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Birmingham 14 at Tampa Bay 17
1985 Week 17 - Saturday, June 15, 1985
Birmingham Stallions(12-4)(-1) at Tampa Bay Bandits(9-7)
Attendance: 42,131
TAMPA (AP)- Gary Anderson rushed for 98 yards and the Tampa Bay Bandits intercepted Cliff Stoudt three times in the third quarter, earning a playoff spot with a 17-14 triumph over the Birmingham Stallions.
Birmingham, which came in with five straight victories and a USFL-best plus 16 turnover differential. suffered 5 interceptions. The Stallions (12-5) will play in New Jersey next Sunday against the Generals (11-6) with the Eastern Conference title on the line.
In breaking a four-game losing streak, the Bandits, 10-7, snapped a 7-7 halftime tie on Zenon Andrusyshyn's 34-yard field goal midway through the third quarter. Dwayne Anderson's second interception of the game off Stoudt set up Gary Anderson's 11-yard scoring run with 69 seconds remaining in the period. John Reaves flipped a 6-yard TD pass to Spencer Jackson for the Bandits in the final minute of the first half.
1 2 3 4 F
BIR 7 0 0 7 - 14
TB 0 7 10 0 - 17
Scoring
BIR:J.Smith 3 pass from Stoudt(Miller kick) - BIR 7, TB 0
TB: S.Jackson 5 pass from Reaves(Andrusyshyn kick) - BIR 7, TB 7
TB: Andrusyshyn 34 FG - TB 10, BIR 7
TB: G.Anderson 11 run(Andrusyshyn kick) - TB 17, BIR 7
BIR:J.Smith 7 pass from Lane(Miller kick) - TB 17, BIR 14
Box Score
BIR TB
First Downs 24 17
Rushes-Yards 26-99 27-153
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 44-26-317-5 30-13-100-3
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-12
Total Plays-Yards 70-416 57-253
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-1
Penalties-Yards 9-57 12-48
Turnovers 5 4
Time of Possession 37:13 22:47
Attendance = 42,131
BIRMINGHAM TAMPA BAY
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Stoudt 27 16 187 4 1 53.09 Reaves 30 13 112 3 1 25.28
Lane 17 10 130 1 1 78.06
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Stoudt 4 29 7.3 0 G.Anderson 19 98 5.2 1
Cribbs 12 28 2.3 0 Boone 6 54 9.0 0
Lane 3 20 6.7 0 Holman 2 1 0.5 0
Carruth 2 15 7.5 0
Coles 5 7 1.4 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
J.Smith 11 139 12.6 2 Gillespie 3 40 13.3 0
Toler 5 90 18.0 0 S.Jackson 2 23 11.5 1
Repko 2 38 19.0 0 G.Anderson 3 16 5.3 0
Jones 2 29 14.5 0 Harvey 2 13 6.5 0
Mason 3 23 7.7 0 Holman 1 8 8.0 0
Cribbs 3 -2 -0.7 0 Brodsky 1 7 7.0 0
Boone 1 5 5.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Carruth 3 60 20.0 0 R.Williams 1 30 30.0 0
McFadden 1 27 27.0 0 B.Clark 1 4 4.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
McFadden 3 5 1.7 0 Gillespie 1 0 0.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Miller 0-2 -- 2-2 2 Andrusyshyn 1-1 34 2-2 5
miss: 38,40 miss: --
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Parsons 3 138 46.0 Andrusyshyn 6 243 40.5
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Pureifoy 1 6 None - --
Spencer 1 6
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Clanton 1 18 18.0 0 D.Anderson 2 23 11.5 0
Dumars 1 0 0.0 0 Quinn 2 22 11.0 0
Woodberry 1 0 0.0 0 Thurman 1 33 33.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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