USFL '86: The Season That Never Was

Monday, December 24, 2018

'84 Chronology-Week #12 Roundup

Event Date: May 15th, 1984

Event Description: Bandits Steal Win

Source: UPI

John Reaves threw for 362 yards and four touchdowns Monday night to lead the Tampa Bay Bandits to a 33-27 win over the Arizona Outlaws in the U.S. Football League.

Reaves connected on touchdown passes of 13 yards to Marvin Harvey, 10 yards to Gary Anderson and a pair of touchdown passes to Willie Gillespie. Greg Boone paced the Bandits’ ground attack with 149 yards on just a dozen carries and Gary Anderson added another 71 yards on 22 attempts.

Arizona's Doug Williams, who was making his first appearance in a regular season game at Tampa Stadium since leaving the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, threw touchdown passes of 19 and 23 yards to Al Williams, and 15 yards to tight end Paul Ricker.

Williams completed 15-of-39 attempts for 187 yards with no interceptions and one sack.

In other Monday night games, the Gold crushed Jacksonville at home by a score of 30-7 and Birmingham trounced Oakland 28-10.

In other Week #12 action; 

On Saturday, the New Jersey Generals improved to (7-5) after downing Chicago 34-21, the Showboats improved to (8-4) after their 17-3 win over Los Angeles, and Houston pounded Washington 27-9.

On Sunday, the Stars coasted to a 42-20 win against New Orleans, and the Panthers edged Pittsburgh 33-26.

Story-(UPI Modified)

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