Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Miami Dolphins 41
Sunday 20 October 1985 at The Orange Bowl
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts
This really was a wild one. Twice the Bucs trailed by 17 points, but four
DeBerg-Giles TD passes, both career highs, brought the Bucs level inside
the final minute with the offensively-talented Dolphins. After an earlier
Fuad Reveiz fieldgoal had been partially blocked but still crept over the bar,
the game winner came with six seconds to play. DeBerg threw a Hail Mary
on the last play of the game that Kevin House caught at the Miami 23-yard
line but time had expired.
GAME SCORING
MIA
10:50-1Q
Moore 16 pass from Marino (Reveiz kick)
MIA
2:31-1Q
Jensen 4 pass from Marino (Reveiz kick)
TB
14:48-2Q
Wilder 10 run (Igwebuike kick)
MIA
10:04-2Q
Davenport 1 run (Reveiz kick)
MIA
8:09-2Q
Reveiz FG20
TB
0:12-2Q
Giles 15 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
MIA
12:00-3Q
Nathan 1 run (Reveiz kick)
TB
8:15-3Q
Giles 39 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
MIA
2:46-3Q
Hardy 3 pass from Marino (Reveiz kick)
TB
12:08-4Q
Giles 7 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
TB
7:32-4Q
Giles 16 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
TB
0:43-4Q
Igwebuike FG38
MIA
0:06-4Q
Reveiz FG43
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 24-98, DeBerg 1-13.
DOLPHINS: Hampton 13-78, Nathan 12-62, Davenport 4-6, Marino 2-(-
2)
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 32-19-365-1-4.
DOLPHINS: Marino 39-27-302-1-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 7-116, J.Bell 5-89, House 4-111, Carter 2-45, Wilder 1-4.
DOLPHINS: Nathan 8-80, Clayton 5-50, Moore 5-49, Hardy 3-21, Rose
2-66, Hampton 2-21, Harris 1-11, Jensen 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Castille 1-11.
DOLPHINS: Green 1-28.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 3-49, Bright 2-28.
DOLPHINS: Hampton 2-49.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Bright 1-1.
DOLPHINS: Clayton 2-14.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
DOLPHINS: none.
GAME REPORTS
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STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
66 Yarno
DE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
57 Browner
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
82 Bell
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
WR
89 House
RCB
21 Holt
RB
32 Wilder
SS
30 Greenwood
QB
17 DeBerg
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 24 Prior, 25 Howard, 29 Bright, 31 Curry,
40 Armstrong, 54 Randle, 56 Johnson, 59 Kubin, 65 Fielder, 67 Morgan, 68
Mallory, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 81 Freeman, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86
Magee
DID NOT PLAY
8 Young, 20 Springs, 64 Shearin
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Not one, not two, not three but all four of Jimmie Giles’ record-breaking TDs
