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Tampa Bay 17 at Birmingham 16
1984 Week 18 - Sunday, June 24, 1984
Tampa Bay Bandits(13-4) at Birmingham Stallions(14-3)(-4)
Attendance: 24,500, TV: ABC
BIRMINGHAM (AP) - "We know the Stallions can play better," Bandit Coach Steve Spurrier said following a 17-16 victory in Birmingham,AL., site of next Sunday's Eastern Conference playoff. "They will be tougher next week, so we will have to work hard to better ourselves.
Walton Carter saved the victory for Tampa Bay, 14-4, by blocking a conversion attempt after Birmingham's Bobby Lane hit Robin Earl on a 39-yard touchdown pass midway through the fourth period. Jimmy Jordan replaced John Reaves at quarterback and threw a six-yard touchdown pass to Willie Gillespie to give Tampa Bay a 14-10 lead before Zenon Arusyshyn kicked a 29-yard field goal.
Joe Cribbs, who finished the season with 1,976 yards rushing and receiving, scored the first touchdown on a 14-yard run for Birmingham, 14-4, which won the Southern Division crown because of a better record in Eastern Conference play.
1 2 3 4 F
TB 0 7 7 3 - 17
BIR 7 3 0 6 - 16
Scoring
BIR:Cribbs 14 yd run (Miller kick) - BIR 7, TB 0
BIR:Miller 40 yd field goal - BIR 10, TB 0
TB: Jackson 21 yd pass from Reaves (Andrusyshyn kick) - BIR 10, TB 7
TB: Gillespie 6 yd pass from Jordan (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 14, BIR 10
TB: Andrusyshyn 29 yd field goal - TB 17, BIR 10
BIR:Earl 39 yd pass from Lane (kick blocked) - TB 17, BIR 16
Box Score
TB BIR
First Downs 21 12
Rushes-Yards 29-88 25-57
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 44-27-310-1 28-15-207-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-26 1-5
Total Plays-Yards 75-372 54-259
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 8-78 3-19
Turnovers 1 0
Time of Possession 33:56 26:04
Attendance = 24,500
TAMPA BAY BIRMINGHAM
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Reaves 21 15 159 0 1 109.0 Lane 28 15 207 0 1 89.4
Jordan 23 12 151 1 1 69.3
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Anderson G 22 81 3.7 0 Cribbs 13 34 2.6 1
Williams 3 7 2.3 0 Talton 3 17 5.7 0
Boone 4 0 0.0 0 Gant 3 8 2.7 0
Perry 3 5 1.7 0
Lane 2 4 2.0 0
Jones J 1 -11-11.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Jackson 5 87 17.4 1 Earl 3 62 20.7 1
Anderson G 7 57 8.1 0 Smith 4 59 14.8 0
Gillespie 4 52 18.0 1 Toler 3 36 12.0 0
Morgan 3 45 15.0 0 Cribbs 1 28 28.0 0
Harvey 6 41 6.8 0 Mason 1 9 9.0 0
Boone 2 28 14.0 0 Jones J 2 8 4.0 0
Repko 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Williams 3 56 18.7 0 Johnson 3 77 25.7 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Bailey 5 25 5.0 0 Frederick 3 38 12.7 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 1-2 29 2-2 5 Miller 1-1 40 1-2 4
miss: 50 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 6 285 47.5 Parsons 7 307 43.9
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Clark M 1 5 Cline 1 13
Roe 0.5 7
Perko 0.5 6
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Evans 1 5 5.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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