Buccaneers vs. New York Giants

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 New York Giants 17

The Buccaneers shocked a Giants team that had taken a share of the NFC East lead by beating the Cowboys and Redskins in the two previous weeks.

Inspired by a team meeting in which the players resolved to fight to maintain their respectability as a team, the Buccaneers shut down the Giants' deep passing game and held Lawrence Taylor in check, producing a win that only appeared close because of a last-minute Giants touchdown.

James Wilder's 99 yards on 34 carries gave him 1,062 for the season, making him only the second 1,000-yard rusher in Buccaneer history. Steve DeBerg threw for 238 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown pass to Kevin House.

Giants players refused to admit to having suffered a letdown, instead crediting the Buccaneers with having played a better game.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jerry Seeman
• UMPIRE: Rex Stuart
• LINE JUDGE: Bama Glass
• LINESMAN: Leo Miles
• BACK JUDGE: Paul Baetz
• FIELD JUDGE: Jack Vaughan
• SIDE JUDGE: Duwayne Gandy

SCORING

• GIANTS: 06:14-1Q Haji-Sheikh FG41
• BUCCANEERS: 12:03-2Q Ariri FG37
• GIANTS: 13:00-3Q Mowatt 23 pass from Simms (Haji-Sheikh kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 04:46-3Q House 10 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 10:18-4Q Wilder 1 run (Ariri kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 04:52-4Q Ariri FG20
• GIANTS: 01:06-4Q Johnson 11 pass from Simms (Haji-Sheikh kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #89 K. House
• LT: #74 G. Sanders
• LG: #77 G. Bujnoch
• C: #50 S. Wilson
• RG: #62 S. Farrell
• RT: #73 R. Heller
• TE: #88 J. Giles
• WR: #87 G. Carter
• QB: #127 S. DeBerg
• TB: #32 J. Wilder
• TE: #82 J. Bell

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #78 J. Cannon
• NT: #76 D. Logan
• RE: #63 L. Selmon
• LOLB: #57 K.Browner
• LILB: #58 J. Davis
• RILB: #52 S. Brantley
• ROLB: #51 C. Washington
• LCB: #23 J. Castille
• RCB: #21 J. Holt
• RS: #43 B. Reece
• LS: #33 M. Cotney

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 2 Ariri, 5 Garcia, 16 Kiel, 20 Morton, 24 Harvey, 27 Acorn, 29 Bright, 31 Clark, 38 Peoples, 41 Thomas, 46 Armstrong, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 59 Thompson, 60 Grimes, 67 Morgan, 70 Thomas, 79 Kaplan, 81 Dixon, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Carroll

DID NOT PLAY

• 14 Thompson, 25 Dierking, 71 Braggs, 72 Courson, 75 Darns

INACTIVE

• none.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 34-99, Carter 1-16, Morton 3-3, Armstrong 1-0, DeBerg 2-(-2).
• GIANTS: Carpenter 10-46, Morris 4-10, Simms 6-9.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: DeBerg 28-16-238-2-1.
• GIANTS: Simms 33-21-198-1-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: House 4-89, Carter 4-49, Giles 3-36, Armstrong 3-26, J.Bell 2-38.
• GIANTS: Johnson 5-62, Mowatt 5-47, Galbreath 4-27, Gray 2-24, Manuel 2-16, Morris 2-13, Carpenter 1-9.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Cotney 1-22.
• GIANTS: Carson 1-6, Haynes 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Morton 2-39.
• GIANTS: McConkey 4-55, Morris 1-14.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Bright 4-27.
• GIANTS: McConkey 1-1.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Washington 1-14, Logan 1-11.
• GIANTS: Burt 1-8, Martin 1-7.

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