Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Minnesota Vikings 31
The Minnesota Vikings took advantage of Buccaneer turnovers intercepting Steve DeBerg twice, recovering two James Wilder fumbles, and blocking a punt. Joey Browner returned one of the interceptions for a touchdown, and the blocked punt set up a 1-yard Alfred Anderson touchdown run. Wilder rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown, while catching 13 passes for 71 yards.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Bob Frederic
- UMPIRE: John Keck
- LINE JUDGE: Ron Blum
- HEAD LINESMAN: Liqouri Hagerty
- BACK JUDGE: Bob Swanson
- FIELD JUDGE: Don Hakes
- SIDE JUDGE: Duwayne Gandy
SCORING
- VIKINGS: 01:48-1Q Rice 2 run (Stenerud kick)
- VIKINGS: 13:18-2Q Stenerud FG31
- BUCCANEERS: 04:40-2Q Igwebuike FG25
- VIKINGS: 01:29-2Q Browner 15 interception return (Stenerud kick)
- VIKINGS: 12:06-3Q Anderson 1 run (Stenerud kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 08:24-3Q Wilder 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 14:56-4Q J.Bell 12 pass from DeBerg (kick failed)
- VIKINGS: 05:59-4Q Brown 54 pass from Kramer (Stenerud kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #87 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: #17 S. DeBerg
- UB: #46 A. Armstrong
- RB: #32 J. Wilder
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #78 J. Cannon
- NT: #76 D. Logan
- RE: #90 R. Holmes
- LOLB: #51 C. Washington
- LILB: #58 J. Davis
- RILB: #52 S. Brantley
- ROLB: #53 H. Green
- RCB: #23 J. Castille
- LCB: #21 J. Holt
- LS: #30 D. Greenwood
- RS: #44 I. Sully
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 24 Prior, 28 Carver, 29 Bright, 31 Curry, 40 Armstrong, 47 Dombrowski, 54 Randle, 56 Johnson, 57 Browner, 67 Morgan, 74 Sanders, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 80 Branton, 81 Freeman, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Magee
DID NOT PLAY
- 8 Young, 68 Mallory
INACTIVE
- none.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Wilder 22-113, DeBerg 1-2.
- VIKINGS: Nelson 11-42, Brown 6-15, Anderson 5-15, Rice 5-12, Kramer 4-(-5).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: DeBerg 38-26-237-2-1.
- VIKINGS: Kramer 28-18-183-2-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Wilder 13-71, J.Bell 5-52, House 2-32, Carter 2-26, Giles 2-17, T.Bell 1-23, Magee 1-16.
- VIKINGS: Brown 5-82, Jordan 5-50, Nelson 3-27, Carter 2-11, Lewis 2-8, Rice 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Greenwood 1-4, Castille 1-0.
- VIKINGS: Turner 1-22, Browner 1-15.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 4-86, Bright 2-29.
- VIKINGS: Turner 2-31.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Bright 1-11.
- VIKINGS: Nelson 1-10.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- VIKINGS: Martin 1-3.
