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Tampa Bay 24 at Portland 27
1985 Week 16 - Saturday, June 8, 1985
Tampa Bay Bandits(9-6)(-10) at Portland Breakers(4-11)
Attendance: 15,521
PORTLAND (AP) - Matt Robinson threw for two touchdowns Saturday to lead the Portland Breakers to a 27-24 United States Football League victory over the Tampa Bay Bandits.
Portland running beck Buford Jordan added two touchdown runs, each of five yards. Tampa, which could have clinched a playoff berth with a victory, fell to a season record of 9-7. Portland improved to 5-11.
Robinson threw touchdown passes of 24 and 39 yards to wide receiver Nolan Franz In the first quarter. One or Tim Mazzetti's extra point attempts was blocked but Tampa never overcame Portland's 13-point lead.
Portland Coach Dick Coury was happy with the way his defense held in the second half although the Bandits scored three touchdowns.
"Our defense came through when they had to," Coury said. "I've said all along that I've never doubted the attitude of these players. You've seen them in practice, they work real hard and the coaches work real hard."
Defensive end Frankie Wilson, playing his first game for the Breakers, intercepted a Bandit pass on Portland's 9-yard line with six minutes remaining in the game.
Wilson returned the interceptIon 68 yards to the Tampa Bay 28 in the 4th quarter.
"Our new guy Wilson did a real good job with that interception and return," Coury said.
"They're a good football team. I just thank God we had more points on the board at the end of the game."
Tampa Bay Coach Steve Spurrier was upset by the Bandits turnovers.
"We just didn't play very sharp. We had a lot of chances but we even gave them one touchdown," Spurrier said.
"I don't know what happened, we just got beat."
1 2 3 4 F
TB 0 3 7 14 - 24
POR 13 0 7 7 - 27
Scoring
POR:Franz 24 pass from Robinson(Mazzetti kick) - POR 7, TB 0
POR:Franz 39 pass from Robinson(kick blocked) - POR 13, TB 0
TB: Andrusyshyn 25 FG - POR 13, TB 3
POR:Jordan 5 run(Mazzetti kick) - POR 20, TB 3
TB:Brodsky 21 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - POR 20, TB 10
POR:Jordan 5 run(Mazzetti kick) - POR 27, TB 10
TB: Gillespie 25 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - POR 27, TB 17
TB: Brodasky 32 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - POR 27, TB 24
Box Score
TB POR
First Downs 26 15
Rushes-Yards 20-96 35-126
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 48-29-323-1 19-11-160-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 1-4
Total Plays-Yards 68-419 54-286
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 4-1
Penalties-Yards 3-24 5-50
Turnovers 3 1
Time of Possession 28:10 31:50
Attendance = 15,521
TAMPA BAY PORTLAND
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Reaves 47 29 330 1 3 95.17 Robinson 18 11 164 1 2 104.86
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Holman 6 48 8.0 0 Jordan 16 45 2.8 2
Anderson 9 46 5.1 0 V.Williams 9 44 4.9 0
R.Williams 3 4 1.3 0 Jackson 7 17 2.4 0
Reaves 2 2 1.0 0 Beverly 2 17 8.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Brodsky 4 83 20.8 2 Franz 2 63 31.5 2
Harvey 7 79 11.3 0 Brown 2 34 17.0 0
R.Williams 5 51 10.2 0 Ross 2 29 14.5 0
Anderson 7 41 5.8 0 V.Williams 3 25 8.3 0
Gillespie 2 41 20.5 1 Jackson 1 8 8.0 0
Holman 4 35 8.8 0 Johnson 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
R.Williams 5 116 23.2 0 Ricks 4 69 17.3 0
Storr 1 2 2.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Gillespie 2 16 8.0 0 None - -- -- -
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 1-2 25 3-3 6 Mazzetti 0-0 -- 3-4 3
miss: 37 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 2 59 29.5 Gossett 4 163 40.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
K.Clark 1 4 Adams 1 7
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
None - -- -- - Wilson 1 68 68.0 0
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Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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