Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 St.Louis Cardinals 30Sunday 12 October 1986 at Tampa StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREW Ralph Hacker and Dan Jiggetts
GAME SCORINGTB9:16-1Q Magee 15 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)STL10:54-2Q Lee FG38STL0:04-2Q Mitchell 3 run (kick blocked)STL4:30-3Q Ferrell 30 pass from Lomax (Lee kick)STL14:16-4Q Fox 38 pass from Lomax (Lee kick)TB10:49-4Q Igwebuike FG23TB8:40-4Q Freeman 30 pass from Young (kick blocked)TB5:38-4Q Igwebuike FG46STL1:45-4Q Mitchell 31 run (Lee kick)
Steve Young passed for 190 of his 260 yards in the fourth quarter as the Bucs fought back to within four points, but the Cardinals put together a clinching 74-yard drive to seal the victory with 1:45 remaining. For the third straight week, Tampa's defense conceeded more than 200 yards on the ground. Steve DeBerg did hit Calvin Magee for the Bucs' first ever score on a fake fieldgoal.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Young 10-47, Wilder 13-37, Wonsley 7-5, House 1-1.CARDINALS: Mitchell 20-126, Ferrell 8-44, Sikahema 2-26, Lomax 8-22.PASSINGBUCS: Young 29-15-260-0-1, DeBerg 1-1-15-0-1.CARDINALS: Lomax 27-17-228-0-2, Mitchell 1-0-0-0-0.RECEIVINGBUCS: House 4-98, Williams 4-65, Freeman 3-65, Wonsley 2-19, Magee 1-15, Giles 1-10, Wilder 1-3.CARDINALS: Smith 5-47, Fox 4-54, Marsh 2-35, Ferrell 2-32, Mitchell 2-13, Johnson 1-39, Sargent 1-8.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: none.CARDINALS: none.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Freeman 4-61, Magee 1-10, Curry 1-6.CARDINALS: Sikahema 3-78.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Futrell 2-3.CARDINALS: Smith 1-6, Sikahema 0-0.SACKSBUCS: Cannon 1-8, Nelson 1-7.CARDINALS: Clasby 1-10, Galloway 1-6, Nunn 1-2.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clipTyrone Keys was involved in forcing a Cardinal turnoverPhil Freeman scored on a deflected pass from Steve YoungKevin House had his final reception at Tampa Stadium