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Week 8: Tampa Bay Bandits at Florida Blazers

October 26, 1997
62°
Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL) Attendance: 49,127 (94%)
Bandits 3 3 3 9 - 18
Blazers 0 7 3 0 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bandits: 4-2-FLA 2 (3:15) 10-Edward Walter 20 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 0 TAM 3
(Qtr 2) Bandits: 4-2-FLA 14 (6:17) 10-Edward Walter 32 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 0 TAM 6
(Qtr 2) Blazers: 2-3-TAM 3 (1:17) 5-Willie Graham pass complete to 10-Gerald Fisher for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Neal Williams. FLA 7 TAM 6
(Qtr 3) Blazers: 4-3-TAM 32 (7:19) 9-Neal Williams 49 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 10 TAM 6
(Qtr 3) Bandits: 4-20-FLA 26 (2:34) 10-Edward Walter 43 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 10 TAM 9
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-4-FLA 35 (11:33) 10-Edward Walter 53 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 10 TAM 12
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-15-FLA 28 (7:42) 10-Edward Walter 45 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 10 TAM 15
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 4-3-FLA 3 (1:52) 10-Edward Walter 20 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 10 TAM 18

Team Statistics

Blazers Bandits
First Downs 8 19
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 5 12
- Penalty 0 5
Total Net Yards 183 283
- Offensive Plays 48 70
- Yards Per Play 3.81 4.04
Net Rushing Yards 106 72
- Rushing Attempts 23 29
- Yards Per Rush 4.61 2.48
Net Passing Yards 77 211
- Att/Comp/Int 22 / 17 / 1 40 / 26 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 103 219
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 26 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.08 5.15
- Yards Per Completion 6.06 8.42
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 60 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 50 3 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 51 1 / 29
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 0 / 5
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 30
Time of Possession 23:42 36:18

Drive Charts

Florida Blazers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:21 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 3:12 3:20 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
2 12:36 2:09 OWN 46 4 4 Punt
2 6:14 3:07 OWN 25 6 16 Fumble
2 3:00 1:47 OPP 47 8 47 Touchdown
3 13:53 2:06 OWN 40 3 3 Punt
3 9:20 2:05 OPP 39 3 7 Field Goal
3 2:30 2:12 OWN 27 3 5 Punt
4 11:28 0:40 OWN 25 2 9 Interception
4 7:38 2:05 OWN 22 3 -5 Punt
4 1:50 1:50 OWN 25 8 41 Game

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:39 9:26 OWN 22 15 75 Field Goal
2 14:52 2:16 OWN 17 5 16 Punt
2 10:27 4:13 OWN 20 8 66 Field Goal
2 3:07 0:06 OWN 45 2 0 Interception
2 1:14 1:14 OWN 25 3 8 Half
3 15:00 1:07 OWN 27 3 4 Punt
3 11:47 2:27 OWN 14 3 8 Punt
3 7:15 4:45 OWN 25 10 49 Field Goal
3 0:18 3:50 OWN 26 8 39 Field Goal
4 10:49 3:11 OPP 35 5 8 Field Goal
4 5:33 3:43 OWN 45 8 52 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Romero 18 75 4.17 12 2 0
Stephen Hannah 5 31 6.20 12 2 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Charles Granier 21 54 2.57 10 1 0
Darren Cotton 7 12 1.71 4 0 0
Dwayne Byrd 1 6 6.00 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Willie Graham 22 17 103 3 / 26 1 20 1 82.20

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dwayne Byrd 39 26 219 1 / 8 0 31 1 70.35
Nicholas Irvine 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Freddy Jones 6 42 7.00 19 0
Gerald Fisher 4 30 7.50 20 1
Douglas Jordan 1 12 12.00 12 0
Robert Romero 3 9 3.00 9 0
Manuel Aponte 1 9 9.00 9 0
Stephen Hannah 2 1 0.50 2 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Morse 8 57 7.13 13 0
Luis Dean 3 45 15.00 22 0
Craig Icenhour 3 41 13.67 19 0
Willie Dubreuil 1 31 31.00 31 0
Charles Granier 4 20 5.00 15 0
Benjamin Clark 2 16 8.00 11 0
Milan Gonzales 1 4 4.00 4 0
Julio Jones 1 3 3.00 3 0
Darren Cotton 3 2 0.67 2 0

