Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Minnesota Vikings 17
The Buccaneers victory within the Metrodom began a four-game winning streak with a win over division rival.
The Buccaneers victory came in overtime with an Eric Guildford fumble that was recovered by Ed Brady and a Michael Husted fieldgoal the next play. Warren Moon had earlier tied the scores inside the two minute warning with a 40-yard strike on third down to Qadry Ismail and then a two-point conversion to Cris Carter.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Dick Hantak
- UMPIRE: Bob Wagner
- LINE JUDGE: Lloyd McPeters
- SIDE JUDGE: Nate Jones
- HEAD LINESMAN: Earnie Frantz
- BACK JUDGE: Scott Steenson
- FIELD JUDGE: Kirk Dornan
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 11:12-1Q Rhett 1 run (Husted kick)
- VIKINGS: 13:36-2Q Reveiz FG23
- VIKINGS: 08:16-2Q Reveiz FG21
- BUCCANEERS: 05:13-2Q Hawkins 14 pass from Erickson (Husted kick)
- VIKINGS: 00:33-2Q Reveiz FG51
- BUCCANEERS: 05:24-4Q Husted FG27
- VIKINGS: 01:27-4Q Ismail 40 pass from Moon (Carter pass from Moon)
- BUCCANEERS: 12:52-OT Husted FG22
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #88 H. Copeland
- LT: #74 P. Gruber
- LG: #70 C. McRae
- C: #61 T. Mayberry
- RG: #62 I. Beckles
- RT: #76 S. Dill
- TE: #86 T. Armstrong
- TE: #67 M. Sullivan
- TE: #83 D. Moore
- QB: #07 C. Erickson
- RB: #32 E. Rhett
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
- NT: #73 B. Culpepper
- UT: #77 M. Wheeler
- RE: #75 E. Curry
- LLB: #55 L. Marts
- MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
- RLB: #27 B. Bussey
- LCB: #35 M. Mayhew
- RCB: #39 C. Dimry
- SS: #21 M McGruder
- FS: #22 T. Everett
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 23 Carter, 25 Covington, 26 Green, 28 Buckley, 31 Royster, 33 McDowell, 43 Harris, 46 Workman, 47 Lynch, 53 E Brady, 57 J Brady, 71 Dotson, 79 Love, 80 Dawsey, 84 C Wilson, 85 Hawkins, 87 Thomas, 93 DuBose, 94 McIntosh
DID NOT PLAY
- 12 Dilfer, 92 Price
INACTIVE
- 11 Weldon, 30 Turner, 60 Pyne, 69 Pierson, 89 Bishop, 90 Jones, 91 K Wilson, 95 Powe
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Rhett 24-55, Workman 3-10, Erickson 2-4, McDowell 2-3.
- VIKINGS: Allen 16-54, Lee 4-25, Smith 2-6.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Erickson 38-20-254-1-1.
- VIKINGS: Moon 46-24-286-1-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 6-80, Dawsey 4-41, Wilson 3-34, Armstrong 3-33, Copeland 1-43, Moore 1-13, Rhett 1-6, McDowell 1-4.
- VIKINGS: Lee 7-71, Ismail 6-101, Carter 5-46, Reed 2-30, Jordan 2-16, Smith 1-12, Cooper 1-10.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Covington 1-38.
- VIKINGS: Parker 1-14.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Wilson 4-109, Buckley 1-26, Harris 1-12.
- VIKINGS: Ismail 2-52, Smith 1-21.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 1-8.
- VIKINGS: Guliford 2-0.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Carter 1-9, Wheeler 1-9, Culpepper 1-8, Curry 1-8, Nickerson 1-6.
- VIKINGS: none.
