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Sunday, September 14, 1986 - Home Game

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Minnesota Vikings 23

Early in the first quarter, James Wilder tipped a pass from Steve DeBerg into the hands of Vikings linebacker Chris Doleman, who returned it for a touchdown. Wilder took a helmet to the sternum on this play, leaving a deep bruise that caused him to miss the next two games, and reduced his effectiveness for the remainder of the season.

Seventeen seconds later, Scott Studwell recovered a Wilder fumble at the Tampa Bay 18-yard line, leading to a Viking field goal. The Buccaneers added a Donald Igwebuike field goal before the end of the quarter, but the Vikings answered it with a touchdown pass from Tommy Kramer to Mike Mularkey.

DeBerg's 1-yard touchdown pass to Jimmie Giles brought the Buccaneers to within a touchdown before halftime, but they were unable to score in the second half.

The Buccaneers outperformed the Vikings in a number of statistical categories, but could not overcome the turnovers.

GAMEDAY BRIEF

  • WEATHER: Partly Cloudy - 93°F. - Humidity 64% - Wind N.E. 4mph Wind Chill 96°F.
  • OFFICALS
    • REFEREE: Jerry Markbreit
    • UMPIRE: Ben Montgomery
    • LINE JUDGE: Bill Reynolds
    • HEAD LINESMAN: Ligori Haggerdy
    • BACK JUDGE: Tom Kelleher
    • FIELD JUDGE: Bill Stanley
    • SIDE JUDGE: Merrill Douglas
    SCORING
    • VIKINGS: 1:17-1Q Doleman 59 interception return (Nelson kick)
    • VIKINGS: 10:07-1Q Nelson FG31
    • BUCCANEERS: 03:09-1Q Igwebuike FG37
    • VIKINGS: 13:30-2Q Mularkey 10 pass from Kramer
    • BUCCANEERS: 00:31-2Q Giles 1 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
    • VIKINGS: 14:52-4Q Nelson FG35
    • VIKINGS: 06:23-4Q Nelson FG27
    STARTERS OFFENSE
    • WR: #89 K. House
    • LT: #74 M. Powell
    • LG: #66 G. Yarno
    • C: #60 R. Grimes
    • RG: #62 S. Farrell
    • RT: #73 R. Heller
    • TE: #88 J. Giles
    • WR: #87 G. Carter
    • QB: #17 S. DeBerg
    • WR: #86 C. Magee
    • 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
    • LCB: #23 J. Castille
    • RCB: #22 R. Jones
    • SS: #41 C. Swoope
    • FS: #44 I. Sully
    SUBSTITUTIONS
    • 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 20 Springs, 21 McKeever, 26 Easmon, 31 Curry, 34 Boatner, 36 Futrell, 46 Wonsley, 54 Randle, 56 Walker, 59 Murphy, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 71 Nelson, 72 Taylor, 77 Maarleveld, 80 Williams, 81 Freeman, 82 Bell, 98 Keys
    DID NOT PLAY
    • 8 Young, 84 Harris
    INACTIVE
    • none.

    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    RUSHING
    • BUCCANEERS: Wilder 18-48, Springs 12-35.
    • VIKINGS: Nelson 19-76, Anderson 8-26, Rice 5-19, Kramer 1-3, Wilson 1-0, Lewis 1-(-2).
    PASSING
    • BUCCANEERS: DeBerg 28-18-181-2-1.
    • VIKINGS: Kramer 21-9-130-0-1, Rice 1-0-0-0-0.
    RECIEVING
    • BUCCANEERS: Wilder 6-73, Carter 4-31, Giles 4-31, Springs 2-11, House 1-18, Magee 1-17.
    • VIKINGS: Rice 3-55, Jordan 2-18, Nelson 1-20, Jones 1-17, Mularkey 1-10, Anderson 1-10.
    INTERCEPTIONS
    • BUCCANEERS: none.
    • VIKINGS: Doleman 1-59, Harris 1-27.
    KICK RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Wonsley 3-61, Freeman 2-35.
    • VIKINGS: Rhymes 1-28.
    PUNT RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Futrell 2-13.
    • VIKINGS: Bess 3-17.
    SACKS
    • BUCCANEERS: Holmes 1-16, Browner 1-6.
    • VIKINGS: Millard 1-10, Howard 1-8, Newton 1-7.

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