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Tampa Bay 22 at Denver 16 OT
1983 Week 6 - Saturday, April 9, 1983
Tampa Bay Bandits(4-1)(-1) at Denver Gold(3-2)
Attendance: 46,848, TV: ESPN, WTOG
DENVER (AP) - Rookie running back Greg Boone broke a tacklen en route to an 11-yard touchdown, capping a 73-yard, overtime drive as the Tampa Bay Bandits got a fine passing performance from quarterback John Reaves to down the Denver Gold, 22-16 in United States Football League action Saturday night.
With the victory, the Bandits bounced back from an embarrassing 42-3 loss to Chicago last week, and raised their division-leading record to 5-1. Denver saw its three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 3-3.
Reaves, who played nine seasons in the National Football League mostly as a backup, completed 38 of 63 passes for 357 yards. He engineered two long second-half scoring drives that enabled Tampa Bay to erase a 13-3 halftime deficit and take a 16-13 lead late in the fourth quarter.
He then directed the Bandits 73 yards for the winning score in the sudden-death overtime.
1 2 3 4 O F
TB 3 0 6 7 6 - 22
DEN 0 13 0 3 0 - 16
Scoring
TB: Andrusyshyn 36 yd field goal - TB 3, DEN 0
DEN:Speelman 26 yd field goal - DEN 3, TB 3
DEN:Sydney 56 yd pass from Johnson (Speelman kick) - DEN 10, TB 3
DEN:Speelman 29 yd field goal - DEN 13, TB 3
TB: Buggs 6 yd pass from Reaves (kick blocked) - DEN 13, TB 9
TB: Platt 1 yd run (Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 16, DEN 13
DEN:Speelman 33 yd field goal - DEN 16, TB 16
TB: Boone 11 yd run - TB 22, DEN 16
Box Score
TB DEN
First Downs 29 14
Rushes-Yards 24-78 27-111
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 63-38-357-2 24-14-203-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-11 3-27
Total Plays-Yards 88-424 54-287
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 6-31 6-43
Turnovers 2 1
Time of Possession 35:51 30:15
Attendance = 46,848
TAMPA BAY DENVER
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Reaves 63 38 357 2 1 68.0 Johnson 23 13 157 0 1 92.1
Sydney 1 1 46 0 0 118.8
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Boone 7 41 5.9 1 Sydney 17 69 4.1 0
Platt 16 36 2.3 1 Matthews 4 21 5.3 0
Reaves 1 1 1.0 0 Canada 5 18 3.6 0
Johnson 1 3 3.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Buggs 8 97 12.1 1 Sydney 1 56 56.0 1
Platt 12 87 7.3 0 Phea 1 46 46.0 0
Truvillion 3 64 21.3 0 Canada 4 30 7.5 0
Gilbert 4 31 7.8 0 Ballage 1 29 29.0 0
Boone 6 29 4.8 0 Niziolek 5 27 5.4 0
Gillespie 2 19 8.5 0 Maher 1 8 8.0 0
Stephens 1 17 17.0 0 Matthews 1 7 7.0 0
Young 2 13 6.5 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Gillespie 3 67 22.3 0 Phea 4 67 16.8 0
Boone 2 47 23.5 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
None None
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 1-1 36 1-2 4 Speelman 3-4 33 1-1 10
miss: none miss: 46
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 3 127 42.3 Gortz 3 136 45.3
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Ramey 1 11 Turner 1 11
Brown 1 8
Times 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None Dumars 2 81 40.5 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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