Buccaneers vs. New York Giants

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New York Giants 17

The Buccaneers failed to account for Lawrence Taylor, who got three of the Giants' four first-half sacks.

Steve DeBerg completed 18 of 31 passes for 229 yards in his first Buccaneer start. The Buccaneers scored on runs by James Wilder and Adger Armstrong, while Phil Simms threw touchdown passes to Bobby Johnson and Zeke Mowatt for the Giants.

James Owens was placed on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury on a kick return. Cecil Johnson suffered a back injury. Keith Browner got his first career start as Johnson's replacement the following week.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Bob Frederic
• UMPIRE: John Keck
• LINE JUDGE: Ray Dodez
• LINESMAN: Liqouri Hagerty
• BACK JUDGE: Bill Swanson
• FIELD JUDGE: Don Hawkes
• SIDE JUDGE: Gary Lane

SCORING

• GIANTS: 11:05-2Q Haji-Sheikh FG34
• GIANTS: 06:00-2Q Johnson 20 pass from Simms (Haji-Sheikh kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 10:06-3Q Wilder 1 run (Ariri kick)
• GIANTS: 6:13-4Q Mowatt 21 pass from Simms (Haji-Sheikh kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 4:02-4Q Armstrong 1 run (Ariri kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #89 K. House
• LT: #74 G. Sanders
• LG: #72 S. Courson
• C: #50 S. Wilson
• RG: #62 S. Farrell
• RT: #73 R. Heller
• TE: #88 J. Giles
• WR: #87 G. Carter
• QB: #127 S. DeBerg
• RB: #32 J. Wilder
• TE: #82 J. Bell

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #78 J. Cannon
• NT: #76 D. Logan
• RE: #63 L. Selmon
• LOB: #56 C. Johnson
• LIB: #58 J. Davis
• RIB: #52 S. Brantley
• ROB: #53 H. Green
• LC: #23 J. Castile
• RC: #21 J. Holt
• SS: #43 B. Reece
• FS: #34 C. Brown

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 2 Ariri, 5 Garcia, 16 Kiel, 20 Morton, 24 Harvey, 26 Owens, 27 Acorn, 28 Carver, 33 Cotney, 41 Thomas, 46 Armstrong, 51 Washington, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 57 Browner, 65 Jackson, 67 Morgan, 75 Manor, 79 Kaplan, 81 Tuttle, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Carroll

DID NOT PLAY

• 14 Thompson, 60 Grimes, 70 Thomas, 71 Braggs

INACTIVE

• none.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 24-112, Carver 4-24, Armstrong 1-1.
• GIANTS: Carpenter 20-70, Simms 5-30, Woolfolk 6-7, Galbreath 1-8, Morris 1-4.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: DeBerg 31-18-229-1-0.
• GIANTS: Simms 34-17-186-0-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: House 5-45, Wilder 4-65, Carter 2-57, Giles 2-24, J.Bell 2-18, Carver 1-10, T.Bell 1-8, Armstrong 1-2.
• GIANTS: Mowatt 4-42, Williams 4-42, Woolfolk 4-28, Galbreath 3-20, Johnson 2-54.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• GIANTS: Headen 1-4.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Morton 3-64, Owens 1-4.
• GIANTS: Hill 1-27, McConkey 1-18, Morris 1-13.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Holt 2-16.
• GIANTS: McConkey 4-66.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Selmon 1-9, Logan 1-8, Cannon 1-8.
• GIANTS: Taylor 4-33, Merrill 1-7.

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