Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 San Francisco 49ers 24
Sunday 18 November 1984 at Candlestick Park
SCORING
SF
10:44-2Q
Craig 2 run (Wersching kick)
TB
7:13-2Q
Ariri FG27
SF
3:06-2Q
Solomon 3 run (Wersching kick)
TB
0:49-2Q
Giles 9 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick)
SF
4:06-3Q
Tyler 1 run (Wersching kick)
TB
12:39-4Q
Carter 9 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick)
SF
8:39-4Q
Wersching FG39
GAME REPORTS
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The Bucs managed to lose their 10th straight road game in San Francisco and thereby allowed the 49ers to clinch at
least a wild-card berth in the post-season. Steve DeBerg marked his return to Candlestick with his first 300-yard
passing game of the season, 166 of which went to WR Gerald Carter who had his best NFL performance of his five-
year career. But it was the Niners who overcame two first-half fumbles by Wendell Tyler when in scoring position,
who came out on top thanks to another precision passing game from Joe Montana.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 18-89, DeBerg 2-0.
49ERS: Tyler 16-97, Craig 16-86, Solomon 1-3, Montana 4-2,
Harmon 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 41-26-316-2-2.
49ERS: Montana 23-19-247-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carter 9-166, Wilder 5-35, House 4-50, Giles 3-25, J.Bell 2-
24, Armstrong 2-11, T.Bell 1-5.
49ERS: Clark 5-66, Craig 4-22, Monroe 3-73, Solomon 2-24, Cooper
2-22, Nehemiah 1-22, Tyler 1-11, Wilson 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
49ERS: Hicks 1-13, Turner 1-3.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Morton 2-35, Bright 1-19.
49ERS: Monroe 2-42, Harmon 1-35.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Bright 1-7.
49ERS: McLemore 1-6.
SACKS
BUCS: Washington 1-6, Logan 1-3.
49ERS: Dean 1-8.
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
TE
82 Bell
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
89 House
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, 20 Morton, 24 Harvey, 25 Dierking, 27 Acorn,
29 Bright, 31 Curry, 38 Peoples, 41 Thomas, 54 Wood, 55
Spradlin, 59 Thompson, 60 Grimes, 67 Morgan, 70 Thomas, 71
Braggs, 77 Bujnoch, 79 Kaplan, 81 Dixon, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte,
86 Carroll, 87 Carter
DID NOT PLAY
14 Thompson, 75 Darns
COMMENTARY CREW
Tom Brookshier and Wayne Walker
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Jimmie Giles caught a touchdown pass just before half time
This was Gerald Carter’s biggest day in the NFL
Chris Washington had a sack of the future Hall of Famer Joe Montana