Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New York Giants 17
Sunday 23 September 1984 at Giants Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Hank Stram
The third time the Bucs had played in the Meadowlands and the
third straight time they had lost 17-14 to the Giants. James
Wilder had a monster game including a TD run and a 35-yard
reception that set up Adger Armstrong's TD in the fourth quarter.
As Lawrence Taylor said after the game "James Wilder is the
best back I have ever played against in my life". Taylor himself
had a great game including four sacks of Steve DeBerg who
was making his first start for the Bucs. The Giants were able to
run out the final 4:02 of the clock to preserve the victory.
GAME SCORING
NYG
11:05-2Q
Haji-Sheikh FG34
NYG
6:00-2Q
Johnson 20 pass from Simms (Haji-Sheikh kick)
TB
10:06-3Q
Wilder 1 run (Ariri kick)
NYG
6:13-4Q
Mowatt 21 pass from Simms (Haji-Sheikh kick)
TB
4:02-4Q
Armstrong 1 run (Ariri kick) k)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 24-112, Carver 4-24, Armstrong 1-1.
GIANTS: Carpenter 20-70, Simms 5-30, Woolfolk 6-7, Galbreath 1-8,
Morris 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 31-18-229-1-0.
GIANTS: Simms 34-17-186-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: House 5-45, Wilder 4-65, Carter 2-57, Giles 2-24, J.Bell 2-18,
Carver 1-10, T.Bell 1-8, Armstrong 1-2.
GIANTS: Mowatt 4-42, Williams 4-42, Woolfolk 4-28, Galbreath 3-20,
Johnson 2-54.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none,
GIANTS: Headen 1-4.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Morton 3-64, Owens 1-4.
GIANTS: Hill 1-27, McConkey 1-18, Morris 1-13.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Holt 2-16.
GIANTS: McConkey 4-66.
SACKS
BUCS: Selmon 1-9, Logan 1-8, Cannon 1-8.
GIANTS: Taylor 4-33, Merrill 1-7.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
56 Johnson
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
89 House
ROLB
53 Green
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
21 Holt
TE
82 Bell
SS
43 Reece
RB
32 Wilder
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
2 Ariri, 5 Garcia, 16 Kiel, 20 Morton, 24 Harvey, 26 Owens, 27 Acorn,
28 Carver, 33 Cotney, 41 Thomas, 46 Armstrong, 51 Washington, 54
Wood, 55 Spradlin, 57 Browner, 65 Jackson, 67 Morgan, 75 Manor, 79
Kaplan, 81 Tuttle, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Carroll
DID NOT PLAY
14 Thompson, 60 Grimes, 70 Thomas, 71 Braggs
VIDEO CLIPS
John Cannon had one of the three sacks of Phil Simms
James Wilder’s touchdown run got the Bucs on the board
Adger Armstrong’s score brought the Bucs to within three
