Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Minnesota Vikings 23
Sunday 14 September 1986 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
MIN
11:17-1Q
Doleman 59 interception return (Nelson kick)
MIN
10:07-1Q
Nelson FG31
TB
3:09-1Q
Igwebuike FG37
MIN
13:30-2Q
Mularkey 10 pass from Kramer
TB
0:31-2Q
Giles 1 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
MIN
14:52-4Q
Nelson FG35
MIN
6:23-4Q
Nelson FG27
GAME REPORTS
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Five minutes into the game, it was 10-0 Minnesota thanks to another Steve DeBerg interception, and a James
Wilder fumble that led to a fieldgoal. The Bucs did battle back to get within a score, but two late Minnesota
drives kept the Bucs off the field and put the result beyond doubt.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 18-48, Springs 12-35.
VIKINGS: Nelson 19-76, Anderson 8-26, Rice 5-19, Kramer 1-3,
Wilson 1-0, Lewis 1-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 28-18-181-2-1.
VIKINGS: Kramer 21-9-130-0-1, Rice 1-0-0-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 6-73, Carter 4-31, Giles 4-31, Springs 2-11, House
1-18, Magee 1-17.
VIKINGS: Rice 3-55, Jordan 2-18, Nelson 1-20, Jones 1-17,
Mularkey 1-10, Anderson 1-10.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: Doleman 1-59, Harris 1-27.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Wonsley 3-61, Freeman 2-35.
VIKINGS: Rhymes 1-28.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 2-13.
VIKINGS: Bess 3-17.
SACKS
BUCS: Holmes 1-16, Browner 1-6.
VIKINGS: Millard 1-10, Howard 1-8, Newton 1-7.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Powell
DE
78 Cannon
LG
66 Yarno
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
WR
89 House
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
TE
86 Magee
RCB
22 Jones
RB
32 Wilder
SS
41 Swoope
QB
17 DeBerg
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 20 Springs, 21 McKeever, 26 Easmon,
31 Curry, 34 Boatner, 36 Futrell, 46 Wonsley, 54 Randle, 56
Walker, 59 Murphy, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 71 Nelson, 72
Taylor, 77 Maarleveld, 80 Williams, 81 Freeman, 82 Bell, 98
Keys
DID NOT PLAY
8 Young, 84 Harris
COMMENTARY CREW
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
He was not aware of it at the time but Jimmie Giles had the final touchdown of his Buc career in this game
Ron Holmes had a big sack in the third quarter
The other Tampa Bay sack was recorded by Keith Browner