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- The Tampa Bay Bandits were one of eight teams that were officially announced as a USFL franchise on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on November 22, 2021.
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The Bandits began play in 1983 in Tampa Stadium, and were immediately more successful than the area's NFL franchise, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with whom they shared a home field (though the Bucs played in the fall and early winter while the Bandits played in the spring and early summer).
Nov 22, 2021 · The Tampa Bay Bandits were the Tampa franchise of the USFL. While they were owned by Canadian businessman John Bassett, actor and former Florida State player Burt Reynolds bought in as a minority owner and became a big part of the team’s marketing.
Apr 14, 2022 · Although many who are unfamiliar with the USFL could look at the Tampa Bay Bandits as a completely new franchise, that would be an incorrect assumption. Back in the 1980s, a team with the exact same name was part of the original USFL, and played a pivotal role in what the new squad looks like.
Dec 10, 2021 · Though FOX's USFL is a completely new entity, all its team names were initially used in the original USFL which played from 1983 to 1985. Below is a brief history of the first Tampa Bay...
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The Tampa Bay Bandits were a popular entry in the United States Football League during the mid-1980’s. During a particularly grim era for the Hugh Culverhouse-owned Buccaneeers of the NFL, the Bandits played an exciting, high scoring brand of football and packed big crowds into Tampa Stadium in the springtime. The team had a high-wattage ownership ...
“All The Fun The Law Allows” – 1983 Tampa Bay Bandits highlight video “The End of Bandit Ball”. Well-produced montage/tribute to the Bandits featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the team’s final game, a June 30th, 1985 playoff loss to the Oakland Invaders.
Bandits part-owner Stephen Arkytook his own life on July 24, 1985 after being implicated in the $300M collapse of Ft. Lauderdale bond trading firm E.S.M. Government Securities. Arky was 42. The Bandits played their final game 24 days earlier. Bandits founder and principal owner John Bassett died of brain cancer on May 15, 1986 at age 47. Bandits of...
1983: The USFL’s franchise in Tampa was one of the strongest in the league. The team was owned by John Bassett who was a veteran when it came to fighting the NFL. The Canadian born business man owned the Memphis Southmen in the World Football League, a previous upstart league that tried to go head-to-head with the NFL in the 70’s.
The Tampa Bay Bandits were one of eight teams that were officially announced as a USFL franchise on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on November 22, 2021. [1] On January 6, 2022, it was announced on The Herd with Colin Cowherd that former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley was named the head coach and general manager for the Bandits.
