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Chicago 42 at Tampa Bay 3
1983 Week 5 - Saturday, April 2, 1983
Chicago Blitz(2-2) at Tampa Bay Bandits(4-0)(-3)
Attendance: 46,585, TV: ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Greg Landry tossed a pair of touchdown passes to Trumaine Jonhson and Luther Bradley returned one of his pro football-record six interceptions 93 yards for another score Saturday night as the Chicago Blitz crushed the Tampa Bay Bandits 42-3 in a United States Football League game.
A Tampa Stadium crowd of 46,585 watched as the Blitz won for the third time in five games and knocked off the USFL's last unbeaten team. There were only 3,414 no shows despite heavy rain that continued until kickoff.
Landry. who completed 19 of 26 passes for 277 yards, teamed with Johnson on a 45-yard scoring play early in the first quarter, and lofted a 5-yarder to the rookie from
Grambling 59 seconds into the second half to give Chicago a 21-3advantage.
1 2 3 4 F
CHI 7 7 21 7 - 42
TB 0 3 0 0 - 3
Scoring
CHI:Johnson 45 yd pass from Landry (Roveto kick) - CHI 7, TB 0
TB: Andrusyshyn 32 yd field goal - CHI 7, TB 3
CHI:Long 1 yd run (Roveto kick) - CHI 14, TB 3
CHI:Johnson 5 yd pass from Landry (Roveto kick) - CHI 21, TB 3
CHI:Bradley 93 yd interception return (Roveto kick) - CHI 28, TB 3
CHI:Landry 4 yd run (Roveto kick) - CHI 35, TB 3
CHI:Stone 8 yd run (Roveto kick) - CHI 42, ARI 3
Box Score
CHI TB
First Downs 21 14
Rushes-Yards 36-118 22-35
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 27-20-277-0 43-18-252-6
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-20 2-22
Total Plays-Yards 66-375 67-265
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-31 9-66
Turnovers 2 6
Time of Possession 32:06 27:54
Attendance = 46,585
CHICAGO TAMPA BAY
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Landry 26 19 277 0 2 133.0 Reaves 29 12 180 4 0 22.8
Koegel 1 1 8 0 0 100.0 Jordan 12 6 72 2 0 29.2
Truvillion 1 0 0 0 0 39.6
Platt 1 0 0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Spencer 14 42 3.0 0 Boone 14 22 1.6 0
Dennison 8 29 3.6 0 Platt 6 14 2.3 0
Long 8 26 3.3 1 Holmes 1 3 3.0 0
Landry 3 15 5.0 1 Jordan 1 -4 -4.0 0
Stone 3 6 2.0 1
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Johnson 7 146 20.9 2 Buggs 2 64 32.0 0
Spencer 5 57 11.4 0 Truvillion 2 55 27.5 0
Ricker 3 43 14.3 0 Platt 5 35 7.0 0
Dennison 1 24 24.0 0 Cox 2 29 14.5 0
Anderson 1 8 8.0 0 Boone 3 28 9.3 0
Buggs 2 4 2.0 0 Gilbert 2 17 8.5 0
Long 1 3 3.0 0 Gillespie 1 15 15.0 0
Young 1 9 9.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Willis 2 51 25.5 0 Gillespie 2 44 22.0 0
Platt 3 37 12.3 0
Wilson 1 20 20.0 0
Boone 1 16 16.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Willis 3 35 11.7 0 Cox 3 6 2.0 0
Gillespie 1 1 1.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Roveto 0-1 0 6-6 6 Andrusyshyn 1-1 32 0-0 3
miss: 37 miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Garcia 5 208 41.6 Andrusyshyn 8 341 42.6
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Buben 1 13 Nordgren 2 11
Lathrop 1 9 Washington 1 9
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Bradley 6 127 21.2 1 None
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Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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