Buccaneers vs. New York Giants 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New York Giants 17
The New York Giants capitalized on two late turnovers to come from behind for the win. Giants linebacker Harry Carson intercepted a Doug Williams pass, then recovered a Louis Carter fumble. Both turnovers led to touchdown runs by Larry Csonka.
Neil O'Donoghue missed on a last-minute 42-yard field goal attempt into strong winds. Doug Williams was 7-for-27 passing, with two interceptions. The second of these interceptions proved very costly, as Jimmy DuBose suffered what turned out to be a career-ending knee injury while trying to make a tackle on the return. This occurred only four plays after DuBose's 109 yards rushing made him the first Buccaneer rusher to pass the 100-yard mark in a game.
Jerry Golsteyn replaced Joe Pisarcik at quarterback for the Giants, and led both of the fourth-quarter winning drives.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Jerry Markbreit
- UMPIRE: Gordon Wells
- LINE JUDGE: Bill Reynplds
- LINESMAN: Ray Dodez
- BACK JUDGE: Tom Kelleher
- FIELD JUDGE: Ed Merrifield
- SIDE JUDGE: Willie Spencer
SCORING
- GIANTS: 03:07-1Q Danelo FG22
- BUCCANEERS: 11:00-2Q Davis 3 run (O'Donoghue kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 03:16-2Q DuBose 1 run (O'Donoghue kick)
- GIANTS: 10:14-4Q Csonka 7 run (Danelo kick)
- GIANTS: 07:26-4Q Csonka 17 run (Danelo kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #87 L. Mucker
- LT: #75 D. Reavis
- LG: #68 D. Medlin
- C: #79 S. Wilson
- RG: #64 G. Horton
- RT: #74 R. Freitas
- TE: #86 J. Obradovich
- WR: #85 M. Owens
- QB: #12 D. Williams
- FB: #35 J. DuBose
- TB: #32 L. Carter
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #73 C. Hannah
- NT: #76 D. Pear
- RE: #63 L. Selmon
- LOLB: #57 D. Lewis
- LILB: #61 D. Selmon
- RILB: #54 R. Wood
- ROLB: #56 C. Johnson
- LCB: #45 J. White
- RCB: #40 M. Washington
- SS: #33 M. Cotney
- FS: #34 C. Brown
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 4 Green, 6 O'Donoghue, 23 Ragsdale, 25 Jordan, 38 Davis, 42 Bell, 44 Cesare, 46 Reece, 51 Nafziger, 53 Bonness, 55 Brown, 60 Chambers, 65 Johnson, 70 Carlton, 71 Crowder, 72 Puetz, 77 Kollar, 83 Grant, 88 Giles
DID NOT PLAY
- 15 Rae, 19 Huff, 67 Moritz, 82 Darby, 89 McKay
INACTIVE
- none.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: DuBose 24-109, J.Davis 6-34, Bell 9-20, Williams 2-4, Carter 1-(-3).
- GIANTS: Hammond 15-63, Csonka 13-56, Taylor 9-52, Pisarcik 1-4, Kotar 2-(-2), Golsteyn 1-(-3).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 27-7-100-2-0.
- GIANTS: Pisarcik 13-4-45-2-0, Golsteyn 2-2-18-0-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Obradovich 3-45, Owens 2-39, Mucker 1-9, Davis 1-7.
- GIANTS: Thompson 2-32, Hammond 2-13, Taylor 1-18, Kotar 1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Johnson 1-4, White 1-0.
- GIANTS: Carson 1-30, Kelley 1-20.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Reece 3-57.
- GIANTS: Hammond 2-41.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Reece 2-8.
- GIANTS: Hammond 1-(-2), Robinson 0-0.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: L. Selmon 2-15.
- GIANTS: Van Pelt 1-2.
