Bucs 14 Packers 55 - the review This was one game from Buccaneer history that I had always wanted to see - the day in which the Packers set an NFL record by scoring 49 points in a single half. Just how did Tampa Bay manage to be so bad for 30 minutes? It really was a combination of all too many things really - the Bucs were missing three defensive starters in their secondary (Cedric Brown and Neal Colzie both hobbled on to the field during the game but without any success) and hence cornerback Mike Washington was lining up at free safety alongside the likes of Johnny Ray Smith and rookie Jeremiah Castille. And the Packers had one of the most prolific passing attacks around at the time with Lynn Dickey teaming up with James Lofton and John Jefferson. Oh and the Bucs also had James Wilder out with bruised ribs and two starters were missing on the offensive line too. So really it was a no-brainer. Green Bay's offense just rolled all day on the ground and through the air and the Bucs never really looked like being able to stop them when necessary. But when you also throw in a sack of Jack Thompson that saw a fumble returned for a score, and then less than a minute later, Thompson throwing an interception return TD as well, then you can see why the floodgates were well and truly open. It was 49-7 at the half and the Bucs' score came on a Hugh Green interception return. Rick Odioso's review in the 1984 Buccaneer media guide read at one point, "The Bucs played better in the second half". That was hardly surprising as Green Bay played everybody bar Bart Starr after half-time and John McKay went from Thompson to Jerry Golsteyn and then back to Thompson again. The Bucs did manage one late TD after an 80-yard drive against the softest zone defense you could wish to see, but this was a hammering in all true meanings of the word. So naturally the following week when the 0-5 Bucs travelled to the 5-0 Cowboys, another similar result would surely be on the cards .....