Buccaneers vs. Los Angeles Rams 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Los Angeles Rams 31
For the second consecutive week, the Buccaneers lost, despite holding a halftime lead against an unbeaten team.
The Buccaneers' defense played well in their first game without Hugh Green, and they recovered three Ram fumbles in the first half. The Rams also committed eight first-half penalties. In the second half, LeRoy Irvin and Carl Ekern returned interceptions for touchdowns to edge past the Buccaneers.
DeBerg's four interceptions gave him a season total of 13, the most in the NFL.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Ben Dreith
- UMPIRE: Ed Fiffick
- HEAD LINESMAN: Dale Williams
- LINE JUDGE: Ron DeSouza
- BACK JUDGE: Don Wedge
- FIELD JUDGE: Dick Dolack
- SIDE JUDGE: Tom Fincken
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 5:12-1Q Wilder 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
- RAMS: 4:23-2Q Duckworth 23 pass from Brock (Lansford kick)
- RAMS: 9:39-2Q Dickerson 6 run (Lansford kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 7:45-2Q Igwebuike FG34
- BUCCANEERS: 6:42-2Q House 17 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 0:00-2Q Igwebuike FG49
- RAMS: 4:33-3Q House 17 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
- RAMS: 4:11-3Q Ekern 33 interception return (Lansford kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 13:13-4Q Carter 13 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
- RAMS: 5:58-4Q Irvin 34 interception return (Lansford kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #89 K. House
- LT: #66 G. Yarno
- LG: #72 S. Courson
- C: #60 R. Grimes
- RG: #62 S. Farrell
- RT: #73 C. Hannah
- TE: #88 J. Giles
- WR: #87 G. Carter
- QB: #17 S. De Berg
- UB: #82 R. Bell
- 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
- RCB: #21 J. Holt
- LCB: #23 J. Castille
- FS: #30 D. Greenwood
- SS: #44 I. Sully
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 29 Bright, 31 Curry, 40 Armstrong, 47 Dombrowski, 54 Randle, 56 Johnson, 59 Kubin, 65 Fielder, 67 Morgan, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 81 Freeman, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Magee,
DID NOT PLAY
- 8 Young, 64 Shearin, 68 Mallory
INACTIVE
- none
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Wilder 24-49, Risher 1-10.
- RAMS: Dickerson 25-75, Redden 3-26, Cain 5-20, Ellard 1-16, Brock 1-(-3).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: DeBerg 34-14-161-4-2.
- RAMS: Brock 23-16-195-1-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Wilder 4-12, Giles 3-48, House 2-37, Carter 2-21, J.Bell 2-19, T.Bell 1-24.
- RAMS: Ellard 6-62, Duckworth 4-64, Young 3-58, Dickerson 1-5, Redden 1-4, Hunter 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Browner 1-25.
- RAMS: Irvin 2-34, Ekern 1-33, Cromwell 1-5.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 6-170.
- RAMS: White 3-81, Slaton 1-18.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Bright 2-20.
- RAMS: Ellard 6-96, Johnson 0-0.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Holmes 2-17, Logan 2-13, Morgan 1-7, Cannon 1-7, Fielder 1-3.
- RAMS: Owens 1-10.
