arthur Devore 5 19 3.80 8 0
Jack Mathews 3 10 3.33 5 0
Jose Moore 2 9 4.50 5 0
Lucas Irwin 7 7 1.00 3 0
Tom Grossman 2 6 3.00 6 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Meade 8 87 10.88 80 1
Thomas Whitley 5 52 10.40 20 1
Burt Johnston 6 49 8.17 15 0
Roger Taylor 2 29 14.50 27 0
Earle Noble 1 10 10.00 10 0
Jimmy Clark 1 7 7.00 7 0
David Byers 1 4 4.00 4 0
Craig Maddox 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Florida Blazers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gary Dendy 46 23 1 1
Anthony Fant 0 1 0 0
Ramon Carter 0 3 0 0
Tom Grossman 2 2 0 0
Corey True 1 6 0 0
Robert Kistler 3 3 0 0
Paul Maldonado 0 2 0 0
Lucas Irwin 3 3 0 0
Jose Moore 3 15 0 1
Ray Parker 0 10 0 0
Kevin Forester 3 5 0 0
Ronald Hernandez 0 3 0 1
Arthur Devore 0 13 0 1
Ryan Tennison 1 3 0 0
Justin Gonzales 0 3 0 0
Basil Sholes 0 3 0 0
Richard Ramirez 0 1 0 1
Shane Wood 40 23 0 2
Morris Burbach 0 3 0 0
Maurice Blackstone 0 3 0 0
Clint Melvin 15 5 0 0
James Hayes 9 2 0 0
William Collier 11 2 0 0
Jason Jones 11 0 0 0
James Barger 7 6 0 0
Gregory Robertson 4 0 0 0
Michael Callahan 35 14 0 1
Robin Poe 48 19 0 0
William Bourne 43 20 0 0
Jack Mathews 12 6 0 0
Freddie Mercury 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Roger Taylor 0 21 0 0
David Byers 0 16 0 0
Wade Whittaker 0 3 0 1
Larry Mollett 0 2 0 0
Emmett Simmons 0 1 0 1
Craig Smith 0 4 0 1
Michael Dickenson 1 0 0 0
Craig Maddox 3 5 0 0
William Cordova 0 3 0 1
Eric Rodriquez 0 5 0 0
Edward Gaillard 2 0 0 0
Christopher Baker 0 9 0 0
Alan Tacker 5 4 0 0
Jimmy Clark 5 12 0 2
Paul Meade 7 5 0 1
Donald Penick 0 2 0 0
Thomas Whitley 0 22 0 0
Michael Wilson 0 1 0 1
Gary Lennox 0 6 0 0
Seth Brown 0 5 0 0
Larry Vargas 0 7 0 0
Clifford Swank 0 6 0 1
Jim Grisby 0 5 0 0
Vincent Gatto 14 3 0 0
Mark Rogers 6 7 0 2
Burt Johnston 21 31 0 0
Herbert Hunt 37 36 0 1
Merrill Marks 46 50 0 1
Andre Flores 44 47 0 5
Antonio Nelson 42 40 0 3
David Caldwell 41 41 0 7
Francisco Bailey 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Florida Blazers

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Charles Mooney 2 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Arthur Devore 1 0 0 0
Corey True 1 0 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Charles Mooney 0 1 1 0
Emmett Simmons 0 1 1 0

Punting

Florida Blazers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Joaquin Adams 8 390 48.75 39.88 63 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicholas Houston 8 392 49.00 46.25 59 4

Kicking

Florida Blazers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Gerald Harmon 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 22 0 / 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edward Walter 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 46 2 / 2

Punt Return

Florida Blazers

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Earle Noble 7 53 7.6 16 0

Kick Return

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Freddie Mercury 3 78 26.0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Defensive Stats