Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 New York Jets 62
Sunday 17 November 1985 at the Meadowlands
SCORING
TB
13:16-1Q
House 39 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
TB
11:49-1Q
Magee 7 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
NYJ
7:21-1Q
Hector 2 run (Leahy kick)
NYJ
4:48-1Q
Walker 22 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)
NYJ
3:14-1Q
Leahy FG23
NYJ
14:55-2Q
Shuler 11 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)
NYJ
7:36-2Q
Shuler 10 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)
TB
5:19-2Q
Wilder 2 run (Igwebuike kick)
NYJ
2:35-2Q
Shuler 8 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)
NYJ
0:02-2Q
Leahy FG27
NYJ
13:06-3Q
Toon 78 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)
NYJ
4:33-3Q
Hector 8 run (Leahy kick)
TB
0:47-3Q
Wilder 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
NYJ
1:24-4Q
Paige 1 run (Leahy kick)
GAME REPORTS
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This was payback for the final game of 1984 when John McKay let the Jets score to try and get James Wilder
an NFL record. The Jets ran the score up big-time on the Bucs, even after Tampa Bay had taken an early 14-0
lead. The Bucs were outgained 581-212 in total yardage and lost five fumbles to the fired up Jets. This
remains the most points the Bucs have ever conceeded in a game and one of the highest totals in NFL history.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 14-13, DeBerg 2-9.
JETS: Hector 21-79, Bligen 12-59, McNeil 8-41, Paige 8-24, Sohn
1-2, Ryan 2-(-3).
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 32-16-198-0-2.
JETS: O'Brien 30-23-367-1-5, Ryan 3-2-19-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: House 6-92, Magee 4-35, Carter 3-42, Giles 2-19, Wilder
1-10.
JETS: Shuler 7-84, Toon 6-133, Walker 5-75, Hector 3-43, Sohn
2-37, Paige 1-10, McNeil 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Castille 1-3.
JETS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 5-117, Prior 4-47.
JETS: Glenn 2-24, Townsell 1-19, Humphrey 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Prior 1-5.
JETS: Townsell 3-46, Sohn 2-30, Humphery 1-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Holmes 1-7.
JETS: Klecko 0.5-4, Lyons 0.5-4.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
62 Farrell
DE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
RG
68 Mallory
LOLB
54 Randle
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
86 Magee
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
WR
89 House
RCB
21 Holt
RB
32 Wilder
SS
31 Curry
QB
17 DeBerg
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 26
Easmon, 30 Greenwood, 40 Armstrong, 55 D Johnson, 56 C
Johnson, 57 Browner, 64 Shearin, 65 Fielder, 67 Morgan, 71
Studaway, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 80 Dunn, 81 Freeman, 83
T Bell, 85 Witte
DID NOT PLAY
8 Young, 61 Kersten
COMMENTARY CREW
Verne Lundqvist and Terry Bradshaw
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Kevin House opened the scoring down the sideline on a typical Steve DeBerg bomb
Calvin Magee made it 14-0 shortly afterwards with his second NFL touchdown
James Wilder’s second quarter touchdown was only a brief respite in the Jet onslaught