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Tampa Bay 8 at Chicago 31
1983 Week 15 - Sunday, June 12, 1983
Tampa Bay Bandits(10-4) at Chicago Blitz(9-5)(-3.5)
Attendance: 21,249, TV: ABC
Chicago, Ill. (Wire Services) - Tim Spencer scored three touchdowns Sunday to help the Chicago Blitz rout Tampa Bay, 31-8, and move into a tie with the Bandits for first place in the USFL's Central Division.
Tampa Bay was hampered because of a first-quarter injury to quarterback Jimmy Jordan and a second quarter injury to running back Gary Anderson. Anderson left the game with only six yards rushing on five carries.
The Blitz scored on their first possession of the game, taking advantage of a poor punt by Zenon Andrusyshyn that left them on the Bandit 3O It took the Blitz seven plays to score, with Tim Koegel finding Kevin Long open for a six-yard scoring strike.
The Blitz took advantage of an Anderson fumble later in the first quarter to score again after Chicago's Kit Lathrop recovered at the Tampa Bay 34. It took only two plays to score as Koegel tossed a 43-yard touchdown pass to Spencer.
The Blitz made it 21-0 in the second quarter on a 10-play scoring drive, with Spencer carrying the final three yards for the touchdown.
1 2 3 4 F
TB 0 0 8 0 - 8
CHI 14 7 3 7 - 31
Scoring
CHI:Long 6 yd pass from Koegel (Corral kick) - CHI 7, TB 0
CHI:Spencer 43 yd pass from Koegel (Corral kick) - CHI 14, TB 0
CHI:Spencer 3 yd run (Corral kick) - CHI 21, TB 0
CHI:Corral 48 yd field goal - CHI 24, TB 0
TB: Gillespie 23 yd pass from Kelley (Boone run) - CHI 24, TB 8
CHI:Spencer 2 yd pass from Koegel (Corral kick) - CHI 31, TB 8
Box Score
TB CHI
First Downs 12 19
Rushes-Yards 14-57 51-207
Passing (A-C-Y-I) 37-11-189-3 20-11-110-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-37 5-43
Total Plays-Yards 55-209 76-274
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards 12-87 9-72
Turnovers 4 2
Time of Possession 20:54 39:06
Attendance = 21,249
TAMPA BAY CHICAGO
Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate
Jordan 4 2 34 0 0 79.2 Koegel 19 11 110 1 3 92.1
Kelley 33 9 155 3 1 18.9 Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD
Boone 9 49 5.4 0 Spencer 22 83 3.8 1
Anderson 5 8 1.6 0 Long 19 65 3.4 0
Boatner 5 41 8.2 0
Dennison 3 17 5.7 0
Poole 2 1 0.5 0
Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD
Gillespie 3 70 23.3 1 Spencer 3 52 17.3 2
Truvillion 3 63 21.0 0 Ricker 2 18 9.0 0
Anderson 1 19 19.0 0 Buggs 1 14 14.0 0
Buggs 1 19 19.0 0 Dennison 2 11 5.5 0
Boone 2 11 5.5 0 Long 2 8 4.0 1
Young 1 7 7.0 0 Johnson 1 7 7.0 0
Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD
Bailey 3 52 17.3 0 Willis 1 21 21.0 0
Platt 1 7 7.0 0
Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD
Bailey 2 15 7.5 0 Willis 3 25 8.3 0
Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts
Andrusyshyn 0-0 0 0-0 0 Corral 1-2 48 4-4 7
miss: none miss: ??
Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave
Andrusyshyn 8 312 39.0 Corral 5 214 42.8
Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds
Nordgren 2 15 Lorch 1 11
Times 1 11 Lee 1 9
Goedecker 1 9 Gillen 1 9
Hayes 1 8 Lathrop 1 8
Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD
Taylor 1 11 11.0 0 Bradley 2 26 13.0 0
Livers 1 24 24.0 0
Archived news report
Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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