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Wild Card: Tampa Bay Bandits at Wheeling Ironmen

December 26, 1976
21°
Wheeling Island Stadium (Wheeling, WV) Attendance: 48,880 (100%)
Bandits 0 0 0 6 - 6
Ironmen 3 10 3 3 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Ironmen: 4-8-TBY 12 (0:06) 8-Edward Barber 29 yard field goal is GOOD. WIM 3 TBY 0
(Qtr 2) Ironmen: 1-2-TBY 2 (5:22) 9-Joshua Baker pass complete to 14-Jordan Sanford for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Edward Barber. WIM 10 TBY 0
(Qtr 2) Ironmen: 1-10-TBY 38 (0:11) 8-Edward Barber 56 yard field goal is GOOD. WIM 13 TBY 0
(Qtr 3) Ironmen: 4-1-TBY 24 (4:57) 8-Edward Barber 41 yard field goal is GOOD. WIM 16 TBY 0
(Qtr 4) Bandits: 1-5-WIM 5 (8:37) 1-Jimmy Boyden pass complete to 13-Larry Crawford for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Ironmen: 4-3-TBY 3 (2:01) 8-Edward Barber 20 yard field goal is GOOD. WIM 19 TBY 6

Team Statistics

Ironmen Bandits
First Downs 15 5
- Rushing 7 2
- Passing 8 2
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 297 141
- Offensive Plays 72 52
- Yards Per Play 4.13 2.71
Net Rushing Yards 158 98
- Rushing Attempts 33 36
- Yards Per Rush 4.79 2.72
Net Passing Yards 139 43
- Att/Comp/Int 39 / 20 / 0 15 / 7 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 139 51
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.56 2.69
- Yards Per Completion 6.95 7.29
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 17 1 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.9 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 1 / 3
Punt Returns/Yards 11 / 143 1 / 12
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 42 OWN 18
Time of Possession 33:21 26:35

Drive Charts

Wheeling Ironmen

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:55 2:56 OWN 10 6 18 Punt
1 8:32 3:23 OWN 38 5 17 Punt
1 3:29 1:00 OPP 48 3 2 Punt
1 1:39 1:36 OPP 28 4 16 Field Goal
2 11:33 1:26 OWN 29 4 20 Punt
2 8:03 2:44 OPP 30 5 30 Touchdown
2 3:18 1:41 OWN 24 6 37 Punt
3 15:00 1:27 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 11:23 1:37 OWN 35 3 6 Punt
3 7:45 2:51 OPP 50 5 26 Field Goal
3 2:43 2:08 OWN 25 5 14 Punt
4 13:42 0:18 OPP 40 3 0 Punt
4 11:50 1:57 OPP 43 4 18 Downs
4 8:33 6:35 OWN 25 11 72 Field Goal
4 1:42 1:42 OPP 38 5 14 Game

Tampa Bay Bandits

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 9:59 1:28 OWN 24 3 5 Punt
1 5:08 1:39 OWN 9 3 3 Punt
1 2:29 0:50 OWN 6 3 17 Fumble
1 0:03 3:30 OWN 25 6 15 Punt
2 10:07 2:04 OWN 8 4 11 Punt
2 5:19 2:02 OWN 27 3 9 Punt
2 1:36 1:26 OWN 7 3 0 Punt
2 0:06 0:06 OWN 25 1 3 Half
3 13:33 2:11 OWN 31 3 -9 Punt
3 9:45 2:01 OWN 7 3 7 Punt
3 4:54 2:11 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 0:35 1:52 OWN 15 3 0 Punt
4 13:24 1:34 OWN 3 3 0 Punt
4 9:54 1:20 OWN 34 4 66 Touchdown
4 1:58 0:16 OWN 25 4 9 Interception

Rushing Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Hamilton 15 72 4.80 22 1 0
Johnnie Bybee 10 49 4.90 12 2 0
Morris Blaylock 4 25 6.25 13 2 0
Mike Anderson 1 12 12.00 12 1 0
Joshua Baker 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Leslie Slattery 28 59 2.11 10 1 0
Jimmy Boyden 1 30 30.00 30 1 0
Christopher Phillips 7 9 1.29 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joshua Baker 39 20 139 0 / 0 1 15 0 68.22

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jimmy Boyden 15 7 51 1 / 8 1 30 1 49.58

