Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New England Patriots 32
Sunday 27 October 1985 at Tampa Stadium
NBC COMMENTARY CREW Len Berman and Bob Kuechenberg
For the fourth straight week, the Bucs played a Championship game-bound
team (Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami being the others). And for the
eighth straight time in the season, they lost. Despite holding an early 14-0
lead, the Patriots rolled up over 420 yards of total offense and took control
against an injury-ravaged Tampa Bay team in the second half.
GAME SCORING
TB
11:31-1Q
Giles 16 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
TB
5:50-1Q
Wilder 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
NE
13:29-2Q
Franklin FG35
NE
11:24-2Q
Franklin FG50
NE
0:47-2Q
Collins 11 pass from James (Franklin kick)
NE
10:12-3Q
Franklin FG49
NE
14:54-4Q
James 8 run (Franklin kick)
NE
5:21-4Q
James 22 run (Franklin kick)
NE
4:24-4Q
Safety - DeBerg sacked by Blackmon
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 21-62, Springs 5-17.
PATRIOTS: James 15-96, Collins 10-55, Tatupu 7-23, Weathers 4-12,
Grogan 1-9, Fryar 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 26-13-141-2-1.
PATRIOTS: Grogan 21-14-237-0-0, James 1-1-11-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: House 4-55, J.Bell 4-33, Giles 2-24, Carter 1-17, T.Bell 1-12.
PATRIOTS: Collins 6-109, Morgan 3-55, Fryar 2-49, Dawson 2-17,
Ramsey 1-10, Jones 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
PATRIOTS: Marion 1-22, Blackmon 1-14.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 4-60, Bright 2-35.
PATRIOTS: Weathers 1-18, Fryar 1-16, Starring 1-15.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Prior 1-5, Bright 0-0.
PATRIOTS: Fryar 2-24.
SACKS
BUCS: Randle 1-13, Browner 1-8, Cannon 1-4.
PATRIOTS: Blackman 1-3, Veris 1-3. Tippett 0.5-2.5, Sims 0.5-2.5.
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, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 25 Howard, 29
Bright, 31 Curry, 40 Armstrong, 54 Randle, 56 Johnson, 59 Kubin, 64
Shearin, 65 Fielder, 67 Morgan, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 81 Freeman, 83
T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Magee
DID NOT PLAY
8 Young, 62 Farrell
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
it did not take long for Steve DeBerg and Jimmie Giles to hook up
Keith Browner then recovered his own sack and fumble to get the ball back
James Wilder capped the drive with one of his leaping goal-line TDs
