Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 New York Giants 22
Sunday 3 November 1985 at The Meadowlands
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Pat Summerall and John Madden
For the fifth time in nine games, the Bucs had the lead at half-time, but for
the ninth time in nine games, they lost. The Bucs did drive to midfield inside
the final minute but a completion to Adger Armstrong to the Giants' 38 was
called back for holding and they got no closer. Jerry Bell's season-ending
knee injury curtailed his best-ever NFL season, one in which he was
leading all NFC tight ends with 43 receptions at the time. "Some guy in
Newark threw the flag from the airport" said guard Sean Farrell on the key
penalty. "The guy never takes the flag out of his pocket unless the game is
on the line and he has got money on it."
GAME SCORING
NYG
8:44-1Q
Schubert FG24
TB
6:57-1Q
Igwebuike FG53
TB
11:27-2Q
Giles 25 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
NYG
3:00-2Q
Schubert FG36
TB
0:07-2Q
Igwebuike FG20
NYG
9:59-3Q
Morris 1 run (Schubert kick)
NYG
2:11-3Q
Schubert FG24
NYG
12:59-4Q
Schubert FG41
NYG
8:32-4Q
Schubert FG33
TB
2:27-4Q
Giles 1 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 21-75, Springs 3-7, Armstrong 2-6.
GIANTS: Morris 26-132, Adams 8-39, Carthon 1-3, Simms 2-1,
Carpenter 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 42-21-239-1-2.
GIANTS: Simms 31-18-204-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carter 6-55, House 4-65, J.Bell 4-36, Giles 3-56, Wilder 2-20,
Magee 1-4, Armstrong 1-3.
GIANTS: Manuel 4-50, McConkey 3-33, Galbreath 3-30, Bavaro 3-24,
Carpenter 2-18, Adams 1-30, Johnson 1-12, Morris 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
GIANTS: Kinard 1-30.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 5-105, Prior 1-14.
GIANTS: Adams 4-77.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Prior 1-14.
GIANTS: McConkey 4-44.
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 2-16, Curry 1-8, Cannon 0.5-6.5, Washington 0.5-6.5.
GIANTS: Martin 1.5-7.5, Patterson 0.5-3.5.
GAME REPORTS
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STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
62 Farrell
DE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
RG
68 Mallorya
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
31 Curry
QB
17 DeBerg
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 25 Howard, 30
Greenwood, 40 Armstrong, 54 Randle, 55 D Johnson, 56 C 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, 61 Kersten
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Jimmie Giles put the Bucs 10-3 ahead with yet another scoring pass
ohn Cannon and Chris Washington got the credit for a combined sack
Giles’ second touchdown came late on 4th down from the goal-line
