Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Minnesota Vikings 45

With Tommy Kramer injured, Vikings quarterback Wade Wilson threw for a career-best 339 yards and three touchdowns.

With Tampa Bay down by 45–6, Steve DeBerg's 45-yard pass to Calvin Magee set up a 1-yard touchdown pass to Ron Heller on a tackle-eligible play (His only Buccaneer career reception).

The Buccaneers' only other offense came on two Donald Igwebuike field goals.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Bob Frederic
• UMPIRE: John Keck
• LINE JUDGE: Ron Blum
• HEAD LINESMAN: Dale Hamer
• BACK JUDGE: Roy Clymer
• FIELD JUDGE: Don Hakes
• SIDE JUDGE: Duwayne Gandy

SCORING

• VIKINGS: 12:25-1Q Jordan 36 pass from Wilson (C Nelson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 06:19-2Q Igwebuike FG39
• VIKINGS: 03:11-2Q Rice 4 pass from Wilson (C Nelson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:04-2Q Igwebuike FG53
• VIKINGS: 08:09-3Q Anderson 23 pass from Wilson (C Nelson kick)
• VIKINGS: 13:21-4Q D Nelson 5 run (C Nelson kick)
• VIKINGS: 07:08-4Q Anderson 1 run (C Nelson kick)
• VIKINGS: 04:00-4Q C Nelson FG53
• VIKINGS: 03:41-4Q Brown 1 run (C Nelson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 01:43-4Q Heller 1 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #81 P. Freeman
• LT: #72 R. Taylor
• LG: #66 G. Yarno
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #62 S. Farrell
• RT: #73 R. Heller
• TE: #86 C. Magee
• WR: #87 G. Carter
• QB: #08 S. Young
• FB: #20 R. Springs
• RB: #32 J. Wilder

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #71 B. Nelson
• NT: #76 D. Logan
• RE: #90 R. Holmes
• LOLB: #57 K. Browner
• LILB: #58 J. Davis
• RILB: #52 S. Brantley
• ROLB: #51 C. Washington
• LC: #21 V. McKeever
• RC: #22 R. Jones
• SS: #44 I. Sully
• FS: #31 C. Curry

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 23 Castille, 25 Howard, 28 Allen, 35 Franklin, 36 Futrell, 37 K Walker, 41 Swoope, 54 Randle, 56 J Walker, 59 Murphy, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 75 Kellin, 77 Maarleveld, 80 Williams, 84 Heflin, 85 Dunn, 98 Keys

DID NOT PLAY

• 64 Robinson, 83 Gillespie

INACTIVE

• none.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 17-51, Young 5-35, Howard 1-8, Springs 1-7, DeBerg 1-0.
• VIKINGS: Brown 10-74, D.Nelson 8-29, Anderson 7-16, Rice 2-2.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Young 23-14-113-1-0, DeBerg 6-5-75-0-1.
• VIKINGS: Wilson 33-22-339-0-3, Bono 1-1-3-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 8-49, Magee 4-75, Freeman 2-32, Springs 2-11, Williams 1-11, Carter 1-9, Heller 1-1.
• VIKINGS: Jordan 7-97, Carter 3-58, Jones 3-47, Rice 3-39, Nelson 2-27, Brown 2-19, Anderson 1-23, Gustafson 1-18, Lewis 1-14.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• VIKINGS: Harris 1-14.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 3-45, Walker 2-32, Allen 1-21, Heflin 1-15, Franklin 1-4.
• VIKINGS: Bess 1-28, Rice 1-23.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Futrell 2-0.
• VIKINGS: Bess 2-9.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• VIKINGS: Doleman 1-10, Martin 1-10, Studwell 1-2.

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