Buccaneers vs. San Francisco 49ers

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 07 San Francisco 49ers 31

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana completed 32 of 46 passes for 356 yards before leaving the game with an injury in the fourth quarter. The injury, similar to the one that ended Lee Roy Selmon's career, would require season-ending surgery and threaten Montana's football future.

Steve DeBerg's 31-yard touchdown pass to Gerald Carter in the third quarter brought the Buccaneers to within a touchdown, but they would not score again. The 49ers' seven interceptions of DeBerg were a team record, and one short of the NFL record.

DeBerg placed blame for the loss on himself, but teammates defended him, pointing out that he was under constant pressure from the 49ers' pass rush. Opposing safety Ronnie Lott said that DeBerg was predictable as to where he would throw the ball when pressured. James Wilder rushed for 81 yards and caught five passes.

Selmon's number 63 was retired in a halftime ceremony.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Dick Hantak
• UMPIRE: Gordon Wells
• LINE JUDGE: Ray Dodez
• HEAD LINESMAN: Tom Johnson
• BACK JUDGE: Al Jury
• FIELD JUDGE: Bob Skelton
• SIDE JUDGE: Bill Quinby

SCORING

• 49ERS: 06:47-1Q Craig 1 run (Wersching kick)
• 49ERS: 02:02-1Q Wilson 4 pass from Montana (Wersching kick)
• BUCS: 12:16-3Q Carter 31 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
• 49ERS: 02:34-3Q Wersching FG30
• 49ERS: 11:12-4Q Craig 1 run (Wersching kick)
• 49ERS: 01:54-4Q Frank 10 pass from Kemp (Wersching kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #89 K. House
• LT: #74 M. Powell
• LG: #66 G. Yarno
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #62 S. Farrell
• RT: #73 R. Heller
• TE: #88 J. Giles
• WR: #87 G. Carter
• QB: #17 S. DeBerg
• FB: #20 R. Springs
• RB: #32 J. Wilder

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #78 J. Cannon
• NT: #76 D. Logan
• RE: #90 R. Holmes
• LOLB: #57 K. Browner
• LILB: #58 J. Davis
• RILB: #52 S. Brantley
• ROLB: #51 C. Washington
• LCB: #23 J. Castille
• RCB: #22 R. Jones
• SS: #41 C. Swoope
• FS: #44 I. Sully

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 21 McKeever, 26 Easmon, 31 Curry, 34 Boatner, 36 Futrell, 46 Wonsley, 54 Randle, 56 Walker, 59 Murphy, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 71 Nelson, 72 Taylor, 77 Maarleveld, 81 Freeman, 82 Bell, 84 Harris, 86 Magee, 98 Keys

DID NOT PLAY

• 8 Young, 80 Williams

INACTIVE

• none.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 18-81, Springs 2-10.
• 49ERS: Craig 15-42, Cribbs 9-38, Rice 1-13, Rathman 2-8, Harmon 1-4, Kemp 1-3, Montana 1-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: DeBerg 40-18-214-7-1.
• 49ERS: Montana 46-32-356-1-1, Kemp 2-1-10-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 5-50, Carter 4-67, Giles 4-51, House 2-16, Freeman 1-17, Wonsley 1-10, Magee 1-3.
• 49ERS: Craig 9-76, Clark 7-100, Francis 7-91, Rice 4-54, Wilson 2-16, Frank 1-10, Rathman 1-9, Harmon 1-6, Cribbs 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Brantley 1-57.
• 49ERS: Lott 2-21, Couisineau 1-18, Fuller 1-0, Griffin 1-0, Farnhorst 1-0, McKyer 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Wonsley 3-59, Freeman 2-27.
• 49ERS: none.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Harris 3-16.
• 49ERS: Griffin 1-7.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Washington 1.5-14, Holmes 0.5-7.
• 49ERS: Stover 3-19.

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