Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Minnesota Vikings 19

New Vikings signee Benny Ricardo kicked a 38-yard field goal with 28 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime, then kicked a 42-yarder to win the game. It followed a fake field goal attempt that nearly resulted in an interception of a Steve Dils pass. Bill Capece missed two kicks, including one from 33 yards in overtime.

The Buccaneers squandered two chances at victory: one the missed overtime field goal, the other a 16–13 fourth-quarter lead they lost when a mixup in coverage allowed a 31-yard reception by Terry LeCount that set up a game-tying field goal.

The Vikings took an early 10–0 lead on a LeCount touchdown catch and a Ricardo field goal, but the Buccaneers came back with touchdowns on a James Owens run and a James Wilder reception.

Tommy Kramer and Keith Nord required season-ending surgeries for torn ligaments suffered in the game.

The crowd of 57,567 was the BuccaneersFan smallest attandance since 1980.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Dick Jorgensen
• UMPIRE: Neil Gereb
• LINE JUDGE: Dick McKenzie
• HEAD LINESMAN: Bob McLaughlin
• BACK JUDGE: Jim Kearney
• FIELD JUDGE: Dick Dolack
• SIDE JUDGE: Dave Hawk

SCORING

• VIKINGS: 07:10-1Q LeCount 8 pass from Kramer (Ricardo kick)
• VIKINGS: 13:49-2Q Ricardo FG29
• BUCCANEERS: 05:07-2Q Owens 1 run (kick failed)
• VIKINGS: 00:52-2Q Ricardo FG37
• BUCCANEERS: 09:33-3Q Capece FG40
• BUCCANEERS: 08:29-4Q Wilder 5 pass from Thompson (Capece kick)
• VIKINGS: 00:24-4Q Ricardo FG38
• VIKINGS: 02C05:33-OT Ricardo FG42apeceFG51

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #87 G. Carter
• LT: #75 D. Reavis
• LG: #68 G. Yarno
• C: #50 S. Wilson
• RG: #62 S. Farrell
• RT: #70 K. Thomas
• TE: #88 J. Giles
• WR: #89 K. House
• QB: #14 J. Thompson
• FB: #32 J. Wilder
• TB: #26 J. Owens

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #78 J. Cannon
• NT: #76 D. Logan
• RE: #63 L. Selmon
• LOLB: #59 A. Hawkins
• LILB: #58 J. Davis
• RILB: #52 S. Brantley
• ROLB: #53 H. Green
• LCB: #21 J. Holt
• RCB: #40 M. Washington
• SS: #20 N. Colzie
• FS: #34 C. Brown

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Morton, 3 Capece, 5 Garcia, 8 Hewko, 22 Smith, 23 Castille, 24 Morris, 28 Carver, 43 Middleton, 44 O'Steen, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 56 Johnson, 57 Leonard, 60 Grimes, 65 Stalls, 66 Reese, 69 Arbubakrr, 74 Sanders, 81 Tyler, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Obradovich, 90 White

DID NOT PLAY

• 11 Golsteyn, 72 Snell

INACTIVE

• none.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Owens 22-55, Wilder 16-45, Thompson 2-12, Morton 2-2.
• VIKINGS: Brown 21-61, Nelson 8-15, Kramer 1-8, Dils 2-4, Galbreath 1-2.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Thompson 30-17-192-2-1
• VIKINGS: Dils 33-16-205-0-0, Kramer 8-8-78-0-1, LeCount 1-0-0-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Carter 5-85, Wilder 4-35, T.Bell 3-33, Owens 2-9, House 1-12, Obradovich 1-9, Tyler 1-9.
• VIKINGS: Brown 7-58, Young 6-94, LeCount 6-92, Bruer 2-30, White 1-7, Nelson 1-5, Galbreath 1-(-3).

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• VIKINGS: Swain 1-0, Turner 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Morton 3-74, Owens 1-22, Carver 1-11.
• VIKINGS: Redwine 2-49, Nelson 2-32.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Tyler 2-5, T.Bell 1-8.
• VIKINGS: Bess 2-16.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Cannon 1-10, Hawkins 1-8, Selmon 1-1.
• VIKINGS: none.

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