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Tampa Bay 7 at Michigan 43
1983 Week 13 - Monday, May 30, 1983
Tampa Bay Bandits(9-3) at Michigan Panthers(7-5)(-1.5)
Attendance: 23,976, TV: ESPN
PONTIAC,MI(AP) - Terry Miller might have surprised some of the folks around the United States Football League with his two-touchdown performance for the Michigan Panthers.
Don't include Panthers Coach Jim Stanley in that group.
Miller, acquired from the Denver Gold last week, rushed for 55 yards on 12 carries with TD runs of 5 and 10 yards to lead Michigan to a 43-7 tout over the Tampa Bay Bandits last night before a crowd of 23,976 in the Silverdome at Pontiac,Mch.
"I've known what Terry can do for many years," said Stanley, who recruited Miller out of high school and had him at Oklahoma State from 1974 to 1978. "We already had some good backs here, but when he became available, I felt he could help us, too."
The Panthers also got a boost from quarterback Bobby Hebert, who completed 13 of 23 passes for 166 yards and one touchdown, and a fired-up defense that forced four fumbles, blocked a punt and recorded six sacks for 48 yards.
"All year long, we'd make mistakes, but our defense would bail us out," said Tampa Bay Coach Steve Spurrier of his club's play. "We couldn't do it today. Michigan got up early and never quit"
Michigan's 43 points was the highest of any team in the USFL as the Panthers raised their record to 8-5 in the Central Division. Tampa Bay and Chicago share the Central lead with 9-4 records. Tampa Bay's lone touchdown came on Jimmy Jordan's 37-yard pass to Eric Truvillion in the third quarter.
1 2 3 4 F
TB 0 0 7 0 - 7
MIC 7 12 21 3 - 43
Scoring
MIC:Cobb 27 yd pass from Hebert (Bojovic kick) - MCH 7, TB 0
MIC:T. Miller 10 yd run (Bojovic kick) - MCH 14, TB 0
MIC:Safety, Boone tackled in end zone - MCH 16, TB 0
MIC:Bojovic 42 yd field goal - MCH 19, TB 0
MIC:Carter 57 yd punt return (Bojovic kick) - MCH 26, TB 0
MIC:Williams 3 yd run (Bojovic kick) - MCH 33, TB 0
MIC:T. Miller 5 yd run (Bojovic kick) - MCH 40, TB 0
TB: Truvillion 37 yd pass from Jordan (Andrusyshyn kick) - MCH 40, TB 7
MIC:Bojovic 35 yd field goal - MCH 43, TB 7
Box Score
TB MCH
First Downs 18 22
Rushes-Yards 22-116 41-184
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 33-19-202-1 27-14-175-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 8-71 1-10
Total Plays-Yards 63-247 69-349
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 1-0
Penalties-Yards 15-107 10-80
Turnovers 4 1
Time of Possession 26:35 33:25
Attendance = 23,976
TAMPA BAY MICHIGAN
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Kelley 11 6 50 0 0 89.3 Hebert 23 13 166 0 1 93.8
Jordan 16 11 132 1 1 89.3 Taylor 4 1 9 0 0 93.8
Koonce 6 2 20 0 0 89.3
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Anderson 9 74 8.2 0 Miller, T 12 55 4.6 2
Platt 6 32 5.3 0 Miller, C 8 53 6.6 0
Boone 7 10 1.4 0 Williams 11 41 3.7 1
Lacy 6 32 5.3 0
Hebert 3 6 2.0 0
Taylor 1 -3 -3.0 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Anderson 6 58 9.7 0 Cobb 6 87 14.5 1
Truvillion 3 55 18.3 1 Holloway 4 49 12.3 0
Buggs 3 34 11.3 0 Carter 1 11 11.0 0
Platt 2 22 11.0 0 Lacy 1 10 10.0 0
Gillespie 3 20 6.7 0 Stelly 1 9 9.0 0
Boone 1 7 7.0 0 McClain 1 9 9.0 0
Gilbert 1 6 6.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Bailey 4 82 20.5 0 Phea 2 41 20.5 0
Platt 1 24 24.0 0 Pennywell 1 0 0.0 0
Hanna 1 10 10.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Bailey 1 1 1.0 0 Carter 1 57 57.0 1
Anderson 1 -1 -1.0 0 Phea 2 28 14.0 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 0-0 0 1-1 1 Bojovic 2-2 42 5-5 11
miss: none miss: none
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 6 209 34.8 Partridge 4 144 36.0
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Johnson 1 10 Paggett 2 21
Edwards 1 14
Borland 1 11
Banaszak 1 8
Cannavino 1 7
Hughes 1 1
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Goedecker 1 7 7.0 0 Osborne 1 7 7.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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