Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 New Orleans Saints 17
Sunday 9 September 1984 at the Superdome
SCORING
TB
1:31-1Q
Armstrong 2 pass from Thompson (Ariri kick)
NO
5:32-2Q
Anthony 2 run (Andersen kick)
TB
0:50-2Q
Ariri FG48
TB
11:44-3Q
Ariri FG40
NO
0:49-3Q
Andersen FG23
NO
1:53-4Q
Gajan 8 run (Andersen kick)
GAME REPORTS
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The Bucs led 13-10 with the Saints back at their own 12-yard line at the two-minute warning and no timeouts left.
Hokie Gajan then took a swing pass from Richard Todd and sped down the sideline for 51 yards to set up his own
game-winner with a minute left. Jack Thompson was sacked seven times, but the Bucs did not turn the ball over in
the entire game. "We have got all these veterans out there making all this money and then you get a back trying to
crawl out of bounds and we just kiss him" said a disgusted John McKay after the game. "Go talk to the players,
they played the game. We lost because of my clever coaching."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 21-75, Thompson 4-22, Carver 6-20, Armstrong 3-11,
DeBerg 1-3, Owens 1-1, Morton 1-(-2).
OPPONENTS: Rogers 18-56, Gajan 6-42, Anthony 2-21, Todd 3-11.
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 22-15-175-0-1.
OPPONENTS: Todd 23-13-213-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Armstrong 4-41, T.Bell 3-52, House 3-34, Giles 2-18, Wilder
2-17, Carter 1-13.
OPPONENTS: Gajan 4-75, Groth 3-46, Scott 2-39, Young 2-36,
Brenner 1-12, Duckett 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
OPPONENTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Morton 2-54, Owens 1-33.
OPPONENTS: Fields 2-68, Duckett 2-34.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: T.Bell 1-8.
OPPONENTS: Fields 1-14.
SACKS
BUCS: Green 1-10.
OPPONENTS: Clark 3-16, Jackson 2-10, Geathers 1-10, Paul 1-5.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
65 Jackson
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
56 Johnson
RT
70 Thomas
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
89 House
ROLB
53 Green
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
21 Holt
FB
46 Armstrong
SS
43 Reece
RB
32 Wilder
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
2 Ariri, 5 Garcia, 16 Kiel, 17 DeBerg, 20 Morton, 24 Harvey, 26
Owens, 27 Acorn, 28 Carver, 33 Cotney, 41 Thomas, 51
Washington, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 57 Browner, 67 Morgan, 71
Braggs, 75 Manor, 79 Kaplan, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86
Carroll
DID NOT PLAY
60 Grimes, 72 Courson, 73 Heller, 81 Tuttle
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Five minutes of extensive WTOV-44 highlights albeit with no game commentary
Adger Armstrong had the Bucs’ only touchdown on a roll-out pass from Jack Thompson
A rare Michael Morton highlight on a long kick return