Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Minnesota Vikings 27
Sunday 4 November 1984 at the Metrodome
SCORING
TB
9:31-1Q
Wilder 6 run (Ariri kick)
MIN
4:05-1Q
Stenerud FG30
TB
12:29-2Q
Wilder 2 run (Ariri kick)
MIN
5:01-2Q
Jordan 4 run (Stenerud kick)
MIN
9:50-3Q
Nelson 5 run (Stenerud kick)
TB
11:41-4Q
Ariri FG29
MIN
6:07-4Q
Brown 3 pass from Wilson (Stenerud kick)
TB
1:03-4Q
House 11 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick)
MIN
0:02-4Q
Stenerud FG53
GAME REPORTS
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James Wilder gained over 100 yards rushing/receiving for the eighth time in 10 games but ended up on the losing
team again. The Bucs tied the score with 1:03 remaining on Kevin House's 11-yard grab from Steve DeBerg and it
looked like their third overtime game of the season until the veteran Jan Stenerud connected on a 53-yard fieldgoal
with three seconds left for the victory. This was the game that led John McKay to announce his retirement after he
and owner Hugh Culverhouse had feuded over the cost of signing Stenerud before the season started.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 30-146, DeBerg 2-7.
VIKINGS: Anderson 13-52, Brown 10-32, Nelson 5-32, Coleman 1-
13, Wilson 3-6, Lewis 1-5, Jordan 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 36-17-198-1-1.
VIKINGS: Wilson 36-24-236-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 4-46, House 4-30, Dixon 3-45, Carter 2-25, Giles 2-16,
J.Bell 1-26, Armstrong 1-10.
VIKINGS: Brown 9-86, Jordan 5-43, Jones 4-50, Lewis 2-19, Nelson
2-10, White 1-23, Anderson 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Cotney 1-22, Castille 1-8.
VIKINGS: McNeill 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Morton 4-91, Bright 2-33.
VIKINGS: Nelson 5-112.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Bright 1-12.
VIKINGS: Nelson 2-20.
SACKS
BUCS: Selmon 1-12, Washington 1-6.
VIKINGS: Browner 1-8, Bess 1-7.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
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
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
21 Holt
FB
46 Armstrong
SS
33 Cotney
RB
32 Wilder
FS
43 Reece
PLAYED
2 Ariri, 5 Garcia, 16 Kiel, 20 Morton, 24 Harvey, 25 Dierking, 27
Acorn, 29 Bright, 31 Clark, 41 Thomas, 54 Wood, 59
Thompson, 67 Morgan, 70 Thomas, 71 Braggs, 77 Bujnoch, 79
Kaplan, 81 Dixon, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Carroll
DID NOT PLAY
14 Thompson, 28 Carver, 55 Spradlin, 60 Grimes, 75 Manor
COMMENTARY CREW
Jim Hill and John Dockery
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
James Wilder opened the scoring for the Tampa Bay offense
Of course Kevin House got himself involved with a score of his own
Mark Cotney had an interception for the second straight week