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1983 Week 6 - Saturday, April 9, 1983

Attendance: 46,848

TV: ESPN

[Note: If you want to skip all the pregame analysis forward the video to the 5:00 minute mark where the kickoff begins]

Rookie running back Greg Boone broke a tackle en route to an 11-yard touchdown, capping a 73-yard, overtime drive as the Tampa Bay Bandits got a fine passing performance from quarterback John Reaves to down the Denver Gold, 22-16.

With the victory, the Bandits bounced back from an embarrassing 42-3 loss to Chicago last week, and raised their division-leading record to 5-1. Denver saw its three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 3-3.

Reaves, who played nine seasons in the National Football League mostly as a backup, completed 38 of 63 passes for 357 yards. He engineered two long second-half scoring drives that enabled Tampa Bay to erase a 13-3 halftime deficit and take a 16-13 lead late in the fourth quarter.

He then directed the Bandits 73 yards for the winning score in the sudden-death overtime.

Source: http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/history.htm

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