Blocking Stats

Florida Blazers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Phillip Branham 27 21 1 4
Ronald Kirby 2 4 1 1
Paul Birdsall 32 27 1 1
Robert Brown 0 5 0 0
John Osbourne 0 5 0 0
Elliott West 0 4 0 0
Frank White 0 4 0 0
Gregory Kohlmeier 0 5 0 2
Freddy Jones 0 15 0 0
John Robertson 0 5 0 0
Darren Krause 0 4 0 0
Stephen Hannah 5 1 0 0
Clifton Whittle 0 2 0 0
Raymond Engle 0 4 0 0
Shannon Oglesby 0 1 0 1
Frederick Griffin 5 0 0 0
David Flock 0 5 0 0
Manuel Aponte 7 15 0 0
George Miles 0 4 0 0
Perry Salgado 2 22 0 1
Justin Dixon 1 5 0 0
John Pope 8 0 0 0
James Wood 8 0 0 0
Matthew Oneal 7 5 0 1
Michael Callahan 12 4 0 0
Robert Romero 8 6 0 0
Gerard Combs 32 26 0 1
Douglas Jordan 0 19 0 0
Joseph Patterson 23 27 0 5
Gerald Fisher 0 8 0 0
John Avila 33 26 0 1
Stephen Tavera 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Morse 16 22 1 1
Leif A Mark 0 4 0 0
David Stanford 1 0 0 0
Faustino Marquis 0 1 0 0
Willie Dubreuil 0 1 0 0
Matthew Garcia 0 1 0 0
Julio Jones 0 2 0 0
Michael Kyle 0 1 0 0
Claude Newman 0 2 0 1
George Shoemaker 0 1 0 0
David Pottorff 0 2 0 0
Daniel Davis 0 4 0 0
Brett Glover 0 1 0 1
Jerry Harper 0 5 0 1
Elton Roberts 0 2 0 0
Chad Delong 1 0 0 0
James Ware 1 1 0 0
Donald Penick 3 3 0 3
Garry Fowler 0 16 0 0
Craig Icenhour 0 11 0 0
David Schroeder 13 5 0 1
Luis Dean 6 8 0 0
Charles Granier 8 3 0 0
Gerald Pittman 10 10 0 2
Robert Walston 45 30 0 6
Thomas Cooper 49 42 0 2
Milan Gonzales 40 32 0 2
Jeffery Stover 51 37 0 2
Darren Cotton 18 13 0 1
Herbert Vasquez 47 35 0 1
William Ferry 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Darren Krause 1 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
James Ware 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Romero 2 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Claude Newman 0 1 1 0

Punting

Florida Blazers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Calvin Rey 6 270 45.00 39.50 59 2

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Lynde 3 146 48.67 21.67 51 0

Kicking

Florida Blazers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Neal Williams 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 1 / 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edward Walter 6 / 6 3 / 3 1 / 1 53 0 / 0

Punt Return

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Romero 2 50 25.0 30 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Craig Icenhour 3 6 2.0 4 0

Kick Return

Florida Blazers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Romero 2 51 25.5 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Garry Fowler 1 29 29.0 0

Defensive Stats

Florida Blazers

Name Tackles Sacks
Frank White 11 0
Clifton Whittle 7 0
Cornell Torres 6 0
John Osbourne 6 0
Brian Gusman 5 0
Shannon Oglesby 4 0
Darren Krause 4 0
George Miles 3 0
Elliott West 3 0
Gregory Kohlmeier 3 0
David Alexander 2 0
Matthew Oneal 1 1
Freddy Jones 1 0
Douglas Jordan 1 0
James McCormick 1 0
David Flock 1 0
Charles Wallace 1 0
Joseph Henninger 1 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
Daniel Davis 7 0
James Ware 6 0
William Ferry 6 1
Jerry Harper 5 0
Brett Glover 4 0
Elton Roberts 3 0
Claude Newman 2 0
John Lynde 2 0
Faustino Marquis 2 0
David Pottorff 1 0
Leif A Mark 1 1
David Hernadez 1 0
James Morse 1 0
George Shoemaker 1 0
Milan Gonzales 1 0
Eugene Ford 1 0
David Stanford 1 1
Donald Penick 1 0
Robert Szeto 1 0