1983 Tampa Bay Bandits season

Defunct football team in the USFL January 2025 Tampa Bay Bandits Tampa Bay Bandits 1983 None None 11–7 3rd Central Division Steve Spurrier Tampa Stadium Did not qualify Bandits seasons The 1983 season was the inaugural season for the Tampa Bay Bandits in the United States Football League. The Bandits were led by head coach Steve Spurrier and finished with a 11–7 record.https://www.profootballarchives.com/1983usfltb.html 1983 Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft Pro Football Archives January 26, 2026 Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 March 6 Boston Breakers W 21–17 1–0 Tampa Stadium 42,437 2 March 12, 1983 Michigan Panthers W 19–7 2–0 Tampa Stadium 38,789 3 March 20 at New Jersey Generals W 32–9 3–0 Giants Stadium 53,307 4 March 27 at Philadelphia Stars W 27–22 4–0 Veterans Stadium 18,718 5 April 2, 1983 Chicago Blitz L 3–42 4–1 Tampa Stadium 46,585 6 April 9, 1983 at Denver Gold W 22–16 (OT) 5–1 Mile High Stadium 46,848 7 April 18, 1983 Los Angeles Express L 13–18 5–2 Tampa Stadium 32,223 8 April 24 at Washington Federals W 30–23 6–2 RFK Stadium 9,070 9 April 30, 1983 Philadelphia Stars L 10–24 6–3 Tampa Stadium 41,559 10 May 8 at Oakland Invaders W 17–10 7–3 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 26,989 11 May 15 Arizona Wranglers W 20–14 8–3 Tampa Stadium 32,327 12 May 21, 1983 Oakland Invaders W 29–9 9–3 Tampa Stadium 43,389 13 May 30, 1983 at Michigan Panthers L 7–43 9–4 Pontiac Silverdome 23,976 14 June 5 Birmingham Stallions W 45–17 10–4 Tampa Stadium 35,623 15 June 12 at Chicago Blitz L 9–31 10–5 Soldier Field 21,249 16 June 19 at Boston Breakers L 17–24 10–6 Nickerson Field 15,530 17 June 27, 1983 Denver Gold W 26–23 11–6 Tampa Stadium 46,128 18 July 2, 1983 at Birmingham Stallions L 17–29 11–7 Legion Field 20,300 Sourcesstatscrew.com 1983 Tampa Bay Bandits Game-by-Game Results Retrieved December 30, 2018usflsite.com 1983 USFL Season Retrieved December 30, 2018profootballarchives.com 1983 Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL) Retrieved December 30, 2018 Standings Roster 1983 Tampa Bay Bandits roster Quarterbacks 15 Jimmy Jordan quarterback  7 John Reaves Running backs 21 Greg Boone no 23 George Ragsdale 34 Willie Wilder FB no 44 Ricky Williams no Wide receivers 42 Danny Buggs 81 Martin Cox 83 Jim Fitzpatrick actor 88 Willie Gillespie 80 Anthony Stephens American football no 84 Eric Truvillion Tight ends 86 Lewis Gilbert American football 61 Wes Phillips offensive tackle 87 Bob Young tight end noOffensive linemen 69 Steve Gettel T no 64 Bobby Hopkins G 60 Doug Mackie T 66 Bob Norris American football G no 70 Joe Robinson American football T no 67 Bob Van Duyne C 55 Bill Winters American Football C Defensive linemen 63 Curtis Bunche DE no 75 Walter Carter American football DE no 68 Fred Nordgren DT 78 Jim Ramey DE 74 Ken Times DT Linebackers 56 Keith Clark American football no 45 Mike Goedecker no 54 Tony Hayes no 55 Kelly Kirchbaum 53 Paul Piurowski 59 Russ Washington Defensive backs 25 Alvin Bailey defensive back no 28 Doug Beaudoin 32 Glen Edwards safety 33 Jeff George defensive back 20 Tim Groves 36 Ken Taylor safety no 22 Leon Williams American football, born 1959 no Special teams  9 Zenon Andrusyshyn K/P Reserve lists 65 Ed Gantner DT 46 Warren Hanna DB no 58 Alonzo Johnson linebacker LB no 11 Nat Koonce QB no 52 Merv Krakau LB 62 Ron Mikolajczyk T 72 Ray Robinson American football LB no 50 Ron Simmons G 48 Jim Tyson LB no 30 Greg Wilson running back RB no added during season 43 Gary Anderson running back RB 83 Jim Fitzpatrick actor WR 32 Carl Franks RB 35 Richard Holmes Canadian football FB 12 Mike Kelley quarterback QB 29 Sam Platt RB rookies in italics References Tampa Bay Bandits season Tampa Bay Bandits Category:20th century in Tampa, Florida Category:Tampa Bay Bandits