1983 Tampa Bay Bandits Statistics
Team Record: 11-7
Finishing 3rd in the USFL's Central Division
Coach: Steve Spurrier (11-7)
Location: Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 359,195, Avg. 39,911 in 9 home dates
1983 Tampa Bay Bandits Results
The Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the USFL's Central Division.
Tampa Bay scored 363 points, while the defense conceded 378. Jimmy Jordan tossed for 1,831 yards, while John Reaves and Mike Kelley took a significant amount of snaps also. Danny Buggs paced the receiving corps, snagging 76 passes for 1,146 yards, while Eric Truvillion was targeted regularly as well.
Greg Boone carried the ball for a team-best 694 yards for the Bandits, while Sam Platt additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Jeff George picked off 6 opponent throws. Fred Nordgren topped the defensive unit with 15 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 59 sacks.
Steve Spurrier coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Jordan | 238 | 145 | 60.9 | 1831 | 7.7 | 14 | 5.9 | 14 | 5.9 | 49 | 24 | 215 | 80.0 |
John Reaves | 259 | 139 | 53.7 | 1726 | 6.7 | 9 | 3.5 | 16 | 6.2 | 51 | 9 | 81 | 60.4 |
Mike Kelley | 166 | 81 | 48.8 | 1003 | 6.0 | 4 | 2.4 | 5 | 3.0 | 43 | 20 | 139 | 63.4 |
Nathaniel Koonce | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 20 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 0.0 |
Ricky Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Eric Truvillion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Danny Buggs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Sam Platt | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Gary Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 679 | 367 | 54.1 | 4580 | 6.7 | 27 | 4.0 | 36 | 5.3 | 51 | 54 | 449 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Boone | 174 | 694 | 4.0 | 21 | 5 |
Sam Platt | 156 | 552 | 3.5 | 20t | 3 |
Gary Anderson | 97 | 516 | 5.3 | 73 | 4 |
Ricky Williams | 25 | 97 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
Carl Franks | 19 | 85 | 4.5 | 18t | 1 |
Richard Holmes | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
Greg Wilson | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
Mike Kelley | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
Eric Truvillion | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
Willie Gillespie | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
John Reaves | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
Danny Buggs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Nathaniel Koonce | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Jordan | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 508 | 2007 | 4.0 | 73 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Buggs | 76 | 1146 | 15.1 | 51 | 5 |
Eric Truvillion | 66 | 1080 | 16.4 | 46 | 15 |
Sam Platt | 52 | 402 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 |
Willie Gillespie | 38 | 639 | 16.8 | 43 | 4 |
Lewis Gilbert | 33 | 301 | 9.1 | 26 | 1 |
Greg Boone | 33 | 225 | 6.8 | 17 | 1 |
Gary Anderson | 29 | 347 | 12.0 | 49 | 0 |
Robert Young | 15 | 123 | 8.2 | 15 | 0 |
Martin Cox | 9 | 153 | 17.0 | 36 | 0 |
Tony Stephens | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
Ricky Williams | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 12 | 1 |
Carl Franks | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 15 | 0 |
Totals | 367 | 4580 | 12.5 | 51 | 27 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zenon Andrusyshyn | 36 | 32 | 88.9 | 31 | 23 | 74.2 | 101 |
Totals | 36 | 32 | 88.9 | 31 | 23 | 74.2 | 101 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvin Bailey | 44 | 365 | 8.3 | 45 | 0 |
Martin Cox | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 14 | 0 |
Willie Gillespie | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Greg Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Anderson | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 64 | 419 | 6.5 | 45 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvin Bailey | 29 | 562 | 19.4 | 39 | 0 |
Willie Gillespie | 10 | 166 | 16.6 | 32 | 0 |
Sam Platt | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 24 | 0 |
Greg Boone | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 30 | 0 |
Greg Wilson | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
Gary Anderson | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 18 | 0 |
Warren Hanna | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 |
Carl Franks | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
George Ragsdale | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Mike Goedecker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Tyson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 71 | 1139 | 16.0 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeff George | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 22t | 1 |
Ken Taylor | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
Warren Hanna | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 25 | 0 |
Doug Beaudoin | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
Glen Edwards | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
Alvin Bailey | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Nordgren | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 |
Mike Goedecker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Tim King | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Leon Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 25 | 158 | 6.3 | 25 | 2 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Fred Nordgren | 15.0 | 105 | 7.0 |
Ken Times | 11.0 | 91 | 8.3 |
Jim Ramey | 6.0 | 52 | 8.7 |
Alonzo Johnson | 4.0 | 38 | 9.5 |
Walter Carter | 4.0 | 35 | 8.8 |
Mike Goedecker | 3.0 | 32 | 10.7 |
Tony Hayes | 3.0 | 23 | 7.7 |
Russ Washington | 3.0 | 21 | 7.0 |
Curtis Bunche | 2.0 | 10 | 5.0 |
Paul Piurowski | 1.0 | 17 | 17.0 |
Ron Simmons | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 |
Ron Reliford | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 |
Tim Groves | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 |
Val Brown | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 |
Glen Edwards | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 |
Keith Clark | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 |
Kelly Kirchbaum | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 |
Totals | 59.0 | 467 | 7.9 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Zenon Andrusyshyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | |||
Eric Truvillion | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | |||
Greg Boone | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | |||
Danny Buggs | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
Gary Anderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
Willie Gillespie | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
Sam Platt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Lewis Gilbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Jeff George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Carl Franks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Ricky Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Fred Nordgren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Mike Goedecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
Totals | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 363 |