Receiving Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Glenn Moore 5 40 8.00 14 0
John Hamilton 5 31 6.20 15 0
Johnnie Bybee 2 21 10.50 13 0
Cruz Johnson 2 19 9.50 14 0
James Putman 1 8 8.00 8 0
Mike Anderson 1 7 7.00 7 0
Jordan Sanford 2 5 2.50 3 1
Joshua Peabody 1 5 5.00 5 0
Abraham Ivey 1 3 3.00 3 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jeramy Guerra 1 30 30.00 30 0
Larry Crawford 2 12 6.00 7 1
Tom Vansant 1 9 9.00 9 0
Leslie Slattery 2 1 0.50 1 0
Vernon Spears 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

Blocking Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Lewis Harrell 49 35 0 0
Frank Charles 0 9 0 0
Sean Gonzales 1 1 0 0
Byron Brunson 2 1 0 0
Robert Carpenter 0 1 0 0
James Oliver 0 2 0 0
Mark Jefferson 0 1 0 0
Larry Katz 0 1 0 0
Morris Blaylock 13 18 0 0
John Hamilton 8 6 0 0
Fred Stuart 0 11 0 0
William Vaughn 0 5 0 0
Henry Belcher 0 6 0 0
Fred Burton 0 8 0 0
Raymond McClendon 0 11 0 2
Robert David 0 4 0 0
Todd Lopez 51 35 0 3
Thomas Griffin 9 1 0 0
James Dudley 14 1 0 0
Whitney Miracle 17 5 0 0
Glenn Acker 14 3 0 0
James Putman 0 24 0 0
Jordan Sanford 0 25 0 1
Abraham Ivey 0 17 0 2
Johnnie Bybee 7 3 0 0
Glenn Moore 3 16 0 1
Lionel Hall 44 40 0 1
Cory Tichenor 46 37 0 0
Scott Rouse 39 39 0 3
Mike Anderson 19 6 0 0
Joshua Peabody 14 17 0 1
Samuel Fox 0 1 0 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Peoples 19 38 1 3
Joshua Henson 29 37 0 1
Leslie Slattery 4 3 0 0
Benjamin Quinn 0 1 0 0
James Gadsden 0 1 0 0
Terry Gillespie 0 1 0 0
David Ford 0 3 0 0
Orville Minton 0 1 0 0
Donald Donovan 0 2 0 0
Frank Davidson 0 2 0 0
Jon Bracey 0 1 0 0
Robert Herrera 0 1 0 0
Ronald Smith 0 2 0 0
Clyde Garcia 6 3 0 0
Ricky Love 13 1 0 0
Jeramy Guerra 0 9 0 1
Dan Herbert 13 0 0 0
Christopher Phillips 3 11 0 0
Michael Smith 0 15 0 0
Leroy Coster 13 4 0 0
Lewis Finn 5 28 0 0
Steven Wells 18 31 0 3
Larry Crawford 0 13 0 2
Vernon Spears 9 23 0 1
Tom Vansant 0 8 0 0
Carlos Martinez 30 39 0 2
David White 30 32 0 0
Patrick Smith 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Robert Carpenter 1 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Fumble Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert David 0 1 0 0
Robert Carpenter 0 0 1 0
Glenn Acker 0 0 1 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Leslie Slattery 1 0 0 0
Christopher Phillips 1 0 0 0
Frank Davidson 0 1 0 0

Punting

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Joseph Tebo 9 385 42.78 41.78 52 7

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julius Murph 12 565 47.08 35.92 57 1

Kicking

Wheeling Ironmen

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edward Barber 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 56 1 / 1

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Michael Scott 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 0 / 1

Punt Return

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Hamilton 11 143 13.0 33 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Phillips 1 12 12.0 12 0

Kick Return

Wheeling Ironmen

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Leslie Slattery 1 37 37.0 0

Defensive Stats

Wheeling Ironmen

Name Tackles Sacks
John Palmer 6 0
Larry Katz 6 0
Kenneth Sorensen 5 0
Raymond McClendon 4 0
James Oliver 3 0
William Vaughn 3 1
Robert Carpenter 3 0
Byron Brunson 3 0
Mark Jefferson 2 0
Samuel Fox 2 0
Robert David 2 0
Edward Barber 1 0
Robert Bourgeois 1 0
Joshua Peabody 1 0
Henry Belcher 1 0
Byron Shoulders 1 0

Tampa Bay Bandits

Name Tackles Sacks
Clyde Garcia 13 0
Ronald Smith 8 0
Neal Kidd 7 0
David Watson 5 0
Christopher Hughes 4 0
Christopher Harrison 4 0
David Ford 3 0
Jean Lewis 3 0
Leroy Coster 3 0
Thomas Pankey 3 0
Terry Gillespie 2 0
Donald Donovan 1 0
Lewis Finn 1 0
Carlos Martinez 1 0
Joshua Henson 1 0
Robert Herrera 1 0
Tom Vansant 1 0