Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Minnesota Vikings 25
John McKay said, "that might be the poorest game we've ever played", after the Buccaneers were able to control the ball for only 19½ of the game's 60 minutes.
A 95-yard second-quarter drive gave the Vikings a 13–0 lead and used up 9:04 worth of clock time, while keeping the ball away from the Buccaneer offense and forcing them to stand on the sideline in the freezing wind.
The Vikings rushed for 205 yards, led by Ted Brown's career-high 129 yards on 31 carries.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Red Cashion
- UMPIRE: Art Demmas
- LINE JUDGE: Neil Gereb
- HEAD LINESMAN: Jack Johnson
- BACK JUDGE: Ben Tompkins
- FIELD JUDGE: Dick Ferguson
- SIDE JUDGE: Nate Jones
SCORING
- VIKINGS: 04:47-1Q Danmeier FG33
- VIKINGS: 13:33-2Q Danmeier FG38
- VIKINGS: 01:09-2Q Brown 2 run (Danmeier kick)
- VIKINGS: 00:00-2Q Danmeier FG41
- VIKINGS: 11:35-3Q Young 1 pass from Kramer (Danmeier kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 03:17-3Q Capece FG27
- VIKINGS: 13:08-4Q Safety - White sacked Williams in the endzone
- BUCCANEERS: 09:28-4Q Giles 1 pass from Williams (Capece kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #84 G. Jones
- LT: #74 G. Sanders
- LG: #72 R. Snell
- C: #50 S. Wilson
- RG: #61 G. Roberts
- RT: #73 Hannah
- TE: #88 J. Giles
- WR: #89 K. House
- QB: #12 D. Williams
- FB: #32 J. Wilder
- TB: #43 J. Eckwood
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #77 B. Kollar
- NT: #76 D. Logan
- RE: #63 L. Selmon
- LOLB: #59 A. Hawkins
- LILB: #56 C. Johnson
- RILB: #54 R. Wood
- ROLB: #53 H. Green
- LC: #41 N. Thomas
- RC: #40 M. Washington
- SS: #20 N. Colzie
- FS: #34 C. Brown
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 3 Capece, 9 Swider, 21 Holt, 26 Owens, 27 T Davis, 44 Cesare, 45 Mitchell, 51 Nafziger, 52 Brantley, 57 Lewis, 62 Leonard, 65 Stalls, 68 Yarno, 70 Hutchinson, 75 Reavis, 79 Campbell, 83 Bell, 86 Obradovich, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
- 10 Ford, 14 Fusina, 42 R Bell
INACTIVE
- none.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 3-20, Eckwood 6-16, Owens 4-4, Wilder 2-3.
- VIKINGS: Brown 31-129, Galbreath 11-64, Young 3-11, White 1-1.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 27-13-154-0-1.
- VIKINGS: Kramer 41-24-228-2-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Jones 5-59, House 3-70, Eckwood 3-17, Obradovich 1-7, Giles 1-1.
- VIKINGS: Senser 8-101, Brown 8-48, Young 3-22, LeCount 2-25, White 1-18, Rashad 1-9, Galbreath 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Colzie 1-2, Lewis 1-2.
- VIKINGS: none.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Owens 3-63, Holt 2-53.
- VIKINGS: Nord 2-32, Payton 2-24.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Holt 1-3, T.Bell 1-0.
- VIKINGS: Payton 3-26.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Logan 1-7.
- VIKINGS: White 0.5-2, Mullaney 0.5-2.
